She looked like she wanted to "support the Shen family."

Seeing this, Lady Mu stopped trying to persuade them and said, "I'll go with you too."

Shen looked at her mother, then at her daughter, and her mood suddenly became much better. She curled her lips and smiled.

So Dongmei and others quickly helped Shen change her clothes, combed her hair again, put on powder and lip balm to cover up the sick look on her face.

Chu Qianchen also personally picked out a golden hairpin for Shen and inserted it in her hair. After this decoration, Shen became as elegant and radiant as usual.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren immediately set out from the Duke's Mansion and took a carriage to the Yongding Marquis' Mansion.

The wife of Duke Mu was here to pay a visit, so the Marquis's residence opened its doors to welcome her. Immediately, a maid ran to Rongfu Hall to report to the Madam Dowager.

The lady-in-law came to the inner gate in person to greet them, and called them "relatives" affectionately. However, when she looked at Shen, her eyes were slightly cold, as she thought that Shen might have filed a complaint at her natal family, so the wife of Duke Mu came to the mansion to call her to task.

When the lady saw Chu Qianchen getting off the carriage behind Shen, her expression changed again and she frowned noticeably.

Chu Qianchen was actually with the wife of Duke Mu, which meant that Chu Qianchen went to the Duke's Mansion today... Humph, not just today, maybe she went to the Duke's Mansion yesterday or the day before yesterday! Chu Qianchen, this girl, is just like her aunt, who is good at scheming. In order to please Shen, her stepmother, she even went to the Duke's Mansion to show her filial piety. She simply made the Chu family lose face in front of the Duke's Mansion! The lady only glanced at Chu Qianchen, and her disgust in her heart became stronger.

"My dear relatives, please come this way." The lady-in-law personally led the wife of Duke Mu to the main hall at the front of the inner courtyard and sat her down. She then ordered the servants to serve tea and said some polite words of indifference.

She was polite to the wife of Duke Mu, but when she turned to Chu Qianchen, her expression and tone became sarcastic: "Sister Chen, didn't you say last time that you would come back to see your aunt?"

"Oh, your aunt has been sick for a few days, and you haven't come back yet!"

On the day of returning home, before Chu Qianchen left, he said that he would come back to see Aunt Jiang in a few days. At that time, she said those words just to annoy the old lady. Now the old lady deliberately brought up this matter naturally to fight back. She wanted to let the wife of Duke Mu know that Chu Qianchen was just pretending to be filial in front of Shen. A person who is not filial even to his own aunt is nothing but a flatterer!

Chu Qianchen smiled faintly, and faced the provocation of the lady with a calm expression.

Upon hearing this, Lady Mu became extremely furious.

She finally understood. No wonder the child was so calm and composed at such a young age. She had always been ridiculed and mocked by her grandmother and father in the Marquis' Mansion since she was a child. If she had a more impetuous personality, she would have been so angry that she would vomit blood.

Lady Mu Guogong pulled the corner of her mouth sarcastically and retorted: "My dear, I have to say something to you. Who the hell is Aunt Jiang? Do you want a princess to take care of her when she is sick?!"

The whole room was silent.

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The lady was left speechless by the words of the wife of Duke Mu.

She glanced back and forth between Lady Mu of Duke Mu and Chu Qianchen, and could tell that Lady Mu of Duke Mu had also been won over by Chu Qianchen's persuasion and was willing to support her.

The lady could not help but recall that before Chu Qianchen's wedding, Shen had mentioned that she wanted to register this girl under her name.

Could it be that the wife of Duke Mu came here today for this? ! How ridiculous! How lamentable! The lady was about to laugh.

The meaning of the wife of Duke Mu naturally also represents the meaning of Duke Mu. The Duke Mu's Mansion is really stupid. They are so desperate to get involved with Chu Qianchen. Aren't they afraid of being implicated by Prince Chen? ! Humph, so stupid! Nanny Wang and others were also shocked. They exchanged glances with each other, feeling doubtful.

No matter what the lady thought in her heart, she still smiled and said, "My dear in-laws, you are right. I was wrong. But we are all family today."

Our own people?! The wife of Duke Mu looked even colder. Who said they were our own people?

The wife of Duke Mu raised her hand and casually brushed her sleeves, her coldness and aloofness evident in her words.

The lady almost got angry, but she finally held herself back. However, she was too lazy to try to please the wife of Duke Mu.

The lady picked up the teacup and thought: since they are here, they will take the initiative to speak no matter what they want. Even if Shen wants to register Chu Qianchen under her name, she still needs to agree to it first.

The lady pretended to drink tea and curled the corners of her lips calmly.

Shen was too lazy to exchange pleasantries and directly ordered: "Come here, go and bring Aunt Jiang, and then take my invitation to the palace to call Chu Qianhuang back, and tell her that I..."

Shen originally wanted to say that she was critically ill, but Lady Mu couldn't bear to see her daughter cursing her like that, so she immediately interrupted and said, "Just say that her grandmother is critically ill, and ask her if she will come back."

