Chapter 35 Night Party
That night, Shen Jingshu secretly went to the main room of the Shen Mansion. Jiang was really shocked to see her own daughter coming there at night.
She looked outside and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was the familiar maid Xiuzhu following her.
"Why are you here now? Didn't I tell you to come less often?" Under the dim candlelight, the face of the eldest lady of the Shen family, whose identity was not prominent, was a little blurry.
All I could see were the particularly prominent cheekbones, which seemed to be glowing purple-red.
Compared with Mrs. Ruan from the second house, Jiang already looked very old.
Shen Jingshu looked at her own mother and didn't speak for a moment.
This young lady, who usually acts coquettishly and foolishly in front of Madam Ruan, showed sufficient calmness at this time.
The eldest master, Shen Changbai, usually rested in his outer courtyard. The two maids who had been keeping watch for Jiang were now fast asleep in the side room next door.
"I can't come?" Shen Jingshu said coldly.
"How many times have I told you that Second Madam Ruan is your mother now. Haven't you done a good job for so long?" Jiang's voice was light, and her words were without any warmth.
She and the second wife, Ruan, have completely different personalities.
Ruan was a gentle, respectful and frugal woman. She was born in a family of poetry and etiquette. She rarely had conflicts with others in her life and was generous and tolerant to people and things.
Jiang, on the other hand, was completely different from her. She had an unremarkable background and appearance, rarely smiled, was cruel to others, and even crueler to herself.
Just like now, even when facing her biological daughter whom she had not seen for a long time, she still had a cold and indifferent face.
There was another silence.
Suddenly, Shen Jingshu, who had originally had a cold face, covered her face and sobbed softly.
Jiang sat there without moving. After Shen Jingshu finished crying, she wiped her tears and then questioned her with her red eyes: "Why don't you ask me why I'm crying? You are so cruel! Sometimes I even doubt whether I am your biological child."
"What's wrong with you? Is it because you only served as the second prince's concubine?" Jiang's voice was still indifferent.
"Isn't this enough? It was all your bad advice that I received. Instead of being the wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke's Mansion, I had to fight for a hopeless position." Perhaps because she was excited, her voice was a little loud.
Jiang couldn't help but stepped forward and covered her mouth, looking towards the ear room and said, "Keep your voice down!"
"Those two people are not your people?"
"Yes, but who knows if there will be any accidents?"
Jiang frowned, not knowing what she was thinking about, and did not speak for a while.
Shen Jingshu just looked at her like this, and had to admit in her heart that she did look like Jiang.
No matter how much she pretended to be a gentle lady in public, she acted like a pampered young lady in front of Ruan.
But she was born to Jiang, and her truest side was a miniature of the woman in front of her.
Selfish, indifferent, like a gutter rat.
Shen Jingshu couldn't help but laugh at herself, then she heard the person in front of her say again: "Don't come here in the future. You are the legitimate daughter of the second house. You must always remember this. Especially after entering the Second Prince's Mansion, you should rely on them even more."
"who are they?"
"Your mother, father, brother, grandfather, and the entire Shen family." Jiang's voice was hoarse and low, and seemed a bit creepy in the quiet night.
Shen Jingshu listened and felt a shock in her heart.
After a long while, she said, as if to herself, "You come to me and get nothing. What I deserved was given to you when you were two years old."
After Jiang finished speaking, he stopped looking at her and turned his back.
Shen Jingshu suddenly felt her hair stand on end. She didn't dare to ask, or even make any sound.
She just felt that coming here so late was a mistake and she shouldn't have come.
But she felt vaguely uneasy about the arranged marriage and wanted to talk to this woman.
But at this moment, Shen Jingshu wished that she had never set foot in this room tonight and had never heard these words.
She wanted to leave and pretend nothing had happened.
Seeing her almost running away in panic, Jiang smiled silently.
Shen Jingshu walked very fast. Xiuzhu, who was holding a lantern behind her, was afraid that her master would fall, so she could only quicken her pace to follow.
After leaving the big room, they hurried along the way, but heard "Woof woof..." from not far away.
Hearing this voice, Shen Jingshu's panic when she ran away from her biological mother was mostly scared away. She then remembered her situation and where she was at the moment.
There is only one person in the Shen Mansion who keeps a dog, and that is Shen Shaoyu.
He has a Pekingese dog, which he treats very kindly.
Shen Jingshu covered her mouth tightly and dared not make a sound. Xiuzhu, who was following behind her, also had a pale face.
They could feel that Shen Shaoyu stood in front of the woods for a while, and then suddenly turned around and left.
There was also a "Woo woo..." sound that gradually faded away. It came from the Pekingese dog's mouth, as if it was protesting against its owner.
"Okay, let's go! Let's go..." The man coaxed the dog and gradually moved away until the only sound in his ears was the wind in the woods.
Only then did Shen Jingshu leave quickly with her maid, still in shock.
But after they walked away, a master and servant appeared where they had been lying just now, and the Pekingese dog that refused to leave was frolicking on the grass.
The man looked like he could be blown down by the wind, but there was no trace of weakness in his eyes.
He carefully followed the traces left behind, all the way to the gate of the Shen family's main house, but did not go any further inside.
The next day, Shen Jingshu fell ill, and Ruan asked someone to invite a doctor to treat her.
After she fell ill, the Shen family, who had been worried about the arranged marriage, calmed down.
Madam Ruan complained to Shen Xinian, "The child doesn't want to be born either, so why does the master have to make matters worse by questioning her? Since the imperial decree for the marriage has been issued, we should prepare for the wedding!"
"You foolish woman! After the imperial decree of marriage was issued, I went to the palace to meet the emperor. Guess what the emperor said?" Chen Xinian flicked his sleeves, his beard almost standing up in anger.
"how?"
"The Emperor has asked me to be patient and ask my daughter for her opinion."
Chen Xinian thought about the situation at that time. He was a minister, so he naturally could not openly resist the royal marriage. He had to bring up the marriage alliance between the Xiao and Chen families.
Mrs. Ruan looked at her husband's receding figure, her face turning pale and blue.
Shen Jingshu hid behind the curtains, twisting the handkerchief in her hand again and again.
She suddenly gritted her teeth, a fierce look appeared in her eyes, and then blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. After a while, her body slid down along the corner of the wall.
Xiuzhu yelled, "Miss!"
Mrs. Ruan was originally immersed in her own emotions, but when she heard the exclamation, she forgot everything for a moment.
She hurried into the inner room and saw the girl lying in the maid's arms. Her face was pale, and there was blood on her neck and mouth. She suddenly screamed, "Shu'er!"
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