Chapter 44: High Palms and Far Plants
He said, raising his hand.
The wailing Rong immediately stepped forward and grabbed Shen Shi's elbow, "Master, you see that Nunu has been working hard for this family all day long, and Brother Zhuo has always been sensible and steady, please spare Sister Wan." Just once!"
Shen Shi shook her off, "Spare her? Tell yourself what she did this time?"
He said loudly in the midst of Rong's tears, "It was murder of my grandmother! Even if you take her to the Yamen to resolve the case, she will be sentenced to three years in prison, and you will be punished for one hundred!"
Mrs. Rong cried even louder, and Shen Nanwan also grabbed Shen Shi's arm with tears in her eyes, "Dad, I know what I did wrong. I don't dare anymore."
Pulling and pulling, Shen Shi became even more angry, and immediately slapped her, "You don't dare anymore? You've already done it, and you told me that you don't dare anymore? Why didn't you dare not do it before? ?”
Half of Shen Nanwan's cheeks quickly became swollen.
The burning pain stirred up the accumulated resentment, and Shen Nanwan raised his eyes to look at Shen Shi.
Seeing his dark face and angry eyebrows, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire, she couldn't help but hold his lips, and said in a faint voice, "If dad hadn't only cared about his own career and wanted to use me to fill the commander's house, I would have done this. What's the matter?"
Shen Shi was startled, "So, it's my fault?"
Shen Nanwan curled her lips and said nothing.
Rong quickly explained: "Master, Sister Wan didn't mean that. She just doesn't want to marry the commander."
You said something to me, but I never left the house.
Shen Shi felt embarrassed that someone had exposed her thoughts, and pointed at Shen Nanwan angrily, "Since ancient times, my parents have ordered matchmakers, and even if I want to marry her to that old man, she can't refute it. Now she has done this." You don’t even bother to check things that are not loyal and filial, but you still talk to me about ‘I don’t want to’, but let me tell you, you have to think about it even if you don’t want to!”
After saying these words, it was like the sky was falling, making Shen Nanwan's face turn pale.
Seeing Shen Nanyi feel very proud, she sneered, "In the past, when I saw you, second sister, as a well-behaved person, I never thought that you are a person who hides his edge..."
"you shut up!"
Before she finished speaking, Shen Shi covered her head and scolded her.
Shen Nanyi looked at Shen Shi in disbelief, "Dad."
Shen Shi raised his eyelids coldly, "Do you think there is nothing wrong with you? If you hadn't been unable to keep your mouth shut and confronted Sister Wan in public, would you have made your grandmother cough up blood?"
Shen Nanyi didn't dare to reply, she muttered with her head hanging down: "Dad, I know I was wrong."
Only then did Shen Shi look at Shen Nanbao, who was standing aside with a calm expression, "And you."
Shen Nanbao stepped forward and bowed his knees smoothly, "Dad."
Her voice was still the same as before, as if everything just now was the wind passing through Mount Tai, so she couldn't blink.
Although the Shen family's custom was usually to follow the rules and speak calmly, but at this moment, Shen Shi felt angry no matter how he looked at her.
"Do you know where you went wrong?"
Shen Nanbao nodded, "I know."
Now it was Shen Shi's turn to be surprised. In fact, he didn't know where Shen Nanbao was wrong, but since she said she knew, he would listen to her opinion.
"Then tell me where you went wrong."
Shen Nanbao hesitated for a moment, then lifted up his skirt and knelt down, "My mistake was that I didn't know how to forge ahead, and I didn't follow my father's instructions. I just went my own way and gave the Buddhist scriptures to Rong Xiaoniang, so that my second sister had ulterior motives and used them for such purposes."
Shen Shi was stunned for a long time, then Fang nodded and laughed, "Excellent, actually very good. One or two of you, either want to talk lightly, or abandon Wen Qing, or even worse, do whatever you want. I think it's me who is here to guide you." No, that’s why I teach you to be violent and slow!”
Seeing him angry, whoever dared to say anything lowered their heads, waiting to be punished.
However, Shen Shi felt as if his fist was hitting cotton, and he was so embarrassed that he shouted angrily: "You all must be detained by me! You are not allowed to go out without my order! Especially Sister Wan!"
Shen Nanbao followed everyone and said yes. As soon as he got up, he felt a gaze falling on him. He raised his head and found that it was Shen Shi's dark gaze.
"And you, if I find you copying Buddhist scriptures again in the future."
Shen Shi touched his lips, and his beard trembled in a cold arc, "Don't blame me for crippling your hand."
Even though he expected that he would show no mercy, Shen Nanbao couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he heard these words.
After enduring it, she didn't let the sadness in her heart spill out of her eyes, and she could only say happily: "I understand."
Shen Shi stood in the backlight, his face filled with gloom, but he didn't say anything. He just rolled up his sleeves and blew out the angry wind, just like Mrs. Yin chose a corner door to leave.
Of course, Mrs. Peng must stay to clean up the mess and follow up properly.
After all, for the Haoying family, the family's reputation is more important than anything else. Now that something like this has happened and so many gossips have heard about it, I don't know how it will be spread.
The more she thought about it, Mrs. Peng looked at Mrs. Rong and her daughter, her eyes getting colder and colder, "After all, Miss Rong is enjoying the blessings. If she makes a mistake, she will be scolded, punished, or put in solitary confinement by the master. It's all right." Rong Xiaoniang, you are so pure in worshiping the Buddha, but I have to work hard and take care of all the mess for you!"