According to Lady Mu, it is better to curse Madam Chu. After all, neither Chu Lingxiao nor his mother are good people!

Madam: “!!!”

The lady's hand slipped and the teacup in her hand almost fell.

The lady's face suddenly darkened, thinking that Shen and the wife of Duke Mu came today just to cause trouble.

After Shen spoke, someone in the Marquis' Mansion naturally took orders. Nanny Chen personally brought a few maids to Qinghui Courtyard to "summon" Aunt Jiang, and someone else went out of the mansion to look for Chu Qianhuang.

She had long lost the enthusiasm she had when she first arrived and just drank her tea by herself. She couldn't figure out what Shen was up to and why she had called Aunt Jiang and Chu Qianhuang over.

The atmosphere grew colder.

Shen also stopped talking and drank her tea calmly, looking calm and composed, yet with the arrogance that is unique to the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, as if to say that she had the final say in the inner courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion.

The hall fell into silence, with only the occasional sound of someone scraping the teacup gently with the tea lid.

The old lady felt more and more that the people coming from the Duke's Mansion had ill intentions, and her eyes darkened a little. She looked at Shen, the wife of Duke Mu, and Chu Qianchen out of the corner of her eye without making any expression.

However, these three people were as still as a mountain, looking mysterious and unfathomable, making it impossible to tell what was going on.

The atmosphere became increasingly tense as silence spread, until Nanny Chen brought Aunt Jiang over.

Everyone's eyes were turned to Aunt Jiang outside the main hall.

Aunt Jiang wore a water green jacket with a frosty white embroidered long skirt. She only wore two small velvet flowers and a jade hairpin on her temples. She was dressed in plain clothes and had a slender and graceful figure.

Aunt Jiang was beaten with thirty sticks on the day Chu Qianchen returned home. Only six or seven days had passed, and her body had not fully recovered. She looked more haggard than before, and had lost weight. She looked weak and sickly, like a snow-white apricot flower blooming on a branch, which would be blown away by a gust of wind. She looked even more pitiful.

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Shen stared at Aunt Jiang with a serious look, watching her getting closer and closer.

Aunt Jiang walked into the main hall gracefully, holding up her skirt. She bowed to the Madam Tai and Shen with a little restraint, and saluted, "Madam Tai, Madam."

Her voice was as weak and pitiful as her appearance, so fragile that it seemed as if water would be squeezed out if twisted. It was a pity that all the people present were women and no one felt any sympathy for her.

Shen didn't say anything. She still remembered the scene when she first met Jiang Minshan fifteen years ago.

It was the morning of the day after she married into the Marquis's Mansion, the day when both the emperor and his wife congratulated Hong.

When others introduced Jiang Minshan, they only said that she was a cousin living in the marquis's mansion and a distant niece of the lady-in-waiting.

Jiang Minshan was also so delicate and weak at that time. She timidly called her "cousin" and gave her a handkerchief that she said she embroidered. At that time, Shen noticed that Chu Lingxiao's face changed when he saw the handkerchief. His face was full of guilt, self-blame and attachment.

Although Chu Lingxiao said nothing, Shen's sensitivity as a woman made her realize that her husband had some unusual feelings for this so-called cousin.

At that time, she and Chu Lingxiao had just gotten married, and she also wanted to maintain this marriage so as not to worry her parents, but there was always a layer of separation between her and Chu Lingxiao.

Later, Chu Lingxiao came to her and said that he wanted to take his cousin as a concubine, saying that his cousin was pregnant. She naturally thought that she should be tolerant and help them get married.

At that time, Shen's heart towards Chu Lingxiao was completely cold, and she realized that this man was not worthy of her true love.

Even though the old marquis got furious and sent Jiang Minshan back to his hometown, Shen didn't feel relieved, nor did she think about winning Chu Lingxiao's heart over.

That’s right!

It was as if a bolt of thunder struck Shen's heart, and she suddenly remembered.

At that time, when she scolded Chu Lingxiao for being "what kind of man", his eyes looked as if he had suffered great humiliation, as if she had done something unforgivable by heaven and earth.

The past suddenly came to my mind vividly, every detail was so clear and profound.

It turns out that there were already subtle signs of some things, and it turned out that she was really blind.

Thinking of this, Shen's eyes naturally revealed strong hatred, like a flood breaking through a dam.

Not only to Jiang Minshan, but more to Chu Lingxiao.

Aunt Jiang was startled by Shen's gaze and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

She looked at Chu Qianchen pitifully and called softly, "Sister Chen."

This call was full of tenderness and affection. If someone didn't know her, they would probably think how much she loved Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen hadn't responded yet, but Shen was already enraged, like a firecracker that was about to ignite, with fire burning in her eyes.

Jiang Minshan is not qualified to call Chu Qianchen! ! Shen suddenly exploded, grabbed the teacup at hand, and threw it at Aunt Jiang.

“Bang!”

The teacup smashed to pieces at Aunt Jiang's feet, and the scalding hot tea and tea leaves splashed on her shoes and skirt. She screamed in horror.

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