Chapter 4 Puzzled
Shen Wei's words emerged in Xiaoman's mind. He glanced at Qin Shuyu's face which was always dignified. She embodied the qualities of being well-educated and well-mannered to the fullest.
Xiaoman took a look and quickly lowered his head and left the room.
"Is it really because Miss Shen is not good enough that the Marquis dislikes her......"
"Is it because Miss Shen is frivolous and uneducated that she is unworthy of the Marquis' heart?"
"But even though the lady was so nice, I didn't keep her..."
Xiaoman didn’t understand, and she couldn’t figure it out for a moment.
The entire marquis's mansion believed that Shen Wei was the worst.
She had thought so before.
But after Shen Wei's question just now, Xiaoman suddenly seemed to realize something, but how could she refute on behalf of Shen Wei?
Isn't this an anomaly?
When Xiaoman returned to the side courtyard, he found Manager Zhang at the door.
The Marquis is here?
He did come.
Not long after being called away by Aunt Zhao, he heard that Shen Wei had sent Xiaoman to the main courtyard. He thought that Shen Wei was going to find his wife to persuade them to divorce again, so he came to question her without any investigation.
"Why do you think everything is so simple!"
"I used to think you had a distinct personality, but now it seems that you are just simple-minded! I have already said that in my position, it is impossible to divorce my wife, and I will not allow it!"
"Why are you forcing me? What man doesn't have three wives and four concubines? I've kept my virginity for you, isn't that enough?"
"......"
Shen Wei raised his eyes after hearing the barrage of scolding.
Looking at Xie Yuchuan who was angry and ashamed, he said, "Do you think I'm going to cause trouble for her?"
"if not?!"
"Xiao Man, tell me, what did I ask you to do?"
Under Xie Yuchuan's disappointed and upset gaze, Xiaoman said with mixed emotions: "Miss Shen asked me to send the key to the main courtyard, saying that it was returned to the original owner."
Xie Yuchuan's pupils were slightly sluggish.
He immediately turned his head and looked at Shen Wei, who had a self-deprecating look on his face. What kind of look was that?
He didn't know how to describe it.
Anyway,
The confidence and shame he had in questioning suddenly disappeared.
"I thought you..."
"Is that what Aunt Zhao thought?" Shen Wei lowered his eyes: "She deliberately called you away at the door because she was sure that I would go to Qin Shuyu for trouble. After all, I believe that she and Qin Shuyu are in cahoots."
"I will have a big quarrel with you next, and you will be driven away smoothly and go to Aunt Zhao to heal your wounds."
"Thank you, Yuchuan."
"You keep saying you love me, but do you know me?"
"You said Shen Wei has changed, becoming ignorant and crying. In fact, it's not her who has changed. It's you and everyone here who forced her to become that tantrum."
"Because she has no other choice. She has nothing but you. She can only use this method to protest against those women who want to take you away from her. But what about you?"
"You are helping others bully her!"
Shen Wei pinched himself hard and his eyes turned red.
Tears were falling heavily.
As Xie Yuchuan listened to these heartfelt words, the details of the fight for favor that he had previously neglected to pay attention to came to his mind.
The more he thought about it, the more it dawned on him... and the more he thought about it, the more he leaned towards Shen Wei.
"Weiwei." Xie Yuchuan softened his heart and hugged Shen Wei in his arms: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. I was angry and wanted to force you to give in and admit defeat."
"You haven't changed, you just love me too much, stop crying, okay?"
Shen Wei buried her head in Xie Yuchuan's shoulder, tears streaming down her face.
But there was no tenderness in his eyes, only coldness.
Love you mom!
You don't love Shen Wei at all.
You only love yourself!
"Yuchuan... wuwuwu..." Shen Wei wanted to chop this man to pieces with a knife: "I ruined the lingerie show. Now the ladies in Beijing must look down on me."
“But I just want to prove myself.”
"I do this all because I love you, because of you!"
"Can I still do business in the future? Can I leave the mansion? Will you think I'm useless, despise me, and never let me leave the mansion again..."
Xie Yuchuan sighed and wanted Shen Wei to stop messing around.
Wouldn't it be better to stay at home and embroider and learn some etiquette?
But then I thought about it.
If she really did that, would she still be the Shen Wei that she liked?
Xie Yuchuan patted Shen Wei on the back and said softly, "Don't touch the shop in the mansion this time. I still have 300 taels of silver left in my private treasury. Just treat it as a hobby."
"It's not normal for a woman to run a business, and it's not appropriate for her to be in the spotlight all the time."
"You can learn some etiquette when you have time. I don't mean to dislike you, but my mother's birthday is next month. Do you understand?"
Shen Wei lowered her eyes with tears in her eyes: "I know, Xie Yuchuan, you are so good to me..."
She exchanged her tears and surrender for three hundred taels.
And the first step towards freedom.
She doesn't like herself like this, but she feels sorry for herself like this.
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After Shen Wei's confinement was lifted, he was not in a hurry to leave the house.
Instead, he stayed in the room, practicing calligraphy with a pen, never going out, and seeing no one. No one knew what he was writing.
"lady."
Aunt Zhao was scolded by the Marquis for stirring up trouble.
She still holds a grudge in her heart.
I was hoping to find a chance to ridicule Shen Wei, but I didn't expect that he wouldn't even leave the house: "Shen stays in the room all day, and I don't know what he's up to."
"I heard that she actually slapped the Marquis."
"That was the Marquis who was in charge of the family, but he was beaten by that shrew. The most infuriating thing was that the Marquis forgave her a few days later and agreed to let her do business."
"With her troublesome brain, what can she do except dream?"
The more Aunt Zhao thought about it, the more unbalanced she felt.
In terms of talent, family background, and character, Shen Wei is inferior to the Madam in every aspect. How can he be the only one to be liked by the Marquis?
"It seems that she still has some whimsical ideas and has not given up yet."
"After getting married, a woman should obey her husband. After her husband dies, she should obey her son. This is the way it is for all women in the world. She is a peculiar exception." Qin Shuyu took a sip of tea and said to the pregnant Aunt Zhao, "What kind of business does she want to start?"
"I don't know." Aunt Zhao touched her belly and shook her head.
After a pause, Aunt Zhao continued, "Last month she said she wanted to open a brothel. She has countless ideas for how to make it a hit, which will surely scare the heck out of the noble families in the capital."
Qin Shuyu: “….”
She rubbed her eyebrows and felt that Shen Wei's behavior was more ridiculous and unrealistic.
"Then what did the Marquis say?" Qin Shuyu had never taken Shen Wei seriously from the beginning. After all, in her opinion, it was certain that a man could have three wives and four concubines.
Even if she and the Marquis were childhood sweethearts, the Marquis would definitely take a concubine.
Before marrying into the mansion, she was prepared to share her husband with other women. As long as she was the person the Marquis loved, cared about and respected the most, she would not care about anything else.
But Shen Wei was an exception...
But Qin Shuyu is confident that this exception will not last long.
"What else could the Marquis say at the time? He just doted on her! He said that the Marquis's family couldn't do such dirty things, but he would find a way to get her to give ideas to the existing brothels."
"He also said that what he liked most was Miss Shen's unconventional and daring personality."