Chapter 63
Inside the room, Madam Shen, lying on the bed, smashed the food on the ground, while a maidservant knelt beside her with a tray of food.
The congee and side dishes were scattered all over the floor.
Madam Shen gritted her teeth: "Is this all you've given me to eat?"
After gritting her teeth and finishing speaking, she began to cough violently, as if she were about to cough up her lungs.
Madam Shen was in pain all over her body. Her wounds, which had not yet healed, were being pulled and were causing her great pain. The injuries she sustained from being beaten by the master had not yet healed.
Shen Zheng claimed to the outside world that Madam Shen was ill. At that critical moment, it was impossible to call a doctor to see her, otherwise the truth would be exposed and things would go terribly wrong.
Therefore, Shen Zheng only asked the steward to go to the outside clinic to get some medicine for the injuries. Madam Shen developed a fever on the day she was beaten. Although she has recovered now, she has been suffering from a persistent cough.
Her injuries kept recurring and wouldn't heal; they would fester and ooze pus every day, and the room was filled with an indescribable odor.
Madam Shen has been abandoned by Shen Zheng.
As soon as Shen Qingnian entered the room, she smelled the unpleasant odor from the festering sores in Madam Shen's room that hadn't been cleaned properly. She frowned and covered her nose with a handkerchief.
Xiaoju's face also showed disgust. She glanced at Madam Shen on the bed and said loudly, "Miss, why don't we leave? You are now the Crown Princess. If the illness in this room passes on to you, it will not be good."
She said this on purpose to anger Madam Chen.
Xiaoju has matured a lot now and is better at reading people's expressions. She has also learned to understand her master's thoughts and realizes that sometimes the master's thoughts are conveyed through them, the servants.
When Madam Shen saw that it was Shen Qingnian, she sneered, "Who do I have here? It's you, this lowly concubine's daughter."
After saying that, she coughed a few times before continuing to speak sarcastically: "Do you really think that just because you're registered under my name, you're the true legitimate daughter of the Shen family? Do you really think that Aunt Liu can leave with you?"
Although the master is angry with me now, I am still the mistress of the Shen family, and that is an unchangeable fact!
"A child born out of wedlock will always be a child born out of wedlock. Even if you become the Crown Princess, your status will always be lowly!"
To the master, this wretched woman is nothing more than a tool.
Shen Qingnian chuckled upon hearing this: "Madam Shen is right. I am still a concubine's daughter with a lowly status, but my father has made me his legitimate daughter. This is a fact, but it is also a secret."
Now my wife is using this to slander me. I wonder what my father will do when he finds out?
Shen Zheng was furious last time. If Shen Zheng knew that Madam Shen was making a scene about this in the house, the Shen family would probably hold a funeral soon.
Madam Shen laughed mockingly after hearing this: "A concubine's daughter is indeed a concubine's daughter. My husband will not touch me. Do you think the mistress can be killed at will? Do you think my maternal family is a pushover?"
Her father was the prefect of the court, and if anything happened to her, her father would definitely come to her door to demand an explanation, which was her source of confidence.
Shen Qingnian glanced at the kneeling maid and said calmly, "Father recently joined forces with officials in the court to impeach the prefect. Presumably, the prefect will soon be demoted and exiled from the capital. It is normal that the madam is unaware of this information while she is ill."
Shen Zheng is a troublemaker. Madam Shen also cooperated in matters concerning Shen Qingnian. How could he allow Madam Shen to use this matter to control him in the future?
So after dealing with the Lin family, he turned his attention to Madam Shen's maternal family. Recently, Shen Zheng had been spending money lavishly, and he was highly praised by the emperor, and the court officials also favored him.
Who wouldn't love a courtier like that?
Madam Shen's lips trembled, and her eyes became somewhat blank: "How is this possible? How could my father have been demoted and banished from the capital?"
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