Chapter 186: Begging her for help
Chen didn’t expect that Shen Ningyuan would use this matter to stab her.
She stared at Shen Ningyuan in amazement, her face turning pale and blue, the words of begging kept spinning in her throat, she couldn't utter them.
Shen Ningyuan looked at Chen with a half-smile, her eyes piercing her like needles, making her feel ashamed.
Even though Shen Ningyuan didn’t say a word, the expression on Chen’s face was even more exciting when she was stared at like this.
Finally, Chen seemed to have made up her mind, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Yuan'er, I beg you, please help the Ji family this time!"
Despite Chen's pleading, Shen Ningyuan remained unmoved.
"Madam Ji, it is difficult to do what His Majesty wants. With just a few words, you want me and the Shen family to help the Ji family at the risk of offending His Majesty. Isn't it a bit unreasonable?"
Shen Ningyuan's tone was cold, even colder than before.
After saying that, he picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip slowly.
Seeing her like this, Chen became more and more flustered.
He immediately ran forward, knelt down in front of Shen Ningyuan with a plop, and hugged her thighs tightly with both hands.
"Yuan'er, for Yunchuan's sake, please be magnanimous and help the Ji family this time!" Chen cried and complained, "If the Ji family's title is gone, Yunchuan's spirit in heaven will not be able to rest in peace!"
"Mrs. Ji, you should let me go first."
Shen Ningyuan's face was full of disgust as she tried to break free from Chen's hand.
"I won't let go! Unless you promise me to help the Ji family again this time!"
Chen hugged Shen Ningyuan's thighs, crying heartbreakingly, and refused to let go.
“Again?” Shen Ningyuan snorted coldly, “It seems that Madam Ji knows very well that I have helped the Ji family many times.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen's body froze instantly and she stopped crying almost at the same time.
After a moment of stalemate, Chen stammered, "Yuan, Yuan'er, mother knows that you have helped the Ji family many times, but I promise you, this is the last time."
"The last time?" Chen Ningyuan snorted again, "You say that every time, but every time I help you, you turn your face against me."
Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows, “Am I right, Madam Ji?”
Once again, Chen was speechless. She couldn't find any words to refute for a long time and could only stand there in embarrassment.
“Mrs. Ji, please go back. This time, I will not help the Ji family.” Shen Ningyuan refused bluntly.
Chen's face turned pale instantly, and she loosened her hands hugging her thighs, looking at Shen Ningyuan helplessly with red eyes, "Even if it's for Yunchuan, you are unwilling?"
After hearing this, Shen Ningyuan felt no ripples in her heart.
She gently put down the teacup and looked at Chen who was kneeling in front of her, her eyes sweeping across her tearful face.
After sneering in his heart, he spoke softly: "Madam Ji, I have said this, you should go back."
Seeing Shen Ningyuan's firm attitude, Chen still didn't give up, but she didn't beg like she did before.
Instead, he threatened with a cold face: “Chen Ningyuan, have you really thought it through?”
Shen Ningyuan raised an eyebrow, "What do I need to think about?"
Chen gritted her teeth and said viciously: "If the Ji family loses the title, your life as a widow of a marquis will not be much better in the future!"
Threaten her?
Shen Ningyuan smiled.
Holding the teacup, he blew away the foam and said slowly, "It's okay. I have money."
Chen was so angry that her breath almost got stuck in her throat. "You——"
She gritted her teeth and continued, "So what if you are rich? Without status, you are nothing in the capital!"
Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows again, her tone a little more playful than before, “It’s okay, the General’s Mansion can protect me.”
As soon as these words came out, Chen's defense was completely broken.
He stared at Shen Ningyuan with wide eyes in disbelief, unable to speak for a long time.
Could it be that she really had no way to deal with Shen Ningyuan?
At this moment, there was a sudden "bang" and the gate was pushed open heavily from the outside.
"No need to beg her! The title of Marquis will not be lost!"
Shen Ningyuan heard the sound and looked over, and saw Old Madam Ji standing outside the courtyard gate, looking at them angrily, with a look so fierce that it seemed as if she wanted to eat someone.
Before Shen Ningyuan could react, Madam Ji, supported by Nanny Lian, strode towards them.
Walking into the inner room, Madam Ji leaned on her cane and slammed it heavily on the ground, making a dull sound.
"Madame Lian, slap my face!"
"Yes, ma'am."
Nanny Lian received the order, a sinister smile appeared on her face, and she walked towards Shen Ningyuan impatiently.
She thought, she could finally avenge the slap she received this morning!
Unexpectedly, facing Nanny Lian's relentless pressure, Shen Ningyuan did not show a trace of panic on her face.
Until Nanny Lian walked up to her, raised her arm high, and pretended to slap her.
Shen Ningyuan then reminded him slowly: "You hit the wrong person. The person the old lady wants you to hit should be...her."
As he spoke, Shen Ningyuan stretched out his finger and pointed at Chen.
Even as Nanny opened her mouth to retort, a slap fell, "I'm hitting—"
Before he could finish his words, with his palm still hanging in the air, he was interrupted by Madam Ji.
"You hit the wrong person!"
Madam Ji pointed at Chen angrily with trembling fingers, "I asked you to beat her."
Nanny Lian quickly retracted her arm and slapped Chen's face again.
After a "slap" sound, half of Chen's face was slapped red and became swollen instantly.
"Keep fighting." Madam Ji ordered with gritted teeth.
Nanny Lian didn't dare to ask more questions and could only continue slapping Chen in the face.
After being slapped several times in a row, Chen was completely stunned and forgot to resist for a moment.
It was not until Nanny Lian slapped her again, making Chen's throat taste fishy and sweet, that she finally reacted. She pushed Nanny Lian away and turned to question Madam Ji, "Madam, why did you hit me?"
"As the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, you actually kneel down and ask for help from a junior. Chen, do you have any bottom line?"
Madam Ji walked slowly to Chen, her voice so cold that it seemed to freeze, "Chen, you have completely disgraced the Ji family!"
After saying this, Madam Ji raised her hand and slapped him as well.
Shen Ningyuan watched this dog-eat-dog farce, and the smile on her face deepened.
It turns out that there are still people in the Ji family who care about their reputation.
Knowing that the elders kneeling down to the younger ones actually brought shame to the Ji family.
Chen was beaten, but she didn’t dare to look up and look into Madam Ji’s eyes, and said sadly: “But Madam, His Majesty is about to deprive the Ji family of their titles. Apart from Shen Ningyuan’s family, I can’t think of anyone else who can help the Ji family!”
Shen Ningyuan raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this.
Oh, it turns out that Chen knows it better than anyone else.
Everything that the Ji family has now is backed by the big tree of the Shen family.
"Who said that only the Shen family can help the Ji family?"
Madam Ji's face darkened, and her eyes revealed a fierce look.
And... proud.
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan raised her brows even higher.
She wanted to hear, besides the Shen family, who else could help the Ji family?
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