novelaction Chapter 295 Grounded
Chapter 295 Grounded
Since we are all under house arrest, of course we have to choose something meaningful.
She had no complaints when her mother confined her to her house, and she was even more willing to be confined to her house by her father because of the fight with Princess Cheng'an.
Empress Xu and Nanny Zhao were stunned when they heard this.
Queen Xu had been thinking a lot these past two days, trying to turn the tide of the defeat. She racked her brains but couldn't come up with a solution. She didn't expect that the Crown Prince's wife of Prince Jingyang could do it so easily. No wonder the Crown Prince of Jingyang wanted to marry her after being rejected once. She was really smart.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prince Jingyang supported Prince Yu sincerely and spared no effort to help wherever they could.
Queen Xu was grateful and happy.
But they were not happy for long, because the emperor sent people to hold a banquet in the palace to raise money for charity. The amount was so large that the emperor was happy. However, he was not happy because the two princesses were fighting.
A princess is of noble status and is a role model for all women in the world. How could she engage in such a thing as fighting? No matter what the reason is, it is not allowed.
The emperor summoned Princess Gu'an and Princess Cheng'an to lecture them, and when he saw scratches on both of their faces, he became even angrier.
Princess Gu'an and Princess Cheng'an did not dare to tell the reason for the fight, so they found a plausible excuse and were confined by the emperor to copy the palace rules.
As for Concubine Ye, she was extremely angry. She could have allowed Empress Xu to offend all the civil and military officials in the court, but because of the plea of Prince Jingyang's wife, Empress Xu released Princess Gu'an and went to throw dirty water on her daughter. Someone even heard it and believed it to be true!
But she couldn't complain to the emperor, so she could only swallow her anger!
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As for Shen Tang and the princess, they left the palace the same way they entered. The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Jingyang Palace. Shen Tang got off the carriage first, and then helped the princess down.
There were several eyes behind her that looked as if they wanted to torture her to death. Shen Tang tried hard to hold back the frown.
Xie Yan came over. After holding it in for the entire palace banquet, she couldn't hold it in any longer and yelled at Shen Tang, "You're happy just because you embarrassed us?!"
Shen Tang blinked and said innocently, "Miss, be careful with your words. How did I embarrass you? Those fake jewelry were not given to you by me."
However, she had never imagined that the concubine and wife of Prince Jingyang's Mansion actually had fake jewelry.
She just wanted to let Concubine Jiang know that entering the palace was not always a good thing. It was not right for her to enter, and it was not right for her not to enter. She didn't expect that she didn't even dig the hole, and these people dug it themselves, burying her so tightly that she couldn't even get up. God knows how hard it was for her to endure at the palace banquet. Her cheeks were almost cramped from holding it in.
Even when I think about it at this moment, the corners of my mouth can't help but rise, and I'm in a good mood.
The Second Wife asked, "Why didn't you tell us that the jewelry could be redeemed after it was donated?!"
I lost such a big person today. I will never be able to face people outside the house. No matter how gorgeous the jewelry I wear in the future, people will suspect that it is fake!
The second wife was so angry that she wanted to tear Shen Tang apart alive.
Shen Tang said, "I saw that my mother's jewelry was beautiful and hard to buy even with money. The Queen just wanted everyone to donate money for disaster relief. It didn't matter to the Queen whether it was money or jewelry, so I asked the Queen. Even though I knew in advance that the Queen would not disagree, I didn't expect that the jewelry worn by Second Aunt, Fourth Aunt, and the concubine was fake. No, they replaced it with fake jewelry and brought it into the palace..."
The word "changed" was emphasized particularly strongly.
It was like two slaps in the face of the Second Wife and the others. Their faces turned blue, red and purple. However, they were in the wrong in this matter, so they did not dare to say anything bad to Shen Tang in front of the princess.
Concubine Jiang stomped her feet in anger as she entered the mansion. The second and fourth wives were also filled with rage, as were their daughters.
Shen Tang was in a good mood, so he didn't bother with them. The princess was gentle in nature, so she wouldn't bother with them either. After entering the second gate, the princess returned to the Peony Courtyard, and Shen Tang returned to the Chenxiang Pavilion.
After entering the house, Qiu Tong came forward and saw that Shen Tang was wearing all the jewelry on her head. She said, "Didn't you say you came to the palace to donate money for disaster relief? I see the Crown Prince's Consort has quite a few pieces of jewelry."
Ginkgo covered her mouth and laughed, "The jewelry was donated and then taken back. I'll send someone to deliver the money to buy the jewelry to the palace later. You didn't go to the palace today and didn't see how embarrassed Concubine Jiang and the Second and Fourth Madams were..."
Ginkgo babble and spilled the beans, telling Qiutong that Concubine Jiang and the others had donated fake jewelry and were exposed in public.
Qiu Tong wasn't there, but just from what Ginkgo said, she could imagine how embarrassed Consort Jiang and the Second and Fourth Wives were. "Luckily, the princess wore the most expensive jewelry, and the Crown Prince's wife's was no worse than any other Crown Prince's wife. She saved the Jingyang Palace's reputation and prevented them from humiliating it."
Shen Tang sat down, holding the tea and drinking it, the corners of his mouth curled up and he couldn't suppress it. But after finishing the tea, Si'er came in and said, "Princess, the old lady sent someone to tell you to go to her place."
Nothing good ever happened to the old lady when she came to see her, especially when the second and fourth wives had lost face.
However, Shen Tang was not afraid. She knew that Empress Xu held the palace banquet to get everyone to donate money, but she did not hide it from everyone and told them the truth. It was Concubine Jiang and the Second Wife who had no mercy. They wanted to enter the palace for the banquet, but were unwilling to respond to Empress Xu's call. In the end, they lost face, and it was not her fault.
The old lady sent someone to invite him, so Shen Tang had to go even though he was very tired. He took Ginkgo to Wutong Courtyard.
As Shen Tang walked around the screen and entered the house, she felt the old lady's sharp eyes shooting at her. Shen Tang was not afraid of her and simply pretended not to see it. She walked forward, and the old lady angrily slapped the table and said, "How dare you! The queen punishes her own daughter, and you plead for the princess?!"
She couldn't find any fault with the Second and Fourth Madams in their embarrassing actions, so she started by pleading for mercy. She was really good at finding fault with everything.
Empress Xu has released Princess Gu'an, so what else is there to say?
Shen Tang said, "How could I have such courage?"
The old lady laughed angrily, "You didn't?!"
Shen Tang said, "Of course I didn't. It was Aunt Zhao who asked me for help. Whether it was Aunt Zhao's own idea or the Queen's instruction, I couldn't refuse this favor. Otherwise, they are mother and daughter, why would I, an outsider, get involved?"
Shen Tang spoke with confidence. She had helped Queen Xu so much today, and she put the blame on Madam Zhao. No one dared to ask, and even if they asked Madam Zhao, she would cover for her.
Nanny Zhao is the most trusted person around Empress Xu, and to some extent represents Empress Xu. Shen Tang is not nosy, so the old lady naturally cannot find fault with her.
The old lady suppressed her anger and asked, "The Queen has confined Princess Gu'an to her house, and why did she ask you to plead for her?"
Shen Tang dismissed the old lady with one sentence, "How can ordinary people understand the Queen's thoughts?"
The Second Wife said, "The Queen wants to use this opportunity to tell everyone that she trusts you more than her own daughter, Princess Gu'an, and to let all the civil and military officials know that you and the Crown Prince are on Prince Yu's side!"