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Chapter 487: Obsessive Delusion

When Shen Zi'an saw Ye Wenru and Mrs. Ye were about to stand up, he stood up first and spoke coldly, whispering to Su Zhi to let her rest here. Su Zhi insisted on going with him, so he supported her. The two of them apologized to Ye Wenru and his wife for Shen Zhu's rudeness, then glanced at the Shen family and walked out.

Shen Zhu was so angry that her face turned pale, thinking that Fourth Brother was slapping her in the face!

Shen Ziju also felt ashamed and bowed to Ye Wenru. Although he didn't say anything, he also expressed his apology. He didn't want Prime Minister Ye to lose his favor towards him.

Although Shen Youfu and Shen Zhang felt that Shen Zian was wrong and shouldn't have criticized Shen Zhu in such a situation, they also felt that Shen Zhu was a bit rash. How could a guest ask the host to make room for him? Especially in the Prime Minister's Mansion. However, the old couple did not apologize to Ye Wenru and the others. If they did, they would lose face.

The whole family followed Shen Zian and his wife, and when no one was around, Shen Youfu scolded Shen Zhu. He thought that if Shen Zhu had upset Prime Minister Ye and affected his son's future, it would be bad. Shen Zhu was very dissatisfied and said that the prime minister was nothing. Xiaori was already the eldest prince, and she was Xiaori's aunt. Even if she was not an orthodox royal relative, her status was more noble than that of the prime minister. Couldn't she use his place? What's more, she said it very tactfully and without forcing. Shen Youfu was an old country man after all. When he heard what Shen Zhu said, he thought it made sense, so he didn't say anything.

Although Shen Zhang felt that her daughter's words were flawed, she didn't want to say anything to her. She only wanted her daughter to marry well. When her daughter got married, she didn't want to say anything to her in front of others and make her hate her. At most, she would go back and talk to her in private.

"Zhu'er, don't forget that Xiaori is the adopted son of Fourth Brother and Sister-in-law. Fourth Brother and Sister-in-law don't have a very good relationship with us, and we didn't treat Xiaori well in the past. But Prime Minister Ye's son Xing'er grew up with Xiaori, like a brother."

Shen Ziju did not scold Shen Zhu, but just said these few words to her.

When Shen Zhu heard this, she knew it was too early for her to be happy.

"Father, mother, you must help me persuade my fourth brother to ask the emperor for help. No matter how high their status is, Xiaori is the eldest prince. It is false that he is not close to us. Only when our status is high can it be real! You must let my fourth brother ask the emperor for help. If I have a noble status by then, won't you also raise your status? I am not like my fourth brother and Xiaori who are not close to you. I am close to you."

Shen Zhu pleaded with Shen Youfu and the others in a low voice, looking at Shen Zian and Su Zhi in the distance ahead. She lowered her voice and said.

Su Zhi's ears have been very sensitive since she had the Lingquan Fairy Lotus. Shen Zhu's voice was low, but she could still hear it. She thought to herself, what does Shen Zhu want them to ask the emperor for? They are so shameless that they actually ask them to ask the emperor for this and that. The emperor is alive, and it is more troublesome than asking the gods in heaven. If you are not careful, someone will die. How many officials in the court dare to ask the emperor for something just because they have made contributions? Now because Xiao Ri is the eldest prince, they are asked to ask the emperor for help. Do they think they owe it to them?

Su Zhi was not worried that Shen Zian would agree to the Shen family's request. Shen Zian disliked the Shen family even more than she did.

When they returned to the yard where they lived, Liu Jin and Liu Yin saw that the Shen family had arrived. No matter how unhappy they were, they went to bring them tea, and then stood outside the door guarding, hoping that they would rush in if there was something wrong inside.

"Just tell me what you have to say."

Shen Zian said, in fact, Su Zhi had not only heard what Shen Zhu said just now, he had also heard it, he was born with a good body, strong, light, fast, far-sighted, and sharp ears, and later after drinking Su Zhi's spiritual spring water, he became even more amazing. He was very angry after hearing what the people of the Shen family said behind the couple, thinking that besides wanting to curry favor with Xiao Ri and get some benefits, they actually wanted them to ask the emperor for mercy, what a beautiful thought.

However, Shen Zian also wanted to know what Shen Zhu wanted.

Shen Youfu said, "I am your father. No matter how unhappy you are, you have to admit this. Now that Xiaori has become the eldest prince, you have also done a favor to the royal family. The emperor must be very grateful to you. It should be easy for you to ask the emperor for a favor. What I ask you to ask for is not a big deal. It is just to ask for a marriage for your sister."

Su Zhi heard this and thought, so they were asked to help Shen Zhu find a lover? She really didn't know which unlucky person Shen Zhu had chosen. He must be very good, otherwise they wouldn't have to ask the emperor for help. She was thinking about it, and then she heard Shen Youfu's next words. When she heard the name, she almost spit out the tea in her mouth. She tried to hold it back, but she choked and coughed.

Shen Zian quickly patted Su Zhi on the back and said distressedly, "Look at you. You know you shouldn't drink tea at this time, but you still want to drink it. Are you choking?"

Shen Zhu said, "That's right. He didn't even listen to what my father-in-law was saying, and was just drinking tea leisurely. He really has no manners."

