Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

Chapter 38 Warning
Finally, after more than a decade of hard study, Sheng Xu finally won the title of Tan Hua Lang (third-ranked scholar) that year, thus gaining official status. This transformed the Sheng family, which was originally just a lowly merchant family, into a family of scholars and officials.

As a result, Sheng Hong is in its current state.

Therefore, the rise of the Sheng family was not only due to the achievements of Sheng Xu, the third-ranked scholar, but also to the efforts of the older generation.

In fact, compared to the predicaments of the two, the latter deserves more credit!
However, it is precisely because the Sheng clan has only recently risen to prominence and its offspring are not numerous that the elders of the Sheng clan in Youyang pay more and more attention to the offspring of each branch and house. If a child is not conceived and born, that is fine, but if a child is born and then dies tragically, then the elders of the Sheng clan will definitely use the power of the family to thoroughly investigate the matter!
If a wicked woman commits such an evil act that disregards human ethics, even if the clan head does not pursue the matter, the clan elders will never tolerate such a matter concerning the continuation of the clan's lineage!
This was also an ancestral precept jointly established by the three brothers of Sheng Hong's grandfather's generation when the Sheng family was first established!

Whenever a member of the Sheng family dies, the clan elders must thoroughly investigate and record the cause in the register. There must be no leniency towards evil deeds, lest the clan's ancestral lineage be damaged!

This is the first precept of the Sheng family!
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Therefore, Lin Qinshuang's idea was to get the child and, while ensuring his life, do something to damage him. Even if she couldn't kill him, she wanted to deplete his physical reserves so that he would have no future.

In this way, even if it doesn't eliminate a rival for Sheng Changfeng's favor, it can at least reduce one enemy for herself. After all, Lin Qinshuang is the murderer of her child's mother!

Upon hearing what the other person said, Sheng Changbai's hands paused involuntarily, as if he had been a beat too slow.

After thinking for a moment, Sheng Changbai said slowly and calmly, "There's no need to trouble Lin Xiaoniang!"

"I'll take care of this child myself!"

"As the second eldest brother, I certainly won't let anything happen to him."

Sheng Changbai regained his calm and composed demeanor, but he politely declined.

"oops!"

"Brother Bai, you're still studying, how can you have time to take care of a child this young!"

Zhou Xueniang, who was supporting Lin Qinshuang, began to speak up for her mistress.

"In my opinion, it would be better to hand this boy over to our mistress!"

"She's not busy; she has plenty of time!"

Zhou Xueniang continued to pester him relentlessly, talking on and on.

"Yes, Brother Bai!"

Lin Qinshuang, standing to the side, also spoke up, saying, "As you know, I've been in charge of the house keys these days, managing all the big and small matters in the Sheng family."

"To be honest, if the midwife I hired hadn't been so careless and had secretly run away halfway through the delivery, Wei's sister wouldn't have been in this predicament during childbirth..."

At this point, Lin Qinshuang seemed to recall the scene of Wei Xiaoniang's childbirth, and couldn't help but feel "sadness" and shed many tears.

"...during childbirth, there was no midwife by her side!"

"If it weren't for that, perhaps the Wei family's younger sister would also..."

"That won't happen anymore..."

"Woooo..."

Lin Qinshuang wiped away her tears, putting on an expression of "extreme remorse".

“Brother Bai, there are two reasons why I’m asking for the Wei family’s daughter’s child right now.”

Lin Qinshuang adopted the same demeanor she used when dealing with Honglang, and said to Sheng Changbai, "My first concern is that the young master might not be well taken care of by the servants, and something bad might happen."

"Secondly, I was thinking of doing something more for the Wei family's younger sister to make myself feel better!"

"Brother Bai, could you..."

"Please accept this as a token of my plea..." Lin Qinshuang pleaded, sobbing, while occasionally raising her head to look at Sheng Changbai with pleading eyes, hoping to move him.

Unfortunately!
Sheng Hong was willing to listen to Lin Qinshuang because he was morally corrupt and had a crooked stance, but Sheng Changbai was different.

"Lady Lin!"

Sheng Changbai didn't want to get entangled with Lin Qinshuang any longer, so he raised his voice and refused righteously, "I said, I will take care of my brother!"

"There's no need for Madam Lin to trouble herself!"

Looking at the little one in his arms, Sheng Changbai frowned and reiterated his statement.

“I am his older brother, so of course I will take care of it properly.”

"As for what you've mentioned, you can explain it to Father and Mother yourself when they return!"

Looking at Xiao Mengyue, Sheng Changbai really didn't want to stay here any longer. After all, the child had just been born, and even the bloodstains on his body had only been wiped off by Xiao Tao. They hadn't been cleaned up properly at all. If this went on for too long, it might affect the child's health.

Therefore, Sheng Changbai changed his usual temperament and became somewhat tough.

Of course, it's also possible that the incident with Wei Xiaoniang caused him to have some reservations about Lin Qinshuang.

However, these were ultimately matters of Sheng Hong's private life. As his son, or rather, given Sheng Changbai's upright and principled nature, he would not want to reveal them unless absolutely necessary.

The fact that they are acting this way now is already quite "out of line" because Xiao Mengyue is their younger brother.

After all, there were some things he would rather say to Sheng Hong than to Lin Qinshuang, for fear of hurting his relationship with Sheng Changfeng.

He, Sheng Changbai, still values ​​brotherhood and family ties.

Upon hearing Sheng Changbai's words, Lin Qinshuang and her servant immediately understood his meaning. For a moment, they were startled and awkwardly said, "Ah?!"

"Brother Bai, what...what are you saying?"

"Why... it sounds like I did this on purpose!"

"This is... truly incomprehensible!"

Lin Qinshuang's words were not very coherent, and she even unconsciously rubbed the handkerchief in her hand into a mess, as if she was somewhat flustered.

Because she felt that Sheng Changbai had seen right through her thoughts.

Sheng Changbai stared into Lin Qinshuang's eyes and said calmly, "I was just saying it casually!"

"It's good that Madam Lin knows what's going on!"

After saying that, she didn't look at the other person again. Instead, she held Xiao Mengyue in one arm and used her sleeve to shield the child from the wind with the other to prevent the cold wind from blowing on him.

Sheng Changbai turned his head and said to Xiao Tao beside him, "Xiao Tao, I'll take care of your son. You should go back and tell your sixth sister so she won't worry too much!"

At this moment, Sheng Changbai was unaware that Xiao Minglan had fainted due to the shock of her deceased mother.

"Yes!"

Xiao Tao didn't want to say anything more. After seeing that Xiao Mengyue hadn't fallen into Lin Qinshuang's hands, she was already relieved.

However, although she trusted Sheng Changbai's character, she still wanted to return to Xiao Minglan's side as soon as possible and tell her all these things. As for what to do next, that would be entirely up to Xiao Minglan.

Anyway, Xiao Tao didn't have any ideas.

At the very least, I'll guarantee at least one update per day.
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(End of this chapter)