Chapter 32: The Rumble at Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion
Cheng Enbo was as if he had been pardoned. He looked at Xiao Jingheng and hurriedly apologized, "My Lord, I'm so sorry. What do you think?"
"It's okay, Master, you go meet the guests first, and I'll go to the back hall to rest."
Xiao Jingheng stood up and went to the back of the hall to rest without caring whether Cheng Enbo agreed or not.
Lord Cheng En was speechless. Prince Ling had already come twice regarding the issue of food and fodder.
You have to know that this is not a small amount of money. Do you really think that the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion is a charity?
But this person can't be sent away, and he can't be driven out.
Uncle Cheng En had no choice but to let him go. He asked the butler to bring Madam Shen over.
Not long after, Old Madam Shen and Cai Lian walked in aggressively.
She glanced at Cheng Enbo but didn't even greet him and just sat down on the chair.
Cheng Enbo looked unhappy, and asked in a somewhat polite and distant tone: "Why is the old lady here?"
Madam Shen snorted and said, "I don't know how our Shen family offended Uncle Cheng En, and you actually want to put our Shen family to death?
Thinking back to the beginning, if my husband hadn’t saved your life, you would have died long ago. How could you be as successful as you are today?
But I didn’t expect that you would repay me in this way!”
Cheng Enbo frowned and asked in confusion, "What do you mean, Madam?"
"What does it mean?"
Old Madam Shen sneered, "Ever since your daughter married into our Shen family, our Shen family has been plagued by misfortunes.
So I went to Xuanqing Temple to ask Taoist Master Zixu to calculate something for me. Guess what Taoist Master Zixu said?
He said that your daughter Song Shiwei is destined to be a bad luck star, bringing misfortune to her relatives and friends. She is a bad luck star. "
"presumptuous."
Cheng Enbo slammed the table and said angrily: "I knew that you, Madam, looked down on my daughter, but you can't make up such a ridiculous statement to slander her, right?"
"I slandered her? That's ridiculous!"
Old Madam Shen sneered and asked Uncle Cheng En, "Uncle Cheng En, why did you send your five-year-old daughter to the countryside?"
Cheng Enbo's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice: "It's because Shi Wei is not in good health, so she was sent to the countryside to recuperate."
Madam Shen sneered, "You are not feeling well, do you really think we will believe such nonsense?
Cai Lian has already told me that Song Shiwei was sent to the countryside because she had a bad fate.
That's why you sent her away and ignored her for so many years.
My son asked to marry your daughter from the Song family, but you didn't want your precious daughter to marry into our Shen family, so you sent this unlucky Song Shiwei here. Isn't this harming our Shen family?"
Uncle Cheng En heard that it was Cai Lian who revealed what happened that year to Old Madam Shen.
He raised his eyes and cast a cold look at Cai Lian who was standing behind Old Madam Shen: "So it's you, this wicked servant, who is gossiping, spreading rumors, and slandering your master!"
Cai Lian's face was filled with shock. She fell to her knees and shook her head, saying, "Master, it's not me. I don't have it."
Madam Shen looked at Cai Lian who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Cai Lian, what are you afraid of? You are a member of our Shen family now. He, the Cheng Enbo Mansion, can't do anything to you."
Cheng Enbo sneered: "Is he from your Shen family?
How did I, a servant of the Cheng En Marquis's Mansion, become a member of your Shen family?"
He said to the servant outside the door, "Go and invite the lady over and ask her to bring Cai Lian's indenture contract.
I will let the old lady see who Cai Lian belongs to today.
Old Madam Shen was obviously a little surprised. Cailian was sent by Song Shiwei to serve her, but she didn't know that Cailian's indenture contract was still in the Cheng'en Earl's Mansion.
Soon, Zhou, who learned the news, rushed over.
She took a look at the atmosphere in the flower hall and felt something was not right, which made her feel a little nervous.
She calmed down and walked over and said, "Master, what's going on?"
Cheng Enbo pointed at Cai Lian who was kneeling on the ground and said, "This is the maid you picked for Shi Wei as a dowry. She is so bold as to speak nonsense, stir up trouble, and slander my Cheng Enbo Mansion."
"No slave."
Cai Lian was terrified. She crawled on her knees to Zhou, held her arm and said, "Madam, I have always obeyed your orders. Please save me."
Zhou suddenly pulled her arm out and angrily cursed, "You little dog slave, you did something wrong yourself, and you dare to bite me?"
She said to Cheng Enbo: "Master, this maid must be crazy and bites everyone she sees. In my opinion, we should drag her out and sell her off."
Cai Lian's eyes widened, and she said, "Madam, it was obviously you who ordered this servant to instigate Old Madam Shen, wanting the eldest daughter to be divorced by the Shen family.
It was you who asked me to take the old lady to Xuanqing Temple to ask for an audience with Taoist Master Zixu."
"You little dog slave, when have I ever let you do such a thing?"
Zhou was a little panicked. Cailian said that Old Madam Shen suspected that Song Shiwei was a jinx.
She thought this was a good opportunity, so she bribed Taoist Zixu and confirmed that Song Shiwei had a bad fate, causing her to be divorced by the Shen family.
But she never expected that Cai Lian was so stupid that she actually told Old Madam Shen the real reason why Song Shiwei was sent to the countryside.
Doesn't this give Old Madam Shen a reason to make trouble?
Zhou really hated Cailian. She shouted sternly, "Come here, drag this maid away and beat her to death with sticks."
The guard came in and dragged Cai Lian away.
Madam Shen suddenly stopped them and said, "If you don't make things clear today, you can't take her away."
She asked Cai Lian: "What is going on?"
Cai Lian cried, "Madam, please help me. I am not lying. The eldest daughter was sent to the countryside because of her bad fate.
But the lady didn't want the eldest daughter to be the wife of the top scholar, and wanted the Shen family to divorce her.
That's why I am trying to interfere and sow discord between you and the young lady."
She turned back to Cheng Enbo and said, "Master, everything I said is true.
If you don't believe me, you can capture Taoist Master Zixu and interrogate him to find out whether Madam has bribed him to prove that the eldest lady is doomed to be alone."
She dumped out everything she knew in one breath.
Cheng Enbo was so angry that his face turned blue. He gave an order: "Take this slave away!"
"Wait a minute."
Xiao Jingheng walked out from the back of the hall, his demeanor was extremely elegant and noble.
Cheng Enbo stood up, gathered his sleeves towards him and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I made you laugh."
Xiao Jingheng said: "This prince has no intention of interfering in your family affairs, but the maid just spoke in a serious tone.
Moreover, your wife, Lord Cheng En, is implicated. This matter is of great importance, and I cannot sit idly by."
He turned around and sat down on the chair, looked at Cai Lian who was kneeling on the ground and said: "I am the current King Ling, and I am here to judge this matter today!
You just said that the eldest daughter of the Song family, Song Shiwei, was sent to the countryside because of her bad fate, right?"