In the room of the second wife, Mrs. Song, after hearing Aunt Yu's report, Mrs. Song couldn't help but exclaim.
Aunt Yu said, "The old lady is probably too busy to handle everything right now. I heard that the eldest aunt fell into the water and was pushed by her personal maid. And that maid... I heard she secretly climbed into the bed of the son-in-law of the Chen family and is now pregnant. I don't know how the Chen family got the news, and Old Lady Chen brought people here personally..."
"Oh my God!" Song was shocked.
And Shen Nian, who was sitting next to her, also widened her eyes in shock, but she was shocked by Shen Sulan's fall into the water, what a coincidence! It felt like... Her heart trembled unconsciously, and an inexplicable chill spread from the soles of her feet.
Did my sister-in-law know something?
"Sister Nian, are you feeling cold? Why are you shivering?" Song noticed something strange about her daughter.
Shen Nian came back to his senses and looked at Song angrily: "Mother, I told you a long time ago that my sister-in-law is very powerful and must not be offended, but you refused to listen and forced me to help my aunt to plot against my sister-in-law."
If my sister-in-law really knew that she pushed her on purpose that day, she would definitely not like her anymore, and might even hate her.
Thinking of this, Shen Nian became uneasy and even blamed Song in his heart.
Song was confused.
But then, thinking that Shen Nian was talking about Yang Zhao's methods of ransacking the inner palace, he couldn't help but mutter, "I didn't expect that Yang Zhao, who always seemed docile and easy to talk to, would dare to touch even the old lady's people. She is really bold and presumptuous. Isn't she afraid of being criticized and accused of being unfilial?"
Unfilial?
Shen Nian couldn't help but think of the other side of Yang Zhao she had accidentally seen during her time with her. Her uneasiness deepened again. She looked at Song, who only cared about her own little piece of land, and felt inexplicably irritated. She persuaded:
"Mother, you just have to remember that you must never offend your sister-in-law. If we want to live a good life in the future, we must please our sister-in-law and never go against her."
But Song didn't take her words to heart.
Instead, he said to her, "When your father and brothers come back, you should stop going to Qinyuan and following Yang Zhao. Whether our second branch lives well in the future depends on your father and brothers."
"When the time comes, you should stay by your mother's side and learn the inner house woman's skills. This is what we women should do, not follow Yang Zhao and show off, bringing disgrace to the family..."
Shen Nian wanted to roll her eyes.
Her mother was truly stupid. If she hadn't been so flattering in front of Yang Zhao all these years, how could their illegitimate second wife have lived so happily? Her father was born out of wedlock, and he wouldn't even be in Old Madam Shen's eyes. Even if he returned, how much help could the Shen family give him?
It’s better to get to the point.
However, Shen Nian stopped persuading her. She would never listen to her mother again anyway. She must seize Yang Zhao's love for her and get some of Yang Zhao's property before she gets married.
That will be her confidence in the future.
"Okay, mother, please stop saying bad things about my sister-in-law behind her back. If it gets out, it will be bad for you and our second wife. If you have nothing else to say, I'll go back to my room first."
Shen Nian stood up and left.
Song frowned and said to Aunt Yu beside her, "Look at this girl. She has really learned bad habits from following Yang Zhao. Now she has no manners at all."
Aunt Yu naturally didn't dare to agree, "Our Nian Jie'er is a smart child, and she's also beautiful. If Madam teaches her well later, she will definitely be very outstanding. She might even be the most outstanding girl in our Shen family in the future!"
Song liked to hear this.
"Okay, let's not talk about her anymore. According to the old lady, the men of our Shen family will only be able to return to the capital in the next two days. The master and his family are definitely suffering. Go to my warehouse and take out the century-old ginseng..."
Isn't it a crime?
The day when the men of the Shen family returned to Beijing was known to everyone in the city.
But this was not because of the return of the Shen family that attracted attention, but because the long rows of carts entering the city were so eye-catching that it was impossible not to attract attention.
“Where did these refugees come from?”
"Why did the soldiers guarding the city let all these refugees in? Did something big happen outside?"
"They are not refugees. I heard that these are the exiled males of the Shen family who were pardoned and returned by His Majesty."
"The Shen family? Are you talking about the Shen family that killed Elder Shen by ramming his head into the throne room six years ago? But I seem to have heard that they won't be back until spring!"
"I heard that the Marquis of Zhenbei and the Crown Prince used their recent military achievements to exchange for their early return. The Shen family is truly blessed to be able to marry into the Marquis of Zhenbei's mansion!"
"I heard that in recent years, the Marquis of Zhenbei has been pleading for the men of the Shen family and using his power to protect them at the border. That's why all the men of the Shen family have been saved."
"That's right. When the Shen family was in trouble, if it weren't for the daughter of the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion marrying into the Shen family with a rooster in her arms, with the Zhenbei Marquis's reputation as a signboard, and the daughter of the Yang family resolutely supporting the entire Shen family, those women in the Shen family would have died long ago."
"Fortunately, the male heir of the Shen family has finally returned, and the eldest daughter of the Yang family has finally found happiness after all the hardships she has endured..."
"But why are all these men of the Shen family injured like this?"
There was constant discussion among the crowd.
Shen Li, lying on one of the carts, was surrounded by people staring at him and talking about him. He wanted to bury his head in the tattered quilt, but the pain in his legs and the injuries in his hands prevented him from even moving.
At this moment, a shadow fell over his head.
It is Wei Yaer's veil hat.
She took it off her head and covered his face with it, then she lowered her head and followed closely beside the cart, saying softly to him, "Brother Chen, please bear with it for a while."
Chen Li looked at Wei Yaer through the veil, smelling the faint medicinal fragrance on it. Thinking of how she had rushed to save him not long ago, regardless of the danger, his eyes softened. "Thank you for your hard work, Yaer."
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