Chapter 584 My Second Brother Misses You Too

Reminded by her, Shen Guannian finally realized, "Yes, yes, we should treat you well! With us elders here, you're bound to feel awkward. It's perfect, let's go to your courtyard, where you young ladies can have a good chat and get to know each other."

Even if she can't marry into the Duke's family in the future, befriending the eldest daughter of the Duke's family will only bring benefits and no harm!

How could Shen Guannian possibly let such a good opportunity slip by?

"Someone, tell the kitchen to immediately buy the freshest and best ingredients and cook their best dishes. We can't neglect our distinguished guests!"

His servant responded and turned to leave.

Shen Wantang took the opportunity to leave with Gu Qianning. Of course, she did not forget to have her maid take away all the gifts that Gu Qianning had brought.

After the two women left, apart from Shen Guannian who was all smiles, everyone else in the room had uncertain expressions.

Madam Qi and Shen Mingxuan were jealous that Shen Wantang was able to establish a connection with the Duke's mansion, and now she was even able to befriend the eldest daughter of the Duke's mansion. She was now Shen Guannian's darling, and no one in the family dared to say a bad word about her. The formerly cautious and timid concubine's daughter could now walk sideways in the Shen family!

Chu Yanlu stared at the backs of Shen Wantang and Gu Qianning, a hint of doubt rising in her heart.

What a coincidence! Shen Wantang and Gu Qianning were good friends in their past life, how come they're good friends again in this life?

More importantly, they weren't friends this early in their past lives!

She even began to suspect that Shen Wantang's act of saving the Duchess of the State was intentional!

Because this never happened in the previous life or the life before that!

Could it be that Shen Wantang has also been reborn?

But she had already tested Shen Wantang several times and found no flaws. She seemed to be just like Shen Mingxuan, completely unaware of her past life.

Chu Yanluo's heart sank, and she even felt a little breathless. If Shen Wantang were reborn, she would be terrifying!

The idea of ​​being reborn is something that, when it happens to you, will definitely bring joy, pride, and even an irresistible urge to show off, because the feeling of being resurrected from the dead is just too wonderful! Being able to foresee many things that will happen in the future makes the psychological sense of superiority hard to suppress!

But Shen Wantang managed to suppress all of these emotions!

How ruthless does she have to be to pretend so well?

Chu Yanluo's hands and feet were ice cold. It took her a while to calm herself down and reassure herself that perhaps Shen Wantang had not been reborn at all, and that she was just scaring herself.

Perhaps saving the Duchess was just a coincidence, so it's reasonable for him to become acquainted with Gu Qianning.

Didn't the two of them seem like they weren't very familiar with each other just now?

Chu Yanluo clenched her fingers. Yes, Shen Wantang must not have been reborn. If she really had been reborn, how could she have such an attitude towards Xiao Qingyuan! How could she have allowed Xiao Qingyuan to marry Liu Nanshi?

In her past life, she would rather die than divorce him. She clung tightly to Xiao Qingyuan, guarding her position as the Crown Prince's wife and refusing to give it to Liu Nanshi!

Meanwhile, Shen Wantang was unaware that Chu Yanluo had become suspicious of her. She was happily leading Gu Qianning into her courtyard, then closing the gate and joyfully hugging her: "A'Ning, what brings you here? What a surprise!"

Gu Qianning smiled and said, "I missed you! And my second brother missed you too, but he's too busy to come, and it's not convenient for him to come, so he sent me instead!"

Even though Shen Wantang thought he had developed a thick skin, he couldn't withstand Gu Qianning's teasing.

She was slightly embarrassed: "You only need to say the first sentence, you don't need to say the rest."

Gu Qianning suddenly lowered her voice: "My second brother is angry that my mother hasn't sent anyone to propose marriage, so he has already launched a coup at home. He has taken away the power of my father and my eldest brother. Now he calls the shots at home, and my father has even fallen ill because of my second brother!"

Shen Wantang felt that she didn't need to say the first sentence this time, so she ignored it and asked, "Is your father ill? Is he serious? Has the imperial physician been called to see him?"

"Don't worry, he's faking it."

Shen Wantang: "..."

After chatting for a while, Gu Qianning asked Shen Wantang, "By the way, did your elder sister get reborn this time?"

Shen Wantang shook her head: "She didn't, but one person was reborn, no, no, two people were."

Gu Qianning's eyes widened immediately: "What? There are two more? How come there are so many? What's going on, Buddha? Is rebirth free? Everyone's reborn? Can't there be some kind of threshold?"

Shen Wantang quickly covered her mouth: "You dare to make up stories about Buddha? It's one thing that you were sleeping soundly in front of Buddha when the abbot was lecturing on Buddhist scriptures, but you can't just say things like that. Be careful what you say, A-Ning!"

Gu Qianning removed her hand and gave a dry laugh: "Buddha is magnanimous and won't hold it against me. Look, I slept in front of Buddha and Buddha didn't blame me. He even gave me a chance to be reborn. Let's go to Fazhen Temple again and kowtow to Buddha and offer incense!"

"Hey, tell me quickly, which two other people have been reborn? I don't want to run into them and accidentally give myself away!"

Shen Wantang nodded and said in a low voice, "One is Liu Nanshi, and the other is Chu Yanluo."

Gu Qianning's playful expression vanished instantly: "Liu Nanshi was reborn too? Then how come she was sold into a brothel and got into such a mess? Didn't she suffer enough in her past life?"

"I think Liu Nanshi was probably set up by someone."

"Who plotted against us?"

"I guess it's Chu Yanluo. Besides her, there probably isn't anyone else who hates Liu Nanshi and Xiao Qingyuan this much."

Gu Qianning suddenly realized: "So, Chu Yanluo's scheme to harm Liu Nanshi was actually aimed at Xiao Qingyuan?"

"Yes, Chu Yanluo came to me. She was very secretive and kept her head down. She said she wanted to help me marry into the Ning Prince's mansion. I asked her why she wanted to help me, and she said she wanted revenge and didn't want Xiao Qingyuan to get what he wanted."

Gu Qianning couldn't help but shake her head: "She's really crazy. If she wants to deal with Xiao Qingyuan, then she should sell him to Wanye Tower to make him a prostitute! Selling Liu Nanshi to Wanhua Tower, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

When Shen Wantang heard her say that she would sell Xiao Qingyuan to Wanye Tower to work as a prostitute, she couldn't help but laugh: "Of course that won't work. Who in the entire capital doesn't recognize Xiao Qingyuan's face? Once he's sold into Wanye Tower, his identity will definitely be discovered, and no one will dare to touch him."

"Hmm, that's true. I forgot. That bastard is always running around. He's been to Wan Hua Lou and Wan Ye Lou. The madams all know him."

Shen Wantang reminded her, "When you came, did you notice the pale-faced maid standing next to Shen Mingxuan?"

Gu Qianning nodded: "I did notice it, because her complexion was unusually yellow."

"That's Chu Yanluo."

Gu Qianning was shocked: "What?! She's actually in your house?"