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

After Xiangxue woke up, she went to Mrs. Shen San to offer tea and officially became Aunt Xue of the third branch of the Shen family.

After serving tea, Qin Qimei took Shen Chuning and Aunt Xue to Songhe Hall to pay their respects to Old Madam Shen.

In Songhe Hall, after Shen Jingwan finished breakfast with the old lady, she knelt on the footstool next to the old lady Shen and massaged her legs.

When several young masters of the Shen family came in to pay their respects, Shen Jingwan stared at them again. Shen Chengwu showed a look of disgust when he saw Shen Jingwan's appearance.

Old Madam Shen sat crookedly at the top of Songhe Hall, with a thick headband wrapped around her head, and she looked very listless.

When Old Lady Shen saw Concubine Xue, she remembered the incident she had caused yesterday, which completely disrupted her plans. She said, "Xiangxue, go back first. Come back to pay your respects when your head injury has healed."

Aunt Xue was too lazy to set up rules here, so after greeting everyone, she went back to the third room.

Old Madam Shen asked Shen Jingwan to stand up and greet the young masters of the Shen family one by one.

Shen Chengluo said, "My cousin is in a hurry to recognize me, and I haven't prepared any gifts." He took out two taels of silver and handed it to Shen Jingwan, "Cousin, buy anything you like."

Shen Jingwan smiled when she saw the two taels of silver. This cousin got two taels, and eight cousins got sixteen taels, which was enough for her to draw blueprints for Wanbaoxuan for three months.

When Old Madam Shen saw the two taels of silver, her face darkened. "If you don't want to give a meeting gift, you don't have to. No one is forcing you."

Shen Chenglu actually took the two taels of silver back from Shen Jingwan.

Shen Chuning knew that Shen Chenglu was doing this to help her vent her anger, but she also didn't want Shen Chenglu to have such a bad relationship with Old Madam Shen because of her.

Shen Chuning looked at Madam Shen's increasingly dark face and softly called out, "Big Brother."

Shen Chenglu sighed, changed two taels of silver into five taels, and handed it to Shen Jingwan.

Shen Jingwan smiled even more, took the silver, and said sweetly, "Thank you, big brother."

Shen Chenglu resisted the urge to take the silver back, rubbed his arms and dodged.

The few people behind him followed suit and gave five taels of silver.

When he arrived at Shen Chengliu's place, he took out his purse and rummaged through it. He poured out thirteen copper coins, counted out ten and pushed them in front of Shen Jingwan, "Grandma, you can see that this is all I have." As he spoke, he grabbed the bottom of his purse and shook it.

Old Madam Shen waved her hand impatiently.

Shen Chengfeng and Shen Chengbai directly said that they were still children and had no gift for the meeting.

While speaking, Shen Chengbai did not forget to wink at Shen Chuning.

Shen Chengliu cursed inwardly, "little thief."

Seeing that Old Madam Shen was about to lose her temper, Aunt Gui asked, "Old Madam, Miss Jingwan has also been recorded in the family tree. From now on, she will be a legitimate young lady of the Shen family. Do you think it would be easier for the servants to address her by her name?"

"What's there to queue up for? Just follow Xiaojiu and call her Miss Ten." Old Madam Shen said without thinking.

Shen Chengwu looked displeased. "Grandmother, the aristocratic families in the capital have separate rankings for young masters and young ladies. I'm naturally willing to have Xiaojiu ranked with us brothers, but I don't want to be ranked with concubines' daughters. If I tell others about it, I'll just be laughed at."

Shen Chengliu: "I don't want it either."

Shen Chengbai: "If Sixth Brother doesn't want it, then I don't want it either."

Madam Shen slammed the teacup in my hand onto the table: "Are you guys rebelling? This is the elders' business, it's not your turn to get involved."

Shen Chengqi: "If grandma insists on doing this, then let's split the family. I can't afford to lose face like this."

Old Madam Shen grinned, "Well, Chenglu, you're very good. Although your other abilities haven't improved since you passed the imperial examination, your ability to threaten others has definitely increased. I don't know if you can still control your parents. Is it up to you to say whether to divide the family property?"

