Shen Liyue didn't wait for Lu Xingzhou to speak. After all, this was their Shen family's business. Why should she embarrass Lu Xingzhou? So she said coldly, "Grandma, have you forgotten that the Shen family has split up? Even if Second Uncle needs help, he should come to Father himself. Why should Grandma force him to do it? Besides, Second Uncle is so old. Do you still need Grandma to worry about everything for him?"
Madam Shen was very displeased and started to scold: "I'm talking to Prince Yi, how can you have a say? Do you have any manners?"
Lu Xingzhou couldn't sit still. Just now, he had the patience to accompany Old Madam Shen and pretend to be nice, but he couldn't bear to see Shen Liyue suffer any injustice, so he frowned and said, "My princess, even in the palace, has the right to speak whenever she wants. How come she doesn't even have the right to speak after returning to her own home? What Old Madam Shen said is too unreasonable. She said that my princess has no rules. I didn't know that the rules of the Shen family are even more strict than those in the palace. I have to go back and ask my father and mother, their daughter-in-law doesn't even have the right to speak when she returns to her parents' home?!"
Lu Xingzhou finished speaking angrily, and clasped his fists towards Shen Wangqiu and Jiang: "The rules of the Shen Mansion are too strict. I'm sorry that I can't stay for long. I will take the princess back to the palace now."
Only then did Old Lady Shen remember that Shen Liyue’s identity was different now. She was no longer the little girl who could be scolded by her.
Old Madam Shen was the oldest in the Shen family, and everyone had to address her as "Grandma," so she truly considered herself an ancestor. Filial piety was highly valued in the Great Chu, and even Shen Wangqiu never raised his voice in her presence. Today, she was reprimanded by Prince Yi, and Old Madam Shen felt a little embarrassed.
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