Chapter 289 The Evil Sister-in-law Returns (1)
On the winter New Year's Day of the 69th year of the Ming Qi Dynasty, heavy snow fell all night. The auspicious snow indicated a good harvest, and the people were all happy and prayed for a good harvest in the coming year.
However, for the General's Mansion in Dingjing City, this must be a special year.
The Shen family's second branch lost a legitimate daughter, and the head mistress went mad. Meanwhile, the most powerful first branch and the other two branches seemed to be at odds with each other, no longer as close as before, but rather a distinct sense of alienation.
The Huang family, who had previously been engaged to Shen Qing, had become completely hostile to the Shen family because of Shen Qing's incident. Since Chen Xin and his wife were often away from Dingjing, they didn't vent their anger on him. As for the Wei family, who were engaged to Shen Miao, Luo Xueyan personally confirmed that it was all a misunderstanding. The Wei family was honest and didn't give her any trouble. Furthermore, Chen Xin had promised to help Lord Wei in the future, so the Wei family was naturally happy to give her this face.
Therefore, for Shen Miao, this New Year was quite good. Without Fu Xiuyi, Prince Yu, Ren Wanyun and Shen Qing, some things were still changing step by step.
However, she was happy, but some people were not so happy.
In Rongjing Hall, Old Madam Shen sat in her seat. Shen Yuanbo kept crawling around her, but she felt a little impatient. A look of resentment appeared on her withered face.
"The old family has become increasingly indifferent to me. The public treasury hasn't even increased its money this year. The few boxes of treasures awarded by the palace are now all locked up in their own courtyard! What on earth do they want to do? Do they still take me seriously?"
Old Lady Shen became angry whenever she mentioned this. In the past, Shen Xin would send the gifts from the palace to the public palace every year. Since the couple were not in Dingjing City on weekdays, apart from leaving a few small things for Shen Miao to like, the extra things were useless to them. Old Lady Shen had tasted the sweetness of this. Now that something had happened between Shen Xin and the Shen family, Shen Xin even stopped sending money. In the eyes of Old Lady Shen, this was simply treason.
"Don't be angry, old lady. Maybe after a few days, when the eldest master's anger has subsided, he'll be able to send the things over." Madam Zhang beside her consoled her, "I think it's because the eldest master is unhappy with how he treated the fifth young lady before, so he's unwilling to send the things over."
"How have you treated the fifth girl?" Old Madam Shen cried angrily. "For so many years, I've provided her with food and drink and raised her to this age, and yet the old lady is still not satisfied? I think he just doesn't want to acknowledge me as his mother! What an ungrateful bastard! And that Luo Xueyan, even the fifth girl has become so ruthless now. Who knows if there's someone behind this!"
Seeing Old Madam Shen's anger, Madam Zhang was silent for a moment before she spoke, "The Fifth Miss has grown up now, and her thoughts have become more serious. However, the Fifth Miss has been raised by the Old Madam since she was a child, and she used to obey her every word, which shows that she still respects her. It would be better for the Old Madam to summon the Fifth Miss one day and say some nice things to her. They are both little girls, so they will be easy to coax. The Fifth Miss is the lifeblood of the Eldest Master and the Eldest Madam. If you control the Fifth Miss, you control the Eldest Master and his entire family, right?"
Madam Zhang was also quite scheming. In fact, Madam Shen was a prostitute, full of underhanded tactics. She was still somewhat lacking in the ability to be the mistress of the household. If Madam Zhang hadn't been there to guide her for so many years, who knows how much of a joke she would have made.
Madam Shen sneered, "Do I still want to coax her? Whenever I see that little girl, I think of that bitch. She's been dead for so many years, but she still occupies the master's heart. She's always partial to the eldest wife, and now I still want to please her? I feel sick just by looking at her!"
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