Chapter 134: Open and Aboveboard

  Wang Wenxiu An settled those relatives and then took Feng Wanqing to Diecuiyuan.

  Feng Wanqing was also a clever person, knowing that the key now lay with Shen Muqing. Wang Wenxian went to see Shen Muqing, and she knelt neatly in the main room waiting.

  The main house was quiet, the maids and mothers all stood with their hands hanging down under the eaves, only Fu Ling accompanied Feng Wanqing.

  The clock on the wall ticked away regularly, making Feng Wanqing's mind and body tired and sleepy.

  The pearl curtain lifted a corner towards the fungus and beckoned.

  Polian's eyes rolled around and saw no one around her. She tiptoed to the curtain: "Sister Zhou, what's up?"

  The Liang family calls Zhuji with the surname of Bai Mu.

  Zhu Qi smiled and pointed to the western wing, saying: "Ying Fen and a few others are making a ruckus, they haven't eaten lunch yet. While we're talking, do you want to come over and add some food?"

  It turns out that the fungus has only eaten two cold mantou from morning till now. She smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Zhou, I'm afraid Da Shao will call me later..."

  Zhu Qi made a gesture with her hands: "Saying eating is a small matter, in fact, I want to ask for a favor!"

  Polyporus hesitated in expression.

  "Turn back immediately." Zhu Ji naturally understood Chen Xiang's concern and explained to her, "I'll let the little maid watch here, we've talked enough, I'll come and call you right away."

  Looking at Zhuji with a pleading gaze, Fulang smiled and thought of Dasao's intentions, so he no longer declined and went to the back room with Zhuji.

  When the two were talking, Feng Wanqing kept her ears perked up to listen, and when Fu Ling walked out the door, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. In an instant, she felt a few pangs of sadness - if it weren't for this incident, why would she have had to suffer such humiliation!

  Thinking of this, Feng Wanqing couldn't help but start worrying about how Shen Muqing would deal with her...

  She looked around, the little maid who was called by Zhu Di was standing in the house and was getting impatient, occasionally lifting the curtain and whispering to the little maid under the eaves outside.

  Feng Wanqing's eyes turned, and her knees knelt on the ground, still maintaining her original posture, slowly moving towards the west side of the room, slightly shifting the wooden lattice door.

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  At this moment, Wen Xuan gazed at Shen Muqing's rosy face, who was sleeping soundly, and furrowed her brow: "You'd better stop while you're ahead! If you continue to cause trouble, be careful that Qishen can't step down - as a couple, they share honor and loss together. If he misses his chance because of you, I'm afraid he'll resent you for the rest of his life."

  With a crisp sound, Shen Mu Qing's spirit was refreshed as he bit off a piece of the big apple. As he ate, he gave a vague order to Luo Mei: "This apple is sweet, peel one for Da Shao!"

  Wang Wenxian snatched the apple from Shen Muqing's hand and said fiercely, "Do you know what you're doing? If something happens to the Liang family, you won't have a good life either... At that time, I won't forgive you!"

  Shen Mu Qing snatched the apple from Wang Wen Xue's hand, allowing her to scold herself. After Wang Wen Xue finished speaking, she looked at Wang Wen Xue very sincerely: "Sister-in-law, I've always wanted to know, when I asked for your help back then, why did you agree to help me?"

  Wang Wenxi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Of course it's because you promised me those two shops in Jiangnan as compensation..."

  "As far as I know, the Jizhongpu in Kyoto may not be the largest, but its business is the best... My two shops in Jiangnan, when Master and Mistress were in power, their annual income was only one-tenth of your profit, and now, to say something unpleasant, I'm afraid even a year's profit can't match your monthly profit? For those two shops? This is probably the most unbelievable excuse!"

  Wang Wenxi's expression remained unchanged, but a bright light flashed in her eyes.

  "I've been wondering, why did the eldest daughter of the Wang family marry into the Liang family as a concubine? Shen Muqing picked up an apple from the high-footed Qinghua water fruit plate on the kang table and played with it in her hand. "The Liang family is poor, so they used their dowry to open a shop; the old lady and the madam have short-sightedness, you got the right to host the family's banquet but didn't take the opportunity to ruin the second and third branches... I've been thinking about it, what is your purpose in doing this?"

  "You're overthinking!" Wang Wenxi's smile on her face was slightly stiff, "I took out the money to open a new shop, that's because I didn't want people from my mother's family to laugh at me for marrying poorly; I didn't lay hands on the second wife and third wife, that's because I know the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children is heavenly reason, I couldn't go against heavenly reason..."; as she said this, she covered her mouth with a smile, "Look at you, making me sound like a Bodhisattva..."

  "Shen Mu Qing smiled: "You're not a Bodhisattva! Otherwise, Jiang Shuangrui, such a capable person, wouldn't be able to be suppressed by you without any fighting spirit... You just want to make Big Brother feel at ease... want to make Big Brother grateful to you, grateful for your efforts!"

  Wang Wenxi was shocked.

  "In fact," Shen Mu Qing said in a low, melancholic tone, with a hint of sadness that couldn't be concealed, "although this husband has many complaints about you and even views the medical skills you like as heresy, you still hope he can remember your good deeds, hope he can have a little bit of affection for you..."

