Chapter 126 What's the meaning of bringing so many people back to your parents' home?

When Shen Wantang returned to the Shen family, she realized that she had been deceived.

Shen Guannian was sitting perfectly fine in the main hall. Apart from his somewhat gloomy face, he didn't look seriously ill at all.

Shen Wantang spoke calmly: "Father is not ill, so why did you send someone to the Prince's Mansion to say that you are seriously ill? It's fine that I rushed back, but it's not appropriate for Father to curse himself like that."

Enraged, Shen Guannian picked up a teacup and smashed it at Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang slightly shifted her body, dodging the teacup, which crashed to the ground with a "bang," shattering into pieces.

"You unfilial wretched thing! After marrying into the royal family, you've grown wings and dare to disobey me!"

Shen Guannian shouted angrily, "Without me, could you have married into the Ning Prince's mansion? Could you have become the enviable Princess Consort? Today, I'm going to teach you a lesson, you ungrateful wretch! Guards, bring out the family law!"

Madam Qi immediately called in two old women: "Tang'er, you have indeed been too outrageous these days. You have been married into the Prince's mansion for so long, yet you have not helped your family at all. Your father is still unemployed at home and cannot be reinstated to his original position. It is only right that he is angry. You will have to bear this punishment."

Shen Wantang glanced at the whips in the hands of the two old women and instantly recalled the pain she had felt when she was punished by family rules.

Having lived two lives, the most painful memory is not being tormented by my mother-in-law after I got married, but being beaten until my skin was torn and bleeding when I was a girl at home.

She was living so well in the Prince's mansion that she almost forgot about the debt the Shen family owed her.

She should thank them for reminding her!

Without her permission, Granny Chai had already led her men to stop the two old women. Her demeanor was extremely forceful: "Let's see who dares to touch our Crown Princess!"

Qi said sarcastically, "Oh, what a big shot you are! So what if you're the Crown Princess? This is our Shen family, not your Ning Prince's residence! We're just disciplining our own daughter in our own home, what right do you have to jump out and stop us?"

Shen Guannian's face darkened further: "Who do you think you are? Get out of my way!"

Unfortunately, Granny Chai and Qin Xin and the others did not listen to him at all.

Shen Guannian's face turned pale and then red: "Shen Wantang, what do you mean by bringing so many people back to your parents' home? Are you trying to intimidate your father?"

"Father is joking. How could your daughter try to intimidate you? It's just that my mother-in-law dotes on me. Every time we go out, I bring so many people with me. It's just in case someone causes trouble or makes a fuss, so I have someone to help me out."

"you--!"

“Since Father is not ill, then I will go back. Next time, Father, please don’t use this excuse to call me. It’s just cursing yourself for no reason, and it doesn’t sound good if word gets out.”

After finishing her sentence, Shen Wantang turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Shen Guannian had gone to great lengths to bring her back; how could he let her leave so easily?

He chased everyone out, leaving only him and Shen Wantang in the main hall.

Shen Wantang looked at him coldly: "Is there anything else, Father?"

"Of course something's wrong! What did you promise me before you got married?"

"What did I promise?"

"Didn't you say you would plead with Prince Ning to reinstate my official position? It's been over two months, why is there still no news? Did you not even tell your father-in-law about my situation?"

“I’ve only been married into the Ning Prince’s mansion for a little over two months, and I’ve barely seen my father-in-law. I can’t even speak to him. Since Father wants to regain his original official position, you should work hard for it yourself. Trying to use connections is crooked and unacceptable. These are all principles that Father taught me. Have you forgotten them?”

Shen Guannian's face turned pale, and his brows furrowed: "I taught you these things? I don't remember you teaching me any principles."

"Oh, so Father also knows that you have never taught me? Besides listening to my stepmother, framing me and punishing me, you really haven't taught me anything."

Shen Guannian raised an eyebrow: "Are you blaming me?"

"Isn't my father blaming me too?"

"How can this be the same? I am your father. I raised you and found you such a good husband. You should be grateful and repay me! How dare you blame me? How dare you!"

"Father made me marry into the Ning Prince's mansion only to pave the way for you. When I got married, the heir was still a monk at Fazhen Temple. If he were truly a good husband, how could a lowly concubine's daughter like me have the chance?"

Shen Wantang's eyes turned cold: "When I heard that my father was ill, I rushed back immediately and brought him medicine and tonics. Isn't that gratitude? Isn't that repaying a debt?"

Shen Guannian slammed his fist on the table in anger: "This is not the kind of reward I want! I want to be an official, a high-ranking official! The Shen family is your maternal family, you must help them! Go back to your father-in-law today and ask him to reinstate me to my original position. I don't want to wait any longer!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Father? How can I, as a daughter-in-law, go to my father-in-law so casually? Don't you understand the meaning of avoiding suspicion? If you want to be reinstated so badly, why don't you go to my father-in-law yourself?"

"Do you think I haven't tried to contact him? He doesn't take me seriously at all, he won't even bother to talk to me, he looks down on me!"

Shen Wantang was not surprised by what he said, because it was the same in her previous life.

Shen Guannian thought that with Shen Mingxuan, the daughter of the Crown Prince's wife, he could get close to Prince Ning. He always tried to get close to Prince Ning, but Prince Ning would just give him a few perfunctory replies each time. Later, he got annoyed with him and simply stopped seeing him.

Having no other option, Shen Guannian began to urge Shen Mingxuan to help him seek an official position from the Prince of Ning.

Shen Mingxuan complied, but instead of getting the official position, she made Prince Ning even more disgusted with Shen Guannian, and he also disliked Shen Mingxuan, his daughter-in-law.

Shen Guannian and Shen Mingxuan were both brainless, thinking that Prince Ning could easily restore him to his original position or even give him a higher one. But Shen Wantang, having experienced her previous life, knew that Prince Ning would not interfere in such matters.

The current emperor is extremely suspicious, so even though Prince Ning is the emperor's own brother, he is very wary of him and is unwilling to give Prince Ning any real power.

To reassure his elder brother, the Emperor, Prince Ning had for many years refrained from interfering in court affairs, factional struggles, or the appointment and removal of officials.

If he wanted to ask for an official position for Shen Guannian, the emperor wouldn't refuse. However, the emperor would feel that Prince Ning was starting to cultivate his own power, and then he would just give Prince Ning some remote, desolate fiefdom and drive him out of the capital.

Prince Ning was used to the carefree life in the capital and was unwilling to be driven away.

Unfortunately, Shen Guannian couldn't see through these things.

Shen Wantang was too lazy to say anything more to him. With his brain, no wonder he had never been able to regain his original position.

Ignoring Shen Guannian's roars and curses, she pushed open the door and walked out.

As soon as she stepped outside, Shen Mingxuan's voice rang out: "Oh my, I thought it was someone else. It's my dear sister. You still know to come back. I thought you had long forgotten that your surname is Shen."