Chapter 121 Adding makeup
When they saw the additional makeup that Princess Jiangling gave to Chen Yu, which was a complete set of gold and ruby-inlaid jewelry, extremely exquisite, they became even more confused.
Princess Jiangling and Shen Yu had no friendship. When Shen Yu fell off the cliff and was frightened, Princess Jiangling did not come to visit her. Now that she is getting married, she gave her such expensive jewelry, but she did not come in person, but only sent a maid to come. Isn't this really necessary?
Shen Wu and Shen Yao were all puzzled, but Shen Yu and Shen Wan knew that Princess Jiangling was shy and embarrassed to come.
Although she and Shen Li were already engaged, they had not made it public yet. She was too shy to come to Shen Yu's house, but she was Shen Yu's future sister-in-law, so she had to send her a gift to add to her dowry. There was no other way, so she had to send her maid to send her off on her behalf, and to send something heavier.
Chen Yu accepted the additional makeup and said to the maid, "I like the additional makeup sent by the princess very much. Please thank her for me. I will visit her to express my gratitude another day."
The maid smiled and said, "I will tell the princess."
After the maid brought the makeup, she was about to go back. Chen Yu asked Yin Zhu to send her out of the house and did not forget to reward the maid.
Yin Zhu sent away the maid of Princess Jiangling, and when he came back, he brought a girl with him, who was the eldest daughter of the Zhao family in the Hanlin Academy, Zhao Ru.
Qu Yan was also there. As the fourth young lady of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, she would definitely help with the affairs of the mansion.
But when she saw Zhao Ru coming over and Shen Wan greeted her with a smile, Qu Yan's face turned ugly.
Chen Wu smiled and said, "I didn't expect Miss Zhao to come and give Big Sister some makeup."
Chen Wu stood beside Qu Yan. As soon as she opened her mouth, she attracted Zhao Ru's attention. Zhao Ru naturally saw Qu Yan's expression, and the smile on her face froze. She regretted coming.
She hesitated for several days about whether to come to Duke Dingguo's mansion to deliver the dowry.
She injured her arm, and Shen Wan went to visit her. In addition to supplements, she also gave her jewelry and said that she treated her as a friend. She also really wanted to make friends with Shen Wan. Since they were close friends, and Shen Wan's eldest sister was getting married, she would definitely give her a dowry. However, she had a quarrel with the fourth young lady Shen, so it would be embarrassing if they met.
After hesitating for two days, I finally came. The Duke Dingguo's Mansion is so big, maybe I won't be able to meet the Fourth Young Lady Shen. Who would have thought that I would see her as soon as I arrived.
Qu Yan's expression clearly showed her displeasure, but apart from looking unhappy, she didn't dare to say anything else. Zhao Ru came to give Chen Yu some extra dowry, and she had previously defended Chen Wan, but was targeted by the third lady of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion and was injured. Qu Yan dared to be rude to the guest, let alone Chen Wan, even the Yun family would not let her off easily.
That day, Chen Wan stood up for Zhao Ru and embarrassed Qu Yan. Qu Yan has never forgotten this incident. Now that Chen Wan and Zhao Ru are on good terms, she doesn't take her, the fourth sister-in-law, seriously at all. What's even more infuriating is that she is fanning the flames and watching the fun without thinking about making trouble.
Chen Wu said, "Fourth sister-in-law and Miss Zhao had some unpleasant experiences in the past. Now that Second Sister and Miss Zhao are getting closer, it's time for Fourth sister-in-law and Miss Zhao to make peace."
Qu Yan smiled wryly, "Second Miss and Miss Zhao are indeed very close and protect each other. I think they are more like sisters than the sisters in the mansion."
Chen Wan helps Zhao Ru, and Zhao Ru helps Chen Wan. This is a well-known fact in Kyoto.
But when Chen Wan was in trouble, it was good enough that Chen Wu and the others did not add insult to injury. It would be impossible for them to protect Chen Wan even if the sun rose in the west. Qu Yan was also merciless.
Chen Xun is Chen Wu's biological brother. Qu Yan looks down on Chen Xun and her plan to plot against Chen Li fails, so she falls into Chen Xun's hands. The second house is very angry, but Chen Xun is also the old lady's biological grandson. In front of the old lady, Chen Wu dare not act rashly. In places where the old lady doesn't know, Chen Wu and Qu Yan often compete with each other.
How could Qu Yan let Chen Wu see her fun? She immediately responded with ridicule.
