Chapter 178: 178 Settlement of Accounts (Second Update)

Chapter 178: 178 Settlement of Accounts (Second Update)

Chapter 178 178 Settlement of Accounts (Second Update)

Chu Qianchen also had some understanding of Shen's character. Knowing that she had made up her mind, he did not dissuade her. He smiled and held her arm and said, "Mom, I will accompany you in everything."

She looked like she wanted to support Mr. Shen.

Seeing this, Mrs. Mu Guogong stopped trying to persuade her and changed her words: "I will go with you too."

Mrs. Shen looked at her mother and then at her daughter. She suddenly felt much better and smiled.

So, Dongmei and others quickly helped Shen change her clothes, combed her hair again, applied makeup and lipstick to hide the sick look on her face.

Chu Qianchen also personally picked a golden red gold walking stick for Shen and inserted it in her hair. After this decoration, Shen became as graceful and radiant as usual.

The three of them immediately set off from the Duke's Mansion and took a carriage to the Yongding Marquis Mansion.

Mrs. Mu Guogong arrived, and the Marquis Mansion opened the door to welcome her. Immediately, the concierge ran to Rongfu Hall to report to Mrs. Mu.

Mrs. Tai personally came to the Neiyi Gate to greet her, and called her "in-laws" affectionately. When she looked at Shen, her eyes were slightly cold. She felt that Shen might have complained at her parents' home, so Duke Mu came over. The Hou Mansion must be in order to raise troops to investigate the crime.

When Mrs. Shen saw Chu Qianchen getting out of the carriage behind Mrs. Shen, her expression changed again, and she frowned visibly.

Chu Qianchen was actually with Mrs. Mu Guogong and the others. In other words, Chu Qianchen went to the Duke's Mansion today... Well, not just today, maybe she also went to the Duke's Mansion yesterday and the day before yesterday!

This girl Chu Qianchen is really just like her aunt, she is always good at plotting. In order to please Shen, her aunt, she even went to the Duke's Mansion to fulfill her filial piety. She almost embarrassed the Chu family in front of the Duke's Mansion. All done!

The madam only glanced sideways at Chu Qianchen, and the disgust in her heart became even stronger.

"In-laws, please come this way." Mrs. Tai personally led Mrs. Mu Guogong to the main hall at the front of the inner courtyard to sit down, and then ordered the servants to serve tea, saying some polite words such as neglect.

When she faced Mrs. Mu Guogong, she was polite, but when the conversation turned to Chu Qianchen, her expression and tone became weird: "Sister Chen, didn't you say you wanted to come back to see your aunt last time?"

"Oh, your aunt has been sick for several days, and you haven't come back yet!"

On the day when she returned home, before Chu Qianchen left, she had said that she would come back to see Aunt Jiang in a few days. At that time, she only said that for Mrs. Ge Ying's sake. Now, Mrs. Ge Ying deliberately talks about it for her own sake. Fighting back, she wanted Mrs. Mu Guogong to know that Chu Qianchen was just pretending to be filial in front of the Shen family. Someone who was not even filial to her own aunt was just a flattering villain!

Chu Qianchen smiled faintly and looked calm in the face of the Tai Fu's provocation.

When Mrs. Mu Guogong heard this, her anger rose.

She understood. It was no wonder that this child was so calm and composed at such a young age. She had always been ridiculed by her grandmother and father in the Hou Mansion since she was a child. As long as she had a more impetuous temper, I'm afraid I'll be so angry that I'll vomit blood.

Mrs. Mu Guogong twitched the corner of her mouth mockingly and retorted: "My dear, I'm going to talk about you. Who is Aunt Jiang? Do you want the noble princess to serve as a sick person?!"

The whole hall fell silent.

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Mrs. Mu was speechless by Mrs. Mu Guogong's words.

She glanced back and forth between Mrs. Mu Guogong and Chu Qianchen, and she could tell that Mrs. Mu Guogong was also pleased by Chu Qianchen's hard work and was willing to support her.

Madam Tai couldn't help but remember that before Chu Qianchen's wedding, Mrs. Shen had mentioned that she would put this girl in her name.

Is this why Mrs. Mu Guogong is here today? !

Ridiculous and deplorable!

The madam almost burst into laughter.

The meaning of Mrs. Mu Guogong naturally also represents the meaning of Duke Mu. The Duke Mu's mansion is really stupid. They are so involved in getting involved with Chu Qianchen. Aren't they afraid of being implicated by King Chen? ! Huh, how stupid!

Grandma Wang and others were also surprised, exchanging glances with each other in confusion.

No matter what the madam thought in her heart, she still had a smile on her face, "My in-laws are right, but I made a mistake, but we are all our own today."

One of our own? ! Mrs. Mu Guogong's expression was a little colder. Who is a member of the Chu family?

Mrs. Mu Guogong raised her hand and dusted her sleeves casually, her aloofness evident in her words.

The madam almost fell out, but finally suppressed it, but she was too lazy to put her hot face on Mrs. Mu Guogong's cold ass.

The lady picked up the tea cup and thought to herself: These people are here anyway, and no matter what the reason is, they will always take the initiative to speak. Even if Mrs. Shen wanted to record Chu Qianchen in her name, she had to agree to it first.

The madam pretended to drink tea, and the old man curled up the corners of his lips.

Mrs. Shen was too lazy to exchange greetings and directly ordered: "Come here, bring Aunt Jiang. Then take my post and send it to the palace to call Chu Qianhuang back. Just tell me..."

