eurekapd Chapter 132 Too Light
Chapter 132 Too Light
Just now they were being escorted to a Buddhist temple, but now it has become an ancestral hall. This is not because the second wife said something wrong in anger.
The Second Madam has wanted to severely punish Shen Tang for a long time. Today, the younger sister slapped the elder sister, and the offense was in her hands. How could the Second Madam let Shen Tang get away with it? She wanted Shen Tang to kneel in front of the ancestors and repent.
The Second Madam's eyes were fierce, as if she would beat the maid to death if she didn't catch Shen Tang. The maid was afraid of Shen Tang, but even more afraid of the Second Madam. All the maids in the South Courtyard didn't know the Second Madam's methods.
The two maids came over and tried to grab Shen Tang, but Yin Xing stood in front of Shen Tang and said, "The old lady only let the second wife take charge of the household chores, but she didn't give her the right to punish the second young lady!"
"Pull this maid away from me!"
As soon as the second wife gave the order, the maid dragged Ginkgo away.
The maid said, "Please come in, Second Miss."
Shen Tang sneered, "Second Aunt is just like that when it comes to housekeeping. She didn't even ask me why I slapped my eldest sister, and she just had me taken to the ancestral hall."
The Second Wife said coldly, "I don't care what your reasons are, it's not your turn to hit Xian'er!"
"Put it down!"
The two maids grabbed Shen Tang's shoulders and were about to take him to the ancestral hall when an angry voice came from the other side, "Stop!"
It was none other than Shen Sui.
When Shen Tang returned home, he asked Manager Li to send someone to the military camp to find Shen Sui. Although Shen Sui had instructed that they should not go to the military camp to find him unless it was an urgent matter, Shen Tang's face looked very unhappy at the time. In addition, Shen Tang knew Shen Sui's rules, so he still asked Li to go to the military camp to find him. Manager Li did not dare to disobey.
Shen Tang had not visited Shen Sui many times in the past two or three months, but each time it was for important matters. When Shen Sui heard that Shen Tang had asked Manager Li to send someone to the military camp to find him, he did not dare to delay and came back at full speed.
Unexpectedly, when he came back, he saw the second wife taking Shen Tang to the ancestral hall to kneel as punishment.
Shen Sui strode over, and the Second Wife bowed. Shen Xian called out aggrievedly, "Father..."
Tears welled up in her eyes, about to fall but not falling, and the slap marks were clearly visible on her fair face.
Shen Sui frowned and looked at Shen Tang. Shen Tang held his head high and said, "I hit him."
There was no blame in Shen Sui's eyes, only uneasiness. After all, Shen Xian had plotted to have Shen Tang marry in her place, sold her sister for fame, and helped the Prince of Changping to plot against Shen Tang, and Shen Tang had endured it all. Shen Sui couldn't imagine what Shen Xian had done to make Shen Xian so angry.
The Second Wife said, "I know the Marquis loves the Second Miss, but the Second Miss hit the First Miss in front of so many people and still shows no remorse. If the Marquis does not severely punish the Second Miss today, how can we enforce the family rules?"
Not only did she want to punish Shen Tang, she also wanted Shen Sui to punish him personally.
Shen Tang ignored her, so Shen Sui asked, "Why did you hit your eldest sister?"
His tone was calm and he didn't seem angry at all. Shen Sui knew that Shen Tang was not an impulsive person.
Shen Tang's eyes swept across Shen Xi's face and he walked to the side. The Second Wife said, "Let's talk about it here!"
Shen Tang was so angry that she even wanted to hit the Second Madam. She said, "Second Aunt, do you want all these maids to be silenced?"
Several maids were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they quickly took a few steps back.
Shen Tang walked towards the empty and deserted place and stopped only when he was sure that no one could hear him.
Shen Sui asked, "What's going on?"
Shen Tang said, "My elder sister, in order to avert the bloody disaster, married herself off within a month and set her sights on the position of Prince Ning's consort. Today, under my guise, she made an appointment with Prince Ning at Yanqi Lake and drugged his tea. If I hadn't run into Princess Roujia of Prince Duan's mansion while leaving the palace today and learned about it, I wouldn't have sent someone to stop her in time..."
