Chapter 245
This was an angle that Chen Tang had never thought of, but once Xie Guimo said it, Chen Tang felt it made sense.
The prince commands a large number of troops and enjoys the emperor's trust. He must be good at guessing the emperor's thoughts. If the emperor intends to make the prince of Qi the crown prince, based on the relationship between the princess and Concubine Ye, the prince will not fail to participate.
But in his previous life, the emperor did not show any desire to establish the eldest prince. More importantly, in his previous life, Concubine Ye and Prince Qi succeeded, and the throne fell into their hands.
If the Emperor favored the eldest prince more, and he still doted on Concubine Ye so much, even the Queen's birthday banquet would become a stepping stone for Concubine Ye to establish her power. If Concubine Ye hadn't shot herself in the foot, something would have happened to Prince Qi at the Queen's birthday banquet, and the Queen's prestige would have been completely gone.
It's obvious that the Emperor is helping Concubine Ye to suppress Empress Xu and the eldest prince.
Chen Tang really couldn't figure out the emperor's approach. Xie Guimo chuckled, "The crown prince also needs to be tempered. If he doesn't have the ability, sitting in that position will cause endless troubles."
"Within three days, the Emperor will confer the title of the eldest prince and grant him a mansion, then you will know that my guess is correct."
Shen Tang raised an eyebrow, "What if there isn't?"
Xie Guimo pulled Chen Tang to sit in his arms, "Don't worry, your husband won't guess wrong."
The hot breath hit his neck and drilled into his ears. His voice became hoarse, "It's been eight days..."
What eight days?
Chen Tang was stunned for a moment before she realized what he was referring to. She blushed, "It's obviously not even seven days yet..."
Xie Guimo looked resentful, "Will it take so long?"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow night will be fine..."
Chen Tang's voice was as weak as the hum of a mosquito or fly.
Thinking of sleeping together in the previous life, Chen Tang felt a little scared, but also a little expectant, and his heart was extremely conflicted.
Her face was burning, and Chen Tang forced herself not to think too much, but she couldn't stop the people behind her from thinking too much, and said, "Tomorrow I have to go to Princess Jinde's mansion to deliver the makeup, I have to get busy."
When she got married, Princess Jinde gave her so much dowry, and she couldn't give less than Shen Ran's dowry, so she had to go to the storehouse and choose carefully.
But Xie Guimo refused to let go, so he couldn't help but stay with her for a while.
The next day, Chen Tang woke up as usual, and thinking that he didn't have to pay his respects to the old lady, he stayed in bed for a while, and then he was in a dilemma.
Normally, when she went to pay her respects to the old lady, she didn't have to pay her respects to the princess. The prince only exempted her from going to Wutong Courtyard, but he didn't say that she didn't have to pay her respects to the princess. She had to go to the princess, but at the time of paying her good morning, the princess would most likely be in Wutong Courtyard. She had to wait for the princess to return to her own courtyard before paying her respects.
Gingxing and Qiutong came in with a copper basin. Gingxing stepped forward and said, "Princess, the old lady is ill..."
Are you sick?
But it's normal.
The old lady, the second wife, gave her eldest grandson's wife a sterilizing drug. She had a bad reputation for being cruel and ruthless.
Although the old lady was ruthless, she also valued her reputation. This time she was killed by surprise, it would be strange if she was not angry.
But even if she was angry, Shen Tang had no intention of visiting, at least not today, because she was not a clay figure and would not have a temper.
Chen Tang got off the bed, and when she finished washing up, Xie Guimo came back. Chen Tang applied medicine to him, and then sat down to have breakfast together.
After breakfast, Xie Guimo went to the study. Chen Tang had nothing to do, so she was embroidering in the room. She guessed that the princess would be back soon, so she took Ginkgo out.
They walked slowly, and when they arrived at the Peony Courtyard, the princess just came back, and seeing Chen Tang there, the princess smiled and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to pay my respects to my mother."
Chen Tang bowed and the princess smiled and said, "Mother doesn't have so many formalities. You don't have to come and pay your respects to mother every day."
