Daming female local tyrant

When Shen Wan returned to Shen's house, she first went to Yanniantang to meet the old lady Li, and told her that she had gone to see Hu Quan and got his workshop job for her.

After finishing speaking, she showed the old lady the list that Hu Quan had printed in her sleeve pocket.

The old lady took it and read it carefully by herself. She was very happy after reading it, and told Shen Wan to do a good job. This is something to bring honor to the Shen family.

As long as the weaving workshop under Shen Wan's name can weave tribute satin for the imperial court, all the silk business of the Shen family will be improved. In this way, it will not be so easy for the Lu family to surpass the Shen family.

When Shen Wan heard the word Lu family, she would think of Jing Lan, and immediately felt uncomfortable.

But when she was in front of the old lady, she couldn't show a little bit of uncomfortable emotion. Instead, she laughed and said that she would definitely go to watch the weavers in the weaving workshop weave the royal satin and win honor for the Shen family.

The old lady was very happy and told her to go back and rest.

Shen Wan immediately resigned from the old lady and went back to her room, while the two maids Qiuyun and Qiuwen sent by the old lady to follow her just now stayed behind, still serving the old lady.

And the old lady didn't say that the next time Shen Wan went out, she would have to accompany these two servant girls.

It is estimated that Mrs. Li felt that it was a great achievement for Shen Wan to successfully get the job of weaving tribute satin from Jinling weaving eunuch Hu Quan this time. She didn't need to push Shen Wan too hard. Follow her to prevent her from seeing that girl from the Lu family.

Old lady Li thought that she once said that if Shen Wan contacted the Lu family girl again, Jun Pei would no longer be raised by her, and Shen Wan would not forget.She is already such a grown-up, there is no need for me to tell her what to do and what not to do.

As soon as Shen Wan left Yanniantang, Madam Li's powerful woman in charge, Nanny Deng, came in and told Old Madam Li that suddenly everyone in the Shen family's house was rumoring that Shen Wanhe had been expelled from Shen Wan. An Lan, the servant girl at home, was grinding the mirror.

The old lady Li was very angry when she heard this, and immediately sent someone to send Shen Zheng from the fourth room to see her.

After Shen Zheng came, Mrs. Li asked him if he had leaked what he had written to tell her.

"Old lady, my nephew never did such a thing, my nephew dares to swear to God, if I tell the truth, I will die a terrible death!" Shen Zheng vowed.

After hearing Shen Zheng's oath, Old Madam Li couldn't help but frowned, and said in her heart: If it wasn't him, who would spread such unfavorable words in this house?

"You go back first." The old lady Li waved Shen Zheng away, turned to ask Mother Deng beside her, "Tell me, who would do this, and want to ruin Wan'er's reputation, could it be the person in front of me? "

Mother Deng said: "It must not be. Only Qiu Yun and Qiu Wen, who went out with the eldest lady, knew about today's matter. In the next afternoon, they went out with the eldest lady again. How could they have time to spread the word in this house?" This rumor didn't just spread randomly today, I heard it from Mrs. He in the small kitchen, I heard it yesterday..."

The old lady Li asked: "Who did Mrs. He hear from? Have you asked?"

Mother Deng: "The old slave asked about it, and said it was told by a servant girl in the kitchen, and the old slave asked that maid again, and the maid said that she heard the story from the horse woman who trimmed flowers in the garden behind. Go find Mrs. Ma. Mrs. Ma said that she picked up a piece of paper in the garden and took it back to her son. Dong, who was a servant in the outer courtyard, saw what was written on the paper... The old slave asked Mrs. Ma to find it Looking at that piece of paper, she said that she used it to light a fire..."

"Mr. Ma's son Donglai works in front of which young master in the outer courtyard?"

"It's the second young master Shen Shilian."

As soon as she heard that Donglai was serving her grandson Shen Shilian, old lady Li's head grew a little dizzy.

She knew that it seemed that the matter between Shen Wan and An Lan would definitely be known by the second son Shen Xian.

Shen Xian found out about this, so he had to find himself to make a fuss, saying that his granddaughter Shen Wan had committed a scandal that damaged the reputation of the Shen family, and that she must be punished, or Shen Wan would be driven out of the Shen family, or she would not be allowed to come again. Intervene in the affairs of the Shen family, such as helping Shisi take over the Shen family.

After thinking about it, Old Madam Li decided to classify this rumor as a rumor, which is absolutely untrue. All servants who spread this rumor will be expelled from the Shen family and sold far away.

After all, her granddaughter Shen Wan got the job of weaving tribute satin for the imperial court from Hu Quan, the most powerful person in Jinling. This would be of great benefit to the Shen family's reputation and to the Shen family's silk business.

What's more, the granddaughter Shen Wan is very capable. With her, the long house can be stabilized, which is equivalent to indirectly stabilizing the Shen family.

How could such a child be ruined by the incident with the maid?

Old Madam Li has always considered things from the perspective of the family's interests. Obviously, the absurd incidents of her granddaughter Shen Wan will not harm the interests of the Shen family, but will harm the interests of the Shen family because of those messy words.

She said in a deep voice: "Nurse Deng, you should take someone to arrest all those servants who spread rumors. Don't let anyone leak out. After the family law is served, sell them all. It's like the one who sent them back. Like Cuizhu, remember, let them understand that their crime is to slander Wan'er with nonsense, I will never allow such a servant to stay in the Shen family!"

