Chapter 23: Sister, why did you push me?

  "Sister and big brother came back together, thats... really great."

  The butterfly clothes were stunned for a moment and then reacted.

  "Stop pretending to care about me! I now know exactly what kind of person you are and what kind of scheme youre plotting!"

  Sheng Jinxiu got off the carriage with the help of her brother and stood face to face with Sheng Dieyi: "Besides, I am not your sister, and my brother is not your brother. You are just a guest living in the Sheng household!"

  "What... what does this mean?"

  Sheng Dieyi didnt expect Sheng Jinyu to dare speak like this, this cheap girl, after staying at the Regents palace for a few days, its as if shes become a different person? She even dares to scold her in the street?

  Damn it, if she could, she really wanted to tear off this cheap girls mouth.

  But...

  She caught a glimpse of Sheng Yunjing and Meng Qiuyu hurrying out of the gate towards her, and quickly grabbed Sheng Jinxius hand: "Sister... no, Miss Sheng, I know I was born lowly, and since my parents passed away, if it werent for the kindness of the Sheng family, I would have starved to death on the streets long ago. The great kindness and virtue of the Sheng family towards me is something that even if I were to die I wouldnt be able to repay..."

  "But you have to believe me, Im really worried about you. Knowing that the Regent has ruined your reputation and you cant marry the Second Prince anymore, it pains my heart, I..."

  "Shut up!" Sheng Jinxiu was furious with Sheng Dieyi, not wanting to play along with her at all, and directly stretched out her hand to push her away.

  Although he didnt use much force, Sheng Dieyi stumbled backward and fell to the ground with a thud.

  "Sister, Im just concerned about you, why are you pushing me?"

  Tears rolled out of her eyes again, set against her pale face, and I couldnt help but feel even more pity for her!

  "Slap!" With a loud noise, Sheng Yunjing rushed over and slapped Sheng Jinyu hard: "You rebellious girl, youve been messing around outside for so many days, and as soon as you come back, you bully your sister. Is this how the Sheng family taught you?"

  "Ah-ah!" Sheng Chengyi exclaimed in surprise, hastily pulling Sheng Jinju to his side to examine her injuries: "Are you alright?"

  No one expected Sheng Yunjing to suddenly take action.

  Sheng Jinshu was also stunned.

  "Uncle! Dont be angry with sister," Sheng Dieyi got up from the ground, hugging Sheng Yunjings arm: "Just now... it was me who fell down myself!"

  "Dont speak for this ungrateful girl!" Sheng Yunjing said angrily: "Shameless thing, I wish I didnt have such a daughter!"

  "Father!" Sheng Jinxiu covered her face: "I was just invited into the Regent Princes mansion to help him with his injuries for a few days, how could I be so shameless?"

  "Am I a rebellious girl? Then what about Sheng Dieyi? Is she a well-behaved daughter who satisfies her father?"

  "Could it be that your own daughter, secretly keeping it from all of us, has been clandestinely meeting with an outsider, and now shes pregnant? This scandalous affair has spread throughout the entire capital, and yet you, her father, havent heard a single word about it?"

  "Or did you hear it but pretended to be ignorant, favoring Xiang Yu?"

  She didnt want to confront her father, but Sheng Yunjing was one of the earliest people to be deceived by Sheng Dieyis kindness and goodness. She had long been deeply trusting of Sheng Dieyi, so she could only use this angry method to tear off Sheng Dieyis hypocritical mask.

  With a "thud", Sheng Dieyi knelt on the ground: "Its... its my fault, Aunt, I really didnt intentionally want to do that, I was forced by him..."

  Sheng Jinxiu knew that she and Yan Ziyen were in a good relationship, which was something that Yan Ziyen had already sensed from her. However, what Yan Ziyen didnt know was that Sheng Jinxiu also knew about her pregnancy.

  Its hard to find out if a woman is pregnant or not, but once she has conceived, any doctor can feel the joyful pulse.

  She could only admit her mistake immediately and let Sheng Yunjing and others think that she was forced...

  "What? Dieyi, you...you actually really have...have it?"

  Meng Qiuyu hastily came over, her gaze falling on Sheng Dieyis abdomen, her eyes filled with shock and disappointment.

  She thought her own daughter was dying for a man, and being ridiculed by the people of Kyoto was already bad enough. But whats even more outrageous is that Sheng Dieyi actually did something even worse?

  Pregnant before marriage! If the man is irresponsible, according to the law, she should be thrown into the river!

  "Who is the father of the child? He... bullied you, yet said he would marry you?" She was anxious in her heart and asked another question.

  Sheng Dieyi was the only bloodline left in this world by her sister who passed away early, and she couldnt bear to let this child die.

  "Its been said," Sheng Dieyi replied, "Aunt and Uncle, rest assured, my childs father is of noble birth. He has already returned to discuss with his parents at home and will soon come to the Sheng family to propose marriage and take me as his wife."

  She said it very clearly, and at the end, she even glanced at Sheng Jinxiu on purpose, with a hint of pride in her eyes...