“I bribed some servants from the second branch of Sheng Family. Nonetheless, the second branch was where Madam Bai has managed for years.” Madam Wu said calmly, “Madam Bai was a jealous and suspicious lady. She was strict in discipline. Although her servants acted cautiously around her, it was hard not to be caught by Madam Bai!”
Hearing her words, everyone nodded slightly. Madam Bai was the second wife, but she served as the Second Madam in Sheng Family longer than Mrs. Ao, the first wife of Sheng Lansi. Besides, Madam Bai gave birth to a girl and a boy. Before her death, rumors had it that her status in the family was weakened, but she was still the absolute female master in the second branch.
In contrast, it was already very impressive that Madam Wu, a 16-year old girl whose father was a scholar, had found several informants in the second branch without stepping into the gate of Sheng Family. If Madam Bai had not known anything about her scheme, it would
On her first day sitting on the pile of straw at the wing room of the ancestral hall, Sheng Weiqiao got one visitor, Sheng Shuihe, who brought her food and teased her a bit. She thought to herself confidently, “Grandmother and grandfather are both ill. Second Aunt just died recently, and Second Uncle is still in prison. It’s getting late now, and that’s why my parents didn’t visit me today! Nevertheless, when they come tomorrow, I’ll show them my anger!”Then, on the next day, Sheng Lanci and Madam Feng did not come by, which made Sheng Weiqiao even more furious!“I am their only daughter!”“Sheng Shuihe is their child too, but he is a boy. It is so outrageous to be ignored by my own parents like this!”“I have made up my mind!”“When they come and pick me up tomorrow, I will not go back!”“I’ll make them feel guilty so that they’ll realize my value!”On the third day, the only visitor she got
Sheng Lanci, who knew clearly his daughter’s temper, had prepared to comfort his furious sweetheart. However, Sheng Weiqiao didn’t lose her temper. Instead, she promised to be a good girl in the future. With tears in his eyes, Sheng Lanci said, “How much have you suffered these days! You are so obedient now!”After coaxing Sheng Weiqiao back to Zhuying Mini Villa, as his daughter washed up and dressed, he went back to the Spring House and asked Madam Feng with anger, “How can you put our sweetheart in the ancestral hall for half a month? Do you know how frightened she is?!”Madam Feng pounded the table and stood up, showing no weakness, “Don’t you feel humiliated?! If it were not that you went out to handle things about the second branch in a hurry, and I was afraid that she would be out of my supervision, I would not lock her in the ancestral hall. I only allowed Shuihe to visit her for fear that the boy from Xu Family would seduce her!”She w
“People from Ao Family are here?” Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao was very surprised, “Is Ao Family the one where Eldest Brother’s mother grew up? Why did they come to our family?”What she said didn’t mean that she had a prejudice against Ao Family. Since Mrs. Ao divorced Sheng Lansi, though Ao Family kept contact with Sheng Family because of Sheng Weide, two families had become less close. Even on the Spring Festival or other festivals when two families exchanged gifts, servants dispatched would see Sheng Weide in Jinxue House or Spring House, never entering second branch’s house.It was unusual, and even their Senior Master came here. They came at the time when it was less than a month since Madam Bai died!Sheng Weiqiao doubted that they were intended for Madam Bai. That is to say, they intended to add insult to injuries on Sheng Weirao and Sheng Weixing!“The Senior Master of Ao Family had a chronic disease in the early years, and
However, just after this group of people left, Sheng Weide made Xu Baomo feel like he had been beaten, “My stepmother just died. As the eldest son of the second branch, it was already a stopgap for me to temporarily get out to meet grandfather, uncle, and aunt. I’m sorry, but I can’t continue accompanying cousins to walk around the garden and have to go back to be at a wake for my stepmother!”He bowed to Ao Luanxiao and Ao Luanjing and said sincerely, “I hope you can forgive me!”He said that he would go back to the wake alone and let others continue to play, but no matter what the siblings of Ao Family thought about Madam Bai, they couldn’t agree for their cousin’s sake!At the moment, Ao Luanxiao said “surprisingly,” “How could that kind of thing happen? We came here hastily, and we don’t know yet. Could you lead the way and let us to merely express our grief?”These siblings were going to the second branch to express their cond
Ao Luanjing had no idea that her family came to Sheng Family to apologize, but she knew that Sheng Lanci had gone to Lin County a few days ago to talk with her grandfather for quite a while before leaving in a hurry.Then, Senior Master Ao made all the children pack up their luggage before they set off, and put a “gag order” on everyone that they should all forget the arrival of Sheng Lanci and never mention it again. At that time, Ao Luanjing was really confused, but she thought it was not relevant to her.However, after being stared at frequently by Sheng Shuihe, she started to overthink, “When Uncle Sheng went to our family, Second Uncle Sheng was still in jail. As the head of Sheng Family and the eldest brother of Second Uncle Sheng, he should have been too busy to have this trip. There must be some reasons for him to visit us in person.”For example, the marriage of his only son, Sheng Shuihe?After all, only his wife and chil
“I’m not a sore loser!” Sheng Weiqiao stroked her chin with one hand and fiddled with the stones in the bowl with another hand. She smiled at him, “I wouldn’t cry just because I lost several games. Don’t go easy on me, Brother Xu, or you will be teasing me instead of playing Go with me!”So, was she telling me that she was generous and virtuous to put my mind at rest, or she didn’t even understand what I just said?When Xu Baomo was trying to figure it out, Sheng Weiqiao waved the servants away with a gesture, leaned to Xu Baomo a little bit, and said next to his ear with a smile, “Brother Xu, we can go back to normal and stop acting today. Yingjiang is not here!”Yingjiang is not here…. Xu Baomo’s expression was frozen for a while, and then he remembered Sheng Weiqiao’s suggestion about pretending to fall in love to make Gongsun Yingjiang give up on him. So, his Big Weiqiao had taken what he said with love as the scene he made for Gongsun Ying
Sheng Weiqiao turned to look outside the door and saw that Ao Family had disappeared into the twilight. Besides, her mother had left for a while. Thinking that no one could not see or hear the movements here anymore, she lifted her skirt decisively and kicked Sheng Shuihe. Then she snarled, “How dare you come near me!!!”“Do you really think that I have forgotten the terrible experience in the ancestral hall in those days?!” She thought.Sheng Shuihe took a half step towards the side easily to avoid her attack. At the same time, he even helped Sheng Weiqiao, who used too much strength and almost fell to the ground. Then he touched her buns and said kindly, “Sweetie, why are you so angry? Is it because when you stared at me in Yiyue Waterside Pavilion today, I didn’t help you out?”“Nonsense!” Sheng Weiqiao was astounded and stopped kicking him. Then she said in astonishment, “When did I stare at you in Waterside Pavilion?!”Sheng S
Sheng Weiqiao thought it was lucky that she could return to Zhuying Mini Villa. Having such a brother like Sheng Shuihe, she was surprised that she wasn’t driven mad!“That d*mned Sheng Shuihe! D*mned Sheng Hengshu! D*mn it….” Even so, after taking a bath and changing her clothes, she didn’t even want the maid to dry her long hair. With her hair wet, she paced up and down in the room and couldn’t help gnashing her teeth, “I will never let you off!!!”Seeing this, the servants dared not make a noise. With their heads bowed, they stood respectfully and neatly on the side of the room, holding towels and other things.Since Sheng Weiqiao had stamped on his arm hard just now and grabbed him and kicked him after he had begged for mercy and stood up, she felt more or less gratified. Now, she walked around the room for more than ten laps. The water droplets on her wet hair soaked the back of her clothes. The light and smooth silk dress clung to her bod