Chapter 43: Really Not Stupid
Song Shiwei stuffed the indenture contract into Chuntao's hand and said, "You wanting to help me does not conflict with getting your indenture contract back.
I understand what you mean. You left the indenture with me to show your loyalty, but I don't need this method, do you understand?"
A trust relationship gained through coercion and inducement is doomed to fail to last long. Only sincerity can last.
Chuntao's eyes were filled with tears. She nodded heavily, then accepted Song Shiwei's kindness and accepted her indenture contract.
She sniffed and said, "Thank you, young lady, for not holding a grudge and giving me a chance to reform. I will definitely not let you down."
Song Shiwei smiled, reached out to help her up and said, "Go back quickly, otherwise Shen Suyun will be waiting anxiously."
Chuntao wiped the tears from her face, knelt down and bowed to Song Shiwei, then took the note and went back to report.
Shen Suyun had been waiting for a long time and was getting a little impatient. She paced back and forth in the room, looking towards the yard from time to time.
Seeing Chuntao coming back, she hurriedly went to meet him and asked, "Why did you take so long? Did you get the things?"
Chuntao handed the post to Shen Suyun and said, "I got it."
Shen Suyun was extremely surprised. She held the gold-embossed invitation card with greedy eyes.
This is her ladder to wealth and fame.
With this thing, she can fly to the tree and become a phoenix.
She was holding the post and dreaming, when she suddenly remembered something and asked, "You only took the post, but didn't you take back the gift that Song Shiwei prepared?"
Chun Tao was stunned and said, "Didn't the lady just ask me to get the post?"
Shen Suyun's face changed and she scolded, "What a useless thing! Without a gift, are we going to the banquet empty-handed?"
She knew that Song Shiwei must have prepared a gift, so she only bought the clothes she would wear to the banquet tomorrow.
Song Shiwei only gave her the invitation but didn't give her the gift at the same time. She must be trying to embarrass her, so she wouldn't be fooled by her.
It's just a gift. There are so many people attending the banquet tomorrow, who would care what she gave?
So she picked up a hairpin she didn't like from her dressing table and put it in a brand new brocade box as a gift to be sent to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion tomorrow.
The next morning, Shen Suyun dressed up and went to meet the old lady, and under her and Shen Linchuan's earnest instructions, she went out to attend the banquet.
As soon as she left, Song Shiwei came with Zhuqing.
She glanced at the lobby and asked Old Madam Shen: "Is my sister not here yet?"
Madam Shen raised her eyebrows and said, "She has already gone to the banquet."
Song Shiwei was stunned for a moment: "Already gone?"
She frowned and asked, "Did your sister prepare a gift herself?
I thought she hadn't prepared anything, so I rushed over to give her a gift. It turns out she had already prepared something, and I was just worrying for nothing."
Old Madam Shen was also a little surprised. She thought the gift brought by Shen Suyun was prepared by Song Shiwei, so she didn't ask about it. It turned out not to be the case.
She said, "Suyun has always been a careful person. I believe she has picked out a suitable gift to bring with her. It's just that you have worked so hard for nothing."
Song Shiwei smiled and said, "It's okay. I think the gift my sister picked must be better than mine. In that case, I will go back first."
She bowed slightly, then left with Zhuqing.
On the way back, Zhu Qing couldn't help but say, "Miss, you really guessed it right.
Miss Shen was so impatient that she went to the banquet without even asking you for a gift. I wonder what gift she prepared?"
Song Shiwei sneered: "What kind of gift is that? It's just an old thing she used."
Chuntao had already passed on the news last night, saying that Shen Suyun chose the jade hairpin she had used as a gift.
She really overestimated Shen Suyun, thinking that she would have to get the gift from her before attending the banquet.
Unexpectedly, Shen Suyun was afraid that there was a trap and she would lose this opportunity, so she went to the banquet in a hurry.
It's really stupid!
Just watch how she becomes a laughing stock and loses all face!
……
Shen Suyun got off the carriage with an excited and nervous heart.
She looked at the magnificent mansion in front of her. In front of the vermilion gate stood a guardian beast, looking majestic.
Even the plaque with the words "Yongning Marquis' Mansion" sparkled in the sun.
The road in front of the mansion was very wide, with several carriages parked there.
Ladies and young ladies in gorgeous clothes got off the carriage and entered one after another.
Shen Suyun stood not far away, straightened her clothes, and then walked towards the gate of the marquis' mansion.
She handed the post in her hand to the servant who was checking at the door.
The servant took a look at the post, confirmed it was correct, and then passed it to the person next to him.
Next to them is the person in charge of registering gifts. When a wealthy family organizes a banquet, they have to record clearly what gifts they receive and who gave them to them, so that they can be socialized.
And no matter what gift is given, it will be sung out loud to prevent any discrepancy.
However, ordinary servants might not be able to recognize valuable things, so the Yongning Marquis's Mansion invited the owner of the Treasure Pavilion in the capital to personally take charge and take charge.
The shopkeeper’s surname is Li. He can tell the value of the treasure he has just by taking a look at it.
He glanced at the name on the invitation, then opened the gift brought by Shen Suyun in public and shouted loudly: "From the eldest lady of the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion..."
When Shopkeeper Li saw the gift in the box, he thought he was seeing things.
He looked at it carefully and found that both the jade color and workmanship of the hairpin were very cheap and ordinary people could afford it.
Moreover, there were some wear and tear on the hairpin, and it was obvious that it had been used.
How could someone be so bold as to take advantage of the situation and give away such cheap things at a banquet organized by a noble family like the Yongning Marquis' Mansion?
He became suspicious and asked Shen Suyun in front of him uncertainly: "Are you the eldest daughter of the Cheng En Marquis's Mansion?"
Shen Suyun frowned, looking a little unhappy, but did not deny: "What's wrong?"
Shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "Nothing."
He put the hairpin back into the box, coughed lightly, and sang, "This is a gift from the eldest lady of the Cheng En Marquis's Mansion. It's an old jade hairpin!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the ladies and young ladies who were waiting to be checked into the mansion all looked at Shen Suyun.
Someone stood up and said, "She is not the eldest daughter of the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion. This person is an imposter.
I have had the honor of meeting the eldest daughter of the Song family, and she is not as poor as she looks. "
"Yes, how could the eldest daughter of the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion give an old jade hairpin as a gift? Isn't this a slap in the face of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion?"
“Isn’t this the young lady from the Shen family who stole her brother and sister-in-law’s things?
No wonder she was holding the invitation from the eldest daughter of the Cheng En Marquis's mansion, it turned out to be stolen."
Someone revealed Shen Suyun's identity and exposed in public the fact that she had stolen things from Song Shiwei.
There was an uproar in the crowd, and countless mocking looks and discussions fell on Shen Suyun.