Chapter 41 Supplements
Chen Tang just looked at the Second Wife, waiting for her answer.
Everyone in the room was looking at the Second Wife. She was so angry that her back teeth were broken. She didn't say anything and no one thought she was dumb.
Since the Second Wife didn't say anything, the Old Lady assumed that the Second Wife had offered to give it to him, and her face became long. "If you want to care about the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and the Wang family, and use your own dowry to make up for it and have your eyes on the Marquis's Mansion, then you should hand over the housekeeper's power."
The old lady always protected the prestige of the second wife, and would never blame her in front of the servants and juniors. This time the second wife touched the old lady's bottom line, and she was so angry that she didn't care about anything else.
The second wife panicked and said, "I didn't mean that..."
“There is no best!”
The Second Wife didn't even dare to say anything to quibble, and in her heart she wished she could cut Chen Tang into pieces.
Not daring to stay any longer, the second wife stood up and took her leave.
After the Second Madam left, Chen Tang also left Songhe Hall and watched the Second Madam walk towards Qinglan Garden. Chen Tang told Ginkgo, "Go tell the Second Madam that I will go to the Jiang family tomorrow and ask her to prepare supplements for me."
Gingko's eyelids twitched. "The Second Madam is very angry right now. Do you really want to go?"
She just wanted to do this while the Second Wife was angry.
Qinglan Garden.
Chen Xi leaned on the big pillow, her face pale and her breath weak.
Although she and the second wife were both suffering from vomiting and diarrhea, Shen Xi had contracted typhoid fever not long ago and her body was weak. She had been vomiting and having diarrhea for several days, and she became even thinner.
The thin Second Wife's heart tightened when she saw this. Chen Xian asked, "Did the Yongning Marquis's Mansion agree to marry Miss Li to Young Master Wang?"
The Second Madam said, "They agreed, but the Yongning Marquis's Mansion was unwilling to accept it. Second Aunt tried her best to stop them, so the Yongning Marquis's wife didn't come to the door. The Yongning Marquis's Mansion wanted 10,000 taels before they would settle the matter."
Chen Xi looked unhappy and said in panic, "Grandmother and father will not agree to compensate the Yongning Earl's Mansion with so much money..."
The second wife said, "Just take care of yourself, I'll find a way to deal with the money."
Chen Xi nodded slightly, and the second wife helped her pull the quilt up a little. The maid outside knocked on the door and stood outside the beaded curtain and said, "Second Madam, the second lady's maid Yinxing just came to tell her that the second lady will go to the Jiang family tomorrow. The old lady asked you to prepare some supplements, and the second lady should take them with her tomorrow."
Chen Tang provoked the old lady to scold her in front of so many people with just a few words. The second wife was already feeling uncomfortable with this anger, and she even dared to ask her to prepare supplements to take to the Jiang family? !
The second wife's eyes were so cold that they seemed to be filled with poison.
Chen Tang returned to Qingyi Garden and busy himself, but by the evening, the Second Madam had not sent anyone to deliver the prepared supplements, and Chen Tang did not ask anyone to urge her.
The next day, after breakfast, Chen Tang asked Yin Xing to deliver the prescription to Princess Rou Jia, while she took Qiu Tong to Songhe Hall to pay her respects to the old lady.
From a distance, a maid was seen entering Songhe Hall with a large red invitation card with gold decoration. When Chen Tang walked to the screen, he heard the Second Madam say, "The birthday of Concubine Su is coming soon. The last time I saw Concubine Su, she teased Xian'er and asked Xian'er and Prince Jingyang to go to celebrate her birthday together. Now Xian'er is not fully recovered yet, and I don't know if she can go to celebrate Concubine Su's birthday..."
If Chen Xian had not been afraid of being a widow and was unwilling to bring good luck to Prince Jingyang, she could indeed go with Prince Jingyang to celebrate Concubine Su's birthday.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world.
The old lady said, "Even if your body can get better, your complexion won't get better. Just take Tang'er and Ran'er with you."
Shen Ran was in the room, and when she heard that she could go, she was immediately happy. Normally, she couldn't go. Usually, when she went to celebrate a birthday, she would only bring one girl. Shen Tang and Shen Xi were twins, so no one would say anything if they went together. But if she brought Shen Ran along, it would be too much.
Chen Tang walked forward and bowed to the old lady. She was wearing a lavender dress today and the set of jewelry given by the old lady on her head. Her every move was graceful and elegant.
