Chapter 53 Slap in the face
Shen Changze and Shen Qingrong protect each other, and their brother-sister love is so deep that it makes people sick.
"Pa!" Lu Mingke couldn't bear it anymore, and turned around and slapped Shen Qingrong.
In Pingyang, when Shen Qingrong did something wrong, she would immediately repent and repent after being scolded.
Now that she has returned to Shangjing, with the protection of her mother and brother, she is so domineering and arrogant that Lu Mingke was shocked.
The sudden slap stunned everyone.
Jiang Shu never thought that the person who would uphold justice and teach Shen Qingrong a lesson for her would be Lu Mingke.
She suddenly regretted stopping and admonishing Shen Qingrong.
The arrogant and vicious Shen Qingrong is not worthy of the elegant and upright Lu Mingke.
Shen Qingrong covered her face which was beaten crooked, and looked at Lu Mingke in shock: "My husband, you beat me for an unrelated stranger."
After four years of marriage, this was the first time Lu Mingke beat her, and Shen Qingrong burst into tears of grievance.
Shen Changze felt distressed and blamed Lu Mingke: "She is your wife, how can you beat her?"
"It is precisely because she is my wife, and my parents and brothers can't discipline her that I have to discipline her. The Marquis's Mansion doesn't care about etiquette and rules, but my Lu family does."
Lu Mingke's words were extremely serious, not only hitting Shen Qingrong's face, but also Shen Changze's face.
Shen Changze frowned, his face was very embarrassed, but he couldn't find words to refute.
He was not a good debater, and he was even more speechless when he knew he was in the wrong.
But he loved his sister like a treasure, and he had never touched her, but another man hit her in front of him, which really hurt him.
Taking a long breath to calm his mind, Shen Changze said earnestly: "Even if Qingrong was wrong, she should be lectured, why hit her. After all, she is the daughter of the Marquis's family and your legal wife. How can she face people in the future if she is humiliated like this?"
Before Lu Mingke opened her mouth, Jiang Shu sneered: "The Marquis has a bad heart and poor hearing. The Marquis didn't hear a word of my advice just now."
Shen Changze was speechless.
Shen Qingrong was furious. She stared at Jiang Shu with bloodshot eyes and said hatefully, "It's all your fault. For a lowly wild rabbit, the family is in turmoil and the couple is in discord. You are a disaster!"
Hearing Shen Qingrong's scolding, Jiang Shu's face was calm. His almond eyes looked at Shen Qingrong's vicious and unrepentant face with cold eyes, and said meaningfully, "Shen Qingrong, my rabbit will not die in vain."
After leaving this sentence, Jiang Shu turned around and left without looking back.
Shen Qingrong's heart skipped a beat and she felt a huge panic.
What does Jiang Shu mean to tell Lu Mingke about what happened in the past?
No, no, no.
Shen Qingrong was terrified, but she didn't dare to show it to let Lu Mingke notice.
Lu Mingke and Shen Changze were so focused on what Jiang Shu said that they didn't notice Shen Qingrong's abnormality.
They both understood that they had to give Jiang Shu an explanation for this matter, otherwise Jiang Shu would not give up.
"Brother, let's talk in the house." Lu Mingke invited Shen Changze with a sullen face to discuss countermeasures.
Shen Qingrong followed them into the house, feeling hatred and fear in her heart.
After entering the house and sitting down, Lu Mingke asked Shen Changze: "Brother, what kind of person do you think your sister-in-law is?" Only
by knowing yourself and the enemy can you prescribe the right strategy.
Shen Changze thought seriously for a moment, pursed his lips and said: "She is kind and generous, treats people kindly, and is not a penny-pinching person."
"What about Qingrong?" Lu Mingke asked again.
After hearing Shen Changze's evaluation of Jiang Shu, combined with Shen Qingrong's words and deeds today, Lu Mingke was certain that the words Shen Qingrong had said to him about Jiang Shu before were all malicious. Shen Changze
looked up at Shen Qingrong, whose eyes were red with tears, and frowned and said carefully: "Arrogant, willful, unreasonable... and making trouble."
After hearing Shen Changze's evasive evaluation, Lu Mingke had a hint of sarcasm on his lips.
He didn't believe that Shen Changze couldn't see Shen Qingrong's badness, but was just blind and deliberately protecting her.
I don't know what evil he did in his last life to marry Shen Qingrong in this life.
Blind marriage is really harmful. With
a helpless sigh, Lu Mingke said: "In your opinion, how should this matter be resolved?"
"The one who rang the bell should be the one to untie it." Shen Changze looked at Shen Qingrong.
He had tried it just now, and his apology didn't work at all. If he wanted Jiang Shu to forgive, Shen Qingrong had to apologize in person.
But Shen Qingrong was used to being proud and had never bowed her head in front of Jiang Shu. After such a mess today, asking her to apologize to Jiang Shu again would be more painful than killing her.
"Qingrong, you are already a mother, you should be sensible and set an example for Xingyuan." Shen Changze admonished.
Lu Mingke also said: "The Lu family has strict rules. If your father and mother know what you did, you should know what the consequences will be." Shen Qingrong
was shocked and frightened.
No matter what mistakes she made, the Marquis's Mansion would unconditionally tolerate and forgive her, but the Lu family would not.
Lu Mingke was implicitly reminding her that she was a wife of the Lu family, and her fate was in the hands of the Lu family, not the Marquis's Mansion.
The slap she gave her just now was the best proof.
The Lu family was not afraid of the Marquis's Mansion at all.
After thinking through the pros and cons, Shen Qingrong bit her lip and said with difficulty: "I can apologize to my sister-in-law, but if she refuses to forgive, then it's not my fault."
"Your sister-in-law is humble and will definitely forgive you." Shen Changze breathed a sigh of relief
, as if relieved. Lu Mingke looked at the confident Shen Changze, frowning slightly and feeling a little worried.
He did not question Jiang Shu's magnanimity, but felt that Shen Qingrong had not sincerely repented, and a perfunctory apology would not be able to calm Jiang Shu's anger.
But there was no better way at the moment, so he could only take it one step at a time and act according to circumstances.
At dinner, Shen Changze and others gathered in Shouyong Hall, but Jiang Shu did not come.
If it were any other day, Old Lady Shen would be furious and would hold Jiang Shu accountable.
But today, Old Lady Shen calmly told the maid, "Go and invite Madam to dinner."
The maid took the order and left in a hurry.
In the bamboo building, Jiang Shu heard Chu Yu's report and refused directly: "I am not feeling well, so I won't go."
The rules of the Marquis' Mansion are that the elders invite and the distinguished guests wait. In the past, even if there were knives in the world, Jiang Shu would definitely go.
But now, she is extremely disappointed with the Marquis' Mansion and is too lazy to flatter them anymore.
Although the daughter of Shang Jia is humble, she is not contemptuous.
Hearing the maid's reply, Old Lady Shen was a little annoyed.
"She is rebellious."
Jiang Shu has been respectful for many years, and Old Lady Shen is used to it. She thinks that today's invitation is already a great tolerance, and Jiang Shu is really ignorant of manners. Especially in front of Lu Mingke, he made the elders lose face and made the Marquis' Mansion lose face.
Mrs. Shen was about to explode, but Lu Mingke suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go and invite my sister-in-law."
"This... how can this be? Aunt, you are a distinguished guest, how can you invite the host?" Shen's mother was shocked and ashamed.
Lu Mingke said calmly, "It is precisely because I am a guest that my sister-in-law can't refuse me."
Everyone heard that it seemed to be true.
Now the only person in the Marquis's Mansion who can save face in front of Jiang Shu is probably Lu Mingke.