Chapter 198 I'm Dirty
Liu Yue entered the room and handed the letter to Shen Qingtan.
Shen Qingtan took the letter, there was not a single word on the cover.
She opened the letter and took out a piece of paper.
There was only one sentence on the paper.
【Sister, I’m sorry.】
These words instantly touched Shen Qingtan's tear glands, and her nose felt sore.
The third brother loved to make her angry. When she pretended to be angry, he would look guilty as if he had done something wrong, scratching his ears and cheeks, and trying different ways to coax her.
In the entire Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, only the third brother has the purest feelings for her.
She went to see her third brother today, but he didn't want to see her.
She thought that her third brother was secretly blaming her, blaming her for conspiring with Old Lady Shen to inform on Marquis Cheng'en.
The content of this letter told her that her third brother did not blame her.
Shen Qingtan couldn't help but think of Shen Shaobai coming back from Guanzhou, squatting at the door of the Duke's Mansion with disheveled hair and a dirty face waiting for her.
At that time, he thought she had suffered a lot of grievances, so he tried his best to come to her and tried to take her away.
But now, he is behind bars.
Those distant, long-ago, and already blurred memories flashed through my mind frame by frame.
"Sister, the almond cheese that's filling the building with fragrance today is so disgusting that I brought some specially for you."
"Sister, I'm making friends with bad people not for my own amusement, but for your sake. As for your future brother-in-law, ordinary people wouldn't dare to touch him, right? We, the playboys, would dare. If he bullies you, we'll put him in a sack and break his legs."
"Sister, don't be angry. Let me perform a magic trick for you." He took off his veil, his lips swollen like sausages, and said pitifully, "I heard that honey on a little mouth makes words sweeter. I put honey on my lips to cheer you up, but when I passed by the garden, a bee stung my mouth."
She couldn't help laughing when she saw his lips, which were puffed up from being stung by a bee.
The day before she got married, he sat at the gate of the courtyard all night.
When he saw her, he said dejectedly, "Sister, if only I had read more books. If I had defeated my second brother, I could have carried you on my back to marry you today."
Every frame is so clear, as if it happened yesterday.
Shen Qingtan's tears flowed and fell on the letter.
The letter was wrinkled and full of creases, revealing the writer's complicated mood.
Very hesitant and wavering.
"Shaobai is very sensible and doesn't blame you in his heart." Zhao Yi took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away her tears: "He just doesn't know how to face you."
The more sensible and reasonable Shen Shaobai became, the more guilty Shen Qingtan felt, because he always thought about her, his sister, but it was her who caused him to suffer imprisonment.
But as long as the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion remains standing, it is difficult to relieve the hatred in her heart.
"He once said that no matter whether I was right or wrong, he would always give in first, because I am his elder sister."
Shen Qingtan clenched the letter in her hand. "The person he considered his sister was secretly abducted by his parents. It was also the person he considered his sister who pushed him to be exiled to the frontier. I'm afraid he will find it difficult to accept the truth and will feel very painful. Even so, he was worried that I would overthink it, so he still wrote this letter to me."
Zhao Yi watched her tears sliding down her cheeks, as if she was stuck in a dead end, and reached out to hold her in his arms.
"The serious crimes committed by the Marquis' Mansion will be exposed sooner or later, and their fate has long been determined. Now that you are taking care of him, Shen Shaobai will not be sent to a cold and miserable place, and he still has the opportunity to make meritorious deeds."
Zhao Yi whispered comfortingly, "He's still young, so it might be a good thing for him to go to the frontier and hone his skills."
Shen Qingtan rested her chin on his shoulder, hugged his waist with both hands, and did not respond to him.
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Emperor Jing'an personally tried the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, and Shen Shaobai and Shen Shaoheng were soon exiled.
On this day, the sky was gray, which made people feel depressed for no reason.
Shen Qingtan and Zhao Yi took a carriage out of the capital, and he personally escorted them for a while.
When she got off the carriage, she saw Shen Shaobai and Shen Shaoheng wearing prison uniforms, with their hands and feet shackled, walking towards her.
