Chapter 140 - I Have Objections!

Chu Junyi had thought that after his identity was revealed, there would be a certain degree of estrangement between the two of them. But in reality, Shen Ninghua’s attitude did not change at all. She even got closer to him because of the disclosure of this secret.

Chu Junyi sat in the room and pondered for a long time before suddenly laughing out loud. Perhaps in the eyes of others, his identity was too shocking, but to Shen Ninghua, whether he was a prince or not, it did not make any difference at all. There was just an additional title for him.

She didn’t care if you were a prince or a commoner. As long as you could win her approval, you could obtain her goodwill, which might be expressed implicitly.

The Governor of Capital Guards spent a hundred and twenty percent of his energy investigating the hunting incident, but he failed to find anything except some remaining Wanying pollen. He had planned to ask Shen Ninghua for some advice. Unfortunately, after he delivered the silver to her door, Shen Ninghua returned all of it intact.

Baili Jinze and Bu Jinglan who had been bitten by vipers during the hunt hadn’t woken up yet. The emperor was angry every day, and all the imperial doctors were extremely worried and upset.

Hearing this news, Shen Linghan was almost on the verge of going crazy. She was about to have her day. If Bu Jinglan was unable to wake up again, she didn’t know when she would rise to prominence.

She made a fuss in Qinxue Courtyard and drove all the maidservants out. At first, she kept shouting for Shen Ninghua to come see her. After shouting for a whole day, she found that no one paid attention to her and she simply went on a hunger strike.

Bai Ruo placed the tremella soup on the table and put away the chess manual that had been left there by Shen Ninghua. “Miss, Second Young Lady has been on a hunger strike for two days. The maid reported that she had fainted three times.”

Shen Ninghua picked up the tremella soup and took a sip. “Hunger strike? She’s quite capable now.”

“Two maids gossiped that you brought Second Young Lady back to torture her to death. I immediately dealt with them. However, this doesn’t seem to be the best way for things to go on. You wanted her to marry Bu Jinglan. If something really happened to her, I’m afraid that the follow-up plan wouldn’t work.”

Shen Ninghua sneered. “Don’t worry. She’s just using this to force me to save Bu Jinglan. She’s looking forward to the opportunity to rise up again. How can she be willing to die? Don’t worry about her. If she’s willing to go on a hunger strike, let her. I want to see if she really intends to starve herself to death.”

“Yes, Miss.” Bai Ruo took the bowl and was about to leave. Hong Ling quickly walked in.

“Miss, the Zhao family’s Matriarch, Old Lady Feng is here.”

Old Lady Feng? Shen Ninghua moved her hand on the table and her lips carried a trace of coldness. “Looks like Shen Linghan has sent for a helper.” As she spoke, Old Lady Feng had already walked in with her people.

Just like the last time they met, she brought a big group of maids and servants. They walked over arrogantly with an exceptionally aggressive aura.

Only when Old Lady Feng strode into the room did Shen Ninghua slowly stand up and lower her eyes. “Greetings, Matriarch Zhao. You’re a rare guest. If you notified me earlier, I would prepare some good tea to wait for you.” Barging into someone’s house without prior report was truly arrogant.

Old Lady Feng’s face was sullen, and there were deep wrinkles on both sides of her lips. There was no trace of smile on her face. “Shen Ninghua, I’m here to bring my granddaughter back to the Zhao family.”

“Bringing my sister back? Logically speaking, it has been a long time since my sister came to my mansion. No one from the Zhao family came before and you allowed my sister and father to suffer in the suburban courtyard. Now that my sister is going to be married to the Sixth Prince of the Great Yue Kingdom, you’ve come to pick her up. This is very strange.”

Old Lady Feng’s expression darkened, and the lady dressed in fancy clothes next to her shouted coldly, “How dared you! Is this how you treat your grandmother? Prefectural Princess Zhaohua, you have become the prefectural princess and have the emperor as your foster father, so you don’t recognize your own father anymore?”

Now that she knew her identity as Shen Ninghua’s grandmother. But where on earth was this grandmother when the Zhao family made things difficult for her so many times?

“This lady, since you know that His Majesty is my foster father, you still dare to speak to me like this?” Shen Ninghua looked at her coldly. Her voice was exceptionally cold. “His Majesty ordered me to separate from the Shen family. Ever since then, I had nothing to do with Shen Dong. However, he raised me up and I couldn’t do anything ungrateful to him. That’s why I couldn’t bear to see him suffer in a small courtyard in the suburbs and I brought him and my sister to my mansion as early as I could. I wonder based on what you could tell that I refused to recognize my own father?”

The person who had just spoken was Madam Sun. She was the wife of the Zhao family’s second son Zhao Ying, and she had quite a significant role in the Zhao family. No one had ever dared to challenge her. Shen Ninghua’s straightforward reply made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She felt that her authority had been offended and she directly scolded, “Prefectural Princess Zhaohua, if you really brought Linghan back to prevent her from suffering as you said, then why didn’t you even give her meals?”

Shen Ninghua sneered in her heart. They finally got to the point. “Madam Sun, there’s no basis for your words. Don’t smite with your tongue.”

