Chapter 18 Why did you betray me?

Chapter 18 Why did you betray me?

Song Shiwei understood.

Xiao Jingheng suspected that the Shen family was related to the Huo family case that year, so he sneaked into the Shen family to investigate secretly. This is how he accidentally discovered Shen Linchuan's conspiracy to let his eldest brother consummate the marriage on his behalf.

And Xiao Jingheng wanted to use her to investigate whether the Shen family had any connection with what happened back then?

"How do you want me to help you, my Lord?"

Song Shiwei also wants to bring down the Shen family. If it can be confirmed that the Shen family is related to the Huo family, it would be a good opportunity to get rid of the Shen family.

Xiao Jingheng said: "I just want you to help me find out secretly whether Shen Xiuwen left anything behind before he passed away."

"Okay, I promise you."

Song Shiwei agreed very happily and drank a glass of wine. She said, "It's your turn to ask, Your Majesty."

Xiao Jingheng didn't expect that she would agree so readily. It seemed that it was right to be honest with her. After all, they had a common enemy.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have someone you like?"

Song Shiwei was obviously stunned. She frowned and finally picked up the wine in front of her and drank it all: "I don't want to answer."

Xiao Jingheng was a little disappointed, and then he heard Song Shiwei say: "It's my turn to ask, who is Qingqing?"

When he heard her mention Qingqing, Xiao Jingheng was stunned at first, then he lowered his head guiltily.

He hesitated for a moment, then silently picked up the wine in front of him and drank it all, then asked her, "Do you like Shen Linchuan?"

Song Shiwei slammed the table, her face full of disgust: "Who would like that dog man?"

Whether in her past life or this life, she had never fallen in love with Shen Linchuan.

Marrying him was a choice she had to make, and seeing that he was handsome and talented, she thought there would be nothing wrong in spending the rest of her life with him.

Who would have thought that Shen Linchuan would be such a person.

She snorted, instructed Jamel Xiao to drink, and then asked him, “Qingqing is the girl you like?”

"Yes."

Xiao Jingheng answered straightforwardly this time. He looked at Song Shiwei who was sitting opposite him.

Her cheeks were flushed due to drinking, and her long black hair hung down behind her, giving her a pure and natural beauty.

He felt a little drunk after just a few drinks.

However, the one who was even more drunk than him was Song Shiwei. When she heard that Qingqing was the girl Xiao Jingheng liked, she was furious.

Pointing at Jamel Xiao, she said, “I’m warning you, don’t treat me as a substitute. I’m not someone you can easily mess with!”

As he spoke, he picked up the wine in front of him and drank it all in one gulp, full of heroic spirit.

When Jamel Xiao heard the word "substitute", he looked at her blankly and asked, "What substitute? Who treated you as a substitute?"

Song Shiwei stood up and wanted to say something but felt very dizzy.

She fell back and started to curse: "None of you men are good."

Xiao Jingheng knew that she was drunk, so he walked over to help her to rest, but Song Shiwei pushed him away and started talking nonsense: "Why?

Why do you all want to blame me? What did I do wrong? "

She lay on the table and sobbed, "Even you, even you don't want me."

Xiao Jingheng felt a sharp pain in his heart when he heard her crying.

He patted Song Shiwei's shoulder gently and coaxed her: "I don't want you."

Song Shiwei hummed and gradually calmed down.

Xiao Jingheng picked her up and put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and then reached out to wipe the tears from her face.

He looked at her quietly, with unseen emotions in his eyes.

But he had too many questions in his mind. Who was the person who made her so sad and kept saying that he had betrayed her and didn't want her?

It can't be him, right?

Xiao Jingheng was lost in thought and stayed with her for half the night. He left the Shen family quietly until dawn.

The next day, when Song Shiwei woke up, she just felt a slight headache.

She sat up, her mind a mess.

Zhu Qing came in with a hangover soup and said, "Miss, you drank too much last night. Drink this hangover soup quickly, or you will have a headache."

Seeing the wine jar on the table, Song Shiwei remembered that she and Xiao Jingheng had been drinking last night.

But she really couldn't drink much and got drunk after just a few drinks.

I don’t know if she said anything nonsense after getting drunk?

Song Shiwei drank the sobering soup and put the bowl down. Then she saw a piece of letter under the pillow at the head of the bed. She opened the letter.

Written in a flourish of dragon and phoenix characters on it was: "You promised to help me, and I am grateful. If you need anything, please come to me."

Seeing the words "If you need anything, come find me", Song Shiwei smiled.

Not to mention, she really did need Xiao Jingheng's help with something.

After burning the letter, Song Shiwei said to Zhu Qing, "Tell the prince that I have something to ask him."

Zhu Qing responded with a "yes" and turned around to pass on the message.

After washing and changing her clothes, Song Shiwei sat down to have breakfast when she saw Shen Suyun coming in with some account books.

She put the things in her hand on the table and said, "Mother is so angry with you that she is sick. She asked me to bring you the account book of the mansion.

From now on, the Shen family's household affairs will be left to you to manage."

Song Shiwei glanced at the account book.

It seems that seeing that this rule could not be established, Old Lady Shen set her sights on the dowry she brought, hoping to make her bleed to fill the hole in the account.

In her previous life, she was the victim of this blunder, but what did she get in return? It was their deserved and ruthless obliteration.

Since Old Madam Shen wants to let her take care of the household affairs, then she should let them know what the consequences of doing so will be?

"Thank you, sister. I will take good care of it."

Song Shiwei picked up an account book and started flipping through it.

When Shen Suyun saw that she accepted it, a light flashed in her eyes. She raised her head and walked out with some pride.

Song Shiwei spent half an hour reading the account book.

The Shen family's house was bought in the capital when Shen Linchuan's father was alive.

However, after Shen Linchuan's father passed away, the Shen family's business was divided up by Shen Linchuan's uncles, and very little was left to the Shen family.

In addition, Mrs. Shen was just a woman with three children, and gradually all the money she had wasted.

After arriving in the capital, the Shen family got close to the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion. In order to arrange the wedding, the Shen family borrowed a foreign debt of 5,000 taels from Yuelai Money House.

There are still three days left to repay the loan.

Five thousand taels plus the interest for the first half of the year totals six thousand taels. All of this was paid by Song Shiwei in her previous life.

But this time she wanted to make sure that the six thousand taels were worth spending.

She called Jingque in and whispered a few words in her ear. Jingque nodded and walked out.

Soon, Chuntao and Cailian came in.

The two maids that Song Shiwei brought back yesterday replaced them, and they were sent to clean the yard and had no chance to serve closely.

They both knelt on the ground.

Chun Tao asked, "Madam, Cai Lian and I are your dowry maids.

The two maids you bought are clumsy and I’m afraid they won’t be able to serve the Madam well.

Why don't you let them do the rough work and let us serve you?"