Chapter 3 Interrogation
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The clear and loud sound echoed in the house.
The slap stunned Doukou and also caused quite a stir in Qingyi Garden.
Chen Tang was a gentle person, always lenient to his servants, and rarely punished maids. It was the first time he slapped his own personal maid. Everyone was wondering what Doukou had done wrong to make the good-tempered Second Young Lady so angry.
Doukou was slapped and retreated crying.
But Chen Tang's face didn't improve. Yin Xing thought she was still angry with Doukou and advised her carefully, "Miss, don't get angry and hurt yourself. Doukou is also worried about you..."
"No need to plead for her."
This slap was just the beginning. She would not keep such a traitorous maid by her side and leave hidden dangers for herself.
In her Qingyi Garden, besides Doukou, she didn't know how many people were the Second Madam's spies. She had been living under their noses for so many years. She was afraid that the Second Madam knew every word she said.
The Second Madam was reluctant to let her own daughter become a widow, but she did not dare to offend the Jingyang Palace and Concubine Ye, so she plotted against her. Now Doukou failed to instigate her and was beaten. The Second Madam must have known her attitude. However, there are many daughters in the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion. In addition to her, there are also the third girl Shen Ran and the fourth girl Shen Luo, who are all old enough to be pushed out by the Second Madam.
The second wife was only concerned with calculations. She, Shen Tang, would not allow anyone to get on the sedan chair at Prince Jingyang's mansion, including Shen Xian.
She wanted the bridal sedan to come to Prince Jingyang's Palace empty and return empty!
She wants Jingyang Palace to cancel the engagement!
Chen Tang thought that the Second Madam would stop after hitting a wall with her. After all, her father was the one who made the decisions in Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion. If she didn't want to, her father wouldn't let her go to marry someone else on behalf of Chen Xiang. It would be much easier for the Second Madam to plot against her adopted daughter Shen Ran, or her illegitimate daughter Shen Luo. But the Second Madam seemed to have a grudge against her and targeted her. When one plan failed, she would try another.
Chen Tang was still feeling dizzy. In her previous life, she got on the bridal sedan with injuries, and she felt dizzy and almost dead. She even vomited bitter bile in the bridal sedan.
There is another tough battle tomorrow, so she must get enough rest.
Chen Tang suppressed his urge to see his father, drank the medicine and went to rest. In order to get a good rest, he also reminded Ginkgo not to wake her up.
Ginkgo responded very well, but she was the one who was shaken the hardest, shaking the back of Shen Tang's head so hard that it rubbed back and forth on the pillow, and the pain made her want to die.
Shen Tang woke up in anger, but before she could get angry, Yin Xing said anxiously, "Miss, it's bad, the eldest girl vomited blood and fainted!"
The anger that had been welling up in Shen Tang's throat just dissipated.
Ginkgo has always been obedient. In her eyes, Chen Xian is the closest person to her, Chen Tang, in this world. If something happens to Chen Xian, even if Ginkgo had the courage, she would not dare to let her continue sleeping without waking her up.
But Chen Tang knew that Chen Xi's vomiting blood and fainting was just her way of avoiding the wedding of Prince Jingyang, and it was not a real accident.
Chen Tang propped himself up and sat up, and asked casually, "Why did you vomit blood and faint?"
Ginkgo replied quickly, "I heard from the maid that the eldest girl was in a bad mood and didn't eat much in the morning. The old lady was very worried, so she specially ordered the kitchen to make bird's nest and asked the second wife to send it to the eldest girl. As a result, the eldest girl ate only a few bites and suddenly vomited. The bird's nest she vomited was stained with blood, and then she fainted..."
Ginkgo didn't dare not wake up Chen Tang. Once Chen Tang woke up, it would be difficult for him to go back to sleep.
She knew that Chen Xi was not her biological sister, but others didn't know. Her biological sister vomited blood and fainted, but her younger sister was still sleeping soundly. It was too cold and heartless.
What people say is scary.
Chen Tang threw back the quilt and got out of bed, then sat in front of the dressing table and asked Ginkgo to do her makeup.
