Married man...

Fang Birong felt like the sky was about to fall.

That man is already married?

Yang, who just happened to arrive, looked at the three people with different expressions and couldn't help but sigh.

What a pity, if I had walked a few steps faster, I would have been able to hear the whole thing.

She cleared her throat and walked into the room pretending to be confused: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong with you? What happened? Why do you look so bad? And sister Fang, what's wrong with you? You were fine just now."

Fang took a few deep breaths, dismissed the people around her, and then said with a sullen face, "Third sister-in-law, please go back! I have something to do here, so I'm afraid I can't entertain you!"

Yang wanted to stay and watch the fun, but when she saw Fang's dark face and Shen Xin's angry expression, she immediately backed out and said with a dry laugh, "In that case, I'll go back first."

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Yang forced a smile and left in shame.

"Second brother's wife, there is no outsider here. If you have something to say, please speak frankly. What do you mean by what you said just now?!" Fang gritted her teeth. Although she asked Shen Xinyan, she was staring at Fang Birong, who was sitting restlessly with a pale face.

Shen Xinyan sneered: "Why don't you ask your good sister what she did in the Prince Kang's Mansion just now? She was so shameless as to throw herself into the arms of a strange man. Do you know that the man not only has a wife and children, but is also my brother-in-law!"

Having said this, she became even more furious and glared at Fang Birong viciously, as if she wanted to eat her alive.

Fang Birong's body swayed, and she sat on the ground powerlessly, muttering, "Impossible, impossible, how could he get married, impossible..."

Shen Xinyan couldn't bear to listen any longer, so she took a step forward and slapped her hard on the face, causing her head to tilt to the side. A red palm mark instantly appeared on her fair face.

Fang was also very angry, but how could she remain indifferent when watching her sister being beaten? She grabbed Shen Xinyan's hand that was about to hit her again and shouted, "Second sister-in-law, you are too presumptuous!"

Shen Xinyan secretly felt sorry for not being able to slap her again, but her anger remained unchanged: "How dare she?! She did such a shameless thing. I didn't kill her because of our relationship!"

"You are so unreasonable. How could you know that your good brother-in-law is not having evil intentions and deliberately seducing young girls?"

Seeing Fang Birong's behavior, even if Fang wanted to help her deny it, she couldn't. She could only hold back her anger and argue with her, cursing her to death in her heart.

"Deliberately seducing with evil intentions? I saw it with my own eyes! Your good sister didn't show any reluctance at all. Even at this moment, she was probably shocked and sad that he had already married!" Shen Xinyan sneered and glanced coldly at Fang Birong, who was a little dazed after being beaten.

"If my sister-in-law thinks I am just talking nonsense, why not confront each other and see if my brother-in-law is really deliberately seducing me!"

Fang was so angry that she clenched her hands tightly and even broke her nails without noticing.

It is always the girl who suffers in such matters. When something like this happens, the girl would like to cover it up strictly and how could she possibly confront the boy face to face? Would she still want to keep her reputation?

Shen Xinyan is also certain of this, so she is so fearless.

Fang was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she could do nothing about her. Not only that, she had to try hard to calm the other party's anger so that the other party would cover up the matter, so as not to damage her sister's reputation.

"I understand. But second sister-in-law, this is not a glorious thing after all. It will not be good for anyone if Zhang Yang gets out. If he only misunderstood the person involved, he deserves it. I can only pity your sister. If she knew about this, would she feel good?"

"On the other hand, your brother-in-law is also a member of the imperial court. Officials value their reputation the most. If something like this happens, not only will his future be ruined, but it will also affect his family members. It will be a hundred harms with no benefits."

"As for Birong... it was my fault for not disciplining her well. I hope my second sister-in-law will forgive her this time because she is young and ignorant. Thank you, sister-in-law!" After saying that, she bowed to Shen Xinyan.

Shen Xinyan accepted her gift calmly, pretending that her anger was gradually subsiding. She glanced at Fang Birong, who was sitting on the ground with her head down and unable to see her expression, with hatred, and then said, "If I wanted to show off, I would have already shouted outside just now. Although Miss Fang's surname is neither Wei nor Shen, she is now a guest of the Duke's Mansion. If she caused any scandal and brought trouble to the reputation of the Duke's Mansion, and then my mother blamed her, I think even you, the eldest sister-in-law, would not be able to escape the punishment."

"My second brother's wife is right. I owe you a favor." Fang felt very upset, but she still forced a grateful smile.

Shen Xinyan uttered a few harsh words to Fang Birong and then left with a stern face.

Fang's face turned livid as she stared at her back, her eyes filled with sinister intent.

"elder sister……"

“Bang!”

Fang Birong, who had finally recovered from the heavy blow of finding her lover married, cried out in tears, but was slapped hard by Fang. The left side of her face, which already had a red palm mark, instantly became more swollen.

"You have no sense of shame!" Fang gritted her teeth, with a flash of murderous intent in her eyes.

Her anger now was as great as the hopes she had placed on her sister.

Fang Birong was knocked to the ground and started crying, covering her face.

