Chapter 42: Ordered
In the study, Shen Sui was writing a memorial.
The servant's voice came from outside the door, "My Lord, the second young lady is here."
Why is Tang'er here?
"Let her in."
The servant pushed the door open and Chen Tang walked in.
Shen Sui put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, looked up and saw that the corners of Shen Tang's eyes were red, and he looked like he was trying hard not to cry. Shen Sui saw it and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Tang shook his head, "My daughter is fine, but she is short of money recently, so she wants to borrow 100 taels from her father..."
By the end, his voice was filled with tears.
Chen Tang had never asked Chen Sui for money before, this was the first time in two lifetimes.
Shen Sui was stunned.
He never thought that his daughter would be short of money.
Just one hundred taels made his daughter suffer like this?
Asking his father for some money, saying it was a loan...
Shen Sui suddenly felt guilty, opened the drawer, and took out a silver note of 1,000 taels to give to Shen Tang.
Chen Tang shook his head, "One hundred taels is enough for my daughter."
Shen Sui said, “This is what your father gave you. If you run out of money in the future, just tell your father.”
Chen Tang still shook his head, "Father has more than one daughter. He gave it to me and not to my eldest sister. It means that father is partial. Grandmother and others will not allow father to indulge his daughter."
"My daughter only wants to borrow one hundred taels."
Aggrieved and stubborn.
Chen Sui had no choice but to exchange the one thousand taels for one hundred taels. Chen Tang took it, bowed, and left.
But seeing Chen Tang's grievances being suppressed, Chen Sui frowned tightly, and he did not ask. As a father, how could he not know his daughter's temper? If he wanted to tell her, he would have told her long ago. If she refused to tell him, he could not ask her.
When Chen Tang went out, there was another man in the study, and Chen Sui ordered, "Go and take a look."
Chen Tang got the hundred taels, wiped away his tears as he came out of the study, and continued to leave the house with Qiu Tong.
The carriage was still waiting at the gate. When Shen Tang entered the carriage, he saw the humiliating gift boxes and his face looked extremely ugly. Qiu Tong quickly restored the gift boxes to their original state and placed them at his feet to prevent Shen Tang from getting angry.
After Chen Tang sat down, he told the carriage boy, "Go to the Treasure Pavilion."
"yes."
In less than a quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped in front of the Treasure Pavilion.
Treasure Pavilion is a place in Kyoto that sells all kinds of health supplements. When Chen Tang walked in, the waiter came up to her attentively and asked, "What do you want to buy, young lady? The supplements in our Treasure Pavilion are the best in Kyoto."
Chen Tang reported according to the gift list prepared by the Second Madam, "Four qian of Cordyceps sinensis, two liang of bird's nest, one top-quality Ganoderma lucidum, and one liang of deer antler."
"Give me the best."
The young man responded quickly, then gave Chen Tang the things she wanted for her to look at, and then packed them up.
The total cost was ninety-five taels and seven cents, and after rounding off, only ninety-five taels were received.
Qiu Tong carried the gift box and followed Chen Tang out of the Treasure Pavilion, then helped Chen Tang onto the carriage.
After Chen Tang got on the carriage, she took out the supplements that the Second Madam had prepared for her to take to the Jiang family and threw them to the beggar outside the Treasure Pavilion.
Qiu Tong: "..."
Although the second wife went too far, these supplements are not completely worthless.
And this is evidence. If it is just thrown away like that, won’t the Second Miss go back and complain to the old lady?
Qiu Tong developed a habit in Songhe Hall that her master never asked questions when he was doing something. When Qiu Tong wanted to pick it up, Chen Tang scolded her, "Don't pick it up!"
Qiu Tong’s hand was almost touching the gift box, so she had to pull it back and silently followed the carriage.
The gift box was thrown in front of the old woman, and she picked it up and was about to open it. Then Shen Sui's men appeared, threw a tael of silver into the broken bowl in front of the old woman, and then took the gift box away.
The man returned to Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, climbed over the wall, and entered the study carrying the gift box.
In the study, Manager Li was reporting something to Shen Sui, and when he saw the man go in, Shen Sui was more concerned about Shen Tang and asked, "Why are you back so soon?"
The man said, "The second girl borrowed 100 taels from the Marquis. After leaving the mansion, she went to the Treasure Pavilion and spent 95 taels to buy a few new supplements. Then she threw away the ones the Marquis had prepared for her..."
Shen Sui's eyes fell on the gift box, "Open it."
The man opened the gift boxes one by one and showed them to Shen Sui.
Seeing almost the same thing, Shen Sui's expression became a little uglier, and his eyes were filled with anger at the end.
Shen Sui glanced at Manager Li, "Whose house are these supplements taken to?"
Manager Li hurriedly replied, "The second young lady is going to the Jiang family..."
Swish.
Shen Sui's already ugly face suddenly became even uglier.
Shen Sui stood up angrily, and the man said, "I have something else to report to the Marquis..."
Upon hearing this, Manager Li quickly packed up the gifts and took them out.
Shen Sui suppressed his anger and asked, "What else?"
The man said, "Someone is following the second girl in secret..."
Shen Sui's brows tightened, "Follow Tang'er?"
The man nodded. "The other party's martial arts skills are not inferior to mine. He should have no ill intentions towards the second young lady. I found him, but he did not leave. He said he was ordered to protect the second young lady. He followed me from the Marquis' Mansion to the Treasure Pavilion, and then to the Jiang family."
Ordered to protect his daughter?
Shen Sui frowned, "On whose orders?"
…
Besides, after Chen Tang threw the things away, he sat in the carriage angrily. Qiu Tong carefully advised, "Miss, don't get angry and hurt yourself..."
Chen Tang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "There's nothing to be angry about."
How could I not be angry? The Second Wife has been going more and more excessive lately.
When they were almost at Jiang's house, Chen Tang took out the bronze mirror and looked at herself to make sure that no one would notice that she was crying in anger before getting off the carriage.
The last time Shen Tang came to the Jiang family, everyone in the Jiang family was shocked. This time it was even worse. Although Shen Tang said that she would come again when she left last time, no one in the Jiang family took it seriously. They didn't expect that the cousin would really come again!
The gatekeeper quickly sent someone to report to Old Madam Jiang and Old Master Jiang, and then diligently helped to move the footstool, with a smile on his face that was so bright that it could make flowers bloom.
Chen Tang led Qiu Tong into the Jiang family's home and headed straight for the Cuibai Courtyard where Old Madam Jiang lived.
Halfway through the walk, they saw the two sisters Jiang Li and Jiang Ning jogging over. Jiang Ning said in surprise, "Cousin said she would come to the Jiang family often in the future. Is it true?"
Chen Tang smiled and said, "I knew that no matter what I said, you wouldn't believe it. You should believe it this time, right?"
Jiang Ning and Jiang Li nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Ning said, "Can we go to Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion to see you in the future? You fell into the water and got typhoid fever, and we didn't dare to go to see you even though we wanted to."
It would be fine if she couldn’t go normally, but she couldn’t go because Chen Tang was sick. Are we still cousins?
Chen Tang was moved and said, "From now on, if you want to find me, just go to the Marquis' Mansion."
Jiang Ning nodded happily.
Chen Tang walked forward, talking and laughing with them, and Qiu Tong followed behind.
There was no servant in the mansion who didn't know about the affairs between Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion and the Jiang family, and Qiu Tong naturally knew about it as well.
The cousins are obviously very close, but they don’t have much contact with each other. I don’t know if the missing prince will ever be found...
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