When Mother Deng heard this, her heart trembled, she hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Yes, this old servant will do it now."

Nanny Deng, who led the people out quickly, met a person at the gate of Yannian Hall, hurriedly bowed to him, bowed her body and waited for the person who walked straight past with her chin to enter Yannian Hall, and then led He sent someone to follow Mrs. Li's orders.She thought, there might be twenty or thirty maids and servants who will be sold out this time, and the most unlucky one should be that old lady Ma. Her family cannot be preserved in this matter involving the reputation of the young lady. .

Old Madam Li guessed correctly. Her second son, Shen Xian, came after Nanny Deng took people out. After paying her respects, he sat down and said the things about Shen Wan that were spread in the house.

He asked the old lady to thoroughly investigate this matter, he believed that this matter must be true, after all, there is no wind without waves, Shen Wan did absurd things, which damaged the reputation of the Shen family, and only by driving her out of the Shen family can the tribe be convinced.

The old lady Li picked up the tea bowl and drank tea. After listening to what her second son said, she said, "Xian'er, I have checked this matter. It is purely a rumor. I have ordered Madam Deng to arrest those who spread rumors." The servants were all arrested and served by the family law. They dare to say that our Shen family's house is the daughter of the eldest daughter. It is simply unforgivable and must be severely punished!"

Shen Xian didn't expect his mother to say this, and was a little dazed for a moment.

Before he came, he expected that after hearing the rumors all over the house about Shen Wan and the maids around her, she would punish Shen Wan, confine her, or drive her out of the Shen family for the sake of the Shen family's reputation.

Unexpectedly, the old lady actually said that everything was a rumor, and she wanted to put an end to this rumor.

For the first time, Shen Xian felt that his mother's favorite was not his youngest son, but his elder brother's daughter, Shen Wan.

He was very dissatisfied and said, "But my son heard that the maid named An Lan next to A Wan has been kicked out of Shen's house by mother. If that maid hadn't done ridiculous things with A Wan, how could mother drive her out?" The Shen family?"

The old lady Li said in a manly voice: "Relying on Wan'er's trust, that maid has embezzled thousands of taels of silver. I found out, so I expelled her."

Shen Xian thought for a while and continued to ask: "Why didn't Mother sell that maid?"

Old Madam Li: "While the maid was in Suzhou, Wan'er had already repaid her body deed. She stayed at the Shen's house, just wanting to continue to take advantage of Wan'er."

"..." Shen Xian was speechless, he really couldn't figure out why the old lady shielded Shen Wan like this, obviously the exact news he got was that Shen Wan was grinding the mirror with that maid named An Lan, his eyeliner was really eavesdropping and eavesdropping After reading it, I know that the two of them have done absurd things that reversed yin and yang.

The old lady insisted that there was no such thing, obviously she wanted Shi Si, who kept the eldest house, to take over the position of the patriarch of the Shen family, and asked Shen Wan to help him.

Shen Shisi woke up recently, and he can recognize people and move his hands and feet. Although he speaks slowly, it doesn't hurt much.

Shen Xian and his son were very disappointed. Shen Shisi was seriously injured, but died without being seriously injured.

They didn't dare to continue to harm him, after all, his elder brother Shen Chang had already become suspicious when something like this happened, and the people who were checking the carriage and stable suspected that someone had tampered with the carriage.

Fortunately, the person they invited sneaked into the Shen family's carriage and stable after nightfall, and took care of Shen Shisi's usual carriage, so Shen Chang went to check and it was no big deal.

Since Shen Shisi could not be harmed for the time being, he had to find another way.

After discussing with his son, he decided to expose Shen Wan's affair with the maid beside her, so as to hurt Shen Wan, further tarnish her reputation, and force her to leave the Shen family.In that case, she would not be able to help Shen Shisi, and his son Shen Shilian would have a chance to replace that weak and incompetent Shen Shisi.He also avenged his failure in the previous fight with Shen Wan, which cost them a lot of money.

Shen Xian believed that as long as Shen Wan left the Shen family, the weak and incompetent Shen Shisi would not be able to support the Shen family, and the head of the Shen family would fall into the hands of his son sooner or later.

However, after all calculations, he didn't expect that the old lady would be so stubborn and resolute in safeguarding Shen Wan's reputation, telling the scandal that Shen Wan did with that maid as gossip, and severely punishing the members of the Shen family who talked about it in private. servants.

In this way, truth becomes false, because the entire Shen family followed the old lady's lead, and everyone believed what she said.

Shen Xian was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, looked at his mother, and opened his mouth not knowing what to say.

He couldn't show the eyeliner in front of Shen Wan who came to inform him, correct the old lady's mistake, and say that Shen Wan really did something shameless with the maid, right?

In that case, even if Shen Wan was punished, he, Shen Wan's second uncle, would not end well.Everyone will know that he deliberately deals with his niece, and he is uneasy and kind.Just because of this, the Shen family will look down on him, and his reputation in the Shen family will be discredited. If he loses his reputation, no one will believe him. Naturally, no one will support him and let his son replace him. Shi Si took over the Shen family.Especially his elder brother, Shen Xian, is more likely to blame Shi Si's injury on him through this matter.The result of turning against each other is that he will be retaliated by his elder brother, and their family's life will no longer be as easy as before.