Shen Ying laughed and said, "Fourth Aunt, it won't do for me to just thank you verbally."
The implication is that a proper thank-you gift should be given.
When it comes to grabbing things, no one is better than Shen Ying.
The fourth wife readily complied.
Shen Wan couldn't stand Shen Ying's behavior and said to Shen Wei, "The flower decoration on your forehead can be washed off with some vegetable oil, but it's best to have a royal physician take a look at the injury on your face."
Shen Wei truly felt Shen Wan's concern and nodded, saying, "I've seen a doctor at the Duke of Wei's residence."
To avoid worrying the old lady, the fourth wife took Shen Wei to Qinghui Courtyard first.
Seeing the injuries on Shen Wei's face, the old lady was heartbroken. "It's a good thing she was wearing a mask. Otherwise, such a beautiful face would have been disfigured after being hit so hard."
After a few words of reflection, the old lady asked the fourth wife to take Shen Wei back, but left behind the maid who had accompanied Shen Wei to the Duke of Wei's mansion.
The old lady asked the maid, "Besides the Fourth Miss, are there any other young ladies from prominent families going to the Duke of Wei's mansion to admire the flowers today?"
The maid nodded, "And the third daughter of Hanlin Academician Zhao, the second daughter of Vice Minister Liu, and..."
The maidservant rattled off five or six young ladies from prominent families.
Three of them were born of the principal wife, and three were born of concubines.
The legitimate daughters came from less prestigious families, while the illegitimate daughters came from more prestigious families, but overall they were about the same. In order not to affect the eldest grandson's inheritance of the title, the Duchess of Wei was very careful in choosing a second wife for her son.
The second wife said, "The third daughter of the Hanlin Academy scholar's family has beautiful calligraphy, the second daughter of the Liu family, the vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue, plays the pipa beautifully, and..."
"The Fourth Sister has little chance of winning against the rest of them."
If she were the Duchess of Wei, she definitely wouldn't have chosen the Fourth Sister.
The old lady picked up her teacup and gently stirred it, saying, "It's already a stroke of luck that we were able to return unharmed; how could we dare to hope for anything else?"
“What the old lady says is true,” the second wife nodded repeatedly.
From their faces, Shen Wan could not see any expectation they had for Shen Wei. Or rather, they were happy that Shen Wei was not chosen. They said nice things, but they were selfish to the core. It was no exaggeration to say that they were two-faced.
Shen Wan didn't stay long before returning to Qinglan Garden. After lunch, the Fourth Madam sent her personal maid to deliver a pair of jade hairpins.
Shen Wan looked at the maid, "What is Fourth Aunt doing?"
The maid said, "Thanks to the eldest young lady today, the fourth young lady is alright. The fourth madam is grateful to you and specially ordered me to deliver this. Once the fourth young lady is better, she will come to thank the eldest young lady in person."
After a pause, the maid added, "It was also sent to the Second Miss."
Normally, she would have waited until Shen Wei's face recovered before going out of the mansion to pick out some jewelry and then come to express her gratitude to Shen Wan. However, Shen Ying was impatient and couldn't wait to ask for a thank-you gift at the second gate. Since the Fourth Madam had given one to Shen Ying, it wouldn't be right not to give one to Shen Wan, so she sent a maid to deliver it.
But Shen Wan refused to accept it. She told her maid to take the jade hairpin back, saying, "We're all sisters in the same household. It would be too formal to thank each other for something so small."
"But……"
The maid refused to take it back, so Shen Wan said, "Just relay the message truthfully, and Fourth Aunt won't blame you."
The maid took the things back with them, just as she had brought them.
The next day, Shen Wan went to pay her respects to the old lady. Upon seeing her, Shen Ying said, "Fourth Aunt gave Eldest Sister a pair of jade hairpins. Why didn't Eldest Sister accept them?"
