Chapter 402 Voluntary
When Xie Guimo and Shen Tang arrived at Wutong Courtyard, the princess also came.
Seeing Chen Tang coming over, the princess asked, "Why did you bring Tang'er here as well?"
"…It was me. I asked her to come with me to watch the fun."
Xie Guimo looked helpless.
The princess glared at Xie Guimo several times. Since Chen Tang had already reached the gate of the courtyard, the princess did not let Xie Guimo send Chen Tang back.
A few people entered the yard, and before they entered the house, they heard the old lady's screaming voice coming from inside when they were walking up the stairs.
"The prince can't tolerate the second wife. If he wants to kick her out, he can just say so. There's no need to come up with such a fabricated excuse!"
The old lady didn't know that the affair between the Second Master and Concubine Jiang had been exposed. The prince used the excuse that Xie Guiyin and Xie Yan were not Concubine Jiang's children but the Second Master's concubine's children to drive the Second Wife out of the house, but the old lady refused to agree.
In the old lady's view, this is slander!
Xie Guimo helped Chen Tang in, and then Chen Tang became the old lady's punching bag. The old lady pointed the finger at Chen Tang directly, "Was it the Crown Prince's Consort who came up with this idea! This is how the second branch of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion was kicked out of the house, and now they are using the same trick again, causing unrest in the Jingyang Prince's Mansion!"
Xie Guimo looked at Chen Tang. He didn't want her to come and watch the fun, but she came anyway. She must be targeted.
Chen Tang gave her a look in return, as if if she hadn't come, the old lady wouldn't have pinned the blame on her.
The main reason was that they were trying to protect the prince's reputation, and the excuses they found were too similar to the one used to drive the second branch out of Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion. It was no wonder that the old lady believed that she was the one who instigated it behind the scenes.
Chen Tang was not angry either, and said gently, "Old Madam, don't get yourself sick from being angry. Maybe the Second Master himself is willing to be kicked out."
It would have been fine if Chen Tang didn't say anything, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the old lady became even more furious.
Everyone in the room had their mouths and eyes twitching. Did the Crown Princess want to listen to what she was saying? The Second Master fell off a horse and broke his leg, not his brain. He didn't deserve to be the Second Master of the Jingyang Palace and was willing to be expelled from the family by the Prince. Even if he was kicked in the head by a donkey, he couldn't do such a thing.
The Second Wife said, "The Second Master would never do such a thing!"
Xie Guimo curled his lips and said, "That can only mean that Second Aunt doesn't understand Second Uncle yet."
In other families, the husband follows the wife, but for the Crown Prince and his consort, it's different. The wife follows the husband. The Crown Prince has no intention of having the husband take the lead.
The old lady's mouth was shaking with anger, "You, you guys are deliberately trying to piss me off to death!"
Chen Tang said, "It was my father who wanted to drive the second house out of the palace. My father and the second master haven't come yet, but the old lady is already so angry. It won't be too late to get angry again when she sees them."
The third wife also advised the old lady not to be angry.
If the second wife is kicked out of the house, the third wife will most likely not be spared either. The third wife is a concubine's daughter, and if she is really separated, her life will be difficult.
The Third Wife was very confused. How could the Second Master suddenly fall off a horse and break his leg? And the Second Young Master and the Eldest Girl were clearly the children of Concubine Jiang. It was too difficult for her to pretend to be pregnant and to be pregnant for ten months without being discovered by the Prince.
But if this was not true, the prince would not be so angry and would not want to expel the second wife from the house.
No one thought that Concubine Jiang and the Second Master were having an affair. Comparing the Second Master with the Prince was an humiliation to the Prince. Concubine Jiang was the Prince's cousin, and it was too stupid for her to join forces with someone who was far inferior to the Prince to plot against him.
The old lady was so angry that her internal organs ached. How could she not be angry? The prince was a man of his word. He would do what he said. When the prince said he wanted to drive the second wife out of the palace, he was serious and was not joking.
In addition, she was feeling anxious and uneasy all day, and as a result, something happened to the second master.
The old lady sat on the couch, trying her best to calm her anger. She waited for a full quarter of an hour before the prince came in. Seeing his livid face, not to mention the maids, even the second and third wives dared not breathe.
The second master also came in, being carried in. His leg was broken, and he hadn't seen a doctor yet. The secret guard put the second master down rudely, causing him to feel a huge pain in his broken leg. The second master's face was distorted with pain.
The old lady scolded, "You are so clumsy, can't you put it down more gently?!"
The secret guards wanted to say that the punishment was already too light. Just because the Second Master cheated on the Prince, they didn't throw him away outright, which was already giving him face.
The secret guard ignored the old lady and stood aside.
Being ignored, the old lady was furious. She looked at the prince and said, "The second son is useless and has kept a concubine. But the eldest son and daughter are clearly the children of Concubine Jiang. Who is the one who gossiped in front of the prince and the prince actually believed it and wanted to kick the second son out of the palace?!"
The prince's eyes swept coldly from the old lady's face to the second master, "Is the second young master the son of your concubine?"
Seeing the sharp and cold look in his eyes, the second master felt a dull pain in his other leg.
The second master endured the pain in his legs and said, "Yes, it was born by my concubine..."
The old lady's face changed drastically, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
A certain gentleman was just watching the fun, "It's too early to get angry. Second Uncle really wanted to be kicked out of the palace voluntarily."
The old lady was so angry that she couldn't stand.
There were so many people in the room, and the Second Master admitted it so quickly, as if he was afraid that if he was slow, the Prince would kill him. Something must have happened, could it be...
No one else dared to guess about this matter, but the old lady knew the truth and guessed it immediately, her face as pale as paper.
For the sake of his own reputation, the prince suppressed the matter and found an excuse to drive the second wife out of the palace. This was already a lenient punishment. If she dared to make trouble again, what awaited her would be the death of her loved one.
The old lady was very angry. She had told them to break off the relationship long ago. If you walk on the road often, your shoes will get wet sooner or later. Why didn’t they listen? !
Which man can tolerate being cuckolded!
The old lady was so angry that she wanted to beat the second master. The second master's leg was definitely not as simple as falling off a horse. The old lady did not guess that it was broken by the prince's foot in anger. She thought that the prince had discovered his affair, and the second master tried to escape by horse, but accidentally fell off and broke his leg.
The Second Master himself admitted that Xie Guiyin and Xie Yan were the children of his concubine, in front of so many people, but no one forced him to do so. The Second Mistress was so angry that her heart ached, and no one else had anything to say.
"The second branch will move out of the palace before tomorrow evening!"
The prince left after saying this.
Without mentioning a word about the third room, the third wife and the third master looked at each other, and a glimmer of hope arose in their hearts, perhaps they could continue to stay in the palace mansion.
But Chen Tang really wanted to say that it was too early for the third room to be happy.
The third wife keeps hanging around the old lady and Concubine Jiang, and doesn't take the princess seriously. Can Xie Guimo keep the third wife?
It’s just that the second wife was kicked out, and the third wife had to be divided out, and it would take at least three to five days to complete the division, so it was just a suspended sentence.
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