The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 117 Meeting the Marquis’ Wife

Shen Wen was besieged by the Shen family in Jianxinju and was severely punished. After the result was not satisfactory, a few servants from the backyard came. The leading maid bowed to the master and said, "Pass on the order of the Marquis' wife, take the seventeenth young master to the main room in the backyard to report." Then she took Shen Wen away.

The eldest master quickly stopped the maid Yinchan and said, "Whose order did you say? Wasn't it from the Marquis? Why did the Marquis' wife ask you to deliver the order? Where is father? Could he have left the house?"

Yin Chan said, "My Lord, the Marquis has not left the house. You forgot that today is May 14th, the first day of the Marquis' three-day retreat. The Marquis is in Ziwei Hall in retreat."

Only then did everyone remember this matter.

Shen Wen followed Yin Chan to the backyard where the old lady got off her carriage.

When they arrived at the main door, someone was already waiting outside. After seeing Shen Wen standing outside, they opened the curtain and went in to let the old lady in. Not long after, the maid came out and told Shen Wen to go in.

When Shen Wen entered the room, he immediately saw the old lady sitting in the upper seat. She still had a long old face, and sat upright like a clay Buddha with frowned brows, only occasionally giving a look to the descendants below. If she liked you, she would smile at you, but if she didn't like you, her eyes would be cold. If Shen Wen was like this...

There is not only coldness in the eyes, but also arrogance, contempt or disregard.

However, this was not the old lady's most unhappy expression. If she regarded the other party as a thorn in her eyes, her eyes would be almost more intimidating than a poisonous snake.

The seventh aunt of the Shen family, Shen Shuchan, the concubine of Shen family, was sitting at the bottom. She had been watching anxiously when Shen Wen was outside the door. Now she was standing in front of Shen Wen, her bright big eyes were sparkling and lively, as if she had many things to tell Shen Wen in advance. It was a pity that Shen Wen looked straight at her and did not even give her a glance.

Shen Wen stood closer, like a piece of wood, neither greeting nor bowing, nor using any respectful title.

The old lady didn't bother to look at her. The nanny beside her immediately stood up and whispered to Shen Wen, "Young Master Seventeen is already such a grown-up, and has been out for so many years. Now he has even forgotten the etiquette of the family. Why don't you pay your respects to the old lady?"

Shen Wen didn't look at the nanny, he just lowered his head and looked at his feet.

The nanny waved her hand, and the maid Yinchan, who was waiting at the side, placed the cushion in her hand at Shen Wen's feet.

Shen Shuchan, who was sitting at the bottom, saw the futon and stood up unconsciously to talk to Shen Wen first. She was stopped by the nanny, who said, "Seventh Aunt is going to leave and return to the palace? In that case, I will ask the eunuch in charge who is waiting outside to prepare the carriage."

Shen Shuchan said, "Wait a minute, who said I'm leaving? My Seventeenth Brother and I just reunited, and I have to go back to my father to say something. Why is Nanny Nie so anxious to get me out? Is this still my mother's home?"

Nanny Nie immediately responded, "Since Seventh Aunt is reluctant to leave, then sit still. No matter how long it has been since we last met, we should not interrupt Grandmother without paying our respects! Aunt! You are a noble lady married into the royal family. Your every move is subject to rules. If you say something wrong, Nanny Xi will discipline you. Jin Chan, go ask Nanny Xi to come in..."

Shen Shuchan's face turned red and blue after hearing these words. She suppressed her tone and said, "No need. The prince has pardoned me and will no longer send the head teacher to accompany me."

Nanny Nie said with a sigh, "Could it be that the prince has changed his mind and is no longer confused? Then your life will be lonely, aunt! How can you endure this long night? Especially for a woman like you who cannot bear loneliness."

These words were sarcastic and hurtful to the ears of a concubine. I thought she would be even angrier, but Shen Shuchan didn't show her anger. Instead, she smiled relaxedly and her behavior revealed a charming and romantic demeanor. She said with a smile, "On the contrary, the prince's favor to me has not only not decreased, but has increased day by day."

She turned around and sat back down, saying, "Since you asked my seventh brother to pay his respects, then please do so. I will just sit and watch. I have plenty of time here. The prince specifically told me to come back to the Marquis' Mansion more often."

Such a charming and enchanting person was like a needle piercing her in the eyes of the pedantic and honest Nanny Nie, and she gnashed her teeth in hatred.

Yin Chan, who was standing by, saw that Nanny Nie was always nagging about the Seventh Young Lady. Could it be that they were going to quarrel to the point of death? She glanced at the old lady sitting there, pondered for a moment, and then she stood up and said to Shen Wen, "Seventeenth Young Lady, why are you still standing there? Why don't you bow down to the old lady quickly? Can't you see that the old lady is unhappy?"

