Chapter 310 Ashamed
The baptism ceremony is over.

Qi Heng and Princess Jiacheng left first.

Then, while the two families were talking to each other before parting, Mrs. Chen quietly brought Wang Ruofu to the side to talk.

"Madam Wang."

Seeing that Wang Ruofu was still talking and laughing freely, Madam Chen came close to her and said softly:
"There have been rumors about the Sheng family in Bianjing City recently. Have you heard about it?"

"Sheng family? My family?"

The smile on Wang Ruofu's face froze for a moment, and she felt a little frightened.

If we talk about the incident at home, it was only a few days ago...

However, Wang Ruofu still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

After all, when she arrested people in Yuqing Temple, she had people cordon off the place like an iron barrel, and all the servants were selected and had signed death contracts, so there was no way the news would leak out.

Thinking of this, Wang Ruofu forced a laugh:
"I wonder what the lady is talking about? I have no idea."

Just as their family had a happy event, something unexpected happened in the Sheng family. Even if Madam Chen was very good at cultivating her temper, she was in no mood to beat around the bush with Wang Ruofu and leave any room for her.

Therefore, Mrs. Chen said directly:

"There's a rumor in Bianjing recently that your fourth daughter fell down in Yuqing Temple, and the sixth son of the Liang family helped her up. The two of them were hugging each other, looking very embarrassed..."

As she spoke, Madam Chen frowned slightly, turned her head and looked directly at Wang Ruofu opposite her, and said:

"I can't tell whether this excitement is true or not, so I can only tell you something. You have to stop this rumor as soon as possible, otherwise people outside will stir up trouble and spread rumors, which will be bad for you and Hua'er."

Madam Chen guessed that there might be more to the story, and maybe Molan had done something even more outrageous, so she kept the matter "hidden" from Wang Ruofu, so that Wang Ruofu still doesn't know about it.

"This this……"

Wang Ruofu's heart was filled with turmoil at this moment.

"This matter has actually been spread out? And it has spread all over Bianjing?!"

When Wang Ruofu thought about the consequences if this matter got out, his eyes suddenly turned dark and he felt like the sky was falling!
What a catastrophic disaster!
Moreover, these words were told to Wang Ruofu by Madam Chen, Hualan's aunt, which made her feel even more ashamed.

Fortunately, judging from the tone of Madam Chen's voice at the moment, it didn't seem like she would make things difficult for Hualan for this.

This is the only thing that comforts Wang Ruofu.

"I have never heard of this before."

Wang Ruofu's face turned pale and blue. She turned her head away and dared not look at Madam Chen. She replied with a difficult tone:
"Thank you for telling me, madam. I will go home and find out the truth!"

Since she had already said she didn't know, Wang Ruofu could no longer admit it regardless of whether Madam Chen believed it or not.

What's more, such things cannot be acknowledged.

Otherwise, how would Hualan get along in the Yang family?
How will Rulan find a husband in the future?

Wang Ruofu's heart was in turmoil, and she immediately turned around and fled. She didn't dare to stay in front of Madam Chen for fear of making herself look even more cowardly.

But just as he was about to turn around.

Wang Ruofu's body suddenly froze.

Then he suddenly turned around, with a look of great hope on his face, and said to Mrs. Chen in a pleading tone:
"Madam, please don't tell Hua'er about this. She shouldn't listen to it right now."

Upon hearing what Wang Ruofu said, Mrs. Chen's expression eased a little.

"Although Wang Ruofu is not good at managing the household, she is still concerned about her children."

"That's for sure."

Mrs. Chen's face turned better, and she nodded slightly in agreement, and then said another consoling sentence:
"My family knows very well what Hua'er and Changbai are like. The eldest lady's temper is also obvious to everyone in Bianjing City. Don't believe the rumors now."

"Yes, thank you for your understanding, ma'am!"

Wang Ruofu felt uneasy, and after simply accepting Mrs. Chen's consolation, she did not dare to stay any longer.

Walking into the courtyard, Wang Ruofu lowered her head and came to the side of Sheng Hong. She first bowed slightly to Yang Yuqing, who was having a friendly conversation with Sheng Hong, and then pulled Sheng Hong aside to talk.

Sheng Hong was extremely unhappy.

I finally had the chance to chat and laugh with such a high-ranking official, and we got along very well. It will be a great topic of conversation when I tell others about it in the future.

How could you, a woman, be so ignorant as to interfere with my discussion of literature and philosophy with Brother Yang?
Sheng Hong was not happy.

But Wang Ruofu just kept covering her face with her long sleeves and held the cuffs of her sleeves tightly with her right hand.

If the stalemate continues like this, and Yang Yuqing finds out, it would be a bit unbecoming.

So, Sheng Hong had no choice but to apologize to Yang Yuqing and walk to the side with Wang Ruofu.

