Chapter 97 Blocked
Chen Ji was saving face for the old lady, otherwise he would have scolded her as well.
Chen Ti recklessly damaged the painting that Prince Kang's Mansion was preparing to present to the emperor. This was no small matter. Given the temperament of the old lady and the second master, it was impossible for them to ignore it and allow Shen Ti to find a random painting to fool Prince Kang's Mansion.
The matter was exposed, and the Yun family's authentic work was needed to clean up the mess. So Shen Ti was pushed out to confess the crime, but how could Shen Ji agree?
The second master kept a mistress, Shen Ji seduced the maidservant around the old lady, and also affected the reputation of Shen Yu and Shen Wan. Now he even did shameful things like replacing Shen Wan's carrier pigeon and stealing the Yun family's paintings in the name of Shen Wan. This has touched Shen Ji's bottom line.
The second wife's shamelessness and courage were beyond Shen Ji's imagination. If she was not strictly disciplined, who knew what kind of trouble she would cause in the future.
Shen Ji was merciless and tore off their ugly faces directly. The old lady wanted to quibble, but Shen Ji glanced at her and the old lady felt cold all over.
She had been married into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion for more than 30 years, but Shen Ji had never looked at her with such eyes. The old lady's hands holding the Buddhist beads could not help but tremble.
Shen Ji was a battle-hardened general, and even the generals in the court couldn't stand his gaze, let alone the old lady.
Chen Ji didn't waste any words, "Drag him away and give him thirty lashes of the cane!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two servants came over and lifted the second master from the ground.
The old lady stood up, suppressing her anger and saying, "Even I don't know what Ti'er did. Although your second brother is not as busy as you, he is not idle either. He is not good at raising his daughter. If you want to punish him, I have nothing to say. But there will be a wedding in the mansion in a few days, and he has to help entertain the guests. Even if you want to punish him, you should wait until after the wedding banquet..."
It's incredible that he protects his own people to this extent.
If father really obeys the old lady and punishes the second master after the wedding banquet, his prestige as the head of the family will be completely destroyed.
Shen Wan felt that the old lady didn't understand his father at all. If she did, she wouldn't have cheated her son like this.
The more the old lady protected his father, the angrier he became. It was because of the old lady's partiality and indulgence that the second master was so bold and presumptuous.
If my father can't punish the old lady, can't he severely punish the second master?
Shen Ji laughed angrily, "Without my second brother to help entertain the guests, does that mean we don't have to hold the wedding banquet at the mansion?"
"Drag him away and beat him hard!"
The old lady didn't dare to plead for mercy anymore. The second master was dragged out and soon the sound of beatings could be heard.
Chen Wan said, "Father punished my second uncle, so I shouldn't have said anything. But my grandmother determined that my second uncle didn't know about this and that it was Shen Ti who did it all. She stole my carrier pigeon and used my name to get something from the Yun family. My grandmother only punished her by making her reflect in the Buddhist temple. Such a light punishment won't make people remember, it will only condone her and make her do worse in the future."
Shen Ji said coldly, “When did the family rules of my Dingguo Mansion become so lax?”
The Buddhist beads in the old lady's hand were almost crushed to pieces.
"Give the fourth lady thirty lashes of the cane!"
The words almost came out from between her teeth.
Shen Wan was barely satisfied with this punishment.
When Chen Ji was about to leave, the old lady said, "The punishment has been imposed, and the anger of Prince Kang and the Emperor must be appeased..."
Shen Ji only said one sentence, "The Yun family does not owe my Dingguo Mansion, let alone the Second House!"
The old lady said, "The emperor is angry, and Prince Kang's Mansion must compensate for the painting. There is no other way except to ask the Yun family for help."
Yun said, "After the Second House did something like this, I don't have the face to go back to the Yun family for help."
The Second Lady said, "I know this has put my eldest sister-in-law in a difficult position, but without the original, Prince Kang reported the fake to the Emperor. My master has already been demoted two ranks for keeping a concubine, and he cannot be demoted again..."
