Chapter 484: King Rui’s Neighbor (3)
Although the words were gentle, the eyes were sharp. The two maids were startled and quickly knelt down, saying, "We dare not. We only want to serve Madam wholeheartedly and dare not have any other thoughts."
Chen Ruoqiu looked down at them for a moment. The two maids were so frightened that their legs were shaking. She then said calmly, "Get up. Since you don't want to, I have no reason to force you."
"Thank you, Madam." The two maids stood up tremblingly, and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Chen Ruoqiu looked gentle and kind, but as Chen Ruoqiu's personal maid, she had seen Chen Ruoqiu's methods. In fact, there were several good-looking maids who rushed to stick to Shen Wan before. Although Shen Wan did not show much interest, he did not refuse too much. Later, Chen Ruoqiu found a reason to kill these maids. Not only did he suffer, but he also implicated the whole family. Shiqing and Huayi knew very well in their hearts that Chen Ruoqiu was an extremely jealous person in his bones, and his methods were cruel. If he really got involved with Shen Wan, he would probably die without even a bone left.
Chen Ruoqiu sighed, "It's all my fault that I'm incapable of giving birth to a son for you. If I had, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
Shi Qinghuayi didn't dare to speak casually. After all, the child was Chen Ruoqiu's heartache. Chen Ruoqiu murmured, "Now that the Shen family has fallen into such a state, the younger generation doesn't even have a son. Even if the second branch had one, it's all dead now... Now I envy Luo Xueyan, who has children and no parents-in-law. Shen Xin treats her like a jewel and doesn't even have a concubine. It's really enviable."
Thinking back to yesterday's tribute banquet, Shen Miao stole the show. Then looking at Shen Yue, she was clearly much more beautiful and talented than Shen Miao, but because of the Shen family's declining reputation, she couldn't even find a good husband. Not to mention the Prince Ding, whom Shen Yue had been thinking about all along.
Chen Ruoqiu felt a little unwilling. She had been competitive all her life, but now she was being trampled under the feet of the daughter of a crude military general whom she looked down upon.
At this moment, a maid suddenly came in and said, "Madam, there's someone outside the gate looking for you, Madam, but she was stopped by your servant. Madam... said she's here to seek refuge with the Shen family."
Chen Ruoqiu frowned upon hearing this, thinking it was Madam Shen's previously distant relatives coming to collect some money. Thinking that the Jing family was gone, yet there were still these inexplicable people, he immediately said coldly, "Since they are here to collect money, give them two ingots of silver and send them away. We can't afford any more idlers in this mansion, so don't let any random people in."
"No." The servant scratched his head. "Madam, that person doesn't look like someone who's here to ask for money. She said she's the daughter of an old friend of the old general. Something happened at home, and she's desperate and is here to seek help."
General Shen?
Chen Ruoqiu thought for a while, then stood up and said, "Take her to the side room, I'll go see her."
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After Shen Miao returned home from Fengxian Pawnshop, it was still early. As soon as she entered the house, she locked herself in, and no one knew what she was thinking. As it was getting close to dusk, Luo Tan returned. Luo Tan bought some jewelry and generously gave some to Shen Miao, saying, "My little cousin, we went to the jewelry shops today. The jewelry shops in Dingjing are so big. Miss Feng and I also picked out some for you. I don't know if you like it. Take it for now, and when you want to go out later, we'll go shopping again."
He looked as if he was still unsatisfied.
Shen Miao turned around and said yes. After Luo Tan left, she looked at the half box of jewelry, wondering how much silver she could get from pawning it.
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