The elder sister killed the whole family, and came back to be beaten to death

Shen Tang just looked at the second wife, waiting for her answer.

Everyone in the room was looking at the Second Wife. She was so angry that her back teeth were broken. She didn't say anything and no one thought she was dumb.

The Second Wife remained silent, so the Old Lady assumed that she had offered to give it to him, and her face grew long. "If you care about the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and the Wang family, and use your own dowry to make up for it and set your sights on the Marquis' Mansion, then you should hand over the housekeeper's power."

The old lady always protected the prestige of the second wife, and would never blame her in front of the servants and juniors. This time the second wife had touched the old lady's bottom line, and she was so angry that she didn't care about anything else.

The second wife suddenly panicked, "I didn't mean that..."

"There is no best!"

The second wife didn't even dare to say anything to quibble, and she wished in her heart that she could cut Shen Tang into pieces.

Not daring to stay any longer, the second wife stood up and took her leave.

After the Second Madam left, Shen Tang also left Songhe Hall. Watching the Second Madam walk towards Qinglan Garden, Shen Tang instructed Ginkgo, "Go tell the Second Madam that I'm going to the Jiang family tomorrow and ask her to prepare some supplements for me."

Ginkgo's eyelids twitched. "The Second Madam is furious right now. Do you really want to go?"

She just wanted to do this while the Second Wife was angry.

Qinglan Garden.

Shen Xian leaned on the big pillow, her face pale and her breath weak.

Although she and the second wife were both suffering from vomiting and diarrhea, Shen Xi had contracted typhoid fever not long ago and was physically weak. She had been vomiting and having diarrhea for several days, and she had become even thinner.

The thin Second Wife's heart tightened at the sight of this. Shen Xian asked, "Has the Yongning Marquis's Mansion agreed to marry Miss Li to Young Master Wang?"

The Second Wife said, "They agreed, but the Yongning Marquis's Mansion was unwilling to accept it. Second Aunt tried her best to stop it, so the Yongning Marquis's wife didn't come to the door. The Yongning Marquis' Mansion wanted 10,000 taels before they would settle the matter."

Shen Xi's face turned grim as she panicked, "Grandmother and father wouldn't agree to compensate the Yongning Earl's Mansion with such a large sum of money..."

The second wife said, "Just take care of yourself. I'll figure out the money."

Shen Xian nodded slightly, and the Second Madam helped her pull the quilt up a little. The maid knocked on the door and said from outside the beaded curtain, "Second Madam, the Second Young Lady's maid Ginkgo just came to tell her that the Second Young Lady is going to the Jiang family tomorrow. The old lady asked you to prepare some supplements for the Second Young Lady to take with her tomorrow."

With just a few words, Shen Tang provoked the old lady to scold her in front of so many people. This anger was already making the second wife uncomfortable. And she even dared to ask her to prepare supplements to take to the Jiang family?!

The second wife's eyes were as cold as if they were filled with poison.

After Shen Tang returned to Qingyi Garden, he was busy with his own business. However, by the evening, the Second Wife had not sent anyone to deliver the prepared supplements, and Shen Tang did not ask anyone to urge her.

The next day, after breakfast, Shen Tang asked Ginkgo to deliver the prescription to Princess Roujia, while she took Qiutong to Songhe Hall to pay her respects to the old lady.

From a distance, a maidservant was seen entering Songhe Hall with a large red invitation decorated with gold. When Shen Tang reached the screen, he heard the Second Madam say, "The Dowager Su's birthday is coming soon. The last time I saw her, she teased me, asking me to go with Prince Jingyang to celebrate her birthday. Now, I haven't fully recovered yet, so I don't know if I can go to celebrate the Dowager Su's birthday..."

If Shen Xian had not been afraid of being a widow and was not unwilling to bring good luck to Prince Jingyang, she could indeed go with Prince Jingyang to celebrate Concubine Su's birthday.

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

The old lady said, "Even if his body can be cured, his complexion will not be better. Just take Tang'er and Ran'er with you."

Shen Ran was in the room. When she heard that she could go, she immediately became happy. Normally, she couldn't go. Usually, when she went to celebrate a birthday, she would only bring one girl. Shen Tang and Shen Xi were twins, so no one would say anything if they went together. But if she brought Shen Ran along, it would be too much.

Shen Tang walked forward and bowed to the old lady. She was wearing a lavender dress today and the set of jewelry given by the old lady on her head. Her every move was graceful and elegant.

