Chapter 146: Father-Daughter Discord

  Chapter 146: Father-Daughter Discord

  The speaker was a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old man and should not be called a boy.

  He wore a dark green plain dress with a straight skirt, looking at Shen Muqing's calm and gentle eyes filled with curiosity, and said to the man beside him who had beautiful eyebrows and eyes: "Dai brother, do you know whose family member this is?"

  It's really Dai Gui!

  If it weren't for his sharp eyes, he would look very much like that actor who eloped with Shen Yuerong.

  So Chen Yinniang and Xianglian saw him from afar and hid...

  Dai Gui rebuked the boy in a low voice, then bowed deeply to Shen Zhan: "My younger brother is ignorant, sir, please don't be annoyed." After that, he said to the young man again: "Don't you apologize to this gentleman?"

  Shen Zhen wore a dark blue velvet changshan, with a bamboo hairpin on his head and black shoes with white edges on his feet. His hair was all white, and his face was warm and friendly. At first glance, he indeed looked like a kind-hearted scholar.

  The young man listened and was very dissatisfied, pouting his mouth, just about to say something, when Shen Zhen had already turned around and instructed the nearby Shui Xiang: "Let's go back!"

  His expression was dull and emotionless, unable to discern joy or anger. Everyone solemnly replied "yes" and packed up their things, with no one bothering to pay attention to them.

  As the Shen family members sat in a black lacquered flat-headed carriage on one side and left, the man in his thirties looked at the dust raised by the carriage and muttered: "It seems to be Mr. Shen... former Grand Councilor Shen Zhen, Mr. Shen."

  Everyone was shocked at once.

  One of them laughed and said: "This is easy to handle, let's go see who they are burying and we'll know." He walked towards the grave covered with paper money.

  "It's Shen Zhen, Lord Shen."

  He waved his hand happily at people on the road.

  Is that little girl wearing a white silk jacket and carrying a basket Shen Muqing?

  Dai Gui suddenly thought of what he had just seen earlier.

  For a small matter, they want to sell Xiao Yuhuan... Not even the father's concubine dares to plead for mercy... Indeed, he is a very arrogant person, fortunately, I was not chosen as the son-in-law of the Shen family...

  Thinking of this, his eyebrows furrowed.

  The Shen Yue Rong that Xiao Sa asked him to find last time has not been found yet... He might as well write a letter to remind Xiao Sa, and from now on, he should interfere less with the Shen family's affairs, lest he gets himself trapped in it...

  Shen Muqing and Shen Zhen sat in one carriage, while Chen Niangniang and Xianglian were arranged to sit in another carriage, letting the two people with guilty consciences guess each other's thoughts.

  She told Shen Zhen about Shen Yue Rong's affairs.

  Shen Zhen frowned upon hearing this: "Xianglian will follow your idea and sell her off then!"

  Shen Mu Qing was taken aback for a moment.

  She just wanted to scare Xianglian, but Chen Niang's suspicion is even greater. However, Xianglian is after all a person by Chen Niang's side, and Chen Niang serves Shen Zhen, so one should not speak out of turn, if anything needs to be done, it should be handled by Shen Zhen.

  Shen Zhen saw that she was hesitant, and after thinking for a moment, he could also understand her difficulties. He smiled and said: "Let's let Wang's mother handle this matter! After all, you still have to get married in the future, and if your methods are too harsh, it will not be good to spread the word!"

  It's because of the divorce that came first! If there are any more rumors about her bad character, people will think that she got divorced not only because of Liang Jiemin's infidelity but also because she lacked the tolerance and obedience a woman should have.

  Shen Muqing sighed silently in her heart.

  It's good that I didn't plan to remarry... If this happened to the real Shen Muqing, she would probably become the second Wang Wenxi.

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  She smiled and threw away all these distracting thoughts in her mind.

  "After all, Wang's mother is representing you in managing the household, so it's better for her to take charge."

  Shen Zhen's face turned solemn, and he said, "Mu Qing, from now on, you are not to see that Xiao Xiao alone again. Although I have given him a letter of introduction, he is still too eager."

  Shen Mu Qing's face turned red with sweat, and she softly let out a gentle "oh".

  Shen Zhen stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest.

  The carriage fell into silence. All that could be heard was the monotonous rumble of the wheels, like a lullaby, making people drowsy.

  After a long while, Shen Muqing suddenly said: "Old master, don't you think that Xiao Sa's character is not good and are afraid he will have ulterior motives for helping us?"

  Shen Zhen opened his eyes, with a sharp gaze: "This person, although I haven't had much contact with him, but I can also see that he is ambitious and has big aspirations. I don't think it's a bad thing to have such thoughts, I just worry that you'll be taken advantage of by him."

  Deep and serene, without words.

  Probably, she is the only one who knows what he's thinking... and yet this kind of thing can't be said to anyone.

  Shen Zhen heard her silence and thought Shen Muqing didn't trust his judgment, so he explained: "Muqing, Liang Jitian doesn't quite understand how to curry favor, or rather, he's not that he doesn't understand how to curry favor, but he can't bring himself to do it. On the other hand, Xiao Sa is too good at currying favor, not only does she know how to do it, but also knows how to do it without considering temporary gains and losses... You're a smart person, think about it carefully, Xiao Sa running around for our family like this, doesn't she have any benefits?"

  What's the benefit of that? Instead, I think he's lost a lot and doesn't know how much silver he's spent, how many smiles he's forced, or how many people he's entertained...

  Shen Muqing secretly disapproved in her heart, but didn't dare say it out loud.

