Chapter 30: Backing Up
Here, Chen Tang had a great appetite, but over there, the delicious meal that the old lady was eating suddenly lost its taste in her mouth.
Although the old lady was not very fond of the marriage proposal at the Minister of Rites' Mansion, it was the first time that the wife of the Minister of Rites came to propose marriage. She was afraid that before they even returned to the Mansion, Master Fang would have an accident and his horse would be frightened and fall into the river. This would be too unlucky.
In addition, Chen Tang was afraid that the old lady would arrange a marriage for her, so she used Jiang's excuse to say that she could not get married until she was sixteen, which made the old lady think more.
He was so unlucky just by coming to ask for marriage that the old lady didn't even dare to think about getting engaged. How unlucky must he be? I'm afraid he might even die.
More importantly, Chen Xian and Shen Tang were twins born from the same womb, with the same birth date. If Chen Tang had to be sixteen before she could get married, then Chen Xian would have to do the same...
Chen Xian was trying to commit suicide and refused to marry the Prince of Jingyang because of the bad fortune from the Jokhang Temple, which said that if she married within three days, she would definitely become a widow and unlucky. As a result, the Prince of Jingyang didn't even need to get married, but Chen Xian got such a fortune. The old lady was a little shaken.
The old lady lost her appetite, so she got up and went back to her room to chant scriptures and pray for blessings.
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After lunch, Chen Tang read a book for a while. Feeling a little sleepy, he lay down on the couch and took a nap.
When she woke up, Gingko came up to her and said, "The servants in the mansion are all talking about the fact that the girl can only get married when she is sixteen. The second wife issued a gag order not to discuss it, and even beat the two maids who were gossiping..."
"The second wife still cares about the girl."
Shen Tang raised his hand and knocked on Ginkgo's forehead, "She doesn't care about me."
Ginkgo looked confused.
Chen Tang said, “She’s afraid that I’ll implicate my eldest sister.”
The more you suppress groundless rumors like this, the more they spread.
She had no plans to marry again anyway, so the reputation of being a jinx actually helped her. However, Shen Xian not only wanted to marry, she also wanted the Jingyang Palace to change their minds. In order to get the wife of Marquis Changping to intercede for them, she was willing to give her away as a condition. How could she be willing to be implicated by her? However, they were twins born tied together, so Shen Xian could not hide away and could only drag her along to struggle together.
This feeling of dragging Chen Xian as a scapegoat is really good, and the frustration of being almost sold out by Chen Xian has been dispelled a lot.
The next day, Chen Tang had breakfast as usual and went to Songhe Hall to pay his respects to the old lady.
Just as he reached the screen, he heard the Third Wife's exclamation from inside, "The Marquis of Changping was beaten up in the Jokhang Temple? Who is so bold as to beat up Concubine Ye's nephew?"
Chen Tang walked in, pretending not to have heard clearly, and asked, "Who was beaten in the Jokhang Temple?"
Chen Luo said, "It was the Prince of Changping. Yesterday, someone kicked the Prince of Changping down the hillside. The servants of the Changping Mansion searched all over the Jokhang Temple until the evening, and finally found the Prince of Changping who had fainted on the hillside. I heard that the Prince of Changping had a bloody head and hasn't woken up yet..."
The injury was more serious than she thought. No one knew who had deposed the Prince of Changping in his previous life. It was simply acting in the name of justice.
Seeing Chen Xian looking at him, Chen Tang said, "The Prince of Changping is the only son of the Changping Marquisate. If he was hurt like this, the Changping Marquisate would find the person even if they turned the capital upside down."
When Chen Tang was talking, Chen Xi's eyes never moved away. Her intuition told her that the accident of Changping Hou's son was related to Shen Tang, but Chen Tang looked as if he knew nothing about it.
She said that she had sent the person to the Prince of Changping Marquis, so how could she not succeed? It turned out that before Shen Tang went there, the Prince of Changping Marquis had already met with an accident, and Shen Tang escaped the disaster. She was really lucky.
Chen Tang bowed to the old lady, then found a place to sit down and listened to them quietly.
After sitting for a quarter of an hour, Chen Tang was ready to go back, but just as she was about to get up and leave, the maid came in and said, "Madam, the Marquis is here."
After the court session, my father did not go directly to the military camp, but returned to the marquis's mansion. There must be something wrong.
Chen Tang just sat there without moving, and soon the familiar footsteps of his father were heard.
Shen Sui came in and saw Shen Tang. He said, "Tang'er is here too..."
Chen Tang's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She thought her father's visit to Songhe Hall might have something to do with her.
The old lady put down the teacup in her hand and asked, "Why are you here at this time?"
Chen Sui paid his respects to the old lady, then sat down and said, "Just after the morning court, Duke Wen asked me to marry Tang'er on behalf of his second son. I have met the Third Young Master Wen before, and he has a good appearance and character. I will come back to discuss with my mother and arrange Tang'er's marriage."
Chen Tang, "..."
It really has something to do with her.
She also wanted to send someone out of the house today to spread the rumor that if she married before the age of sixteen she would bring bad luck to her husband. However, before she sent anyone to do this, Duke Wen came to her father to ask for his hand in marriage.
The Third Young Master Wen seems to be a pretty good guy now, but in his previous life, he had an argument with the Prince of Changping and was dragged into the casino, where he lost half of Duke Wen's mansion. Duke Wen was so angry that he vomited blood and almost beat him to death.
My father did not go to the military camp, but came back to discuss with my grandmother. It was obvious that he was planning to marry her to Master Wen San...
Chen Tang suddenly became restless, "Father, please don't harm the Third Young Master Wen."
Shen Sui frowned, "What kind of words are you talking about?"
Chen Tang said, "Mother told me not to get married before the age of sixteen. Yesterday, the wife of the Minister of Rites came to visit, and Master Fang had an accident. I'm afraid Master Wen will also..."
Although the Second Madam had issued a gag order on this matter, Steward Li did not dare to hide what happened in the mansion from Shen Sui.
But Shen Sui didn't believe it. He said, "There are so many people who get into accidents in Kyoto every day. How can you take bad luck on yourself? My Pingyuan Marquis Mansion has not promised marriage. Young Master Fang just fell into the water. It's not a big deal."
Shen Tang wanted to say more, but was strangled by the old lady’s eyes.
Poor Chen Tang swallowed the words back even though they were on the tip of his tongue.
Her father loved her as a daughter and was unwilling to believe these things. She didn't need to convince her father, as long as people outside the house believed it, it would be enough.
By then, no one would come to propose marriage and no one would dare to marry her, and her father couldn't force her to marry off.
Chen Tang made up his mind. The old lady looked at Chen Sui and said, "Duke Wen is an upright person. You are full of praise for the Third Young Master Wen. You want to promise Tang'er to him. I don't have any..."
Before the old lady finished her words, a servant came running in from outside, panting, "My Lord, this is bad! Something has happened to Duke Wen!"
Chen Tang, "......???"
Shen Sui, "......!!!"
Everyone in the room was shocked.
Shen Sui stood up in shock and asked, "What happened to Duke Wen?"
The servant said, "On the way back home from the court, the servant carrying the sedan chair fell down and threw Duke Wen out of the sedan chair, spraining his arm..."
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