Chapter 344 Tea Oil
Princess Roujia was able to eat and didn't vomit. It was getting late, so Chen Tang said goodbye to the princess and returned to Jingyang Palace.
However, the maid Daimao only bought sour plums but no dried fish when she went to the north of the city. The woman who brought the children to sell the dried fish had left, and Daimao was so anxious that she asked around. The old lady next door was so anxious that she was about to cry when she saw that Daimao didn't buy any dried fish, so she gave the dried fish she bought to Daimao. Daimao paid three times the price and came back with the dried fish.
The dried fish made by Prince Ning's mansion were not to Princess Roujia's taste, and she also didn't like the ones made by the imperial kitchen in the palace.
There was no other choice but to send people to wait in the north of the city. After several days of waiting, they finally managed to catch up with the woman.
Chen Tang went to see Chen Ran again. Although he also had morning sickness, he was much better than Princess Roujia.
Chen Tang seldom left the house. She was pregnant and would not go out unless it was necessary. That was why she did not attend the weddings of Xiao Xun and Zhao Xi, Lu Li and Liu Ruoer, and Prince Yu's wedding to Miss Wen.
After the three happy events were completed, a month had passed.
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It rained for three days in a row.
After the rain, the sky cleared up and was as blue as a mirror, which was extremely beautiful.
After being cooped up in the house for a few days, the ground was no longer wet, and Chen Tang couldn't wait to go for a walk in the garden. Just as he was about to leave the house, the mother who was in charge of the embroidery room came.
A fox fur cape was sent.
The whole thing is snow-white without a single stray hair. Xie Guimo and Chu Yi went out hunting three times before they had enough money to make this cloak for her.
Chen Tang couldn't let it go, but the weather was not cold enough to require a cloak. The snow was all over the sky, and wearing a cloak and walking in the snow to look for plum blossoms was a beautiful sight just from the thought of it.
But it probably won’t happen this year, as the snow is slippery and Chen Tang doesn’t dare to take risks since she’s pregnant, so she can only wait until next year.
Madam Liu, the embroidery room manager, smiled and said, "The Crown Prince really holds the Crown Princess in his heart. There are only a few fox fur capes of this quality even in the palace."
Thinking about how she had made a brocade robe for Xie Guimo, but had to put it aside because she was pregnant and had to make small clothes for the child, Chen Tang felt bad in her heart. Xie Guimo was really good to her.
The cloak fit, so Mother Liu measured Shen Tang again and went back.
Xie Guimo was not at home, otherwise she could wear it to the study to show him, so she took it off and folded it, then Chen Tang took Ginkgo Qiutong for a walk in the garden.
It’s getting colder, so there are fewer flowers still blooming in the garden, so there’s less color, but it’s still green.
After walking around the garden for a while and not far from the peony garden, he thought about going to pay his respects to the princess, so he crossed over the small bridge. As soon as he stepped off the steps, Chen Tang slipped and fell forward uncontrollably.
This scene scared Ginkgo and Qiu Tong, who were following behind, out of their wits.
The same thing happened to Chen Tang. It was not her feet that were slipping, but her soul. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, someone hugged her waist. The familiar scent of pine and cypress wafted into her nose. She was carried in a half circle in the air and landed steadily on the ground.
Shen Tang was still in shock, and an anxious voice came, "Are you okay?"
Chen Tang was almost scared to death, and just as he was about to speak, he heard two "ouch" sounds from the other side.
Ginkgo and Qiutong were in a hurry to go down the stairs, and they slipped where Shen Tang slipped. They staggered down a few steps, but finally lost their balance and fell to the ground, grimacing in pain.
Shen Tang shook his head, "I'm fine."
She looked at Gingko Qiutong, "What about you guys?"
The two maids were in so much pain that they couldn't speak, but they just shook their heads.
Chen Tang’s fall could be considered an accident, but the two maids’ falls in the same place were definitely not an accident.
