Chapter 036: Summoning Her to the Palace
Shen Ningyuan was speechless for a moment.
He glanced at Cui Jin quietly, smacked his lips, and didn't know what to say.
She felt her mother was showing off her wealth, but she had no evidence.
"Yuan'er, listen to me. Don't sacrifice the rest of your life for the dowry. Even if you live at home for the rest of your life, I can still support you."
Seeing that Cui Jin really planned to support herself for the rest of her life, Shen Ningyuan quickly held her down and said seriously: "Mom, things are not as simple as you think. Didn't you listen to what Dad said just now? Now the Ji family is the weaker party, and everyone will sympathize with the Ji family and pity the Ji family."
As soon as Shen Ningyuan finished speaking, Shen Haoyue took over her words and said in a deep voice: “In this situation, no matter what we do, outsiders will think that our Shen family is bullying the Ji family who just died and knew their son.”
After hearing what the two said, Cui Jin fell silent.
After a moment, Cui Jin could no longer suppress her anger and shouted, "Then what should we do? Are we just going to watch the black-hearted Ji family abuse my Yuan'er?"
Shen Haoyue didn’t say anything, but just looked at Shen Ningyuan with eyes full of heartache.
The other people also looked at Shen Ningyuan with complicated expressions.
Only Cui Mingzhu looked at Shen Ningyuan insidiously and complacently, snorting contemptuously from her nose.
Of all the people present, she was the only one who knew the situation best.
What will Shen Ningyuan face after returning to the Ji family?
Or in other words...how many days can I live?
At this time, Qin Lin, Shen Potian’s personal guard, ran in from outside and said sternly, “General, the Ji family has arranged a carriage and entered the palace!”
"What?"
Shen Potian couldn't sit still immediately, he stood up and rushed to Qin Lin, twisting Qin Lin's collar, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong, the Ji family really entered the palace?"
Qin Lin nodded calmly, raised his hand and pushed Shen Potian's hand away, "General, it's about the young lady... and the Shen family. Your subordinates will not be wrong. Ji Zehai really brought Chen into the palace. I estimate that they are almost at the palace gate at this moment."
As he spoke, Qin Lin's eyes involuntarily swept towards Shen Ningyuan.
Seeing that her eyes seemed to be looking over here, Qin Lin immediately looked away.
"The Ji family came to the palace at this time, they must have gone to complain to the emperor!" Shen Potian angrily pounded the table with his fist and snorted, "Ji Zehai, this old thing, is still complaining to the emperor at his age."
"I despise it!"
Shen Potian raised his finger to the sky. "You want His Majesty to put pressure on me and force us to send Yuan'er back to the Ji family? Forget it!"
After shouting these words, Shen Potian's old face swelled up black and red.
He almost lost his breath and fell back into his chair, slumping in it and taking a deep breath.
"Daddy, are you okay?"
Shen Ningyuan was startled and quickly ran over to calm Shen Potian down.
Then he asked Cui Jin who was standing beside him, "Mother, what happened to father?"
Cui Jin frowned slightly, but soon returned to normal, and said in a brisk tone: "This is an old illness of your father. He fought in the frontier for many years and his lungs were damaged by the wind and sand. It was not obvious when he was young, but now that he is old, the symptoms have become obvious."
"Really?" Shen Ningyuan was a little unconvinced.
Cui Jin nodded heavily, "Of course it's true. How could mother lie to you about this?"
Although Cui Jin spoke frankly, Shen Ningyuan still had doubts in her heart, and always felt that her father's health was not as easy as her mother said.
But it doesn’t matter. If my parents don’t want to tell me, that means it’s not the right time yet.
She'll know later.
After Shen Potian recovered, Shen Ningyuan suddenly looked at Qin Lin and asked seriously, “Besides Chen, who else did Ji Zehai bring with him when he entered the palace?”
Being stared at by Shen Ningyuan, Qin Lin seemed a little nervous, with a strange blush on his face.
But it was only a moment, Qin Lin returned to normal, and answered Shen Ningyuan's words, "Miss, besides Chen, there seems to be another nanny. I heard Chen call her Nanny Ming..."
