12dz Chapter 124 Growing up
Chapter 124 Growing up
Seeing that all eyes in the room were on her, Shen Qingyu still smiled slightly, dignified, gentle and decent.
It was she who spread the rumors all over the city. She was also responsible for the Shen family's bad reputation in Jinling Prefecture. The famous Master Nanrong was even more ruined by her. However, she did not admit it, so who would suspect her?
Shen Qingyu sneered, her gaze swept across Shen Xitong who had resentment in her eyes and Xiao Jinyue who had an indignant look on his face, and then stopped.
Shen Qingyu had some impression of this daughter of the Xiao family.
After Xu Mingsheng passed the imperial examination and gained fame, the first thing he did was to divorce Shen Qingyu and marry a daughter of an official family.
I heard that he is related to the Shen family by marriage, and was raised by his stepmother. He is well-educated and well-mannered, and I don’t know how many times better he is than Shen Qingyu.
Apart from Xiao Jinyue, I'm afraid there is no one else who can match the number.
"Dad, cousin Jinyue came all the way from Suzhou to our Jinling Mansion overnight. I think she must be very tired. Even if you have something to say, you should wait for cousin Jinyue to rest for a few days and recover. Although I also have a lot to say to cousin Jinyue, I can't bear to see her suffer any more and listen to my nagging and think I'm annoying."
The atmosphere in the room was tense, but Shen Qingyu seemed to ignore it and only acted coquettishly towards Shen Chuanhe. However, her calling of "cousin Jinyue" sounded extremely disgusting to Xiao Jinyue, as if it was an insult to her noble identity as the fourth young lady of the prefect's family.
Shen Chuanhe was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized, and scolded with a smile, "You kid, your cousin is the fourth daughter of the prefect's family, how could she be as petty as you."
Qingyu is a considerate daughter who knows how to give him a way out.
The eldest sister is aggressive, and Tong'er, his most beloved eldest daughter, is also causing him trouble. She just exposes the Shen family's secrets without thinking that if Qingyu really confirms such a shameful thing that is against public morals, the entire Shen family will not be able to hold their heads up. Then, can she, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, keep herself out of it?
He doesn't even understand the principle of sharing weal and woe together. This aunt's son is ignorant of the overall situation and short-sighted. After making this comparison, Shen Chuanhe became even more satisfied with Shen Qingyu.
"Big sister, you are tired after a day's work, please go back to your room and rest. I am not feeling well, and I hope you will forgive me for my poor hospitality."
After Shen Chuanhe said this, Shen Ruyan didn't want to stay any longer. Besides, some things can only be said briefly. If she said it too clearly, it would be like a falling out between the two families, which would be a loss for Shen Ruyan.
"Qing Yu has really grown up."
Shen Ruyan looked at Shen Qingyu meaningfully, then left with Xiao Jinyue.
The fourth young lady of the Xiao family is worthy of being raised by Shen Ruyan. She is just as arrogant as her stepmother Shen Ruyan. She doesn't realize that she is a guest from afar. She directly treats the Shen family as the Xiao family, and even treats the Shen family as a mansion under the name of the Xiao family. She orders the servants of the Shen family as if they were her own servants.
This was the first time that Shen Qingyu had seen someone taking someone else's things as if it were their own and occupying the magpie's nest. The mother and daughter duo, Shen Ruyan and Xiao Jinyue, were truly eye-opening.
After Shen Ruyan and Xiao Jinyue walked away, Shen Chuanhe's anger, which he had just suppressed, broke out immediately. He smashed several teacups, stood up and paced back and forth in the room, scaring everyone in the room into silence.
"Why are you crying? The master isn't dead yet, and you just know how to cry. You're just bringing bad luck to me!" Shen Chuanhe couldn't bear to hit Shen Xitong, so he vented his anger on Aunt Bai and her daughter who were trembling in fear beside him. The third lady, Shen Pingwan, was timid to begin with, and after being scolded by Shen Chuanhe, her whole body was shaking. She wanted to cry but didn't dare to. She shrank into Aunt Bai's arms, her face pale with fear.
"Master, the third young lady is young and doesn't understand. If you want to punish someone, punish me." Aunt Bai protected Shen Pingwan and knelt in front of Shen Chuanhe, begging.
Shen Chuanhe was very upset, and when he saw Aunt Bai and her daughter crying, he became even more upset.
"Get out of here!" Shen Chuanhe kicked Aunt Bai on the shoulder without any mercy.
Since he can't win an argument with his elder sister, he can only vent his anger on the concubines and servants in the mansion. Shen Chuanhe, you are really promising.
Shen Qingyu watched coldly. She had no intention of helping Aunt Bai and her daughter. If she wanted to survive in the Shen family's den of tigers and wolves, she must first be able to protect herself. No matter how many times others helped her, it would be useless.
Although Aunt Bai is weak and incompetent, the fact that she was able to conceive Shen Chuanhe's child and give birth to Shen Pingwan under Aunt Liu's nose shows that Aunt Bai is not as simple as she seems. Unfortunately, her luck was a little bad and she gave birth to a daughter instead of a son. Otherwise, the eldest son of the Shen family would be born to Aunt Bai, and her status in Shen Chuanhe's heart would naturally be higher than it is now.
"Dad, I don't care. I must go to Madam Nanrong's birthday party," Shen Xitong still did not give up, wiping away tears and said, "With my daughter's talent and beauty, I must be confident that I can surpass other young ladies from aristocratic families at Madam Nanrong's birthday party that day, and make Master Nanrong treat my daughter differently. Dad, if our Shen family and Nanrong family are married, then my aunt will not dare to boss you around, let alone be arrogant and domineering in our Shen family!"
Speaking of Shen Ruyan, Shen Chuanhe was filled with anger. Although he was the head of the Shen family and Shen Ruyan had helped him in the beginning, Shen Ruyan's ambition was too big. Tens of thousands of taels of silver a year were not enough to satisfy him, and he wanted half of the Shen family's property. Did he really think that there was no one left in the Shen family? He actually bullied them to such an extent.
"Tong'er, Dad knows you've been wronged."
It has to be said that Shen Xitong was not a completely brainless person. Her impulsiveness just now was only due to her being too anxious to see Master Nanrong. Now that Shen Ruyan had left, she knew very well in her heart that Shen Chuanhe had hated Shen Ruyan all these years. As long as she spoke ill of Shen Ruyan in front of Shen Chuanhe, she could win Shen Chuanhe's favor.
As expected, Shen Chuanhe immediately softened his heart, "Tong'er, don't worry, Dad will definitely let you marry into the Nanrong family and become the young lady of the Nanrong family."
The Shen family will still have to rely on Tong'er in the future. If Tong'er can successfully marry Nan Rongyan, their Shen family can rest assured in Jinling Prefecture.
"Master, if we let Tong'er go to Nanrong Mansion alone, I am worried that my eldest aunt might secretly interfere and prevent us from entering Nanrong's house, let alone meeting Master Nanrong."
Aunt Liu has been working hard and planning for more than ten years to appear in front of the ladies of the major families as Madam Shen. How can she give up so quickly? Seeing that now in the entire Shen family, only her daughter Shen Xitong is qualified to go to Nanrong Mansion and win such a good son-in-law as Master Nanrong for the Shen family, she, as a mother, of course has to accompany her daughter.