Chapter 67: Slap in the face, these chatterboxes
"Madam Shen, as brother and sister-in-law to you and Duke Ning, why don't you pay attention to Mr. Shen Qi's marriage? You raised him and have such a great favor. Even if he gets married, he won't compete with you for the family property. Why are you so cruel to delay him?"
“…”
Several ladies talked at the same time, one after another, clearly criticizing the Shen couple for being cruel and deliberately not giving Shen Yuanhao a chance.
Some people also ridiculed Chen Mu for having crippled legs but rejecting the Su family's marriage proposal without considering his own abilities, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to find a husband in the future.
Mrs. Shen was used to hearing these words, and apart from feeling that they were harsh, she didn't have much emotion, but Shen Qingyi and Shen Wan were almost mad to death.
[Wow, today I finally got to see the power of a gossip girl.]
[He's not very good at anything, but he's the best at gossiping.]
[Your own backyard is a mess, and you still have the time to worry about my Seventh Uncle's affairs? My Seventh Uncle and Sister Yuese are doing well, there's no need for you to worry about them.]
My eldest brother's legs are almost healed. Don't you forget how all the unmarried ladies here were throwing themselves at him before he got injured?
【……】
After complaining for a while, Chen Wan still felt unsatisfied. She stared at the ladies who spoke the most unpleasantly and listed their ugly deeds one by one in her mind.
[Just be thankful that I can't speak, otherwise I would have made you lose face in public.]
"Mrs. Lu, you were the one who just said that my parents wanted to monopolize the family wealth and that's why they deliberately refused to marry my seventh uncle, right?"
[You're really the thief crying "stop thief!" Aren't you the one who did these dirty things?]
[In order to seize the power of the housekeeper, he took advantage of Lord Lu's absence on official business and cruelly killed his mother-in-law. He also bullied the orphan girl from the second wife and trained her like a dog. After torturing her to insanity, he chained her up and locked her in the backyard woodshed.]
[You've taken all of someone else's mother's dowry and the second wife's wealth and left them to your own daughter. Even Lü Zhi is not as cruel as you.]
[And that Mrs. Fan, you were the one who just said my eldest brother's legs were crippled, right?]
"My brother's legs are just injured, how can it compare to your special hobby and become a hot topic?"
[You look fair and tender, quite well-proportioned, but why do you love the smell of stinky feet? Because of this habit, you didn't allow Master Fan to wash his feet for months. Every night, you hold Master Fan's stinky feet in your hands and smell them. When you can't help yourself, you can't help but kiss them a few times.]
[Ugh, this is so hard to understand. How could such a fetish exist in this world?]
"Just thinking about it makes me want to pinch my nose. Smelly feet that haven't been washed for months, could be as bad as biological weapons, right?"
【……】
Shen Qingyi: "..."
Mrs. Shen: “…”
The mother and daughter widened their eyes in disbelief, looking at each lady named by Chen Wan one by one, their faces full of disbelief.
Especially when talking about Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Fan, the mother and daughter couldn't help but laugh.
That Madam Lu, is she so cruel?
The second wife was the daughter of the richest man in Nanzhou Prefecture. When she got married, her dowry was ten miles long. The shops and land deeds alone filled an entire box, which shocked the whole capital.
Five years ago, the second wife of the Lu family encountered a mountain flood while they were out and died, leaving behind only a nine-year-old orphan girl and countless gold and silver shops.
Now, the orphan girl from the second family is probably only fourteen years old.
Some time ago, I heard that the girl fell ill due to grief over her grandmother's death, but I didn't expect that the inside story was so explosive.
The poor little girl was tortured to death by her own aunt, who chained her and locked her in the woodshed in the backyard. The aunt also took away the dowry and all the family property of the second wife.
As for Madam Fan, let's not talk about her...
The mother and daughter of the Shen family clenched their fists tightly, their hearts filled with sympathy for the poor little girl. It was just a pity that it was difficult for a judge to judge family affairs.
That little girl has gone crazy. Even if they want to seek justice for her, I'm afraid she won't cooperate.
In this world, there never seems to be a shortage of evil people, nor of people who die unjustly.
He has a kind heart but no ruthless tactics.
A deep sense of powerlessness emerged in the hearts of both mother and daughter.
"Today, I, the princess, invited you all to attend the little prince's birthday banquet, not to ask you to talk too much. You are going a little too far."
Hearing those harsh remarks, Princess Su's face turned cold, and she looked at those ladies who were looking for trouble with displeasure.
When the ladies who were talking at once heard the princess' words, they looked embarrassed for a moment, smiled awkwardly and shut up.
Madam Shen also came back to her senses, looked at Princess Su with gratitude, then nodded and looked at the other ladies.
"Don't worry about the Shen family's affairs."
"Speaking of which, if all the young ladies in the capital were as gossipy as you, I would think it would be a good thing for Old Seven and Mu'er not to marry, so as to avoid disrupting the family peace after marrying them and making them suffer as much as you, the masters, do you think?"
"puff!!!"
Hearing this, Princess Su couldn't help laughing, but she quickly reacted and covered her mouth with a handkerchief, looking like she was having a hard time holding it back.
It would have been fine if she didn't laugh, but when she did, those gossipy ladies couldn't hold back anymore. Their faces flushed red, and they were filled with shame, but they didn't know how to refute.
[Wow, beautiful, beautiful, what mother said is so beautiful.]
[I have to applaud my mother.]
[That's right, with these nagging girls, whoever marries them will suffer, right? It's better to remain single.]
[You can't even handle your own family affairs, but you keep staring at other people's families all day long. You're really bored and just looking for trouble.]
【……】
Shen Wan praised her mother in her heart and applauded her. Upon hearing this, the corners of Mrs. Shen's lips curled up slightly.
Her eyes fell on Madam Lu, and she said meaningfully, "Madam Lu, I take what you said just now very seriously."
"I remember that the wife of the Lu family's second wife was the daughter of the richest man in Nanzhou Prefecture. When she married into the Lu family, her dowry was ten miles long and caused a sensation throughout Kyoto. Now that something has happened to the second wife, why hasn't the girl from the second wife shown up?"
"Swish..."
Mrs. Lu's face turned pale in an instant.
What did this woman mean by specifically mentioning the second wife's dowry and the girl from the second wife's family?
Could it be that she knew something?
No, no, no, that won't happen. The powerful people in Beijing are so busy, who has time to pay attention to a little girl?
The Second House and the Shen family have never had any intersection, especially Madam Shen, who is busy taking care of the affairs of the Shen family's inner house all day long. How can she have time to pay attention to that little bastard?
It must be because she said something unpleasant before and angered her, so she deliberately brought up this matter to embarrass her. She just had to deny it.
She didn't believe that Madam Shen would vent her anger for that little bastard.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu relaxed all over and put on a decent smile on her face.
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