The evil woman is arrogant and the cold emperor can't sleep at night

"An'er, I heard from Wan'er that she misunderstood you yesterday and caused you to be scolded by the Marquis. I have already taught her a lesson. You are the most generous person, so please don't bother with her. You two sisters have the best relationship."

When Zheng heard the word "aunt", her face turned ugly for a moment, and then she immediately smiled, pretending to be a loving mother as usual.

Shen Tangan couldn't help but sigh that both mother and daughter were masters of acting, but Zheng was obviously better, and she portrayed the role of the Smiling Tiger to perfection.

This one sentence put her on a pedestal. If she didn't forgive him, she would be considered a petty-minded, selfish person who didn't care about sisterhood.

Since she is such a good actress, naturally she needs some supporting roles. It's so tiring to perform a one-man show.

The next moment, she pretended to be sad, "Aunt loves my sister the most, how could she bear to teach her a lesson? My sister has slandered my innocence with her empty words, and I am already kind and protective of my sister by not beating her with 20 sticks. Are you blaming me for coming here now?"

Who wouldn't show weakness?

Zheng wanted to use a soft knife on her, so it depends on whether she can take it if she fights back.

"An'er, I love you the most. How can you say such things to make me feel sad? Every time you went to Lihua Garden, I didn't leave the best for you. Even Wan'er was chosen by you. Now you think I don't love you. It really makes me sad!"

As he spoke, he began to sob and looked as if he was heartbroken.

Xue Ji's face was solemn. Zheng always took advantage of the eldest daughter's soft heart and used the same old trick of crying, making a fuss and threatening to commit suicide.

He looked at his young lady worriedly, fearing that she would be bewitched by Zheng and fooled again.

Finally, he made up his mind, stepped forward and stood in front of his young lady, saying respectfully.

"Aunt, the eldest lady is ill and is feeling dizzy now. Let's talk about this another day."

"How dare you, a servant girl, speak here!"

Zheng's eyebrows raised and she shouted loudly, without any sign of being weak and vulnerable as she had just shown.

She was suppressing her anger in her heart. It was bad enough that Shen Tangan was difficult to deal with, but how could even the maidservant around her dare to boss her around?

Shen Tangan's eyes turned cold. This was her territory. When would it be the turn of a concubine to scold her maid in person?

"Xueji is the top maid in my courtyard. If she can't speak here, where should she speak? To my aunt's Lihua Garden?"

She asked with a forced smile, raised her hand to let Xue Ji, who looked grateful, step behind her, and faced Zheng, whose face had changed.

She really knows how to turn trash into treasure. Every time she went to Lihuayuan, Zheng never took out anything decent.

He would cry poor and act pitiful in front of her every time, telling her about the difficulties he had faced in the past and trying every possible way to get money from her.

Whenever she gave her some out-of-fashion jewelry, she would hint that she should return it double the amount. Every time Shen Qingwan came to her house, she acted like a bandit and almost emptied her makeup box.

Any piece of her jewelry is worth thousands of Zheng’s junk.

Now he is still shameless and says he is good to her. Even if it is just a little bit, it is just a trick to confuse her and make her stop struggling before eating her.

"An'er, she is just a maid, how dare she mess with the relationship between us mother and daughter? Listen to me and send her away."

Zheng stopped crying and her tone became cold and hard. If you didn't know her, you would really think she was Shen Tangan's biological mother. She behaved like the mistress of the house.

Unfortunately, she is narrow-minded and calculating, and if you look closely you can see her villainous ambitions that she cannot hide.

"You are just a concubine. When did you become qualified to be called my mother? My mother is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel and the mistress of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion, and you are just a concubine who was brought in from a side door and doesn't even have a clerk in the Ministry of Revenue."

Shen Tangan had a blank expression on his face. He stared at her and heard every word she said clearly.

Every word was like a knife stabbing Zheng's heart, leaving her frozen in place, her lips trembling with embarrassment.

She was most ashamed of her identity, and it was a lifelong regret that she was not able to be married to the marquis in a grand ceremony.

Now she is in charge of the inner house of the Marquis' Mansion, and there is no shortage of flatterers around her. Since she entered the mansion over the years, she has stepped on the mother and daughter of the Lin family many times, so that she almost forgot that she is just a concubine.

The mistresses had the right to sell them at will, but they had no right to be treated as concubines on an equal footing with them.

These past events were suddenly brought up, and she was stunned for a moment. She felt embarrassed, and her past events emerged one by one, and her face gradually turned pale.

Looking up at the person in front of me, who seemed so calm and unattainable just by sitting there, my heart was devoured by hatred.

Shen Tangan was so stupid before, how come he suddenly became so smart?

Not only was he eloquent, but every word he said to her was full of pearls, which was so cruel that she had no power to resist. After all, he was always inferior to her in status.

He lowered his eyes to hide the surging hatred. When he looked up again, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. He bit his lower lip tightly and begged with trembling voice.

"Miss, please forgive Wan'er for her young age! You are the elder sister, and she likes you the most. If you really can't help it, I will kneel down for you."

As she said this, she stood up and was about to kneel down. Shen Tangan was just wondering what she was singing about when he heard a burst of angry shouts from behind.

"Rebellious girl!"

Shen Jiyuan appeared at some point, and in a rage he rushed forward to help Zheng, who had not yet kneeled down, and pointed at her and cursed.

"Shen Tangan, you are so rebellious that you actually let the elders kneel down to you! Do you want your father to kneel down to you one day?"

Shen Tangan asked her why she suddenly gave in, and it turned out that she had sent someone to inform her father.

He frowned as he listened to the scolding in his ear and rolled his eyes speechlessly. He felt that he needed to look up while sitting, which made him lose momentum, so he stood up suddenly.

Shen Jiyuan subconsciously took a half step back, as if he was afraid that she would take action.

Seeing his vigilant look, Shen Tangan couldn't help laughing. It turned out that her father was a weak person and his strong appearance was all fake.

"Master, the young lady didn't make things difficult for me. Please don't get angry. Don't get yourself hurt."

Zheng hid behind him, holding him down gently, her charming eyes misty with tears, and it didn't look like what she said.

"Evil creature! How dare you insult my stepmother in broad daylight? How audacious!"

As expected, Shen Jiyuan started cursing without even finding out what happened.

"Aunt, I am closest to you, how could I embarrass you? I treat you better than I treat my mother, and I always send all the good things to Lihuayuan first. How could you frame me like this in front of my father?"

Shen Tangan sighed that Zheng was really good at confusing right and wrong, while he took out his handkerchief and burst into tears.

Who doesn't know how to put the blame on someone else?

Isn’t this Zheng’s favorite trick?

Then she will give him a taste of his own medicine!

The two people opposite were startled by her sudden action. Shen Jiyuan was stunned when he heard this, and actually felt that it made some sense.

In recent years, she has indeed become closer to Zheng. She has quarreled with Lin many times over this matter and has also defended Zheng in front of him several times.

Thinking of this, he felt a little uncomfortable. If the nanny beside Zheng had not told him that Zheng had gone to Qingzhu Courtyard, he would not have rushed here.

As soon as he entered the yard, he saw the rebellious girl standing high and mighty, crying and kneeling, and in a moment of anger he spoke his mind.

Who made her so arrogant and domineering that she always bullied Wan'er and her daughter? Even many servants disliked her.