Chapter 295: House Arrest
We are all under house arrest, so of course we have to choose something meaningful.
She had no complaints when her mother confined her to her house, and she was even more willing to be confined to her house by her father because of the fight with Princess Cheng'an.
Empress Xu and Nanny Zhao were stunned when they heard this.
Queen Xu had been thinking a lot over the past two days, trying to turn the tide. She racked her brains but couldn't come up with a solution. She didn't expect that the Crown Prince's wife of Prince Jingyang could do it so easily. No wonder the Crown Prince of Jingyang wanted to marry her after being rejected once. She is really smart.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prince Jingyang supported Prince Yu sincerely and spared no effort to help wherever they could.
Queen Xu was grateful and happy.
But they were not happy for long, because the emperor sent people to hold a banquet in the palace to raise money for charity. The amount was so large that the emperor was happy. However, he was not happy because of the fight between the two princesses.
A princess is of noble status and is a role model for all women in the world. How could she do such a thing as fighting? No matter what the reason is, it is not allowed.
The emperor called Princess Gu'an and Princess Cheng'an to give them a lecture. When he saw that both of them had scratches on their faces, he became even angrier.
Princess Gu'an and Princess Cheng'an did not dare to tell the reason for the fight, so they found a plausible excuse and were confined by the emperor to copy the palace rules.
As for Concubine Ye, she was very angry. She could have let Empress Xu offend all the civil and military officials in the court, but because of the plea of Prince Jingyang's wife, Empress Xu released Princess Gu'an and went to throw dirty water on her daughter. Someone even heard it and believed it to be true!
But she couldn't complain to the emperor, so she could only swallow her anger!
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As for Chen Tang and the princess, they left the palace the same way they entered. The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Jingyang Palace. Chen Tang got off the carriage first, and then helped the princess down.
There were several eyes behind her that wanted to torture her to death, but Chen Tang tried hard to hold back the curling of her lips.
Xie Yan came over. After holding back for the entire palace banquet, she could no longer hold back and shouted at Chen Tang, "Are you happy because you embarrassed us?!"
Chen Tang blinked and said innocently, "Young lady, be careful with your words. How did I embarrass you? Those fake jewelry were not given to you by me."
However, she had never imagined that the concubine and wife of Prince Jingyang's Mansion actually had fake jewelry.
She just wanted to let Concubine Jiang know that entering the palace was not always a good thing. It was not right for her to enter, and it was not right not to enter. She didn't expect that she didn't even dig the hole, and these people dug it themselves, burying her so tightly that she couldn't even get up. God knows how hard she endured at the palace banquet, her cheeks were almost cramped from holding it in.
Even now when I think about it, the corners of my mouth can't help but rise, and I'm in a good mood.
The second wife said, "Why didn't you tell us that the jewelry could be redeemed after it was donated?!"
I lost such a big person today. I will be too ashamed to go out and see people in the future. No matter how gorgeous the jewelry I wear is, people will suspect it is fake!
The second wife was so angry that she wanted to tear Shen Tang apart alive.
Chen Tang said, "I saw that my mother's jewelry was beautiful and hard to buy even if you had money. The Queen just wanted everyone to donate money for disaster relief. It didn't matter whether it was money or jewelry, so I asked the Queen. Even though I knew in advance that the Queen would not disagree, I didn't expect that the jewelry worn by the Second Aunt, the Fourth Aunt, and the Concubine was fake. No, they changed into fake jewelry and wore it into the palace..."
The word "changed" was emphasized particularly strongly.
It was like two slaps in the face of the Second Wife and the others. Their faces turned blue, red and purple. However, they were in the wrong in this matter, so they did not dare to say bad things to Shen Tang in front of the princess.
Concubine Jiang stomped her feet in anger and walked into the mansion. The second and fourth wives were also filled with rage, as were their daughters.
Chen Tang was in a good mood, so he didn't bother with them. The princess was gentle in nature, so she was even less likely to do so. After entering the second gate, the princess returned to the Peony Courtyard and Chen Tang returned to the Chenxiang Pavilion.
After entering the house, Qiu Tong came up to Chen Tang and saw that all the jewelry on her head was there. She said, "Didn't you say that you came to the palace to donate money for disaster relief? I see that the Crown Prince's wife has a lot of jewelry."
Gingko covered her mouth and laughed, "The jewelry was donated and taken back. I'll send someone to deliver the money to buy the jewelry to the palace later. You didn't go to the palace today, so you didn't see how embarrassing Concubine Jiang and the second and fourth wives were..."
Gingko went on and on, telling Qiutong that Concubine Jiang and the others had donated fake jewelry and were exposed in public.
Qiu Tong was not present at the scene, but just by listening to Yin Xing's words, she could imagine how embarrassed Concubine Jiang and the Second and Fourth Mistresses were. "Fortunately, the Princess wore the most expensive jewelry, and the Crown Prince's Concubine's jewelry was no worse than other Crown Princes' Concubines. She saved the Jingyang Palace's reputation and didn't let them embarrass it."
Chen Tang sat down, holding the tea and drinking it, the corners of his mouth curled up and he couldn't suppress it, but after finishing a cup of tea, Si'er came in and said, "Princess, the old lady sent someone to tell you to go to her place."
Nothing good had ever happened to the old lady when she came to see her, especially when the second and fourth wives had lost face.
However, Chen Tang was not afraid. She knew that Empress Xu held the palace banquet to get everyone to donate money, but she did not hide it from everyone and told them the truth. It was Concubine Jiang and the Second Madam who had no mercy. They wanted to enter the palace for the banquet, but were unwilling to respond to Empress Xu's call. In the end, they lost face, and it was not her fault.
The old lady sent someone to invite him, so even though he was very tired, Chen Tang had to go and took Ginkgo to Wutong Courtyard.
As she walked around the screen and entered the room, Chen Tang felt the old lady's sharp eyes shooting at her. Chen Tang was not afraid of her and just pretended not to see it. She walked forward and the old lady angrily slapped the table and said, "You are so bold. The queen punished her own daughter, and you plead for the princess?!"
They couldn't find any fault with the Second and Fourth Madams in the embarrassing things they did, so they started by talking about her begging for mercy. They really are good at finding faults in everything.
Queen Xu has released Princess Gu'an, what else is there to say?
Chen Tang said, "How could I have such courage?"
The old lady laughed angrily, "You didn't?!"
Chen Tang said, "Of course I didn't. It was Madam Zhao who asked me for help. Whether it was Madam Zhao's own idea or the Queen's instruction, I couldn't refuse this favor. Otherwise, they are mother and daughter, why would I, an outsider, get involved?"
Chen Tang spoke with confidence. She had helped Empress Xu so much today, and she put the blame on Madam Zhao. No one dared to ask, and even if they asked Madam Zhao, she would cover for her.
Nanny Zhao is the most trusted person around Queen Xu, and to some extent represents Queen Xu. Chen Tang is not nosy, so the old lady naturally cannot find fault with her.
The old lady suppressed her anger and said, "The Queen confined Princess Gu'an to her own house, and asked you to plead for her, why?"
Chen Tang dismissed the old lady with one sentence, "How can ordinary people figure out the Queen's thoughts?"
The Second Wife said, "The Queen wants to use this opportunity to tell everyone that she trusts you more than her own daughter, Princess Gu'an, and to let all the civil and military officials know that you and the Crown Prince are on the side of Prince Yu!"
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