Chapter 12: Taking Back the Cabinet
Old Madam Shen had just tried her best to control her anger, but the moment she saw Shen Jiande and Sun, she couldn't control herself.
"Sun, what is the meal serving size for Qinxin Garden? How much did you ask the servants to prepare?" asked Old Madam Shen.
"Mom, it's four dishes and one soup. My daughter-in-law asked someone to prepare that too." Sun answered, covering her face with one hand, but her heart became more and more panicked.
She couldn't figure it out for a moment. Nothing had happened in these years, so why was he discovered today?
"Then take a look at what Hao and Lin'er are eating? Is this what you call four dishes and one soup?"
Old Madam Shen looked at Sun who was pretending to be stupid and wanted to tear her mouth apart.
If she hadn't thought they were the descendants of Mr. Shen, she would never have allowed them to act so recklessly in the mansion.
"Mom, I don't know why. I really asked the kitchen to prepare it according to the quota." As she spoke, Sun lowered her head guiltily.
Her eyes flickered slightly, and she secretly made up her mind to refuse to admit it.
"Okay, you don't know, but you are in charge of the household affairs, and yet you treat your wife harshly, and your legitimate son and daughter harshly."
"Since you are lax in disciplining your servants, then have someone go back and fetch the key to the kitchen and hand it over."
"Mom, please don't. This won't happen again. Please give me one more chance."
She absolutely couldn't hand it over, as there were many valuable things in the cabinet, and she wanted to use those things to buy a dowry for her daughter.
After Sun finished speaking, she started crying. She wanted Madam Shen to take back what she had just said, but the thought was extinguished as soon as it came to her mind.
Mr. Shen stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and kicked Shen Jiande: "Go and get the key."
"Yes, Dad." After replying, he turned around and went back to get the key.
At this point, he could no longer fail to see what Sun had done. This woman was simply incapable of accomplishing anything, and was always causing trouble.
Shen Jingxuan looked up at Sun kneeling on the ground crying. She turned to look at her mother and happened to meet her mother's gaze.
She raised an eyebrow at her mother, then looked at Shen Xinglin. Seeing his dark eyes light up slightly, she knew that he was in a good mood.
After a while, Shen Jiande came back with the key.
Madam Shen took the key and handed it to Shen Jingxuan: "From now on, Xuan'er will be in charge of the household affairs. Xuan'er has the final say in the entire Zhenguo Mansion."
She didn't care what others thought and just asked Shen Jiande and Sun to leave.
Old Madam Shen and Old Man Shen stayed and asked the servants to prepare meals for them. They stayed with them until they finished their meal before leaving.
Shen Jingxuan's eyes reddened as she watched her grandparents leave.
She thanked God for allowing her to be reborn into such a family, which not only allowed her to experience the warmth of her family but also made up for the void she had in her previous life.
Shen Jingxuan turned around and hugged Hao: "Mother, no one can let you and Lin'er suffer any grievances in the future. I will protect you."
"Sister, Lin'er will study hard and protect you and mother in the future." Shen Xinglin said with bright eyes.
Mrs. Hao listened to her son and daughter's words and raised her lips happily: "Okay, mother will wait for Xuan'er and Lin'er to protect mother."
Everyone was having a great time here, but the yard of the second house was bustling with activity.
When Sun returned to the yard, she blamed Shen Jiande for handing over the key to the household and angrily smashed the furnishings in the room.
Shen Jiande was annoyed when he saw Sun's shrew-like behavior. He no longer looked at her and turned away.
It was late at night and the moon was hanging high above the treetops.
Xie Lingxiao was sitting at the desk, handling the things in his hands, when his follower Ling Feng walked in from outside.
"Your Highness, we have already found out the identity of that woman." Ling Feng handed the information in his hand to Xie Lingxiao.
He looked up at Ling Feng: "Who is it?"
Xie Lingxiao casually took the letter that Ling Feng handed over.
"The legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, the legitimate daughter of the general who guards the country, her name is Shen Jingxuan."
