Cheng Ruijin's face changed slightly. She wanted to stand up, but was suppressed by Su Qingyu's words.
Chen Zhao looked at Su Qingyu with some displeasure, "Offspring are the most important thing, Miss Su, please don't force me."
Su Qingyu sneered, "Master Shen, what are you talking about? I forced her to kneel? She came here to fulfill her filial piety on her own. What does it have to do with me?"
"You speak as if I harmed your Shen family's child."
Chen Zhao didn't know why. He came here for Su Qingyu, but when he saw her cold expression, he couldn't help but feel angry.
He spoke without thinking, with a sinister look in his eyes, "If you dare to harm the Shen family's child, I will never let you go."
"Why is Chen Zhao here? Who are you going to offend?" Shen Zhixiu walked over at some point, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he gave people a sense of oppression.
Before Su Qingyu could turn around, the man was already standing beside her. She lowered her head and saw the hem of his cloak fluttering in the cold wind.
Shen Zhao didn't expect Shen Zhixiu to come, so he hurried forward and saluted, "Third uncle, how are you?"
Shen Zhixiu looked at him coldly, "Huh? Who are you going to get on with?"
Shen Zhao stood there with his hands hanging down, and did not say a word for a long time under Shen Zhixiu's gaze.
Seeing this, Cheng Rujin stood up and walked to Shen Zhixiu, bowed, and spoke softly.
"Greetings to Third Uncle, and please don't blame the eldest young master. He came with me to burn incense for mother."
"My eldest cousin asked me to kneel here, wanting me to show my filial piety. The eldest young master was worried about the baby in my belly, so he spoke anxiously. Uncle San, please don't blame him."
Cheng Ruijin spoke softly, her moist eyes brimming with tears. Her red lips were slightly pursed, and she looked like a willow swaying in the wind, yet with a stubborn air of pretending to be strong.
Su Qingyu admired her from the bottom of her heart. With this look, which man wouldn't feel distressed?
She subconsciously turned her head to look at Shen Zhixiu, only to see Shen Zhixiu's look of disdain passing over Cheng Ruijin.
Then he looked at Chen Zhao and asked coldly, "Are you mute? When did it become a concubine's turn to answer for you when I asked you a question?"
Shen Zhao subconsciously raised his sleeve and wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
"Uncle San...I...I said the wrong thing."
Shen Zhixiu hummed coldly and asked, "You accompanied your concubine to attend the funeral? Who taught you the rules?"
"It's already a taboo to bring a concubine into the family first. And you even dared to openly accompany a concubine to attend the funeral. What were you thinking? Are you going to follow those foolish people and favor your concubine over your wife?"
Shen Zhixiu's words were extremely sharp, and Shen Zhao's head drooped lower and lower.
Cheng Rujin looked up at Shen Zhixiu and couldn't take her eyes off him. This was a man who stood tall and proud. Compared to Shen Zhixiu, Shen Zhao was like a child who couldn't handle anything.
Only then did she realize that the Shen Zhao she had climbed with so much effort was just the best scenery she could reach at the foot of the mountain. But Su Qingyu easily stood on the top of the mountain.
Why? Why did she break off the engagement and still marry someone like Mr. Shen Sanye?
In the past, she thought that Su Qingyu was only better off than her in terms of background. Now she realized that background was the gap that she would never be able to cross in her life.
"Uncle San, please calm down. Anger is bad for your health." Cheng Ruijin said softly again.
Shen Zhixiu frowned. A concubine had repeatedly interrupted him. Had the Shen family's rules become meaningless?
Shen Zhao sensed Shen Zhixiu's coldness and instantly understood what was going on.
Pop.
Shen Zhao turned around and slapped Cheng Rujin, scolding him, "How can you interrupt when Third Uncle is talking?"
Cheng Ruijin covered her face and was too timid to speak again.
Su Qingyu stood aside and watched coldly, and naturally saw the look in Cheng Ruijin's eyes when she was staring at Shen Zhixiu.
That look made her extremely unhappy. After all, the person beside her was her future husband. How could she allow him to snore beside her bed? Even thinking about him was not allowed.
Chen Zhao had already taught someone a lesson, so Su Qingyu didn't say anything more. She didn't like making meaningless threats, and it would be more practical to find a way to kill him with one strike.
Shen Zhixiu seemed to sense Su Qingyu's anger. He suddenly turned and moved closer, saying in a voice only the two of them could hear, "She's just a concubine. She won't cause any trouble. If you don't like her, I'll find a way to get her sent away."
Although as an uncle it is not appropriate for him to interfere in his nephew's affairs, as long as he wants, he has countless ways to prevent this person from bothering Su Qingyu.
The two were very close to each other, and the hot air exhaled by Shen Zhixiu when he spoke sprayed on Su Qingyu's ears, and the back of Su Qingyu's fair ears suddenly turned red.
A throbbing feeling passed through my heart, and then disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Su Qingyu nodded subconsciously. From Shen Zhixiu's perspective, he could just see her long eyelashes drooping down, her eyes sparkling.
Just as Shen Zhixiu was staring at Su Qingyu in a daze, Shen Zhao said, "Uncle, please forgive me. I will take her back home right away."
Shen Zhixiu came back to his senses and gave a perfunctory "hmm". After thinking for a moment, he said, "Go to the ancestral hall and kneel down. When you have figured it out, stand up."
Shen Zhao hurriedly said: "Yes, nephew will remember it."
He couldn't muster the slightest desire to resist his Third Uncle. It was a deep fear etched in his bones since childhood.
After Shen Zhao left, Su Chengye, who had been standing aside for a long time, spoke cautiously, "Master Shen... why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
He hesitated for a long time before he finally uttered the words "Master Shen".
I wanted to call him Lord Shen, but then I thought that they were now in a father-in-law and son-in-law relationship, so calling him Lord would be too respectful.
He wanted to call out Zhixiu, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back and finally called out Lord Shen.
Just now, when he heard Shen Zhixiu scolding his nephew, he inexplicably felt guilty, especially the sentence about favoring a concubine and destroying a wife, which seemed to be said deliberately to him.
Therefore, Su Chengye subconsciously stood aside respectfully. If you don't know, you might not be able to tell who is the father-in-law and who is the son-in-law.
Shen Zhixiu said, "I'm here on my mother's orders to bring some homemade snacks to Miss Su."
Su Qingyu was stunned, and then she saw Wenzhu following behind her holding two exquisite red lacquered wooden boxes in her hands.
Then Shen Zhixiu said again: "I have a few words to tell you, is it convenient?"
"Then let's go to the small study next to it." Su Qingyu replied.
Seeing this, Su Chengye also said, "You guys chat, I have something else to do so I won't accompany you."
Shen Zhixiu nodded, "Marquis Su, please do as you wish."
The two went to the small study where Su Qingyu usually looked at the account books. Zhenzhu, Feicui and Wenzhu were all waiting outside.
After entering, Shen Zhixiu handed over the snack box and said, "These are all your favorites, especially the sweet-scented osmanthus cake. It's made with sweet-scented osmanthus honey that my mother brewed last year. She just opened the jar and made it."
Su Qingyu thought of the snacks in the carriage that day and blurted out, "How did Third Master know what I like to eat?"
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