After some conversation in Shou'anyuan, everyone left one after another. It turned out that Li Yuxin was walking with the third wife, but was stopped by Sheng Huaizhong who was walking behind, and the third wife left.
Li Yuxin felt happy when she saw Sheng Huaizhong walking crookedly with a cane.
Sheng Huaizhong walked up to Li Yuxin breathlessly and said, "Madam, are you taking good care of Sister Piao?"
Li Yuxin said with a smile: "Sir, if I didn't take care of her, how could a little girl like her, born with a disability, stand before you peacefully? Sir, how many times have you visited her in all these years? Have you ever cared about her food, clothing, shelter and transportation?"
Sheng Huaizhong was stunned by the question and said with an embarrassed look, "Madam, Piao Jie'er is very well-behaved. Please arrange some good food and living expenses for her. When she marries into a good family, she will not forget your kindness. As a legitimate mother, she will also have a good reputation, right?"
Li Yuxin was impatient to talk nonsense with him, and said directly: "Sir, the Sheng family has its own rules. The rules are different for legitimate and illegitimate children, and they cannot be violated. If Sister Piao wants to wear silk and satin or eat delicacies from land and sea, just ask you. I am really too busy to take care of three children, so please bear with me. If Sister Piao marries a good family in the future, she will never forget your love and care." After that, Li Yuxin rolled her eyes and waved her sleeves and left.
Sheng Huaizhong was so angry that he fell backwards. After being supported by the servant beside him, he put his hand on his chest and panted hard, saying fiercely: "Okay, leave Sister Piao to me."
As soon as Sheng Huaizhong arrived at the outer courtyard gate, he saw a little girl carrying a large food box. Her thin arms were almost broken by the weight. He quickly ordered the servant to take Piaojie'er's food box. Sheng Huaizhong asked gently, "Piaojie, why don't you go in and wait outside?"
Sheng Piao, also known as Sheng Molan, said aggrievedly, "Daddy, I want to see you sooner, so I'm waiting at the door. I hope you won't blame me."
Sheng Huaizhong leaned on his crutch with one hand and held Sheng Piao with the other, saying, "My dear daughter, how could Daddy blame you? You are the most filial. You can make soup at such a young age. Daddy is so happy."
A hint of mockery flashed across Sheng Piao's eyes. He thought to himself, "Sheng Huaizhong is really useless. It seems he's not getting any good results from the Madam again." It seems he should put his plan of relying on Sheng Huaizhong to deal with the Madam on hold. He should think of ways to get more money.
Sheng Piao looked up and blinked her big eyes, then smiled shyly and said sweetly, "Daddy, I will definitely be filial to you. Even if I get married in the future, I will come home to visit you often."
The father and daughter sang the same tune and made big promises to each other. Finally, Sheng Piao was sent back to the yard by the maid Qiuxiang. In addition to the food box and empty bowl, she also sent back one thousand taels of silver notes and a jade pendant with very good water content.
Sheng Piao teased Liu Liu, then looked at the tender figure of the little girl in the bronze mirror and dropped the comb to the ground. It would take another seven or eight years for her to grow up, and a child's body wouldn't be able to do anything.
Sheng Molan didn't know much about the affairs of the Sheng family's first wife, but she had a vague impression that after Mr. Sheng's death, the first wife of the Sheng family was forced to live in the countryside by Sheng Huaizhong. She also remembered that her mother had told her about a powerful concubine named Liu, a woman of humble origins who had managed to seize the power of the Sheng family's first wife.
But, in this life, everything seemed different. While Old Master Sheng was still alive, Concubine Liu was beaten to death. She probed a bit, and it seemed the problem lay with her mother, the eldest wife of the first house. Concubine Yan said her mother used to be very gentle, and the concubines didn't take her seriously, but since Sheng Hong's birthday banquet, she had become very majestic.
Sheng Molan's small body kept turning around in the room, and suddenly, she remembered something.
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