"What are you doing?!"

As soon as he walked to the side, Sheng Hong shook his sleeves with a rather unhappy look on his face and said impatiently:
"Didn't you see that I was having a very pleasant conversation with Elder Yang?"

"What are we still talking about? A catastrophic disaster is upon us!" Wang Ruofu immediately retorted in a low voice without flinching.

Sheng Hong knew Wang Ruofu's temper. Seeing her like this, he knew something bad must be happening. So he adjusted his mindset, leaned forward to Wang Ruofu, frowned, and asked:
"Why are you so alarmed?"

"you……!"

Wang Ruofu pointed her finger at Mo Lan who was standing beside her. When she was about to start scolding him, she suddenly shut her mouth and glared at Sheng Hong:
"I'll talk to you when I get home!"

Sheng Hong thought that this matter must be of great importance, so he did not dare to delay. He and Wang Ruofu immediately gathered all their children and said goodbye to Yang Yuqing and Yang Wenyuan.

Seeing that Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu looked in a hurry, Yang Wenyuan would not stop them and saw them off out the door.

Jiying Lane.

At the gate of Sheng Mansion.

A group of children came in one after another.

Molan, who had the good fortune to go out for a happy event, was once again escorted back to the ancestral hall by several old women.

Before leaving the house today, Wang Ruofu thought that the matter was still being kept secret by her family. Thinking that today was her grandson's wedding and it wouldn't do to miss anything, she allowed Molan to go out.

But at this moment, Wang Ruofu wished she could beat Molan to death on the spot!

Wang Ruofu stared at Molan's back with cold eyes as she walked into the door. At this time, Sheng Hong's question came from the side.

"Madam, what's going on? Tell me, what happened?"

"What is it? What else could it be?!"

Wang Ruofu waved her hand and asked Madam Liu to close the door of her house. Then she walked towards Shou'an Hall in the back house in a menacing manner, saying hatefully as she walked:

"I am so ashamed! I am so ashamed!

I have really lost all my face today!"

When Wang Ruofu thought about what was just said, which was actually said by Madam Chen in front of her, she wanted to bang her head against the wall and die!
But before she died, she had to take the mother and daughter from Lin Qi Pavilion as her scapegoat!
Originally, Sheng Hong had already advised Molan not to bring the matter to the old lady's attention and that the two of them could make the decision on their own.

After all, when something like this happened, it would be embarrassing for both of them as parents, so the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

But at this moment, Wang Ruofu no longer wanted to hide it.

Now the whole Bian Jing knows about it, is it possible that an old lady in my family is still missing?
"Ma'am, what happened?"

Seeing Wang Ruofu like this, Sheng Hong already had some guesses in his mind, but when he saw Wang Ruofu walking all the way to Shou'an Hall, Sheng Hong immediately hesitated. He followed Wang Ruofu closely and said repeatedly:

"Madam, hasn't this been agreed upon? There's no need to bother mother..."

"Bother you? How else do you want to bother me?"

Hearing this, Wang Ruofu stopped and stood still, almost colliding with Sheng Hong who was unable to dodge.

"Now, the good news of your daughter Molan has spread throughout the entire Bianjing. Everyone knows about it. Are you still going to hide it from your mother?"

"What...what?" Sheng Hong's eyes widened immediately and he shouted:
"Didn't you say that you had already arranged that all the maids and servants who went there that day would be people who had signed death contracts with your family? How did the news spread throughout the entire Bianjing?"

"how could I know?"

Wang Ruofu sneered and looked straight at Sheng Hong, staring at the panic in his eyes:

"You feel embarrassed now? Then do you know how embarrassed I was just now?"

Wang Ruofu pointed at herself with her handkerchief tightly clenched, and said sharply:

"Just now, in the Pingyang Marquis's mansion, do you know how proud I was when Madam Chen told me this?"

I was in the mansion of Marquis Pingyang just now.

When Wang Ruofu suddenly heard this from Madam Chen, she almost fainted at first, but she suddenly thought to herself that this happened at another house, and it was easy for her to faint, but wouldn't it be an admission of guilt?

So Wang Ruofu had to bite her tongue to force herself to stay awake.

Then I forced myself to endure it all the way.

At this moment, Wang Ruofu no longer felt dizzy. Instead, she was so upset that she wanted to poke a hole in the sky!

Sheng Hong was speechless after hearing these words, and Wang Ruofu continued to walk towards Shou'an Hall.

"Now that things have come to this, there is no need to hide it from mother anymore. We should ask her to make the decision."

"See what happens to your good daughter and your good lover!"

Shou'an Hall.

Met Mrs. Sheng.

Wang Ruofu was about to tell the whole story of Molan's incident, including the details that had spread throughout Bian Jing and were told to her personally by Madam Chen.

