Chapter 19 Shen Qingqing's conscience hurts even more
Seeing the sedan go away, Shen Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it wouldn't matter if the omnivorous prince lost a male favorite. Maybe there would be a new one to replace him in two days.
She happily took the newly earned five thousand taels and bought a bunch of snacks on the street and returned to Shen's house.
She happened to meet her father-in-law who came to Shen's mansion to read out the imperial edict. Shen Qingyue knelt on the ground numbly and did not respond for a long time.
"Miss Shen San, please accept the order." Eunuch Xi reminded.
Shen Qingyue was still in a daze, thinking about her miserable life after marrying the third prince, and she never came back to her senses for a long time.
It wasn't until Shen Qingqing pressed her head hard and knocked it hard that the pain from her head brought Shen Qingyue back to reality.
"Third sister, what are you doing standing still? Why don't you thank me quickly?"
Shen Qingyue endured the pain and accepted the order to thank her with trembling fingers.
Shen Qingqing generously gave Eunuch Xi a reward of one hundred taels. Eunuch Xi was overjoyed and said, "Thank you very much, Miss Shen Qi. Before I conveyed the order, the Queen specially asked me to bring you something."
Eunuch Xi took out a phoenix-shaped waist badge and handed it to Shen Qingqing, "The Queen asked my servant to tell the seventh lady that the palace is boring. The Queen hopes that you will come to the palace more often and accompany her to relieve her boredom. This is the Queen's waist badge. With this, Miss Seven can enter and leave the palace at will."
Shen Qingqing immediately understood that the move was a lie and that the queen wanted to win over her and the prince.
"Please also ask my father-in-law to thank your empress for your kindness."
"Miss Shen Qi is extremely intelligent. I think I will have a bright future in the future."
"Then let me borrow my father-in-law's good wishes. Butler Zhou, hurry up and send your father-in-law a happy birthday."
Housekeeper Zhou on the side was stunned. In the past, Shen Qingqing didn't even come out of her own yard, so she didn't understand these worldly things. Her smooth operation just now seemed to be impossible to find a trace of rudeness.
Grandpa Xi got the reward and left happily.
As soon as Shen Qingqing turned around, she saw Shen Qingyue clutching the imperial edict tightly and staring at her with gritted teeth, and there was a red mark on her forehead that had just been knocked out.
At this moment, Shen Qingyue wanted to peel off Shen Qingqing's skin and bones, gnaw her flesh and drink her blood.
Shen Qingqing blinked her big innocent eyes and said, "Third sister, are you hungry when you look at me like this? I have osmanthus cake here, do you want to eat it?"
Liu Xianggui came back with the rouge and gouache she just bought in full bloom, "I just saw Eunuch Xi. Is he here to deliver the message to Third Sister?"
Shen Qingyue snorted with a cold face. Liu Xianggui saw her displeasure and said with relief: "Third sister, you are a concubine. Being able to marry the third prince as a concubine is considered a good marriage. Besides, the third prince He is gentle and considerate, and he is a good husband. Why do you look so dissatisfied?"
Shen Qingqing couldn't help but said: "Sister-in-law, you and the third prince are not familiar with each other. How do you know that the third prince is gentle and considerate to you?"
A flash of panic flashed across Liu Xianggui's eyes, but her face remained calm as she said, "Although I am not familiar with His Highness, I know a little bit about the rumors about Your Highness's love for women."
Shen Qing's eyes were bright and she said innocently: "Sister-in-law, is pity for women a compliment? Why do I think it's a derogatory word? Does this mean that His Highness has seen countless women and passed through thousands of flowers without a single leaf touching his body."
Liu Xianggui's face was a bit ugly, and she reprimanded with a straight face: "What do you, an unmarried little girl, know? Only we know that men are as good as the Third Highness, how can they be as stinky as your eldest brother and an elm mu Bangzi?" It’s hard and not interesting at all.”
When a woman starts to defend another man and compares her husband to her own, the sister-in-law and the third prince are in trouble.
It is probably because the eldest brother has neglected Liu Xianggui all the time. The third prince is lustful by nature and somehow managed to coax the eldest sister-in-law into her.
Shen Qingqing sighed. Once this secret was revealed, it would not only subvert the reputation of the Shen family and hurt her eldest brother, she would endure it again and again, just take it one step at a time.
