In addition, regardless of the harsh winter or sweltering summer, rain or snow, every day at the Yin hour, Lady Sheng demanded that Chen Yanzhi get up on time to practice martial arts, practice calligraphy, and recite texts.
As for Chen Jianzhi, at first, the Duke of Chen also gave the same order. But as soon as he coughed slightly, Lady Sheng would anxiously find a doctor for him and let him rest in the warm quilt.
Children have little ability to distinguish right from wrong. They don't know what is good for them. They only think it's comfortable to sleep in and fun to play with the maids, so they do so every day.
As for the things a noble young master should learn, such as playing musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, painting, horse - riding, archery, and sword - fighting, Chen Jianzhi couldn't get interested in any of them.
When the Duke of Chen saw that he was becoming more and more outrageous, he was determined to discipline him several times, but was always stopped by Lady Sheng, who "shielded her children from criticism".
Chen Jing was a woman without much assertiveness. She stayed in her boudoir all day long. Seeing her younger brother's lack of ambition, she could only sigh deeply and didn't know how to discipline him at all.
As a result, Chen Jianzhi was spoiled by Lady Sheng to the point of being insolent. Under Lady Sheng's meticulous care and living a life of luxury, he was finally turned into a dissolute playboy.
On the other hand, Chen Yanzhi, who had been strictly taught by Lady Sheng since childhood, was proficient in both literature and martial arts and was widely praised.
Even last time, when it came to such an important matter as proposing marriage for Bai Zheng, Feng Jingye, Chen Jianzhi's own brother - in - law, first thought of sending Chen Yanzhi to handle it.
Even though Chen Jianzhi was Chen Jing's younger brother born of the same mother.
The entire Chen Duke's Mansion had been thoroughly disappointed in Chen Jianzhi and had completely abandoned him.
No matter how scheming Bai Di was, she was just an innocent young girl after all. Being deflowered by such a despised playboy, she was naturally on the verge of collapse.
Bai Zheng felt a bit of emotion about Bai Di's encounter, but she couldn't muster much sympathy.
As Su Muxiao had said, the medicine she gave Bai Di was the very one that Bai Di had sent someone to buy with the intention of drugging Bai Zheng.
In the end, it was just karma.
"Presumptuous!" Feng Linche roared in a fury.
He could hardly believe his eyes! The future daughter - in - law he had just betrothed to his son a few days ago was having an affair with another man right under his nose. His anger was almost sky - high, and the might of a long - reigning emperor was fully unleashed at this moment.
When Chen Jianzhi saw Feng Linche, his face immediately changed.
He was so scared that his whole body trembled like a sieve. He seemed to deflate suddenly and slid off the edge of the bed, collapsing on the ground. His lips quivered as he stammered, "Em...Em...Emperor?"
Empress Chu beside him clearly hadn't expected the situation to get out of control to this extent. She never thought it would involve the family of her son's fiancée!
The Chen family was an important backer for Feng Jingye after the fall of the Chu family!
Although the Duke of Chen had long been thoroughly disappointed in Chen Jianzhi and simply let him cause trouble everywhere without bothering to care, and even once declared that he might as well have never had such a son.
However, Chen Jianzhi was still the second young master of the Chen Duke's Mansion and represented the Chen family!
If Chen Jianzhi disguised himself as a eunuch and sneaked into the palace and had an affair with the third prince's fiancée.
It would be no exaggeration to be beheaded or even have his whole family executed!
At this moment, Bai Di gradually regained consciousness under Feng Linche's angry roar. She slowly raised her head, showing a blank look in her eyes, and stared blankly at the people at the door.
"Good, good! I've really found two good daughters - in - law!" Feng Linche laughed out of extreme anger.
Scared, Feng Jingye also knelt down.
Bai Di finally woke up completely. She let out another scream, wrapped the thin blanket tightly around herself, covering her shoulders and neck. She panicked and shouted at the door, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm wronged, I am!"
Her gaze suddenly stopped on Su Muxiao at the front. Her eyes were filled with hatred and her eyes were almost splitting. "It's you! Su Muxiao, it was that glass of wine you gave me. What did you put in it? Why did you frame me!"
At this moment, after a long period of collapse, she finally regained her senses, and her mind was clearer than ever.
At today's banquet, she only drank a few glasses with everyone at the beginning when Princess Yunxi toasted. Even though she had a poor capacity for alcohol, she shouldn't have gotten drunk and passed out so quickly.
She had no memory of what happened after she fainted in the main hall. It wasn't until she was found naked in Chen Jianzhi's arms when the door was broken open that she realized what had happened.
How could it be possible just because of those few glasses of wine!
Now seeing Su Muxiao, Bai Di suddenly remembered. Before she wanted to go to the other side of the banquet to find Feng Jingxuan, Su Muxiao had stopped her and forced her to drink that glass of wine before letting her go.
It must be the problem with that glass of wine!
That's why she completely lost her mind and did... did...
Thinking of this, Bai Di's hatred grew stronger. She felt a raging fire burning inside her, almost burning her up.
"Su Muxiao, I'm the future main concubine of the third prince. Do you know that by framing me, you're disgracing the royal family? Do you want the entire Su family to be buried with you?"
Su Muxiao looked calm, with pity in her eyes as she looked at Bai Di. "Di'er, what do you mean? Cousin doesn't understand."
Enraged by Su Muxiao's calm attitude, Bai Di's face became even more ferocious. At this moment, she just wanted to rush up and tear this bitch who had harmed her to pieces on the spot. "Don't understand, right? Then investigate! Investigate! Check what was in that glass of wine you forced me to drink!"
"Di'er is suspecting me?" There was a hint of hurt on Su Muxiao's face. "Cousin thought that since we're sisters and I might not see Di'er get married in the future, I wanted to congratulate Di'er on her upcoming wedding in advance, so I toasted that glass of wine. Cousin meant well, but Di'er actually suspects me?"
As Su Muxiao said this, her face looked on the verge of tears.
Bai Di gritted her teeth in anger. "Stop pretending to be so affectionate! You probably hate me to the core! You lost your reputation in the Marquis of Gaochang's Mansion and were sent to the family temple by your uncle and weren't allowed to come back. You must have hated me long ago! That's why you framed me today!"
"What are you talking about? Those things were all because cousin was blinded by greed. What does it have to do with Di'er? Why would I hate Di'er?" Su Muxiao looked aggrieved, but her eyes looking at Bai Di were cold.
"After all, not everyone is like you, Di'er. You don't know how to be chaste and loyal, yet you have the nerve to blame others. If it weren't for you making an appointment with your lover in the side hall of Wenrui Palace, how could cousin, who just came back from the family temple, invite Young Master Chen the Second?"
Bai Di was stunned. She suddenly turned her head and looked at Chen Jianzhi kneeling on the ground with hatred.
"I have no feud with your Chen family. Why did you harm me!"
"Di'er, you!" Chen Jianzhi looked up in shock. "Wasn't it you who sent a letter to me through Zisu..."