Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Separation is a lifelong learning process...
The atmosphere remained tense, and the smile on Shen Lai's face was very awkward.
After all, this is the secret of the family residence of a noble family and now it has been exposed by the eldest princess, or maybe this is still the daughter-in-law after all.
Even though Shen Rang has been removed from the genealogy of the Runan Shen family, broken bones are still connected by tendons. As the head of the family and an elder, Shen Lai naturally couldn't save face.
But under the powerful situation, he had no choice but to order the servants and slaves present to be dismissed to save his own face.
After all, even in the deep palace backyard, there is no impenetrable wall. In a few days, the secrets of the Runan Shen family's residence will surely circulate in various dirty places in the streets.
What Shen Lai had to do was to kill the servants present today in order to save the Shen family's reputation.
After all the servants of the Shen family left, Shen Lai glanced at Yu Shu. Shen Rang understood but was too lazy to waste time talking to him.
Fang nodded and asked Yu Shu to go out and wait.
When there were only four of them left in the hall, Mrs. Yang, although almost fifty years old, still had her charm due to good maintenance.
She seized the opportunity to get up and grabbed Shen Lai's hand: "Master, please make the decision for me. I have been accused of murder by the princess's unreasonable questioning. I am innocent!"
Suddenly, Shen Lai raised his hand and slapped Yang without hesitation. This slap was for Yang's rude words.
It was also a means for Chen Lai to deceive the princess as soon as possible because he was afraid of getting into trouble.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the eldest princess looking down at Shen Rang and admiring her newly dyed nail polish.
Shen Lai knew that it was not enough.
He closed his eyes, helpless...
I could only take down the family rules hanging on the wall.
When Yang saw the spikes on the wolf-tooth stick were stained with old blood, she was so frightened that she broke out in beads of cold sweat, soaking her clothes.
She would have already stopped caring by then. How could she and Shen Lai, who had been married for many years, not know how cruel and inhuman this man was?
Yang pointed at Chen Lai with her neck stiffened and cursed, "Chen Lai, you black-hearted bastard! We've been married for years, yet you're torturing me without a trace of remorse!? What happened back then, do you think you did so cleanly? You're using me as a sharp weapon in your hand. If I hadn't caught you and covered up for you, how could the Zeng family have let you go?!"
Suddenly, Shen Rang raised his eyes and said, "What did you say?"
Seeing that her relationship was now exposed, Yang was either going to be beaten to death by Shen Lai or fall into the hands of Shen Rang. She might as well take a chance. Perhaps Shen Rang would spare her life because of her confession.
Madam Yang wiped the tears from her face and knelt down to kowtow to Chen Rang to apologize: "Second Young Master, I was the one who gave the mistress cinnabar back then, and I was also the one who bribed the midwife in Shangjing in advance."
"But all this is inseparable from Shen Lai's planning. He originally had evil intentions because the Shen family was gradually declining among the four major families. He blamed your mother for being a merchant and unable to provide him with support in his official career."
"Back then, I discovered he had someone tamper with the mistress's medicine. I originally thought it was just a miscarriage, but I never imagined..." Yang looked up at Shen Lai and said, "He actually poisoned his own wife and son with cinnabar!"
"Pregnant women won't have any reaction in the short term if they take an overdose of cinnabar, but once the cinnabar is allowed to blend with the blood and circulate throughout the body... the fetus will become grotesquely shaped and impossible to be born. The mistress doesn't have a midwife, and the family won't let the imperial physician come for the sake of face. Over time, the woman will run out of energy and die in labor!" Yang felt very sad every time she mentioned it.
It is not the sorrow for the mistress, but the sorrow for the man’s heart.
She has been humble and modest for so many years, not daring to make any mistakes because she knows what kind of person Shen Lai is.
Shen Rang's body was covered with goose bumps. He laughed and looked at Shen Lai's sanctimonious appearance in a very funny way.
He laughed at his mother's dying request to him not to blame Chen Lai, he laughed at his unborn brother being killed by his own father, he laughed at the fact that he had trusted Chen Lai's lies for so many years while recognizing a thief as his father.
"I never expected that my mother-in-law died in the internal strife among the women in the family...but it turned out that Minister Shen was also involved." Yuan Susu was finally enlightened by Shen Lai's hatred.
Su Su said coldly, "For the sake of power, he has even attacked his own son. Why doesn't Lord Shen use this devious mindset to improve his own career?"
Shen Rang was still in a daze. There was no anger in his mind, only heartache for his mother. He was in great pain.
He came to his senses and looked at Shen Lai, who was so flustered that he didn't even have the courage to defend himself.
Shen Rang looked at Su Su with a slightly dejected look: "Su Su, I want to go home."
Yuan Susu knew that he must be very sad. A person as proud as Shen Rang would not cry in front of outsiders.
It must be very uncomfortable to hold it in.
Yuan Susu helped Chen Rang to his feet and instructed Yu Shu, "Take them both to Zhao Prison and wait for me to report to His Majesty for interrogation."
Yu Shu saluted: "Yes."
Along the way, Shen Rang's face looked very unhappy, and he kept looking at one place with a dull look in his eyes.
Until they returned to the bedroom in the mansion and closed the door, Shen Rang held Su Su in his arms.
His tears flowed silently, and Su Su hugged him tighter: "If you want to cry, just cry it out."
"No matter how much I hated Chen Lai over the years, I just thought he had been immersed in the customs of the aristocratic family for too long. His mother's death was related to him, but in the end, it was all because of Yang's jealousy..."