Thinking of this, Shen Qingfeng walked in from the outside wearing a military uniform, and looked at Shen Qingqing with a brighter look in his eyes, "Seventh sister, I heard the housekeeper said you went out today?"
"Well, I went out for a walk." Shen Qingqing felt strange. In everyone's eyes, she was a sickly and frail child. Why didn't she feel anything? Could it be that the original owner's physical condition improved after her death? ?
"Although it's already spring, it's still a bit chilly. Seventh Sister, please take care of yourself and take a few more people with you when you go out to avoid danger."
"By the way, Seventh Sister, my eldest brother has brought you some treasures when he comes back this time. Come with me."
Shen Qingfeng took Shen Qingqing's hand and left. In his eyes, Shen Qingqing was still the little sister before.
Holding her elder brother's calloused hand, Shen Qingqing's conscience hurt even more.
Shen Qingyue, who was left out in the cold, sneered: "Sister-in-law, it's okay for eldest brother to ignore me. How come he doesn't even care about you? The only man in the Shen family's eyes is Shen Qingqing."
The deepest chord in Liu Xianggui's heart was stung. Last night, she deliberately acted to prevent Shen Qingfeng from entering. She thought that she had not seen him for so long, but the man was just as anxious as she was. She put on sexy lingerie and applied the scent. Fan waited anxiously for him to beg for mercy outside the door.
I didn't see anyone until almost dawn, but when I inquired about it, I found out that the stupid young man had been practicing swordplay all night.
Even though she knew that Shen Qingyue had always been jealous of Shen Qingqing and was deliberately trying to sow discord, she couldn't let Shen Qingyue see the joke.
"Seventh sister has been weak since she was a child, so her family should pamper her."
"Sister-in-law, my eldest brother has been separated from you for many years. If I want to bring a gift, it should be for your wife. Forget about gifts, did he see us two when he came here just now? If I were you, I wouldn't be able to bear this anger."
Liu Xianggui maintained a smile on her face, "Third sister, you are worrying too much. Your eldest brother gave me a gift last night. Our relationship as husband and wife is good, so I don't need third sister to worry about it. I'll have someone cook it for your eldest brother in the small kitchen." Nourishing soup, I'll go check on the fire."
Shen Qingyue looked at her sister-in-law's hastily leaving with a sneer on her lips to see how long she could hold on. She was not the only one who hated Shen Qingqing.
Liu Xianggui was full of anger. Shen Qingyue was right. She, Shen Qingqing, did not deserve a gift if she, the person beside her, deserved it?
She hurried to Shen Qingfeng's study and saw a bunch of rare things in his hands.
Shen Qingfeng's eyes sparkled, "Qimei, do you like it?"
Shen Qingqing looked at these things, some of which must have been saved for several years. It could be seen that her eldest brother always remembered her, her heart suddenly softened, and a sweet smile appeared on her lips: "Well, I like all the things eldest brother gave me. "
The scene of the brother and sister looking at each other and smiling was particularly dazzling in Liu Xianggui's eyes. She said with a sour tone: "Qimei, your brother is very considerate of you. I have never even seen these gifts."
Shen Qingqing thought that maybe her eldest sister-in-law was deceived by the third prince because she had been left out for too long. If her eldest brother didn't like her, how could he marry her? If she gets better, there is no need to break them up.
He took the initiative to break the ice between the two of them, "Brother, you see my sister-in-law is jealous, why don't you take out the gift you prepared for her?"
She reminded her that this is a good job, so it’s impossible for the eldest brother to not understand, right?
"Xianggui, you came just in time. I have prepared a gift for you. You will definitely like it."
Liu Xianggui was elated, and she was visibly happy, "Did you really buy me a gift?"
This is the first time in a lifetime!
Shen Qingfeng smiled gently: "You are my wife, how could I not remember you? You will definitely like this gift. Close your eyes first."
Liu Xianggui closed her eyes happily. What would this wooden clapper give her? Her heart was beating so fast. It seemed that he was not so ignorant of style. She shouldn't blame him.
Hearing Shen Qingfeng put the heavy box on the ground, Liu Xianggui wondered what kind of valuable thing it was. The sound seemed very heavy, could it be a jade carving?
No matter what, as long as it's a gift from him, and it's not silk and satin, the jade carving is very thoughtful.
"Xianggui, you can open your eyes."
Liu Xianggui opened her eyes happily, and when she looked at the things in the box, the smile on her face froze.