However, before Wang Ruofu could finish explaining everything in detail, Mrs. Sheng, who had been sitting quietly at the top of the table, suddenly fainted.

"Doctor, go find a doctor!"

Sheng Hong shouted hurriedly.

After working for a long time, everyone finally settled Mrs. Sheng. However, when Wang Ruofu stepped out of the door to go back to Weiruixuan, she was exhausted and dizzy. She suddenly felt dizzy and fainted at the door, leaning against it and unconscious.

"Doctor, call the doctor back!"

There was another round of frantic calls for a doctor.

The doctor, who had just left, was called back by the Sheng family.

Finally, on the second day, Mrs. Sheng and Wang Ruofu woke up one after another.

As the sun sets, the sky gradually darkens.

The setting sun is like blood.

Shou'an Hall.

Old Madam Sheng, wearing a headband, sat at the top with a frown on her face.

Wang Ruofu looked out the window blankly, occasionally glancing at Sheng Hong with an unfriendly look.

Sheng Hong looked very uneasy.

Finally, Sheng Hong broke the silence.

He bowed his head and said respectfully:
"My son's poor parenting has affected the family, and has also caused my mother and my wife to become ill due to anxiety..."

"Now that things have come to this, there is no need to say more."

Old Madam Sheng sighed heavily, glanced at Wang Ruofu briefly, then turned to Sheng Hong and said:

"You have been an official in the court for many years. You have survived all the rumors and slanders. Why can't you see through Miss Lin?"

Sheng Hong buried his head even deeper.

Seeing that Wang Ruofu had no intention of speaking, Old Lady Sheng continued:

"The path that Molan is taking now is the same path that Lin Xiaoniang took in the past, and she succeeded..."

"The child was still young at the time..."

Sheng Hong tried to defend himself quietly, but was immediately interrupted by Old Madam Sheng:
"You are not the young one, but the two remaining daughters in the family. They have suffered this unprovoked disaster and have nowhere to turn to for justice."

"Don't think I'm looking for faults in you."

Old Madam Sheng said earnestly:

"However, how many mistakes have you made regarding Miss Lin from the beginning until now?
But I just don’t learn my lesson.

As long as she throws a tantrum and cries, she will soften your heart, lift you up high, and then put you down gently."

Sheng Hong immediately raised his head and was about to explain, but when he glanced at Wang Ruofu who was looking back at him from the corner of his eye, he stopped talking and just said in a muffled voice:

"Not entirely."

"How come there isn't?"

Seeing that Sheng Hong still had good intentions towards Lin Qinshuang, Old Lady Sheng immediately said:
"Do you think you have no fault in this matter?"

Sheng Hong responded in a low voice:

"The child was not well disciplined, so he will go to the ancestral temple to receive punishment."

“Not only that!”

Facing Sheng Hong's surprised look, Old Madam Sheng said coldly:

"The fact that Molan met someone else at home is largely due to you!"

"In me?" Sheng Hong widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Wang Ruofu also looked at Old Lady Sheng at the same time.

"Why not you?"

Seeing that Sheng Hong had no intention of repenting, Old Lady Sheng no longer gave him face and said bluntly:
"If you hadn't spoiled Miss Lin for so many years, causing her to become increasingly unbridled and ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, how could she have dared to instigate Molan to do such a shameful thing?"

"Molan should be a good child. It would be great if she was raised in the Madam's room. She may not be as good as Hua'er, but she should not be much worse than Ming'er. But how do you do it?"

"But you insist on pampering that Miss Lin!"

Old Madam Sheng looked at Sheng Hong and said word by word:

"They said they wanted to keep her in the care of her blood relationship and not separate her from her daughter. They insisted on raising her under her biological mother's lap. What's going on now?"

"She is indeed being raised by her biological mother now, but what is the result? She has completely forgotten the entire huge Sheng family that gave birth to her!"

"To be able to have such reckless thoughts, it must be because of her little mother's thoughts about her day and night!"

After Mrs. Sheng finished speaking, Sheng Hong lowered his head and was speechless.

Old Madam Sheng continued:

"It's not limited to this. Molan can get married, but what about Changfeng? Changfeng is the son of the Sheng family. If anything goes wrong with him, it will not only be a matter of face and reputation. Last year, he made friends with the Qiu family and caused you to be detained in the palace by the emperor. Now you have forgotten it?"

Sheng Hong was immediately startled.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the current situation of the Qiu family.

Ever since the position of Crown Prince Yong was decided, the Qiu family became the target of liquidation. Not only those who worked in the Yan Palace, but even his good friend Qiu Jing were demoted.

This is the case now, let alone when Prince Yong succeeds to the throne in the future.

Even the Qiu family’s official career will be even more difficult!
It can be said that the successful efforts of three generations have now been destroyed.

(End of this chapter)