With both parents deceased, Yu Tingwan lived under others' roofs, diligently working from dawn till dusk. Her maternal aunt was cruel, intending to sell her to a lecherous gentryman well past s...
Chapter 419: Does your plan to marry me still count?
Light slanted in through the carved window lattices, leaving mottled shadows.
Father Shen was not flattering outside, but he was very humble. At home, he might change his mind on small matters if you coax him, but he was firm on serious matters.
He was very majestic at this moment.
"What do you think this place is? Who are you showing your disapproval to?"
He was getting more and more annoyed with Shen Zhiyi.
Apart from causing trouble, how many things has this daughter done to satisfy him in these years?
"What's the matter? Tell me!"
Father Shen warned: "If there is a next time, I will not forgive you."
There was a desk on the table, Shen Zhiyi had delicate makeup, and looked down at Father Shen who was sitting there.
There was no panic at all.
Her lips painted with bright lipstick moved, and her tone was cold.
"I thought my father was confused and easily influenced. But at least he is tolerable."
Most men in this world are just like that, and there are few good ones.
She has kept some words in her heart for a long time.
"You favor your concubines and ignore my mother, often insulting her dignity as the principal wife. You favor concubines and concubines more than me, but you know the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. You don't treat me, the legitimate daughter, harshly. In recent years, except for the marriage that Chu Liulang forced on me, you still care about it."
"But I was wrong."
"Some people are just terrible at heart."
How could Shen's father be happy after being scolded?
His face turned black immediately.
He stood up and slammed the table heavily.
The tea set on the table shook violently three times.
"Asshole!"
"No better than father!"
"In the future, I am willing to play the role of father and daughter with you. After all, we have to live together. There is no need to completely tear each other apart under the same roof."
Shen's father was furious.
He didn't know what Shen Zhiyi was crazy about.
He immediately raised his hand to slap her.
"No wonder my aunt doesn't want to have any contact with my father anymore and doesn't want to recognize you as her brother."
Shen's father's hand froze in mid-air.
Seeing him like this, Shen Zhiyi smiled: "Feeling guilty?"
"You should feel guilty."
She squeezed out word by word from her teeth: "Even if the emperor had the intention at the beginning, the court could not do without the Wei family army. No matter how powerful the previous emperor was, he had to rely on General Jingyuan to defend the country. He wanted to disgust the Wei family, but the premise was that the Shen family had to cooperate. During this period, if he had sent a message to the Shunguo Mansion, so that the Wei family would have been prepared and released the intention of the Shen and Wei families to get married, he would not have been able to do the thing of snatching the minister's wife for the emperor's reputation, and things would not have been like this!"
"This is a truth that I know, father, don't you know it?"
But the emperor is very calculating.
"He knows your face, father."
"Grandfather did hesitate for a moment, but it was you, father, who was afraid of being framed. For the sake of your career, you got benefits and promoted your official position, so you didn't allow grandmother and mother to go to the Wei family to inform them."
"If a man is upright, he should rely on his own ability to rise to the top, not on the skirt of a woman."
But Shen's father is just such a person.
He did such a thing, but he pretended to be innocent.
Even got the benefits, but took it for granted.
Shen Zhiyi looked at the person in front of him and wanted to laugh: "I don't know how you have the nerve to say that you miss your aunt in the palace every Mid-Autumn Festival."
"You even blame your aunt for being unkind and not considering the relationship between brothers and sisters."
It's hypocritical to the extreme.
It's no wonder that he has never climbed up after taking the position of Shaofu Supervisor because he is not capable enough.
The current glory of the Shen family is all achieved by stepping on his aunt.
Shen Zhiyi became more and more angry, and it was hard to imagine how Shen Jin survived all these years. He was
a person who could easily get angry. At this moment, he directly brushed away all the pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and they all fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
"Are you worthy?"
"If I were your aunt, I would also find you disgusting!"
Shen's father couldn't stand to hear this the most.
But will he blame himself? No.
Before his mother died, she complained about him and said that he had ruined his younger sister's life.
His father died of illness, and his younger sister never came back to see him.
As the culprit, he didn't feel wrong for the family to be in such a mess. He
just felt that Shen Jin was too petty.
How could a family have an overnight grudge?
The daughter raised by the Shen family with great effort must help her family and him.
Not to mention his own sister, he even didn't let go of his daughter Shen Zhiyi. How could he not know that Chu Liulang was not a good match? Didn't he insist on letting Shen Zhiyi marry
him at the beginning? As long as it was good for him, what was wrong with some sacrifices?
Besides, Shen Jin married the emperor. She
was smooth sailing in the palace and had no worries about food and clothing.
It was just that she was not pregnant and failed to conceive a child.
Shen's father had a gloomy face, as if a storm was brewing.
"Pa".
The slap fell heavily.
Shen Zhiyi's head was hit and she staggered back a step.
"Is this what a daughter like you can say to your father?"
"It's because I indulge you too much."
"How dare you disobey!"
Shen Zhiyi took the slap without dodging, but she seemed to be unaware of the pain.
She continued.
"Aunt doesn't want to be involved with you, and the harem can't reach too far, so she never dealt with the Shen family."
"At the beginning, she had no one to protect her. Fortunately, I am luckier than her and have a good aunt. So her temper was also raised by her."
"Father, do you want to slap me a few more times? I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity in the future."
As soon as the voice fell, the voice of the confidant outside was heard in fear and cautiously blocking.
"You can't go in, you can't go in. Although our girl is inside, you can't..."
Xiao Huaiyan kicked the person away and stepped in.
When Shen Zhiyi's maid came to find him, it happened that he was doing business not far from the Shen family.
Normally, Shen Zhiyi would not look for him.
It was too late to dodge.
Xiao Huaiyan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something had happened. Without hesitation, he put down what he was doing and rushed over without saying a word.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Shen Zhiyi's face slapped, Xiao Huaiyan's face suddenly sank.
The study was a mess.
How could you break into someone's house without notifying them? Besides, the study is an important office space.
Shen's father was angry, but he didn't dare to be angry.
As an official, he didn't have to greet Xiao Huaiyan, who had no official position, but the difference in status was there, so he was respectful.
He didn't dare to offend this dude, and strode to greet him.
"Why are you here, Master Xiao?"
Seeing Xiao Huaiyan's bad look when he looked at Shen Zhiyi, Shen's father subconsciously thought...
"But my daughter offended you?"
Come to think of it, this is indeed something Shen Zhiyi could do.
Shen's father was furious!
He turned around and was about to scold, and he wanted to give an explanation to Xiao Huaiyan who had specially chased him to the door.
"Rebellious girl! You did it again..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.
"Lord Shen!"
Xiao Huaiyan's eyes flashed with a strong sinisterness and anger.
How long has it been since then, and he hit Shen Zhiyi again?
"Last time you hit my daughter, and this time you hit her again. You..."
Before he
finished speaking, Shen Zhiyi looked at him.
Power, as expected, everyone wants it.
"Xiao Huaiyan."
She heard herself asking, "Does your plan to marry me still count?"