The elder sister killed the whole family, and came back to be beaten to death

Chapter 212 Outer Room

Shen Tang did not dare to refuse the elder's gift, so he accepted it and bowed to express his gratitude.

Princess Ning loved Shen Tang so much that she was overjoyed. She smiled and said, "You two can go and talk privately. You don't have to stay with me all the time."

No matter how kind-hearted she was, she was an elder after all, and the younger generation had to restrain themselves in front of her. Princess Roujia and Shen Tang bowed and took their leave, going to the garden to appreciate the flowers.

In his previous life, Shen Tang often accompanied Princess Jingyang to visit Princess Ning, and was somewhat familiar with the Ning Palace. The garden was much more beautiful than in his previous life, with many rare flowers. Shen Tang took a look and found that the flowers were newly transplanted. In his previous life, his eldest brother had never married, and Princess Ning was old and seldom left the yard where she lived. She probably only visited the garden a few times a year, so she didn't take good care of it. She only planted some hardy flowers, and it was okay as long as they were acceptable.

Things are different now. The wedding banquet of my eldest brother and Princess Roujia is scheduled a few days after her wedding. At that time, all the civil and military officials and even the emperor will come to Prince Ning's Mansion to drink wedding wine. The garden cannot be deserted. In addition, Xiao Huan and Princess Roujia will live in Prince Ning's Mansion in the future, so there will be a lot of comings and goings.

The vitality of Prince Ning's Mansion is reflected in this garden.

Princess Roujia accompanied Shen Tang for a long time in the garden, but the weather was too hot, so she rested for a while in the pavilion by the water. Seeing that it was getting late, she said goodbye. Princess Roujia saw her out of the house and watched her leave reluctantly.

On the way back to the mansion, the carriage passed by Zuixian Tower and happened to meet Xiao Huan, Jiang Mingyuan, and the top scorer in the Jin exam, Jiang Huaizhi.

On the busy street, people and cars were coming and going. The carriage did not stop, but just slowed down. Shen Tang greeted them and then went about his own business.

Back at the Marquis' Mansion, Shen Tang went to Songhe Hall and saw the purple jade jewelry given to him by Princess Ning. Shen Luo was envious and exclaimed in amazement, "What beautiful jewelry."

The old lady guessed that Princess Ning would give Shen Tang some jewelry, but she didn't expect her to be so generous. There are probably more exquisite jewelry than this set in Kyoto that can be counted on one hand. Princess Ning is really generous.

The Third Wife said, "The Emperor has approved the adoption of Princess Roujia by the Ning Palace. Many ministers have sent gifts to congratulate them. The Ning Palace, on the pretext of not holding an adoption banquet, told the gift-givers to take the gifts home and said they would invite everyone to the palace for a wedding banquet later..."

After the formal adoption banquet, it would be difficult for Princess Roujia to marry out of Prince Duan's Mansion. Prince Ning's Mansion had enough gifts and didn't want to make things complicated. All the civil and military officials in the court knew what Prince Ning was thinking, but after all, the Emperor had graciously approved Prince Ning's Mansion to adopt Princess Roujia, and changes had to be made to the Royal Jade Butterfly, so it would be unreasonable not to send it.

Civil and military officials are not afraid of being nosy, as the servants will deliver the gifts anyway. Well, they can't go in person. There are not many civil and military officials in the court who are qualified to be greeted by Prince Ning personally, and there is no one else in Prince Ning's mansion. When sending gifts, they have to consider whether there is anyone to greet them. It's really unique. As long as the intention is conveyed, it's fine.

The Marquis's family reunion banquet had to be held. The old lady and Shen Sui discussed it and set the date for the banquet, which was five days later. The third and fourth wives would be busy in the next two days.

The old lady originally wanted to ask, but when she saw the exquisite jewelry, there was no need to ask. Shen Tang only stayed for a quarter of an hour before returning to Qingyi Garden.

As soon as Shen Tang returned to the house, Si'er came in and reported, "The Second Madam was frightened yesterday and had a high fever in the middle of the night. It's said that it hasn't subsided yet..."

If she doesn't suffer a little more, it would be unfair to her to make Chen Shan make a special trip.

There were tribute pears on the table. It was clear where they came from without asking. Shen Tang took one and took a bite. The flesh was crispy and tender, sweet and delicious, and very thirst-quenching.

Shen Tang gave Ginkgo, Qiutong and Si'er one each, and asked Si'er to give one to Mother Zhou.

Several maids were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. The girl treated them kindly and never beat or scolded them. When there were delicious food, such as tribute snow pears, ordinary girls couldn't eat them. They could eat them every few days with the girl. They must have been very lucky in their previous life.