In just a few days, Shen Shaobai had lost a lot of weight, and his eyes were dull. When he saw her, there was a faint light in his eyes, but it soon went out again.
The boy who was once unruly and as fiery as the sun now looks numb and lifeless.
"Third brother." Shen Qingtan walked over.
The escorting officers and soldiers were arranged to meet Shen Qingtan and Zhao Yi, and they were allowed to meet.
Shen Shaobai took a step back: “Don’t come over.”
He hadn't spoken for a long time, and when he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse.
Shen Qingtan stopped and looked at him in a daze.
Seeing her eyes flashing with tears, Shen Shaobai pursed his dry lips and said, "I'm dirty."
When Shen Qingtan heard this, he felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
"You're not dirty." Shen Qingtan walked towards him: "In my eyes, you are no different from before."
Shen Shaobai stopped where he was and watched Shen Qingtan walking towards him step by step. It seemed as if sand was blown into his eyes by the wind, and his eyes slowly turned red.
When the Marquis's house was searched, he was thrown into prison and heard the jailer say that it was his elder sister who reported him. As for the reason, he had no idea.
He didn't believe that his sister would do this. If she really did it, she must have a reason for doing so.
He waited for Zhao Yi to come and Zhao Yi told him one by one about the crimes committed by his parents, including how his parents had secretly kidnapped his elder sister and raised her as their own daughter, and then killed her after finding their biological daughter.
When he suddenly heard the news, he found it hard to accept it for a while.
The most important relatives in life are fighting each other to the point of life and death.
He didn't know who to blame or hate.
Do you hate your elder sister?
Because it was she who got the Marquis's Mansion to convict him.
But she was innocent. After all, it was her mother who abducted her and separated her from her biological parents. She also framed her everywhere and wanted to kill her.
If she doesn't overthrow the Marquis's Mansion, she will be the one to die one day.
What reason did he have to hate her? To blame her?
If the Marquis' Mansion had not been corrupt and committed lawlessness, how could it have fallen to this point?
It's just what he deserves.
Shen Shaobai didn't have the face to see Shen Qingtan, and he didn't know how to face her.
He was afraid to see her resentful eyes.
But she did not resent him. Instead, she said, "In my eyes, you are no different from before."
Shen Shaobai's defenses collapsed, and he said with a choked sob: "Sister, I'm sorry, our family is sorry for you."
Shen Qingtan stood in front of him, looking up at him, reaching out to wipe away his tears: "The most useless words in this world are 'I'm sorry'. If you really feel sorry for me, then come back alive and repay me."
Shen Shaobai turned his face away. The more he endured, the more the tears in his eyes rolled down.
Shen Shaoheng on the side uttered a "tsk" sound and said nonchalantly: "Big sister, you only have your third brother in your eyes, not me, your eldest brother?"
Shen Qingtan looked at Shen Shaoheng, who had a smile on his face. Even though he was going into exile, he still maintained a calm demeanor.
But he looked haggard and lacked his former elegance and grace.
"Don't comfort me." Shen Shaoheng's revenge was achieved, and he comforted his parents in the afterlife. He had lived a ridiculous and dissolute life for the first half of his life, with no ties to the world, but he felt guilty towards his grandmother.
He curled his lips and smiled, "Brother, you've never been to the borderlands. I heard the scenery there is very nice. I've been to the capital for more than 20 years and I'm already tired of it. I can't stay here for a moment."
Shen Qingtan saw relief in his eyes, as if revenge had been taken and he no longer cared about life or death. Whether it was beheading or exile, it didn't matter to him.
“Brother…”
"Leave."
Shen Shaoheng waved at her and walked forward with a swagger, trying to walk in a more elegant manner.
But his feet were shackled with heavy iron chains, and it was difficult for him to even lift his legs. He could only drag the chains forward awkwardly.
Suddenly, he stopped and looked at the hills ahead, the smile on his face slowly faded.
Darlings, there is still one chapter left, it will probably be very late, muah~
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