Chapter 14 Reaping the consequences
Old Madam Shen was coaxing her daughter. When she saw Song Shiwei coming back, she flew into a rage and shouted, "Kneel down!"
Song Shiwei raised her eyelids but did not move. She said in a calm voice, "I wonder what my daughter-in-law did to make my mother so angry?"
"You're still pretending!"
Madam Shen pointed at her, shaking with anger, and said, “How dare you say that it was not you who released the news, trying to ruin Su Yun’s reputation?
How can you be so vicious? My Suyun is not married yet, and you let the people slander her maliciously. How can she get married in the future?"
Song Shiwei had never known that people could be so shameless.
Old Madam Shen blindly protected her daughter, not distinguishing right from wrong, and put all the blame on her.
Even at this point, she still acted superior, trying to use her status as mother-in-law to dominate her, and she showed no remorse at all.
No wonder such a hypocritical and selfish person like Shen Linchuan could be raised.
"Speaking of this, I still feel wronged. When I went out today, I was stopped by the vegetable seller Wang.
She said that I was disrespectful to my mother-in-law and forced my sister-in-law to kneel down to me. She cursed the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion for raising such an arrogant and domineering daughter like me. She also threw vegetable leaves all over me and was surrounded and scolded by others.
Maybe someone felt that I was wronged and couldn't bear to see me being slandered, so they cleared my name.
But I heard that Mrs. Wang was arrested by government officials.
She also said that she was instructed by you, mother, to spread rumors to ruin my reputation?"
Song Shiwei smiled and continued, "Of course, my daughter-in-law doesn't believe what Mrs. Wang said.
My mother knows the truth very well. How could you bribe Mrs. Wang to do such a thing? After all, lies are easily exposed.
Once it is exposed, Suyun's reputation will be ruined. I believe my mother is not that stupid.
I think this old woman Wang must have a grudge against my mother, so she is throwing dirty water on her. I will investigate it thoroughly when my husband comes back."
"you……"
Old Madam Shen was choked by her and was speechless.
She asked the housekeeper to bribe Wang Po and spread the news that Song Shiwei was disrespectful to her mother-in-law and abused her sister-in-law.
He originally wanted to teach Song Shiwei a lesson and make her behave herself in the Shen family, but he didn't expect that it would end up harming her Suyun.
Old Madam Shen gnashed her teeth in anger. She said, "Only our Shen family knows about Suyun's affairs. If you hadn't spread it, how would others know?"
"Mother must have remembered it wrongly, right?"
Song Shiwei said: "What happened yesterday is not only known to us.
Mother, have you forgotten that after you fainted, I asked a doctor from Huichuntang to see you.
When Su Yun came to apologize to me, the doctor from Huichuntang was decocting medicine in the yard.
You say I am disrespectful to my mother-in-law, but I immediately hired the best doctor for you. Remember, it’s still my account.
If this rumor gets out, Huichuntang will be the first one to not believe it.
Huichuntang is not a place to meddle in other people's business. If someone hadn't thrown dirty water on me, ruined my reputation, and wanted to defame our Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, no one would have told the truth.
In this case, we can only blame the person who instigated Wang Po-zi. I don’t know what she was thinking to ruin Su Yun’s life.”
Her words were full of gems and hurtful.
Old Madam Shen regretted it deeply, but she could not admit that it was her fault, so she could only vent her anger on Song Shiwei.
"You must have planned this. You wanted to destroy my Suyun."
She instructed Shen Linzhou, "Go tie this woman up for me and apply the Shen family's family law."
"mother."
Shen Linzhou has been recuperating from his injuries these days, and now he is finally able to go out and meet people.
He was afraid that Song Shiwei would have a grudge against him because of what happened on their wedding night, so he wanted to gain her favor and said, "You really can't blame your sister-in-law for this."
"Big brother."
When Shen Suyun saw her elder brother siding with Song Shiwei, she immediately became furious and said, "You are my elder brother, how can you speak for her if you don't protect me?
I think you are bewitched by this vixen."
She pointed her finger at Song Shiwei and cursed, "You shameless woman.
You married my second brother and even seduced my eldest brother. A woman like you should be thrown into a pig cage."
Song Shiwei couldn't help but narrow her eyes when she heard this.
She walked over, grabbed Shen Suyun's hair, raised her hand and slapped her on the face, saying, "It seems that what happened before didn't teach you a lesson.
You dare to say anything and even make up stories about me and your elder brother.
I don't expect you to help your second brother, but you shouldn't harm him either."
She threw Shen Suyun to the ground and said in a stern voice: "You only want to vent your anger, but you don't consider my husband at all. It's not easy for him to get to where he is today, but what about you?
Have you ever felt sorry for him? Do you know how much of an impact today's incident would have on your husband's career?
I have tried my best to be tolerant for my husband's sake, but you are still being aggressive.
Ask yourselves, whose fault is it that things turned out like this today? "
She was like a virtuous wife who loved her husband, and every word she said was deeply touching.
Shen Linchuan stood in the yard listening to Song Shiwei's words, and his heart couldn't help but be moved.
He rushed back immediately after hearing the rumors outside.
When he learned that it was Wang Po who spread rumors and slandered Song Shiwei, he knew that it was his mother who did it.
The mother wanted to accuse Song Shiwei of being arrogant and domineering and disrespectful to her mother-in-law, but in the end it ruined her sister's reputation and made the Shen family a laughing stock in the capital.
He rushed back and heard Song Shiwei speaking up for him.
Unexpectedly, the person who understood him best was not his family, but the wife whom he had looked down upon from the beginning.
Shen Linchuan strode over with a sullen face.
Shen Suyun, who was stunned by the beating, saw him as if she had seen a savior, and cried, "Second brother, you have to make the decision for me.
Song Shiwei ruined my reputation and beat me. I am too ashamed to face anyone now.
If my second brother doesn't help me, I will die!"
"Then go ahead!"
Shen Linchuan shouted, anger boiling in his eyes.
He glared at his sister fiercely and said, “I’ll give you two choices, either hang yourself at the door to prove your innocence.
Or you can ask your second sister-in-law to clear your name. It’s your choice.”
Shen Suyun was frightened by his eyes. She kept saying that she didn't want to live anymore, but she didn't really want to commit suicide.
She just didn't want to accept it. Her mother had clearly said that she wanted to make Song Shiwei unable to hold her head up in the capital, but in the end, she was the one who couldn't hold her head up.
She hasn't even arranged a marriage yet. If her reputation is ruined, how can she marry into a wealthy family?
Shen Suyun didn't want to commit suicide, nor did she want to ask Song Shiwei for help. She gritted her teeth and refused to speak.
Old Madam Shen knew her daughter's temper, so she stepped forward and said, "The Song family caused all this, so she should solve it. Why should Suyun beg her?"
She put on airs and said to Song Shiwei: "I don't care what method you use, you must protect Su Yun's reputation, otherwise my Shen family will not tolerate you."