Knowing that Shen Tang disliked the second wife, she was happy to see the second wife suffer misfortune, so any misfortune that happened to the second wife would be reported to Qingyi Garden.

Of course, some of them were inquired by the servants in the mansion, and some were deliberately sent by the second wife, hoping to make the old lady feel distressed and let the second wife come back.

The second wife was seriously frightened this time. She was said to have dreamed of being bitten by a snake whenever she fell asleep. She was awakened by nightmares several times at night and had a high fever that lasted for two whole days before it subsided.

In the past two days, the Second Master only visited once and didn't even stay overnight in the house. Originally, Shen Tang wanted to find an opportunity to let Chen Shan tell the Second Wife about the Second Master's mistress and illegitimate child, but Chen Shan didn't even have to make such an effort, as the Second Wife found out on her own.

Over the years, unless the Second Master was not in Kyoto, he never stayed overnight outside. There were even few concubines in the inner house. The only two were brought up by the Second Mistress, who never dared to act like a spoiled child in front of her. The Second Mistress always boasted that she had won the Second Master's heart, but with Chunlan being found and the Second Master's deeds being exposed, the Second Master no longer had the patience he had before for the Second Mistress.

After being kicked out of the marquis's mansion, he treated her with disdain. These days, the second master never spent the night in the second wife's room, but always stayed in the concubine's room.

The Second Wife was very jealous. After enduring for three days, she could no longer bear it and took out her anger on the Second Master on the concubines. One of them cut her hand, and the other knelt in the sun for two hours, her knees bruised.

The Second Wife was obviously forcing the Second Master to enter her room, thinking that she could just get rid of the concubine. However, the Second Master turned around and brought in a maid, which made the Second Wife almost die of anger.

The concubine was taken away, but he still didn't return home late at night. The second wife thought that the second master had gone to a brothel. The family rules of Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion did not allow descendants to enter such a dirty place. Although the second branch was kicked out, the family rules of the Marquis's Mansion could not restrain the second branch, but they could always persuade them. However, the second master had to be caught in the act first.

The second wife sent someone to follow the second master, and as a result, they discovered that the second master had a mistress and an illegitimate child who was five years old.

Upon hearing the news, the second wife was so angry that she wanted to skin the second master alive.

She did all kinds of bad things to seek the title for the Second Master, but the Second Master was just the opposite. He openly showed affection to her, but secretly kept a mistress and even had an illegitimate child. Now that the Second Master was kicked out, he didn't even want to pretend.

The Second Wife was a cruel and ruthless person, and she was very ruthless in her actions. Even though she was so angry that she wanted to stab the Second Master, she swallowed her anger and did not act out.

But that night, the courtyard where the concubine lived caught fire and flames shot up into the sky. However, the concubine and the illegitimate son were lucky and were rescued.

Early the next morning, the mistress and her illegitimate son, covered in smoke and dirt, appeared outside the second house's gate.

The second master didn't know that the fire last night was in the courtyard where his concubine lived. He went to the government office as usual. As soon as he left, his illegitimate son ran out and hugged him and cried, "Daddy, someone set fire to our courtyard last night. I almost didn't see you anymore..."

The illegitimate child's face was covered in dust and his eyes were filled with tears. The second master was so heartbroken that he didn't even think of denying it. By the time he reacted, there were already many people gathered around to watch the fun.

Well, not only were the concubine and the illegitimate child rescued, the arsonist was also kidnapped and sent to the Dali Temple. After interrogation at the Dali Temple, they found out that the arsonist was sent by the second wife.

The second master rushed back into the house in anger, pulled the frail second wife off the bed, and slapped her hard several times. It was said that two of her teeth were knocked out.

This is not the end yet. Keeping a mistress is not a good reputation, especially since the Second Master is now the father-in-law of the King of Qi. Even though the First Prince is pressuring the King of Qi to make Shen Xian the principal wife and not to demote her to a concubine, he is not at all lenient towards the Second Master.

The next day, memorials impeaching the second master flew to the emperor's desk like snowflakes.

The filthiness of the Second House was beyond the imagination of all the civil and military officials.

In order to obtain the title, the second wife did not hesitate to harm her own nephew. The second master kept a mistress, and the second wife set fire to burn the mistress and illegitimate child to death. Even if they did not die, the evidence of her ordering the arson was conclusive.

The Dali Temple arrested the second wife for arson, but because the concubine knelt down and begged for mercy and tried her best to drop the case, the Dali Temple had to give a lighter punishment and beat the second wife with forty strokes of the cane.

The emperor wanted to dismiss the second master from his official position, but he was able to keep his official position with the help of the Qi Wang party. However, the emperor demoted him two levels, from the fifth rank to the sixth rank.

In half a month, I was demoted twice, a total of four levels. This is unprecedented.