Chapter 279 Promotion
When it was almost evening, Chen Tang leaned against the window, looking at the slanting sun in the sky. Si'er came in and said, "Princess, the Queen's Nanny Zhao is here..."
"Please come in."
Si'er stepped back and soon brought in Nanny Zhao.
Madam Zhao bowed to Chen Tang, and Chen Tang helped her up, "Madam Zhao, you are too polite. Why are you here at Prince Jingyang's mansion at this time?"
Nanny Zhao was respectful. She knew that Empress Xu and the princess were close friends. She also knew that Prince Jingyang was secretly supporting Prince Yu. Even more importantly, the prince's wife had accompanied the princess into the palace to visit Concubine Ye two days ago and had helped Empress Xu.
If it weren't for her worry, Empress Xu wouldn't have asked her to come to Jingyang Palace at this time. Nanny Xu said, "The cake incident frightened the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. This is a serious matter. The Queen ordered me to come to the palace to ask for clarification. The Queen will do her best to find out who poisoned the palace and give an explanation to the Jingyang Palace."
Most of the tribute this time were for the female members of the family, so the emperor handed it over to Empress Xu to arrange. If anything went wrong, Empress Xu would naturally be responsible.
Chen Tang said, "I'm sorry to have made the Queen worried. Please ask Aunt Zhao to convey a message to the Queen. Please rest assured that my husband and I are not timid people. The more those people prevent my husband from interacting with Prince Yu, the more they will push my husband to Prince Yu's side."
Hearing this, Nanny Zhao felt relieved, "I will definitely convey this to the Queen."
Nanny Zhao had already asked Steward Zhou about the pastries. She came here only to appease Chen Tang on behalf of Empress Xu, but she was actually appeased by Chen Tang instead. It was getting late, so Nanny Zhao did not stay any longer.
Chen Tang sent Nanny Zhao out of the house, but Nanny Zhao refused to let him go, so he only sent her to the gate of the courtyard.
Qiu Tong was escorting Madam Zhao out of the house when a maid came over and said, "Prince's Consort, the Fourth Madam fainted from crying, and the old lady is also ill..."
The pain of losing a child is something that most people cannot bear.
In her previous life, she was heartbroken when Chen Tang lost the baby in her belly. What’s more, the baby had been raised to the age of seven, and his life was taken away just because of a piece of cake. It would be strange if the Fourth Madam could bear this blow.
Not to mention the old lady, who, in order to restore her own reputation and to fight for her dignity, snatched the things that the palace had bestowed upon her and Xie Guimo, and ended up killing her own grandson. The old lady must be regretting it to the core.
Knowing that the old lady and the fourth wife don't want to see her and Xie Guimo, Chen Tang and Xie Guimo will not have nothing to do after eating and go out to attract dislike.
The next day, Chen Tang did not go to pay her respects to the princess, but stayed in Chenxiang Pavilion, embroidering and threading to pass the time.
While she was embroidering, Si'er came in and said, "Princess, the eunuch who was in charge of packing food boxes in the palace's imperial kitchen disappeared yesterday. He was found drowned in a well this morning..."
The cakes given to officials by the palace had to be sealed. The poison in the cakes could only have been put into them before they were sealed. It must have been done by someone in the imperial kitchen.
Yesterday, as soon as the emperor learned that someone had poisoned the cakes given to Chen Tang and Xie Guimo, he ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. All the people who handled the cakes were checked, and everyone else was fine, except for a young eunuch who was missing.
Everyone who stayed in the palace knew that if someone went missing at this time, it must be a dangerous thing. Sure enough, early this morning, when the palace maids went to fetch water from the well, they found the eunuch floating in the well, and they were almost scared to death.
The prince had predicted that this matter would be difficult to investigate, and Chen Tang and Xie Guimo did not expect Queen Xu to find evidence and bring Concubine Ye to justice.
In her previous life, Empress Xu was defeated miserably by Concubine Ye. Chen Tang was satisfied that Empress Xu could protect herself and not be plotted against by Concubine Ye.
