Phi-Fic Chapter 179 Bad Luck
Chapter 179 Bad Luck
When the second prince got married, all the civil and military officials went to congratulate him.
There are always many people at a wedding banquet, and it was a rainy day, so the street outside the Second Prince's residence was in chaos, with people pushing and shoving each other. Several ministers had their heads bumped while sitting in sedan chairs.
The ministers who were stuck in traffic complained bitterly in their hearts. If a minister's family held a wedding banquet and it rained, they would simply not go and just send the gifts. But when the Second Prince held a wedding banquet, which minister would dare not attend the wedding wine in person, except for those who were determined to support the First Prince as the crown prince? Not to mention it was just raining, they would have to go even if they were afraid of hail and knives.
Shen Tang was in Songhe Hall, waiting for the rain to stop before returning to Qingyi Garden. However, after waiting for a long time, the rain not only did not stop, but it got even heavier.
The rain was pouring down as if there was a big hole in the sky, and the rain was pouring down. When it started to rain, the old lady was hoping that the rain would stop, but after it rained for a while, she gave up hope.
He was already soaked like a drowned rat, and it didn't make any difference whether he got a little wet or a little wet. The Second Wife was so anxious that she couldn't sit still, but she couldn't help. She could only glare at Shen Tang. The look in her eyes made Shen Tang doubt whether she was the one who made the rain.
This day was chosen by Shen Xian and the Second Prince based on their horoscopes, but the horoscope Shen Xian used was not her own, but Shen Tang's. If she had used her own date, she would never have chosen this day!
Shen Tang really wanted to remind the Second Wife, wasn't this date set by them after they bribed the Imperial Observatory? It was stuck on the last day of the one-month period. She didn't believe it was such a coincidence.
Shen Tang was in a good mood, but she couldn't show it too obviously. When she couldn't hold it back any longer, she would pick up the teacup, and the mist of tea would cover her mood. She smiled as brightly as a flower.
Outside, a soaking wet servant ran in and said, "Old Madam, something bad has happened. The Second Prince is in a hurry to take the bridal sedan back, and the wedding procession is moving very fast. The servant who was carrying the dowry slipped and fell. He dropped more than ten loads of dowry..."
What you fear will come true. During this heavy rain, the old lady was most worried about two things: one was that the second prince would get wet in the rain, and the other was the dowry issue.
The old lady was very upset and could no longer sit still, so she asked Mother Wang to help her go back to the inner room to chant scriptures and pray for blessings.
The second wife asked anxiously, "How many things were dropped?"
The servant said, "A lot of it was damaged, and to prevent things from getting broken, the Second Prince ordered the servants carrying the dowry to stop by the roadside to avoid the rain, and to continue carrying it after it stopped..."
Although this may not look good, one should not only care about appearance but also the substance. Besides, it is raining so heavily that few people will look at how much the young lady's dowry is. The most important thing is to keep the dowry.
The Second Madam instructed the servant, "Send someone to the Prince of Qi's mansion to tell the eldest daughter that the damaged dowry will be replaced by the Marquis's mansion."
As expected of a mother, she thinks from her daughter's perspective. However, when will it be her turn to have the final say in the Marquis' Mansion? Her father and the old lady haven't said anything yet.
Knowing that the Second Wife had no say, Shen Tang didn't bother to argue with her. The wedding date was not chosen by the Marquis's Mansion. When faced with natural disasters, one should always consider oneself unlucky. Why should the Marquis's Mansion give Shen Xi another portion of her dowry just because more than ten loads were destroyed?
The Second Wife was afraid that Shen Xi would be reluctant to part with the damaged dowry and would be unhappy on her wedding day, so she hurriedly sent someone to comfort her. She was really heartbroken.
On the day Shen Xi returns home, the Second Wife will definitely bring up this matter. Calculating the date, that day is exactly the day when the secret guards Xie Guimo sent to Wangzhou escort Chunlan back to Beijing. If there is no delay on the way, it can be a surprise for Shen Xi and the Second Prince.