The old lady smiled and said, "This is a nice outfit."
Shen Tang said, “Grandma, I’ll go to the Jiang family in a moment.”
As he spoke, Shen Tang looked at the Second Madam, “Second Aunt, I’m going to bring the supplements to the Jiang family, are you ready?”
The Second Madam looked at the Old Lady and said, "When the maid reported to me yesterday, I was at Xian'er's place. Xian'er heard that the Second Miss was going to the Jiang family to show filial piety on behalf of the eldest sister-in-law, and she also wanted to go with her. I didn't prepare, and thought that after Xian'er got better, she would let the sisters go to the Jiang family together."
Chen Tang knew that the Second Wife would definitely cause trouble for her, but she didn't expect that she would be waiting for her here.
Chen Tang said, "My elder sister is weak and can't go to the Jiang family today. I can wait until she gets better and then go with her. Why do I have to wait until my elder sister gets better before going?"
The second wife said, "Your eldest sister has been depressed these days. I really can't bear to reject her. Can't the second young lady go to the Jiang family a few days later for her?"
cannot!
Chen Tang looked at the old lady with a determined look in his eyes and said, "Grandma, it's not that I don't want to wait for my eldest sister to go with me. If my eldest sister can go with me, the whole Jiang family will be so happy.
It’s just that the last time I went to the Jiang family, I didn’t see my grandfather, uncle, and cousin. I thought that today was a day off, and they should all be in the mansion, so I decided to go today. Second Aunt changed my schedule and didn’t even send a maid to tell me. I asked Manager Li to send someone out of the mansion to say hello to the Jiang family early in the morning…”
She went there to show filial piety on behalf of her mother, but she said hello but didn't go, leaving her grandparents waiting for her. This is not an act of filial piety.
The old lady looked at the second wife, who quickly admitted her fault, "I was negligent. I was sick these days and was busy with the Wang family's affairs. I forgot about this matter when I returned from Xian'er..."
Chen Tang said, "I went there empty-handed last time. Why don't I go there today, or ask Manager Li to prepare a tonic for me. It won't take much time."
In short, she must go to the Jiang family today.
She would not let Shen Xi go to Jiang's house, let alone go with Shen Xi.
The old lady nodded and was about to agree, but the second wife said first, "Let me prepare it. The affairs of the outer courtyard are enough for Manager Li to be busy with."
The second wife discussed with the old lady on the spot what supplements to bring, such as bird's nest, cordyceps, ganoderma lucidum, and deer antler. After they decided, they asked the maid to prepare them.
Chen Tang sat there for a full quarter of an hour before the maid came in with supplements, "It's ready."
Chen Tang couldn't wait to get up and say goodbye to the old lady. Qiu Tong took the gift box from the maid and followed Chen Tang out of the house.
When Chen Tang arrived at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, the carriage was already waiting there. Qiu Tong helped Chen Tang get on the carriage, and then she got on the carriage as well.
After Chen Tang sat down, the servant drove the carriage away. Chen Tang's eyes fell on the gift box that Qiu Tong placed on the seat and said, "Open the gift box and take a look."
Qiu Tong thought there was nothing interesting to see, but since Shen Tang ordered her to do so, she followed his orders.
Qiu Tong opened the top gift box, which contained bird's nests. The snow-white bird's nests looked very beautiful.
Qiu Tong said, "This bird's nest is good, better than what the old lady usually eats..."
The word "OK" got stuck before it could even roll out of his throat.
Because Shen Tang brought the bird's nest on top, Qiu Tong saw how bad the bird's nest below was, and even saw large pieces of swallow feathers.
Shen Tang said angrily, "Stop!"
The servant stopped the carriage.
Chen Tang opened the other gift boxes, and the Cordyceps were either small or broken, and worthless.
The Ganoderma lucidum is even shriveled, and the deer antlers are of the worst quality.
Qiu Tong's face felt burning and she regretted what she had said just now. The old lady asked the second wife to prepare supplements, but the second wife prepared such inferior things. Isn't this a humiliation to the Jiang family?
Chen Tang clenched his fists and said, "Go back to the Marquis' Mansion!"
The servant turned the carriage around and stopped in front of the gate of the marquis' mansion.
Seeing Chen Tang go and come back, the gatekeepers all looked at her. Chen Tang got out of the carriage without waiting for Qiu Tong to help her. She hurried back to the inner courtyard, but halfway through, she turned around and walked towards Chen Sui's study.
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