Chapter 68: Is Divorce Necessary?
“When our family was exiled to Lingnan, the money we had for the journey was given to us by Qingyuan.
There are many miasma in Lingnan. I fell ill several times on the road. It was all thanks to the Baicao Pills given by Madam Jiang that I was saved."
"The Jiangs have been very kind to our whole family! As for him, he was very young back then, and I was afraid that he couldn't stand the bumpy journey, so I entrusted him to Qingyuan. Qingyuan treated him as his own son, adopted him, and even arranged a marriage with his beloved daughter."
"Jiang girl's parents can be said to be his reborn parents. Even if he and Jiang girl cannot become husband and wife, they should be as close as siblings, but he has rejected his sister. How can he behave like this?" Master Shen was extremely disappointed with Shen Wenyuan.
Jiang Qingrong was speechless after hearing these words.
Unexpectedly, Master Shen turned out to be such an upright and loyal person. He was nothing like his son.
The onlookers came to their senses.
This is what MLZL said...
That's indeed the truth.
The Jiang family’s kindness to the Shen family and Shen Wenyuan is truly as great as a mountain!
Now that your family has become rich, you are shutting the daughter of the Jiang family out. You are really a piece of shit.
"That's what she said last time, and she beat me for it! No, she didn't just beat me once, she beat me several times..." Shen Wenyuan immediately retorted.
Master Shen snorted coldly, "What kind of sage book did you read to talk back to your father? Let's talk about the matter at hand. Let's just talk about today's incident. What you did was wrong. You should reflect on it! We'll talk about the rest later."
He didn't know about the other things, so at least he had to go in and ask Jiang Rong what was going on.
But he saw this incident with his own eyes!
Hear it with my own ears!
Shen Wenyuan, you've grown crooked!
"If you think I can't control you, you can also disown me as your father." Master Shen did not force Shen Wenyuan to kneel down. After saying this, he ignored him and looked at Jiang Rong and Jiang Qingrong and said:
"Everyone, please come in."
Jiang Rong didn't even glance at Shen Wenyuan, nodded at Master Shen, and walked in together.
There are many guests today, so we are hosting a banquet in the front hall.
Master Shen invited Jiang Rong to the teahouse in the backyard, and ordered his attendants, "Go and invite Madam and the Bai Ting brothers and sisters over."
The front hall is for entertaining guests, but the tea room is for meeting relatives and friends.
Just a moment.
Tian came over with her two children.
"Master, I heard that you punished Wenyuan, this..." Tian looked anxious.
Master Shen interrupted, "Let's not talk about him for now. Let me introduce you to this. This is Brother Qingyuan's daughter, the girl from the Jiang family. When we left, she was just born... So many years have passed..."
"Bai Ting, Li Er, come forward and greet the girl from the Jiang family. She is like one of our own family members, so you must not look down on her."
With Shen Wenyuan's previous experience as a lesson, Master Shen emphasized it specially.
The two people standing next to Tian immediately stepped forward.
Shen Baiting is the eldest son of Master Shen, in his early twenties. He was exiled to Lingnan with his father since he was young. He has a calm, gentle and elegant personality.
Chen Li is about the same age as Jiang Rong.
It was that Taifu Shen and Tian had another daughter in Lingnan.
Chen Li had never left Lingnan, and this was her first time in the capital, so she was timid about everything she saw.
But when she heard that the beautiful woman in front of her was a daughter of the Jiang family, her eyes were full of familiarity.
When she was a child, she had a serious illness due to miasma, and it was cured by a pill of Baicao Pills. At that time, her father told her that the friendship between the Shen family and the Jiang family was so close that the two families were like one family...
"Father, you are too kind. Li'er and I cannot do this." Shen Baiting looked at Jiang Rong and bowed.
The two sides greeted each other.