The rain stopped by lunchtime, and at that time the Second Prince was returning to Prince Qi's Palace with the wedding procession.
As soon as the Second Prince and Shen Xi entered the palace, the rain stopped.
Civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment.
Not a single drop of rain could be avoided.
Could it be any more unlucky?
Those who come to Prince Qi's mansion to share in the good fortune, hope they don't go back with bad luck.
Baiguan, "..."
Of course, no one dared to say these words, unless they were tired of being an official, or rather, they didn't want this head anymore.
After the second prince returned home, the servant brought him a bowl of ginger soup, and then went to change into a brocade robe. Since he didn't have a spare wedding robe prepared, he wore a reddish brocade robe to make do. However, Shen Xi had to wait a little longer, and she felt very aggrieved. She didn't know how many times she cursed God in her heart.
After paying homage to heaven and earth, she was sent to the bridal chamber. Her wedding dress was dragged by a maid, so it did not get dirty. However, the mandarin duck embroidered shoes on her feet were soaked by the time she arrived in the bridal chamber.
There were few girls in Kyoto who got married in such a miserable way. Shen Xian was so angry that she cried.
As for Shen Tang, the rain stopped when she was having lunch. Shen Tang originally planned to have lunch with the old lady, but she thought that the old lady would not have an appetite, and she would not eat too happily in front of the old lady. It would be better for her to go back to her own yard to eat. Once the door was closed, no outsiders would know how happy she was and criticize her.
While eating lunch, Shen Tang was thinking about how to surprise Shen Xi on the day of her return. She put down her chopsticks and walked towards the window.
After looking around for a long time and not seeing Chen Shan, Ginkgo called out, "Chen Shan..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Shan appeared outside the window. It was not convenient for him to stay in the tree because it was raining, so he found an empty house to hide in. But if there was anything, he could hear him as long as he shouted.
Chen Shan asked, "Does the Crown Princess have anything to ask?"
Shen Tang asked, "Please ask your master if the people he sent to Wangzhou can arrive in Beijing on the day after tomorrow when the Second Prince accompanies Shen Xi back home."
Chen Shan didn't know this either. Knowing that Shen Tang was impatient, Chen Shan agreed, "I'll go back and ask."
Chen Shan climbed over the wall and left Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion, then he remembered that Xie Guimo was most likely attending a wedding banquet at Prince Qi's Mansion at this time. After all, in front of others, Xie Guimo and the Second Prince were cousins, and the Second Prince married Miss Shen, so the two would be brothers-in-law in the future. Others could choose not to go to Prince Qi's Mansion for the wedding banquet, but Xie Guimo had to go.
Second Miss Shen must expose the life story of First Miss Shen before the Second Prince accompanies First Miss Shen back home. Someone must be sent to pass the message as soon as possible. Otherwise, Chen Shan might not make it in time after Xie Guimo finishes the wedding banquet. I have already sent someone to help Second Miss Shen pick up a maid in Wangzhou, which is not far from Kyoto. How can the Crown Prince not agree?
In the evening, when Xie Guimo came back from the wedding banquet, the secret guard reported the matter to Xie Guimo. Xie Guimo frowned and said, "Sent someone again?"
He also wanted to give her a surprise, but they ended up going together.
In order to pick up a maid, two groups of secret guards were sent.
The secret guard only knew that Xie Guimo had sent someone to leave Beijing, but didn't know what he was going to do, so when Chen Shan arranged the person, no one stopped him. Besides, he just sent a secret guard to urge him, and he would be back the day after tomorrow, very quickly, so he just followed Shen Tang's arrangements.
At this moment, no one knew that the second master had sent people to ambush on the road that Wangzhou had to take to return to Beijing. If Chen Shan had not sent another secret guard to do this, the secret guard sent to Wangzhou to pick up people, the secret guard who went to meet them, and Chunlan would most likely have been killed outside the city.