After Shen Wei finished speaking, he gave Jiang a warning look: "Change their clothes, give them medicine to dispel the wind and cold, and then send them to the ancestral hall to reflect on their actions. No one is allowed to plead for them!"
Jiang pursed her lips and nodded knowingly.
Shen Wei then took Shen Yuan back to Changfeng Residence.
After returning to Changfeng Residence, Shen Yuan took a hot bath to get rid of the chill from her body before getting out of the bathtub and changing into clean clothes.
While getting ready, she could clearly feel that the maids were serving her more attentively than before.
The servants trained in these grand mansions are the best at reading people. They sensed Shen Wei's high regard for Shen Yuan and knew that they had chosen the right side today.
As long as you take good care of Shen Yuan, you'll definitely reap the rewards in the future.
Shen Yuan knew what the maids were thinking, and took the opportunity to offer a few subtle hints. If she wanted to establish herself in the General's Mansion, she naturally needed capable assistants who could be of use to her advantage.
On the other side, after Shen Qingshu and Shen Changshu were sent to the ancestral hall, Jiang went to the old lady Shen's courtyard.
Old Madam Shen had been ill for the past few days and was not in good spirits. She saw Jiang Shi struggling to sit up from the bed.
"Mother, lean against the soft pillow, it will be more comfortable this way!" Jiang thoughtfully brought a soft pillow to place behind Madam Shen, then took the medicine bowl brought by the maid and personally fed Madam Shen the medicine.
After drinking the medicine, Jiang Shi steered the conversation to Shen Qingshu and Shen Changshu.
Old Madam Shen usually doted on her two grandsons. When Jiang mentioned Shen Qingshu and Shen Changshu, she subconsciously asked, "Have these two rascals been paying attention to the teacher's lessons lately?"
Jiang lowered her head: "My husband has punished them by making them kneel in the ancestral hall. I'm afraid they won't be able to go to school for the next three to five days."
"Kneeling in the ancestral hall? What happened?"
"It's a long story..."
Jiang recounted the day's events to Old Madam Shen in detail. After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes but secretly glanced upwards, observing Old Madam Shen's expression.
The old lady dotes on Changshu and Qingshu the most, so she will definitely stand up for these two children and not make them kneel in the ancestral hall.
To her surprise, Madam Shen remained silent after hearing her words.
Jiang gave Old Madam Shen a strange look.
Madam Shen exhaled a breath of stale air and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so averse to this child, Yuan Yuan?"
“Because she’s not my child!” Tears welled up in Madam Jiang’s eyes. “I didn’t like that child the first time I saw her. I always felt that she came to our General’s Mansion with some purpose in mind.”
Madam Shen continued, "I heard from my in-laws that your first pregnancy was with twins, a boy and a girl, but you were born prematurely due to falling into the water and the babies couldn't be saved."
"But these past few days I've been thinking, is it possible that one of the two children survived? Having been childless for many years, Granny Liu had other ideas. Under the pretext of burying the children, she secretly took one child and raised her herself. And that child was Yuan Yuan?"
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