Chapter 261 Jade Rabbit Festival (3)

A moment later, Aunt Wan followed Jingzhe in, and Shen Miao raised her head to look at her.

Aunt Wan wore a dark blue cloth jacket, a cyan horse-faced skirt, and a plain silver bracelet on her wrist. She looked very simple. However, a closer look revealed that the jacket was embroidered with small white flowers, the hem of her skirt was wavy, and her fair hands were painted with bright nail polish, swaying and eye-catching. As for the waist of the jacket, it made her already slender and graceful figure even more attractive. Looking up, she had an oval face, big eyes, white skin, and red lips. When she smiled at her, although she tried her best to restrain herself, her coquettish charm was still revealed.

This was a woman who knew how to hide, as could be seen from the fact that she hadn't shown her face for so many years for Shen Dongling. Yet, she was also a woman who couldn't hold her temper. As soon as Shen Qing died and Ren Wanyun went mad, she couldn't wait to show off. Shen Miao had seen many people like this in her previous life in the harem. They were a bit clever, a bit pretty, and thought they could control a man's heart as long as they wanted. Little did they know that there were countless beautiful women in the world, but a man's heart was the most unpredictable. If they could hold their temper, they might even have a special place in a man's heart. However, once they lost their temper, those little cleverness turned into a ridiculous self-righteousness.

Aunt Wan is obviously a smart-aleck type of person.

Wan bowed to Shen Miao and sat down on the small table opposite her. She sat sideways, her legs slightly tilted, making her body look smooth and flexible, worthy of being a famous actress. Shen Miao looked at her calmly, without saying a word, and went straight to the point: "What is the matter that Aunt Wan came to see me for?"

Wan Yi Niang hadn't expected Shen Miao to speak so directly, and she choked. She had heard that Shen Xin and his wife were the most powerful in the Shen Mansion, and that the formerly clueless Fifth Young Miss was now a powerful figure. She had thought she was coming to get close to her, but she didn't expect Shen Miao to say so much as a polite word. This made Wan Yi Niang a little unsure whether Shen Miao was ignorant of the ways of the world or just being mysterious.

In fact, Aunt Wan was overthinking it. Shen Miao ignored her only because a concubine was not worth her attention.

Aunt Wan smiled apologetically, "It's almost the end of the year, so I came to see Fifth Miss and wish her a happy new year." She added, "It seems I had a disagreement with Fifth Miss because of something about Eldest Miss. I apologize to Fifth Miss on behalf of Master and Madam."

Shen Miao looked at her with a smile that was not a smile: "Auntie Wan, you are doing this 'apologizing for others', I wonder if Second Uncle and Second Aunt know about it?"

Aunt Wan hesitated slightly, but continued to smile, "Of course, my words do not carry much weight. I heard Master tell me that I was a little impulsive that day, so I took the initiative to come and avenge the Fifth Young Lady."

Shen Miao stared at her without blinking. Being stared at like that, Aunt Wan showed a bit of uneasiness on her face, but she suppressed it immediately. She smiled and said, "Actually, the Third Miss also wanted to come and see the Fifth Miss. After all, they are sisters. However, the Third Miss has been feeling a bit cold lately and was afraid of being in the spotlight. She said she would come and talk to the Fifth Miss when she felt better."

Shen Dongling? Shen Miao raised her eyebrows.

Besides the three legitimate daughters, the Shen family also had a concubine daughter, Shen Dongling, from the second house, born to Concubine Wan. Within the Shen family, Shen Wan and Chen Ruoqiu from the third house had only one daughter, Shen Yue, while Shen Xin and his wife had only Shen Miao and Shen Qiu. However, Shen Gui from the second house, despite having numerous concubines, also had concubine daughters, but they died soon after. This explains the somewhat strange ranking of the Shen family's legitimate daughters.