Chapter 34: Insisting on Taking a Concubine
Shen Jingxuan instantly understood why she was kneeling here, it was because she was Shen Jiande's mistress.
Liu Xue didn't know Shen Jingxuan. She just looked up and continued crying with her head down.
She didn't want to come, but Shen Jiande didn't come to see her in the past few days. But she couldn't wait any longer.
Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen also rushed over after hearing the news, followed by Mrs. Sun and Shen Jinghuan.
When Sun walked out of the house, she saw a crowd of people gathered in front of the door. She didn't understand why there were so many people.
When she saw the person kneeling at the foot of the stairs, she wanted to go up and tear the person to pieces.
Sun was so angry that she lost her mind: "What are you doing here?"
Liu Xue was so frightened by her yell that she sat down on the ground. When she raised her head, she saw the angry Sun.
Shen Jingxuan looked at the crowd and turned to ask the gatekeeper: "Where is the Second Master? Go and call him over."
"Miss, the Second Master has left the house and hasn't come back yet."
Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen had lived for most of their lives and could see the reason at a glance.
Madam Shen pursed her lips tightly and said, "Why don't you go find it?"
"Let's go back home first." She turned around and left first.
Seeing that she was angry, Mr. Shen hurriedly followed her.
Shen Jingxuan ordered the servants: "Take Liu Xue into the mansion first, and wait until the Second Master returns."
A group of people entered the mansion one after another, and the gatekeeper quickly closed the door. The crowd of onlookers slowly dispersed.
Mr. Shen chased Mrs. Shen to the front hall.
Shen Jingxuan came to the front hall and saw them sitting quietly without talking.
Looking at Madam Shen's grim expression, Shen Jingxuan didn't know how to persuade her.
She asked someone to arrange for Liu Xue to sit down, and Sun and Shen Jinghuan sat opposite her, glaring at her.
The front hall suddenly became quiet until an hour later when Shen Jiande finally returned home.
When Shen Jiande entered the front hall, the first thing he saw was Liu Xue, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.
He hurried over, pulled her and asked, "Xue'er, why are you here?"
When Sun saw Shen Jiande come in and ignore her, nor greet his parents, and only had eyes for Liu Xue, she immediately became angry.
She walked forward and pulled Shen Jiande: "Shen Jiande, do you still have me in your eyes?"
"Your eyes are full of this woman. You actually ignored our relationship of more than ten years and came in to ask her?"
As she said this, she started to pull Shen Jiande, but pulling Shen Jiande seemed to not quell her anger.
She turned around and slapped Liu Xue while crying and shouting, and used her other hand to pull her hair.
The scene became chaotic for a moment, with no regard for Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen who were sitting above.
"That's enough. Do you still have any respect for your elders?" Mr. Shen said angrily.
Thinking that they actually started fighting regardless of the two of them being present, Mr. Shen's expression became even uglier.
Shen Jiande pushed Sun away and yelled, "Sun, do you still look like a lady? You are worse than a street shrew."
When Sun heard these words, she was furious: "What did you say about me? I am worse than a street shrew?"
She turned around and knelt down in front of Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen: "Dad, Mom, please make the decision for your daughter-in-law. Shen Jiande actually despises me."
"Dad, Mom, now that he has a mistress, they think I'm worse than a shrew in the market. We can't live like this anymore." After saying this, he burst into tears.
The crying made Mrs. Shen frown.
I didn't expect that such a good family would be turned into this state by them.
Mr. Shen glared at Shen Jiande: "Tell me, what should we do now?"
Shen Jiande hesitated for a while, then knelt down in front of Old Master Shen and said, "Dad, I want to take Liu Xue as my concubine."
"No, I don't agree. Shen Jiande, forget it." Sun stood up after hearing this.
Shen Jinghuan asked anxiously: "Dad, are you confused?"
She was about to marry the prince, and now that something like this had happened in the mansion, Shen Jinghuan was worried that she would be implicated.
Now Shen Jinghuan just wants to wait for her marriage in peace, and everything else will be discussed after she successfully marries the prince.
Shen Jinghuan thought for a moment and continued, "Dad, the emperor just issued an order to grant me marriage yesterday. You want to take a concubine today. What will others think?"
"Did Dad not care about his official position for the sake of a concubine?"
Her words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Shen Jiande, making him sober instantly.
Shen Jinghuan is about to marry the prince, so it would not be appropriate to take a concubine at this time.
But he was unwilling not to take Liu Xue into his family.
Liu Xue looked at the people in the room and listened to what Shen Jinghuan and Shen Jiande said, her tears flowing harder and harder.
Her face became paler and paler, her body became shaky, and finally she couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.
Shen Jiande saw her faint and strode over.
He picked up Liu Xue and went straight to his study.
A large group of people moved from the front hall to the door of the study and waited in the yard.
Shen Jiande hurriedly asked his servants to call a doctor.
It didn't take long before the servant brought the doctor directly into the study to check on Liu Xue.
After a cup of tea, the doctor left with the medicine box, followed by Shen Jiande.
He walked towards Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen happily and knelt down when he got close.
"Dad, Mom, I want to take Liu Xue as my concubine. She is pregnant with my child, and I can't let them live on the streets."
As he spoke, he kowtowed: "Please let Liu Xue stay and take care of the baby. I should also give her a name."
Before she could get an answer, when Sun heard Shen Jiande's words, it was as if a fire was rushing to her head.
Sun came up to Shen Jiande, slapped him hard, and then started punching and kicking him.
Shen Jiande suddenly stood up and pushed her away, then slapped her back, knocking Sun to the ground.
Seeing Sun fall, Shen Jiande was still not satisfied, so he kicked her: "Shrew, why did I marry you in the first place?"
"Whether you like it or not, Xue'er must stay. If you disagree, I will give you a divorce letter and you can leave the Zhenguo Mansion."
Sun had never seen Shen Jiande like this before. Thinking that he wanted to divorce her in order to take a concubine, she fainted from anger.
Shen Jiande no longer cared about anything. His heart and eyes were filled with Liu Xue. He never thought that he had a daughter who was about to marry the prince.
He didn't even care whether Sun was angry or fainted, he just wanted to keep Liu Xue in the mansion.
Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen didn't want to stay here any longer. Looking at the faces of these people, they couldn't suppress their anger.
Mr. Shen let Shen Jiande make his own decision and took Shen Jingxuan away.
When Shen Jingxuan returned to Yuxuan Courtyard, it was already completely dark.
After being delayed for so long, her stomach was already growling, but she couldn't leave for the time being.
Chuntao prepared food for Shen Jingxuan. She ate dinner quickly and lay on the bed, not wanting to move.
Thinking of Sun who fainted from anger, Shen Jingxuan curled her lips.
Sun only called out happily at ordinary times. Even Shen Jiande began to dislike her. The courtyard of the second house would probably be lively in the future.
The little concubine won the second round. I hope Sun won’t give up so early.
The next morning, after breakfast, Shen Jingxuan took Chuntao to Qianyu Chamber of Commerce.
But what they didn't know was that the court was in an uproar at this time.
Not long after the morning court session began, memorials from the censors were submitted one after another.
It seemed that as long as the emperor didn't stop them, they would keep playing.
The most shocking thing is that not a single censor in the court was absent today.
When the emperor saw the memorials submitted one after another by the censors, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
For a moment, he couldn't figure out what had brought them together in the meeting hall.
The emperor took a quick look and when he saw what they reported, he became furious.
He suddenly flipped the memorial on the plate to the ground, shocking Eunuch Deng so much that he prostrated himself on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty, calm down."