After everyone went back to their rooms, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but said to Shen Yunyao: "Why have you been so crazy recently? What good will it do to you to go tit-for-tat with Shen Tianshu every day?"
"I just want my grandmother to see her true face!"
"What's the big deal, old lady? She will go back to her hometown sooner or later. You just need to be honest in front of her." Xu said angrily, "It's good now. You are making such a fuss, making your father even more angry." Have pity on her!"
What Xu was most angry about wasn't actually this. What she was most angry about was that it reminded Shen Zhonglei of Liu Yaxuan again.
But she couldn't say this out loud, so she could only hold it in and sulk.
However, Shen Yunyao didn't think it was serious. Instead, she comforted Mrs. Xu and said, "I have been living back for two months this time. Apart from anything else, I have gotten to know the old lady somewhat.
"The way Shen Tianshu looked just now might really make dad feel pity for her, but the old lady hates people like her the most.
"Especially this time she really lied and didn't go to the Guo Mansion at all. The old lady only needs to send someone to inquire and she will find out. Then she will definitely dislike her even more.
"As for dad, didn't you see that the old lady left dad behind today? Do you think, compared with the old lady or Shen Tianshu, who would dad prefer?"
"Needless to say, of course it's the old lady." Mrs. Xu said without thinking.
Shen Zhonglei was a well-known filial son in his hometown.
If he had not listened to Mrs. Shen in everything, Xu would not have been able to marry into the Shen family shortly after Liu Yaxuan's death.
Although Mrs. Shen cannot control where Shen Zhonglei's heart lies, the two of them have been able to live respectfully as guests over the years, largely because Mrs. Xu is Mrs. Shen's chosen daughter-in-law.
That year, regardless of Mrs. Shen's objections, she sang in harmony with Liu Yaxuan. This was the only time in Shen Zhonglei's life that he could compete with his mother.
After Liu Yaxuan passed away, Shen Zhonglei's rebelliousness immediately disappeared. When facing Old Mrs. Shen, he even felt an inexplicable guilt and became more obedient. He was even known as a filial son in his hometown.
Mrs. Xu quickly ran through these thoughts in her mind, and then looked at Shen Yunyao with somewhat complicated eyes.
Shen Yunyao, who used to be straightforward about everything, has now learned to make twists and turns?
Mrs. Xu felt as if she had knocked over the five-flavor bottle.
Although it is said that children will grow up one day, they cannot always be as innocent as they were when they were children.
But seeing her daughter, whom she had loved since childhood, learn to calculate with her own eyes still made her feel complicated as a mother.
All kinds of words were tumbling in her mind for a long time, and Mrs. Xu finally just asked: "Are you sure that Shen Tianshu did not go to Guo's house?"
Shen Yunyao said proudly: "Mom, don't worry, I asked someone to follow her all the way. She stayed in a house outside for most of the day, and then she came out and went home directly. Not to mention going to Guo's house, she just didn't go to Guo's house. I haven’t even left the house.”
"Okay, I understand, you should go back and rest early."
After sending Shen Yunyao back to her room, Mrs. Xu still felt a little uneasy. Based on her experience in dealing with Shen Tianshu in the past year or so, she didn't believe that the other party would let Shen Yunyao get the handle so easily.
So she called Hanqiao into the room and whispered: "Send someone to keep an eye on Shen Tianshu's yard, especially the servants in her room, to prevent her from sending someone to Guo's house." Collusion. "
Although Ms. Xu didn't think that Shen Tianshu would be complicit in the Guo family's conspiracy when she went to conspire with her, but after all, she had a good relationship with Guo Xintong, and they might actually help her lie together.
Shen Zhonglei was left behind by Mrs. Shen. After everyone left, he asked: "Mom, is there something you want to tell your son?"
Mrs. Shen pondered for a moment and asked, "Does Tianshu often do this?"
"What kind?" Shen Zhonglei didn't understand what Mrs. Shen meant for a while.
"That's it..." Mrs. Shen tried to find a more subtle explanation, but failed in the end. She could only ask bluntly, "Does she often bring out her mother to talk about things like this?"
Shen Zhonglei was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately said: "Mother, where did you think of it? Tianshu never mentioned these things. I am afraid that he was hurt by Yun Yao's questioning today, so he said these words."
Mrs. Shen didn't quite believe her son's answer.
She knew her own son very well.
Shen Zhonglei is considered to be someone who can read in his family, and he did get ahead by studying for the imperial examination. It can be said that he has made outstanding political achievements in the past few years since he took office.
But when it came to matters at home, he was a fool, and he couldn't tell the various little thoughts among the female family members in the back house at all.
As a grandmother, Old Mrs. Shen couldn't speculate on Shen Tianshu's intentions in front of her son, so she could only say: "You are usually so careless, so naturally you won't notice anything.
"But Tianshu and Yunyao are both grown girls now. Not to mention that they are not born from the same mother. Even if they are sisters from the same mother's womb, as close in age as they are, they will inevitably have trouble with each other. .”
After Mrs. Shen's reminder, Shen Zhonglei finally understood her intention of leaving him behind.
"Mom, that Tianshu kid can't do that. Just look at how kind she is to Yunhui, and you'll know what her temperament is like.
"It's usually the kid Yunyao who causes trouble for her, so we thought about sending Yunyao back to her hometown and asking you to help teach her."
"Second brother, you can't just take everything at face value! My mother is not as smart as you, and she is not as well-educated as you, but she has seen a lot more things like the back house in her life than you have!"
Old Mrs. Shen was quite dissatisfied with her son always speaking for Shen Tianshu. This reminded her of the time when she lost control of her son after Liu Yaxuan passed away.
When Shen Zhonglei saw that the old lady had gone so far as to talk today, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Mom, actually I sent Yunyao back before, but there were still some things that I didn't tell you all."
As he spoke, under the puzzled eyes of Mrs. Shen, he told the old lady exactly how Shen Yunyao colluded with outsiders to pretend to be abducted and framed Shen Tianshu, but unexpectedly the fake came true. Said.
"When I first wrote a letter to my hometown, my son never dared to write these things in it, for fear of being read by others." Shen Zhonglei said, "If Shu'er hadn't been smart and borrowed the help of Prince Rui's Mansion, he would have gone all the way. If the clues are traced and Yun Yao and Yun Hui are rescued in time, there is no telling what will happen.
"It was also after that incident that Yunhui stopped following Yunyao and started clinging to Shuer."
Old Mrs. Shen never expected that there was such a secret behind the matter, and she was stunned for a while.