Chapter 14: Driving the Liu Family Mother and Daughter Out of the Marquisate
Stung by Jiang Wanning's mocking gaze, Shen Yutang seemed to realize it belatedly. He immediately let go of Murong Yan'er's hand and distanced himself from her.
His movements were a bit too big, and Murong Yan'er had just deliberately leaned against him.
After being pushed, he suddenly became unstable and staggered half a step, almost tripping.
The expression on his haggard face suddenly became even uglier.
She cried out "Ouch" and held her head to pretend to be dizzy.
"Brother Yutang, I..."
Before she could utter a word, she saw Shen Yan striding in, interrupting Shen Yutang's subconscious move to help her.
He walked straight through between the two of them.
At the end, he scolded Shen Yutang somewhat unhappily: "Just sit down when you come in. Why are you blocking the door?"
Shen Yutang: "..."
Murong Yan'er: "..."
As a last resort, Murong Yan'er had to sit down at the table with the help of her maid.
Soon, Liu also walked in.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a bit cold, Liu didn't know what had just happened, so she smiled habitually and greeted everyone warmly as if she was the hostess of the house.
"Now that everyone is here, let's eat!
My Lord, today we have your favorite crab meat dish... Oh, Aunt Lin, what are you doing? You know that this is your favorite dish, but you put the plate so far away!
Cuidong, quickly bring this lion head to the Marquis!"
"yes."
The maid serving beside Liu immediately responded, picked up the crab meat lion head and was about to put it in front of Shen Yan.
But Jiang Wanning said indifferently from the side.
"Take it back, the Marquis doesn't like this dish."
"this……"
The maidservant froze in her tracks while serving the dishes. An embarrassment appeared on her face as she looked towards Liu anxiously.
Liu's tone also paused, and then she smiled awkwardly and tried to smooth things over.
"This... Sister, did you remember it wrongly? Why would the Marquis not like to eat?"
Jiang Wanning recalled the night when he had supper with Chen Yan, so he picked up a piece of spicy fried rabbit cubes from the table and put it into his bowl.
She smiled and looked at the man beside her.
"My Lord, your taste has changed recently. You like spicy food... Your Lord, don't you agree?"
Chen Yan inexplicably felt that there was a hint of threat in her smiling eyes.
He then picked up a piece of chopped pepper fish head and put it back into her bowl.
Nodding.
"Madam, you are right. Both the Marquis and I are fond of spicy food now. We are already tired of this dish of lion's head. Please remove it."
"Yes, Lord..."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the maid quickly took the dishes away.
Seeing this, Liu's expression became obviously embarrassed, and she wanted to take another dish in front of her.
Under the pretext of pleasing Chen Yan, he tried his best to demonstrate his voice and "status" in the Marquis' Mansion.
"Then my Lord, I think you will like this dish of pepper and sesame chicken, right?"
Jiang Wanning had disliked her for a long time and would never indulge her. He immediately put down his chopsticks and said impatiently.
"Oh! Just eat. Why are you whining? It's making me lose my appetite... I'm not eating anymore!"
Anyway, she wasn't coming here for dinner today.
She came to chase people away.
Seeing her put down her chopsticks, Shen Yan also put down his chopsticks. Everyone at the table looked over and no one dared to eat anymore.
Liu was speechless.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward.
She immediately cursed Jiang in her heart, but she didn't want to lose her temper in front of Shen Yan.
His face was inevitably pale and blue, but his tone was full of aggrievedness.
"Sister, if you're angry, just come at me... Why lose your temper like that in front of the Marquis? The Marquis has been toiling all day and hasn't had a good meal outside. He finally gets to have a good meal back home. If you're making such a fuss, won't he even be able to eat in peace?"
Seeing her turn her spearhead towards him with a hidden ulterior motive, Jiang Wanning couldn't help but laugh.
Old green tea is also good at passing the buck.
Unfortunately, she never defends herself during an argument, she only attacks.
"What you said is really interesting. The Marquis is my husband. When is it your turn to worry about him?