Old Lady Feng hammered the ground with her lion-head-shaped walking stick. “A living person being tortured like this is the best evidence. What evidence do you need? As long as Linghan is alive, even in front of His Majesty, I dare to openly seek justice for my granddaughter! Sun, don’t talk so much nonsense. Let’s go directly to Qinxue Courtyard!”

After saying those words, Old Lady Feng stood up and walked out of the room with her walking stick.

Qing Que’s eyes flashed with killing intent as she asked Shen Ninghua, “Miss, do you want me to stop them?”

“Why stop them? They are looking for shame. We will just watch them playing the fool from the side. Hong Ling, go invite my father over.” Originally, she was afraid that bad rumors would spread out, so she specially prepared a countermeasure. It was just in time for her to use it today.

Old Lady Feng and her people directly barged into Qinxue Courtyard. Shen Linghan lay on the bed with a pale face. The corners of her eyes were red, and her face was covered with tears. Her palm-sized face looked exceptionally pitiful. When the door was pushed open, she was slightly stunned, as if she did not believe the people she saw were real.

“My poor girl! Linghan, grandmother should have come to pick you up earlier.”

Hearing the voice, Shen Linghan finally restored her senses. “Grandmother, you’ve finally come. I can feel at ease after seeing you again before I die. I’m sorry that I can’t do my filial duty to wait on you. If it’s possible in my next life, I still want to be your granddaughter.”

Old Lady Feng stepped forward and grabbed her fingers. Her tone was filled with sadness as she blamed her, “What nonsense are you talking about? How could you die? Don’t worry. I’m here, and you will live very well. If anyone wants you to die, I will not hesitate to dig out her heart and liver to see whether they are black or red!”

Shen Linghan’s eyes were red as she weakly called out “Grandmother.” Then, she hugged Old Lady Feng’s arm and cried out, “I almost couldn’t see you anymore.”

Madam Sun who was standing at the side wiped her tears as she watched this scene. Then, she turned to look at Shen Ninghua as if she was staring at an unforgivable villain. “Prefectural Princess Zhaohua, did you see what true kinship was? Today, we must bring Linghan away and not let her suffer here.”

“If Matriarch Feng and Madam Sun can take her away, I have no objections.” Shen Ninghua said nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Shen Linghan’s eyes flashed with pride, which disappeared so fast that it almost made people think that it was an illusion. And then she continued to cry.

Suddenly, a voice filled with anger came from the door. “Ninghua has no objections. I have!”

Old Lady Feng suddenly turned her head to look at the door and saw Shen Dong striding forward.

Seeing Shen Linghan lying on the bed more dead than alive, a trace of impatience flashed in Shen Dong’s eyes. This daughter was too capable of creating trouble. In comparison, Ninghua was much better. Why on earth was he blind in the past? Instead of supporting Ninghua, he chose to pamper this troublesome monster. “Linghan, your eldest sister has been good enough to you. Why did you cause so much trouble for her and call your grandmother over? ”

Old Lady Feng frowned and turned her head. “Shen Dong, what you said made no sense. She was clearly tortured and had to ask for help from me. Is there anything wrong with that?”

“Mother, as the eldest sister, Ninghua is already kind enough to Linghan. With regard to this hunger strike, Ninghua sent her many meals and Linghan threw them out. As a father, I can’t stand it anymore. Linghan is really too arrogant. Zhao and I spoiled her and made her such a lawless and ungrateful person. Now that she’s going to marry someone, I can’t keep spoiling her like this anymore. Mother, Linghan is just fine staying with me. She can’t go anywhere!”

Old Lady Feng stood up and looked at Shen Dong with a solemn expression. “You actually turned a blind eye to the suffering of your own daughter?”

Shen Dong said with a fake smile on his face. “Speaking of which, Zhao was dead, and I myself was convicted. I really can’t climb up to the high branches of the Zhao family, so you don’t need to be worried about Linghan.”

Old Lady Feng was so angry that she almost fainted. She wished she could slap Shen Dong in the face, but she couldn’t. After a long period of silence, she directly left with her people in a mighty manner.

Madam Sun said unwillingly from the side. “Mother, didn’t you say that you would use this matter to destroy Shen Ninghua’s reputation? Isn’t it a pity to give up just like that?”

Old Lady Feng pursed her lips, and the flesh on her cheeks trembled slightly. “I also feel it a pity. However, her own father has said those words. How can we forcefully take Shen Linghan away?”

Inside Qinxue Courtyard, Shen Linghan’s face instantly turned pale as she watched Old Lady Feng leaving in a hurry.

Now Shen Dong felt a headache whenever he saw Shen Linghan. He decided not to meet her at all. Seeing that Old Lady Feng had left, he said something and directly walked out.

Only Shen Linghan and Shen Ninghua remained in the room.

Shen Ninghua was dressed in a light pink silk ribbon dress embroidered with layers upon layers of exquisite butterflies and peonies.

Shen Linghan looked at her, and the hatred in her eyes kept surging out.

Shen Ninghua ignored her emotions and walked straight to her bed. She looked at Shen Linghan quietly. “If you had taken good care of yourself, your leg might be able to recover. Now, it seems that there is no hope at all.”

“What, what did you say?”

Shen Ninghua ignored her words and continued saying, “I will also dismiss all the maids and servants beside you. From now on, give up the idea for ever of sending messages out of my mansion!”