Shen Qiyin glanced at the sky outside and said, "Oh, it's getting late. I won't drink then. Thank you for reminding me, Mother."
"You..." Madam Shen was even angrier: "Did you do this on purpose?"
"What intentions?"
"You're deliberately trying to provoke me!"
"No."
Madam Shen retorted angrily, "Your father is about to be seduced by some vixen, and you don't even try to help me. Are you still my own daughter?"
"You should have just told me earlier so I could help you find a solution," Shen Qiyin said, as if it were no big deal. "Then I'll keep an eye on the servants and have them prepare a courtyard to welcome the new concubine into the mansion?"
Madam Shen's eyes widened in disbelief: "What...what did you say?!"
"You don't mean you want me to personally escort her into the Shen family, do you?"
"How is that possible!"
"That's good."
"What I mean is, how could you say something like tidying up that wretched woman's yard?" Madam Shen trembled with anger. "Do you actually welcome her into the manor?"
Shen Qiyin nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world: “Since Father has taken a liking to her, she must have something pleasing about her. If she can make Father happy, then she has done a great service.”
"Mother, didn't you just tell me to think more about Father? Now that I'm considering this from Father's perspective, I think it would be best to bring him into the manor."
"Does the mother think her daughter is being considerate enough?"
"you!"
Madam Shen's head buzzed, and she almost collapsed.
She had just learned of her husband's affair and hadn't even recovered from the shock when her daughter came to tease her with sarcastic remarks.
What terrible things have I done to deserve this father and daughter?
What's frustrating is that there's nothing I can do about it.
In the past, no matter how much he scolded or beat her, Yin'er always listened to him. Now, however, she is rebellious and he can't do anything about her.
Thinking of this, Madam Shen covered her face and wept bitterly.
Half of it is a sorrow that comes from the heart.
Half of it was for Shen Xiyin to hear.
She wanted her to have a change of heart, to realize how hard her mother had worked, and to give her advice and serve her as before.
result--
"Mother, cry. I'm leaving now."
Seeing that Shen Qiyin was leaving after speaking and wasn't just trying to scare her, Madam Shen immediately stopped crying and hurriedly grabbed her, asking, "Where are you going?"
"A medical clinic."
"Are you just going to abandon me?!"
"I offered to keep an eye on things and help you tidy up the yard, but you said you didn't need it?"
"..." Madam Shen was so angry that she forgot to cry and asked angrily, "What's wrong with you, child?"
"Are you really happy about your dad having affairs?"
"Don't forget the saying, 'A son's status depends on his mother.' Your father's heart isn't with me, so what good is it to you?"
Shen Qiyin looked at her calmly, slowly and firmly pulling her sleeve out of Madam Shen's hand. She said, "I've never heard of a son gaining status through his mother, but I have heard of a mother gaining status through her son."
Madam Shen: "You..."
"Mother, don't forget who helped you get out of confinement and who helped you get the storeroom key."
"If it weren't for me, you would probably still be locked up in Ningxiang Courtyard and unable to come out."
"You always taught me to put my father first in everything, so why don't you do the same thing yourself?"
Madam Shen stubbornly retorted, "How could I not have put your father first?"
"Then why are you so angry when you find out he's keeping a mistress?"
"That was..."
“You should feel fortunate that someone is taking care of your father and making him happy,” Shen Qiyin said, suddenly grabbing Madam Shen and pulling her into the inner room.
She pressed the woman down onto the chair in front of the dressing table, gazed into Madam Shen's wrinkled eyes through the mirror, and said, word by word, "Mother, take a good look at your own face. What do you think?"
At first, Madam Shen did not understand what he meant, until she saw her haggard face and dull complexion in the mirror, and she was struck dumb.
She leaned forward abruptly, as if she wanted to press her face against the mirror.
The more closely she looked, the more desperate she felt.
When did I become such a grotesque person?
As Shen Qiyin watched the expression on her face change from shock to sadness, and from sadness to despair, she finally spoke, "Judging from Mother's expression, you yourself are shocked by your own appearance."
"If you yourself react this way, how much more so would your father!"
“Aren’t you the most virtuous person? Now that you know your father dislikes you because you’re old and unattractive, you should take the initiative to help him find someone he likes.”
"Besides, he found it on his own without you having to worry about it at all. You should be secretly happy."
Every single word pierced Madam Shen's heart.
She cried first, then laughed, and finally cried and laughed at the same time, throwing a tantrum and blaming everything on Shen Qiyin.
"It's all because of you!"
"Otherwise, even if my appearance had faded, he would have respected me a little because I raised his son. How could he have ended up like this, keeping a mistress!"
"He dislikes me so much because you're a worthless girl."
Shen Qiyin actually nodded in agreement: "That's right, just because I'm a girl. But why don't you think about who gave birth to this girl?"
"How come everyone else can have a son, but you can't?"
"Was it because Shen Guangzong and Shen Yaozu were able to be born because they prayed to the gods and Buddhas while they were still in the wombs of those two concubines, hoping to be born as boys?"
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