Jun Hongbai's expression softened a little.
However, Shen Qingluan was not touched at all by his reprimanding Du Mianmian. He drank a cup of tea with a calm expression and stood up to leave.
Jun Hongbai hesitated for a moment, then threw away the pitiful Du Mianmian and followed him.
"lady."
Shen Qingluan looked back.
Jun Hongbai stroked his chest and spoke with difficulty: "I heard that you are good at calligraphy and painting in your boudoir, especially the most lifelike portraits."
Shen Qingluan muttered: "Master, if you have something to say, why don't you just say it."
"I want to ask you to paint a painting for me." Jun Hongbai felt guilty for some reason, but he still forced himself to speak, "It's Wen Niang's portrait."
Shen Qingluan raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to continue.
She did not reject his request outright, nor did she object to painting Du Wenniang.
Jun Hongbai felt sour in his heart. He didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed. He should tell the whole story clearly about the reason why Du Wenniang's portrait was torn apart by Jun Yuan.
"That's it." Shen Qingluan looked confused.
"I have never met Sister Du."
This is a lie.
She just didn't expect that in this life, Du Wenniang's portrait would be destroyed.
In her previous life, she longed for a hundred-year relationship with Jun Hongbai, so she was naturally curious about Du Wenniang, whom he cared about.
That day, when she was cleaning Jun Hongbai's study, she curiously opened Du Wenniang's portrait.
It turns out that Du Wenniang is a different woman from her.
Shen Qingluan is proud and magnanimous, while Du Wenniang is weak and shy.
Shen Qingluan is free and easy, while Du Wenniang's eyes are full of nostalgia and dependence.
Shen Qingluan is bright and beautiful, but Du Wenniang is a shy beauty who cannot be beaten.
It was because of this curiosity that the naughty Jun Yuan smashed the scroll into pieces with mud.
Although Jun Yuan made a mistake, Jun Hongbai naturally blamed all the faults on her, and criticized her from tutoring to womanly ethics.
Afterwards, Shen Qingluan spent seven days painting an identical portrait in order to please him.
It was in the process of describing Du Wenniang's charm one stroke at a time that she was invaded bit by bit by this woman's humbleness, flattery, and pity.
She gradually lost her grace, elegance and arrogance, and truly became a woman begging for love in front of Jun Hongbai.
That's enough, stop thinking about it!
Shen Qingluan forced herself to wake up from the years when she lost herself, and her eyes were stained with ice inch by inch.
"Excuse my incompetence, how can I draw a person I have never seen before?"
Jun Hongbai hesitated to speak, not knowing whether he wanted to persuade her to agree or was happy that she refused.
In her heart, she should be a little concerned.
He suddenly remembered the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, and the surprise in his heart when the hijab was lifted.
At that time, Shen Qingluan was dignified and gentle, with affectionate eyes. He was not unmoved.
It's just that his heart was given to Wen Niang much earlier, and he was destined to live up to Shen Qingluan's affection.
No wonder Shen Qingluan is cold and distant from him now, presumably because he was heartbroken.
He couldn't give her the love she needed as a woman, so he could only make up for it in other ways.
Thinking like this, his grudge against Shen Qingluan disappeared, and he no longer wanted to blame her for her rejection at this moment.
Instead, he said warmly: "I made a mistake. This is indeed too difficult for you."
Shen Qingluan nodded coldly.
Jun Hongbai said again: "Thank you for taking care of my concubine today. Today I know that I can never live without you.
What you said to me in the past can be described as precious. If I do something wrong in the future, please tell me directly. "
Du Mianmian, who was following behind and looking at the two of them eagerly, felt half-hearted.
She had known that Jun Hongbai's attitude towards Shen Qingluan had changed and that he was no longer as cold and disgusted as before.
But his trust and love for Shen Qingluan was beyond her expectation.
What will she do if this continues?
She worked hard to squeeze into the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion, not just to be a concubine and watch Shen Qingluan's glory!
"uncle."
Du Mianmian said softly: "That painting was made by the artist for my sister's twenty-first birthday? I remember that although my sister was in poor health at that time, she was still very happy to see the painting, and she had a rare opportunity to drink three glasses of wine with me. .”
She deliberately mentioned Du Wenniang's story, fearing that Jun Hongbai would forget about it just like that.
As expected, Jun Hongbai fell into memories.
twenty one years old.
That was the last birthday Wen Niang spent with him.
Du Mianmian was also disappointed: "Looking at my sister's complexion that day, I thought she would get better again, but I didn't expect..."
She stopped talking just in time, and turned to look at Shen Qingluan pleadingly: "Madam, this painting is of great significance to me and to the uncle. It was my sister's last birthday with us.
I have long heard that Madam is an excellent painter, so I asked Madam to help me to prevent my sister from disappearing from the world. "
Her face was full of complaints and tears, as if Shen Qingluan would be the biggest sinner who would let Du Wenniang die again if she refused.
If Shen Qingluan agreed, it would be due to Du Mianmian's sacrifice of face and prayer, but it was a natural move for Shen Qingluan.
What a good calculation.
Afraid that Jun Hongbai would not see her contribution, she added: "Madam, don't worry about not being able to draw my sister's appearance. My sister and I have similar looks. If we dress up deliberately, we can be 70% similar.
And I am also twenty-one years old this year, so Madam can draw her likeness. "
Shen Qingluan looked at her playfully, and suddenly asked unexpectedly: "Do you know why Jun Yuan tore up the scroll?"
