Chapter 23 Meet Again
Chen Tang saw Chen Xie again five days later, on the day when the Shouwang Mansion held a spring banquet.
After breakfast, Chen Tang took Ginkgo to Songhe Hall and ran into Shen Xi at the gate.
Shen Tang smiled.
Sparks were burning in Shen Xi's eyes.
After copying Buddhist scriptures day and night for five days, Chen Xi's hands were cramped. When she saw Chen Tang, she wanted to peel Chen Tang's skin off. She squeezed out the words from between her teeth, "You are really my good sister!"
Chen Tang looked innocent and angrily said, "Eldest sister doesn't want to copy the family rules, and she insisted that I go to beg grandma. Didn't grandma ask you to copy it? Is eldest sister still not satisfied?"
satisfy? !
She was so satisfied that she just wanted to kill people!
I could have stayed in Qinglan Garden to copy the family rules, but I could have been lazy and gone to the Buddhist temple to copy them. Not only did I have to eat vegetarian food every day, but I also had to use gold-sprinkled paper. The handwriting had to be neat and I had to be extra careful when copying!
Second Aunt pleaded for her, saying that she wanted to practice her talent and would copy it after the Spring Banquet, but grandmother didn't agree!
Chen Xi had already lost a lot of weight due to typhoid fever, and after copying Buddhist scriptures for five days, she became even thinner.
Thinking that all the suffering she had endured was caused by Chen Tang, she was furious. As the eldest sister, she was bullied by her own younger sister and had no power to fight back!
This is outside Songhe Hall, and they are afraid that the sisters’ quarrel will reach the old lady’s ears, so they have to endure their anger no matter how angry they are.
There will be plenty of time to deal with her later!
Shen Xianyun loosened her clenched fists and turned to walk into the yard. Shen Tang followed her as if nothing had happened.
Today, Chen Tang wore a sky blue Shu brocade dress embroidered with orchids, and on her head wore the orchid jewelry she bought in Wancui Pavilion that day. The combination was just right, making her look dignified and pretty.
Chen Xian was wearing a lotus-colored brocade dress, with lotus flowers outlined on the hem and cuffs with gold and silver threads. It was luxurious yet elegant. It was made by the embroidery studio working late into the night in the past few days, just so that Chen Xian could shine at the Spring Banquet.
Shen Ran and Shen Luo dressed up very carefully, which was eye-catching.
The old lady had no objection to their dressing, but the two sisters, Shen Tang and Shen Xi, had a quarrel. They did not go out together last time. This time they were going to the Prince Shou's Mansion, and the old lady did not want that to happen again.
The old lady said sternly, "Sisters from the same mansion, we prosper together and suffer together. Last time, I didn't punish you severely because you had just recovered from your illness. If you continue to act so willfully and mischievously when you go to Shouwang Mansion to attend the Spring Banquet today and spread rumors that the sisters are not getting along, you will all kneel down in the Buddhist temple and reflect on your actions."
"Remember my grandmother's teachings."
The four of them responded in unison.
Chen Xi sat down next to the old lady and said, "Grandmother, please don't be angry. Although my second sister is angry with me on the surface, she actually cares about me the most. When I caught a cold and fell ill, she asked Mother Jiang to comfort me and said she would give me the set of jewelry you gave her."
The old lady looked at Shen Tang.
Chen Tang asked Chen Xi, "Did Mother Jiang tell my eldest sister that I want to give you the jewelry that my grandmother gave me?"
Shen Xi nodded, “When Mama Jiang said that, Second Aunt was also there.”
"This wicked slave!"
Chen Tang cursed angrily, "She was unfaithful to me. I didn't expect that she would say these untrue things behind my and my elder sister's back. Isn't this deliberately trying to sow discord between me and my elder sister? Fortunately, my grandmother still thought about her serving me for ten years and beat her with a stick and sold her off. Such a wicked slave should be beaten to death."