"I said my daughter-in-law shouldn't drink tea because I knew you would say something that would make people spit tea at her, but I still wanted her to drink tea. It's not that I think my daughter-in-law has no rules. No one has ever stipulated that the daughter-in-law can't drink tea when the father-in-law says so. What kind of rules are these? You are not allowed to say bad things about my daughter-in-law."

Shen Zian looked at Shen Zhu and said that his sister had become even more ignorant since coming to Beijing. She had pretended to be well-behaved before, but now she was much more talkative.

Shen Zhu blushed and said, "Fourth brother, what do you mean we have to say something that will make people spit tea at us? How can what Dad just said make people spit tea at us?!"

Shen Zhu actually knew why Su Zhi was so surprised that she spit on her tea. It was because Shen Youfu mentioned the name of the man she wanted to marry. Su Zhi must have thought that she was delusional, so she lost her composure. She snorted in her heart, thinking that she must get married, and then let Su Zhi see that she married much better than her!

Shen Zian said, "Just because you want to marry the uncle of the emperor, you can even say such a dreamy thing. How can it not surprise people? Is the uncle of the emperor so easy to marry? He can even marry a rich and beautiful woman, why do we have to ask the emperor to let him marry a village girl as his principal wife? This is simply asking for trouble."

Su Zhi nodded in her heart. Just now, Shen Youfu proposed that they ask the emperor to grant Meng Jinliang and Shen Zhu a marriage, and that Meng Jinliang should be his legal wife. She felt that the Shen family was too ambitious. Where did they get the courage? Shen Zhu was pretty, but the capital city was not short of beauties. Meng Jinliang was handsome and talented, and his family background was outstanding. His sister was the current queen. How many women in the capital city were attracted to him? He could marry any woman he wanted. Shen Zhu was really not worthy of him.

If they were to ask the Emperor for a marriage now, they would be offending others. Shen Zhu might marry Meng Jinliang, and they would not have a good ending!

It's really a pity that the Shen family thought of asking them to do such an offensive thing.

Su Zhi felt that Shen Zian was calm enough as he didn't get angry at them.

"Fourth brother! Am I as bad as you say? After all, I am the sister of the second place winner, and now I am Xiaori's aunt. You have done a favor to the royal family, so isn't it just right to let him marry me? This can be considered as a closer relationship. You can go and say a few words, and if the emperor grants me the marriage, he will definitely be happy! When I become the emperor's uncle's wife, won't you also benefit from it?"

Shen Zhu was irritated by Shen Zian's call of "country girl". What she hated most in her life was that she was born in the countryside. She felt superior to others when she was in the village, but at that time she was the golden phoenix in the village, and everyone looked up to her. She was proud. Now that she came to the capital, some people called her a village girl behind her back. She was very angry, but she didn't dare to argue because the other party's status was higher than hers. So she was more determined to marry a rich and powerful family as a wife, so that those who laughed at her would see that even if she was a village girl, she, Shen Zhu, could still fly up to the branches.

But now Shen Zian actually rejected her, dashing her hopes and making her unhappy.

Su Zhi said coldly, "If you want to talk about taking advantage of others, you took advantage of us first and wanted to marry the emperor's uncle."

Shen Zhu glared at Su Zhi. Seeing her wearing jade on her hair and silk on her body, she was very angry. However, she could not offend Su Zhi now, so she could only say to Shen Zian, "Fourth brother, just tell me whether you can help me ask the emperor for this marriage. I am your sister. If I become the emperor's wife, you will also benefit!"

Shen Zian said firmly: "No matter what!"

Shen Zhang said sadly, "Zi'an, are you still holding a grudge against me, so you don't help your sister? You loved her very much before. Don't take your hatred for me onto her. Besides, this hatred may be misplaced. Zhu'er is thinking about the prince's uncle, and if you don't help her fulfill her wish, she will never be happy in her life. How comfortable will you feel as her brother? Just promise her. If you promise her, I promise that I will never show up in front of you again!"

Su Zhi smiled in her heart, thinking that Shen Zhang was really good at speaking, and those who didn't know would be moved, but she knew that Shen Zhang said this without paying any price. Not appearing in front of Shen Zian was probably what she hoped for the most. Especially since her son had a promising future and her daughter married into a wealthy family, she wouldn't want to see Shen Zian anymore, right?

Shen Youfu urged Shen Zian to agree.

Shen Ziju was standing aside. He knew that this was really too much to ask, but under Shen Zhu's gaze, he could only persuade Shen Zian with a few words. After that, he lowered his head and drank his tea.

"Go away. I won't agree to this."

Shen Zian stood up and called Liu Jin and Liu Yin to come in and see the guests off.

Liu Jin and Liu Yin came in immediately and politely asked the Shen family to leave.

Shen Youfu was furious and wanted to curse loudly, but he did not curse at the glances of Shen Zhangshi and Shen Ziju. He thought that Xiaori was the eldest prince now, and if he really scolded him, it would affect his youngest son's future.

The Shen family finally left in disgrace.

Shen Zhu was walking at the end. She looked back and swore secretly in her heart that she must marry well. When she has power and influence, she will take revenge on her good fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law to vent the humiliation of being rejected today!

(Lishu Literature)