Chapter 24 Heartbreak
When Chen Xian came out of the carriage, Chen Tang had already hid in the Prince Shou's Mansion in a panic. When Chen Xian saw the Prince of Jingyang, she was also startled, and then her eyes turned red uncontrollably.
When she got off the carriage, she wanted to greet Prince Jingyang and say a few words, but he seemed not to have noticed her at all. He walked up the steps and entered the Prince Shou's Mansion.
Chen Tang's face was burning with anger, and she regretted glaring at Xie Guimo. Really, she didn't mean it.
But in their previous life, the two of them were always at loggerheads and never had a chance to talk to each other properly. Whenever Xie Guimo put on that sour face, she would get angry and turn into a belligerent cock.
But that was in the past life!
No one provoked her in this life. From Xie Guimo's perspective, she was poisoned when she went out hunting to save the second prince and almost died. She was rejected when her bridal sedan came to marry her, and the marriage was cancelled. She was forced to come to the Shouwang Mansion to attend the Spring Banquet. It would be strange if she was in a good mood. Her face was not good, but it was not directed at her, but she was stressed.
After entering the Shouwang Mansion, Chen Tang stopped. As sisters from the same mansion, she couldn't leave Chen Xian and the others behind and go first. However, when she turned around and looked back, she didn't see Chen Xian and Shen Ran, but saw Xie Guimo walking in.
Without any warning, his eyes met hers again——
Chen Tang took two quick steps to the side, wishing she could be invisible. It was not until Xie Guimo walked over that her pounding heart slowly calmed down.
Chen Xian was ignored and was in a bad mood. When she saw Chen Tang, she immediately got angry and asked, "Why are you walking so fast?"
Do you think she likes to walk so fast? Chen Tang said expressionlessly, "My elder sister doesn't feel embarrassed when she meets the Prince of Jingyang. I can't do that. I can only avoid him."
Chen Xi gritted her teeth in anger. She suspected that Chen Tang was mocking her for being thick-skinned. She wanted to get angry, but because there were people around, she had to endure it.
The maid from Prince Shou's mansion came over, bowed to them, and led the way.
I followed the maid into the inner courtyard and walked towards the garden of Prince Shou's Mansion. Before I entered the yard, I saw two kites competing for height in the sky above the garden. Their laughter, like silver bells, came out, clear and pleasant.
Although it is only early spring and the leaves are still a little yellow, there are many exotic flowers blooming in the garden. However, the most eye-catching things are not the exotic flowers and plants, but the ladies chasing and playing, so charming and graceful.
But as they entered, the bustling garden suddenly became much quieter. The ladies from wealthy families all looked at them and gathered in groups of three or four, whispering to each other.
Seeing this scene, Chen Tang wished he could run away as far as possible.
Over the past six months, Chen Xian had been flaunting her identity as the future Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Jingyang's Mansion, which had attracted so much envy, jealousy and hatred. Now that her engagement had been broken off, it was unknown how many people would take advantage of her misfortune.
It would be fine if Chen Xian was smashed, Chen Tang would be happy to see it happen, but he was afraid that she, an innocent person, would be implicated.
What you fear will come to you. Now, someone is here to take advantage of your misfortune. Princess Chun'an of Prince Zhao's mansion blocks their way.
Princess Chun'an said, "What happened to Miss Shen? I haven't seen her for only half a month. How come she has lost so much weight?"
This question is too heartbreaking.
Why did Chen Xi become so thin? Couldn't Princess Chun'an guess it?
Princess Chun'an admires Xie Guimo. Ever since Chen Xian and Xie Guimo got engaged, Princess Chun'an would always make trouble for Chen Xian wherever she met her.
In the previous life, Chen Tang married Xie Guimo instead, so Princess Chun'an let Chen Xi go and started targeting her everywhere. She deliberately pushed her into the lotus pond and almost drowned her.
However, in her previous life, less than a month after she fell into the water, something happened in Prince Zhao's mansion. Prince Zhao embezzled tribute and was demoted to a prince by the emperor in exchange for a barren fiefdom. Princess Chun'an then left Beijing and never returned.
Chen Tang didn't like Princess Chun'an either, and said coldly, "Princess Chun'an, why do you have to ask when you already know the answer?"
Princess Chun'an laughed, "Second Miss Shen drugged her eldest sister so that she couldn't get on the sedan chair at Prince Jingyang's mansion, and was eventually broken off from the engagement, but she didn't feel guilty at all."
Why should she feel guilty about something she didn't do?
Chen Tang ignored her and prepared to leave, but Chen Xian said bluntly, "Second sister drugged me because she was afraid that I would get married and become a widow, not to snatch my marriage. Naturally, I don't blame her."
Listen, what a good eldest sister! Even though her marriage was ruined, no one blames her.
How can there be such shameless people in the world?
Fortunately, she remembered her grandmother's teachings and spoke up to defend her Shen Xi, but Shen Xi, on the other hand, disgusted her instead.
Afraid of vomiting his breakfast due to nausea, Chen Tang walked away without saying a word.
Apart from Gingko, no one came after him, so Chen Tang was happy to have some peace and quiet.
Chen Tang did not go to crowded places. She came to Shouwang Mansion to attend the Spring Banquet just to find her elder brother and nothing else. However, most of the young masters from aristocratic families were in the outer courtyard at this time, and it was still early for the banquet to start, so she took Yinxing for a walk.
But as they walked, the noise became far away from them. Chen Tang stood by the lake, enjoying the breeze, and was lost in thought.
I don't know how long I stood there, but when I heard footsteps, I turned my head to look at her and said, "Girl, it's a big girl..."
Chen Tang glanced over and saw Chen Xi walking towards her.
Chen Xi came over and said, "You ran so far, it's hard for me to find you."
Chen Tang said indifferently, “No one asked you to find me.”
Chen Xi said, "I came here to apologize to you. I know you don't want to hear me say that."
It was really strange that the man who tried to make excuses in front of his grandmother would actually apologize to her outside the house.
Chen Tang looked up, "Did the sun rise from the west today?"
Chen Xi's face froze. "I know you are still angry with me, but I hope you can put Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion first. My marriage was broken off by Jingyang Prince's Mansion, which not only affects me, but also you, my third sister, my fourth sister, and even my father."
What he said was truly heartfelt, but Shen Tang didn’t believe a word of it.
She, Shen Xi, is not someone who will give in.
Unless absolutely necessary.
Chen Tang said impatiently, "Just tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Chen Xian's face was stiff, and she said, "Prince Jingyang has also come to the Shou Palace. You go and apologize to him and say that it was you who drugged me that day, so I couldn't bring him happiness. My marriage with him can't be cancelled like this."
Chen Tang laughed when he heard this, "It's not enough that you drugged yourself and framed me, you also want me to apologize to Prince Jingyang?"
Shen Xi said, "This is also what grandma meant!"
Chen Tang sneered, “Grandma wouldn’t do such a shameless thing, and I’m not that easy to fool.”
"If you say another word, I will tell my father."
Shen Tang was resolute.
Seeing that she couldn't convince Chen Tang, Chen Xi stomped her feet and left.
As Shen Xian walked, she heard the sound of branches breaking. Shen Tang looked towards the direction where the sound came from, "Who's there?!"
Chu Yi, the son of the Marquis of Xuanyi, came out from behind the rockery, rubbing his nose and said awkwardly, "I said I didn't eavesdrop on you on purpose, do you believe me?"
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