Chapter 241 Grievances
The princess' voice was sharp, and the old lady's voice was even sharper. Her eyes were colder than Chen Tang had ever seen before. The maid, who was already frightened, shuddered and all the color disappeared from her face.
The maid's knees softened and she knelt down, "Slave, I don't know..."
The old lady said coldly, "You were the one who served the tea to the Crown Prince's wife, didn't you know?!"
After all, Chen Tang lived in the Prince Jingyang's Mansion for four years in his previous life, and knew that the maid was called Chuntao. There was not only her mother in this courtyard, but her father was in the outer courtyard and was a second-class steward. She also had a younger brother. Among the servants in the Prince Jingyang's Mansion, they were considered a very happy family.
The old lady's words clearly showed that she was using Chuntao's family to force her to acknowledge everything.
She poisoned herself and got a rash on her face, not just to kill a maid.
Chen Tang said, "I have only been married to the Jingyang Palace for a few days. I have never noticed this maid before. I have no grudge against her. Why did she give me a sterilizing drug? Whether I have children or not, what does it have to do with a maid like her?"
Any means of harming others by exterminating the family line is aimed at the family property and title.
If Xie Guimo has no children, the title will be inherited by the second young master Xie Guiyin. However, if something happens to Xie Guiyin, the title will go to the second branch of the family.
After a pause, Chen Tang said, "This colorless and odorless infertility medicine is not cheap, and the maid's monthly salary cannot afford it."
The old lady's face froze, and the people in the room looked at each other.
The maids all felt that what Chen Tang said made sense. It had been not long since Chen Tang married into the Jingyang Palace, and except to pay her respects, she had not come to Wutong Courtyard, and had never spoken to Chuntao. There was no reason for Chuntao to harm the Crown Prince's Consort, and as a maid, she was very frugal with her monthly salary, and she was reluctant to even buy a hairpin, let alone buy a sterilizing drug to harm the Crown Prince's Consort.
But it was indeed Chuntao who brewed the tea and brought it to the Crown Prince's Consort. The Crown Prince's Consort did not hold Chuntao against her and even spoke up for her. If it were someone else, they would have dragged Chuntao away and beaten her until she confessed who had ordered her to drug her.
The old lady tightly grasped the Buddhist beads in her hand, her eyes swept across Chuntao's face, "The Crown Prince's Concubine doesn't believe that Chuntao has the intention to harm you, but is being instructed by someone, so drag her away and beat her."
Chuntao's blood froze.
Not to mention Chun Tao, even Chen Tang felt that this was cruel enough to make people feel cold all over.
She always felt that no matter how cruel the people in Prince Jingyang's Mansion were, they could not be as cruel as the Second Wife. In the end, she was thinking too well. Once these people's disguises were torn off, they might not look better than the Second Wife.
The old lady threw the Buddhist beads in her hand onto the small table and said, "What are you still standing there for? Drag him away!"
Two old women came over and dragged Chuntao, who was lying limp on the ground, out.
Chen Tang did not try to stop her, nor did Xie Guimo. The old lady was already forcing Chuntao openly, and she was obviously not worried that Chuntao would dare to betray her.
Now only Chuntao has to die. If she gives the truth, her parents and brother will also have to die. Chuntao is a filial daughter and will sacrifice herself to save her family.
The old lady is fearless.
Under such circumstances, they didn't even have the idea of trying to persuade Chuntao. It was a good opportunity for the maids and old women in Wutong Courtyard to see what the consequences of working for the old lady would be.
When Chuntao was dragged out, Chen Tang couldn't help but said, "You must beat Chuntao to death."
Chuntao's tears welled up in her eyes. She stared at the old lady and was finally dragged out.
There was the sound of hitting the board.
Ginkgo went out to watch. No matter how she asked, Chuntao gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know, I really don't know..."
The beating was fierce and heavy. After only twenty strokes, Chuntao was covered in blood and passed out.