After speaking, he gritted his teeth.
Shen Nanwan had a rather arrogant attitude, and immediately wanted to refute, but Mrs. Rong held her back severely, leaving her meandering and crying.
Seeing this, Ms. Peng's worries were suddenly wiped away. She felt very refreshed and led Shen Nanyi out of the east hall with a sneer.
Only then did Shen Nanbao step forward silently and called, "Second sister."
Shen Nanwan paused, raised his head suddenly, and looked at her with deep red eyes, "You gave me the Buddhist scriptures on purpose."
Shen Nanbao nodded, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised, "Second sister is really smart."
Mrs. Rong hugged Shen Nanwan, gnashing her teeth with hatred, "Fourth girl, I think I treat you well, and Sister Wan has always regarded you as my own sister. Why did you frame us like this?"
"Framed?"
Shen Nanbao tilted his head with a confused expression. He turned around and saw the two Rongs hugging each other on the ground. A big smile suddenly broke out on their faces, which looked strange and ironic in the setting sun that filtered in through the leaky window.
"My dear, what you said is very wrong. I just brought a Buddhist sutra to show you. How could I have framed you?"
Rong was choked and didn't know how to refute.
Shen Nan looked at her as if aware, with a faint look in his eyes, "Grandma said you were just a little clever, but now it seems you are not."
Her words were laced with threats, but Shen Nanbao nodded indifferently, "Thank you for the compliment from the second sister, but the second sister still looks after yourself. After all, as soon as this incident comes out, grandma will definitely decide to send you out." . ”
Shen Nanwan stood up suddenly, "So what, even if I marry the commander as my concubine, it will be better than you marrying that poor scholar."
This word has been said over and over again many times, like bubbles accumulated in the abyss, jumping up and thinking it is quite powerful, but in fact it is just a measly sound, and it disappears in an instant.
Naturally, Shen Nanbao could not be deterred.
"Actually, if I were the second sister, as for the current situation, oh no, before this, I would not do this."
Shen Nanbao glanced down, not missing the expressions of Shen Nanwan and Rongshi at all, like a giant roller, constantly rolling and pushing them to change.
"After all, to grandmothers and fathers, children born from concubines are just side effects. As long as the roots of direct children are not shaken, the others can be discarded at will."
Rong's color changed, "You want me to go against the mistress? Do you want to use me as a raft?"
Shen Nanbao smacked his head and said, "I never give hope to others. I'm just telling you that the failure of today's matter is because you didn't go all out. You were lucky and wanted to leave a way out for yourself. If If I were the young mistress, I would have a showdown with the eldest mistress. Anyway, I am from a good family. As long as the mistress does not abide by the rules of women and is excommunicated, then there will be a chance for me to rise up and become the second wife."
"Is this what the fourth sister said that day, 'It's better to be in pieces than in pieces'?"
Shen Nanbao met Shen Nanwan's sneer eyes and didn't respond. He just asked her, "Otherwise, the second sister thinks that I should be the one to fill this matter. How could it be you?"
Shen Nanbao was startled when he saw Shen Nanwan's figure, and gradually condensed into a statue. He stopped talking and straightened up, just like others who chose a corner door to leave.
The sun in the second half of the day had already dimmed due to all the fuss earlier. It hung on the treetops and outlined everything in a golden circle. The walnuts in the corner of the yard could not touch the skylight, as if they had fallen into the mud and filth. Turbidity, the two blend together, and the verandah becomes a chaotic realm, half light and half dark.
At this moment, Fang Guan stepped onto the chaos and walked forward, "Sister."
Shen Nanbao squinted at her, with an expression that was inappropriate for his age, "You are quite well informed."
An inappropriate smile broke out on Fang Guan's upright face, "Everyone in the house was focused on the banquet hall and didn't pay attention to what was going on in the backyard."
She said it very calmly.
Shen Nan Baodu felt that the high gate courtyard of Shen Mansion was actually just a decoration.
But Shen Nanbao understood that all this was just the result of Xiao Yichen's single hand covering the sky.
Shen Nanbao calmed down, showed off her pretense skills, and nodded, "Then you also know that you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope now."
Fang Guan pursed his lips, the curvature of which was imperceptible, "Don't worry, sister, the adults have already told the little one. If the little one needs anything in the future, the adults will try their best to help, not just the little one."
Shen Nanbao coughed in embarrassment, "Even so, it's great..."
Maybe it was because he had fallen behind, or maybe he was plotting the plan himself, but in the end, Xiao Yichen was asked to help fill in the gaps. Shen Nanbao felt a little annoyed and immediately lost his good reputation.
"But your master has always been so meticulous, so from now on, you can come and go anywhere in Chenxiang Pavilion at will."
After giving instructions, Shen Nanbao led Feng Yue into the house.
At that time, the sun had completely set into the mountains, and lamps began to be lit in the courtyard. One by one, the lamps had white bottoms and reddish shades. The candles burned the lamps, making them look like the ripples of the sky water dyed with rouge.
Shen Nanbao's fair face also became tinged with beauty.
Feng Yue looked at it, squirming, her tone was a little frustrated and a little accusatory, "Sister, little one..."
