Chapter 238: Defense
Chen Tang had no favorable impression of Madam Wang.
Now that she has lost her child, and has used the baby in her belly to stir up trouble and demote the Wang family to nothing, the Prince of Changping is not a man who would cherish old friendships. If Miss Wang is no longer useful, he will definitely abandon her like a worn-out shoe. In the future, Miss Wang will definitely suffer torture and her life will be worse than death if she stays in the Wang family.
It is true that every evildoer will be punished by his own evil.
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The redness and swelling on my forehead caused by the collision lasted for a night. When I woke up the next day, the redness and swelling had completely disappeared, but it still hurt when I pressed hard.
After breakfast, Chen Tang took Ginkgo to Wutong Courtyard to pay his respects.
She paid her respects and left yesterday, so she had to stay a little longer today to avoid being accused of not wanting to be close to them, as happened in her previous life.
But they couldn't really get close to each other. Just after she paid her respects to the old lady and her butt didn't even touch the chair, the second wife asked her, "Why did the prince beat the second young master so hard yesterday?"
Although it is human nature to be curious, the fact that it was not spread out shows that he did not want others to know and had to ask her.
Shen Tang shook his head.
The second wife was unhappy and said, "Don't want to say it?"
Of course he didn't want to, but he certainly couldn't admit it. Chen Tang said, "I don't know either..."
The fourth wife was surprised, "Didn't you see the prince beating the second young master? How could you not know?"
Chen Tang said, "I asked my husband, but he didn't tell me because he was angry, and I didn't dare to ask more. Concubine Jiang must know. She will come to pay her respects to the old lady later. You can ask her."
The second wife said, "Concubine Jiang knelt in the Buddhist temple for two hours. She won't be well in two or three days."
Chen Tang said, "If Second Aunt really wants to know, you can ask Concubine Jiang when you visit her."
This is not a pleasant thing to say. Concubine Jiang did injure her knee, but there is a huge difference between being injured and being injured while kneeling. If someone is injured, you must visit him. But if you visit someone who is kneeling, are you gloating over their misfortune or do you think the prince’s punishment is wrong?
She had never offended the Crown Prince's Consort before, right? Why was it that when the Crown Prince's Consort spoke to her, she always sounded sarcastic and gave her the feeling that there was something veiled behind her words?
The Second Madam stopped talking. The old lady glanced at Chen Tang, put down the teacup in her hand and said, "The Crown Prince and the Second Young Master are fighting at the Second Gate, and you, the Crown Prince's wife and eldest sister-in-law, are watching from the side, and you don't know how to stop them."
...Two martial artists were fighting, and she was asked to stop them while she was powerless. Fortunately, the old lady had the guts to say that.
If you want to find fault with her, you can just say it directly, there's no need to beat around the bush.
Chen Tang said, "My husband and the second young master are sparring, how can I stop them?"
The second wife laughed and said, "Is that a competition?"
A sense of accusation came over me.
The Second Master and Shen Sui are brothers, but Shen Sui, who was harmed for the title, almost died out. The old lady of Jingyang Palace is the second wife, and it goes without saying that the Second Master Xie and the Fourth Master Xie are not brothers with the prince.
The second and fourth wives' favorite thing to do is to instigate Concubine Jiang to cause trouble for the princess. Chen Tang had seen many of these in his previous life.
Chen Tang's long eyelashes trembled, "I don't understand the fight, if my husband says it is, then it must be."
As the Crown Prince's consort, and a newly married Crown Prince, she always puts her husband first in everything, and no one can say anything wrong about her.
With just one sentence, the second wife was blocked from speaking.
Chen Tang still felt that it was not enough. "Although I don't know why my husband beat the second young master, after the beating, Concubine Jiang complained to my father. My father did not punish my husband, but punished Concubine Jiang instead. It is obvious who is right and who is wrong. But Second Aunt's words sounded like she was defending the second young master and Concubine Jiang."