Mrs. Shen originally wanted to say that she was critically ill, but Mrs. Mu Guogong could see that her daughter could not curse her like this, so she immediately interrupted the conversation and said, "Just say that her grandmother is critically ill and asked her if she will come back."

According to Mrs. Mu Guogong, it would be better to curse Mrs. Chu. Anyway, Chu Lingxiao and his mother are neither a good mother and son!

Madam: "!!"

The madam's hand slipped and she almost dropped the tea cup in her hand.

Mrs. Tai's face suddenly darkened, she felt that Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Mu Guogong were here to cause trouble today.

Mrs. Shen opened her mouth, and naturally someone from the Hou Mansion took the order. Nanny Chen personally took a few women to Qinghui Courtyard to "summon" Aunt Jiang. There were also people who left the house and ran to find Chu Qianhuang. The madam felt uncomfortable and simply ignored them.

She had long lost the enthusiasm she had when she first arrived, and was drinking her tea by herself. She couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Shen's gourd was selling, and why she called Aunt Jiang and Chu Qianhuang here together.

The atmosphere grew colder.

Mrs. Shen also stopped talking and drank tea calmly, with a calm and relaxed attitude, and with the unique condescension of the mistress of the Hou Mansion, as if she was saying that she has the final say in the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion.

The hall fell into silence, except for the occasional sound of someone gently scratching the teacup with a tea lid.

Madam Tai felt more and more that the people who came to the Duke's residence were not good-natured, her eyes darkened a bit, and she looked at Shen, Mrs. Mu Guogong and Chu Qianchen calmly from the corner of her eyes.

However, these three people are all immobile and unpredictable, making it difficult for people to figure out the clues.

The atmosphere became stiffer and stiffer as the silence spread, until Grandma Chen escorted Aunt Jiang over.

Everyone looked at Aunt Jiang outside the main hall.

Aunt Jiang was wearing an aqua green gown and a long skirt with frosty white threads. She only wore two small velvet flowers and a jade hairpin on her temples. Her whole body was plain and her figure was slender and graceful.

Aunt Jiang was beaten for thirty times on the day Chu Qianchen came back. Only six or seven days had passed. Her body was not fully recovered yet. She looked even more haggard than before. She had lost a lot of weight, and her face showed A bit weak and morbid, like a snow-white apricot blossom blooming on the branch, just a gust of wind will blow her away, making her look more and more pitiful.

Mrs. Shen stared at Aunt Jiang solemnly, watching her get closer and closer.

Aunt Jiang elegantly carried the train of her skirt and entered the main hall. She blessed Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen with some restraint and bowed, "Mrs. Tai, Madam."

Her voice was as weak and pitiful as her appearance, so fragile that water would come out if she twisted it. It was a pity that the people present were all women, and no one felt any pity for her.

Shen didn't say anything. She still remembered the first time she met Jiang Minshan fifteen years ago.

It was the morning after she got married to the Marquis Mansion, and it was the day of congratulations to the couple.

When others introduced Jiang Minshan, they only said that she was a cousin who lived in the Marquis Mansion and was the distant niece of the Dowager Madam.

At that time, Jiang Minshan also looked delicate and frail. She timidly called her "cousin" and gave her a handkerchief that she said she had embroidered by herself. At that time, Mrs. Shen noticed that Chu Lingxiao's face changed when he saw the square handkerchief. His face was full of guilt, self-blame and attachment.

Although Chu Lingxiao said nothing, Shen's sensitivity as a woman made her realize that her husband was not ordinary towards this so-called cousin.

At that time, she and Chu Lingxiao had just gotten married. She also wanted to maintain the marriage and prevent her parents from worrying. However, Chu Lingxiao was always separated from her.

Later, Chu Lingxiao came to her and told her that she wanted to take this cousin as a concubine. She said that her cousin was pregnant, so it was natural that she should be tolerant and fulfill their needs.

At that time, Mrs. Shen's heart for Chu Lingxiao was completely cold, and she saw clearly that this man was not worthy of her sincerity.

Even if the old Marquis later became furious and sent Jiang Minshan to his hometown, Mrs. Shen did not feel comfortable because of this, nor did she ever think about trying to win Chu Lingxiao's heart.

That’s right!

As if a thunder struck through her heart, Shen suddenly remembered.

At that time, when she scolded Chu Lingxiao for being "what a man", his eyes looked as if he had suffered great humiliation, as if she had done something intolerable.

The past suddenly came to mind, every detail was so clear and profound.

It turned out that there were vague signs of something happening a long time ago, and it turned out that she was really blind.

Thinking about it, Shen's eyes naturally revealed strong hatred, like a flood bursting from a dam.

Not only to Jiang Minshan, but also to Chu Lingxiao.

Aunt Jiang was stunned by Shen's eyes, and she vaguely felt that something was wrong.

She looked at Chu Qianchen pitifully and called softly: "Sister Chen."

This call was filled with tenderness, and could come back a thousand times. If someone didn't know, they might think she loved Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen hadn't responded yet, but Shen was already irritated, like a firecracker going off at the drop of a hat, with fire burning in his eyes.

Jiang Minshan is not qualified to call Chu Qianchen!

Shen suddenly exploded, grabbed the tea cup at hand, and threw it towards Aunt Jiang.

"Crack!"

The tea cup was smashed to pieces at Aunt Jiang's feet, and the hot tea and tea leaves splashed on her shoes and skirt. She exclaimed with her face turning pale.

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