Lihoumen

Chapter 16 We Are Not a Good Match
After returning to the Shen Mansion and everyone got off the car, the eldest sister-in-law Li couldn't hold it in any longer. She looked at Qingqing with eyes that seemed to want to eat someone, and said angrily: "Third brother's sister, I'm not saying anything bad about you as the eldest sister-in-law, but the Queen Mother and the Saint personally held a celebration banquet for Third Brother today. This is such a glorious event for our mansion. Alas! Because of your interference, not only did we not get to show our face, but we also lost face."

After hearing Li's accusations, Qingqing lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong and whispered, "It's all my fault."

Li was about to get angry, but Shen Han came over and pulled Qingqing aside, then turned to Li and said, "On the surface, it was Prince Ding who was naughty, but behind the scenes, someone must have deliberately made trouble for Qingqing. Qingqing is the biggest victim, so why does the eldest sister-in-law have to blame her?"

Seeing Shen Han defending Qingqing, Li became even more indignant: "I had already warned her before entering the palace, but she left without even notifying me, and that's how she got tricked."

Before Li finished speaking, Shen Feng stopped his wife and said, "Since someone deliberately framed you, it's hard to hide even if you want to. Now that the incident has happened, why are we still blaming each other as a family?"

When Mrs. Li saw her husband speak, she closed her mouth in dismay and said with a wooden face, "I'm going to go to my mother to report first." After that, she turned around and was about to go to the front yard.

With such a mistake, the always strong-willed old lady would certainly be furious, and it would inevitably affect Li, the eldest daughter-in-law. Shen Feng held his wife and said, "Come on, I'll go with you."

Seeing this, Shen Han said, "Since it was caused by my husband and me, I will not implicate others. I will go and apologize to my mother later."

After hearing this, Li's expression finally eased a little. Shen Feng greeted her, "Don't say that, Third Brother. We are all brothers. There is no difference between you and me."

Upon hearing this, Shen Han bowed slightly to his brother and sister-in-law, then instructed the maid at the door, "Send the Madam back to rest first." After that, he followed his brother and sister-in-law to the old lady's Chunxi Hall.

Qingqing returned to her own Lan Ya Ju. Grandma Sun and Lanzhi were all shocked to see her leave in a glamorous and gorgeous manner and return in a dishevel. Qingqing thought that something unexpected had happened and did not want to explain it to them in detail, so she went into the inner room.

She lay in bed, tossing and turning, thinking about what had happened today.

I felt upset and aggrieved.

The faces of the overbearing Princess Chaoyang, the devilish Prince Ding, and those sarcastic noble ladies flashed in her mind alternately, making Qingqing exhausted.

She finally fell into a drowsy sleep, but was awakened by a nightmare again. Qingqing felt sore all over and touched her forehead with her hand, and found that she had a high fever.

She struggled to get off the ground and wanted to find a pill to relieve the fever. Grandma Sun, who had been waiting outside, heard the noise and pushed the door open. Seeing Qingqing's face in the candlelight, she asked hurriedly, "Are you feeling unwell, young lady?"

Qingqing said: "It's nothing, just a little fever, I'll take a pill and I'll be fine."

"Last time Lingzhi caught a cold and had a fever after being caught in the rain. I prepared a few prescriptions according to the young lady's prescription. Lingzhi got better after taking two prescriptions. There are still a few left. I will go and boil them for the young lady."

As she spoke, Grandma Sun helped Qingqing onto the bed and hurried to boil the medicine.

After a while, the old lady prepared the medicine, and she and Lingzhi helped Qingqing to take it. After a while, Qingqing finally felt a little more relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.

When she woke up the next day, Qingqing's fever had subsided a little. The old lady came in and saw that her face looked better, so she said softly, "My dear, your uncle came over last night. You were sick and sleeping soundly, so your uncle didn't let you be disturbed."

Speaking of Shen Han, Qingqing couldn't help but think of how she had embarrassed him yesterday, and she couldn't help feeling annoyed again.

"How's the old lady doing?"

After something like this happened, the old lady probably wanted to kill her. If she hid here, Shen Han would inevitably be scolded by the old lady.

The old lady sighed slightly and replied, "When I went to get hot water this morning, I saw the housekeeper had called a doctor, saying that the old lady was ill." The master and servant were talking here, and Lingzhi, who had gone to get food, had not yet entered the door when he excitedly shouted, "Madam, the third young master is here."

As he was talking, Shen Han had already strode into the room. Seeing that Qingqing had woken up, he asked, "Are you feeling better?"

Qingqing nodded. Shen Han looked at the food box Lingzhi brought in and said, "Let's eat first. Only after eating will the illness be cured."

Lingzhi quickly opened the food box and placed it on the small table beside the bed, complaining in a low voice: "Madam has always loved eating yellow rice porridge, but today when I went to the kitchen, the maids said there was no yellow rice left, so they only cooked white porridge."

Qingqing said: "It's okay, white rice porridge is the same."

Shen Han's face was gloomy. He asked Lingzhi, "Isn't there a small kitchen in this yard?"

Lingzhi pouted and said, "There is a small kitchen, but two years ago the two cooks in that small kitchen left for their own reasons, so the small kitchen is now empty. Now all food has to be taken from the big stove."

Shen Han frowned upon hearing this, and then asked Lingzhi: "You and grandma are the only two serving in this courtyard?"

Lingzhi was about to complain, but Qingqing interrupted her and said, "I like quietness. Besides, I don't like so many people serving me. Grandma and Lingzhi are enough."

Shen Han fell silent after hearing this, and waved his hand to let Lingzhi leave. When only the couple were left in the room, Qingqing asked, "I heard that mother-in-law is sick? Is it serious?"

She caused trouble in the palace yesterday, and then the old lady fell ill. It was obvious that she was made sick by her.

Shen Han simply replied: "It's not serious, it's just an old problem. The doctor has prescribed some medicine and it will be fine after a few days of taking it."

Qingqing didn't know what to say and just sighed heavily. Shen Han stopped talking too. The huge room fell into silence.

After a long while, Qingqing finally spoke with difficulty: "Shen Han, I understand now. Our statuses are so different that we are not a good match at all."

She raised her eyes to look at Shen Han, then turned her head away and continued, "Give me a divorce letter, and let's separate."

"Why are you saying this again? Can't you tell me something else besides this?"

Shen Han became angry, and because of his anger, the tone of his voice became slightly sharp.

Seeing that he was angry, Qingqing explained, "Shen Han, I know you are a man who keeps your promises, but marriage is a big deal, and you can't force it. Our identities are so different, and we are not from the same world at all. If I force you to be together, I will only drag you down."

"I don't want that."

As she said this, Qingqing turned her face away, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

She felt so wronged during her illness, like a fragile orchid in the valley, swaying so swayingly that it made people feel sad.

Shen Han calmed down and replied, "You were frightened yesterday, which is why you are so discouraged. From now on, I will take good care of you and never say such discouraging words again."

(End of this chapter)