readytorunbook Chapter 276 Double
Chapter 276 Double
Ginkgo turned and went to the front yard to ask Manager Zhou.
Xie Guimo was in the study, and Shen Tang went to the study to find him.
In the study, Xie Guimo was reading a military book.
Knowing that it was Shen Tang who came in, he forced himself not to look at Shen Tang. After all, Shen Tang had glared at him several times when he went out in the morning.
Shen Tang had completely forgotten what happened in the morning. She walked to the desk and looked back at the door when she spoke. Qiu Tong went out and closed the door behind her.
Xie Guimo raised his eyebrows and continued to flip through the book.
Shen Tang reached out and pressed the book in his hand down, "Don't read for now, I have something to talk to you about."
Xie Guimo put the book down and asked, "What's the matter?"
Shen Tang said, "You should find a way to arrange for the eldest young master of the General of the Cavalry Mansion to return to the capital."
Xie Guimo was stunned for a moment before he spoke, "Why did you arrange for Young Master Huo to return to Beijing?"
Shen Tang said, "In his previous life, Young Master Huo met with an accident in Guzhou and died unexpectedly. Your cousin suffered a miscarriage out of grief, resulting in two deaths. Madam An couldn't bear the blow and left a letter before hanging herself..."
"I don't know what kind of accident happened to Young Master Huo in Guzhou, so let's bring him back to Kyoto."
Guzhou is guarded by the General of the Cavalry, so it would just be a little more difficult without Young Master Huo. But if Young Master Huo dies, General Huo will have to bury his young son, and Madam An will have no hope of living. Once Madam An dies, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion will be completely gone.
Xie Guimoxin raised his head and asked, "When did the accident happen?"
Shen Tang said, "The accident happened ten months later in my previous life, but your cousin is pregnant in one month. I'm afraid she won't be able to withstand the bumpy ride back to Beijing with her pregnancy."
We have to go back to Beijing anyway, so it’s better to go early rather than late.
She had been reborn for a long time, and many things were different from her previous life. Perhaps Young Master Huo would not encounter any accidents in this life, but Shen Tang did not dare to gamble. What if he could not avoid it? Or maybe because of her rebirth, this inevitable accident would happen earlier...
Shen Tang didn't dare to gamble, and Xie Guimo was even less so. "It's just a matter of recalling Young Master Huo back to Kyoto. It's not difficult."
After hearing what Xie Guimo said, Shen Tang felt relieved.
All she could do was tell Xie Guimo everything she knew, and she couldn't help with the rest.
It was already lunchtime. Shen Tang and Xie Guimo exchanged a few words before Qiu Tong said, "Master and Princess, it's time for lunch."
Xie Guimo and Shen Tang went back to the house and sat down to have lunch.
Halfway through the meal, Ginkgo came back, jogging all the way back, exhausted and out of breath, and even more angry, "The servants in the outer courtyard were negligent and sent the reward for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess to Wutong Courtyard to the old lady!"
Ginkgo came back angry all the way.
The old lady gave the Crown Prince's wife a sterilizing drug and shifted the blame to the palace to prevent the Crown Prince from getting to the bottom of the matter. After much effort, the palace finally stopped giving the old lady a special reward, but as a result, the servants gave the old lady the reward that was supposed to go to the Crown Prince and his wife.
Shen Tang didn't believe that the servants of Prince Jingyang's Mansion would be so negligent, and was afraid that it was intentional.
She glanced at the gift list. Besides some silk, there were also some cakes. They were not rare things. As the Crown Prince's Consort, she had no shortage of them, and the old lady would not be interested in them either.
The servant accidentally sent it to Wutong Courtyard, and she sent someone to get it back. She was just ignorant.
After all, the old lady is the elder. Even if she, a junior, gave those things to the old lady as a gift, she should ask for them back. If the cakes have all been eaten, would she want to eat the leftovers of the old lady?
The old lady was the second wife given to the old prince by the late emperor, and even the prince and princess had to respect her. Although it was the princess who was in charge of the household expenses in the palace, the old lady had spies all over the palace. Usually, one part of the double reward was given to the old lady, but now it was changed to her and Xie Guimo. Such a big change would definitely spread like wildfire in the front yard, and the servants would have to be very stupid to send it to Wutong Courtyard.
The old lady clearly wanted to use this incident to make up for the damage to her reputation caused by the infertility drug incident.
Ginkgo asked, "Should we send someone to get it back?"
Shen Tang said, "We definitely can't send anyone to ask for it."
Ginkgo was very unwilling, "You don't want it anymore?"
Although those things are not lacking, the emperor's grace is so great that if we cannot keep the things that the emperor has bestowed on the prince and the princess, we will be betraying the emperor's favor.
Shen Tang said, "Isn't there another copy? Manager Zhou will ask Mother to handle this matter."
The emperor gave double the reward, but did not specify which one was for her and Xie Guimo.
That share was given to the old lady, and my mother did not share the remaining share. Although there was some loss, it was not much.
She and Xie Guimo were not willing to get a reputation of being unfilial for that little reward.
Such a mistake will only happen once. In the future, if there are rewards given to her and Xie Guimo separately, Manager Zhou will send them not only to her but also to Xie Guimo through a trusted servant.
As Shen Tang expected, Steward Zhou reported the servant's "negligence" to the princess. The princess was in no mood to distribute the rewards, so she directly asked Steward Zhou to deliver the portion to Shen Tang and Xie Guimo. As for the servant who was so negligent that he didn't even know where to deliver the things, the princess did not let him off easily.
He was beaten with thirty sticks and sold out of the house.
Shen Tang and Xie Guimo didn't take such a small matter seriously. While they were eating, Shen Tang told Xie Guimo about the incense offering at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the overturned tablet. Xie Guimo asked, "Are you scared?"
How can I not be scared?
She has always been timid. Shen Tang said, "I heard from Madam An that Grandfather had a younger brother. I don't know if that lineage has been passed down. If we can find one, there will be someone to inherit the Zhenguogong Mansion."
It's a pity that the title, earned by sacrificing blood on the battlefield, was taken back because there was no successor.
Xie Guimo said, "My great-grandfather searched for it for so many years but couldn't find it. How easy is it to find it now?"
As he spoke, Xie Guimo thought of Shen Tang looking for his eldest and second brothers.
...It doesn't seem that difficult.
Not to mention Xiao Huan, even Shen Tang's second brother, that old man, came to the door, but the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion just thought he was taking advantage of the situation and sent him away again and again.
Only Shen Tang was concerned. With the idea of being prepared for the worst, she didn't dare to miss any possibility. She thought it was a good deed and helped investigate the case of Lu Xuanfu Envoy. As a result, God was kind to her and found out that the third young master of the Lu family was really her second brother whom she hadn't seen since she was born.
Xie Guimo had no choice but to admit defeat.
With Shen Tang's ability to find people, maybe he can really find his great-grandfather's relatives. After all, ordinary people can't die and can start over.
Xie Guimo said, "Let's try our best to look for it. With the blessing of my great-grandfather's spirit in heaven, maybe we can really find it."
Shen Tang nodded.
Xie Guimo picked up a piece of fish and put it in Shen Tang's bowl. Shen Tang also picked up some vegetables for him, but before he put them in, Si'er ran in, panting, "Master and Consort, this is terrible! The Eighth Young Master has died of poisoning!"