Chapter 283 Rules
During that battle, the prince was at the border. He was supposed to fight side by side with the Duke of Zhenguo and his son. However, something unexpected happened and he was sent away to deliver food and fodder. When he received the bad news and rushed over, there was already a river of blood and corpses everywhere.
For so many years, he could not accept that the Duke of Zhenguo and his sons died in a battle, but there was no evidence to prove that there was a problem. Until the discovery of the Gu worm, he asked the soldiers who participated in the battle that year. The Duke of Zhenguo and his sons died one after another within half a cup of tea. They seemed unable to hold the spears in their hands before they died, which made him more convinced of his guess that they were affected by the Gu poison.
Based on his understanding of Xie Guimo's two uncles, they would fight to the death to protect the Duke of Zhenguo from danger even if they were really surrounded by enemy troops. Moreover, the situation was not so dangerous at that time, but they were defeated miserably.
The prince told Xie Guimo everything he knew, and then warned him, "Don't let your mother know about this."
"I know."
As Xie Guimo returned to Chenxiang Pavilion, the maid came in and said, "Master, Princess, the prince has sent someone to invite the imperial physician to come into the mansion to check the pulse of the old lady and the fourth wife."
If the old lady and the fourth wife are sick, they will naturally ask the imperial physician to come. The prince is busy with military affairs, so how can he take care of things?
Besides, the old lady and the fourth wife have been ill for a few days and are almost recovered. Isn’t it a little late to show concern...
Thinking of this, Xie Guimo said, "The imperial physician was invited for my mother."
Chen Tang asked, "What happened to mother?"
Xie Guimo told Chen Tang about the conversation in the study. The prince was worried, fearing that it was not that the princess was murdered as Xie Guimo guessed, but that the princess had some hidden illness. The princess was not sick or in pain at the moment, so she did not need to see a royal physician. However, the old lady and the fourth wife were bedridden, and the prince did not want to do anything that would give people a chance to talk about her, so he first checked the old lady and the fourth wife, and then it would not be too late to check the princess' pulse.
The imperial physician was invited into the mansion, and first took the old lady's pulse, then wrote a prescription for the fourth wife, and finally went to the Peony Courtyard.
The prince was also there, and the imperial physician took the princess' pulse very carefully. He felt one hand and then the other. The princess was so meticulous that she was worried that there was something wrong with her, but the body was hers, and she didn't feel unwell anywhere.
When the imperial physician stopped, Nanny Yun asked, "Doctor Li, is the princess healthy?"
Doctor Li smiled and said, "The princess is in good health."
Doctor Li looked at the prince, and the prince nodded, "Thank you, Doctor Li."
Manager Zhou escorted Doctor Li out of the house.
After Doctor Li left, the princess looked at the prince and asked, "Why did the prince ask the doctor to check my pulse for no reason?"
The prince was afraid of scaring the princess about Chen Tang's rebirth after death, so he certainly couldn't tell her, so he used his son as a shield, "Mo'er said you were not feeling well and that I didn't care about you enough."
The princess did not suspect anything, and was even afraid that the prince would be angry with Xie Guimo, so she defended him, "It's just a little dizzy, it's nothing serious, Mo'er is making a fuss."
The prince sees everything but doesn't say it out loud.
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The next day, the weather was fine and the sky was clear and cloudless.
Chen Tang didn't need to go to the princess's grave every morning and evening. It was fine to go later in the evening to pay his respects. There was no need to get up early. He slept until he woke up naturally these days.
After getting off the bed, Gingko Qiutong helped her get dressed and wash up. But just as she sat down in front of the dressing table, Si'er came in and said, "Princess, Concubine Jiang sent someone to ask you to go to the old lady."
Chen Tang's handsome brows tightened.
Since the last time Xie Guiyin used a knife to kill someone and was beaten up by Xie Guimo, Concubine Jiang was the first to complain and was punished by the prince to kneel for two hours. Chen Tang has not seen her these days.
They haven't seen each other for so many days, why did Concubine Jiang ask her to go to the old lady?
Concubine Jiang has a special status. She is not only the prince's concubine, but also the prince's cousin. As long as Concubine Jiang does not go too far, the princess will give her some leeway. Chen Tang will never provoke Concubine Jiang casually.
Concubine Jiang sent someone to invite him, so he had to go this time. However, Chen Tang would not go on an empty stomach. After having breakfast with Xie Guimo, he took Ginkgo to Wutong Courtyard.
As she walked around the screen and entered the room, she received several impatient looks, especially from Concubine Jiang. "The Crown Prince's Concubine is so arrogant. I sent someone to invite you, but you're still so late!"
Who is more arrogant?
The side concubine sounds nice, but in fact she is just a concubine.
If she wasn't the prince's cousin, I wonder if she would pay attention to her.
Chen Tang said, "I am late for dinner with my husband, but if the concubine needs to see me in an emergency in the future, you can go directly to Chenxiang Pavilion."
Concubine Jiang’s face froze, and Xie Yan couldn’t bear to see Chen Tang being disrespectful to Concubine Jiang, so she angrily said, “How dare you talk to my mother like that?!”
Concubine Jiang gave birth to a son and a daughter for the prince.
Xie Yan, the eldest daughter of the Jingyang Palace.
Baba had called her here and had started off with bad intentions. She was willing to explain, which was enough to give the prince face. Chen Tang asked, "What did I say that was wrong?"
Xie Yan gritted her teeth and said, "My mother is the elder, you want my mother to go to Chenxiangxuan to find you?!"
If you don't want to go to Chenxiangxuan to find her, then just don't look for her.
Chen Tang said, "I have never seen a concubine who can order the Crown Prince's wife around. Even if the concubine is my father's cousin, since she is my father's concubine, she should follow the rules of a concubine."
"you!"
In such a huge Jingyang Palace, no one dared to say this about Concubine Jiang. Xie Yan was so angry that she couldn't speak, let alone Concubine Jiang.
Chen Tang still felt that it was not enough, and looked at the princess and said, "Mother, there are no outsiders in the mansion today. If there were outsiders, the words that the concubine just scolded me would be heard by others. There is no doubt that our Jingyang Palace is too unruly."
Chen Tang wanted to say these words in his previous life, but the prince, remembering the Jiang family's kindness in raising him, indulged Concubine Jiang. Concubine Jiang was a thorn in the hearts of the prince and princess. The princess was unwilling to pay any attention to Concubine Jiang. As long as Concubine Jiang did not go too far, the princess would turn a blind eye. The old lady and the other three families just watched the fun and enjoyed the trouble.
In addition, Chen Tang and Xie Guimo were not in harmony, so they tolerated it again and again.
But now, Shen Tang couldn't bear it at all.
There are some things that the prince is not easy to say and the princess is too lazy to say, so she, the prince's consort, has to say them. She doesn't believe that she is right and the prince can still favor Concubine Jiang.
The princess sat there, she knew that Chen Tang's words were not for herself, but to speak up for her, the princess felt warm in her heart.
Chen Tang protected her, so how could the princess not side with Chen Tang? The princess looked at Concubine Jiang, her gentle face rarely showing a bit of coldness, "I have no control over how you act in front of the prince, but in front of the Crown Prince's wife and Mo'er, you are only my concubine in Jingyang Palace. If you do something that violates the rules again, go to the Buddhist temple and copy the family rules for me and reflect on yourself."
Concubine Jiang's face looked as ugly as if she had been slapped a dozen times, but she didn't dare to refute a single word.
Although she is the prince's cousin, she is also his concubine.
The matter became a big deal because she was not in the right.
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