Chen Rang sneered: "But I never thought that the person my mother told me not to hate before she died was the one she loved all her life and who had personally taken her life."
"Don't interfere in Shen Lai's affairs. I'm going to the palace today to ask His Majesty to send someone to thoroughly investigate what happened. I will definitely give an explanation to your mother and you." Yuan Susu's nose was filled with the cold cedar scent of Shen Rang.
"Okay." After a long time, Shen Rang's voice became hoarse and he closed his eyes, tears slowly rolling down from the corners of his eyes.
[Ding Dong, Favorability +3]
At nightfall, Yuan Che invited Susu to have dinner in the palace.
When he returned to the mansion, Shen Rang was taking a bath.
Su Su sneaked over and watched the handsome man coming out of the bath through the screen.
Shen Rang was startled by Su Su. He threw the clothes beside him to cover Su Su's face and chuckled softly with doting: "I find that you are becoming more and more perverted."
[Ding Dong, Favorability +2]
"I learned that from you too!!" Yuan Susu said confidently.
After Shen Rang wiped the water droplets off his body, he looked at Su Su holding a pot of Qiong Yaozui specially provided by the palace.
"His Majesty really likes you. He even gave you a pot of Qiong Yaozui every year." Shen Rang gathered his clothes and walked out of the bathroom.
Yuan Susu was in a very good mood today, perhaps because she had resolved the difficult issues in Shen Rang's heart, or perhaps because she had met Yuan Che and received a precious reward.
In short, she was in a very good mood.
Su Su poured two glasses of wine, looked at Shen Rang with bright eyes and said, "This first glass of wine is for my mother-in-law. If she knew about it in the afterlife, she would be happy that we avenged her."
Shen Rang nodded with a hint of sadness in his eyes. He hid it very deeply and didn't want Su Su to see it and ruin the atmosphere.
After drinking a glass of wine, I found that it was indeed a good wine. It did not have the spiciness of ancient liquor, but it was very easy to swallow.
It won't burn you, and the aftertaste is filled with fruity aroma.
It's a good wine.
Su Su filled Shen Rang's glass again. She said, "This second glass of wine is for... every friend and relative we've met in this scripted world! They've all been so kind to us, and they're all people we'll miss after we leave, but will never see again."
Shen Rang finally understood the meaning of Su Su's drinking tonight.
It's a farewell.
Just as Su Su was about to raise her head and drink the wine, she was suddenly grabbed by Shen Rang's wrist: "How much is your favorability?"
Yuan Susu knew that she couldn't hide it from Shen Rang.
Su Su chuckled, with a hint of reluctance in her eyes: "I'm 95 now. If I work hard, maybe I can leave tonight."
"Chen Rang... I will wait for you in the original world." She wiped away the tears on Chen Rang's face and wiped them away slowly for him.
Su Su's voice trembled. She bit her lip and held his face: "Don't cry, we are just separated temporarily. Just like when you first came to Kyoto, we will meet again."
Shen Rang remembered what the system told him at that time. The system said...
Back in the real world, memories here may be damaged.
"Don't forget me when you go back," Shen Rang hugged Su Su and tried to keep her but couldn't, "You have to wait for me to come back."
Yuan Susu was very sure: "Don't worry, I will absolutely, absolutely, absolutely never forget you."
"This lifetime..."
"I will always remember this relationship in my heart." Su Su's voice trembled slightly, but she was firm and would not tolerate any objection.
When their love was at its peak, Shen Rang picked up Su Su and carried her to the bed.
The kiss was passionate and hard to let go.
Love lingered, and the lowered shark-shaped gauze curtain obscured the springtime scene in the room...
[Ding Dong, Favorability +1]
It rained for a long, long time that night.
The long dampness paints the parting...
"Chen Rang." Su Su called his name softly.
Shen Rang responded: "Hmm?"
Yuan Susu clung even closer, her reluctance mingled with a deep, long-lasting sadness...
She said, "After I leave, don't worry about anything. Complete your mission well and come back soon."
"Okay~ Don't worry, I will be back as soon as possible." Shen Rang curled his lips and gently kissed Su Su's black hair.
"During this time, you should eat well and sleep well. Don't miss me too much and don't overindulge..."
Shen Rang interrupted dissatisfiedly: "I'm not a messy person!!"
"I'm talking about you beating XX yourself..." Yuan Susu bit her lip to hold back her laughter.
Shen Rang lifted her chin: "Why don't you let me eat a little more, baby?"
Yuan Susu resisted: "Fuck me to death!"
Shen Rang paused, raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Su meaningfully: "That's what I meant~~"
"The favorability is full, it's almost full!!" Yuan Susu suddenly stopped her, "You should leave first. After I leave, Yuan Jiyin will completely be the owner of this body."
The separation came hastily and suddenly. Shen Rang didn't know why his favorability had increased so rapidly in the past few days. He began to regret it.
But...all this has already been decided.
It seems like I am powerless to change the situation.
After a long time, Shen Rang finally stood up dejectedly. He put on his clothes and hugged Su Su again.
He continued to kiss her until she was on the verge of hypoxia before he stopped.
But if you only try it for a while, you will regret it.
"Susu, don't forget me." Shen Rang repeated over and over again.
"I will never forget you..." Su Su responded over and over again.
When Shen Rang stepped out of the bedroom, the biting cold of winter pierced through his bones and blood and reached his heart little by little...
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