The old lady smiled and said, "This is a nice outfit."

Shen Tang said, "Grandma, I'll go to the Jiang family in a while."

As he spoke, Shen Tang looked at the Second Madam and said, "Second Aunt, I'm going to bring some supplements to the Jiang family. Are you ready?"

The Second Madam looked at the Old Lady and said, "When the maid reported to me yesterday, I happened to be at Xian'er's place. Xian'er heard that the Second Miss was going to the Jiang family to fulfill her filial duties on behalf of her eldest sister-in-law, and she wanted to go too. I didn't make any preparations. I thought I would wait until Xian'er was better and let the sisters go to the Jiang family together."

Shen Tang knew that the Second Wife would definitely cause trouble for her, but she didn't expect that she would be waiting for her here.

Shen Tang said, "My elder sister is weak and can't go to the Jiang family today. I can wait until she gets better and then go with her. Why do I have to wait until my elder sister gets better before going?"

The Second Wife said, "Your eldest sister has been very unhappy these days. I really can't bear to refuse her. Can't the Second Miss go to the Jiang family a few days later for her sake?"

No!

Shen Tang looked at the old lady with a determined look and said, "Grandma, it's not that I don't want to wait for my eldest sister to go with me. If my eldest sister can go with me, the whole Jiang family will be so happy.

It’s just that the last time I went to the Jiang family, I didn’t see my grandfather, uncle, and cousin. I thought today was a day off, so they should all be at the mansion, so I decided to go today. Second Aunt changed my schedule and didn’t even send a maid to tell me. I asked Manager Li to send someone out of the mansion to greet the Jiang family early this morning…”

She went there to show filial piety on behalf of her mother, but she said hello but didn't go, leaving her grandparents waiting for her. This is not an act of filial piety.

The old lady looked at the second wife, who quickly admitted her mistake, "I was negligent. I've been ill these days and busy with the Wang family's affairs. I forgot about this matter after returning from Xian'er's..."

Shen Tang said, "I went there empty-handed last time. Why don't I go there first today, or ask Manager Li to prepare some supplements for me. It won't take much time."

In short, she must go to the Jiang family today.

She would not let Shen Xian go to the Jiang family, let alone go with Shen Xian.

The old lady nodded and was about to agree, but the second wife said first, "Let me prepare it. The affairs of the outer courtyard are enough for Li Guanshi to be busy with."

The second wife discussed with the old lady on the spot what supplements to bring, such as bird's nest, cordyceps, Ganoderma lucidum and deer antler. After they decided, they asked the maid to prepare them.

Shen Tang sat there for a full quarter of an hour before the maid came in with the supplements, "It's ready."

Shen Tang couldn't wait to get up and say goodbye to the old lady. Qiu Tong took the gift box from the maid and followed Shen Tang out of the house.

When Shen Tang arrived at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, a carriage was already waiting there. Qiu Tong helped Shen Tang get on the carriage, and then got on herself.

After Shen Tang sat down, the servant drove the carriage away. Shen Tang's eyes fell on the gift box that Qiu Tong had placed on the seat and said, "Open the gift box and take a look."

Qiu Tong didn't think there was anything interesting, but since Shen Tang had given her orders, she did as she was told.

Qiu Tong opened the top gift box, which contained bird's nests. The snow-white bird's nests looked very beautiful.

Qiu Tong said, "This bird's nest is good, better than what the old lady usually eats..."

The word "OK" got stuck before it could even roll out of my throat.

Because Shen Tang brought the bird's nest on top, Qiu Tong saw how bad the bird's nest below was, and even saw large pieces of swallow feathers.

Shen Tang said angrily, "Stop!"

The servant stopped the carriage.

Shen Tang opened the other gift boxes, and the Cordyceps were either small or broken, and worthless.

The Ganoderma lucidum is even shriveled, and the deer antlers are of the worst quality.

Qiu Tong's face was burning with pain, and she regretted what she had said just now. The old lady asked the second wife to prepare supplements, but the second wife prepared such inferior things. Isn't this a humiliation to the Jiang family?

Shen Tang clenched his fists and said, "Go back to the Marquis' Mansion!"

The servant turned the carriage around and stopped in front of the gate of the marquis' mansion.

Seeing Shen Tang coming back, the gatekeepers all looked at her. Shen Tang got out of the carriage without waiting for Qiu Tong to help her. She hurried back to the inner courtyard, but halfway through, she turned around and walked towards Shen Sui's study.