jdhmnovel Chapter 306: You are the one who should explain
Chapter 306: You are the one who should explain
Shen Wenting had a comforting look on his face, but when he saw Zheng Cheng and the people who had not left yet, how could he dare to send them back openly at this moment? Otherwise, he should go back and explain to Chen Shuhua. If the matter was brought to the emperor, it would be even more difficult to end. So he cleared his throat and said like a gentleman: "Today's matter was well-intentioned, but it caused misunderstanding among the people. We should be careful to avoid letting others misunderstand our relationship!
You should go back on your own! As a woman, you should go back earlier and be careful on the road!"
Runiang looked at him affectionately and nodded.
Shen Wenting looked reluctant, but still turned around and chased after Chen Shuhua's carriage.
After everyone left, the people slowly dispersed: "Bah, what a joke, it seems that Minister Shen is just a hypocritical villain!"
"Who says he isn't? He used to look like a gentleman, but in reality he is a scoundrel!"
"A man who doesn't keep his word should be taken to the Jingshifang and castrated!"
"You're too cruel, but it's also true! Only castrated men will be obedient."
The people dispersed in twos and threes. Zheng Cheng was on his way back. He also wanted to kill Shen Wenting. He never expected that Shen Wenting's usual humble and polite appearance of a scholar was just an act. In fact, he was a despicable, cowardly, selfish villain.
He thought too simply. Over the years, he always thought that Shen Wenting treated her very well and lived a happy life. In the eyes of others, they were always a model envied by everyone in Beijing. Unexpectedly, this was not the case. When he saw her miserable appearance when she left, his heart ached.
When they were young, they were childhood sweethearts and had feelings for each other, but Zheng Cheng felt that he had nothing and was not worthy of Chen Shuhua. In order to stand by her side and let her live a good life, he worked hard to fight for his chance to succeed. Even though she was already engaged at that time, he was unwilling to give up. He wanted to rely on himself, make military exploits, and return home in glory so that she would marry him and let his deceased parents feel at ease.
But who would have thought that when he was only ordered to go out on a mission, she had already broken off the engagement and married someone else. He completed the mission perfectly and was rewarded, but he missed his beloved forever.
During those years, he could never let go. He went to the battlefield, fought bravely, and suffered countless injuries. When he was old enough to stand by her side, it was too late. No matter how hard he tried, she was already married and there was no possibility for them to be together anymore.
Old Madam Chen asked a matchmaker to introduce him to many marriage proposals, but he rejected them all. He has been fighting on the battlefield for many years and has never married.
Yao Qingnian didn't know about their past until she heard her grandmother talk about it. She thought, if Chen Shuhua could be with Zheng Cheng, they would definitely live happily...
Not long after sending Chen Shuhua back to the yard, Shen Wenting came.
Chen Shuhua gave her a reassuring look and told her to go back and rest, saying that she had something to talk to Shen Wenting alone.
Yao Qingnian nodded and told her to shout if anything happened, and the maid would come to inform her as soon as possible. This was also a warning to Shen Wenting that if he dared to mess around, he would never let him go.
The two sat in the yard for a long time without saying anything. Finally, Shen Wenting couldn't sit still anymore and asked, "Chen Shuhua, won't you explain what happened today?"
"You are the one who should explain, right?"
Chen Shuhua has always had a mild temper and usually speaks softly to Shen Wenting, but today her attitude was cold and distant, which made him very unhappy and he felt the anger in his heart rising again.
"Why didn't you tell me that you brought Nianran back to the Duke's Mansion today? Did you go to meet your childhood sweetheart without telling me?"
Hearing this, Chen Shuhua stood up suddenly and slapped Shen Wenting in the face: "What nonsense are you talking about! After being married for decades, I finally see that you are such a person. You don't know right from wrong, and you don't trust me at all!"
"You hit me?! Are you angry and embarrassed because I said it right?" Shen Wenting's face was full of shock, and his eyes were filled with anger.
"Oh! Shen Wenting! Do you think everyone is as fickle as you, favoring the maid one foot and hooking up with the woman outside the next? Is this what you promised me when we got married? I haven't questioned you yet, but you're blaming me first? What a preemptive move!
I swear that Zheng Chengqing and I are innocent and have never overstepped the line. Today he just followed my mother's instructions to send me and Nianran back. If he tells any lies, God will punish him with five thunders! He will die a miserable death!
Do you dare? Do you dare to swear that you have nothing to do with that Ru Niang and have never done anything to let me down? If you dare to swear on your future and your own mother, I will believe you today and will trust you unconditionally in the future! "
Shen Wenting had done so many things to let Chen Shuhua down. He didn't dare to swear on his own future and his mother. He changed the subject: "Don't say so much nonsense. Don't you know what kind of person I am?! I think I was too good to you, so I let you go out and meet other men! From today on, you don't have to go out. Stay at home and reflect on yourself. Think about where you went wrong!"
"You are too good to me?" Chen Shuhua sneered. It was indeed very good. He came and went as he pleased. For so many years, the harmony between the couple in the eyes of outsiders was nothing but her day and night expectations and one-sided wishful thinking.
She didn't even know that her dearest parents were sick. She was really unfilial. She didn't care about her daughter even when she was sent to the countryside. She was obsessed with the man in front of her who she thought only had her in his heart! What on earth has she been doing all these years! At this moment, she suddenly woke up! Isn't it too late for everything? Her daughter is back, and her father's illness is cured. Only they are the ones she should pay the most. What kind of person is Shen Wenting!
"Am I not good enough to you? I'm too lazy to argue with you! When did you become so unreasonable? Yes, it's after that girl came back! Shen Nianran is the disaster star!" It seemed that everything became out of his control after that girl came back.
"She is not a disaster star! She is my daughter, my lucky star. You may not care about her, but I do!" Chen Shuhua shouted at the top of her lungs.
This was the first time she had lost her temper since they got married, and she yelled out all the grievances and dissatisfaction she had accumulated over the years.
"You! You are unreasonable! From today on, you will hand over the housekeeper's power. Aren't you very capable? My huge Shangshu Mansion cannot survive without you! How can I not turn it around!"