Chapter 10 A natural pair who saw a ghost
Chanzhiyuan.
Song Shiwei sat on a chair and took a sip of tea. She lowered her eyes and looked at Shen Suyun who was kneeling on the ground.
Shen Suyun pinched the hem of her skirt and said in a stiff tone: "Second sister-in-law, it's my fault.
I shouldn't have taken your things without your permission. I know I was wrong, please forgive me, sister-in-law."
Song Shiwei put down the teacup and asked her, "Does your face still hurt?"
How could it not hurt? This was the first time she was beaten in her life. It was okay if her second brother beat her, but why did Song Shiwei beat her?
However, she couldn't be proud for long.
Shen Suyun shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Song Shiwei reached out to help her up, holding her hand and said, "It is a great honor to admit your mistakes and improve them."
As she spoke, she took out a porcelain bottle from the table and handed it to her, saying, "This is the antidote. You must remember today's lesson well. Don't touch anything here.
During this period of time, you should stay at home and learn the rules and cultivate your character.
If you perform well, I will take you to the banquet at Yongning Marquis's Mansion, understand?"
Shen Suyun took the porcelain bottle from her hand and replied through gritted teeth: "I know."
Song Shiwei smiled and said, "Let's go back."
Shen Suyun turned around and walked out. After leaving the yard, she turned back and glared at Song Shiwei in the house, her eyes full of malice: "Song Shiwei, we'll see."
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The next day.
Song Shiwei went to the old lady to ask for money under the pretext of choosing a gift for the young lady of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion.
The old lady seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness of yesterday. She generously gave Song Shiwei a silver note and her attitude became so kind that she seemed like a different person.
After leaving the Shen family's gate, Song Shiwei couldn't help but feel suspicious. She wondered what evil this old hag was planning.
Since it was not yet the agreed time of noon, she just strolled around the street casually.
Ever since she was brought back to the capital, she has been staying in the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion. She has not had a good look around this prosperous capital city in more than two months since she returned to the capital.
Compared to the capital, she still prefers Qingshui Town, which is where she grew up. It's a pity that she can never go back.
Song Shiwei suppressed her thoughts and walked aimlessly on the street.
Suddenly, a woman carrying a basket of vegetables blocked her way and said in a sarcastic voice, "Hey, isn't this the young lady from the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion who married into the Shen family in the east of the city?
She is so pretty, but I didn't expect she has such a black heart."
The people passing by were attracted by her words and asked curiously, "What's going on?"
"You may not know this, but within just a few days of marrying into the Shen family, Miss Song had already angered the old lady of the Shen family to the point of falling ill. She also abused her sister-in-law and made her kneel down to her.
She relied on her status as the eldest daughter of the Cheng En Marquis's mansion to act lawlessly in her husband's family. She is totally devoid of conscience."
The old woman described it vividly, as if she had seen it with her own eyes.
The people believed it and pointed fingers at Song Shiwei. No one did not sympathize with the Shen family for marrying such a fierce daughter-in-law.
Seeing this, the old woman picked up the vegetables in the basket and threw them at Song Shiwei, cursing, "You are disrespectful to your mother-in-law and making things difficult for your sister-in-law.
How could the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion raise a daughter like you? If it were someone else, she would have been divorced long ago.
It's just that she relies on her mother's family's power and doesn't take us poor people seriously."
Someone took the lead, and the others followed suit, cursing as if they wanted to eat Song Shiwei alive.
Soon patrolling officers and soldiers arrived and the people dispersed.
Song Shiwei stood there, slowly arranging the vegetable leaves on her body.
A carriage stopped in front of her, and a man's deep voice came from inside: "How did you get yourself into such a mess?"
The curtain of the car was opened, revealing the handsome face of the man. He said, "Get in."
Song Shiwei didn't bother to be polite with him and got on the carriage directly.
She gave the people in the carriage a polite smile and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for helping me out."
Jamel Xiao stared at her, but couldn't see any emotion on her face.
If an ordinary person encountered such a thing, he would probably be so angry that he would cry.
This woman is so calm.
He moved closer, and Song Shiwei subconsciously leaned back.
While he was distracted, Xiao Jingheng reached out and took a leaf from her head.
She looked embarrassed, straightened her dress and asked, "What show did the prince invite me to watch today?"
Xiao Jingheng asked, "You don't seem to be worried at all. Aren't you afraid that your reputation will be ruined by public gossip?"
Song Shiwei shrugged her shoulders and said indifferently: "The innocent are innocent. As long as it is something I have not done, then this basin of dirty water cannot be thrown on me."
The old woman just now had some personal relationship with the housekeeper of the Shen family. It was obvious who bribed this old woman to ruin her reputation.
Yesterday she beat Shen Suyun and forced her to kneel down and apologize. How could Mrs. Shen let it go?
"It seems that you have already come up with a solution."
Xiao Jingheng curled his lips. Seeing her so calm and composed, he seemed to be sure that today's incident would not cause her any harm.
That's right, how could she be such a weak person who would allow others to bully her?
He asked, "Where is your maid?"
"Ran."
When the group of people surrounded her just now, Chuntao had already been scared away, and Song Shiwei didn't expect them to protect her.
In this world, no one will protect her, and she can only rely on herself.
Hearing that the maid had abandoned her master and ran away alone, Xiao Jingheng couldn't help but frown.
A hint of pity flashed in his eyes as he looked at Song Shiwei.
After all, she is the daughter of the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, but she doesn't even have a loyal and useful person around her.
Just as he was thinking about it, the carriage stopped.
Song Shiwei lifted the curtain and looked outside. There was a quiet alley. She asked, "Where is the good show you mentioned?"
She couldn't wait to know what secrets Shen Linchuan was hiding.
"Don't be impatient."
Jamel Xiao looked mysterious.
Song Shiwei lowered the curtain, but the two of them just sat there, and the atmosphere was inevitably a little awkward.
At this moment, Xiao Jingheng took the lead and said, "I heard that you grew up in the countryside since you were a child. Why don't you tell me about your past?"
"What's there to say? He's just a wild child who was abandoned in the countryside by his own father for more than ten years without any care.
I had never read much, and knew nothing about music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. Every day I worked in the fields with the maids on the farm.
She is just a country girl who has never seen the world and is extremely vulgar.
If my father hadn't asked me to marry in place of my sister, I wouldn't be able to return to the capital.
I thought I was marrying my ideal husband, but he turned out to be a hypocrite."
Song Shiwei sneered, and her few words expressed all the bitterness.
The corners of Jamel Xiao's lips twitched, and he looked at her strangely.
Song Shiwei asked: "Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you believe what I said?"
Xiao Jingheng, however, saw through her little thoughts clearly, he laughed to himself, leaned over to her and said, "What a coincidence.
This prince was expelled from the capital when he was young, and spent years in the military camp. He has no intelligence or strategy, but only brute force. You and I are a perfect match...
Song Shiwei's pretty face twitched when she heard that. They were truly a match made in heaven!
Is this person suffering from some serious illness?