Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 228 An Unfilial Daughter Without Progress
"Why is that?" Jin Xiang frowned, "The secret and careful contact will not be noticed by Uncle Yu."

Shen Xinniang shook her head, "He's staying in another courtyard now. The other courtyard is no more crowded than Yu Tai's mansion. Even if he sends a message secretly, it is very hidden and difficult to be detected. The other courtyard is small and full of people." Yu Tai's people are staring at each other with a pair of eyes. Did Yu Tai give him another courtyard just for him to enjoy?"

Jin Xiang opened her mouth slightly, why not enjoy it?
"Although Yu Tai believed that the elixir was top-grade, he still had doubts about whether he could get the elixir from me. He must have sent someone to keep an eye on his every move. There are many things hidden in the house, and he was sent to another It's easier to control, and it's even more paralyzing to let him relax his vigilance." Shen Xinniang said slowly.

Only then did Jin Xiang suddenly realize, and nodded again and again, "That's how it is, so gift giving may not be really a good intention?"

Shen Xinniang lowered her eyes and remained silent.

"Then, what will the lady do now?" Jin Xiang asked.

"Do nothing," Shen Xiniang said, "wait quietly. As long as he can hold his breath, it will be fine."

Jin Xiang frowned and nodded, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Although he had met him once, he also knew about that black wood's firecracker temper. Can he hold his breath?

Not long after Jin Xiang withdrew, he reported at the door that Shen Shangshu begged to see him.

"Tch, it's not good for him to come here!" Dan Xin couldn't help muttering, the words blurted out, only then did she realize that the man she was talking about was Wang Hao's biological father, and it was really disrespectful to speak like that.Looking up at Shen Xinniang's face, seeing that the lady is still indifferent, it suddenly occurred to her that although she is still Xinniang now, she is not Xinniang.Then Shen Shangshu is really not the wife's real father!Thinking of this, Dan Xin felt a little more relaxed.

Shen Xinniang met Shen Shangshu in the flower hall of the main courtyard.

"The princess is really more dignified and virtuous now!" Shen Shangshu bowed and said with a smile.

Shen Xinniang said indifferently, "Where do we start?"

Shen Shangshu chuckled. He used to say that this eldest daughter was an unfilial daughter, and he didn't want her to remember it now, "The princess has always been magnanimous and lenient. Now that she has such a respected status, she is naturally more magnanimous."

"I've never been a magnanimous person, are you sure Shen Shangshu is talking about me?" Shen Xinniang looked up at him.

Although she is his own daughter, she doesn't dare to look directly at her now. Shen Shangshu bowed his body and said embarrassingly, "Princess is really a joke. I should have come to visit the concubine. Why doesn't the concubine often go home and sit around? In the capital, even though your mother is gone, but you have such a happy event, you should go back and report to your mother's spirit seat!"

The mother was brought out again, Shen Xinniang lowered her eyes, although she was not her own biological mother, she was the biological mother of this body after all, and because of the incompleteness of this daughter, she died early, Shen Xinniang sighed softly, "Why did Shangshu Shen come here today? I still understand Come on? You don’t need to talk about polite detours.”

Shen Shangshu nodded, and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's about the brothers of the princess. In the year before last, a princess begged the prince to let them go to the Cottage Academy to borrow books. Now I have read the book for so long, right? Are you ready to become a regular student?"

Shen Xinniang looked at Shen Shangshu with a calm expression, "Doesn't Caotang Academy have an exam every two years? They just take the exam. If they pass the exam, they will definitely become a formal student. Why come to me?"

Shen Shangshu frowned, "Who can say for sure about the exam, what if you don't perform well on the spot? What if there is any accident?"

"Shen Shangshu is saying that the exams in Caotang Academy are unfair to the students?"

"It's not that the exam is unfair! To you now, it's just a trivial matter. It's just a matter of opening your mouth. In order to be your own brother, why do you keep evading it?"

Shen Shangshu heard that Shen Xiniang was quite perfunctory, so he couldn't help but raised his head and said.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he suddenly realized that the eyes that made him feel a little scared in the past had changed!It is no longer boundless pitch black, but black and white are distinct, extremely bright.Coupled with that beautiful face, it makes people's heart skip a beat, and they don't want to look away, but also feel abrupt to look directly at!
His daughter is so beautiful!How did he not find out before?If it was not a small sedan chair that sent her to Prince Qi's mansion silently, but raised her well at home, King Qi missed her, and he must have gained more benefits from it, right?Why can't he think about it like that?

Also, why are her eyes all right?Isn't it inherently incomplete and incurable?Why can't she see any incompleteness at all now, as if her eyes should be so beautiful by nature?
"Have you read Shen Shangshu enough?" Shen Xinniang asked lightly.

Shen Shangshu was taken aback for a moment, and quickly lowered his head involuntarily, his heart pounding with fear.He swallowed, so what if she is the princess now?How can I say that she is my own daughter, as a father, I can't speak in front of her?
Shen Shangshu cleared his throat, "I am here today, and I have nothing else to do. It is the matter of your brothers entering the Caotang Academy. It is not a big deal to you. If I am that greedy person, I will let you give it to your brothers. It's not too much to arrange an errand for them by the prince's side, above the court, right? It's just going to school, why can't you do it?"

