NFBE Chapter 300: Smooth Heart
Chapter 300: Smooth Heart
The Taoist priest wanted to leave, but the second wife wanted to see him, and Manager Zhou would definitely not refuse her, so he asked the maid to take the Taoist priest away.
The Taoist priest was invited to the South Courtyard, and not only the Second Wife, but also the Fourth Wife was there.
If today's matter is not clarified, the Fourth Madam will blame the Second Madam for the rest of her life.
The second wife sat there with a gloomy face. When she saw the Taoist priest come in, she waved her hand and all the maids and old women serving in the room left.
After everyone left, the second wife shouted at the Taoist priest, "Do you know what kind of place this is? How dare you take the money and not do the job? How many heads do you have?!"
The Taoist said, "Because I have taken the money, I have no choice but to do the job."
The Second Wife was furious, "I just want you to do as I tell you!"
The Taoist priest glanced at the fourth wife and said, "That horoscope is for this lady, right? The dark spot on her forehead is a sign of bad luck. If she doesn't move out of this mansion, she will be doomed to eternal damnation."
"If it doesn't mean I'll do it, but lives are at stake. How can I go against my conscience?"
The fourth wife's face was stiff. "Is what you said true?"
The Taoist priest looked at the fourth wife and asked, "Is this lady doing well lately?"
Everything goes well?
Her son is gone!
How can she be happy?!
Thinking of her lost son, the fourth wife burst into tears.
The Taoist said, "The other horoscope belongs to the prince's wife. Her horoscope is extremely strong, but misfortune can bring good luck. If you become her enemy, you will not have a good end."
The second wife's face turned green.
She invited the Taoist priest into the mansion to teach the Crown Princess a lesson and let her know who has the final say in the mansion. However, the Taoist priest she had invited with great effort said that the Crown Princess had a strong life and would prosper the palace, while the fourth branch would have to move out.
If she hadn't invited this Taoist priest, she would have really beaten him up.
The Taoist priest said all he could say, "That's all I have to say. Farewell."
After the Taoist priest left, the fourth wife looked at the second wife and asked, "Do you believe what the Taoist priest said?"
The Second Wife said, "I don't believe it. Once the old lady wakes up, this disaster will naturally be resolved."
That's true. As long as the old lady wakes up, the conflict between the eight characters will be resolved and the fourth room won't have to move out.
But even if nothing happened in the end, all this trouble not only brought bad luck to themselves, but they also failed to do anything to Shen Tang, which was enough to make them angry.
As the Taoist priest left the palace, Shen Tang and the princess left Wutong Courtyard. The princess smiled and said, "That Taoist priest has an immortal demeanor and real skills. She said you are going to bring prosperity to the palace, so you must be good."
Shen Tang, "..."
See it.
The princess has the temperament of someone who would help others count their money even if she was sold.
Shen Tang said, "I broke the balance of the palace..."
The princess said, "As long as you don't defeat the old lady, it won't be a big problem."
The old lady and Shen Tang are both people who cannot move out of the house. If their horoscopes are incompatible, the princess will really have a headache, but the two of them live under the same roof and there is no hindrance, so it is not a big deal.
As long as the horoscopes don't conflict, Shen Tang, Xie Guimo, or the prince won't be hurt, and the princess doesn't care.
As for the old lady and the fourth wife, the princess will not interfere too much, and she cannot control them.
The princess returned to the Peony Courtyard, while Shen Tang returned to the Chenxiang Pavilion. They watched the Taoist priest being sent out of the mansion from afar. Shen Tang felt that something was wrong no matter how she thought about it. The Taoist priest did recognize her and did not dare to help the Second Madam to plot against her, but his words were flawless and did not seem to be improvised. Moreover, the Taoist priest's words were clearly aimed at driving the Fourth Madam out of the mansion.
The Taoist priest might be on her side, but he wouldn't do such a thing.
Returning to Chenxiangxuan, Shen Tang went straight to the study and asked Xie Guimo, "Did you threaten the Taoist priest?"
Xie Guimo smiled and said, "How could a husband do something threatening?"
not him?
Shen Tang blinked, and then heard Xie Guimo add, "Chen Qi threatened me."
Shen Tang, "..."
Is there any difference between what Chen Qi threatened and what he threatened?
She guessed it was him.
That day, he suspected that the old lady's illness was strange, so he said he would send someone to watch her. Every move of the second wife and the others was under his nose.
Shen Tang asked, "What did they originally want the Taoist to say?"
Xie Guimo remained silent. Chen Qi said, "The Second Madam gave the Taoist priest one hundred taels of silver. She told him that the Crown Princess's horoscope indicates that you are unlucky for the old lady. She told him to copy three Buddhist scriptures every day and go to the Jokhang Temple on the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month to chant sutras and pray for the old lady. This should last for three years before the curse is resolved."
They brought such great shame upon themselves, but the prince only punished them by making them attend court for three days and copy a hundred household rules. But they were asked to copy them for three years.
The old lady's life is at stake. If she dares not to do as she is told, the old lady will be in trouble and everyone's spit will drown her.
Fortunately, they were well aware of their plan and did not let them succeed.
Thinking that the old lady was feigning illness, Shen Tang said with regret, "As long as the old lady wakes up, the conflict between the eight characters will be resolved..."
"She won't wake up unless Room Four moves out."
Shen Tang's eyes widened.
When I realized that this guy had made the old lady's pretend illness become a real illness, I couldn't help laughing.
The old lady shot herself in the foot this time.
only--
Shen Tang asked, "Why not let the second wife move out?"
Although the Fourth Wife and the Second Wife are both the Old Lady's biological daughters-in-law, the Second Wife is obviously more difficult to deal with, and Shen Tang wants the Second Wife to move out.
Xie Guimo also wanted to, but he had to eat his food one bite at a time. Of the second and fourth houses, it was obvious that the fourth house was more unlucky. The Taoist priest's words were more convincing, "The fourth house has been separated, and the second house won't be far behind. Let's take it step by step."
Shen Tang also knew that this matter could not be rushed. As long as his parents did not split up the family, it would be very difficult to separate the four rooms. He could only do it slowly.
The old prince is still alive, but he doesn't stay in Kyoto often. When the second master moves away, there is no reason for the old lady not to follow her own biological son and stay in the prince's mansion.
It is easy to drive out the fourth room today, but it is not so easy to get the second room to move out.
But things are in our hands. A few days ago, they didn't expect that dividing the four rooms would be so easy. Maybe things will work out in the future.
After the Taoist priest left, the second and fourth wives returned to Wutong Courtyard, drank the ashes of the burned talisman paper, and the old lady should "wake up".
But after waiting for a long time, the old lady was still lying quietly on the bed, without any movement.
The Second and Fourth Madams were extremely anxious, and Mother Wu was even more furious. The old lady had opened her eyes while the Taoist priest was performing the ritual, and she hadn't taken anything in her mouth except for drinking the talisman paper and water. How could she suddenly become unconscious?!
There was no way to wake the old lady up. Pinching her philtrum or pinching her fingers didn't work.
The second wife said anxiously, "Why don't you call a doctor quickly!"
Mother Wu was in a panic and quickly asked the maid to call the imperial physician.
The maids in the yard looked at each other in confusion.
In the past few days, all the doctors and imperial physicians from Kyoto have come, but they couldn't wake the old lady up, so they invited a Taoist priest into the mansion. The Taoist priest just left, so why did they invite the imperial physician again?
The imperial physician can't cure the old lady, so it's useless to invite him.