Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2587: Atonement for Sins 50.0
Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, saw him nod, and sighed softly.

As for Princess Dai, she only heard some stories about her from Master Huilan and her mother, such as that Princess Dai was a very good person, who never looked down on others because of her status, and never relied on her status to do anything domineering. In her eyes, everyone was the same.

Therefore, whether it is the servants of the palace, the common people who deal with the palace, or anyone else, they all have a very good opinion of the princess. They think she is approachable and completely different from the noble ladies who usually look down on others.

Shen Cha sighed softly. She still remembered her mother saying that Princess Dai was a very philanthropic person. This once troubled Uncle Dai. He always felt that in the heart of Princess Dai, he was the same as everyone else and there was nothing special about him.

Shen Haolin heard Shen Cha's sigh, held her hand, and looked at her with some concern.

"I'm fine, I just thought of what mother said." Shen Cha chuckled, "Mother said that Uncle Wang and Aunt Princess Wang were in harmony, and they were a fairy couple that everyone in Xijing City envied, but Uncle Wang would always go to the palace to cry to the Queen Mother, saying that his Princess Wang didn't care about him, didn't value him, and even cared about others more than him. The Queen Mother would always enlighten him, saying that the Princess was right to do so, and that Uncle Wang must be more important in the Princess' heart. Later, Uncle Wang didn't know who he got a bad idea from. He didn't wear thick clothes in the deep winter, and he froze outside for most of the day. As a result, he froze himself and fell ill with a high fever. This made Aunt Princess Wang very anxious. She stayed by Uncle Wang's bed for more than half a month, and put aside other things to accompany Uncle Wang. I heard that since this incident, the relationship between the two has become closer than before."

"Ah?" Song Yaojia had never heard of this before. He was a little surprised when he heard Shen Cha say this. He had never thought that his father, who was always calm in front of him, would have such a side. He looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, and said, "Is this true? Who came up with this idea?"

Shen Haolin shook his head gently and said, "I don't know. Mother never told me."

"This is a private conversation between us girls. What should I tell you?" Shen Cha rolled her eyes at the two of them. "Even if I tell you, you won't understand." She snorted. "Since you don't believe me, I won't say anything."

"Good sister, good sister!" Song Yaojia came over and said with a smile, "Tell me what else aunt said. I believe everything you say, okay? Who came up with that idea first?"

"I don't know about that either, but it's just those few people. It's just..." Shen Cha looked at Song Yaojia, "Brother Yaojia, has Uncle Wang never mentioned the matter of Aunt Princess?"

"It's not that it has never been mentioned, but it's very rare."

"Why?" Shen Cha thought for a moment, leaned over, and lowered her voice and asked, "Is it because..." She turned her head and gave a wicked smile to the helpless Shen Haolin, "Is he unhappy?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Song Yaojia reached out and knocked Shen Cha on the head. "Don't speculate blindly. It has nothing to do with uncle. Father rarely mentions mother. First, he will be sad when he mentions her, and second, he will be angry. On the contrary, uncle has told me some things about my father and mother since I can remember. It's just that he doesn't know much, and what he tells me is very limited. But he always emphasizes that my father and mother had me because of love. Before my mother passed away, she was still thinking about me." He looked at Shen Cha, "So, what do you know?"

"Hmm," Shen Cha thought for a moment, looked at Song Yaojia, and said, "Do you know why Uncle Wang gets angry when he mentions Aunt Wangfei?"

"I asked my uncle, but he didn't say anything. He said this was something my father didn't want to mention." Song Yaojia sighed, "You know?" "I know."

"I know that, too." Seeing Song Yaojia looking at him in surprise, Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, "What's so strange about this? Mother, Master, and Grandmaster have all said that all the older people in the capital know about it."

"what is going on?"

"Uncle Wang doesn't want to mention Aunt Wang Fei for two reasons." Shen Cha held up two fingers. "The first is what I just said, the princess is too kind and soft-hearted. If someone acts miserable and cries to her, she will be very kind to them and would like to give everything she has to others."

"The other person is not referring to," Song Yaojia guessed, "my maternal grandparents' home?"

"That's right!" Shen Cha nodded confidently. "Aunt Princess helps other people only to a certain extent and won't hurt the foundation of the palace. But when it comes to her own family, she doesn't seem to have any defenses."

"What do you mean?" Song Yaojia thought for a moment, "Does it mean to use the things in the palace to subsidize my mother's family?"

"That's the way, but it has nothing to do with money." Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha and motioned for him to speak. "Aunt Princess Wang has five brothers and sisters in her generation. If Aunt Princess Wang could stay in the palace and become an imperial concubine, then nothing would have happened. But she became the Princess Dai. Without the barriers of the deep palace walls, her family members can come and go freely, and the demands they made are a bit outrageous." He looked at Song Yaojia and sighed. "Let's not talk about this for now. What's your impression of your maternal grandparents?"

"Impression." Song Yaojia shook his head gently, "I don't have any special impression. I can only say that from their appearance, they don't look like a family of scholars, but more like ordinary people." He looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha and smiled bitterly, "We grew up together. When have you ever heard me mention them? When have you ever heard father mention them? Every time they came to my house, didn't I stay away from them?"

"Seems to be."

Shen Haolin thought about their childhood. Once the princess's family came to the capital, Song Yaojia only met with them once and then left the palace under the pretext of going to the palace. Once she entered the palace, she never came out again until the princess's family left Xijing City.

"Because of Uncle Wang's request?"

"Yes, my father was worried that they would use me as a threat, but he couldn't refuse to see someone from my grandparents' house, so he only saw them once and then went back to the palace immediately." Song Yaojia sighed, "But every time he came back from the palace, my father's face and mood were not very good."

“When the princess was still alive, she would more or less help her family to make some requests to Uncle Wang. For example, they wanted to enter the Imperial College and Changming Academy. Another example is that they saw a place in the capital and wanted to move their family’s academy there, and wanted to ask Uncle Wang for help, but Uncle Wang basically didn’t agree. Later, when Aunt Princess passed away, they came again, with the purpose of” Shen Cha looked at Song Yaojia, “marrying Aunt Princess’s younger sister into the palace and making Uncle Wang his successor.”