Xie Lingxiao frowned slightly: "Oh, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?"
He searched all his memories, but still had no impression of this person.
"It's the prince, it's confirmed. Everyone knows her. She has a bad reputation. She has been engaged to the prince since she was a child. She has been pestering the prince all the time, and she is... stupid."
"Stupid?" Xie Lingxiao's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
As he saw, the ugly woman was not stupid. She was very good at making people angry and she could not be a fool.
Ling Feng looked at the prince and said in disbelief, "Yes, everyone in the capital knows it."
"Well, back off."
Xie Lingxiao waited for Ling Feng to leave, then slowly opened the letter in his hand and found the contents of the letter incredible.
The news brought by the secret guard not only said that Shen Jingxuan had been mentally retarded since childhood, but also mentioned that she was engaged to the prince.
Shen Jingxuan likes the prince very much and always pesters him, and also mentions the reason why she fell off the cliff.
After Xie Lingxiao read the message, he felt uncomfortable for some reason.
You obviously like the prince, so why did he take advantage of me when he fell into the cold pond?
He remembered that the ugly woman not only looked at him naked, but also touched him a few times with interest.
Thinking about what happened in Hantan, Xie Lingxiao's anger, which had been suppressed for several days, rose again.
This ugly woman actually wore my clothes and took my jade pendant...
Jade pendant? That was the jade pendant that symbolized his status as regent. He had to find a way to get it back, and punish that ugly woman severely...
Shen Jingxuan had just come out of the space when she suddenly sneezed.
She thought that she was the one who stole Sun's food yesterday and that Sun was scolding her in the yard.
Thinking of her frustrated look, Shen Jingxuan chuckled.
"Haha." She was not only happy about getting the power to be the head of the family, but also about the discovery she made when she entered the space.
These days, when she was alone, she always went into the space to take a look.
Shen Jingxuan wanted to see if there were any new discoveries, and she actually found one.
Everything in the space can be used normally, even the things in the freezer can be eaten.
The last time Shen Jingxuan went to the space, she saw apples in the freezer and ate one in the space.
But when she opened it just now, the apple was still the same as before, so it should be possible to replenish it.
But we'll know for sure next time we go in.
Shen Jingxuan just took out one of each kind of food from the freezer. Her mood improved when she thought about getting more supplies.
There is also open space outside.
In her previous life, she had people plant various fruit trees, vegetables, and grains behind that open space.
An old man and aunt help her take care of the villa.
Sometimes she went out on missions and didn't come back for several months.
The old man and aunt had nothing else to do, so they helped to take care of the land.
They grew what they liked to eat, and they also dug a fish pond next to it…
Shen Jingxuan just saw that some vegetables were ripe, but she didn’t know what to do. How could she pick the vegetables and preserve them?
But the field is so large that it gives me a headache just thinking about how long it will take me to pick them one by one.
The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, so Shen Jingxuan simply got up and left the room.
Seeing the maid busying around in the yard, she walked out of the gate alone.
Chun Tao saw Shen Jingxuan walking out alone and ran over in a hurry: "Miss, are you going out?"
Hearing the footsteps, Shen Jingxuan slowed down: "I want to go out of the house and walk on the street."
"Then I will accompany you." Chuntao said.
The two people walked out of the yard one after the other.
As soon as they arrived at the gate, they saw Xie Zihan preparing to enter the house, so Shen Jingxuan had no choice but to bow and salute: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
After completing the ceremony, without waiting for the prince to let her stand up, Shen Jingxuan walked past the prince and took Chuntao out of the mansion.
Xie Zihan was slightly stunned. Didn’t this idiot call him Brother Prince?
Shen Jingxuan always pesters him every time she sees him. Did the sun rise from the west today?
He actually left without waiting for him to say anything. He didn't take himself seriously at all. Xie Zihan was immediately very angry.
"You stupid fool, stop right there." Xie Zihan yelled at Shen Jingxuan.
Shen Jingxuan ignored the roar behind her and continued walking forward.