Chapter 42 There is no such thing in this world
Xiao Jingheng walked to the Duobao Pavilion, took out a brocade box on the table and opened it.
He gently stroked the things in the box and murmured, "You won't understand."
The man looked up to see what treasure was hidden in his box, but before he could take a closer look, the box was closed.
He only saw a flash of silver light.
He didn't ask much, but felt that Jamel Xiao was carrying too much.
Perhaps only when facing the eldest daughter of the Song family will he reveal his truest side.
……
Song Shiwei sat in the carriage, thinking about what had happened, until the curtain was lifted and Shen Linchuan got in.
She collected her thoughts and asked, "How is it? What did Taoist Zixu say?"
Shen Linchuan's face was gloomy, as if he had suffered a great blow.
He clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "He said that everything was instructed by Madam Cheng En."
Song Shiwei said: "This is a good thing, why are you so unhappy, husband?"
Shen Linchuan laughed at himself: "Even if Taoist Zixu told me the truth, what would happen?
He will not change his confession. If he identifies his mother, he can still live, but if he identifies Lady Cheng En, he will die."
As he said that, he punched the wooden board and said, "I am useless. If our Shen family had power and influence, we wouldn't be bullied like this!"
Song Shiwei bit her lip and blamed herself, "It's all my fault. It was me who implicated my mother.
Why don't you just divorce me, my husband? That way, Zhou will be satisfied."
Shen Linchuan frowned, looked at her and said, "Don't take all the blame on yourself, what have you done wrong?
It's obvious that Zhou can't stand seeing you doing well, and the more she does so, the more you can't compromise."
His eyes were solemn and his attitude was firm: "You will be my only wife in this life, and I will never divorce you!"
Song Shiwei was almost sickened by his affectionate look. How could a grown man be so hypocritical and shameless?
Because they were oppressed by the powerful, they must step on her corpse to rise to the top.
There is no such thing in this world.
After returning to the Shen family, Shen Linchuan went to see the old lady.
I don’t know how he persuaded her, but anyway, Madam Shen swallowed her anger.
Cheng Enbo was also afraid that the matter would become too serious and difficult to resolve, so he secretly calmed down the storm.
In a blink of an eye, it was the night before the banquet at the Yongning Marquis' Mansion.
Madam Shen called Song Shiwei over and said, "I have been ill recently, and all the big and small things in the mansion are thanks to your care.
You have worked hard during this period. I have thought carefully about the banquet at Yongning Marquis’ Mansion tomorrow and I think you should not go.
Just let Suyun attend the banquet on your behalf. As your sister-in-law, she should share some of your worries."
Song Shiwei smiled slightly: "I know that mother is doing this for my own good, but Suyun has never seen such a world, I am afraid that she will show her fear."
Shen Suyun stood aside and said with an unhappy look on her face: "What do you mean, you said I would be timid, but you won't be if you go?
You grew up in the countryside and have never seen the world. How dare you say that to me? "
Old Madam Shen glared at Shen Suyun, disliking her for being impatient.
She said to Song Shiwei, "Suyun speaks her mind, don't mind it.
Suyun has never seen such a world before, and that's why she should go and see it for herself.
To put it bluntly, the Yongning Marquis' Mansion was holding a coming-of-age banquet for the young lady in the mansion, and all the guests were noble ladies in the capital who had not yet married.
As a married woman, it is not appropriate for you to attend such a banquet, so just let Suyun join in the fun."
Song Shiwei asked, "Is this also what my husband meant?"
Old Madam Shen frowned, her face looking somewhat unhappy.
She said, "I have mentioned this to Chuan'er, and he agrees to let Suyun go in your place."
"In that case, I'll trouble you to make the trip."
Song Shiwei stood up and said, "I'll have someone deliver the note to Suyun later. It's getting late, mother, you should go to bed early."
She smiled slightly, turned and walked out.
Shen Suyun didn't expect her to agree so readily, she held Madam Shen's hand and said excitedly: "Mom, that's great.
I will dress up beautifully tomorrow and will never bring shame to our Shen family."
Madam Shen touched Shen Suyun's head lovingly and said, "The people who will be there tomorrow are all people of noble status. You must be careful and cautious."
"Mom, don't worry, your daughter knows what's going on."
Shen Suyun's heart was drawn to tomorrow's banquet. She did not linger any longer and left Tongyuan with Chuntao.
But she was worried that Song Shiwei would regret it, so she couldn't wait to tell Chuntao, "Go to Chanzhiyuan to find my second sister-in-law and bring the invitation."
Chuntao replied yes and went towards Chanzhiyuan.
Song Shiwei had just come back and sat down to take a sip of tea when Chuntao came.
After explaining her purpose, Song Shiwei handed the note to Chuntao.
Chun Tao took the invitation and asked in confusion, "Miss, are you really going to give the opportunity to attend the banquet to Shen Suyun?"
During the time she had been at the Shen family, she had already seen what kind of faces the Shen family members had.
The eldest son is lustful, the second son is hypocritical, the old lady is sarcastic and mean, and Miss Shen is arrogant.
Ever since their young lady married into the Shen family, they have been either trying to take her dowry or throwing dirty water on her.
Now they are even taking away my chance to attend a banquet at the Marquis' Mansion. How shameless!
Song Shiwei smiled and said, "I'll give her a chance, but she has to be able to seize it."
She looked at Chuntao and asked, "You should know what happened to Cailian, right?"
How could Chuntao not know about this? This matter caused a lot of controversy some time ago.
Although it was Old Madam Shen who took the blame in the end, she knew that it was actually Zhou who did it.
And Cai Lian...
I heard that he was beaten to death by Zhou.
Chuntao was very glad that she repented, otherwise she would have ended up like Cailian.
Song Shiwei took Chuntao's indenture contract out of the box and handed it to her, saying, "I got your indenture contract back.
From now on you will be free and no one can control you anymore."
Chuntao looked at what Song Shiwei handed over, her eyes full of disbelief.
She took the indenture and looked at it, and it was indeed hers.
With tears in her eyes, she looked at Song Shiwei and choked up, "Miss."
Song Shiwei said: "This is what I promised you, take it. If you don't want to stay in the Shen family, I will give you a sum of money to settle down your second half of life."
Chuntao burst into tears. She had never thought that one day she would be able to get her indenture back and regain her freedom.
She wiped the tears from her face, returned her indenture to Song Shiwei and said, "I am not going anywhere, I will just follow you, young lady.
Besides, I have not yet repaid you, so how can I accept such a favor?
Young lady is having a hard time in the Shen family, I am willing to stay and help you."
If her surrender that day was a desperate choice, then at this moment she was willing to pledge her loyalty.
Because Song Shiwei deserves it!