Chapter 44 Marriage Proposal
Almost instantly, Shen Tang's face turned red.
It was her negligence. She expected that since she came to borrow money with red eyes and aggrieved face, her father would definitely investigate whether she had been wronged. However, she did not expect that it was the secret guards sent by her father. She knew that someone was protecting her secretly.
Everything has been discovered. The more she hides it from her father, the more suspicious he will become. But she doesn't know who that person is.
Chen Tang could only mumble, "Father, have you heard about the incident in which the prince of Changping was thrown down the hillside at the Jokhang Temple a few days ago?"
Shen Sui frowned slightly, and asked the man why he suddenly mentioned the Prince of Changping Marquis?
Chen Sui looked at Chen Tang, and Chen Tang said, "The son of the Marquis of Changping tried to molest my daughter in the Jokhang Temple. Fortunately, my daughter was lucky enough to be rescued. The person who rescued me had saved my daughter once at the Lantern Festival half a year ago. He thought that my daughter was too easy to get into trouble, so he sent someone to the Marquis' Mansion to protect her..."
Chen Tang's voice got lower and lower, and Chen Sui's face turned pale. "Why didn't you tell me about these things?"
His daughter got into trouble twice and was bullied. Everyone knew about it, but he, as a father, knew nothing about it.
Qiu Tong was in the study room, and when she heard this, her eyes opened wider than bells.
Chen Tang said, "My father is usually busy, and my daughter has nothing to do, so I didn't tell him."
Shen Sui said, "He saved you twice and wants to marry you, why doesn't he just come and propose marriage?"
Chen Tang, "......???"
He did say he wanted to marry her, but how did my father know?
Ahhhh!
Chen Tang's face was so hot that he could fry an egg.
Chen Tang was thin-skinned and didn't know how to answer the question. She just ran away with a red face.
Shen Sui didn't expect Shen Tang to react like this, and he didn't object. He rushed to save his daughter twice. No matter what the other party's family background was, as long as they were in love, he agreed to the marriage.
Never mind. My daughter is shy, so I won’t make things difficult for her.
When I went out, the wind blew and the temperature on my face rose rapidly.
Chen Tang didn't dare to leave the hospital directly. He waited for a while, and when his face was not so red anymore, he went out.
Originally, Chen Tang wanted to go to Songhetang after returning home, but now she couldn't do that. She wanted to go back and ask Chen Shan how she was discovered by her father.
After returning to the inner courtyard, Chen Tang walked towards Qingyi Garden, but halfway there, a little maid came over and said, "Second Miss, the old lady asked Qiu Tong to go to her place..."
Chen Tang looked at Qiu Tong and said, "You go see grandma. I feel a little dizzy so I won't go with you. I'll go and pay my respects to her tomorrow."
Shen Tang ran away as if escaping.
After returning to Qingyi Garden, Chen Tang entered the house and went straight to the window. However, she looked out the window for a long time, even shouting, but there was no sign of Chen Shan.
At this moment, Chen Shan was climbing over the wall into the Prince Jingyang's Palace.
Chenxiang Pavilion.
Xie Guimo was reading a military book.
Chen Shan went in and said, "Master, I have been discovered..."
Xie Guimo flipped the page casually, "Who discovered it?"
"Marquis Pingyuan."
Xie Guimo, "..."
Chen Qi brought in tea and exclaimed, "How could we be discovered by Pingyuan Hou?"
Xie Guimo looked at Chen Shan, and Chen Shan silently told him everything about how he was discovered.
He was ordered to protect Miss Shen Er. Wherever Miss Shen Er went, he would definitely follow. He didn't expect that Shen Sui would send people to follow Shen Tang. When he discovered Shen Sui's people, Shen Sui's people also discovered him.
Chen Qi said, "Didn't I ask who you belong to?"
How could I not ask?
The person he was secretly following was the daughter of Pingyuan Hou. Which father would be willing to let someone of unknown origin follow his daughter?
Chen Qi asked, "So how did you answer?"
Chen Shan glanced at Xie Guimo before saying, "I didn't dare to say I was your master..."
Stopping halfway through his sentence, Chen Qi pressed on, "How on earth did you get away with it?"
Chen Shan said weakly, "I will tell Pingyuan Hou's people that I dare not reveal my identity without my permission, but I will definitely come to ask for Miss Shen's hand in marriage..."
That’s not wrong.
Xie Guimo asked, "And then?"
Chen Shan was silent for a moment, and said, "Just now, I escorted Miss Shen Er back to the Pingyuan Marquis's residence. Pingyuan Marquis called Miss Shen Er to the study to question her. I don't know what they said. After Miss Shen Er came out, Pingyuan Marquis's people asked me to pass on a message to you, asking you to come to propose marriage tomorrow..."