You are so gentle and considerate, why don't you pay more attention to your husband and go back to see if he is eating well and if he is dressed warmly?
Or... have you lived in the Marquis' Mansion for so long that you can't even figure out who your husband is?"
Hearing this, Liu's face turned red.
Chen Yan was handsome, like a delicate orchid and a jade tree, and he had made great military achievements and held a noble status... Privately, Liu had indeed harbored some improper thoughts about him.
She felt that Jiang was a fool, and apart from being prettier than herself, she was inferior to her in every way. How could she become the marquis' wife?
If Jiang can be the mistress of the marquis's family, why can't I be?
However, she only dared to think these thoughts in her heart and would never dare to say them out loud in front of outsiders.
Now Jiang Wanning had brought it up in front of the Marquis, which made her feel guilty for a moment, and she subconsciously started to defend herself.
"I didn't think that much... I just felt that living in the Marquis' Mansion was too much of a bother, so I put in a little more effort, wanting to share your worries and take better care of the Marquis and Yutang. If you think I'm not doing well enough..."
"Well, you didn't do very well."
Jiang Wanning took over her words and interrupted her affectation in a sweet voice.
With one hand on his chin, his tone was full of disgust.
"So you also know that staying in the Marquis' Mansion for so long is quite disturbing? So... when do you plan to move back in?
I remember that Murong Chao was only a seventh-rank county magistrate of Jing County, and his mansion was not very big.
"It shouldn't take that long to repair a few houses, right? It's been over two months, even the most dilapidated houses should be fixed by now, right?"
previously.
Liu's mother and daughter said that there was a fire in the mansion that burned down several rooms. They were afraid that the repairmen were all men and it would be inconvenient for the women to live at home, so they made an excuse to move to the marquis' mansion to stay temporarily.
As a result, not long after they arrived, the ancestral hall of the marquis's mansion also caught fire.
This is clearly the same trick used twice.
It's not that brilliant.
However, he couldn't resist the man's selective dementia. Shen Yutang still didn't believe that the fire in the ancestral hall was the work of Liu's mother and daughter.
"Sister, your words are too hurtful..."
Hearing Jiang Wanning's words to drive people away, Liu Shi now understood the purpose of her sudden outburst today.
She immediately picked up the handkerchief and began to cry.
"When our house caught fire, I had originally planned to take Yan'er to stay in the other garden for a while, but you insisted on asking us to come to the Marquis's residence... You said that the Marquis had been away for a long time and you were lonely in the mansion, with no one to talk to on weekdays.
I was afraid that you would be lonely, so I thought of coming here to keep you company.
Now you suddenly want to drive us away, which is really sad!
What's more, Yan'er is still sick..."
Hearing this.
Murong Yan'er quickly lowered her head and coughed a few times, responding to Liu's crying.
As soon as she coughed, Shen Yutang could no longer sit still and started to reason with her.
"Mother, you were the one who insisted on taking me in before, and now you want to drive me away. That's really unreasonable!"
"Shut up, you have no right to speak!"
Jiang Wanning shouted coldly and rolled his eyes at him.
Then she put on a delicate expression, imitated Liu's green tea tone, took Shen Yan's hand and spoke in a coquettish voice.
"My Lord, isn't it a coincidence that there have been two floods in the capital recently? One was at the Murong Mansion, and the other was at our Mansion... Look, wherever those mother and daughter went, the place would catch fire. I'm afraid of fire, too!
Moreover, since Yan'er came to the mansion, she has been sick and hit her forehead. Maybe she has been targeted by some unclean creature.
In my opinion, she should be sent to a temple to get rid of the bad luck. That would be for her own good, right?
Otherwise, if she continued to live in the mansion, what if something happened to the baby in Qingqing's belly? Wouldn't that harm the Shen family's offspring?
I was only thinking about the Shen family's incense, but I was still scolded by that rebellious son. It's obvious that in his eyes, I have long since disappeared from his mother's sight.
I have such a miserable life..."
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