activa-t Chapter 284 Knife
Chapter 284 Knife
Concubine Jiang was so angry that her internal organs ached, but she could only endure it.
The prince felt guilty towards her and also towards the princess.
Over the years, whenever she had a conflict with the princess, the prince would either pretend not to know or investigate thoroughly and punish whoever was at fault.
If such an obviously unreasonable matter were to be brought before the prince, she would definitely be punished.
But over the years, no one in the palace dared to take Concubine Jiang lightly. Shen Tang was the first one. Even the princess scolded her, and Concubine Jiang gritted her teeth in anger.
Shen Tang was somewhat speechless. He scolded her for being late, but didn't talk about the main business for a long time. Shen Tang said, "What on earth is the concubine looking for me so urgently?"
Thinking of the purpose of looking for Shen Tang, Concubine Jiang suppressed her anger and said, "The prince allowed you not to come to pay your respects to the old lady, and you really didn't come for a day."
Shen Tang almost couldn't help but utter sweet words.
She knew that Concubine Jiang wouldn't ask her for anything important, or even anything good, but she didn't expect that she was only asking her to pay her respects to the old lady.
I've seen people meddling in other people's business, but I've never seen anyone meddling so much. She came to pay her respects to the old lady. How could she, Concubine Jiang, gain any extra weight?!
Shen Tang's eyes swept from Concubine Jiang's face to the princess, "Mother, have you found out who gave me the sterilizing drug?"
The princess shook her head.
Concubine Jiang said, "If we can't find out the truth in our lifetime, why don't you come to pay your respects to the old lady?!"
Shen Tang couldn't stand it any longer, "In the eyes of the concubine, the old lady is so incompetent that someone could poison me, the Crown Prince's consort, with a sterilizing drug right under her nose, and they'll never find out in their lifetime?"
Concubine Jiang was stunned. She didn't expect that when she used filial piety to pressure Shen Tang, Shen Tang would take advantage of her words to scold the old lady for being incompetent. His voice was so loud that the old lady's face turned pale and she couldn't say anything.
Concubine Jiang said, "That tea was given by the palace. How do you expect the old lady to investigate further?"
Last time, the disaster was not brought to the palace, but it happened again this time.
Shen Tang looked at the old lady sitting on the Arhat couch. Concubine Jiang had bad intentions, but as long as the old lady interrupted her, she and Concubine Jiang would not be able to argue.
The old lady said nothing, making it clear that she wanted her, the Crown Prince's Consort, to come and visit him every morning and evening.
The old lady is not the prince's biological mother. Her status in the Jingyang Palace is entirely due to the prince's respect for the late emperor. She is the prince's second wife arranged by the late emperor, and that's all.
As the Crown Prince's Consort, her daily visits to the King of Kings, morning and night, further highlight her status as the old lady of the Jingyang Palace.
Shen Tang said expressionlessly, "The tea in the palace was checked that day and there was no problem."
Concubine Jiang said, "Not all the cakes given by the palace are poisonous."
This rebuttal makes a lot of sense.
Shen Tang couldn't refute it.
But she couldn't refute it, so she could just stab him with a knife.
And it's the kind that goes in with a white knife and comes out with a red knife.
Shen Tang said, "These days, I often regret that I shouldn't have suppressed the matter of the sterilization drug and reported it to the palace, letting the emperor know that someone was trying to harm the heir of the Jingyang Palace. If he had paid more attention, he wouldn't have ordered someone to poison the cakes, which ultimately harmed the innocent Eighth Young Master and made Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, and the old lady die young..."
Shen Tang's clear voice echoed in the room, and everyone in the room, except the princess, changed their expressions.
The death of the eighth young master has become a taboo in Wutong Courtyard. The old lady has been ill for so many days because of the eighth young master. Finally, the fourth master was promoted, and the good news diluted the bad luck. The old lady's mood has improved a little and she can get out of bed. But the prince's wife is just like that, she keeps bringing up things that are not related to the topic.
Everyone in the room looked at the old lady at the same time, and saw that her face turned blue little by little, and finally she suddenly started coughing.
The cough was so loud that it made people worry that she might have coughed out her lungs.
If it were someone else, Shen Tang would definitely feel distressed. No, she would not do such a hurtful thing. But the old lady was not a good person. If she allowed Concubine Jiang to make trouble for her, then she, the old lady, would not be happy either.
Concubine Jiang attacked Shen Tang, "The Eighth Young Master's matter has finally passed, and you brought it up again, making the old lady sad."
Shen Tang blinked innocently, "Didn't you bring it up, Concubine Jiang? If you hadn't mentioned the cakes, I wouldn't have thought of this."
She only mentioned the pastries, but didn't mention the Eighth Young Master!
But the cakes and the Eighth Young Master are connected together, and Concubine Jiang cannot separate them just because she wants to.
Concubine Jiang said angrily, "I think you are..."
Before she could even utter the word "deliberately", she was scolded by the princess, "Are you trying to anger the old lady to death?"
Who is making the old lady angry?
Concubine Jiang was grunting with anger.
The princess ordered Mother Wu to help the old lady, who was coughing uncontrollably, to the inner room.
The Second Wife went to serve. After the old lady left, the Princess glanced at Concubine Jiang. "It's the Prince who doesn't have to come every morning and evening. What does it have to do with me whether the Crown Prince's Concubine comes or not? I thought you really had something important to do and wanted to call the Crown Prince's Concubine here. Now that you've brought up the old lady's sad story, are you happy?"
Concubine Jiang was so angry that she wanted to cough. "The prince allowed the Crown Prince's wife not to come to visit the old lady every morning and evening until the matter of the sterilization drug was investigated. But the sterilization drug is not clear, and the cakes sent from the palace are poisoned. Doesn't this prove that what the old lady said that day was true?!"
They really are mixed up.
If there is poison in the pastries, does that mean there must be poison in the tea given?
Shen Tang was too lazy to waste time arguing with Concubine Jiang and said directly, "The imperial physician checked the tea that day. Except for my cup, the others were not poisonous. Concubine Jiang insists that the tea, like the cakes, was poisoned by someone in the palace. I will ask my husband to report this to the palace when I return, and have the cakes investigated as well."
In order to clear herself, the old lady shifted the blame to the palace and angered the emperor, so she took back the reward given to her and Xie Guimo. This incident has already killed the eighth young master. If they still want to put the blame on the palace, I'm afraid the entire Jingyang Palace will never receive any reward from the emperor again.
The only one who dared to let the palace take the blame was the old lady.
She wanted to anger the emperor, but she and Xie Guimo could not help her old lady.
Shen Tang looked at the princess and said, "Then I will go back and talk to my husband about this."
After blessing his lower body, Shen Tang was about to leave.
The princess did not stop Shen Tang. Concubine Jiang became anxious and shouted at the princess, "Princess, are you really going to let them do whatever they want?!"
The princess said in disgust, "You know your words are untenable. In the future, don't meddle in matters that are not your business."
After saying this, the princess walked away.
Concubine Jiang behind him was so angry that smoke was coming out of her head.
Shen Tang and the princess left Wutong Courtyard together.
As they walked a little further, the princess sighed and said, "To avoid giving people gossip, I'd better come to Wutong Courtyard every few days to pay my respects. Just think of it as a walk after dinner."
As long as he doesn't come every day, she can still accept it if he comes every few days.
Shen Tang agreed.
As they walked forward, a maid came over and said, "Prince Consort, Prince Ning and Princess Roujia are here."