Shen Wen raised his gaze from the futon and looked at Yin Chan and said, "What's your name? Aren't you the maid who served the old lady before? Could it be that you were just bought into the mansion?"

Yin Chan said impatiently, "Seventeenth Master, how can you be so confused? You haven't done anything serious yet, but you're chatting with us maids. So what if I was just bought into the mansion? I serve the old lady, and I'm much more innocent and noble than the daughters of ordinary families. You should be more serious."

Unexpectedly, just after she finished her words, she was slapped in the face by Shen Wen. Yin Chan was stunned at first, then unbelievable, and her eyes turned red with anger. But before she could get angry at Shen Wen, she was slapped twice by Shen Wen, leaving five red hand marks on her fair cheeks.

The slaves and masters present were all shocked by this crazy behavior, and they all looked at the Seventeenth Young Master, who was once as wooden as a wooden stick, in disbelief.

Under Madam Shen's angry gaze, Shen Wen bent down and picked up a needle from the mat to show everyone present. Finally, he fixed it in front of Yin Chan and said, "With such a long needle, you are planning to break my knee, right? How dare you blatantly trip me up in public? Do you not treat the younger generations of the Shen family as your masters, or do you think that the old lady is too lazy to discipline you because she is pure-minded? Do you think she is blind?"

Shen Shuchan immediately ordered her maid Hong Pu in horror: "Go... go and check the cushion to see how many needles are inside. This damned slave is trying to murder her master. A slave like this should be tied up and sent to the government office and thrown into prison."

Hong Pu was also very agile and immediately grabbed the cushion. Nanny Nie was a beat slower in reaction, which made her lose the opportunity. She realized it later and was really scared and broke into a cold sweat.

Yin Chan added to the chaos. She knocked her head to the ground, crying out to the old lady with tears in her eyes: "Old lady, please help me! I am innocent. Everyone in the mansion praises me for my kindness and integrity. That's why I was promoted to be a maid by your side. Today, I was slandered for no reason. I... I can't live anymore. Old lady, I won't live anymore. I will die to prove my innocence."

As she said this, she gritted her teeth and hit the leg of the mahogany stool at the old lady's feet hard, causing blood to flow out of her forehead.

Everyone was trying to stop her from doing this, but Hong Pu dug out a few needles from the futon, and held them up high for everyone to see.

Everyone's faces turned pale and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Shen Shuchan and Shen Wen looked at each other secretly and smiled knowingly.

Shen Shuchan slammed the table angrily, stood up, and walked to Nie Mama nimbly and gracefully, saying, "With so many needles, I'm afraid you servants are really trying to harm people. Since... Yinchan proved her innocence with her death, it seems that she was really wronged. This is difficult to deal with. Why not... report it to the police and ask a specialist to investigate it carefully."

When the old lady heard this, she immediately stood up and shouted angrily: "How dare you!"

Nanny Nie quickly supported the old lady, and then said to Shen Shuchan, "Seventh Aunt is confused. Our family is the Marquis's mansion, and we use their small government office to interfere in handling family affairs. Isn't it shameful to do things this way? No wonder the Marquis always says that you can only be a beautiful concubine who enjoys a peaceful life. How can the mistress of this official family be so stingy as you? Our Marquis's mansion will ask the mistress to deal with such matters in the back house every now and then. You don't have to worry about it. You have forgotten your status again. You should go back to the mansion and ask the head nanny for advice. Don't make random decisions here. Remember your status and don't always make a fool of yourself, so as not to make your family dislike you and your master hate you."

Shen Shuchan was so angry that her face turned blue and she slammed the table.

But before she could reprimand Nanny Nie, the old lady said, "How rude! I told you that these little women are not presentable. It seems that I really can't give them any more color. My good mood has been ruined by you. All right! You should leave! Since Yinchan did something wrong, please ask the mistress of the house and ask your eldest lady to deal with it. Everyone else who is irrelevant should leave."

The old lady was very adept at handling things in such a domineering way. If they continued to pester her, she would pretend to be sick to scare them, accuse them of being disobedient and unfilial, and summon everyone in the mansion to attack them.

Although Shen Shuchan was unwilling to give the Shen family this opportunity to cause trouble, she had no choice but to retreat. She gritted her teeth, shook the handkerchief in her hand, and walked away with the support of Hong Pu.

Shen Wen followed closely behind.

After leaving the old lady's house, on the way to the fifth room's own courtyard, Shen Shuchan said unwillingly, "They are really a family of robbers, from the old to the young, none of them are reasonable. I just want to see her and the whole family have bad luck, and see if she still looks down on others and doesn't take us seriously."

Then she took Shen Wen's hand and said, "Fortunately, you looked carefully this time and were able to find a needle on the futon. Otherwise, you would have suffered again."

Of course Shen Wen could find a needle, because he was the one who threw it there when no one was paying attention.