The clues ended here, and it was basically impossible to investigate further, but a life was lost, so we had to continue investigating even if it was difficult.
Three days later, the Eighth Young Master was buried. Because he died young, there wouldn't be a grand funeral, and normally, he wasn't allowed to be buried in the ancestral tomb. The old lady, perhaps out of guilt, insisted on burying the Eighth Young Master in the ancestral tomb. The prince agreed because the Eighth Young Master had helped Chen Tang and Xie Guimo ward off disaster.
However, the coffin was carried out of Prince Jingyang's Palace through the side door, and there was not even a piece of white silk hanging in the mansion.
A life disappeared quietly from the Jingyang Palace.
The old lady was ill for seven or eight days, and the doctor came several times before she gradually recovered.
The fourth wife had a high fever for two days and refused to eat a single grain of rice. The maid said that she had lost a lot of weight.
After the eighth young master died of poisoning, the fourth branch of the family finally got over the grief in an incredible way.
It was a fine day, and after Chen Tang had breakfast, he went to pay his respects to the princess on time.
When she went there, the princess was writing something, and when she saw Chen Tang coming, she smiled and said, "Tang'er is here."
Chen Tang asked, "Did I disturb my mother?"
The princess put down the pen, blew the ink dry, and put it into the letter while saying, "The prince sent someone to Guzhou, I will write a letter and ask someone to take it to cousin Moer."
Guzhou is quite far from Kyoto, and there is not much correspondence between them. It just so happens that the prince's people are going to Guzhou, so they must also deliver a letter to Madam Huo.
Not only one letter from the princess, but also one from Madam An.
The princess handed the letter to the maid, and sat on the small couch with Shen Tang to talk. But before she could open her mouth, a maid came in quickly and said, "Princess, someone from the palace came to announce the good news. The emperor promoted the fourth master to the position of doctor of the Ministry of Revenue."
Chen Tang, "..."
This promotion really came unexpectedly.
The princess was also stunned for a while, and it was Nanny Yun who asked, "Who recommended the Fourth Master?"
The maid replied, "The King of Qi recommended her."
Madam Yun asked again, "Where is the former doctor of the Ministry of Revenue?"
I haven't heard that anything happened to the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue. He was neither impeached nor did anything happen suddenly to him.
The maid said, "It seems that something happened in Yongzhou, and the emperor sent the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue away."
Chen Tang vaguely recalled that something like this happened in his previous life. The prefect of Yongzhou died of illness, and the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue took the opportunity to request an imperial decree to send him out of the capital, and the emperor approved it.
This position was vacant at the perfect time. Although no evidence was found to prove that it was Concubine Ye who ordered people to poison the pastries, everyone knew it, including the old lady.
As long as the Eighth Young Master lives, the Old Lady might not necessarily do as she did before and secretly help Concubine Ye to put pressure on the Princess and Xie Guimo to ask them to support the Prince of Qi.
The Prince of Qi recommended the Fourth Master as compensation to him. After all, the poison in the pastries was not aimed at the Eighth Young Master, nor at the Old Madam. By helping the Fourth Master get a promotion, the matter would be settled.
The reward for Chen Tang and Xie Guimo was obtained with the help of Empress Xu. If not for this incident, Concubine Ye would not have the opportunity to poison the cakes. If Prince Qi recommended the Fourth Master and Prince Yu opposed it, he would just bring hatred upon himself. Prince Yu certainly could not do such a thing, but he did not object. Prince Yu did not agree either, but took the opportunity to let his own people take up the position vacated by the Fourth Master.
The Prince of Yu did not oppose the Prince of Qi, so the Prince of Qi naturally could not oppose the Prince of Yu.
The emperor agreed.
The maid said, "The fourth master has been promoted to a higher rank. Lord Liu from the City Patrol Department will take over the fourth master's position, and the vacant City Patrol Department will be held by my cousin-in-law."
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