Xie Guimo, "..."
Chen Qi said, "I just cancelled the marriage proposal for the eldest daughter of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion. If I go to ask for the second daughter Shen's hand in marriage tomorrow, won't I be beaten out?"
As soon as he said this, he felt an unhappy gaze looking at him. Chen Qi reacted and quickly shut his mouth.
Can he just say that even though what he said was unpleasant to hear, it was the truth?
Not to mention that Marquis Pingyuan would not agree, even Miss Shen Er herself would not agree.
Originally, saving Miss Shen Er was the best chance when she fell into the water. Who could have thought that Miss Shen Er, a lady from a wealthy family, would actually swim? Chen Qi felt sorry for his own young master. The young master had never fallen into the hands of others, but he had fallen into the hands of Miss Shen Er twice.
Xie Guimo raised his hand and rubbed his brow, feeling a headache he had never had before.
"What will happen if I don't propose marriage tomorrow?"
No one dared to answer.
Xie Guimo looked at Chen Qi and Chen Shan.
"say."
The one who doesn't let others speak is the boss, and the one who lets others speak is still the boss.
Chen Qi said stiffly, "If you don't go when I'm asked to propose marriage, I'm afraid that next time I want to go, Pingyuan Hou may not let me go."
The daughter hasn't been married yet, so the words of the future father-in-law would be more effective than an imperial edict.
You can't go, and you can't not go.
Chen Qi was worried about his own young master.
Xie Guimo rubbed his eyebrows for a long time, thinking about something, and then he stood up.
Inside the house, Chen Tang stood by the window for a long time, making sure that Chen Shan was not there, then he turned around and sat down.
Gingko poured tea for Chen Tang and talked about her trip to Prince Duan's Mansion to deliver a prescription to Princess Roujia. "Princess Roujia was very happy and asked me to thank the young lady on her behalf. She also rewarded me with a few silver melon seeds."
Chen Tang asked Ginkgo to deliver the prescription in order to take Qiu Tong to the Jiang family. Everything happened as she expected. The old lady punished the second wife and called Qiu Tong for questioning.
In the inner room, the old lady was kneeling on the ground chanting scriptures and praying. Qiu Tong did not dare to go forward to disturb her. She waited until Mother Wang helped the old lady up before Qiu Tong went forward.
The old lady asked, "What's the matter with the tonic?"
Shen Sui brought the tonic to the old lady, but did not say much, only saying, "Mother asked someone to prepare such a tonic for Tang'er to take to the Jiang family. Where do you want to put your son?"
Chen Sui knew that it was the Second Madam who made the arrangement by speculating on the Old Madam's intentions without authorization, but since he was the eldest uncle, it was not easy for him to deal with the Second Madam directly without going through the Old Madam and the Second Master, so he could only leave the matter to the Old Madam.
Shen Sui said this with an angry look on his face and left.
When the old lady unpacked the things, she realized how poor the supplements that the second wife had prepared for the Jiang family were. This was the second time that the second wife had caused the old lady to be scolded by Shen Sui. The second wife did not learn her lesson from the last scolding, so the old lady was so angry that she punished her by making her kneel in the Buddhist temple.
But the old lady didn't know exactly what was going on. She was afraid that Shen Sui would misunderstand that she was scolding Shen Tang for complaining. Knowing that it was Qiu Tong who left the house with Shen Tang today, she went straight to Qiu Tong to question her.
Qiu Tong replied, "The Second Miss took me to the Jiang family. Maybe she was worried, so she asked me to take a look at the supplements prepared by the Second Madam. She was so angry that she turned around and went back to the mansion to complain to you, the old lady.
Fearing that you, the old lady, would not let her go to the Jiang family, she went to the Marquis to borrow 100 taels and went to the Treasure Pavilion to buy these supplements again. The second lady threw these supplements prepared by the second wife to the beggar woman outside the Treasure Pavilion in anger. Unexpectedly, the Marquis saw that the second lady was in a low mood and sent someone to check on her, and picked up these supplements again..."
The old lady frowned, "Didn't the second young lady complain to the Marquis?"
It was normal for Shen Tang to complain about the tricks the Second Wife played behind her back, but the old lady was surprised that Shen Tang didn't.
Qiu Tong shook her head. "No, the Marquis wanted to give the second young lady one thousand taels, but she refused. She only said in the Jiang family that these supplements were given to her by you, the old lady."
The old lady didn't expect that Shen Tang had such patience at such a young age. Compared with Shen Tang, what the second wife did was too shameful.
"Go to the Buddhist temple and tell the second wife to copy 300 family rules. Not a single one can be left out."
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