The princess is indeed not as polite as the old lady. Maybe it's because the old lady is not the prince's biological mother, so she cares more about whether others respect her as an old lady. Or it can be said that the regular visits in the morning and evening are the means by which the old lady can control the younger generation of Jingyang Palace openly.
Chen Tang said, "I should come to pay my respects to my mother."
If it weren't for the old lady and the second and fourth wives being so difficult to deal with and fond of making trouble overtly or covertly, Chen Tang wouldn't mind strolling to Wutong Courtyard after breakfast, paying his respects, and sitting for a while to listen to everyone's gossip about the various prefectures in Kyoto. But he couldn't stand them making trouble, so he could only hide away.
Chen Tang helped the princess into the courtyard, and the princess asked, "Is Mo'er's injury better?"
Chen Tang nodded, "It's much better."
Knowing that it was a self-torture tactic, the princess was no longer worried about how seriously Xie Guimo was injured. After injuring the old lady, she put her in the spotlight. The old lady must have tossed and turned all night last night and looked extremely bad, so she asked a doctor to come into the house.
If the old lady had not been ill, the princess would not have planned to go to Wutong Courtyard these days.
After entering the house, the maid brought tea up, and Nanny Yun leaned over to whisper something in the princess' ear. The princess looked at Chen Tang, "You and Mo'er haven't consummated your marriage yet?"
Shen Tang shook his head.
The princess asked, "Why haven't you... yet?"
Chen Tang regretted coming to pay respects to the princess, and said with a red face, "Yesterday, yesterday was the last day..."
She said that with Mo'er's personality, if she misunderstood him and invited the imperial physician into the house, there would definitely be some trouble.
The princess instructed Nanny Yun, "Take someone to Chenxiang Pavilion to set up the place this afternoon."
Nanny Yun agreed.
Chen Tang really wanted to say no, but his mouth seemed to be sealed and he couldn't utter a single word.
Unable to stay any longer, Chen Tang stood up and said, "I have to go to Princess Jinde's mansion to deliver the dowry today, so I will go back first."
Without waiting for the princess's consent, Shen Tang ran away as if escaping.
The princess thought about how she was worried that her son would bully Chen Tang before getting married, but it turned out that the marriage had not been consummated for several days after the wedding.
Chen Tang returned to Chenxiangxuan and drank a cup of tea. The maid came in to report that the carriage was ready, so Chen Tang took Ginkgo out again.
As soon as he stepped out, he saw a maid in a light green dress getting out of the carriage. Seeing Chen Tang, the maid hurriedly said, "Crown Princess..."
It was Shen Ran’s maid Lu’er.
Chen Tang smiled and said, "I was just about to go to Princess Jinde's residence, why are you here?"
Lu Er hurriedly replied, "The county lady heard that the Crown Prince's wife was given a sterilizing drug and had a rash all over her body. She wanted to come and see you, but many ladies from wealthy families went to send their dowries these past two days, so the county lady couldn't get away, so she sent this servant here..."
Chen Tang said, "I'm fine now."
Lu Er smiled brightly, "The county lady will be very happy if she knows you are going to give her some dowry."
Prince Jingyang's Palace was not far from Princess Jinde's Palace, just two streets away. Chen Ran was getting married soon, and many people had come to give her dowry in the past two days. When Chen Tang arrived, several ladies from wealthy families had already arrived.
Seeing that it was the carriage from Prince Jingyang's Palace, and knowing that it was Chen Tang who came, the servant from Princess Jinde's Palace smiled and diligently helped to move the footstool.
Lu'er led Chen Tang to the garden, and as soon as they arrived at the garden gate, Chen Ran came out to greet them.
Seeing Shen Tang, Shen Ran said happily, “The maid said that the second sister is here, but I didn’t believe it. I didn’t expect that the second sister really came.”
Chen Tang smiled and said, "When you get married, I will definitely come to give you some dowry."
Shen Ran asked, "Is the second sister okay?"
Chen Tang shook his head, "I took the medicine and it's fine, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come to Princess Jinde's mansion."
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