Chapter 15 She is no longer my sister Shen Zhang
"Get up! A disloyal and unfilial person like her is not worth your begging!"
Suddenly, the crowd gathered and the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion walked out slowly with a dignified look, supported by her maid.
The moment she saw Chen Shuwei, she slammed her cane down hard, "You unfilial thing! Xinrou begged you so much, but you didn't react at all!"
The old lady was invited by Chu Xinrou in order to suppress Chen Shuwei.
Chu Xinrou pursed her lips and walked softly to the old lady, "Grandma, please don't be angry. I think my sister is willing to give that spot to my eldest brother."
The matter involves her grandson's future, so even if Shen Shuwei is unwilling, the old lady wants her to give up the spot willingly.
"My mansion has raised you for so many years, and your eldest brother has always loved you. Now I'm just asking you for a place in the Imperial Guard, and you're refusing!"
Shen Shuwei didn't expect the old lady to come over as well. He frowned slightly and said, "Old lady, a place in the Imperial Guard is like cabbage in the field. Can you take it if you want it?"
"Shut up! My mansion has raised you for so many years, but I didn't expect you to become such an ungrateful person who disobeys your elders!"
"I'm telling you, Lan'er must join the Imperial Guard today!" the old lady shouted, "He's your elder brother, and you're not helping him but a bunch of outsiders. You're truly not as gentle and considerate as me."
"I'm putting it this way, you have to give up this spot whether you want to or not!"
So what if Chen Shuwei left the Marquis' Mansion? The Marquis' Mansion had raised her for so many years, and this was what she should do.
Not to mention a place in the Imperial Guards, she would have to give her life, otherwise it would be unfilial.
Chen Shuwei had always known the old lady's ability to be unreasonable, but he didn't expect that she would be willing to lose face in front of so many people.
Looking at Shen Shuwei with a frown on his face, Chu Xinrou curled the corners of her lips in an unpredictable way.
With her grandmother's intervention, Shen Shuwei would have to give an extra spot to her eldest brother, and then she could get to know Prince Kangping.
"What if I just don't let you?" Chen Shuwei retorted calmly, looking up at the old lady without dodging or avoiding.
The old lady's body trembled with anger, and she raised her hand to slap Shen Shuwei.
However, someone grabbed her wrist and shook it off. The old lady staggered two steps and was supported by someone.
Chu Xinrou looked at the man standing beside Shen Shuwei with a sullen face in disbelief and cried out, "Second brother."
Shen Zhang's eyes turned colder, and after a brief pause on Chu Xinrou, he turned away and looked at Shen Shuwei, "Are you okay?"
Shen Shuwei curled the corners of his lips helplessly, "She didn't even touch me, what could happen to me?"
Shen Zhang narrowed his eyes and glared at the old lady, "If she really runs into you, I won't let them go easily."
Listening to the two people chatting casually, Chu Xinrou felt inexplicably flustered. Didn't her second brother love her the most? Why didn't he react when he saw her now?
"Brother, I was just talking to my sister, and she got angry for some reason and even talked back to Grandma." Chu Xinrou coughed, clutching her chest, looking frail. "But what did I do wrong?"
In the past, whenever she showed this attitude, her second brother would coax her with heartache. Even if she wanted a jade hairpin from the Gold and Silver Shop, her second brother would empty his savings to buy it for her.
After saying that, Chu Xinrou waited for Shen Zhang to abandon Shen Shuwei to comfort herself.
However, Shen Zhang just looked at her calmly, turned around and was about to leave with Shen Shuwei.
Thanks to the vixen he picked up at home, he is now fed up with this sickly person who coughs every three steps.
Not to mention that on the way here, he heard Chu Xinrou constantly making things difficult for Shen Shuwei.
The sister he once loved so much gradually became a stranger to him.
"Second brother! Did my sister say something to you? I didn't mean to not visit you. It's just that I'm not feeling well and need to recuperate in the Marquis' Mansion." Chu Xinrou anxiously chased forward and grabbed Chen Zhang's sleeve.
How could the second brother ignore her? He clearly said that he loved her the most as his sister.
It must be Shen Shuwei who interfered and said bad things about her, which is why her second brother ignored her.
Chen Zhang stopped and looked at her with eyes that Chu Xinrou had never seen before. The unfamiliar look in his eyes scared her.
"Xinrou, Shuwei has never said anything bad about you to me. But I have something to ask you."
Chu Xinrou was panicking, but she forced herself to remain calm and smiled, "What does Second Brother want to ask Xinrou?"
Chen Zhang looked at her and asked word by word, "Did you take the box of valuables that Ayang hid under the bed to give to the eldest wife?"
When Chu Xinrou heard Shen Zhang ask this, she was completely panicked.
Mei Yingzhu had something on her, so in order to enter the Marquis' Mansion, she had to give her money.
Now that she was exposed, she panicked and put the blame on Mei Yingzhu and Shen Wan, crying, "It was my aunt and sister Wan'er who told me that if I gave them money, they would help me rescue my father, so I..."
"Second brother, I gave them the silver because I wanted to save Dad."
"Really?" Shen Zhang sneered.
Chu Xinrou looked at him with tearful eyes, revealing her usual pitiful expression, "Second brother, don't you believe me?"
Chen Zhang suddenly pulled his hand away and turned sideways to motion for her to look.
Not far away, Chu Mingyi and Chen Wan were standing there watching the fun.
Shen Wan was very angry and looked like she was going to bite a piece of flesh off Chu Xinrou, which scared Chu Xinrou.
Chu Mingyi said hypocritically: "Big sister, I met this Miss Shen at the gate of the mansion. She claimed to be your cousin, so I brought her in. You won't blame me, right?"
"I--" Chu Xinrou was panicking and at a loss.
Chen Wan came here today to ask Chu Xinrou for money, but who knew she would hear such shameless words from her? She immediately rushed forward in anger and tore at her, "Well, it was you who said you wanted to return to the Marquis' Mansion to recognize your relatives, and you were afraid that the servants in the Marquis' Mansion would not like you, so you took all the money from your family and gave it to me, asking me and my mother to help you."
"You shamelessly stole all the money from our family and went to the Marquis' Mansion, and you even promised to give me and my mother a thousand taels of silver after the deed was done. That's why we helped you."
"Now you blame us."
If Chu Xinrou succeeded in framing them, she and her mother would probably be arrested and handed over to the authorities.
Although she was angry, Chen Wan still had some rationality and hid Chu Xinrou's handle. She still had to rely on this handle to ask Chu Xinrou for money.
Chu Xinrou was weak, and when Shen Wan grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground, she screamed, "Ah! My hair! My hair!"
This turn of events was so dramatic that everyone present was dumbfounded.
Shen Shuwei glanced at Shen Zhang and mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally, "If you can't bear it, go and help, second brother."
She knew that Chen Zhang was a man who valued friendship and loyalty. Even though he was disappointed with Chu Xinrou, he still had feelings for her deep down.
Chen Zhang pursed his lips and looked at the two people fighting each other, then shook his head.
When he found out that Chu Xinrou had indeed taken the family's money and she still refused to admit it, Shen Zhang was completely disappointed with his former sister.
"Now that she has returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she belongs to the Marquis' Mansion and is no longer my sister, Shen Zhang."
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