Tian was very worried about her youngest son's situation, but she knew that Master Shen was a man of his word, so she could only suppress her worries and looked at Jiang Rong with a kind smile:
"When you were little, you were only that big when I held you in my arms. Now you have grown into a graceful young lady... I heard that the Queen Mother has arranged a marriage for you... It's a pity that you and Wen Yuan are not destined to be together. It would be great if you could be my daughter-in-law..."
Master Shen said directly, "Although she is not a daughter-in-law, what is the difference between Jiang girl and our daughter. Qingyuan raised Wenyuan as his own son, so we should do the same."
"Master is right..." Tian nodded. She was also full of gratitude towards the Jiang family.
Jiang Rong smiled faintly, "Thank you Uncle Shen for your concern. I have a volume of music at home that you wrote, and I'm here to return it to its original owner."
Jadeite presented three brocade boxes.
Jiang Rong continued, "There is one thing I need to apologize to Master Shen for. My father passed away early, and the Jiang family failed to live up to your trust and take good care of your son. Today, the situation is irreversible."
Tian was confused when she heard this. "Jiang girl, why are you being so polite? The Jiang family has never treated Wen Yuan unfairly."
Even though Jiang's father had passed away, Jiang Qingrong couldn't possibly drive out the child that his brother's friend had entrusted to him...
Wouldn't that lead to gossip among people?
Therefore, Shen Wenyuan has had no worries about food and clothing over the years.
Even though Chang had planned to break off the engagement and sell Jiang Rong to a noble family, she was too late to do so as she met a "noble man" who changed her plan. So, on the surface, the Jiang family never treated Shen Wenyuan badly in the slightest.
Master Shen looked at Jiang Rong and understood what she meant. The Jiang family didn't teach the child you entrusted to them well.
"You have done your best for him. If a son is not taught well, it is the fault of the father. This is my fault. I will teach him well." said Master Shen.
Jiang Rong didn't say much.
As a father, Master Shen would not give up on Shen Wenyuan easily. Even if he saw some bad things about him, he hoped that he could help him change for the better...
This is human nature.
Master Shen looked at the young woman in front of him, and vaguely saw some shadows of old friends in her eyes and eyebrows.
Thinking of his good friend who passed away young, Master Shen felt heartbroken.
Concerned asked:
"Jiang girl, I heard on the way that the Queen Mother had granted me a marriage, and it's too late to return to the capital. If you are not living well in the Northern Prince's Mansion, I will immediately ask the Emperor for a divorce!"
Jiang Rong shook her head. "Thank you for your concern, Uncle Shen, but the prince and I are in love with each other and we are in perfect harmony."
In his previous life, Master Shen asked the same question after returning to the capital.
She refused at that time too.
It’s just that my state of mind is completely different in this life and the past life.
"That's good..." Master Shen was slightly comforted, "If Brother Qingyuan knew about this, he would be able to rest in peace."
After a pause, Master Shen earnestly warned: "Girl Jiang, if you have anything, just come to me."
He was really not good at dealing with younger people, and his words came out dryly, like a polite remark.
But Jiang Rong knew...
Master Shen is sincere from the bottom of his heart.
In the previous life, the Xie family army was destroyed and the Xie family lost power. Countless people took advantage of the situation, but only Master Shen came to their rescue.
He helped her with many things.
But in Shen Wenyuan's words, he asked his father to do these things.
Jiang Rong had always believed in Shen Wenyuan. A big part of the reason was that he had been helping her...
Of course, Jiang Rong now understands.
The person who really helped her was always Master Shen.
Father Jiang raised Shen Wenyuan as his own son, and Master Shen also treated her as his own daughter...
This is the kind of close friendship between their fathers who can entrust their children to each other.
However, Shen Wenyuan used it to take credit for himself.
Shen Baiting and Shen Li also treated her sincerely. Only Shen Wenyuan mixed in with this group of sincere people and deceived Jiang Rong, making her misunderstand that the Shen family's kindness to her came from him.
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