Taozhi came in anyway and couldn't bear it, so she hurried forward and helped her up.

"Don't worry about her. She has the nerve to cry after doing such a shameful thing?!" Fang was so angry that she wanted to hit her again. Taozhi quickly stopped her, "Madam, you can't do that. If you continue to hit her, how can the fourth young lady face others?"

"Hit me, hit me, just beat me to death! I don't want to live anymore!" She was moved for the first time in her life, but she didn't expect that the other party was a married man. Moreover, she was beaten and scolded by her own sister. Fang Birong felt hopeless and really thought it would be better to just die.

"Look at her, she still has the nerve to confront me!" Fang was immediately furious.

"Madam, madam, the fourth young lady..." Taozhi had to persuade this one and comfort that one, and she was so busy that her head was about to explode. She finally took Fang Birong downstairs to re-dress her, and persuaded and comforted her for a while before coming back.

"Madam is also very angry. The Crown Prince's wife is just bluffing. Does she really dare to let the Fourth Young Lady confront her brother-in-law face to face?" Taozhi whispered.

Fang sneered: "She is very hard-hearted. What is there for her to be afraid of? Besides, he is not her biological brother-in-law."

Shen Xinyan was the only legitimate aunt in the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, and all the other married-in daughters were illegitimate. There had been a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate daughters since ancient times, and Fang had never believed that Shen Xinyan, a legitimate daughter, could have much of a relationship with those illegitimate sisters.

That man was just her half-brother-in-law, but this one was her biological sister. She really didn't dare to gamble, and couldn't gamble!

Taozhi also understood this and gritted her teeth and said, "The wife of the prince is really vicious!"

Fang let out a long sigh, her fair face looking unusually fierce.

She will repay today's shame tenfold one day!

However, it is said that Shen Xinyan was in a very happy mood after leaving Fang's place.

Fang Birong finally repaid the slap she owed her in her last life today. It was a pity that Fang stopped it too quickly, otherwise she could have collected interest on it.

In the previous life, with the help of the power of the Duke of Ying's Mansion, Fang arranged a marriage for Fang Birong with the third son of Minister Xu of the Ministry of Personnel. However, Fang Birong could not let go of her lover, but was unwilling to give up this good marriage. It happened that the third son of Xu was seriously ill at that time, and the marriage was delayed again and again, which gave Fang Birong the opportunity to meet Qi Liuxiu in secret.

Until it happened.

However, even though the incident happened, Fang was very resourceful and managed to cover it up. In order not to lose the support of the Shangshu Mansion, she even agreed to the Xu family's proposal to celebrate the occasion.

Fang Birong had been married for half a year when the third son of the Xu family died of illness. The Xu family was kind and treated their daughter-in-law well even though she had been married for only half a year. Therefore, her life was better than before she got married.

Logically, the affair between Fang Birong and Qi Liuxiu had nothing to do with Shen Xinyan, but both Fang Birong and Shen Xinlan hated her.

Shen Xinyan still cannot forget the day when she was trapped in the family temple. The Fang sisters came to visit her in name only but actually humiliated her. Fang Birong even took the opportunity to slap herself hard in the face.

Although the Fang sisters did not have a good ending in the end, they could not avenge the slap in the face that day, and they always felt regretful.

"Third aunt is really with that girl from the Fang family..." Qiutang said in disbelief as she helped her change clothes.

Shen Xinyan hummed.

"Then Madam, could you please tell the Third Miss about this?" Qiu Tang asked tentatively.

The third girl she was referring to was naturally Shen Xinyan's half-sister, Qi Liuxiu's wife, Shen Xinlan.

"Do you think I should tell my third sister?" Shen Xinyan asked instead of answering.

Qiu Tang shook her head: "I think it's better for Madam not to say anything. With the Third Miss's personality, I'm afraid she will blame you in the end. She might even think that you led Miss Fang to seduce the Third Aunt!"

Shen Xinyan looked at her approvingly.

This girl is really smart. She can see Shen Xinlan's personality very clearly. Wasn't Shen Xinlan like this in her previous life?

However...

She smiled slightly: "You have a point, but she is my sister after all, even if we are not born of the same mother. Now that I know it, there is no reason for me to hide it from her."

Qiu Tang was stunned, not quite understanding what she meant by this.

Shen Xinyan had no intention of explaining. She bent down and opened her arms to embrace her daughter who was rushing towards her like a small cannonball.

"You greedy girl, you've been eating snacks again, haven't you? You didn't even wipe your mouth clean." He pinched his daughter's nose lovingly, wiped the snack residue from the corner of the girl's mouth with a handkerchief, and then kissed her soft and tender face.

"I didn't steal it, my brother gave it to me!" The little girl giggled at her kiss and pointed her chubby little finger at her brother behind her.

Only then did Shen Xinyan realize that her son had followed in.

"Why did you come back so early today? Have you finished your homework?" She looked at the western clock on the wall and saw that her son came back earlier than usual, so she asked.

"The teacher was invited away by my grandfather, so he let me go back early." Wei Chenglin still had his usual expressionless face.