Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

When Shen Chuning arrived at Songhe Hall, she happened to see Shen Jingwan standing behind Old Madam Shen, massaging her shoulders.

Since the Sixth Princess has not yet left the palace to build her own residence, Shen Jingwan still needs to go to the palace seven days every ten days to accompany the princess to study.

Therefore, once Mu Xiu was at home, she liked to stay in Songhe Hall.

"Sister, it's really rare that you come so early today!" Shen Jingwan said sarcastically.

"It's not as early as Sister Wan's." Shen Chuning responded with a smile.

"The Sixth Princess kept Wan'er in the palace for more than a month. Wan'er really missed her grandmother, so she just came back last night and came specially this morning to have breakfast with her grandmother." Shen Jingwan's eyes flashed with pride.

Normally, the princess can go home for three days every ten days, but recently the Sixth Princess has become obsessed with making her own painting pigments.

Shen Jingwan was sent to the mountains outside Beijing to look for minerals that could be used to make pigments. Shen Jingwan was unable to return home for more than a month.

Shen Chuning looked at Shen Jingwan's smug expression and asked softly, "Oh? Really? That's truly filial. I just wonder if Grandma, after breakfast every day, goes to the small Buddhist temple to chant for a stick of incense. Does Sister Wan also accompany her?"

Shen Jingwan's expression changed slightly. She had always been afraid of those weird and supernatural things, so she had never set foot in the small Buddhist temple.

Old Madam Shen had arranged for her to go to Daxiangguo Temple to burn incense many times, but she always declined on the grounds of being unwell.

"Uh...this...never..." Shen Jingwan replied somewhat embarrassedly.

"How can my grandmother's long-standing habit be broken just because of my sister? Moreover, it is such an important matter as chanting Buddha's name. Isn't it a great disrespect to the Buddha?" Shen Chuning said in surprise, her beautiful eyes widened as if she had seen something incredible.

Originally, Old Madam Shen was pleased that Shen Jingwan could come to accompany her early, but after listening to Shen Chuning's words, she suddenly realized that since Shen Jingwan came to pay her respects, she had been talking to her about all sorts of things, wasting a lot of time, which caused her to delay her time to worship Buddha. She couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.

"Wan'er, you don't need to come so early in the future. Just come at this time like Xiaojiu." Old Lady Shen said with a cold face, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her voice.

"Yes." Shen Jingwan was suddenly at a loss and responded quickly, with a trace of panic on her face.

"Speaking of which, I have a good thing to tell Sister Wan. Didn't you say a while ago that you wanted to find a manor with mountain spring water to open a holiday villa?" Shen Chuning suddenly said with a smile.

Madam Shen frowned unhappily and said in a deep voice, "I told you to forget about it. The Shen family's manor house at the foot of Fengming Mountain was granted by the emperor. How can we use it for business? Isn't that an insult to His Majesty and the Empress Dowager?"

Madam Shen's already sullen face became even darker, and her originally gentle and kind face now had a bit more majesty, making people dare not look directly at her.

Old Madam Shen looked at the granddaughter in front of her, whom she had once placed high hopes on, and her heart was filled with disappointment and helplessness.

Although Shen Jingwan appears to be very filial on the surface, in fact, there is a clear purpose behind this filial piety.

At first, Shen Jingwan just wanted to own a piece of clothing of the same style as Shen Chuning, or a similar piece of jewelry.

Old Madam Shen once thought that this might be due to the fact that Shen Jingwan had been fostered outside for many years and had a difficult life, so she did not take it to heart.

However, as time went by, Shen Jingwan's desires gradually expanded. She was no longer satisfied with clothes and jewelry, but turned her attention to the shop at home.

If Shen Chuning had not handled the last incident at Furong Pavilion well, it might have affected other family businesses. If the matter had gotten any bigger, Shen Huaizhong might have been reprimanded by His Majesty.

Not long after that incident, Shen Jingwan started to set her sights on other shops in her family.

Not long ago, Shen Jingwan openly proposed to Old Madam Shen the idea of using the Shen family's farm at the foot of Fengming Mountain to do business.

Shen Chuning took Old Madam Shen's arm and said, "Grandma, we don't have to choose the manor on Fengming Mountain. There are many other places suitable for building manors. We can buy or rent an existing manor."

Madam Shen patted the back of Shen Chuning's arm with satisfaction, "Xiaojiu has grown up and knows how to think about the sisters at home. You must support each other in the future! It's not impossible to buy a manor or two elsewhere."

Shen Chuning rolled her eyes secretly in her heart, but with a smile on her face, she agreed without hesitation.

After Shen Jingwan hesitated for a moment, she finally couldn't help but say, "Wan'er also went to see a few manors, but they were all too small."

Ever since the construction of the glazed pagoda for Concubine Wei, the Third Prince has gained more trust in Shen Jingwan.

When she proposed to the Third Prince that she wanted to build a holiday villa, the Third Prince immediately sent someone to find a suitable villa for her.

However, these villas are either too small or too far away from the capital, and are not suitable as locations for holiday villas.

In fact, what Shen Jingwan liked most was the Shen family's manor located in Fengming Mountain, but she was rejected by Mrs. Shen.

Hearing Shen Jingwan's words, Shen Chuning asked curiously: "That's not right. I remember there is a manor at the foot of Shizun Mountain. It's bigger than our manor at the foot of Fengming Mountain."

Shen Jingwan's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she couldn't wait to ask, "Really? Grandma, can we rent or buy that farm in the name of our Shen family?"

Madam Shen was about to nod in agreement, but suddenly seemed to remember something and asked hurriedly, "Which manor were you talking about?"

"It's at the foot of the Buddha Mountain. There is a large spring on the mountain that flows into the village. The village looks very majestic." Shen Chuning answered truthfully.

"No." Old Madam Shen denied it directly.

"Grandma, why not?" Shen Jingwan asked.

"If I say no, it means no. Don't mention this matter again. If you have the free time, you might as well go to the Empress Dowager and show your filial piety to her, so as to earn a future for yourself." Old Lady Shen said with a cold face.

"Grandma, do you disagree with everything Wan'er does? You clearly agreed with a smile when my sister proposed it. Do you know how much profit this holiday villa can bring to the Shen family if it is completed? I'm afraid even ten Wanbaoxuans owned by my sister can't compare to it." Shen Jingwan said with red eyes.

Shen Chuning sneered in her heart. Old Madam Shen hated seeing brothers quarreling with each other the most. It was fine if Shen Jingwan didn't mention her, but she kept bringing her out for comparison. Wasn't that just to make Old Madam Shen unhappy?

Shen Chuning decided to add fuel to the fire.

She tugged at Shen Jingwan's arm and said, "Sister Wan, Grandma must have her reasons for saying no. Don't be so willful. Although there is only one large manor with a spring in the suburbs of Beijing, it's not hard to find one even in a more remote area."