Shen Xinniang said calmly, "It's not that you are not greedy, but now you are just here to test. If I promise you, let them enter the Caotang Academy without taking an exam, then you must ask me to let them enter the court without taking an exam. Greed always grows little by little, so wake up early."

Her voice was clear and clear, and it didn't seem to contain too much emotion.

Shen Shangshu was annoyed when he heard it, "So, you are not willing to help no matter what?"

"It's not just because of refusal," Shen Xinniang said slowly, "Could it be that Shen Shangshu hasn't inquired about the rules of the Caotang Academy? Didn't he know that the Caotang Academy is not under the coordination of the imperial court? The prince has never interfered with the affairs of the Caotang Academy? At the beginning, there was no difference in Caotang Academy."

"How can there be no difference? Don't you come to fool me! Now that you are a princess, although the Cottage Academy is not under the coordination of the imperial court, aren't the students taught for the sake of the country?" Shen Shangshu snorted softly, "You woman People, you have long hair but short knowledge! Mr. Lu of Caotang Academy is still the emperor's teacher, how can Caotang Academy be completely separated from the court? You just refuse to help!"

Shen Xinniang was silent for a moment, raised her hand and said, "Since Shen Shangshu said so, then it should be so."

Shen Shangshu frowned, looked up at her again, "What do you mean?"

"Isn't the meaning obvious?" Shen Xiniang said, "Since Shen Shangshu thinks that I refuse to help on purpose, then I will refuse to help on purpose!"

"You!" Shen Shangshu was annoyed.

"In this way, it is the best thing for the gentlemen of the Shen family. If they have been in thatched cottage academy for nearly two years, they don't even have this kind of shame. Then the two years in Caotang Academy are really wasted." Shen Xinniang said.

The word "honesty and shame" seemed to be deliberately said to Shen Shangshu, and Shen Shangshu's face was blue and white, which was very exciting.

"You, you unfilial daughter! I thought you are different now! Just your nature! Sooner or later you will offend the prince! Sooner or later you will make the prince impatient!" Shen Shang cursed angrily.

Shen Xinniang didn't respond yet, but unexpectedly, these words angered Dan Xin, who was standing beside her. For a moment, Dan Xin forgot his dignity, pinched his waist and said, "What about my princess and lord, don't worry about Mr. Shen! Mr. Shen still needs to worry about his family. That's it! Don't use your thick skin to rub it outside for the sake of those "filial" good sons in your family!"

When Shen Shangshu heard this, how could he bear it?Immediately, she jumped up against the case, "What an arrogant maid! I am an official of the imperial court, how can you insult me? I think you don't want to live anymore!"

"Shangshu Shen has such a fierce temper!" Shen Xinniang said unhurriedly, "My servant girl just said something for me, she just insulted the court officials and didn't want to live? I don't know that Shen Shangshu cursed me, a dignified princess, to offend the prince. , what is it? Hearing this, Wang Ye wondered if there would be thunderous anger?"

When Shen Shangshu heard the words, how could he not be clear about Prince Qi's methods?He didn't think well before coming here. No matter what his unfilial daughter said, he had to hold back and speak in a good voice. He knew that it would be impossible to force things in front of her, and he never got cheap!Why can't I control my temper?She always has a way to make his patience fall short!
"That's all!" Shen Shangshu took a deep breath, and then said slowly, "It's just a little maid, how can I be as knowledgeable as a little girl?! That's all!"

Shen Xinniang just smiled and said nothing.

Shen Shangshu was about to speak, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw her indifferent smile.

How could she laugh!I have never seen her smile before, no matter when she was a child or after returning from Wu Xing, she always has such an expressionless face all day long, no matter how you look at it, she is not flattering.Never thought that she could laugh!Still smiling so brightly and vividly, so dazzlingly beautiful!

"Wang... Princess..." He opened his mouth slowly, and when Shen Xiniang's black and white eyes swept over him without warmth, he was shocked, but forgot what he wanted to say.

"What else is there for Shen Shangshu?" Shen Xiniang asked.

"I only beg you for one thing. Now that you are the princess, no matter whether you like the Shen family or not, it cannot change the fact that you are the daughter of the Shen family. I don't know how I will judge you if you refuse to agree to such a small request, which is just a matter of little effort for you?" Shen Shangshu threatened.

Shen Xinniang lowered her eyes, "Then let the world judge."

Shen Shangshu gritted his teeth, really can't get in a drop?Such a beautiful face, the appearance and identity given to her by her parents, was blinded for nothing, but she didn't know how to fight for the interests of her family!What's the use of her!
Shen Shangshu snorted and flicked his sleeves angrily, "You are really unfilial!"

But this time he didn't dare to shout so loudly, he just muttered something in his mouth.Seeing that we can't reach an agreement today, it's not easy for him to entangle. If the prince comes back, I'm afraid she will slander him in his ear, which will be bad for him.

"You need to know that no matter how high you are sitting now, without the backing of your natal family, your journey will not be far!" After Shen Shangshu finished speaking, he strode out of the flower hall and walked towards the outer courtyard.

(End of this chapter)