Chapter 4: Teaching the Slave a Lesson
Manager Liu rushed to Ji Jinglan's courtyard and told her what Chu Xinrou had said. Ji Jinglan got a headache after hearing it and sent people away repeatedly. "It's just a small matter. Just do as Xinrou said."
When Shu Wei was here, these people never came to her with trivial matters at home. Why did Xinrou wake her up in the middle of the night? These people must have thought that Xinrou was new and were deliberately embarrassing her.
She had to find an opportunity to give them a good beating.
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Inside the clinic
Seeing that Shen Zhang had difficulty moving and Shen Zhiyang couldn't help him alone, Shen Shuwei stepped forward to lend a hand.
Shen Shuwei's mind was on Shen Zhang, and he bumped into someone head-on. The fragrance of orchid snow filled his nose.
I looked up subconsciously, but only caught a glimpse of jade-white skin under the pure white veil.
"Prince, are you alright?" Cheng Feng hurriedly supported the man, tilted his head to glance at Chen Shuwei, and muttered softly, "Isn't this the girl we saw in the alley just now, kneeling and begging Censor Zhang to overturn the verdict?"
What a coincidence! My master had just seen the other party making a fuss in the alley, and now he was bumped into by the other party when he entered the clinic.
Zhao Yun clenched his fist, coughed into his lips, and shook his head. "Nothing, the most important thing is to get the token."
Shen Shuwei quickly put the little incident at the door of the clinic behind him, and the master and servants slowly returned to the Shen family.
Although the Shen family's house is small, it is clean and tidy. There is not even a weed in the gaps between the bricks at the door.
"The Shen family is in the center of public opinion right now. The second young master and the fourth young lady are still not quiet and are running away eagerly. I wonder which family in the capital would be willing to get involved with the Shen family right now?" Shen Shuwei had just stepped over the threshold when he heard a sarcastic taunt.
"Why not listen to me and send all the remaining property and money of the Shen family to Madam Mei and let their eldest wife keep it for you."
Looking closely, they found that it was a maid dressed in servant's clothes, who was looking at them with her hands in her sleeves in a sarcastic tone.
"This is--" Nanny Lin also saw Chen Shuwei.
Chen Shu raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled, "Qingdai."
Qingdai responded, took a few steps forward and slapped her loudly in the face.
Nanny Lin didn't have time to react, and she screamed and fell to the ground. She covered her face with her hands, looking at Chen Shuwei in shock and fear, "You - who are you from? You actually broke into someone else's house and beat someone up! Believe it or not, I'll report you to the police and have you arrested!"
Shen Shuwei let go of Shen Zhang, walked forward leisurely and looked down at her, "I am the master of the Shen family, it is only natural for me to teach a servant like you a lesson."
Nanny Lin seemed to have thought of something, and stared at Shen Shuwei with wide eyes, "You are the one that Miss Tong Xinrou picked up by mistake!"
Without waiting for Shen Shuwei to wink, Qing Dai picked her up and slapped her again, causing her to turn her face away. "You unruly thing! How dare you do that in front of the master? Believe it or not, I'll take your indenture and sell you out."
Nanny Lin's original pride was completely shattered by Qingdai's two slaps. She covered her face and shrank on the spot like a quail.
"Tell me, what were you talking about at the door just now." Chen Shuwei sat on an armchair that Yun Ling brought and looked at her with a smile.
"I..." Nanny Lin was about to speak when Qingdai gave her a sidelong glance. She immediately lowered her head and whispered, "This old servant is thinking that the Second House is about to confiscate the property. Why not do as Miss Xinrou said before and send the remaining gold and silver treasures to the First House? They can take care of the Master and the Young Master during their exile."
Shen Shuwei smiled immediately after hearing what she said.
She knew very well what kind of person the eldest wife of the Marquis of Changping was. When the second wife and her family were exiled, the eldest wife stayed away for fear of being involved. Later, when they learned that she stayed in the Marquis' Mansion, they had the audacity to visit her and ask her to help them because of their kinship.
After being rejected by her, he made a scene at the door of the Marquis's Mansion, and she finally broke the leg of the eldest wife's only son before he gave up.
"Why should I give my things to my aunt and the others?" Shen Zhiyang could no longer stand it and shouted angrily, "I would rather smash and throw away my things than leave them to those people!"
Chen Zhang frowned, "When did Xinrou ask you to do this? Tell me everything clearly."
Nanny Lin was afraid of being slapped again, so she immediately told the whole story about Chu Xinrou asking her to take some treasures to the main room the day before and exchange them for silver notes to take to the Jingning Marquis' Mansion.
"This is all Miss Xinrou's idea. I'm just a wet nurse. Without the master's approval, I wouldn't dare to do it even if I had the courage of heaven."
"You—" Shen Zhiyang's eyes turned red with anger, and he pointed at Nanny Lin, unable to speak. After a while, he angrily threw his sleeves and went into the house to check the family's belongings.
That was all the money they saved to bribe the jailer so that Father Shen could live more comfortably in prison.
After seeing Shen Zhiyang coming out wiping her eyes and sobbing softly saying that all the boxes she had hidden under the bed had been emptied, Shen Zhang's face suddenly changed and he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
Shen Shuwei took in the reactions of the two and curled his lips into a sarcastic smile.
Chu Xinrou is really calculating. Knowing that the second wife cannot be saved, she uses the second wife's property to please the first wife.
It would be better for the Shen family to raise a dog over the years than to raise a ungrateful person like her.
"Alright, it's not worth getting angry over such a small matter. Third sister will take you back with interest." Shen Shuwei took out a handkerchief and lifted up Shen Zhiyang's face to wipe her tears, deliberately teasing her, "Such beautiful eyes will look ugly if they are swollen from crying."
Shen Zhiyang blushed immediately, sniffed, and whispered, "Third sister, uncle and his family are not easy to deal with. If you put something in their pocket, you can't get it back. Don't go, I'm afraid you will be bullied."
Especially her aunt and her cousin, each one was so rude that they dared to say anything. She had been so angry that she cried several times before.
She didn't want to see her third sister being bullied by those people.
Chen Shuwei curled his lips and looked at Yun Ling, "Help Second Brother go back to the house to rest. Qingdai, take that nanny with me to the Pingchang Marquis's Mansion."
Although the first and second houses had not separated, Shen Shuwei's family had moved out. The reason was not difficult to guess: they could not stand the constant squeezing and quarreling in the mansion.
Shen Zhiyang was led by Shen Shuwei into the Pingchang Marquis's Mansion. She thought that if her aunt spoke rudely later, she would have to hold back her tears and curse back.
The servants of the Pingchang Marquis' Mansion were lazy. When they saw Shen Zhiyang and the others, they didn't react for a while. It was only after Qingdai yelled at them that they went to report as if they had seen a ghost.
Why did the people from the second house come to my house, and brought a young lady who I don’t know?
Chen Shuwei didn't bother to pay attention to the housekeeper who asked them to wait in the yard for notification, and led his men into the main hall.
Mei Yingzhu, the wife of the eldest house, had just gone to bed when she was woken by a maid. She slapped the maid in displeasure and scolded her for disturbing her sleep in the middle of the night. Then she lazily changed her clothes and combed her hair into a bun before coming over.
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