Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1456 - 275, Arrangement (17)

Lady Jiang’s lips twitched as she lowered her head to look at the small porcelain bottle in Tao Hua’s hands, her heart filled with rising anger. Did she look like a wicked stepmother? To think that she would use this dimethyltryptamine on her own daughter, the nerve of this woman!

Although she and her daughter had already figured out a plan to turn the tables, this reckless affair was certainly not to be done.

Lady Jiang immediately shook her head firmly, pushing the small porcelain bottle back: "No! I can’t use such despicable stuff on my daughter."

On hearing her treasure referred to as despicable, Tao Hua’s expression darkened, and she was just about to retort when she heard Lady Jiang ask with some suspicion, "Was it His Highness Third Prince who suggested using this stuff?"

Tao Hua’s heart skipped a beat, and she dared not mock Lady Jiang anymore. She hurriedly smiled apologetically while putting the small porcelain bottle back in her sleeve, sheepishly saying, "Of course not, of course not. His Highness Third Prince is the most upright person, naturally he would not resort to such, cough, such contemptible tricks."

Watching Tao Hua insult herself, a smug satisfaction arose in Lady Jiang who continued, "I thought so, it’s well known throughout the Capital city that the Third Prince is the most cultured and upright among all the princes. How could he possibly resort to tactics only the lowest would stoop to? Ha ha, you must be joking with me!"

"Yes, yes." From despicable tactics to despicable people, Tao Hua was fuming inside, her chubby face nearly bursting with internal injury.

But Lady Jiang was not ready to let her off so easily. She leaned in closer and said, "Oh my, if I can’t use this medicine, and persuasion doesn’t work, what method should I use then? You know all about these things, come on, think of a way for me!"

Tao Hua was even more frustrated. What did she mean by this won’t work and that won’t work either? If it were up to her, she would just knock Chen Leyao unconscious with a club, place her in a bridal sedan chair, and be done with it.

Once the rice was cooked, even the strongest of women would have to submit. And if not? Surely they wouldn’t really hang themselves with a white silk sash or shave their heads to become nuns? Humph, that would be no better than settling for the man who ruined her!

Tao Hua proudly thought about how she had used this method to deliver countless women into men’s beds, naturally gaining experience over time.

However, today, this method clearly wasn’t applicable.

Just as Tao Hua was downhearted, Chen Leyao suddenly rushed in, anxiety written all over her face. She became even more agitated upon seeing Tao Hua.

"Auntie! It’s best that you’re here. Didn’t you say the Third Prince wanted me to enter the Prince’s Mansion? Fine, I agree, I’ll go tomorrow!" freёwebnoѵel.com

Lady Jiang and Tao Hua had just been worrying about Chen Leyao’s situation a moment earlier, and the next moment, the girl herself came running to say she would enter the Prince’s Mansion. What was going on? Had the sun risen from the west?

Tao Hua was greedy, but she was not a foolish woman without a brain. With Chen Leyao’s sudden change, she naturally had her suspicions.

"Dear niece, come, come, what’s going on here? Why are you so angry? Did someone upset you?"

All the while speaking, Tao Hua was indeed gesturing for Chen Leyao to sit next to her.

Chen Leyao was absolutely repulsed in her heart; the earlier "Auntie" had taken all her restraint to utter, and now she was expected to sit by her? Absolutely disgusting!

Lady Jiang knew her daughter best and immediately put on a stern face and reprimanded her sharply, "What is this! Don’t you have any manners? All this agitation, stand there and explain what’s happening!"

After speaking, she turned to Tao Hua and said, "This child has been spoiled by me; it makes me a laughingstock."

Chen Leyao breathed a sigh of relief and then, suppressing the anger in her heart, complained, "Mother, you have no idea, today at the Red Smoke Pavilion I got into a fight with Lin Wei! She kept saying how her elder sister is the Third Prince’s sworn sister and how very impressive that is, and also mentioned that His Majesty has decreed to confer the title of Commandery Princess on her elder sister! Humph, she truly looked down on people like we were lesser beings! Mother, I have realized, it’s just about who entered the Prince’s Mansion earlier, no big deal! I trust Third Prince, he promised me the position of a concubine, and he will surely keep his word!"

Listening to Chen Leyao talking about her own situation, Tao Hua felt secretly delighted. Although she had been told this girl had a poor relationship with Lin Yuan’s sister, hearing it from herself brought her quite a peace of mind. It seemed their relationship was not just bad; it had completely deteriorated. This foolish girl had even agreed to enter the mansion unofficially out of spite against Lin Wei. Haha, truly, heaven is also helping me!

While Chen Leyao was complaining, she was also scanning around and saw that Tao Hua was indeed taking the bait, not helping but smirk inwardly.

Lady Jiang felt relieved as well, and immediately turned to Tao Hua and said, "What about this matter..."

Tao Hua winked and smiled, "This matter is certainly good, weren’t we just worrying about it a while ago? Alright, since Miss Wu is to enter the Second Prince’s Mansion on the sixth of next month, how about the day after tomorrow?"

The day after tomorrow? That really is eager!

However, Lady Jiang suppressed the displeasure in her heart and sneered silently, asking, "The day after tomorrow? Do we just decide ’the day after tomorrow’ just like that? What about the Third Prince..."

Uh!

Tao Hua almost choked on her own words. Right, how could she, a mere matchmaker, decide something for the Third Prince?

"Cough cough, this, this..." Tao Hua’s hesitant manner made it even clearer to Lady Jiang and her daughter that she was nothing but a swindler.

"Oh right, that, the Third Prince actually has been meaning to have Yaoyao enter the mansion for a while, it’s just that Yaoyao has been uneasy, you see, he even sent me multiple times to inquire!"

Tao Hua finally found what she considered the most compelling reason, her eyes squinted into slits as she smiled, her chubby face all wrinkled.

Lady Jiang and her daughter felt disgusted by the folds upon folds on her face, worried that laughing too ferociously might cause the skin caught in the folds to burst.

Regardless of the reason, as long as Lady Jiang and her daughter had already planned to use her own strategy against her, they would agree to even the most absurd reason Tao Hua could come up with.

Since the entry into the mansion wasn’t official, they couldn’t make a big fuss about it. Even Chen Haigang wasn’t informed—this straightforward man, if he knew, who knew what trouble he might stir up!

Although Lady Jiang claimed she had arranged everything perfectly, Chen Leyao still secretly told Lin Wei and Chen Ruochu about this. In her eyes, Chen Ruochu had already become a pillar of support.

That night, Lady Jiang sent a message to Shopkeeper Qin, asking him to summon Chen Haigang to the Cloth Shop early to do some accounting.

As for Chen Ruochu, there wasn’t even a need for Lady Jiang to direct him; he willingly went out to dine and drink with his friends.

With every household member who needed to be deceived out of the way, Lady Jiang could finally perform this act with Chen Leyao.