noffsinger Chapter 122 Jin Yue
Chapter 122 Jin Yue
"Sit down."
Only after Shen Chuanhe spoke did Shen Qingyu sit down peacefully.
A maid brought tea over. Shen Qingyu rinsed her mouth and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. At this moment, she quickly glanced at the people around her. The seat to the left of Shen Chuanhe was empty. On the right sat Aunt Liu. All the concubines sat at the table. For the sake of Aunt Liu, Shen Chuanhe disregarded etiquette and the rules of the Shen family. Shen Qingyu showed sarcasm on her face and turned her eyes slightly. She saw Shen Xitong sitting next to Aunt Liu, and her third sister Shen Pingwan was sitting the farthest away, below her.
"Third brother, we are late."
As soon as Shen Qingyu sat down, Shen Ruyan walked in with a smile. Following behind her was a strange girl, who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing a peach-colored brocade dress and a hollow filigree gold hairpin slanted on her hair. She had a round face and looked pretty and charming.
"Jinyue, meet your third uncle."
After Shen Ruyan's introduction, Shen Qingyu finally found the right person.
Before I came here just now, I had already inquired that the Shen family now has a new guest, that is the fourth lady of the Xiao family, Xiao Jinyue.
The fourth daughter of the Xiao family was just a concubine's daughter, but she was deeply loved by Shen Ruyan, so she was raised by Shen Ruyan and treated as a legitimate daughter.
However, the Fourth Miss Xiao came to Jinling Mansion at this time, probably because of Master Nanrong.
Shen Qingyu smiled secretly. Shen Xitong wanted to be the young lady of Nanrong Mansion, and now there was another person competing for the young master of Nanrong. No wonder Shen Xitong's face changed when she saw Xiao Jinyue appear.
The daughter of the prefect, even though she was a concubine's daughter, was raised by her stepmother. Naturally, her status was much more noble than that of Shen Xitong, a concubine's daughter who was raised by her aunt.
"Jinyue pays respects to Third Uncle."
Xiao Jinyue bowed slightly, but the contempt that flashed across her eyes was seen by Shen Qingyu. Xiao Jinyue must have felt somewhat unwilling that as a young lady from a prefect's family, she had to bow to Shen Chuanhe, a merchant.
"As expected of the fourth daughter of the prefect, she is well-educated and well-mannered, much better than my three daughters." Shen Chuanhe praised.
"Third brother, you're joking. I think Xitong and Qingyu are both good." Shen Ruyan felt proud when she saw Shen Chuanhe praising Xiao Jinyue, but she still said a few polite words.
Shen Xitong and Shen Qingyu were mentioned, but Shen Pingwan was not mentioned. Perhaps it was because he thought Shen Pingwan was not outstanding and was the daughter of the unfavored concubine Bai. She would not have any future, so he was even more disdainful to pay attention to her.
Shen Ruyan sat down on the left of Shen Chuanhe. Shen Qingyu and her sisters all stood up and saluted Shen Ruyan.
"Please sit down, everyone, no need to be polite." Shen Ruyan smiled, as if she treated the Shen family as the Xiao family.
Shen Qingyu did not expect that Shen Ruyan could stay in the Shen family for so long, but thinking that Madam Nan Rong's birthday party would be held in a few days, Shen Ruyan might also be invited. It was reasonable for Shen Ruyan to stay in the Shen family for a few more days to avoid running back and forth.
Shen Ruyan sat on the left of Shen Chuanhe, so Bai Ying probably won't show up today.
Aunt Liu, thanks to her son, has finally survived to this day.
Shen Qingyu found it somewhat difficult to swallow the food while dining with Shen Ruyan, Aunt Liu and others. She was already worried about Shen Youhong's affairs, and now she had to watch their hypocritical and polite interactions. Even though there were many delicious foods in front of her, she still found it difficult to swallow the food.
Duck tongue with hundreds of flowers, sea bass stewed with ginseng and Astragalus, shredded bamboo shoots with crab meat, wild rice with shrimps, stuffed winter mushrooms, beeswax pork elbow, diced chicken with Polygonum multiflorum, abalone with osmanthus fragrans... at a glance, the table is filled with delicacies from land and sea.
She was quiet while eating and sleeping. When the table was cleared, Aunt Liu began to speak to Shen Chuanhe impatiently, "Master, the Madam is too busy taking care of the young master, so I will take Tong'er to Madam Nanrong's birthday banquet in a few days."
Aunt Liu is just a bastard daughter in the Liu family. She has been in the position of concubine for more than ten years in the Shen family. Now that the lady has finally lost power and she can take her place, she naturally wants to show her face in front of the ladies of the major families. Of course, if she can meet Madam Liu, her elder sister-in-law, she can be even more proud in front of Madam Liu to avenge all the humiliations Madam Liu inflicted on her in the past.
Although Shen Ruyan intended to support Aunt Liu in her quest to seize the Shen family, in her heart, she always looked down on Aunt Liu's humble background. How could a concubine's daughter born to a slave be worthy of being on equal footing with her?
Seeing Aunt Liu pestering Shen Chuanhe and insisting on attending Madam Nanrong's birthday banquet as the mistress of the Shen family, he felt very disdainful. She hadn't even become the main wife of the Shen family yet, but she was thinking about attending as Madam Shen, without even considering her own weight. How could Nanrong Mansion allow an aunt to enter! She really thought that with the favor of the third brother, giving birth to a son for the Shen family, and having another one in her belly, she could fly up to the tree and become a phoenix. How noble could the daughter of this lowly maid be!
Forget it, let her be arrogant in the Shen family for two days. When the Shen family is in my hands, I will settle accounts with her.
Shen Chuanhe couldn't resist Aunt Liu's soft and hard persuasion, and just as he was about to agree, Shen Qingyu pretended to be curious and asked, "Dad, on the day when Madam Nanrong holds her birthday banquet, will all the ladies and daughters of the Jinling Mansion's noble families be there? With so many people, it should be very lively, right?"
There is only one lady in the Shen family, and that is Bai Ying. If Aunt Liu succeeds, then what is the purpose of her coming here today?
Shen Qingyu's words were innocent and tinged with a bit of yearning.
But when Shen Chuanhe heard this, he immediately reacted. This was Madam Nanrong's birthday party, and the guests were all the wives of the major families in Jinling Prefecture. If their Shen family sent a concubine to congratulate Madam Nanrong, and if the people in Nanrong Prefecture saw this, wouldn't they think that their Shen family was deliberately embarrassing the Nanrong family and wanted to go against them?
Fortunately, Shen Qingyu's unintentional words reminded him, otherwise the Shen family would have been in great trouble this time.
Having offended the Nanrong Mansion, the Shen family will no longer have a place to stand in the Jinling Prefecture.
Shen Chuanhe thought about how he almost agreed to Aunt Liu just now, and now he is still frightened. It seems that this woman should not be pampered too much. Once pampered too much, it will bring him trouble.
"A Ling, you are still pregnant, so just stay in the mansion and take good care of the baby." Shen Chuanhe's tone didn't sound very polite because he was still blaming Aunt Liu for being ignorant. Of course, he still took into consideration that Aunt Liu was pregnant with the Shen family's child, so he didn't dare to say anything too harsh.
Aunt Liu saw that Shen Chuanhe had made up his mind, so she had to give up. However, she hated Shen Qingyu in her heart. The master was about to agree to let her take Tong'er to attend Madam Nanrong's birthday party, but that little bitch Shen Qingyu talked nonsense and interfered, ruining her good fortune.