Shen Chengluo said seriously, "Chengluo can't make decisions for my parents, but I'm getting married next year. It's not like I can't support the family if I live alone after the wedding."

Shen Chengluo then said, "I can also go out and live alone."

Old Madam Shen was so angry that her temples were throbbing. Although she valued the so-called Phoenix Fate, the purpose of this Phoenix Fate was to help the men of the Shen family. After all, these talents were the foundation of the Shen family.

Madam Shen did not insist any more, "Then Xiaojiu will be separated. From now on, you will be the eldest daughter of the Shen family, and Jingwan will be the second daughter of the Shen family."

Shen Chuning looked embarrassed. "Grandmother, it's not that Aning doesn't want to change it, but Concubine Hui asked someone to calculate it, and they said that Aning's teeth are good for Princess Jiahe. If Sister Jingwan changes Aning's teeth, I'm afraid the eldest princess and the crown prince will blame our Shen family."

Old Madam Shen looked at Shen Chuning in disbelief, "Xiaojiu, are you going to go against Grandmother too?"

Shen Chuning showed an expression that was about to cry, "Grandma, do you really miss An Ning so much? An Ning is thinking about our Shen family all the time. If Grandma doesn't care, then An Ning will go to the palace tomorrow to apologize, and let all the punishment be directed at An Ning."

Shen Jingwan spoke at the right time, "Grandma, as long as I can be your granddaughter and a girl of the Shen family, Wan'er will be happy. Why would I care whether I am the tenth lady or the second lady?"

When Old Lady Shen heard Shen Jingwan come to her rescue, she felt very relieved. "But you can't just ask the Second Young Lady to go directly without going through Xiaojiu."

"Then just call me Jingwan." Shen Jingwan said.

Madam Shen retorted, "But only the cousin who is staying away from home would call her by her name. How could you call her like that in your own home?"

"Grandma, don't be angry. Wan'er doesn't care about these things."

Old Madam Shen took Shen Jingwan's hand and said, "Then call me Miss Wan, child. You've been wronged. I'll have the embroiderer come to make you some clothes this afternoon, and a nanny will come to teach you the etiquette tomorrow. Once you've learned the etiquette, your grandmother will take you to the palace to see the Empress Dowager. The current Empress Dowager is your great-aunt. When there's a new member in the family, she has to be brought to the palace for her to take a look."

When Shen Jingwan heard that she could enter the palace, her eyes lit up instantly and she praised Old Madam Shen.

Old Madam Shen couldn't stop laughing.

Shen Chengqi and his companions were impatient to watch this drama of deep affection between grandparents and grandchildren, so they all said they had something to do and stood up to say goodbye.

When Shen Chuning was about to follow him out, Old Madam Shen asked her to stay.

"Xiaojiu, Jingwan just returned home and doesn't have any decent jewelry. You should take her to Wanbaoxuan and pick out some pieces for her." Old Madam Shen said to Shen Chuning.

Shen Chuning thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, I might not be free this afternoon. Princess Jiahe's birthday is at the beginning of next month, and Princess Nanyan asked Aning to go pick out a birthday gift this afternoon."

Madam Shen: "That's perfect. Jingwan didn't have many friends before. If you're going out, take her with you so she can see the world."

Shen Chuning smiled and said, "A Ning, this is nothing. It's just that Sister Wan hasn't learned the rules well yet. If she goes out like this and makes a fool of herself, it will bring shame to our Shen family."

Shen Jingwan's eyes instantly filled with tears, and she sobbed, "Grandma, please don't embarrass me. It's Wan'er's fault. I won't embarrass you."

Shen Chuning thought speechlessly, it turns out that Shen Jingwan has mastered the skills of being a green tea lover at such a young age.

Madam Shen patted Shen Jingwan soothingly, "Wan'er is not the kind of person who doesn't know her limits. Besides, you are here with her. It's okay to keep an eye on her."

Shen Chuning rolled her eyes quietly, "Okay, then Sister Wan, we have an appointment to have lunch at Juxianlou at noon, so we won't be leaving until 9:00 PM."