Chapter 482 I Like My Brother-in-Law
Meng Jinyao was heavily pregnant and unable to go out, so Song Xinning and Princess Jingning arranged to visit her at the Changxing Marquis's residence.
When Princess Jingning saw her pale face and the faint bluish-black under her eyes, she was startled and hurriedly asked, "Ayao, how come you've become like this after not seeing you for a while?"
Meng Jinyao was about to reply when she couldn't help but yawn.
Song Xinning said, "I'm quite far along in my pregnancy, and I can't sleep well at night. It won't get better until the baby is born."
After hearing this, Princess Jingning belatedly recalled that when Aning was pregnant, she not only couldn't sleep when she was in the later stages of pregnancy, but her temper also worsened. When she was in a bad mood, she would even say something to a dog that passed by.
Meng Jinyao sighed softly, "I feel irritable all over. I can even wake up hungry at night. I don't sleep well and I don't have much energy during the day."
Princess Jingning comforted her, "Ayao, just bear with it a little longer, these difficult days will soon be over."
Meng Jinyao sighed again, not wanting to talk about this unpleasant topic anymore, lest she frighten Ayan, who wasn't pregnant yet. She asked gently, "What brings you here today?"
Song Xinning smiled and said, "I am quite busy with my work, but I will definitely have time to visit you."
Hearing this, Meng Jinyao felt a warm current flow through her heart, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly. She then asked, "Speaking of managing the household affairs, after Ayan married into the Shen State Duke's Mansion and took over the management, was she still able to handle it?"
Princess Jingning replied, "It's alright. With the capable nanny that my mother carefully selected for me to help me, there haven't been any major problems. So, I've neither made any great achievements nor any major mistakes."
Meng Jinyao nodded gently: "That's good. How has Prince Shen treated you?"
“He dares to treat me badly?” Princess Jingning snorted. “If he treats me badly, I will go to the palace and tell my grandmother to teach him a lesson.”
Song Xinning asked, puzzled, "Why not go back to the Liang Prince's residence and tell the Prince and Princess?"
The mention of this incident made Princess Jingning angry: "You have no idea how sweet-talking that man surnamed Shen is. He has already captured the hearts of my father and mother, and even my brother has been captured by him. Whenever they mention Shen Yunzhou, they can't stop praising him."
She grew angrier and angrier as she spoke, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "You have no idea how awful he is. After we had a fight, he ran to my parents' house to complain to them. In the end, my parents sent someone to tell me to take him back. It's such a tragedy. Usually, when a woman runs back to her parents' house, her husband comes to pick her up. But my husband is different. He runs back to his parents' house himself and makes me go to pick him up."
Meng Jinyao: "?"
Song Xinning: "?"
I never expected that Prince Shen could play like this, not following any rules.
Princess Jingning continued angrily, "They're all men with the surname Chen, so why is there such a big difference? Aning's husband also has the surname Chen, but he's so obedient and gentle to Aning. My husband, I'm already grateful he hasn't driven me crazy."
Meng Jinyao asked curiously, "Why did he go back to your parents' house after arguing with you?"
Princess Jingning replied, "He lost the argument. That bastard can't accept defeat."
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao and Song Xinning nodded in unison. Shen Shizi was such a smart person, yet he still lost an argument with Ayan. That proved that Ayan must have bullied him and made him very angry. They were truly a pair of bickering lovers.
Meng Jinyao pressed further, "How did he lose to you?"
Princess Jingning coughed twice: "It's nothing, he just couldn't argue with me, so he lost."
The tone sounded somewhat guilty.
Meng Jinyao and Song Xinning nodded again, smiling meaningfully. Sure enough, it was Ayan who had bullied him, but Shen Shizi was not someone who could be bullied so easily. He was just joking around with Ayan. Every couple has their own way of getting along, and this kind of harmless bickering is just right for Ayan and Shen Shizi.
Princess Jingning noticed their knowing smiles and wondered what they were thinking. She glared at them and then changed the subject: "My mother-in-law was rumored to be dying before the end of the year, but she's still alive. People say that my marriage to Shen Yunzhou brought her good luck and saved her life. Because of this, my father-in-law treats me like his own daughter."
Song Xinning said, "The rumors are absolutely true. Duke Shen really loves her."
Princess Jingning replied, "Isn't that right? Because she's been bedridden, my father-in-law has become so worried that he's lost weight. He wasn't even this sad when my own mother-in-law, his first wife, passed away."
Meng Jinyao remained silent.
Song Xinning stammered, "It seems that the difference between loving and not loving is really big. For someone you don't love, you won't be too sad even if they die. But for someone you love, you'll be incredibly sad even if they're just sick and still alive."
“My stepmother-in-law truly loves my father-in-law.” Princess Jingning said, glancing at the maids in the room. They were all Meng Jinyao’s trusted maids, but there were some things she couldn’t say in front of them.
Meng Jinyao immediately understood and dismissed the maid.
Princess Jingning then said, "Do you know why my stepmother-in-law wanted my husband dead?"
Without hesitation, Song Xinning said, "Before her own son died, your husband died, and the title went to her son. She was making plans for her son."
Princess Jingning gently shook her head: "No, no."
Seeing her two friends looking blank, she continued, "This story goes back to her generation and that of my mother-in-law. I heard it from my stepmother-in-law when she was having a fit of madness. She said that my mother-in-law stole her marriage. Originally, she met my father-in-law first and fell in love with him. But then her older sister also fell in love with my father-in-law. Since the parents doted on their eldest daughter, they gave the marriage to her when the two families were to be married."
Upon hearing this, both Meng Jinyao and Song Xinning were taken aback.
Song Xinning asked, puzzled, "Since your stepmother and father-in-law are in love with each other, and your stepmother can't resist your biased parents, why doesn't your father-in-law say that he likes the younger sister instead of the older sister? If your father-in-law had tried harder, he wouldn't have had to marry a girl he didn't like."
Princess Jingning recounted the story in detail: "Back then, my father-in-law hadn't yet fallen in love with my stepmother. He only gradually came to like her after marrying her as his second wife. When my husband's maternal grandparents saw that their eldest daughter had died young and my husband was still young, they were afraid that someone else would bully him if he became a stepmother. Since their younger daughter was in love with my father-in-law, they married her off to him as his second wife. This way, their younger daughter could get the man she loved, their grandson could get the care of his aunt, and the interests of both families could be continued through marriage. It was a win-win-win situation."
She paused for a moment, then continued, "Unfortunately, they miscalculated. The younger daughter hated the older daughter for stealing her marriage, and she hated the older daughter's only child as well, even harboring murderous intent. If my husband hadn't been her older sister's child, she wouldn't have had such murderous intent, because she treated her illegitimate children fairly well and wouldn't deliberately torment them, much less have murderous intent."
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