Transmigrating into the book: The daughter of the Shen family is too arrogant

Chapter 38 Grievance

"Sister, beating and scolding like this is unbecoming of a lady. If this gets out, it will damage your reputation." Shen Qingyu felt sorry for the maid just by looking at her. The bright red fingerprints on the girl's fair face were really scary.

I didn't expect that although Shen Xitong looked delicate and gentle, her hands were actually very strong.

Fortunately, she had just dodged Shen Xitong's hand that was about to hit her, otherwise the slap would have landed on her body, and the whip wounds on her back that had just healed with great difficulty might have been cracked a little more.

"Humph, this is the Shen family, who dares to gossip about me!" Shen Qingyu glanced at the people around him, and they all lowered their heads. "Second sister, don't forget that the one who calls the shots in this family is still Dad. You treated me like this today, Dad will definitely not let you go!"

"Aren't you going to use the legitimate wife and illegitimate daughter to pressure me, second sister? You are wrong about one thing. When my mother is promoted to a concubine, I will be the legitimate eldest daughter of the Shen family. As the eldest sister, can't I teach you a lesson?!"

Shen Xitong learned quite quickly. The words Shen Qingyu just used were actually used to put pressure on her.

Shen Qingyu was still careful to keep a distance from Shen Xitong, to avoid being slapped in the face by this madman in the next second.

She raised her chin, with a hint of sarcasm on her face, "So sister, now that Concubine Liu has not yet been promoted to a co-wife, you are acting so arrogantly in the mansion. Aren't you too disrespectful of the mistress of the Shen family? If I report this matter to mother, do you think Concubine Liu can protect you?"

"Now, I am the heir and you are the concubine. Sister, you should put all your reluctance in your stomach and think carefully about how your coming-of-age ceremony should be. If eldest aunt really doesn't want to give you a hairpin ceremony, what will you do, sister?"

Shen Qingyu lowered her voice, "Sister, why don't you go and ask the aunt now? Maybe she will give in, and then sister won't have to worry so much."

Shen Xitong's coming-of-age ceremony was destined not to be grand.

The book did not give her a grand coming-of-age ceremony, as if to hone the heroine. There was no part where Shen Ruyan gave her a coming-of-age ceremony, because Shen Xitong was not from a high-class family. Even if Shen Chuanhe held a ceremony for her, no ladies of noble status came to attend. This incident became a scar in Shen Xitong's heart.

She prided herself on being aloof and aloof, and believed that she was exceptionally talented and more beautiful than other women, so she never took others seriously.

The coming-of-age ceremony was sloppily done, completely different from what she had imagined, which made Shen Xitong hard to accept for a while. From then on, Shen Xitong was determined not to be trapped in her life because of her identity, and she tried her best to climb up.

That's what was written in the book, so Shen Qingyu recreated such a sloppy coming-of-age ceremony.

This made Shen Xitong very upset. Shen Ruyan and Aunt Liu had secretly agreed on the deal before, but they changed their attitude in the blink of an eye. Even when Shen Chuanhe went to mediate, they refused to give in.

Shen Ruyan took Shen Qingyu's words to heart. As the wife of a prefect, she condescended to give a concubine's daughter a marriage rite. She said that she was taking care of her mother's family, but this concubine's daughter was not registered under the name of her stepmother. If someone with ulterior motives spread the news, it would be bad for the Xiao family's reputation.

Although she was once the eldest daughter of the Shen family and everyone in the mansion was related to her by blood, she was ultimately a married daughter.

Shen Ruyan’s most important identity now is Mrs. Xiao, and she has to protect it.

Shen Chuanhe went to Shen Ruyan to talk about it once, and he refused to go a second time. Even though Aunt Liu pestered him for a long time, it was of no use.

"Mother! I have never been wronged like this since I was a child. My aunt had already agreed to give me a hairpin. It was all because of that little bitch Shen Qingyu who instigated it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in such a mess. Mother, you can't let her have it so easy!"

This time, Shen Xitong hated what Shen Qingyu did.

"Miss, please don't be sad. You've been crying for so long that your eyes are swollen. That won't look good."

The person who spoke up to persuade them was not Aunt Liu, but Shen Xitong's aunt Jin.

Aunt Liu also has a illegitimate brother born to the same mother. After Aunt Liu married into the Shen family, when the Liu family divided up, Aunt Liu's brother got a considerable amount of property because the Shen family was behind him, which ensured that Aunt Liu's brother and his family would not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Jin is now staying temporarily at the Shen family with her son Liu Yiping. After attending Shen Xitong's coming-of-age ceremony, she did not leave immediately. As Liu Yiping has grown older, it is time to find a wife. However, if she were to marry a girl from a small family in the countryside, it would be a shame for the Liu family.

Moreover, seeing that Aunt Liu had married a high-ranking woman, she naturally wanted to find a woman from a high-class family to marry Liu Yiping. This way, Liu Yiping would be taken care of for the rest of his life.

At this time, Liu Yiping was in Aunt Liu's yard, teasing the little maid in the yard under the corridor.

A trace of disgust flashed in Aunt Liu's eyes. Aunt Liu was also annoyed with relatives who were unable to provide any help.

But she couldn't show it on the surface. After all, these two people were not completely useless.

Shen Xitong glared at Jin, "Impossible! I am the most beautiful person in the entire Jinling City. Young Master Nanrong fell in love with me at first sight. My beauty is unmatched!"

Aunt Liu glanced at Jin with displeasure.

Jin smiled awkwardly, "I am doing this for the sake of the eldest lady. The coming-of-age ceremony has already passed. Even if you cry again, there is nothing I can do."

"Who said there's no way?"

The white porcelain teacup smashed to the ground and broke into pieces. Jin was startled and looked at the teacup in front of her, with a bit of greed and a bit of heartache in her eyes.

These are all good stuff. A set of white porcelain tea sets like this would be sold for more than one hundred taels of silver outside. If one of them is broken, it cannot be used to entertain guests, and the whole set will be wasted.

If the Liu family had such a set of tea sets, it would have been well preserved. But in Aunt Liu's house, it was smashed and destroyed by Shen Xitong, and Aunt Liu didn't even blink an eye.

This made Jin feel a little sour. She was a few years younger than Aunt Liu, but between the two of them, she looked older than Aunt Liu. The hardships and fatigue in life made it difficult for her to maintain her beautiful appearance. When she was young, her appearance was not much worse.

After marrying Aunt Liu's younger brother, she had not had a good life for all these years. She raised Liu Yiping with great difficulty, and now that he was about to get married and have children, her husband did not care at all. Jin had no choice but to come to Aunt Liu for help.