Shen Wu gritted her teeth in anger.
This is not over yet. Zhao Ru came to bring her some makeup. Chen Wan and Chen Yu warmly entertained her. When she left, Chen Wan saw her off to the gate.
Coincidentally, just as Zhao Ru was being sent off, the fourth young lady from the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion arrived.
Shen Wan was not that surprised when Miss Zhao came to give her some makeup, but when Miss Wei Mingzhu, the fourth girl, came, it was completely beyond Shen Wan's expectations.
Wei Mingzhu got off the carriage, “Miss Shen Er doesn’t welcome me?”
Shen Wan suppressed the surprise in her eyes, curled her lips and smiled, "How could that be? I'm so happy that you came to give my eldest sister some makeup."
Shen Wan invited Wei Mingzhu into the house, and the two went to the garden talking and laughing.
Qu Yan was surprised to see Wei Mingzhu coming, and then she said to Shen Wu, "I didn't expect the fourth young lady from the Duke of Wei's mansion would come. I see that the second young lady has a very close relationship with her. Shouldn't the third young lady, for the sake of the second young lady, make peace with the fourth young lady from now on?"
Qu Yan responded to Chen Wu's words without missing a single word.
Shen Wu gritted her teeth in anger. She didn't have Qu Yan's patience. She said to Wei Mingzhu, "You dare to come to my Dingguo Mansion?!"
Wei Mingzhu didn't say anything, and Shen Wan scolded, "Everyone is a guest, and this is how Third Sister treats guests?!"
Chen Wu pointed at Wei Mingzhu and said, "What kind of guest is she?!"
Shen Wan's eyes were cold and he spoke slowly, "She is a friend of mine and my eldest sister."
Chen Wu said coldly, "You are friends with her, where do you put our sisterhood?!"
Shen Wan laughed when she heard this. She was not worthy of mentioning sisterhood. "If Fourth Sister had not been so clumsy and bumped into Fourth Miss Wei, I would have gone with my mother to the Duke of Wei's Mansion on behalf of the Second House to apologize. I wouldn't have discovered that Fourth Miss Wei and I have similar temperaments and met too late."
Shen Wu's face froze when she heard this. Anyone with ears could hear the hidden meaning in Shen Wan's words.
Chen Wu questioned Shen Wan about their sisterly love, and Chen Wan directly refuted Shen Wu with the Second Master. The Second Master used his illegitimate daughter to pretend to be his niece and deceived Shen Ji for four years. Compared with her friendship with Wei Mingzhu and the Second Master's deception of Shen Ji, it was not worth mentioning.
Before questioning her for not taking sisterhood seriously, she should first reflect on what her own father has done.
It was a loud slap, and Shen Wu stomped her feet and left angrily.
Chen Wan ignored Chen Wu and asked Wei Mingzhu to sit down and have tea. Wei Mingzhu knew that coming here would anger Chen Wu, but she didn't want to miss her friend Chen Wan because of Shen Wu. Besides, if she could make Chen Wu angry, why not do it?
Wei Mingzhu said, "It seems that my visit has caused you trouble."
Shen Wanhui smiled and said, “I don’t mind more trouble like this.”
The two smiled at each other.
Shen Wan warmly entertained Wei Mingzhu and even took her to Qingyi Garden to sit for a while. However, after Wei Mingzhu left, Shen Wan was called away by the old lady.
The old lady drank her tea and asked casually, "When did you become so close to the fourth young lady of the Duke of Wei's mansion?"
Shen Wan didn't answer, but asked instead, "Can't I be friends with Miss Wei Si?"
The old lady's eyes darkened slightly. "You know that your third sister and her are incompatible."
Chen Wan said, "I know that my third sister and Miss Wei Si have always been at loggerheads. I quite like Miss Wei Si's personality. I asked mother if I could befriend Miss Wei Si, and mother said yes.
I was afraid that Grandmother would be angry. Mother said that Second Uncle had good personal relationships with the ministers who disagreed with Father's political views. Even in matters of the court, Grandmother didn't restrict Second Uncle, so why would she care about such a small matter as my friendship with the Fourth Miss Wei?
Shen Wan's clear voice echoed in the room, leaving the old lady speechless.
The Second Master could ignore Chen Ji and make friends with those ministers in private, so why should she accommodate Chen Wu? Why couldn't she make friends with people that Chen Wu didn't like?
If the old lady dared to ask her to do so, she would immediately go to her father and ask him to strictly discipline the second master and make him do everything according to her wishes.
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