Chapter 578
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On this day, the weather was warm. The sun was just right outside and in the Eastern courtyard of the Shen residence, Chen Rou Qiu was sitting and chatting with Shen Yue.
These days, because Chen Rou Qiu let Shen Yue start to choose a son-in-law, Shen Yue had quarreled with Chen Rou Qiu several times. But the usually gentle Chen Rou Qiu showed extreme toughness for the first time. Shen Yue had no choice and could only follow Chen Rou Qiu to socialize with a cold face. Over time, there was a rift between mother and daughter.
It was somewhat rare for them to sit together peacefully today.
"Heard that Shen Miao was kidnapped and there is no news of her until now." Shen Yue picked up a fruit from the porcelain plate on the table and ate it while showing a gloating mood, "One do not know if she is still alive or not?"
Chen Rou Qiu frowned. She had always wanted to train Shen Yue to not be affected by favour or humiliation, at least to look gentle and elegant in front of others. But compared to the younger Chen Rou Qiu, Shen Yue was lacking in calmness. It was still alright outside but in the room, any emotions would be revealed, making Chen Rou Qiu worried.
"Who would kidnap her?" Shen Yue muttered, "Eldest Bo has a lot of enemies in the Ding capital and one do not know who was the one who took action this time."
"Since one dared to take such a risk, one must have a deep hatred with Shen Miao. One would not target other families and only kidnap Shen Miao meant that they were targeting Shen Miao. " Chen Rou Qiu said, "Moreover the Shen family's army had searched outside for so many days without any news of her whereabouts. The other party had hidden very well. This time Shen Miao is fraught with grim possibilities. "
Hearing that, Shen Yue first had some fear on her face but she suddenly thought of something and smiled, "Speaking of which, I would rather she was alive." She did not continue speaking.
After being kidnapped for so long, if she was alive, she would have suffered a lot of inhumane torture. The invisible rumours in the world were the most hurtful. If Shen Miao died, all troubles would end and one would not care about what happened before one's death but if she was alive, who knew what ugly things would be said. How many young ladies in the Ding capital were kidnapped and rescued by bad people? Even though their lives were saved, at the end they could not stand the criticism from the crowd and perished.
Moreover Shen Miao was the Di daughter of the Formidable Great General.
Chen Rou Qiu glanced at Shen Yue and sighed, "No matter what, this is ultimately her matter. Yue 'er, you haven't spoken to your father these days. How long are you going to be angry for? "
If one were to say that Shen Yue was busy with the matter of choosing a son-in-law, then Shen Yue had some resentment towards Chen Rou Qiu, then towards Shen Wan, Shen Yue had some resentment. From the mouths of the servants, one knew that it was Shen Wan who made Chen Rou Qiu hurriedly settle the marriage for Shen Yue. Thus Shen Yue pushed all the blame onto Shen Wan and wholeheartedly thought that Shen Wan wanted her to marry early for the sake of his career, so that the Third household would have an additional in-laws. Thus for these few days, Shen Yue did not speak to Shen Wan. At this moment when she heard Chen Rou Qiu say that, Shen Yue said impatiently, "Father is not seen all day, how can I talk to him?" Finishing, she turned her head away in a fit of pique and no longer cared about Chen Rou Qiu.
Chen Rou Qiu was slightly startled and suddenly remembered that what Shen Yue said was not wrong. These days one did not know if it was because the official matters were too busy that Chen Rou Qiu and Shen Wan's meeting time was shorter. In the past, he would gently recite poems every three to five days but these days Shen Wan was somewhat absent-minded.
Chen Rou Qiu sighed in her heart. Old Shen Furen was pressing Shen Wan to take in concubines and if the husband and wife became estranged, then she would have to face the biggest crisis.
Chen Rou Qiu did not know that at this moment Shen Wan, who was' busy with official matters' in her eyes, was playing chess with Cang Zai Qing in the Western courtyard of the Shen residence.
Cang Zai Qing was wearing a green pipa top and a light yellow palace satin plain snow silk skirt. Her hair was in a cool bun, making her look especially refined and gentle. The tea that she brewed was extremely tasty and Shen Wan, who loved tea, would often come here to ask her for tea. When he came to ask for tea, Cang Zai Qing would like to ask Shen Wan some questions about the chess game. As time went by, Shen Wan would often come here to play chess with Cang Zai Qing and drink tea.
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