Chapter 116 Shen Ruyi Poisoned

Shen Zongguang was stunned when he heard this. His reason told him that what this old woman said must be false.

But when he thought of the days when he and Old Mrs. Shen were loving and filial to each other, he felt a little sad.

"You should go back. The old lady knows what the second wife did to our first wife."

Seeing that what she said could not arouse Shen Zongguang's sympathy, Mrs. Zhang quickly took the token given by the old lady.

"This is all about the mother-son relationship between the eldest son and the old lady!"

As she spoke, she unfolded the painting.

Shen Zongguang looked at the picture and felt even more upset. "How is the old lady doing lately?"

"It's getting worse day by day." Mrs. Zhang began to shed tears as she spoke, secretly observing Shen Zongguang's expression.

Seeing some worry on his face, Mrs. Zhang knew that her plan had worked, and she cried even louder.

"You know, eldest son, that the second son's business was not doing well and he lost money. All the family property was gone, and the old lady had nothing to eat or drink all day long."

"She used all the valuable materials she brought with her to pay for medicine."

"Although she has been feeling better recently, it's hard to say how many days she has left as she is so old."

Hearing this, Shen Zongguang said nothing. Mrs. Zhang stuffed Mrs. Shen's invitation and other things into Shen Zongguang's hands and turned away.

Shen Zongguang took the thing and didn't know whether to throw it away or not, so he took it back to his study.

Not long after he returned to the study, Qin Yunshuang came with Xiao Tangbao.

"Daddy." Little Tangbao smiled obediently, stood on tiptoe and stretched out his short little hands for Shen Zongguang to hold.

Shen Zongguang looked at her cute face, and his depressed mood was swept away. "My dear Tangbao, I heard that you learned to speak from your big brother today."

"That's right." Little Tangbao looked serious. She buried her head in Shen Zongguang's neck and rubbed it. "Daddy came back late today."

"Yeah." Shen Zongguang responded softly.

Qin Hanyan noticed the sachet and scroll on the table, "What is this?"

"The old lady from the second house had someone bring it here." Shen Zongguang said in a calm tone.

But little Tangbao could obviously sense that his father was not in a good mood.

"Daddy, are you unhappy?" Little Tangbao tilted his head and blinked his big eyes at him.

Shen Zongguang smiled and said, "No."

"Yes." Little Tangbao touched Shen Zongguang's chest with his little hand in a serious manner, "Daddy, my heart aches."

Shen Zongguang was amused by her cute look and said, "How could Daddy be heartbroken?"

"What happened?" Qin Yunshuang was a little uneasy.

Now, whenever she comes across anything related to the second room, her heart starts beating very fast.

"You also know that they have harmed Yuan Bai again. They must have no good intentions in looking for you this time." Qin Yunshuang frowned.

Every time the second branch of the Shen family came to visit, it was either because they had something to ask them for help, had caused a mess and wanted them to clean it up, or because they didn't have enough money and wanted them to pay for peace.

"No." Shen Zongguang shook his head. "I heard that the second branch bought a barren mountain. Coincidentally, a heavy rain washed out iron ore on the mountain. They sold the ore to the government and made a lot of money."

"Now their reputation has been restored and they have made a lot of money."

Little Tangbao narrowed his eyes.

[I think there are more than just iron ore on the mountain. When I find a chance, I will go and see the mountain. I have very sharp eyes and can tell at a glance what good things are under the mountain.]

"Then why do they want you to do that?" Qin Yunshuang still felt something was wrong.

"They said she wasn't the second wife anymore, but the old lady decided to celebrate her birthday on that date, saying that she missed me and wanted to see me."

Qin Yunshuang laughed out loud after hearing this, "My Lord, we have been deceived so many times by the Second House and the old lady. I have learned a lesson from my mistakes. Aren't you going to be more alert?"

"I have just kept a close eye on the servants at home, to prevent them from finding loopholes to harm Yuan Bai. Do you want to bring Yuan Bai and the others to be harmed by them?"

Qin Yunshuang became angrier and angrier as she spoke. "I'm telling you, if you want to be filial, do it yourself. Don't drag my son and daughter down with you."

"Oh, what are you talking about?" Shen Zongguang saw that Qin Yunshuang was really unhappy, and hurried forward to hug her and comfort her, "I'm just saying this, I don't have to go."

"No, no, I'll ask someone to send some gifts to the old lady, which is my way of showing my appreciation." Shen Zongguang sighed, wrote a reply and asked someone to send it to the old lady, politely declining the offer to attend the birthday party.

In the second house of the Shen family, the old lady of the Shen family looked at the reply and was furious. "Hey, this Shen Zongguang, I put aside my pride and lowered my status to invite him, but he was not happy."

"Look, I told you it wouldn't be that easy." Qin Hanyan muttered softly.

Old Mrs. Shen glared at her fiercely, "Do you have the right to speak here?"

Qin Hanyan was unhappy to be told such a thing. "I am not telling the truth."

Shen Ruyi sat obediently beside Old Lady Shen, with a look of viciousness that a baby shouldn't have in her eyes, "Grandma, you should pretend to be sick."

"Pretending to be sick?" Old Mrs. Shen frowned, "No, this won't do. My birthday is coming up soon. If I get sick at this time, wouldn't that be cursing myself?"

"That's right." Shen Ruyi replied in a baby voice, and then immediately looked at Qin Hanyan.

Qin Hanyan was frightened by her stern eyes, but immediately understood what Shen Ruyi meant. She walked forward, pulled Shen Ruyi over, and spoke to Old Lady Shen with a smile.

"Mother-in-law, it's time for Ruyi to eat. I'll take her back to the house to eat first, and then come back to greet you later."

Shen Ruyi also smiled innocently and raised her little hand to say goodbye to Old Lady Shen. But the moment she turned around, she restrained her smile and her eyes became gloomy.

She finally found a way from the plot and used the barren hill to help the second house turn things around a little.

This time she must go further and completely bring down the main branch of the Shen family, letting Shen Yuanbai fall first, and then she will bring down the others one by one until she takes back everything that originally belonged to the second branch.

After returning to her own courtyard, Qin Hanyan asked Shen Ruyi in a slow voice, "Ruyi, I just saw that you wanted to say something to mother, what's wrong?"

"Poisoned grandma." Shen Ruyi's voice was childish, but the words she said made Qin Hanyan feel cold down her spine.

"You...what did you say?" Qin Hanyan asked again, fearing that she had heard it wrong.

"Poison." Shen Ruyi spoke each word carefully, trying to make her speech clear.

"This, this is an act of treason, poisoning an elder. If something happens and it is discovered, I will be beheaded!" For the first time, Qin Hanyan felt that the little daughter she gave birth to was a little scary.

"If you don't poison me, why do we need to call a doctor?" Shen Ruyi frowned. Her little face looked cute and adorable, but her eyes were frighteningly fierce, which was totally not what a child of her age should look like.