  She believed Xiao Sa was an ambitious person, but she didn't believe he had become a person who only knew how to scheme and had no sense of honor.

  Shen Zhen gazed at Shen Muqing.

  Perhaps feeling Shen Muqing's resistance to his idea, he smiled wryly and said: "When I was first imprisoned, everyone may have been at a loss for what to do. But after Quan Jun's death, the matter became clear. The several cabinet ministers will all be watching our Shen family, waiting to see how we react. He is now taking action for our Shen family, showing both his emotional and rational sides... I'm afraid he has already been targeted, and his rise to prominence is just around the corner."

  Yes, at first who could have figured out what was going on, but didn't he also put aside his own misunderstandings and come to help her without holding any grudges?

  "He went to Gansu... " Shen Muqing said in a low voice "Under Zeng Ju's account..."

  Shen Zhen smiled and shook his head, "You're still speaking up for him. Do you know who Zeng Ju is?"

  "Isn't he your man?" Shen Mu was taken aback, recalling that when Liang Yuan's army was defeated, Shen Jian had sent him to Gansu to console Liang Yuan...

  "He is Zhang Yan's man."

  Shen Mu Qing was speechless with his mouth agape.

  If it weren't for the critical situation at the time, I wouldn't have used Zhang Ran's people... Shen Zhen sighed.

  "It can be said that Zhang Ran is still a lucky person, with Wen having Wang Cheng, Wu having Zeng Ju, and also having the support of Wang Gonggong... In the next ten years, it's likely to be his world."

  Shen Muqing didn't want to discuss this matter with Shen Zhen again.

  Forget it, that day's rejection was a blow to her self-esteem. For someone as proud as Xiao Sa, the pain would likely be forever etched in her heart, along with what she saw as deception... To unravel this knot would require too much energy and time, but right now, she was trying to simplify her life.

  Let the misunderstanding be!

  "Well, since that's the case, why don't you put everything down and take me on a trip to enjoy the mountains and rivers? Let me see the grandeur of this vast world!" Shen Muqing said with a smile.

  Shen Zhen patted his daughter's hand, with a look of satisfaction: "Alright, let's go sightseeing."

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  Although Shen Zhen was dismissed from office, the emperor did not stop his salary and did not announce his handling. Therefore, when Shen Zhen left Kyoto, he had to go to the Ministry of Officials to report.

  The Ministry of Officials did not know how to deal with Shen Zhen's situation, and there was no precedent in the Great Zhou.

  They closed the door and deliberated for two days, finally having no choice but to write a memorial to the Emperor.

  Zhang Ran secretly stuffed the folded paper into a large pile of old documents.

  The Ministry of Personnel has been waiting for a long time without a reply, and ran to the Grand Council to urge, everyone said they hadn't seen it, but the Ministry of Personnel's doorman was an impatient person, so he immediately sat down at the duty desk next to the Grand Council and wrote another memorial, which was handed over to Zhang Ran on the spot.

  Zhang Ran wrote a note under Wang Shengyun's ambiguous gaze.

  The emperor's approval was faster than everyone had imagined.

  Agree with Shen Zhen's proposal to escort the coffin south and bestow upon Li a noble title of Lady, First Rank, as well as 500 taels of silver for funeral expenses.

  This is an unprecedented precedent, some people have kept silent, while others have petitioned and argued strongly.

  Shen Zhen smiled slightly upon receiving the imperial edict and sent off the eunuch who delivered it with ten taels of silver.

  Shen Mu Qing let out a breath of relief.

  The imperial edict finally arrived before March 16th, otherwise we would have had to ask the Imperial Observatory to recalculate the date again.

  Aunt Chen also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

  After Qingming Festival, Li's family returned home and Shen Zhen called Wang's mother to deal with this matter.

  Wang's mother hated Shen Yue-rong the most. If it weren't for her, Li would not have rushed to marry off Shen Mu-qing. If they hadn't been in such a hurry back then, things wouldn't be like this now... and because of her, Shen Mu-qing was even ridiculed by that person named Xiao Qi... thinking about all this made her heart burn with anger.

  So when she saw Xianglian, Wang's mother only asked her one question: "When the fourth girl was in our house, did you help her pass things from outside?"

  Xianglian knelt down and cried out for injustice.

  Madam Wang coldly snorted and called out to Cheng Xiang: "Go call a matchmaker, I want her to sell this girl into a brothel."

  Liuchun and several others ran to Shen Muqing's place to plead for mercy.

  Shen Muqing also felt that selling to a private house was a bit excessive, but since Shen Jian had entrusted the matter to Wang Mama, Shen Muqing naturally had to respect Wang Mama's opinion.

  "This is also a lesson for you," she said, looking at the little girls kneeling on the kang, "those who listen will be rewarded, and those who don't will be punished."

  Because this matter involves Shen Yue Rong, Wang's mother did not tell everyone why they wanted to sell Xiang Lian.

  Several little girls retreated with frightened eyes.

  Xianglian only then knew the severity, and said everything from start to finish.

  It turned out that the fake Dai Gui spent a total of 3,000 taels of silver to bribe Chen Niang and asked her to bring in a pair of ruby earrings and a letter.

  Only gave those ruby earrings, the letter was burned early on.

  Shen Zhen was furious when he heard this and had Chen Yiniang locked up.

  Now Shen Zhen wants to take Shen Muqing to escort the spirit southward, and her long-held worries have finally settled down.

  They will be gone for at least a year and a half, and with time passing, their anger will also dissipate...

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  Chapter 146: Father-Daughter Disagreement