"Madame Ming?" Shen Ningyuan's eyes widened in shock.
Seeing Chen Ningyuan so surprised, Cui Jin also asked nervously: "Yuan'er, who is this Ming Mama?"
Shen Ningyuan frowned and said truthfully: "Madame Ming is the matron in charge of my courtyard. Why did Chen bring her into the palace?"
Cui Jin was also a little confused and asked suspiciously, "Indeed, if you are going to the palace to file a complaint, why bring a nanny with you?"
After the atmosphere was deadlocked for a moment, Shen Ningyuan suddenly reacted, "I know what the Ji family wants to do!"
"What does the Ji family want to do?" Cui Jin asked nervously.
But after taking a look at Cui Mingzhu, Shen Ningyuan chose to remain silent.
Cui Mingzhu is still here, so she definitely can't say it now.
"Yuan'er, tell me quickly, are you trying to make your mother die of anxiety?" Cui Jin poked Chen Ningyuan.
Cui Mingzhu also twisted her handkerchief nervously, her eyes fixed on Shen Ningyuan.
She just didn't believe it.
Shen Ningyuan, this bitch, could even foresee the Ji family's plan.
While Cui Mingzhu was staring at Shen Ningyuan, the latter was also staring at her out of the corner of his eye.
After seeing the calculation in Cui Mingzhu's eyes, Shen Ningyuan pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Mom, I'm not really sure. Anyway, the Ji family called Ming Mama from my courtyard into the palace. They must have bad intentions. It will probably not be long before we have to enter the palace too."
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan shrugged, looking very helpless.
Seeing Shen Ningyuan's reaction, Cui Mingzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s what she said, how could Shen Ningyuan be so prophetic and foresee the Ji family’s conspiracy in advance?
When Cui Jin heard that she was going to enter the palace, she immediately became excited, "Let's go to the palace!"
Then she patted the back of Shen Ningyuan's hand and said seriously: "Yuan'er, don't worry, mother will accompany you to the palace, and will never let anyone bully you!"
"I also want to follow my aunt and cousin into the palace!" After Cui Jin finished speaking, Cui Mingzhu also responded eagerly.
Everyone looked at Cui Mingzhu, their faces full of confusion.
Shen Potian asked in a deep voice: “Your hand is still injured, what are you doing in the palace?”
"Uncle, I'm not afraid that my aunt and cousin can't handle it. I thought that if I go with them, I could help at the critical moment." Cui Mingzhu explained in a low voice.
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan snorted in his heart.
How could Cui Mingzhu want to help at the critical moment?
She clearly wanted to push herself into the water at the critical moment!
Shen Potian shook his head and said, “You don’t have to go.”
"Uncle?" Cui Mingzhu was puzzled.
“Even your aunt won’t go.” Shen Potian added.
This time, it was Cui Jin's turn to lose his composure, and he yelled at Shen Potian: "Why don't you let me go? If I don't go, what if Yuan'er is bullied?"
Shen Potian glanced at her dimly, “How dare you enter the palace?”
"Have you forgotten that ten years ago, you attended a palace banquet and scolded the Queen so much that she cried, and the Queen complained to the Emperor?"
As he said this, Shen Potian’s eyes were full of resentment, “During that time, I went to the palace every day to accompany the emperor to drink tea. Drinking tea would be fine, but I also had to accompany him to laugh, and I was almost sleeping with him!”
Cui Jin: "I..."
After hearing what Shen Potian said, Cui Jin’s face was shocked, and he hesitated for a long time, but couldn’t say anything to refute.
Because she knew that what Shen Potian said was the truth.
And she hasn't entered the palace since ten years ago.
The Queen is narrow-minded. Now that she has entered the palace again, she will definitely take the opportunity to find fault with her.
By then, Shen Ningyuan’s situation will be even more unfriendly.
Just as Cui Jin was thinking, a shrill voice came from outside the door.
"The Queen has issued an imperial decree to summon the young mistress of the Ji family, Ji Shen, to the palace for an audience!"
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