Chapter 379 Letter
After seeing more than ten or twenty letters, Chen Tang asked, "Are there any more letters?"
The maid said, "I heard from Madam that these letters were written by Concubine Ye to the princess when she was still in Junzhou. The princess treasured them very much and kept every one of them. I thought that letters would be easily affected by moisture, so I took them out to dry in the sun."
The princess is a very sentimental person.
Later, Concubine Ye moved into the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion and the princess often saw Concubine Ye. However, the princess was reluctant to throw away these letters, but they were not very precious, so she did not take them to the Prince Jingyang's Mansion.
Chen Tang also had many things left in Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. It would be a pity to lose those things, but there was no need to take them to Jingyang Prince Mansion.
Chen Tang recalled the day when Princess Jinde came into the palace and talked about Concubine Ye saving the emperor. When Concubine Ye was far away in Junzhou, she wrote a letter to tell the princess about this. Now that the letter was in front of him, Chen Tang felt a little restless.
Want to see.
But it is immoral to peek at other people's letters.
Chen Tang's eyes fell on the letters. Xie Guimo saw through them and shook his head and laughed, "You can read them if you want."
Chen Tang's ears felt slightly hot, "Isn't this bad?"
Xie Guimo said, "Given the current relationship between mother and Concubine Ye, do you think mother would still care about these letters? If they couldn't be shown to others, she would have burned them long ago."
Chen Tang whispered, "Are you sure you can see it?"
Xie Guimo said, "You can even ask Mother to give it to you."
Chen Tang, "..."
What does she need these letters for? She can't eat them.
She was just curious and wanted to know what Concubine Ye's personality was like when she was young and why she was so mean to the princess.
She didn't dare to ask for fear of hurting the princess's feelings, but thought that maybe she could get a glimpse of the truth from the letters.
Morality and curiosity were in conflict, and Xie Guimo picked up a letter and opened it.
The letters described some interesting things that happened in Junzhou, and the words used were lively and innocent.
Most of the letters were like this. At the end of the letter, the author would either want to visit Kyoto or invite the princess to Junzhou.
Junzhou is more than 600 miles away from Kyoto. The Duke of Zhenguo was busy with military affairs and had no time to accompany the princess to Junzhou. Before the princess got married, she almost never left Kyoto, and after she got married, she had even less chance to go to Junzhou.
Later, Chen Tang saw the letter that the princess mentioned. In the letter, Concubine Ye said that she went out for fun and saved a person. The person was very good-looking, but had a bad temper and didn't like to owe anyone a favor. She gave the person the jade pendant she always carried with her, but she couldn't refuse it. Her father said that you can't ask for things from people casually, so she asked her to return the jade pendant to him next time she sees him. He didn't seem to be from Junzhou, and she didn't know if she would have the chance to see him again.
Chen Tang continued to read. After a few letters of casual conversation, there was another letter. Chen Tang read this letter several times. The letter was a complaint to the princess. Her cousin got into trouble and falsely accused her. Her parents scolded her several times. She felt wronged. She didn't like her cousin, not at all.
Chen Tang looked at Xie Guimo, "Concubine Ye has a cousin?"
Xie Guimo said, "I heard from my mother that she was the younger sister of Marquis Changping. She drowned while trying to save Concubine Ye. Because of this kindness, Concubine Ye valued Marquis Changping very much."
Concubine Ye does value Marquis Changping very much, but is Concubine Ye a person who will repay a favor?
That feeling of disconnection came back again.
Chen Tang read all the letters in the box. The letter said that Concubine Ye's father died saving the Duke of Zhenguo, and there was nothing else after that.
Maybe he was not in the mood, and besides, Concubine Ye was brought to Beijing, so there was no need for him to write any more letters.
Among the more than 20 letters, only two mentioned the cousin. In both letters, they were because they had suffered grievances and had no one to talk to, so they wrote to the princess to complain.
Looking at the two complaint letters in his hand, the face of Concubine Ye flashed through Chen Tang's mind. He really couldn't imagine what kind of person could make Concubine Ye suffer such injustice and have nowhere to complain, so he could only write letters to the princess who was hundreds of miles away.
Given Concubine Ye's personality and how cruel and ruthless she was, it was good enough that she didn't kill the person after suffering the injustice for the first time.
Chen Tang knew that the palace was a place where people's hearts could be easily changed. People who were too kind-hearted would not live long. Even Empress Xu was not without means, but wasn't Concubine Ye's change too great?
They are completely different people.
Moreover, a cousin who would let Concubine Ye suffer injustice actually died saving Concubine Ye...
Chen Tang thought of Chen Xian. Would Chen Xian die to save her?
It's good enough if you don't add insult to injury.
Chen Tang looked back and forth between the two letters several times, and a thought popped up in her mind, which scared her. Xie Guimo saw it and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Tang looked at Xie Guimo, "Before General Ye died while saving the Duke of Zhenguo, did Concubine Ye come to the capital?"
Xie Guimo shook his head, "I've never been to Beijing."
Chen Tang handed the two letters to Xie Guimo to read, and whispered, "I don't believe that the cousin that Concubine Ye hated in the letter would die while saving someone. Is it possible that the one who died was the one who wrote these letters? Concubine Ye is the biological sister of Marquis Changping..."
It's no wonder she thinks so. Concubine Ye doesn't seem like a kind person. The harem is a place where it's easy to change people's minds, but Concubine Ye has been the only favorite since she entered the palace. If anyone wants to change people's minds, it should be Concubine Ye who changes others, not others who change her, Concubine Ye.
As the granddaughter of the old Duke Zhenguo who holds a large army, and the niece of the Duke Zhenguo, her status is a hundred times more noble than that of the eldest daughter of the Ye family, who was only a general at the time and was conferred the title of earl after her death. In addition, no one in the Duke Zhenguo's family has ever seen the real Miss Ye, so it is easy for her to get away with it.
Even if they were discovered, the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion couldn't do anything to the person. At most, they would send him back to the Ye family. This was a business that was sure to make money, so Concubine Ye would definitely take the risk.
Also, Concubine Ye never mentioned saving anyone, and she didn’t know that the person she saved was the emperor. It might not be that Concubine Ye didn’t want to say it, but that she didn’t know at all!
Once this thought came to my mind, I couldn't suppress it anymore.
Xie Guimo looked at Chen Tang. When it came to finding someone, Xie Guimo could trust no one, but he couldn't trust Chen Tang's intuition.
And under this assumption, all the doubts are explained.
Marquis Changping is Concubine Ye's biological brother. Concubine Ye cannot bear to see her brother without an offspring, so even if the Princess of Qi is cheating on the King of Qi, she will fake her death and hand the Princess of Qi over to the Marquis of Changping's Mansion so that she can give birth to the baby in her belly.
That's why he knelt down and begged the emperor to show leniency to the prince of Changping.
That's why she is my mother's cousin, but she has only schemed against her and has never been sincere to her.
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