Madam Feng felt speechless about her niece’s dullness, “Have you forgot the story your father once told you? Though it was made up to wheedle you, it did reflect the fact that your brother is gifted with schoolwork!”
She sneered, “Though your father hasn’t intended to go back to Imperial Academy since he quitted, everyone knows that he hasn’t necessarily lost his interest in the imperial court. He is just worried about your grandfather! What’s worse, you’re a girl who is not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. Now he has brought back a talented son. Don’t you think that he’ll make Sheng Shuihe study diligently to offset his regret?”
Sheng Weiqiao muttered, “Before when we were in Orange Osmanthus Courtyard to felicitate Eldest Cousin Feng, brother… brother did say that for the imperial examination next year, he would be there to watch!”
“Right?” Madam Feng raised her brows, “You’ve seen today how much the girls admired you and y
When Sheng Weiqiao arrived at Xiezhu Pavilion, Sheng Shuihe just finished bathing.Perhaps for that reason, his pale face had a reddish tinge, which brought out more of his vigor.“We just came back. Why do you come to me again?” Seeing Sheng Weiqiao enter with a gloomy face, Sheng Shuihe didn’t take it seriously at first. He laughed and teased as fastening the belt of his raven loose-sleeved coat, “Did you fell for some cousin while we were blocked by those people just now so you come here for the inquiry about him?”Despite his smiling face, Sheng Weiqiao couldn’t bring herself to make a joke, and she ordered all the servants around, “You can quit now!”Though Sheng Shuihe was the inheritor of the first branch, he came back not long ago and hadn’t built a solid position here. While Sheng Weiqiao had been pampered by everyone in Sheng Family since she was born. So, as Sheng Weiqiao commanded, all the people who served under Sheng
Madam Bai, Second Madam of Sheng family, held little place in the entire Sheng Family. It was safe to say that she was the least popular sister-in-law and least valued by her mother-in-law and father-in-law. However, she was the legitimate daughter-in-law of Sheng Family. Considering what her birth daughter Sheng Weirao had undergone recently, everyone in Sheng Family took a forbearing attitude towards her.She was seen in the morning and seemed to be in high spirits. Her sudden disappearance at nightfall caused a huge commotion in Sheng Family.Nevertheless, it was not up to Sheng Weiqiao, a mere grandchild, to suggest how to deal with the emergency, even though she was treated as the treasure of Sheng Family.Xiquan said the reason why she came in a hurry and asked Sheng Weiqiao to go the second branch was that “Madam is worried that Third Miss couldn’t bear this. That’s why she wants you to take care of Third Miss!”Xiquan knew
When Yamen heard about the case from Sheng Family, they could hardly believe it!Usually, when it came to domestic affairs like this, even if people got killed, only the wife’s family would report the case to Yamen after discovering something went wrong. They had never heard about a case that was reported by the husband’s family before informing the wife’s family of it!Old Fang told them explicitly that Senior Master Sheng was determined to place righteousness above family loyalty, but people in the Yamen had a meeting after Old Fang left. They were all suspicious of Sheng Lanci, “No one is capable of hurting his own child! No matter how upright and principled Senior Master Sheng is, how is it possible that he leaves no chance for his own son to live? Maybe Eldest Master Sheng was fed up with his brother’s love affairs and his malpractices. So, he decided to take this opportunity to encourage Senior Master Sheng to get rid of Sheng Lansi in case he continu
The most famous doctor in Nanfeng County is Hang Hengfang. He was born in a family of scholars who were not successful in imperial examinations. He had failed the exams many times and spent all the money. Fortunately, though he performed not well in his study, he was very talented in medical treatment.After becoming a doctor, he was famous soon. He not only redeemed most of the property pawned before but had the courteous treatment in the county. Even the County Chief courteously treated him.However, the most commendable thing of Hang Hengfang was not his medical skills, but his personality. He attached importance to the harmony. With more than 20 years’ experience of curing illnesses, he never said anything wrong.Entering Huafei Mansion, he felt the pulse of Sheng Weirao and frowned, feeling nervous!Before Sheng Weiqiao and others asked, he sighed, “This lady was heartbroken and fell in a faint!”Sheng Weiqiao alm
Seeing her come in, people in the hall stood up to welcome her.Sheng Lanzi was particularly attentive, and he poured a cup of tea for Madam Feng, asking with extreme caution, “Did they leave? Why did they come here?”He was awkward when asking this question. After all, the reason why Senior Master Sheng didn’t call him in to talk was that he expected that people in Yamen would come, so there must be a man handling this. However, he threw the tough issue to his sister-in-law. There was no doubt that no matter what Madam Feng did, she would offend her in-laws.Fortunately, although Madam Feng looked serious, she said calmly without complaints, “It’s a little troublesome. When my husband comes out, we discuss it!”Sheng Lanzi was shocked and said, “Troublesome?”Although, in his view, it was troublesome to tell Yamen what to do. Judging by Madam Feng’s tone, she didn’t worry about offending her father-in-law or mother-in
“Second Aunt was not killed by Second Uncle?” Sheng Weiqiao had just fled from Xiezhu Pavilion before. Therefore, she naturally didn’t make it easy for Sheng Shuihe, who had come to her room.However, Sheng Weirao was currently living in Zhuying Mini Villa. Sheng Weiqiao worried that if she squabbled with Sheng Shuihe, her cousin would be disturbed. Therefore, she didn’t make any trouble for him. She implied Gongsun Yingjiang to stop Sheng Weiwu, who couldn’t help herself but punch Sheng Shuihe. After inviting him to the stone table under the pergola in the backyard, she still called Lvjin to make tea for him, although she kept a poker face in this process.She had planned to ignore Sheng Shuihe for a while. But who knew that after they were seated, Lvjin and Lvqi had been asked to leave. When Sheng Weirao had just taken up the tea bowl and was about to make a gesture of concentrating on tasting tea, she suddenly heard Sheng Shuihe mention lightly. Then she
When the backyard of Zhuying Mini Villa was of heavy atmosphere, in Jinxue House, the bed of Senior Master Sheng was also shrouded in tension!“Although we can’t figure out the death of Second Sister-in-Law, we can now confirm that Second Brother is innocent.” After a long term of silence, Sheng Lanci, the beloved son of Senior Master Sheng, finally broke the ice. “We should have brought him back immediately, but currently, it has made a big scene already, and the entire county is keeping an eye on us. If we make Yamen release him at this point, I’m afraid that others will think that we’ve bribed the officials. In my humble opinion, we should keep Second Brother there for several days and wait for the truth to come out and prove his innocence so that he could come back rightfully…. What do you think, father?”The whole Sheng Family used to think that it must be Sheng Lansi who had got bored with Madam Bai and killed her. Sheng Weirao and Old Madam Ming, the
“Sister Rao is pregnant?!” When Madam Feng told Old Madam Ming about this in private, Sheng Shuihe also told Sheng Weiqiao the whole story in a few words. She felt dizzy, “What shall we do now?!”Sheng Shuihe cupped his chin with his hands folded on the stone table. He looked at her with interest, “Mom thought that we should ask Doctor Hang to prescribe aborticide and let Third Sister have an abortion. Anyway, Third Sister is still young. After three or five years, no one will know.”“But Sister Rao… refused?” Sheng Weiqiao was distraught, and she had to bite her lips hard to hold back the tears. She whispered, “Why?”She thought Sheng Weirao would not refuse this proposal before.Sheng Weirao had not been betrothed yet. Even if people became open-minded now, being pregnant before marriage would definitely be despised by people. Besides, there was no love between the child’s father and Sheng Weirao. If she were to give birth to the