The Second Madam was helping Concubine Jiang and Xie Guiyin, but Chen Tang directly exposed her thoughts, and the Second Madam did not dare to admit it. The Second Madam smiled and said, "Second Aunt did not mean that. There are rumors in the mansion that the prince beat the Second Young Master because of you. Second Aunt asked about it because of your consideration. After all, you just came in, and they brothers have a grudge because of you, which is not good for your reputation."
What a thoughtful person.
Chen Tang said calmly, “I didn’t know that yesterday was the first time that my husband and the second young master had a fight…”
I don't know why they fought, but they just put the blame on her and made her bear the crime of fratricide. But what about before? She didn't get married into the family before, so was there no fighting?
The Second Wife didn't expect that Chen Tang, who looked gentle, could be so sharp-tongued, leaving her speechless several times.
The old lady said, "Well, since the prince has dealt with this matter, there is no need to talk about it anymore."
If she hadn't said this earlier, the Second Madam would have come out to fool around since she was at a disadvantage. Unfortunately, the princess didn't come today, and there was no one to support her. It was really boring to stay here, so Chen Tang prepared to go back.
But when she was about to leave, the maid brought tea over and the old lady asked, "Has the wedding date between the Crown Princess's brother and Princess Roujia been set?"
Chen Tang had raised his butt, but when the old lady asked him questions, he had to put it back down.
Chen Tang said, "It was decided yesterday that Princess Roujia will be married on the 28th of this month."
The Third Wife laughed and said, "I never thought that the Prince of Ning, who is both civil and military, is actually the elder brother of the Crown Princess. It is really enviable to have such a brother."
The second wife said, "It's a pity that we didn't grow up together, so I'm afraid our relationship won't be deep."
As soon as the Second Madam opened her mouth, not to mention Shen Tang, even Ginkgo who was standing behind Shen Tang wanted to cover the Second Madam's mouth. From the moment she came in until now, she hadn't said a word.
If you don't say that you ruin the life of her family's prince and consort, you will die young, right?
Chen Tang said nothing, but just chuckled.
The fourth wife asked, "What is the Crown Prince's wife laughing at?"
Chen Tang said, "I'm not laughing at anything. I just wanted to refute Second Aunt, but I felt it was unnecessary. After all, whether my relationship with my eldest brother is good or not has nothing to do with others."
"I don't need to convince anyone else that we have a deep brother-sister relationship."
The Second Wife's face was already bad, and now it looked even uglier.
Her words were unpleasant to the ear, and Chen Tang was too lazy to respond, which made her seem nosy and ill-intentioned.
Chen Tang's light laugh without saying anything was more irritating than saying a lot.
"Have some tea."
The old lady spoke again in a neutral tone.
Chen Tang picked up the teacup and took a sip, but the taste in his mouth always felt slightly bitter, which was quite different from the taste he had before.
Chen Tang was careful, poured the tea on the embroidered handkerchief, then stood up and said, "Nothing else, I'll go back first."
The old lady did not keep her, so Shen Tang bowed and left.
After leaving Wutong Courtyard, Gingxing looked around and made sure that no one was around. He couldn't help but ask, "Is it possible that the second wife is not a good person..."
The second wife in the palace is cruel and ruthless, and the second wife in Prince Jingyang's palace is probably not much better.
Chen Tang also felt that he was unlucky enough to not have a good second aunt, but "You can't generalize. Second aunt is a good person."
Ginkgo couldn't refute it, and was already hoping in her heart that Chen Tang and Xie Guimo would expel the second branch of the Jingyang Palace from the house as well.
Returning to Chenxiangxuan, Chen Tang went to the study to find Xie Guimo and handed the embroidered handkerchief to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi was a little confused and a little panicked.
He didn't dare take the Crown Prince's wife's embroidered handkerchief.
Xie Guimo looked at Chen Tang, "What happened to the handkerchief?"
Chen Tang said, "I tasted the tea in the old lady's room and it tasted different from the tea in my previous life. I was worried that there was something wrong, so I poured some on the embroidered handkerchief and asked Chen Qi to find a doctor to check it out."
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