Chapter 120 Night Trial of My Father
Chapter 120 Night Trial of My Father
After Shen Pingchang came out of the house, Hua, who was sitting at the table and crying, jumped up, grabbed Shen Pingchang by the back of his collar and cursed: "You coward, you finally came out, return the money... return the money to my family!"
Shen Pingchang couldn't break free, and said irritably: "I'll pay it back! I'll pay it back! Who needs those hundreds of taels of silver from your family? Didn't you see that my daughter and son are back? They have money, I'll ask them to pay the money back to your family, and then we'll see whether you'll still ask for a divorce or not!"
After hearing this, Hua Shi realized that Shen Wen and Shen Shuchan were two living people. She let go of Shen Pingchang, blinked her tearful eyes and carefully looked at the siblings. After looking for a long time, she said, "Looking at their clothes, they are better than you, the old man. It seems that your servant did not deceive me. You really sold them to a good family. I just don't know if the buyer is willing to pay more money to you, the father-in-law."
Shen Pingchang said confidently, "Of course I will pay for it! I'll scare you to death, but my daughter is married to the current emperor's uncle as a concubine, and the money she gets for rouge alone is no less than a thousand taels of silver every year."
As he said this, he looked at Shen Shuchan and said with a smile: "Isn't it, Chan'er?"
Then he put on his fatherly airs and pointed at Hua and said to Shen Shuchan: "This! Is your Aunt Hua, why don't you pay your respects to your Aunt Hua!"
Shen Shuchan was so angry that she laughed.
The maid Hong Pu said, "Master, you are so confused. My daughter is a concubine, and her status is extremely noble. It should be Madam Hua who pays respect to her."
Hua's face, which had just been happy, immediately turned slightly angry.
Hong Pu ignored all this and continued, "Master shouldn't ask Miss for her rouge money to pay off his debts. Not to mention that the account office in the palace won't give him an advance. Even if they can pay him back, he will regret it after getting the money. He might even take it to the gambling house and lose it. Then he will probably owe the gambling house a loan shark. Is it Madam Hua's turn to pay for the gambling this time?"
Although Hong Pu's words were fantastic, when it really happened to Shen Pingchang, no one who knew him would not believe it.
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Then I heard the rough girl who was cross-eyed just now actually laughing out loud. She laughed more and more wantonly, and even held her stomach and laughed out loud.
She pointed at Hua and said, "Sell her for gambling money... She? People bought her because they thought she was too old..."
Shen Wen couldn't help but ask Shen Shuchan: "Which courtyard is this girl from? She is so brave."
Shen Shuchan replied: "You don't even remember her. She was the horse girl Li Mahuaer in the stable! You were scared and cried several times by her when you were a child, but you have forgotten it."
Only then did Li Mahua stand up straight and bow to the Shen family and Shen Shuchan.
Hua twisted Shen Pingchang's ear and scolded, "Do you dare to go to the gambling house to gamble again? I will tell you all the good things you have done. Have you forgotten the last time the old marquis broke your leg? The old marquis said that if you dare to get involved in the gambling house, I will take the letter he wrote and hand it to the ancestral hall to drive you out of the Shen family tree. From now on, you are not allowed to have the surname Shen! Shen Pingchang, don't think I'm easy to bully. All the people in your mansion tricked me into being your mistress. Do you think I'm as weak and bullied as your two children? I tell you, you are dreaming. Even the old marquis is afraid of the handle in my hand. Don't force me and your family to fight to the death. By then, we barefoot people are not afraid of those wearing shoes."
Shen Pingchang's ears were hurt by her pulling, and he was very angry. He struggled to break free and pushed Hua to the ground. At this time, he had the momentum of a master, and he scolded Hua with violent eyes, "You ignorant bitch, don't dream of trying to make trouble for my father. After all, don't you want to make a comeback by relying on my family's relationship? After all, don't you, Hua, have to be my concubine? You ignorant woman, get out of here and go back to your room. I will deal with you later."
Seeing that he was tougher than before, Hua actually left obediently.
Shen Pingchang was always moody, and once he got angry, it was hard to calm down. Thinking of what Hong Pu said to him, he kicked Hong Pu in anger, then grabbed Shen Wen by the collar and dragged him into the house. He looked at Shen Shuchan and said, "You disobedient and unfilial bastard, I raised you up, and now you don't listen to me once you leave this house. I'm going to teach you a lesson today."
Shen Shuchan smiled bitterly in her heart.
Here she is again, always picking on the weak. In the past, when her younger brother was favored by the old man, she would beat him ruthlessly. Now that she is a concubine, she has weight in front of the old man, and Shen Wen not only brought shame to the Shen family but also hurt Shen Haofeng, so she must have lost the favor of the old man, so he beat Shen Wen without any scruples.
Shen Pingchang dragged Shen Wen into the house, and Shen Shuchan and Hong Pu followed behind.
Shen Pingchang threw Shen Wen onto a chair, rolled up his sleeves and was about to slap him in the face, but when he realized that Shen Wen was not afraid or begging for mercy, he raised his hand and hesitated to slap him.
Shen Wen laughed and said, "Go ahead and hit me! You always do this, pretending to be nice and waiting for me to beg for mercy and say nice things to you, and then use me to threaten Seventh Sister so that you can control me and give me benefits."
