Shen Qiyin nodded readily: "Sure, then make her kneel down and listen."
"Pfft—" Xianglan couldn't hold back her laughter and burst out laughing.
Feeling several gazes fall on her, she reacted quickly by pinching herself hard, and tears immediately streamed down her face.
"Pfft, pfft, waaaah... Third Miss, please take care..."
Seeing this, Wei Xuan withdrew his gaze with a gloomy look. He glared at Shen Qiyin and said sternly, "Shen Qiyin, don't push your luck!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin sighed softly, "Xiao Yan is right, you really can only understand donkey braying. You can't understand human speech at all."
“Chen Xiyin, you…”
“Your Highness, there is something I need to remind you. His Majesty is extremely kind and recently bestowed upon me the title of Lady of the Township. Although you are the heir apparent, my elder sister is only your concubine. According to the rules, she should pay her respects to me when she sees me.”
In fact, apart from meeting the emperor, there are some specific occasions where you need to perform a bow. At other times, you can simply bow or perform a simple curtsy.
But if they insist on making them kneel and worship, there is no problem.
Wei Xuan had never taken Shen Qiyin, a mere village lady, seriously, but he never expected that she would be able to use her humble status to overpower them at this time.
but--
She can use her status to intimidate others, so why can't he?
"Since you're making Nianyin kneel before you, shouldn't you kneel before me too?" Wei Xuan said arrogantly.
He had thought that Shen Qiyin would be embarrassed and run away after getting herself into trouble, but to his surprise, she replied with a smile, "Sure, it's just a kneeling. I even knelt down to offer incense to Shen Ruyin before."
"..." She called him a dead man, didn't she?
"Your Highness, let it go." Shen Nianyin pulled Wei Xuan's arm and shook it, pleading softly.
She had no intention of kneeling before Shen Qiyin!
Shen Qiyin had just predicted her intentions perfectly.
Some people enjoy bullying others because they relish the anger and helplessness of the bullied.
But if the person being bullied can't give the other person any feedback they want, then the one who bullies the bully will become angry.
Similarly.
Wei Xuan and his group thought they couldn't do anything to her because they assumed they would cause her humiliation, but she didn't care at all.
Conversely, Shen Nianyin cares about marriage to the extreme!
Seeing the two of them looking equally disgruntled, Shen Qiyin smiled faintly and politely asked, "Young Master, do I still need to apologize?"
Wei Xuan's fists clenched so tightly they made a "crackling" sound.
At the crucial moment, Shen Cang arrived upon hearing the news and gave Wei Xuan a way out, which finally brought the matter to a close.
In fact, Shen Xiyin knew very well that with Wei Xuan's personality, the more she bullied Shen Nianyin, the more Wei Xuan would feel that she was innocent and the more he would want to protect her.
So what? We can just curse him too.
The group went to Zhuijintang in a grand procession.
Old Madam Shen was reclining on the low couch, her face looking very unwell.
She had initially scolded the servants for bringing Shen Nianyin back to mourn, but upon seeing that Wei Xuan had accompanied her back, she immediately got up from her bed.
"This old woman greets Your Highness," she said, bowing as if to pay her respects.
Wei Xuan coldly replied, "No need."
It's clear that he doesn't have a good impression of Madam Shen.
At this moment, Shen Nianyin stepped forward and sensibly helped Old Madam Shen to a seat. Then, she gracefully walked to the center, bowed to the latter, and tears streamed down her face before she could speak.
"My granddaughter was seriously ill a while ago, but has only recently recovered. I am late in coming to pay my respects to my grandmother, and I hope you will forgive me."
"Illness?" Old Madam Shen raised her eyelids, clearly disbelieving. "What illness?"
"I accidentally ate the wrong thing a while ago and got poisoned."
"What?!" The old lady was shocked: "Poisoned?"
"How could someone be poisoned when they were perfectly fine?"
Her tone was sorrowful.
But Shen Qiyin could see it clearly: the old lady's eyes were unmoved, without a trace of heartache.
Shen Nianyin said that two days before Shen Cang was arrested and taken to Qiying Pavilion, she ate the food sent by the Crown Princess Ruan Xinghu and then vomited incessantly, unable to even stand up.
Fearing that she would worry during her illness, the prince kept the fact that Shen Cang had been imprisoned a secret from her.
"Later, my condition improved slightly, and I intended to rush back, but then my elder brother's incident happened. I was so anxious and upset that I fell ill again." Shen Nianyin's voice choked with emotion, which was heartbreaking to hear.
"Alas..." Old Madam Shen shook her head and sighed, "You're useless! Useless!"
“It’s my fault for being incompetent.” Shen Nianyin looked very guilty: “I’ve been sick for so long and haven’t been able to come back even with all these things happening at home. It’s my fault for being unfilial.”
She took all the blame upon herself, which, in Wei Xuan's eyes, meant that this heartless family had wronged her. So he immediately stood up for her, saying, "Madam, please don't blame Nianyin. It was out of concern for her health that I forbade her to come back."
"Even this time when I came to offer my condolences, I would not have allowed it if she hadn't begged me so much."
"As I expected, I was immediately filled with anger the moment I stepped inside." As he said this, Wei Xuan glanced meaningfully at Shen Qiyin.
If someone else were being targeted by treachery, they could simply pretend not to notice and get away with it.
But Shen Qiyin had come back in this life just to "make trouble out of nothing," so how could she let it go so easily? She immediately said, "Oh, with the young master here, you still managed to make my eldest sister suffer. You should really examine yourself and see if you've done enough."
Wei Xuan: "Shut up!"
Shen Qiyin: "Just like you, I can't control my mouth."
"you……"
"Qi Yin!" Shen Cang frowned. "How dare you speak to the young master like that?"
"Say it with your mouth, didn't you see?"
In front of outsiders, Shen Cang felt somewhat embarrassed.
But when Wei Xuan saw this scene, for some reason, he felt strangely balanced. It turned out that this crazy girl wasn't targeting him, but rather treating everyone equally.
Lost in thought, I suddenly felt a tightness in my wrist.
He turned his head and saw that Shen Nianyin's face was as white as paper, her lips were bloodless, and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
"Nianyin! What's wrong?"
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