The wedding banquet at the Jiang family was for the marriage of Jiang Weiran's elder brother, whose wife was also from a prominent family, comparable to the Jiang family, making them a perfect match.

After Shen Yunxi finished getting ready, she went out with Lan Pei. The rest of the Shen family also went, but Zhong Chen was unable to go because Jun Xuan had arranged something for him.

The carriage stopped at the Jiang family's gate not long after it started traveling. As soon as the gatekeeper saw the Shen family's carriage, he rushed forward.

"We've arrived at the Marquis of Yong'an's residence!"

Upon hearing this voice, the people around all turned their attention to the three carriages that had arrived from the Shen family.

Some ladies with ulterior motives quickly brought their daughters to greet Lanpei. Their thoughts about Lanpei were complicated. They envied and were jealous that she had married Yong'an Marquis Zhongchen, and that she had a very good relationship with the Empress Dowager, having been close friends with her before the Empress Dowager entered the palace.

Even when the Empress Dowager was in the palace, her favor towards Lanpei never ceased, and she even treated Shen Yunxi as her own daughter.

Such a status is indeed something that people would be eager to curry favor with.

This led to those ladies, no matter how displeased they were, still having to eagerly approach Lampe and speak to her.

Lampe was very approachable and would respond to anyone who greeted her, making everyone feel comfortable. Her personality was truly endearing.

Shen Yunxi was used to such scenes, so she simply followed Lan Pei silently, waiting for her to exchange pleasantries with the ladies.

Fortunately, Jiang Weiran's appearance successfully stopped the ladies who wanted to step forward.

"Auntie, Yunxi, you're here!" Jiang Weiran approached with a smile. "Where's Anyu here?"

If anyone else had asked that question, Lanpei and Shen Yunxi would have thought they were deliberately picking a fight, since everyone knew that Shen Anyu was mentally challenged.

But Jiang Weiran didn't think that way. She didn't care at all about Shen An's mental disability and respected him very much.

Shen Anyu didn't attend any other banquets in the capital, but he had attended several banquets from the Jiang family, which is why Jiang Weiran asked that question.

Lan Pei smiled and shook her head helplessly. "He said my birthday is coming soon and he wants to prepare a birthday gift for me. I don't know what he's up to, so he doesn't want to go out. Yunxi hasn't left the house for several days either. The two siblings like to lock themselves in their rooms now."

Jiang Weiran nodded in agreement, "That's true. Yunxi hasn't come looking for me these past few days. It's good that you've come today. Come on, I'll take you inside."

As she spoke, Jiang Weiran took Lan Pei's arm and led her and Shen Yunxi inside.

The Shen family members were unhappy because Jiang Weiran seemed to completely disregard them and didn't even greet them. This was especially true for Old Madam Shen.

Although the Jiang family's status and position cannot compare to that of the Shen family, a marquis's mansion, it is still a large and influential family with many members holding positions in the imperial court, including even censors.

For this reason, the Jiang family held a high status, and even someone like Old Madam Shen had to eagerly come over.

However, Madam Shen wasn't doing it for herself, but for her two grandsons. She hoped to leave a good impression on the Jiang family. The person getting married today was the third young master of the Jiang family, whose father was none other than Imperial Censor Jiang.

Another purpose was that Shen Leyi was already engaged, while Shen Siqi was still unmarried. She planned to look for suitable candidates for Shen Siqi.

The reason for this is that Shen Siqi is about to come of age, and she has not revealed her feelings for Lin Chen. Therefore, Madam Shen does not know that she is in love with Lin Chen and wants Shen Siqi to marry into a wealthy and powerful family, which would also make her look good.

If we disregard Madam Shen's attitude towards Shen Yunxi and her eldest son's family, her actions for her grandchildren would truly make her a good grandmother.

Accompanying Madam Shen were Madam Qian, as well as Shen Tang, Shen Li, and Shen Siqi.

Madam Shen was biased, and since Qian was good at talking and knew how to make people happy, Madam Shen naturally liked Qian more and always took her along.

Ma was not as good at making people happy as Qian. Although her background was much better than Qian's, she felt that Qian's behavior was degrading and disdained to associate with her, but she would cooperate when necessary.

However, compared to the Qian family, Shen Yunxi felt she needed to be more careful of the Ma family; a barking dog doesn't bite.

Of course, it wasn't just because Ma was scheming; there was also something unspeakable involved, which would have been a disaster if Ma had revealed it.

Even if this didn't happen to her, it's still related to her to some extent.

Seeing Shen Yunxi and Lan Pei happily invited inside by Jiang Weiran, while the rest of the Shen family remained where they were, the Jiang family servants, who were also good at reading people's expressions, quickly invited them inside.

Even so, Madam Shen was still not in a good mood.

"As expected, we're not blood relatives, so he doesn't care about this old woman like me. What an ingrate! I raised him!" Old Madam Shen said angrily.

The people behind her remained noncommittal. They knew Madam Shen's temperament and how she treated the eldest son's family. They didn't know if Madam Shen felt guilty saying those words, and they were at a loss for words.

However, although they knew that Madam Shen was biased, they wouldn't say anything since the bias was directed at them.

No matter the time, filial piety can be enough to crush a person.

This is why, despite suffering a lot of mistreatment, she still couldn't bring up the matter of separating from the family and continued to live with Madam Shen and the others; after all, rumors and gossip are unpleasant to hear.

Shen Siqi followed behind the group, turned around and looked around, but did not see the person she was looking at, so she looked away.

The Shen family's behavior was naturally observed by others, and people around them whispered among themselves.

"Have you noticed? The Lady of Yong'an Marquis doesn't seem to care much about Old Madam Shen. Isn't she usually said to be very respectful to her? Are those just rumors?"

"You don't know this, but when the Prince of Xiaoyao had his birthday banquet, the Marquis of Yong'an and his wife were not in the capital. So it was Old Madam Shen who attended with their daughters, the sixth and fourth young ladies of the Shen family. You don't know, but people noticed that Old Madam Shen treated the fourth and sixth young ladies differently. She didn't like the sixth young lady and would often get angry at her."

"Oh? I know a little about it too. It seems that the fourth young lady was running around and the old lady Shen scolded the sixth young lady. It's no wonder, the Marquis of Yong'an didn't come from her womb. It's not hard to understand why she favors her own grandson and granddaughter. We're just talking about it quietly here, we don't dare to make a scene in front of others."

The murmurs of the crowd reached the ears of a woman. A cold smile curled at the corner of her lips as she stepped into the Jiang family home with her maid.