Chen Qi appeared and checked the steps, "Master, it's tea seed oil."
Xie Guimo's eyes suddenly turned cold.
A wave of chill ran through Chen Tang's heart and spread to his limbs.
Ginkgo Qiutong was in so much pain when she fell. She was pregnant and if she fell, the fetus would be hurt and it was not certain whether the baby could be saved.
"Check it for me!"
Chen Qi went to do it.
Xie Guimo supported Chen Tang, and the paleness on Chen Tang's face had recovered a little. "Don't worry, I'm fine."
How could she not worry? If he had been a step late, she would have fallen to the ground.
Chen Tang asked, "Why did you come to the garden to find me?"
She usually took her maid to visit the garden, and Xie Guimo seldom came to see her.
Xie Guimo said, "I just got home and received a letter from your elder brother via carrier pigeon. He will be back in Beijing tomorrow and asked me to wait for him at Shili Pavilion."
Knowing that Chen Tang was worried about Xiao Huan, she came to the garden to tell her as soon as she had any news about Xiao Huan. She didn't expect to encounter something like this.
Hearing that his elder brother was coming back, Chen Tang was delighted, "Did my elder brother find evidence to overturn the case for Envoy Lu Xuanfu?"
"It should be."
However, Xiao Huan was not the type who liked to trouble others. He would return to Beijing the next day and would send him a pigeon letter, asking him to wait for him at Shili Pavilion. He must have something important to discuss with him.
The soles of Chen Tang's shoes were stained with tea oil, and Xie Guimo was afraid that she would slip when walking, so he just picked her up and carried her back to Chenxiangxuan.
Ginkgo and Qiutong, the two maids, had their palms scratched and one of them hit her elbow on the steps, leaving bruises all over. Chen Tang called a doctor.
When the princess heard that Chen Tang almost fell, she hurried to Chenxiang Pavilion, "How did he almost fall? Is he seriously injured?"
Chen Tang shook his head, "My husband arrived in time, so I didn't fall to the ground, but the two maids were injured."
On the way here, the princess had learned that there was tea seed oil on the bridge, which was why Chen Tang and the maid almost fell. The sky was clear after the rain, and most places were dry, but some places were still wet. It was impossible for them to fall if they walked normally.
There was an incident in the mansion where Chen Tang was given a sterilizing drug, so it was hard for the princess not to suspect that someone was trying to harm Chen Tang and her unborn baby.
Even though she was sure that Chen Tang was fine, the princess' heart was still trembling.
There was a knock on the door, and Chen Qi's voice came, "My Lord..."
"Come in and answer the question."
Chen Qi walked in and said, "We found out. It was the cousin of the Jiang family who came to the mansion to look for the eldest daughter and brought her some tea seed oil. When she was going down the stairs, she accidentally bumped into a maid and spilled some of the tea seed oil. She called the maid in the garden to wash the ground, but the maid didn't hear clearly and thought it was another bridge..."
Cousin of the Jiang family.
She is Concubine Jiang’s niece, Jiang Huier.
It happened that the tea seed oil was spilled, and the maid happened to go to the wrong bridge and failed to wipe off the oil in time. She, as the Crown Prince's consort, accidentally fell and the baby in her belly was killed. She could only blame herself for her bad luck.
Chen Tang didn't believe that there was such a coincidence. Qiu Tong whispered, "When the Crown Prince's Concubine was walking in the garden, I saw Miss Jiang Biao. When I looked at her, she happened to be looking in the direction of the Crown Prince's Concubine."
Jiang Huier knew that she was in the garden, and that bridge was the shortest way for her to see the princess. She could sprinkle some tea seed oil on the ground and let the maid wash it, and then she would be able to clean herself. But if she bet right, she would cross the bridge and fall down, which would definitely please Concubine Jiang and the other people in Jingyang Palace.
In the previous life, Chen Tang knew that this cousin was very scheming and not a good person. In this life, he had never argued with her and wanted to harm her right away.
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