Phi-Fic Chapter 190: Blessing and Disaster
Chapter 190: Blessing and Disaster
Shen Tang got on the carriage, Qiu Tong lifted the curtain, and Shen Tang counted them briefly. There were at least thirty or forty people who came to the Marquis' Mansion to recognize their relatives, but none of them caught Shen Tang's eye.
Those who came to recognize their relatives were not ugly, but they were not good-looking. Shen Sui and Jiang were both first-class looks. They could give birth to such good-looking children like Xiao Huan and Shen Tang, so the second brother must have been good-looking.
Even though he has been living in poverty for all these years, and his face is pale and his body is thin, his skeleton is still there, so he is not that bad.
The eldest brother had been missing for more than ten years, and it was not easy to find him, let alone the second brother. Shen Tang did not expect to find him soon. She believed that as long as the second brother was alive, their family would be reunited one day.
The carriage gurgled forward until it stopped in front of the Jiang family's gate.
At the attentive invitation of the Jiang family's servant, Shen Tang stepped into the Jiang family and walked towards Cuibaiyuan where Old Madam Jiang lived.
Not long after she entered the inner courtyard, she saw the two sisters Jiang Ning and Jiang Li running towards her from afar. Jiang Ning was wearing a light green dress embroidered with orchids, which was as quiet and elegant as her personality. Jiang Li was wearing a light purple dress with butterflies embroidered on the hem. As her skirt fluttered, she seemed to be surrounded by butterflies, playful and lively.
Seeing Shen Tang, Jiang Li waved from a distance and called out, "Cousin..."
When they got closer, Jiang Li leaned close to Shen Tang's ear and said, "I knew my cousin would come to the mansion in the next two days. My father and uncle came back yesterday and were scolded badly by my grandmother..."
Shen Tang asked, "Why did grandma scold my uncle and the others?"
Jiang Li said, "You want your uncle to deal with Master Shen Er. My father and the others are holding you back. That's why my grandmother scolded you."
In fact, Master Jiang Da and Master Jiang Er did not help to intercede. They just let Shen Tang calm down for a while when she was emotional. But even so, Old Lady Jiang was also very angry. Master Shen Er didn't even care about the flesh and blood affection for the sake of the title. He killed his own nephew and was simply not worthy of being a human being. God knows how angry and scared Old Lady Jiang was when she knew that the Second Master and the Second Mistress buried Shen Tang's second brother alive.
Before her death, Jiang wanted to hand Shen Tang over to the Jiang family for upbringing. However, due to poor care for Shen Yan, he was lost. In addition, the old lady did not allow it, and Shen Sui was unwilling to separate father and daughter. The Jiang family went to pick up Shen Tang several times, but was ridiculed and returned empty-handed.
Old Madam Jiang was glad that Shen Tang was a daughter and had no right to inherit the title, otherwise, with the cruelty of the second house, she would have died long ago.
Shen Tang asked his uncle for support, but Master Jiang Da and Master Jiang Er did not say a word to help. Instead, they stopped Shen Tang. It would be strange if Madam Jiang did not scold them.
Shen Tang knew that her two uncles were doing this for her own good. After all, the second master was not a concubine's son, but the old lady's biological son. Chunlan could only prove that the second wife wanted to bury her second brother alive, but she had not found any evidence to prove that the eldest brother was also lost by the second wife. After all, the eldest brother was lost while under the care of the Jiang family. Even though the eldest brother has been found now, the two uncles still lack confidence.
Her mother was depressed and died with hatred in her heart. Her two uncles always believed that they were half responsible. When she did not lose face yesterday, she did not need her two uncles to speak for her. But she knew that if her father and grandmother did not want to deal with the second wife, her two uncles would never agree.
Shen Tang, Jiang Ning and Jiang Li went to Cuibaiyuan chatting and laughing.
Old Madam Jiang was sitting on the Luohan couch. When she saw Shen Tang, her eyes welled up. She asked Shen Tang to sit next to her and said, "The Jiang family and your father are useless. Your mother has suffered so much injustice, and she still needs you, a daughter, to help her seek justice..."
