NFBE Chapter 304 Shock
Chapter 304 Shock
He could even calculate this. Could it be that he was really mistaken, and that Taoist priest really has the ability?
But if he is capable, how could he be bribed so easily? How many capable people are so spineless?
Prince Yu noticed that Xie Guimo looked uneasy and asked again, "Did something strange happen to the Crown Prince's wife that could change a person's fate?"
When Prince Yu said this, he looked at Xie Guimo without blinking, and naturally did not miss the shock in Xie Guimo's eyes, "Did that Taoist calculate it too?"
Prince Yu nodded, "But the Taoist priest doesn't know what happened."
Xie Guimo said, "When the opportunity is right, I will tell you."
He wants to know now.
No one could force Xie Guimo to say what he didn't want to say, and no matter how curious Prince Yu was, he had to endure it.
After Xie Guimo left, the guard said in fear, "Fortunately, that Taoist priest wasn't a real liar."
Prince Yu laughed and said, "That Taoist priest is not only a liar, but also a very capable liar. He is the only one I know of in this world who can deceive the Prince of Jingyang."
Thinking of Xie Guimo's shocked look, Prince Yu wanted to laugh.
The guard said, "The Taoist priest asked you, Your Highness, to enshrine the Crown Prince of Jingyang's wife..."
Prince Yu chuckled, "If I could really get what I want, it wouldn't hurt to provide for her."
Shen Tang didn't know that because of the Taoist's words, after Prince Yu ascended the throne, all her requests were granted.
So much so that a certain gentleman suspected that Prince Yu was coveting his wife and wanted to poach her from him.
In fact, if Shen Tang was not Xie Guimo's man, Prince Yu would definitely have this idea. Of course, he would only feel at ease if he kept such a person by his side.
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Besides, most of the fourth room was burned down, and the fourth wife took her daughter and moved out of the palace mansion overnight.
However, although the fourth wife moved, the old lady still did not wake up.
The second wife went to the Taoist priest again and asked why. The Taoist priest said, "It's impossible. If they really moved, the old lady in the mansion would definitely wake up."
The answer was decisive.
What's wrong with the old lady's illness in Prince Jingyang's Mansion? Others may not know, but how could he not know?
The Crown Prince and his wife of Prince Jingyang are not the kind of people who would kill people. As long as you follow their wishes, you won't suffer so much.
The Taoist priest asked the fourth wife if she had really moved. The second wife told him about the fourth room being burned and the fourth wife moving out of the house. The Taoist priest said, "That's not really moving out of the house. It's just a change of place."
"Only if we really move out can we be considered living under the same roof."
The second wife went to ask with the fourth wife's maid. After returning to the mansion, she asked the prince and princess to divide the family. Only by separating the fourth room from the prince's mansion could they really move out of the mansion. Otherwise, the fourth wife would not be able to live anywhere.
The prince was busy with military affairs, so he handed the division of the family over to the princess. The division was complicated, so the princess called Shen Tang over as well. It took her three days to divide the family.
Since the family was divided, the second and third rooms must be divided as well. After all, the old prince and his wife were both so old. If they only divided the fourth room first, it would become a problem how to divide the rest later. The prince and his wife did not want to cause that trouble, so they divided it according to the family rules. They would divide the house first and give it to the second and third rooms, and then divide it separately based on the income from the public treasury.
The prince is the eldest son of the legitimate family, so naturally he gets the largest share. The second and fourth sons of the family are also legitimate sons, but the two of them combined do not get as much as the prince. In addition, the most valuable thing is military power, so the second and fourth sons of the family are very dissatisfied with the division of the family.
But there’s no point in being dissatisfied, because that’s what the family rules stipulate.
The fourth wife complained, "Because of the division of the mansion, the servants in the mansion are talking about it. They are not serving attentively, and as a result, my fourth room was burned to the ground. Can't the public treasury get a bigger share?"
The princess said, "This is divided according to family rules. If more is given to the fourth house, the others will get less."
The second wife said, "The master felt sorry for the fourth wife's heavy losses and promised to give her a shop, a farm, one hundred acres of good farmland, and five thousand taels of silver."
That's a lot to give.
But Shen Tang didn't believe that the second wife would really give it to him.
Although the Second and Fourth Wives were sisters-in-law, they had always been clear about money matters and often quarreled over the old lady's favoritism, but because of the old lady's intimidation, they didn't quarrel too much. The Second Wives would be willing to give so much to the Fourth Wives unless the sun rose from the west.
It’s just that the second wife took the lead in giving, so the prince and princess can’t give less than the second wife.
As soon as these words came out, the princess looked embarrassed. Shen Tang said, "Didn't we agree before that we would discuss compensating the fourth house after the old prince returned to the capital."
She doesn't speak, and no one thinks she is mute!
There was a cold glint in the eyes of the Fourth Madam. She always felt that the old lady's fainting was related to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. However, neither Shen Tang nor Xie Guimo had entered the room. In addition, there was always someone by the old lady's bedside. Everything the old lady ate and drank, except for the talisman paper and water, was provided by the maids. There was no reason to doubt them, otherwise the Fourth Madam would have openly suspected them long ago.
The Second Wife said, "The previous discussion was about the public supplement of the Fourth House. When we were discussing it, no one knew that the Fourth House would be burned. This is just the intention of our Second House."
Shen Tang asked, "Is it directly allocated from the public house to the fourth room?"
The second wife frowned.
The Fourth Wife immediately said, "That's fine. The Second Branch doesn't have many farms and shops. Giving us so much will put their lives in a lot of trouble. It would be best if the public property is not given to the Second Branch for the time being and is directly allocated to the Fourth Branch. The Second Branch's kindness will be remembered by the Master and I."
The second wife wanted to say no, but it was obvious that giving it directly to the fourth wife would be better for the second wife, so she had no reason to refuse, unless it was not a real gift.
But the public center was directly allocated to the fourth wife. Once it is in the hands of the fourth wife, is it possible that the fourth wife will return it to her?
The second wife was so angry that she wanted to skin Shen Tang alive for meddling in other people's business!
Shen Tang didn't think she was meddling in other people's business. The Second Wife helped the Fourth House to take things away from the First House. As the Crown Prince's Consort, she had to protect the interests of the Jingyang Palace externally and the interests of the First House and Xie Guimo internally. This was her job.
Since the Second Madam said so, Shen Tang took it as a gift from the Second Madam. She made the Second Madam's words come true and helped deliver the things to the Fourth Madam. The Fourth Madam would definitely take it more seriously.
With so many things, Shen Tang didn't believe that the Second Wife would not find ways to get them back, and the Second and Fourth Wife would definitely have an internal conflict.
The Second Wife suppressed her anger and looked at the Princess, "How much are the eldest sister-in-law and the prince going to give to the fourth wife?"
Shen Tang said, "Aunt, aren't you making things difficult for Mother? You and Uncle have discussed this, so Mother must also discuss it with Father."
Xie Shu was dissatisfied with being separated from the mansion and threw things to vent her anger, which scared the maids so much that they jumped up and down, knocked over the candlesticks, and burned the fourth room. The fourth wife protected her daughter and didn't say a single word of truth. She also wanted the prince to feel sorry for the fourth room's heavy losses and was lucky enough not to blame the fourth master and the fourth wife for not teaching their daughter well.