Shen Wan looked at Shen Ying and feigned surprise, saying, "Second Sister wouldn't have accepted it, would she?"
Of course she accepted it; it was what she deserved.
If she hadn't bumped into her, Shen Wei would have been disfigured. Such a great favor, she felt that two jade hairpins were not enough.
Seeing Shen Ying's matter-of-fact expression, Shen Wan thought of how Shen Ying had repeatedly asked her to repay Xie Jingyin's life-saving grace in her previous life. With this kind of nature of repaying kindness with gratitude, if she didn't help Shen Wei remove this favor today, she was afraid she would never be able to repay it in the future. Shen Wan said, "Although my mask saved Fourth Sister from disaster, if I think about it carefully, if I hadn't painted the crooked flower head, she might not have encountered this calamity at all. How could I have the nerve to accept a thank-you gift?"
She was embarrassed; if Shen Ying were to feel embarrassed, she'd be incredibly shameless.
Shen Wan underestimated Shen Ying's shamelessness. Shen Ying was very self-righteous, "Even the eldest sister herself said it was uncertain, and this matter is too coincidental. Of all the young ladies who went, only the fourth sister wore a mask, and only she was almost injured. I believe this is all preordained."
As she spoke, Shen Ying shook the old lady's arm and said, "Grandmother, don't you think so?"
The old lady patted Shen Ying's hand with a smile, "Yes, your fourth sister is safe and sound thanks to you."
Shen Wan got goosebumps all over her arms; she felt nauseous and almost threw up the food she had eaten that morning.
Shen Wan couldn't stand it any longer and was about to return to Qinglan Garden when a maid came in and announced, "Madam, the Duchess of Wei has arrived."
The Duchess of Wei's arrival at this hour must be to apologize to Shen Wei for being injured at the Duke of Wei's residence.
The old lady said, "Please invite the Duchess of Wei into the house."
The maidservant withdrew, and a short while later, the Duchess of Wei entered.
Lady Wei looked apologetic. "Yesterday I invited the fourth young lady of the family to my Wei State Mansion to enjoy the flowers, but I didn't expect such an accident to happen. I feel really bad for the fourth young lady."
The old lady invited the Duchess of Wei to sit down, and then said, "It was not intentional on your part, and thankfully there is no serious injury. The Duchess of Wei has no reason to feel guilty."
Lady Wei sat down and flattered the old lady, saying, "I think the fourth young lady is extremely lucky. If it were someone else, she would probably have been carried out of my Duke Wei's mansion yesterday."
If you're truly blessed, you won't encounter such unpleasant things.
The old lady knew that the Duchess of Wei was only offering it lip service; it was just something she said casually, and she took it with a grain of salt. No one would take it seriously.
Since they had come to apologize, they had to bring gifts as an apology. The Duchess of Wei brought quite a lot of things. In addition to the tonics, silks, satins and jewelry for Shen Wei, she also brought a ginseng and some cordyceps for the old lady.
Looking at those things, Shen Wan raised her eyebrows slightly. In her previous life, Shen Wei suffered such serious injuries, and the Duchess of Wei sent her the same things, but she only brought a ginseng root for the old lady. In this life, Shen Wei's injuries were much lighter, but she still brought cordyceps for the old lady.
Shen Wan was somewhat unable to understand the actions of the Duchess of Wei.
Does more serious injury necessarily mean more compensation?
How come it's reversed...?
The Duchess of Wei talked with the old lady for a while, her words full of remorse. Still worried, she went to see Shen Wei.
After the Duchess of Wei left, the Princess Consort of Shou also arrived. Because her son was naughty and almost seriously injured, Shen Wei came to apologize. The apology gift she brought was similar to that of the Duchess of Wei, which made the Duchess of Wei's apology gift seem more substantial. After all, the accident was not caused by anyone from the Duke of Wei's mansion. To the Duke of Wei's mansion, the young heir of the Prince of Shou's mansion was also a guest.
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