Ginkgo said, "She's already fainted, stop hitting her!"
The two old women beating with sticks didn't listen at all. After a few beatings, Chuntao, who had fainted from the pain, woke up again. Chuntao looked at Ginkgo, her lips moving, but she couldn't utter a word.
She held her hands up, and finally fell heavily.
A living life died right in front of him, and even if this maid was an accomplice to the evil, Ginkgo could not remain indifferent.
She was thankful in her heart that she had a good master who never did anything harmful to the world. She also didn't have to be like Chuntao, who was suspected of being punished if something was exposed.
The old woman squatted down, stretched out her hand to feel Chuntao's breath, and said, "You are really useless. You died before thirty strokes of the cane."
Ginkgo's eyes were blazing with anger and he turned and went into the house.
The old lady was sitting on the Luohan couch. The maid came in and said, "Old lady, Chuntao is dead..."
The old lady picked up the Buddhist beads from the small table and asked casually, "Did you reveal anything?"
The old woman shook her head, "She didn't confess anything, she just said she didn't know..."
The old lady looked at Chen Tang, Xie Guimo and the others, "The tea was sent from the palace. It will not do you any good to continue investigating."
What a nice old lady.
He beat the maid to death and then brought the disaster to the palace so as to keep himself out of it.
But they are not so easy to get rid of. Xie Guimo looked at the doctor who wanted to leave but couldn't, "Check the tea that other people drank. I want to see if they all had infertility drugs in them."
If all of them were used, then he believed that the infertility drug was the work of someone in the palace. But if it was only in Chen Tang's tea, then it either had nothing to do with the palace, or the old lady and someone in the palace had joined forces to murder Chen Tang.
The old lady can't escape responsibility.
It's not easy for a poor doctor to earn some money. The internal strife in Prince Jingyang's Mansion implicated one of his doctors. When it was revealed that there was a sterilizing drug in the tea, the doctor wanted to take the medicine box and leave, but Chen Qi wouldn't let him go. He could only stand there and be forced to watch the family scandal of Prince Jingyang's Mansion.
They had been here for such a long time, so they could only do what they were told to do. The doctor served tea to everyone one by one and examined them. He shook his head and said, "Only the Crown Prince's wife's tea contained the infertility drug..."
"Your Majesty."
Before the doctor finished speaking, the prince walked in.
On the way here, the prince already knew that someone had put a sterilizing drug in the tea that Chen Tang drank. He asked Xie Guimo, "Have you found out who ordered the maid to harm the Crown Prince's Consort?"
Xie Guimo said, "The old lady said that the tea was sent from the palace, and she is investigating whether this matter is related to the palace."
I checked the tea I drank, and then checked all the good and bad teas in Wutong Courtyard, and found no infertility medicine.
The old lady looked at the prince and said, "I have been married to the old prince for more than 30 years and have never harmed the prince. What's more, if the prince's newly married princess suspects that I am the one who murdered her, the prince should expel me and the second and fourth wives from the palace!"
The old lady's voice became more and more fierce, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
The maid who made tea and served tea was already dead. She did not betray the old lady, and even if she knew it was her, she could not do anything to the old lady.
In his two lifetimes, Chen Tang had only seen this once: someone could harm others with such a righteous attitude and even threaten others.
Chen Tang didn't say anything, just kept scratching himself, and the prince asked, "Didn't the doctor prescribe any medicine?"
Xie Guimo said, "What medicine do you want to prescribe? If it weren't for this rash, I don't know when it would have been discovered. If we don't find out who's behind it, there's no guarantee that there won't be a next time!"
The prince said, "I am sorry that the Crown Princess has been wronged. Before this matter is investigated, there is no need to come to visit the old lady every morning and evening."
This matter will never be fully investigated. As for the prince, unless she is willing, she does not need to come to Wutong Courtyard to pay her respects to the old lady.
Finally, this suffering was not in vain.
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