Seeing that he was getting tough, Shen Pingchang was frightened and slowly put his hand down.
Shen Shuchanyun sat in a chair and watched this scene quietly. She smiled and said, "Father dared not disobey grandfather. We didn't understand this when we were young. Now he wants to deceive us, but it won't work. If father really dares to slap him in the face, he will turn around and show grandfather the slap mark. Father will get ten slaps on the face and a kick in the heart."
Shen Pingchang was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
Shen Shuchan said, "It's just money! I can give you a few hundred taels, but this time it's my turn to talk to father about the conditions... Father is always good at saying nice things to please the uncles, so tell me what you want now."
When Shen Pingchang heard about giving money to Hua, he immediately smiled and said, "Really? You give money when Dad says something nice to you?"
Shen Shuchan nodded.
Shen Pingchang cleared his throat and asked, "What good words do you want to hear, daughter? Can Daddy praise your husband, Prince Rui?"
Shen Shuchan shook her head.
Shen Pingchang added: "Oh, right! My daughter, you like others to praise you for being beautiful and smart, then daddy will praise you..."
Shen Shuchan interrupted him and said, "Who are you trying to please? You said bad things about Third Uncle in front of First Uncle, and you picked on First Uncle in front of Third Uncle, but they were all so happy about what you said. Why did Dad pretend to be confused when he came to me?"
Shen Pingchang understood immediately. He immediately said that the eldest master was hypocritical, insidious and unlikable, the third master was a bastard who only looked for his mother, and there were several nephews and nephews who followed suit, all of them pretending to be arrogant.
Shen Shuchan clapped her hands in approval and immediately waved her hand to ask Hongpu to take out the banknotes and give them to him.
Shen Pingchang was so happy after getting the money that he acted like a fool, and he never mentioned teaching Shen Wen a lesson again.
Shen Shuchan did not return to the palace, but went to her boudoir to rest.
Shen Wen's room was occupied by Hua. Shen Pingchang asked her to clean up one of the other unoccupied rooms, but she refused. This made Shen Pingchang so angry that he called her a shrew. She then went to ask Li Mahuaer, but she couldn't find any trace of the stinky girl after searching everywhere.
There were a few empty rooms for the servants. Ever since Hua came in, the maids who used to serve him were beaten by her and sent back to their own homes to be recuperated. Shen Pingchang's maid left even earlier. When he broke his leg due to gambling, the old marquis ordered his maids to be sent away and did not let anyone serve him.
The fox ancestor didn't mind whether it was a servant's room or not. After entering the yard, it ran to each room, followed by Lin Bao, who served him personally. Before dusk, it lay in Lin Bao's arms and fell asleep in the servant's room.
It was almost time to go to bed, and Shen Pingchang was pacing around the room angrily. However, Shen Wen said that he wanted to live in the same room with Shen Pingchang. Shen Pingchang looked at him and then at Hua.
Hua paused in her toothpicking motion, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, then stood up and went back to her room.
In this way, Shen Wen and Shen Pingchang lived in the same room.
Shen Pingchang slept on the big bed, and Shen Wen slept on the small bed used by the maid to keep watch at night.
Just after the second watch, Shen Pingchang was sleeping soundly in bed, snoring, and he kicked his legs and turned over.
Shen Wen quietly got up and walked gently to Shen Pingchang's bed. She put her mouth next to Shen Pingchang's ear and suddenly called his name in a sharp voice. Shen Pingchang, who was still sleeping, was frightened and immediately sat up. Unexpectedly, Shen Wen suddenly hit him on the back of the neck with a knife.
Then she took out the jars of good wine that Shen Pingchang had hidden from under the bed, opened them, pried open Shen Pingchang's mouth, and poured them in violently. She would stop when he choked, until she had finished seven or eight bottles of wine. Although Shen Pingchang was unconscious, he had several vomitings. Shen Wen blocked his mouth with a handkerchief, then quickly removed one of his arms, picked up his other arm, pinched his fingers, and broke them with a click. Under such torture, Shen Pingchang, who was drunk and dreaming, was half awake. Shen Wen shook a jade pendant in front of him and hypnotized him.
The hypnosis was quick and effective, and Shen Pingchang listened to Shen Wen very obediently.
Shen Wen said: "Shen Pingchang, let me ask you, how did the person who gave birth to Shen Wen die? Was it you who caused his death?"
After listening to this, Shen Pingchang fell into deep thought for a long time. His expression showed admiration, jealousy, hatred and finally pain. He sobbed and nodded with a sore nose.
Shen Wen said: "Who is he?"
Shen Pingchang thought about it and shook his head: "I don't know."
Shen Wen didn't give up and asked again: "You really don't know which one he is?"
Shen Pingchang said sadly: "He is the one the prince likes, a high and mighty person, and someone I, Shen Pingchang, do not deserve to have."
Shen Wen was not expecting such unexpected information. He rolled his eyes and asked, "Is Shen Wen your biological son? Is he the child of that man and the prince?"
Shen Pingchang immediately shook his head and said, "No."
Shen Wen said: "I don't believe it. You don't care about your son at all. He must not be your flesh and blood."
Shen Pingchang lowered his head, and when he raised his head, his face was grim and he gnashed his teeth and said, "He shouldn't be alive. He was the one who took his life. I don't want him as a son. I just want him to live. Shen Wen deserves to die!"
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