Chen Tang's chest was heaving with anger, "Eldest sister doesn't want to go shopping with me, is it because she believes what Mother Jiang said and is mad at me for not sending the jewelry to you yet?"
Chen Xian was stunned. She didn't expect Chen Tang to say that and immediately panicked.
She knew that Chen Tang would never give her the jewelry again, but she was so angry that she was forced by Chen Tang to go to the Buddhist temple and copy a hundred Buddhist scriptures. It happened that the old lady said that they should live in harmony, so she took the opportunity to put pressure on Chen Tang to give her the jewelry.
Unexpectedly, Chen Tang not only denied what Jiang's mother said, but also turned the tables on her and put her in the frying pan.
Since she knew from Mother Jiang that Chen Tang cared about her, why was she unwilling to go shopping together when she left the house?
Isn't this a contradiction?
And she plotted against Chen Tang by soaking in well water to catch a cold. Chen Tang knew it clearly, and it was Chen Tang who told the old lady about it. Chen Tang was already angry about this, so how could she give the jewelry that the old lady gave her to Chen Xi?
No one believed what Shen Xian said, and even the old lady looked at Shen Xian with disappointment.
Chen Xi was anxious, "Grandma, I don't have it. That set of jewelry was given to my second sister by you. Even if she gave it to me, I wouldn't want it."
Fortunately, at this time, a maid came in and said, "Madam, the carriage is ready."
Shen Xian quickly stood up and said, "Grandma, we will not forget your instructions. We will go to the Shouwang Mansion first."
Shen Tang also stood up and went out with Shen Ran and Shen Luo.
After being punished by the old lady to copy the family rules and being beaten again, Shen Xing had to endure it no matter how unwilling she was to ride in a carriage with Shen Tang. She got on the carriage first, and then Yin Xing helped Shen Tang sit on it.
As soon as she entered the carriage, she received a cold look from Shen Ying. Shen Tang pretended not to see it. She didn't have the leisure to argue with Shen Ying. She went to the Shou Palace today to find her eldest brother.
The carriage gurgled forward, Chen Tang closed his eyes and thought about things. Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was quite far from Shouwang Mansion, and the carriage could not go fast even after passing through several busy streets. When it reached the street where Shouwang Mansion was located, it went even slower.
There were so many ladies and young masters from aristocratic families coming to the Shou Prince's Mansion for a banquet today that the streets outside the mansion were blocked. A road that usually only took a few sips of tea took a whole cup of tea to walk.
Chen Tang never expected that the first person she met when she arrived at the Shou Palace to attend the Spring Banquet was the Prince of Jingyang.
She sat by the door of the carriage. When the carriage stopped, she lifted the curtain and got out. She saw Xie Guimo riding a horse towards her in the sunlight. His face, which was so hateful to both humans and gods, like a demon in the world, came into view.
Living a new life, Chen Tang never expected that she and Xie Guimo would meet again in front of the gate of Shouwang Mansion.
Except for the year when Xie Guimo went to war, she had lived with him under the same roof for three years. She knew that he never liked to attend banquets, so she was particularly surprised that he would come to Shouwang Mansion to attend the Spring Banquet.
Their eyes met unexpectedly.
Xie Guimo's brows were sparse and his eyes were cold without any warmth, as cold as the winter wind.
There was that expression again, as if she owed him something.
Chen Tang was filled with anger, and then he glared at her with the same firm and impartial look as he had done countless times in his previous life.
It was not until Xie Guimo frowned that Chen Tang realized what he had done. He turned around quickly and got off the carriage, wishing he could kill himself by hitting his head against the stone lions outside the Shou Palace.
Xie Guimo just watched Chen Tang hurriedly walk up the stairs and hurried into the Shouwang Mansion.
Behind him, Xuanyi Marquis's son Chu Yi rode over on horseback, laughing so hard that his body shook with laughter. "Am I seeing things? How dare a girl stare at you?"
"This second young lady from the Shen family is really interesting."
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