The days were getting colder and colder. The late autumn season had passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was winter. This year, the General’s Mansion was especially bleak. Shen Miao was grounded in the Shen family’s mansion, and Shen Qing was bedridden. Every day, only Shen Yue went to Guangwen Hall. Only Chen Ruoqiu brought Shen Yue to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Naturally, Shen Yue was in the limelight again. However, these things had nothing to do with Shen Miao.
As time passed, Shen Qing’s matter was getting more urgent. Ren Wanyun asked Doctor Chen to prescribe some pills to ease Shen Qing’s morning sickness. If this continued, the truth would sooner or later be discovered.
“This can’t go on.” Ren Wanyun frowned and pressed her forehead. “I have to think of a way to get Qing to go out and hide.” Moreover, she would bring Shen Qing back after she gave birth to the child. In order to avoid attention, she would tell people that Shen Qing was infected with a contagious disease.
“But with Miss’s current health, she will definitely suffer on the way.” Xianglan was a little worried. “Besides, it will definitely take some time for her to recover. Her youth will be wasted in recuperation…”
Ren Wanyun frowned. That’s right. Shen Qing was already 16 years old. In another year, she would be 17 years old. In fact, it was just right for girls in the capital to get married at the age of 16 or 17. However, Shen Qing was the daughter of a government official, so the family she wanted to marry into was naturally a rich one. In another year, all the good children would probably have been taken away.
“Yuan will only be able to return at the end of the year. Now, Qing’s pregnancy is becoming more and more obvious.” A trace of ruthlessness flashed across Ren Wanyun’s eyes.
“Madam.” Caiju, who had been silent all this while, said, “I heard that the wife of the Minister of Zhongshu, Mrs. Wei, has been talking to Third Madam recently. She seems to come to matchmake her eldest son with Fifth Miss.”
“Shen Miao!” Ren Wanyun gritted her teeth. “She’s really lucky!” The Minister of Zhongshu was a fourth-grade official. Although Shen Xin was a first-grade general, the eldest son of the Wei family, Wei Qian, was a young man with extraordinary talent and good looks. At least in terms of talent, he was definitely worthy of Shen Miao. Moreover, Wei Qian had already become an official at a young age. He would probably be successful in the future.
“I heard that the Wei family wants to cozy up to the Shen family.” Cai Ju said, “That’s why they want to marry their son to Shen Miao to establish a friendship with the Shen family.”
“She’s lucky.” Ren Wanyun’s expression was a little ferocious. All these years, although Shen Xin was very powerful, almost no one came to the Shen family to propose marriage for Shen Miao. It was because Shen Miao was too weak and stupid.
Therefore, no matter how powerful and prestigious Shen Xin was, no one was interested in Shen Miao.
Now that the Wei family suddenly came to propose marriage, although Cai Ju said that they wanted to curry favor with the Shen family, on careful thought, it was probably because Shen Miao’s performance at the test that day was refreshing to everyone. Shen Miao was no longer the stupid girl people took her to be, which was what drove the Wei family to take action.
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Now that Shen Qing was still bedridden, Ren Wanyun certainly could not stand by and watch Shen Miao, the one who caused everything, live a good life.
“Madam, don’t worry.” Xianglan said, “Old Madam will definitely not agree to this marriage.”