Shen Tang did not feel proud at all about these exaggerations, but rather felt ashamed.
In fact, she is the most useless person. In her previous life, she was manipulated by Shen Xi and the second wife and suffered a complete defeat. Now she is just taking advantage of her rebirth, and Xie Guimo is helping her behind the scenes.
Shen Tang said, "Grandma, please stop scolding my two uncles."
Madam Jiang said, "How can I not scold them? I asked them for help, but ended up making things worse."
Old Madam Jiang gets angry whenever she thinks about it. She guesses that Master Jiang and Master Jiang II don’t dare to show up in front of her these days.
Jiang Li lamented, "It's a pity that the truth was revealed half a month late, and Shen Xi still took advantage of it. Otherwise, with her status, she would definitely not have become the Second Prince's consort."
Shen Tang said, "Noble Consort Ye and the Second Prince are not willing to give her the position of principal wife. It's not certain whether this is a bargain or a pitfall."
Surprise flashed in Old Madam Jiang's eyes. She had felt the same way before. Old Master Jiang said that she thought things were too simple. From Shen Xi's perspective, she had gained an advantage, but the Second Prince had suffered a great loss. It was a disaster, not a blessing, for an incompetent person to sit in that position.
It's really extraordinary that Tang'er can see through the twists and turns at such a young age.
Shen Tang said, "I was afraid of upsetting my grandparents, and I thought Shen Xi wouldn't come to the Jiang family, so I didn't tell them that she wasn't my mother's child. As a result, my grandmother had to give her her favorite bracelet..."
Madam Jiang laughed, "I'm afraid even if you tell her, grandma might not believe it."
If I had believed it back then, my daughter might not have died.
Old Madam Jiang couldn't understand it. It was her daughter who was in charge of the household affairs back then, and Shen Sui was also in the mansion. How could the second wife have been so powerful as to secretly replace her daughter's newly born son?
It was precisely because they thought this was impossible, coupled with the blow that Shen Yan's disappearance had dealt to Jiang, that they all believed that Jiang had gone insane. Thinking of these things, Old Madam Jiang felt heartbroken. She didn't know how her daughter had survived those days. No wonder she held Tang'er tightly, fearing that she would be harmed by someone.
Madam Jiang's nose was sore and tears kept falling. Worried that she would hurt herself, Shen Tang tried to change the subject, but it didn't work very well. Jiang Li asked Shen Tang, "What's going on between my cousin and the Prince of Jingyang? Why did he go to burn paper at my aunt's grave before?"
Shen Tang, "..."
It's okay to change the subject, but can you please not focus on her?
Shen Tang's face flushed.
When asked, Shen Tang couldn't help blushing. She really couldn't imagine how embarrassed a certain gentleman must be to be caught in the act, and he even found an excuse that made people want to crawl into a hole in the ground.
Visiting the wrong grave.
I think it would be more convincing to say that you went out with the wrong mind.
Everyone in the room was looking at her. Shen Tang said awkwardly, "Isn't this my mother telling me in a dream that I can't marry him..."
Jiang Li said, "But when I said that, my cousin thought he was going to dig up my aunt's grave."
Shen Tang, "..."
Can you just listen to whatever she says? Don't ask too many questions. She really isn't that thick-skinned.
Shen Tang blushed and said, "I used my mother's dream as an excuse to reject him. He got angry and said he would dig up my mother's grave to ask why she didn't agree. I... took it seriously..."
Everyone in the room opened their eyes wide and covered their mouths with their hands while laughing.
Because his aunt had not approved the marriage in a dream, Prince Jingyang had no choice but to burn paper money to please his mother-in-law.
The Prince of Jingyang is so interesting.
Old Lady Jiang couldn't help laughing. Who would have thought that Prince Jingyang would burn so much paper money for her daughter just for this? Such thoughtfulness is truly rare.