Chapter 99 Loyalty
Chen Tang's personality was prone to getting stuck in a dead end. She wasn't sure if Xiao Huan was her elder brother, so she didn't want to keep looking. She had to confirm it as soon as possible.
It would be more convenient to ask Xie Guimo the truth than to ask Xiao Huan directly, but Chen Tang didn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world. It just so happened that Xiao Huan had a scar at the same place where his elder brother had a birthmark.
If Xiao Huan was really her biological elder brother, Chen Tang couldn't imagine how happy her father, grandmother, and the entire Jiang family would be.
Xie Guimo repeatedly came to Xiao Huan for Shen Tang. If Xiao Huan didn't have a good relationship with him and Shen Sui refused the marriage proposal, Xiao Huan would have been defeated.
Knowing that Chen Tang suspected that Xiao Huan was her elder brother, the jealousy of a certain gentleman suddenly disappeared, and he jumped out of the window happily.
This time he really left.
Chen Tang didn’t come back even after finishing his bowl of noodles.
He was very full and needed to walk more to help digest the food. Chen Tang asked Ginkgo to take the letter and went to the North Courtyard.
The Fourth Madam had been away from Beijing for quite a long time this time. She came back after more than two months and brought back a lot of things. The North Courtyard was very busy at the moment. When the maid reported that Chen Tang had arrived, the Fourth Madam came out to greet him and asked with a smile, "Why is Tang'er here?"
The Fourth Madam had always loved Chen Tang. When Jiang was alive, she had the best relationship with her among the sisters-in-law in the mansion. When Jiang was diagnosed as insane, it was only the Fourth Madam who visited her every now and then and talked to her to relieve her boredom. Before Jiang died, in addition to asking the Jiang family to raise Chen Tang on her behalf, she also asked the Fourth Madam to take care of him.
Chen Tang smiled and said, "Finally Fourth Aunt is back. She must be tired after traveling all the way back home. Is there anything wrong with you?"
The fourth wife smiled kindly, "You are a little tired, but you are not uncomfortable. I didn't expect that you would almost get married during this trip out of Beijing. Fortunately, you didn't get married. I still have a chance to see you off."
"Come on, come inside and talk."
The courtyard was a bit messy, and the fourth wife was afraid that the maid would bump into Chen Tang.
Stepping into the house, Chen Tang asked, "Where's the fifth sister?"
The fourth wife said, "Xi'er is still young and a little carriage-sick. She is sleeping in the room now. If she were fine, she would have come to find you a long time ago."
Chen Tang looked at the Fourth Madam's face again and again. Just like in her previous life, she did not see any sign of illness on her face. However, in her previous life, she was not only ill, but also extremely ill. Chen Tang was really worried. It happened that Chen Xi was poisoned and had a rash all over her body. She could ask the doctor to check the Fourth Madam's pulse.
The Fourth Madam pulled Chen Tang to sit down and asked about her health. Although she had only been back for a short time, the Fourth Madam knew all about Chen Tang stabbing herself for refusing to marry the Prince of Jingyang, falling into the water and catching a cold, and scaring a horse on the street.
Jiang asked her to take care of Chen Tang. When Chen Tang had problems, she felt guilty about Jiang's entrustment. Fortunately, her complexion was still rosy, and the fourth wife felt relieved.
The fourth wife asked, "I went to the palace for a banquet today and I'm tired. Why did you come to see Fourth Aunt?"
Chen Tang said, "Aunt Si brought me such specialties, it is only right for me to come and thank her."
The fourth wife smiled and said, "They are just some worthless things. As long as Tang'er likes them, that's fine."
Chen Tang said, “In addition to coming to see Fourth Aunt and Fifth Sister, I also have a letter to pass on to Fourth Aunt.”
letter?
The fourth wife asked, "What letter?"
When Chen Tang turned around, Yin Xing put the letter in her hand. Chen Tang said, "A few days ago, a man came to the Marquis' Mansion and said that he had asked a maid named Chunlan, who used to serve Fourth Aunt, to deliver the letter. She was trapped in Wangzhou Baihua Tower and hoped that Fourth Aunt would see the letter and save her."
