Chapter 20 Provocation
If looks could kill, Shen Tang would have been tortured to death by Shen Ying the moment he lowered the curtain.
Shen Xian gritted her teeth and stomped her feet before getting on the carriage. It was her first time riding in Shen Ran and Shen Luo's carriage. Although it was not much smaller than the one she and Shen Tang had been riding in, she just felt aggrieved and couldn't swallow this breath.
Shen Ran always flatters Shen Xian, and when Shen Xian is angry, she doesn't even dare to breathe.
Here, Chen Xi was very angry, but over there, Chen Tang was leaning against the carriage, in a good mood.
The carriage gurgled forward and stopped in front of Wancui Pavilion after two quarters of an hour.
Shen Luo got out of the carriage and was about to get off when she saw that the carriage she was supposed to ride in did not stop but just left.
Chen Luo turned around and said, "Second sister, the eldest sister and the others have left..."
She is really competitive and wants others to do everything according to her wishes.
At the gate of the Marquis's mansion, Chen Tang had not even gotten used to Chen Ying, let alone leaving the mansion.
Chen Tang said indifferently, "They didn't want to go to Wancui Pavilion with us, but you still want to join them?"
Well...it seems so...
They had originally planned to go to Wancui Pavilion first and then to Jinbao Pavilion. When their carriage stopped, the eldest sister just left. It was obvious that she was annoyed with the second sister and was unwilling to buy jewelry with them.
I used to think that my eldest sister was scary when she was angry, but now it seems that my second sister doesn’t get angry often, and when she really gets angry, my eldest sister can’t handle it.
Shen Luo didn't dare to displease Shen Xian, let alone Shen Tang, so she quickly got off the carriage.
Chen Tang got off the carriage and walked into Wancui Pavilion without even turning his head. Chen Luo glanced sideways several times and just watched the carriage that Chen Xian and the others were riding in go away and disappear from her sight.
After entering Wancui Pavilion, the waiter came up to them and led Chen Tang and Shen Luo to the second floor without asking any questions.
The jewelry on the second floor is more exquisite and more expensive than that on the first floor.
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, she saw several ladies from wealthy families choosing jewelry. However, as soon as Chen Tang went up, the ladies' attention was no longer on the jewelry, but on her. They were all curious about how she had the courage to let the bridal sedan of Prince Jingyang's Mansion be carried back empty, because that was Prince Jingyang's Mansion.
Chen Tang ignored those scrutinizing looks. She came to Wancui Pavilion to pick out jewelry, and she chose carefully.
His eyes swept across the tray with various styles of hairpins. He saw a peacock hairpin that was very unique. Chen Tang reached out to take it, but just when he was about to touch it, another slender hand got there first.
"This hairpin is nice. I want it."
Chen Tang frowned, glanced over and saw a girl wearing a Shu brocade orchid-embroidered dress. She was smiling, but her eyes were somewhat provocative.
She is the legitimate daughter of the Yongning Marquis, Li Ru.
There was a girl following behind her. She looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember whose family she was from.
Chen Tang and the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion had no grudges before, nor had they had any dealings in their previous lives. How could Chen Tang not know that someone suddenly snatched her hairpin because it was because she was at the Jiang family that day and made the wife of the Yongning Marquis return empty-handed and even flee in anger.
The Yongning Marquis's Mansion was planning to target the Jiang family and plot against her cousin. She didn't cause any trouble for the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, but the Yongning Marquis's Mansion made her unhappy first.
Chen Tang's eyes were cold, but Miss Li was not satisfied with snatching Chen Tang's hairpin, and said, "I didn't expect such a coincidence that I met Miss Shen Er. I wonder if the gold hairpin that Miss Shen Er used to tie her hair that day was from Wancui Pavilion? Did it hurt?"
Chen Tang smiled, "Miss Li is so sincere in asking me for advice, are you planning to stab yourself someday?"
"As someone who has been through this, I have experience. This peacock hairpin is excellent. It won't hurt too much when you put it on."
Shen Tang's eyes fell on the peacock hairpin that she had snatched from her hand, without showing any anger.
Miss Li immediately felt that the hairpin in her hand was unlucky. There were not only her and Shen Xi on the second floor, but also several other ladies from wealthy families. What Shen Tang said would definitely spread. When others saw her wearing this hairpin, they might really think that she was going to stab themselves.
Miss Li gritted her teeth and slammed the hairpin on the table, "I don't want this hairpin anymore!"
Chen Tang glanced at the hairpin and raised his eyebrows, "You can't just choose not to buy it now..."
Miss Li's face was icy cold. "I don't want it anymore. Do you dare to force me to buy it or sell it to you?"
Chen Tang didn't say anything. The waiter at Wancui Pavilion twitched his mouth and said, "The hairpin was twisted by you..."
Miss Li took a glance and saw that one of the feathers of the peacock hairpin was lifted up, and her face immediately turned ugly.
The hairpin cannot be considered broken, it can be bent back together. But can Wancui Pavilion sell a repaired hairpin to another customer? If it is not put on the counter and no one knows about it, it will be fine. But if someone buys it and knows that the hairpin was twisted by Miss Li, won't she be disgusted and cause trouble for Wancui Pavilion?
Chen Tang smiled and said, "The young lady from the Yongning Marquis's residence wouldn't damage the jade hairpin in Wancui Pavilion, so she doesn't want to buy it, right?"
"you!"
Miss Li gritted her teeth in anger, "Who said I won't buy it? I just didn't see it just now!"
She would not ruin her reputation for just a few dozen taels of silver.
It's just that she was looking for Chen Tang to be unhappy, but now she is the one who is unhappy. Miss Li can't swallow this breath, "Second Miss Shen drugged her eldest sister, causing her to be unable to marry the Prince of Jingyang. The engagement was broken off by the Jingyang Palace. Second Miss Shen still has the mood to go shopping. Don't you feel guilty at all?"
Chen Tang didn't want to cause trouble, but some people really gave her face. Chen Tang curled her lips and said, "Speaking of guilt, there is one thing I don't do, and I will really feel guilty for the rest of my life."
When Chen Tang looked up, her eyes were cold. She took a few steps closer, scaring Miss Li so much that she stepped back repeatedly. Chen Tang whispered in her ear, "Go back and tell the Earl of Yongning and his wife that if they don't stop trying to cheat and harm other girls by pretending to marry the Third Young Master Li, I will report it to the Censorate, and then let the emperor know how filthy your Yongning Earl's Mansion is."
The girl had been standing behind Miss Li. When she saw Miss Li causing trouble for Chen Tang, her face turned red. She wanted to leave but couldn't leave Miss Li behind. She looked so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.
Miss Li stepped back, and she also took a few steps back. Chen Tang's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for her to hear. He even looked into her eyes when he spoke.
Shen Tang's few words made her face go from red to pale.
Needless to say, Miss Li's face turned pale. She didn't expect Chen Tang to dare to openly threaten her, no, to threaten her parents.
Chen Tang had already saved face for the Yongning Marquis's Mansion. Otherwise, if her voice was a little louder, it would spread throughout the capital in less than half an hour.
She just remembered who that girl was. She was from the Zhao family of the Hanlin Academy. Like the Jiang family, her family was of high status and nobility.
Chen Tang was not sure whether the Yongning Marquis's Mansion had failed to plot against the Jiang family and had changed its mind to target the Zhao family's daughter, but if a few words could save a girl's life, she would not hesitate to say a few words.
I have to say that the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and the wife of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion are indeed mother and daughter. Even the way they fled were exactly the same.
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