  "What are you talking about?" Wang Wenxi's gentle and affectionate expression changed to one of surprise for the first time, "I have been studying the 'Classic of Filial Piety', I should be diligent and frugal, accumulate virtues; serve tea and water, attend to my parents-in-law..."

  Shen Mu Qing looked at her with a sly smile: "I not only read 'The Analects of Confucius', but also 'The Doctrine of the Mean'. I heard that this phrase seems to come from 'The Analects'?"

  Wang Wenxi's words were concise.

  Shen Muqing still had something to ask of her, so naturally she couldn't let Wang Wenxue bully her into a corner and not give her any room to turn around.

  "Eldest Sister!" Shen Mu Qing's spirit was solemn as he gazed at Wang Wen Hui, his tone sincere, "You helped me because you felt injustice for Eldest Uncle, didn't you?"

  Wang Wenxi said no more, but did not offer any excuses.

  "Uncle was so diligent in his efforts for this family, but whether it's the mistress or the wife, they all take everything for granted. Meanwhile, as the eldest son, Second Uncle and Liang Jiemin don't have to do anything to get everything. Especially Liang Jiemin, that hypocritical fake gentleman who only reads books well, is considered the hope of the family... He eats your food, drinks your wine, uses the money you worked hard to earn to buy luxurious goods that the Liang family can't afford, and people still praise his elegant behavior. But the person you care about most, the one who made sacrifices for him, is fighting on the battlefield, living a life of uncertainty, eating wind and sleeping in the dew..."

  "Stop it!" Wang Wenxi suddenly stood up, "You stop talking. You keep mentioning Liang Jimin, don't forget that Liang Jimin is your husband." She coldly stared at Shen Muqing, "Since you've also read the 'Classic of Filial Piety' and the 'Analects of Confucius', you should understand the principle of 'respecting one's wife as heaven, treating her with respect like a guest'..."

  "Eldest sister!" Shen Muqing interrupted Wang Wenxi once again, "Are you lecturing me or talking about yourself?"

  Wang Wenxiu was as dull as wood.

  Shen Mu Qing looked at Wang Wen Xuan with a smile: "Isn't it better this way? Strip off that gorgeous outer garment you gave to Liang Ji Min, let him show his true face, and let the world judge who is the real contributor of this family, who is the good son with responsibility!"

  Wang Wenxi had a moment of excitement, but soon she calmed down.

  "What do you really want?" Wang Wenxiu's gaze at Shen Muqing showed caution for the first time, "You can't just be here to teach Feng Danqing a lesson... otherwise, when the lily incense was lit in Diecui Temple, you should have appeared, not like this..."

  "After all, the one who understands me best in this family is still my elder sister!" Shen Muqing frankly admitted, "What's the use of catching them red-handed? Liang Qiming might just push the blame onto Feng Wancheng on the spot... Don't be skeptical, Elder Sister. To be honest, what's the point of making Feng Wancheng miserable? If one Feng Wancheng is gone, there will be thousands and millions more like her; must I spend my whole life entangled with them like this?" As she spoke, her gaze drifted towards Wang Wenxuan, "Right, Elder Sister, you might not know yet - I had Bai Mu go to the yamen to find Liang Qiming and tell him that Feng Wuguniang was vomiting at **Hui's birthday banquet and it was discovered that she was pregnant. The Old Madam was so angry that she wanted to have Fifth Miss beaten to death - trying to lure him back to humiliate him. Guess what our Third Young Master said?"

  Wang Wenxuan's face was full of incredulity: "Could it be that he...he actually..."

  Shen Mu Qing smiled like a flower: "Third Master said he's going to Chen's house today to admire the plum blossoms with Chen Ya Zi... Haha, isn't that interesting!"

  She smiled and smiled, but there were sparkling tears in the corners of her eyes.

  "Feng Wanqing pinned her hopes on Liang Jimin, but what did he do to her? He knew it was unreasonable, yet he compromised with her. Now that things can't be taken back, it has nothing to do with him... Eldest sister, we're all the same. Feng Wanqing is just like us..."

  "No, no, no! You're lying..." Feng Wanqing, who should have been waiting in the main room, rushed in with a panicked face, "You're lying, Third Brother would never treat me like this..." She pounced on Shen Muqing...

  Thinking of the scratch marks Feng Wanqing left on Xu Dafu's face, both Shen Muqing and Wang Wenxian involuntarily shuddered. The maid Luomei stepped forward and blocked Shen Muqing's path, grabbing Feng Wanqing's arm and flinging it away with force.

  One day and one night without sleep, and then so many things that made her physically and mentally exhausted... Feng Wanqing was already at the end of her strength. Lu Mei's strength wasn't great, but this one swing actually made her fall to the ground.

  "I'm deceiving you!" Shen Muqing gently tapped the shoulder of Li Mei, who was blocking her way. "Do I need to deceive you?" She coldly gazed at Feng Wanqing, who was prostrating on the ground. "If you think you still have capital, why don't we make a bet? Looking at the clock on the kang, it's now the end of Shen time and the beginning of You time. There's still one hour left. If by the end of You time, Liang Jìmǐn hasn't returned... Fine, to let you lose with a clear conscience, I'll extend the time by another hour. If by the end of You time, Liang Jìmǐn still hasn't returned, then you lose. Are you willing to make this bet with me?"

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