Du Mianmian was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, she didn't answer, but instead changed the subject. He was not willing to let her slip away like this, and said hurriedly:
"Brother Yuan is certainly at fault, but it is useless to investigate the fault at this time. What's more, Brother Yuan is the one who feels the most pain when something like this happens. Why should Madam hold on to him and treat him like a child? Calculate.”
Shen Qingluan shook his head and sighed: "I thought I had seen enough of Aunt Du's shamelessness, but I didn't expect that Aunt Du would always open my eyes."
Her face suddenly darkened, "Brother Yuan kept saying that he wanted to recognize Aunt Du as his mother, and then the father and son started fighting in anger. The uncle didn't want to hurt the friendship with the Du family, so he didn't speak out about Aunt Du's fault.
But as a concubine, Aunt Du made trouble before she even entered the family, and instigated the relationship between the father and son of the Jun family. However, she had no regrets. She was indeed a merchant, and she acted rampantly and without any rules! "
What a big hat, what a big pot!
Du Mianmian was speechless. She was sweating profusely and the clothes she had just put on were already soaked.
Jun Hongbai stood silently behind Shen Qingluan, expressing his attitude with his gestures.
Du Mianmian's heart felt completely cold.
In the past two years, she had everything she wanted in front of Jun Hongbai, and with the support of Jun Yuan and Jun Qian, Shen Qingluan was firmly suppressed.
But at some point, the situation completely reversed.
Only then did she vaguely realize that she had tried every means to force Jun Hongbai to accept her, and also to win over Jun Yuan and Jun Qian. These two moves were a big mistake!
But now everything is a foregone conclusion, and it is too late to regret.
Du Mianmian suppressed the regret in her heart and knelt down to beg for mercy.
Shen Qingluan looked at her coldly for a moment, with several thoughts rolling back and forth in his heart. Finally, he said no more and turned around.
Du Mianmian regarded Jun Hongbai as a life-saving straw, so he naturally regarded her as a roadblock.
Little did he know that Shen Qingluan had no intention of lingering on Zhenyuan Hou Mansion.
If she really didn't want to, she would have found a way to keep Du Mianmian away in the past and present lives.
But in her previous life, she really pitied Du Mianmian for being weak and helpless, and she was willing to fulfill Jun Hongbai's wish to take care of the Du family.
In this life, she was determined to make peace with each other, so she was naturally willing to make the water in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion as muddy as possible.
However, Du Mianmian obviously regarded her tolerance as weakness, and dared to do this, provoking her one after another.
As she said before, although a bedbug couldn't bite her, it kept extending its claws to test her, which was really disgusting.
If she didn't chop off one of her hands, I'm afraid she would never know how to write the word "awe".
Jun Hongbai looked at her back and hesitantly was about to follow her when Nan Chun from Fushouyuan came over in a hurry.
"My uncle is not good, my wife has fainted, please go and have a look!"
Shen Qingluan paused and turned around to take a look from a distance.
It stands to reason that as her granddaughter-in-law, she should go and serve her, but she was disgusted by Du Mianmian just now, and now she has no intention of being a filial son and grandson.
After a while, he turned around and left.
Anyway, this is the case, just pretend that you don’t know.
After returning to Hanguang Courtyard, Changdong was still kneeling in the courtyard.
Seeing the hem of Shen Qingluan's skirt approaching, the long frame of the building knocked violently and begged for mercy in a hoarse voice.
Shen Qingluan sneered.
Master Puxiao looks bold and unruly, but in fact he is just as weak as Jun Hongbai.
"No need to knock."
Shen Qingluan stopped in front of him.
"You also know that you have offended me by speaking. What price do you think I will make you pay?"
Changdong's fear reached its peak, and he wanted to take the initiative to ask for punishment, but he really couldn't say it.
Uncle Zhang ridiculed a servant who was blind when he opened his eyes, so he gave a pair of eyes.
And if he speaks evil words to his wife and the Shen family, he should cut off one of his tongues.
"Get up."
Shen Qingluan raised his hand and suppressed his frantic kowtow, "Kneeling for so long is enough."
Shen Qingluan met Changdong's disbelieving look, "The state-owned legal family has its own family rules. You probably don't know that the elders of the Shen family led the repair of the current legal regulations in the Zhou Dynasty.
The purpose is to have legal compliance, enforce the law strictly, measure the law appropriately, and avoid excessive punishment. "
Her slow voice soothed the long-standing fear in Changdong's heart, but caused another kind of indescribable pressure to appear in his heart.
"Since I have this surname, I will not do anything that insults the dignity of the Shen family. The old Marquis is strict in his actions. Although I respect him, I also have my own reputation for doing things."
After the conversation, Changdong was so embarrassed that he couldn't express his shame.
He had been kneeling in the yard for so long. Although he was begging for mercy, he was full of fear and resentment towards Shen Qingluan, but he just didn't dare to offend Shen Qingluan again.
But after listening to her exquisite voice, I was gradually moved by her uprightness and uprightness, and she bowed her head in shame.
Yes, Madam has always been like this.
She has a profound family background, but she has never put on a condescending air in front of the servants of the Hou family.
She is extremely clever and has a sharp tongue, but she never bothers to use it as a knife to hurt others.
The surname Shen is her backer and support, but he is also the golden rule that helps her behave!
In the past, he had looked down upon his wife and dismissed her character as weak and stupid.
Now that he was in a new place, he realized that the lady was clearly noble and elegant.