When Chen Tang said this, she stared at the Fourth Madam without blinking. She clearly saw that when the word Chunlan was mentioned, the Fourth Madam's eyes changed, and she was a little bit unbelievable, "Chunlan is still alive?"
Her eyes fell on the letter in Shen Tang's hand, and before Shen Tang handed it to her, she reached out to take it.
Seeing that the letter had been opened, the Fourth Madam frowned, and Chen Tang said, "Fourth Aunt, please forgive me. The letter was intact when it was delivered, and I opened it."
Chen Tang grew up under the care of the Fourth Madam. She didn't think that Chen Tang was the kind of person who would casually open other people's letters. There must be something behind this, but she wanted to know what was written in the letter, so she didn't bother asking too much and took out the letter.
After opening the letter and seeing its contents, the Fourth Madam first frowned, then was shocked and suppressedly angry.
The changes in his facial expressions were all captured by Chen Tang.
The Fourth Madam understood the letter, which she could not understand, and the message it conveyed made her angry.
The fourth wife put the letter away and asked, "Did the person Chunlan sent back say anything else?"
Chen Tang said, “Chunlan has been trying to find a way to send a letter to Fourth Aunt these years, but Wangzhou is too far away from Kyoto, and she can’t find anyone to help her.”
Chunlan is deeply involved in a brothel. Men who go in and out of brothels are not good men. How could they go to Kyoto, hundreds of miles away, to deliver a letter for a brothel girl? It is already a great luck to meet one.
The fourth wife's eyes were red. "Chunlan is loyal to me. I thought she had already..."
She was so choked up that she couldn't speak.
Chen Tang comforted the Fourth Madam, "Chunlan has been missing for so many years, but she still remembers Fourth Aunt. The relationship between master and servant is enviable."
The fourth wife wiped away her tears. It happened that the fourth master came back. They hadn't seen each other for more than two months. Chen Tang didn't want to stay and get in the way. He stood up and said, "Fourth uncle and fourth aunt are talking, so I'll go back first."
The fourth wife wanted to send Chen Tang away, but Chen Tang refused and left with Ginkgo.
After leaving the door, Chen Tang looked around, not knowing whether Chen Shan was there, and left.
However, Chen Tang did not go back to Qingyi Garden directly, but went to Qinglan Garden. As a younger sister, she should go and care about her elder sister. She should not give herself up to gossip, and she could also watch the fun, killing two birds with one stone.
The Second Madam had been with Chen Xi ever since the poison broke out, and she never left her side. Chen Xi took the medicine, but it didn't work very well. She was still itchy as hell. The Second Madam was afraid that the maid would not be able to stop Chen Xi and that she would scratch her face, so she had to watch it with her own eyes to feel at ease.
When the maid informed her that Chen Tang had arrived, the Second Madam's teeth were almost broken.
She knew in her heart that Chen Xian had suffered for Chen Tang. It would have been fine if she had just suffered, but the cup of tea containing the antidote was knocked over by Chen Tang. It would take two days to prepare the new antidote, which meant that Chen Xian would have to suffer for two more days.
Concubine Ye plotted against Chen Tang, but failed every time. She also failed to plot against Chen Xian, and instead, Chen Xian suffered. How could the Second Wife not be angry?
Chen Tang came to visit Chen Xian, and the Second Wife couldn't stop her. When Chen Tang walked in, she received two looks that seemed to want to skin her alive. Chen Xian was unwilling to accept this. She looked at the crabapple flowers on the high table beside her. The maid also knew what she was going to do. Chen Xian struggled madly to break free from the maid, trying to knock over the high table and hit Chen Tang with the flowerpot.
But how could Chen Tang not guess what Chen Xian was thinking? She was standing next to the antique shelf.
The flowerpot fell over, but did not hurt Chen Tang. Instead, it hit the antique shelf, smashing the various porcelain and jade bottles on the shelf into pieces.
The repeated shattering sounds made the room quiet.
The maids were terrified.
Those are all the young girls' favorites and are worth a lot of money.
Shen Xi's delicate face was distorted, and she was so angry that she lost her mind, "I'm going to kill you!"
The words were directed at Chen Tang. The second wife grabbed Chen Xian and said, "The eldest girl has been poisoned and is in a state of madness. Hurry and call a doctor!"
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