Chapter 304 Shock
He could even calculate this. Could it be that he really was wrong? Was the Taoist really that capable?
But if he is capable, how could he be bribed so easily? How many capable people are so spineless?
Prince Yu saw that Xie Guimo looked strange, so he asked again, "Did something strange happen to the Crown Prince's wife that could change a person's fate?"
When Prince Yu said this, he looked at Xie Guimo without blinking, and naturally did not miss the shock in Xie Guimo's eyes, "Did the Taoist priest calculate it as well?"
Prince Yu nodded, "But the Taoist priest doesn't know what happened."
Xie Guimo said, "When the opportunity is right, I will tell you."
He wants to know now.
No one could force Xie Guimo to say what he didn't want to say, and no matter how curious Prince Yu was, he had to endure it.
After Xie Guimo left, the guard said in fear, "Fortunately, the Taoist priest was not a real liar."
Prince Yu laughed and said, "That Taoist priest is not only a liar, but also a very capable one. He is the only one I know of in the world who can deceive the Prince of Jingyang."
Thinking of Xie Guimo’s shocked look, Prince Yu wanted to laugh.
The guard said, "The Taoist priest asked you to enshrine the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Jingyang..."
Prince Yu chuckled, "If I could really get what I want, it wouldn't hurt to provide for her."
Chen Tang didn't know that because of the Taoist's words, after Prince Yu ascended the throne, all her requests would be granted.
So much so that a certain gentleman suspected that Prince Yu coveted his wife and wanted to steal her away from him.
In fact, if Chen Tang was not Xie Guimo's man, Prince Yu would definitely have this idea. Of course, he would have to keep such a person by his side to feel at ease.
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Besides, most of the house in the fourth room was burned down, so the fourth wife took her daughter and moved out of the palace mansion overnight.
However, although the fourth wife moved, the old lady still did not wake up.
The second wife found the Taoist priest again and asked why. The Taoist priest said, "It's impossible. If she really moved, the old lady in the mansion would not wake up."
The answer was decisive.
What's wrong with the old lady's illness in Prince Jingyang's Mansion? Others may not know, but how could he not know?
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Prince Jingyang are not the kind of people who would kill people. As long as they do what they want, they won't suffer so much.
The Taoist priest asked the fourth wife if she really moved. The second wife told him about the fire in the fourth room and the fourth wife moving out of the house. The Taoist priest said, "That's not really moving out of the house. She just moved to a new place."
"Only if we really move can we be considered living under the same roof."
The Second Wife went to ask with the Fourth Wife's maid, and after returning, she went to ask the prince and princess to divide the family. Only by separating the Fourth House from the public part of the palace could they really move out of the palace. Otherwise, the Fourth Wife would not be able to live anywhere.
The prince was busy with military affairs, so he handed the division of the family over to the princess. The division was complicated, so the princess called Chen Tang as well. It took her three days to divide the family.
Since the family was to be divided, the second and third rooms must be divided as well. After all, the old prince and the old lady were both so old. If they only divided the fourth room first, it would become a problem how to divide the rest later. The prince and the princess did not want to cause that trouble, so they divided it according to the family rules. They would divide the mansion first and give it to the second and third rooms, and then divide the rest based on the income from the public treasury.
The prince is the eldest son of the legitimate wife, so naturally he gets the largest share. The second and fourth sons of the legitimate wife are also legitimate sons, but the two of them together do not have as much as the prince. In addition, the most valuable thing is military power, so the second and fourth sons of the legitimate wife are very dissatisfied with the division of the family.
But there’s no point in being dissatisfied, because that’s what the family rules stipulate.
The fourth wife complained, "Because of the division of the mansion, the servants in the mansion were talking about it, and they didn't serve attentively, which caused my fourth room to be burned to the ground. Can't the public treasury get a little more?"
The princess said, "This is divided according to the family rules. If more is given to the fourth room, the others will have to get less."
The second wife said, "The master felt sorry for the fourth wife's heavy losses, so he said he would give her a shop, a farm, 100 acres of good farmland, and 5,000 taels of silver."
That’s a lot to give.
But Chen Tang didn't believe that the second house would really give it.
Although the Second and Fourth Wives were sisters-in-law, they had always been clear about money matters and often quarreled over the old lady's favoritism, but because of the old lady's intimidation, they didn't quarrel too much. The Second Wives would be willing to give so much to the Fourth Wives unless the sun rose in the west.
However, it was the second wife who took the lead in giving, so it is not right for the prince and princess to give less than the second wife.
As soon as these words came out, the princess looked embarrassed. Chen Tang said, "Didn't we agree on this matter before? We will discuss compensating the fourth room after the old prince returns to Beijing."
She doesn't speak, and no one thinks she is dumb!
There was a cold gleam in the Fourth Madam's eyes. She always felt that the old lady's fainting was closely related to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. However, neither Chen Tang nor Xie Guimo had entered the room. In addition, there was always someone by the old lady's bedside. The old lady's food and drinks, except for the talisman paper and water, were the same as those eaten by the maids. There was no reason to doubt them, otherwise the Fourth Madam would have openly suspected them long ago.
The second wife said, "What was discussed before was to add the fourth room to the public room. When we were discussing it, no one knew that the fourth room would be burned. This is just the intention of our second room."
Chen Tang asked, "Is it directly allocated from the public house to the fourth room?"
The second wife frowned.
The fourth wife immediately said, "That's fine. The second branch doesn't have many farms and shops. Giving us so much will make life very difficult for the second branch. It would be best if the public property is not given to the second branch for the time being and is directly allocated to our fourth branch. The second branch's kindness will be remembered by the master and I."
The second wife wanted to say no, but it was obvious that giving it directly to the fourth wife would be better for the second wife, so she had no reason to refuse, unless it was not a real gift.
But the public center was directly allocated to the fourth wife. Once it is in the fourth wife’s hands, is it possible that the fourth wife would return it to her?
The Second Wife was so angry that she wanted to skin Chen Tang alive for meddling in other people's business!
Chen Tang didn't think she was meddling in other people's business. The Second Wife helped the Fourth House to take things away from the First House. As the Crown Prince's Consort, she had to protect the interests of the Jingyang Palace externally and the interests of the First House and Xie Guimo internally. This was her job.
Since the Second Madam said so, Chen Tang really took it as the Second Madam's gift. She made the Second Madam's words come true, and also helped deliver the things to the Fourth Madam. The Fourth Madam would definitely take it more seriously.
With so many things, Chen Tang didn't believe that the Second Wife wouldn't find ways to get them back, and the Second and Fourth Wife would definitely have an internal conflict.
The second wife suppressed her anger and looked at the princess, "How much are the eldest sister-in-law and the prince going to give to the fourth room?"
Chen Tang said, "Aunt, aren't you making things difficult for Mother? You and Uncle have discussed this, and Mother must also discuss it with Father."
Xie Shu was dissatisfied with being separated from the mansion and smashed things to vent her anger, which scared the maids so much that they jumped up and down. She knocked over the candlesticks and burned the fourth room. The fourth wife protected her daughter and didn't tell the truth. She even wanted the prince to feel sorry for the heavy losses of the fourth room and was lucky enough that he didn't blame the fourth master and the fourth wife for not teaching their daughter well.
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