Shen Tang had only spoken halfway when Shen Sui's face turned ashen. He had not blamed Shen Tang before asking clearly, but now he felt that the two slaps he had given him were too light.
Shen Xian knew what was going on between Shen Tang and Shen Sui. She knew that it was wrong to plot against Prince Ning, but she was trying to avoid the bloody disaster and didn't want to implicate her father. She had already felt wronged enough, and she didn't think she was wrong.
The Second Wife did not think that Shen Xian did anything wrong. Instead, she thought it was Shen Tang who was harming Shen Xian and ruining the good things for the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. Marrying into the Ning Wang Mansion would only benefit the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
The second young lady has a good marriage of her own and doesn't care about her elder sister. Even if Shen Sui protects her, she can't get past the old lady!
The Second Wife and Shen Xi were both more righteous than the other.
However, they could no longer maintain this self-righteous attitude when they saw Shen Sui walking towards them with a dark face. No matter how good their intentions were, their actions were so despicable that they could not stand up to scrutiny.
Shen Sui said coldly, "Take the young lady to the ancestral hall!"
Shen Juan, "...!!!"
Second wife, “……!!!”
It is the second girl who should go to the ancestral hall to reflect on herself!
Shen Xi's tears, which she had been holding back for a long time, suddenly fell down.
The Second Wife said, "Your Majesty, there should be a limit to your partiality. Even if Xian'er did something wrong, it wasn't for herself, but for Your Majesty..."
It would have been fine if the Second Madam hadn't said anything, but once she did, Shen Sui was furious. "All of you go to the ancestral hall and kneel down. You are not allowed to leave the ancestral hall without my permission!"
The Second Wife has been married into the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion for more than ten years, and this is the first time that Shen Sui has directly punished her. After all, the Second Wife is just his younger brother's sister-in-law, and she has the Old Lady and the Second Master above her. Shen Sui doesn't want to deal with the Second Wife without their knowledge, but this time he really can't tolerate it anymore.
Manager Li came with Shen Sui. As soon as Shen Sui spoke, Manager Li stepped forward and said, "Second Madam, please come in."
The Second Madam was so angry that her eyes went dark. She stood there without moving. Steward Li waved his hand, and two burly maids came forward. As if the Second Madam still refused to leave, they took her away. It was always embarrassing for the servants to take action.
Second Madam Yunxiu's fingernails dug into her flesh without her even noticing the pain. Shen Xian cried angrily, "Father only loves my second sister, why did he give birth to me?"
"Take it down!"
Shen Sui's face was as cold as if covered with frost and snow.
Songhe Hall.
The old lady sat on the Arhat couch, her usually kind face no longer gentle, only angry.
No one, including Mother Wang, dared to breathe loudly.
What the old lady dislikes most is sisters fighting with each other or brothers quarreling with each other. She has repeatedly warned them against this. Today, the second daughter slapped the eldest daughter in public. How could the old lady not be angry?
Everyone was wondering what the eldest girl had done to make the second girl so angry?
A maid came in from outside, and the old lady asked angrily, "Where are they?!"
The maid replied, "The Marquis has returned home and punished the eldest daughter and the second wife to kneel in the ancestral hall..."
The maid was ordered to convey the message to Shen Tang, Shen Xi and others, but the maid knew who had the most influence in the Marquis' Mansion. Since Shen Sui punished Shen Xi and the Second Madam, the maid did not dare to convey the message.
The old lady frowned, "Where's the second young lady?"
The maid said, "The Marquis didn't punish the second young lady..."
The old lady knew that Shen Sui loved Shen Tang more, but this time even the second wife was punished. This was no small matter. After all, the second wife had touched Jiang's dowry before, but Shen Sui did not punish the second wife directly.
The old lady felt uneasy for no reason.
"Let the Marquis and the Second Miss come to see me."
No need to call, the Marquis and the second young lady are already on their way.
Almost as soon as the old lady finished speaking, Shen Sui came in, followed closely by Shen Tang.
As soon as he entered the room, Shen Sui waved his hand and said, "Everyone, leave."