The injury was on the head, and grooming was almost like torture. No matter how careful Ginkgo was, the pain made Shen Tang gasp several times.
Before she finished dressing up, a little maid ran in from outside the beaded curtain and said hurriedly, "Miss, the second wife sent someone to capture Doukou..."
A cold light flashed in Shen Tang’s eyes.
As soon as Chen Xi got into trouble, the second wife sent people to arrest Doukou, and it was obvious that they were targeting her.
This means that regardless of whether she drugged Chen Xi or not, the crime will be pinned on her.
The hair was already done, Chen Tang picked two plain hairpins and pinned them on the bun, then stood up and went out.
Chen Tang lived in Qingyi Garden and Chen Xie lived in Qinglan Garden. The two courtyards had similar names, but were not very close to each other. It would take half a cup of tea to walk to them by taking a shortcut. Qinglan Garden was not as big as Qingyi Garden, but it was more elegantly decorated. More importantly, it was much closer to Songhe Hall where the second wife and the old lady lived.
The circle of Qingyi Garden is so small that it is not very obvious, but the distance that is walked less every morning and evening is real.
But it's also true that there's no mother who wouldn't keep good things for her daughter.
In the current Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, the old lady is nominally in charge of everything, but in fact, all matters big and small are handled by the second wife. The old lady loves Chen Xi the most, and when the second wife takes things from Chen Xi's yard, no one thinks she is partial, they just say she has no selfish motives.
Chen Tang walked from the small path to Qinglan Garden, and saw from a distance the old lady coming over with the help of a maid. The old lady was really worried about Chen Xi, her face was full of worry, and her steps were very hurried.
Chen Tang's pace slowed down instead. She was wondering whether the old lady knew that Chen Ying was the second wife's child.
Chen Tang felt that the old lady probably didn't know that the second uncle was the old lady's biological son, as was his father. The eldest brother was lost at the lantern festival and the old lady fell seriously ill. The fact that his father had no children had always been a concern for the old lady. After his mother passed away, the old lady worried a lot about finding a remarriage for his father. His father had a good relationship with his mother and was unwilling to remarry. The old lady even threatened to commit suicide.
The father had no choice but to give in, but the second wife was not able to enter the family. After the marriage was decided, they were preparing to marry her, but then a war broke out at the border and the father went there, so the marriage had to be put on hold. After he finally came back to hold the wedding, the girl fell ill and died.
My father didn't even know what the girl he was going to marry looked like, and she died of illness. As a general, my father was used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, and birth, aging, sickness and death are things that no one can escape. But somehow, my father's reputation as a wife-killer spread. With this reputation, and the fact that my father was twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old at the time, even if he didn't object to remarrying, the old lady wouldn't be able to pick one that she liked, and the matter of remarrying was never resolved.
Since there was no mistress in the eldest house, the household affairs were managed by the old lady. But the old lady was old after all, and she couldn't afford to worry so much. At first, she only gave the embroidery room to the second wife, and later added a garden, then a big kitchen, and finally all the housekeeping power was in the hands of the second wife.
The eldest branch has no son, let alone the management of the Marquisate. In the future, after my father passes away, the huge Pingyuan Marquisate will be handed over to the second branch.
Chen Tang could feel that the old lady sincerely hoped that his father could have a son, even if it was a bastard. In his previous life, his father died of a "relapse of an old illness". The old lady could not bear the blow and fell ill. After a month, she also passed away.
Chen Tang shook these things off from his mind, stepped into the yard, and saw Doukou kneeling on the ground from a distance.
The old lady asked the second wife, "Did you make the interrogation clear?"
The second wife shook her head. "This maid is very stubborn. She won't tell the truth unless she is tortured."
"Then use torture!"
As soon as the old lady spoke, the second wife turned around and gave a look, and two maids pulled Doukou up and pressed her onto the bench.
Doukou's face turned pale with fear, and she said anxiously, "I said, I said, it was the Second Miss who asked me to put drugs in the bird's nest..."
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