Shen Wan said, "In order to help my cousin clean up the mess, the Yun family took the painting back at all costs. Now the painting is worth 10,000 taels, plus two more paintings. How does Second Aunt plan to let my mother help you?"
Asking for help without any sincerity.
Not to mention the money, you want the Yun family to give it to you for free, right?
Everyone pretended to be stupid, and Chen Wan spoke directly.
The second wife's face was stiff. Mr. Huang's paintings were valuable, but two thousand taels was not a small amount, let alone ten thousand taels, plus two more paintings.
The old lady looked at the second lady and said, "Ten thousand taels is enough to buy a better painting. Let's see if we can discuss it with Prince Kang's Mansion and make a decision."
Helping Prince Kang's Mansion, but ending up in trouble. The old lady is already very dissatisfied. The second house will not be able to pay this money. It depends on whether Prince Kang's Mansion is willing to do it.
The Yun family said, "The Yun family is a business. The second branch is buying it to reduce the Yun family's losses. The Yun family will not refuse, so they don't need my help."
That's how it's settled.
It was not too late, so the Second Lady went to Prince Kang's mansion.
Chen Wan left Shou'an Hall and asked Shanhu to go to the Yun family.
She was not sure whether Prince Kang's Mansion would pay the Yun family to buy the painting, but she had to make the Yun family be on guard to avoid the situation where the original painting from the previous life was given to them, and then they turned around and slandered the Yun family for giving them a fake.
In the previous life, Prince Kang’s Mansion didn’t spend any money, but still managed to cheat the Yun family, let alone paying out ten thousand taels now.
You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.
The second wife went to Prince Kang's mansion and came back willing to spend money to buy the painting from the Yun family. The next day, she went to the Yun family with Yun. Old Madam Yun said that it was difficult to tell whether the painting was real or fake, so she asked the second wife to find two people who could confirm whether it was an authentic one. She should make sure that there was no problem with the painting before paying. After all, ten thousand taels of silver was not a small amount of money. If the painting left the Yun family and was said to be fake, the matter would be difficult to handle.
The Second Madam said that the Yun family's worries were unnecessary and that she trusted the Yun family. Old Madam Yun smiled and said, "Wan'er sent someone to give you instructions, so let's do as Wan'er said."
The Second Lady had no choice but to ask someone to go to the Yun family to identify the painting. Only after confirming that it was an authentic work did the Yun family let her take the painting away.
The Yun family only accepted ten thousand taels. As for the other two paintings, since the Second Madam and Yun were sisters-in-law, and it was difficult to set a price for the two paintings, they just let it go.
Chen Wan blocked their way of slandering the painting as a fake, and sure enough, they didn't cause any more trouble.
In a blink of an eye, a few days passed, and it was the day for Chen Xun to marry Qu Yan. The mansion was decorated with lights and was filled with joy.
The Second Master and Shen Ti were beaten with boards, and their injuries had not yet fully healed. In order to save face, the Second Master forced himself to welcome the guests, but Shen Ti could not bear it anymore and used the excuse of being sick to not show up.
The young master of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion got married, and his wife was the daughter of Minister Qu. All the civil and military officials came to the wedding, and the princess of Prince Jingbei also came.
Shen Wan was very embarrassed. After all, she had knocked down King Jingbei, a general, with a piece of cake. King Jingbei was in the front yard and Shen Wan didn't see him, but Princess Jingbei came to the inner yard and she couldn't avoid him.
What’s even more infuriating is that when the old lady saw Princess Jingbei, she took the initiative to bring up the matter of pastries, “Wan’er is not good at cooking, and it has caused the King of Jingbei to suffer.”
Everyone in the room looked at Shen Wan in unison.
Shen Wan wanted to crawl into the ground right then and there.
Princess Jingbei laughed and said, "Yu'er is ignorant. The second young lady is a lady from a wealthy family. She hasn't even married yet, but he's asking her to wash her hands and cook for her. It's really too much. I've already scolded him severely."
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