Chapter 24: Its all my fault for not refusing his kindness towards me

  "Thats good."

  Meng Qiuyu let out a slight sigh of relief, wanting to say a few words to Sheng Dieyi, but seeing her excessively pale face, she couldnt bear it: "...... Its my fault for not taking good care of you. Youve been so innocent since childhood, and I suppose you didnt know the consequences of doing this would be so severe..."

  "Its a good thing that man is responsible. Since they are going to get married anyway, this child will come sooner or later, so..."

  "Go back home and take good care of yourself, as for the dowry, I..."

  "Miss Butterfly is really something, shes already married herself off. I suppose she had prepared her own dowry in advance."

  Sheng Jinxiu knew that her mother was a soft-hearted person, and Sheng Dieyi only needed to say a few words to make her think that Sheng Dieyi had been bullied. Not only did she not blame Sheng Dieyi, but she also wanted to prepare a dowry for her.

  In her previous life, Sheng Die also used this trick.

  When she was locked in the Regents Palace by Yan Beizheng, Yan Ziyuan came to propose, claiming that he had admired Sheng Dieyi for a long time and would not marry anyone else. However, Sheng Dieyi showed an attitude of absolutely not snatching her sisters marriage!

  To express his sincerity, he also performed a "suicidal attempt by crashing into the wall" and said that he would serve his father and mother for life.

  The father and mother were deeply moved, and they gave away more than half of the familys property as dowry for Sheng Dieyi. The father personally escorted her out the door, and her three brothers took turns carrying her to the sedan chair...

  Spoiled by her parents, pampered by her husband, with a grand wedding procession of ten miles, how many peoples eyes in the capital city were blinded by envy?!

  In this life, she, Sheng Dieyi, would never again take a single silver coin from the Sheng family!

  "They say that the dowry of a daughters family is settled and then the grooms family starts preparing, but Butterfly Miss has prepared not only her dowry but also children, such thorough preparation, rushing to the Second Princes household with such a high status, isnt bad at all...but..."

  The corner of her mouth curled up, and a very obvious sarcasm floated onto Rong Jin Yus face: "But the Second Prince is the eldest son of Her Majesty the Empress Dowager. As early as when the Second Prince was ten years old, Her Majesty had explicitly stated that any woman who entered the Second Princes mansion, even if she were to be just a concubine, must be a legitimate daughter from a family with a clear and noble background. And you..."

  "Youre just a guest in our Sheng household..."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Sheng Jinxiu deliberately paused for a moment, seeing that Sheng Yunjing and Meng Qiuyus faces had turned very unsightly, before continuing: "Naturally, you came to live in my house at the age of nine, because my father and mother doted on you. Over the years, they havent refused your pitiful requests to take you to attend banquets hosted by noble people in Kyoto, to the point where uninformed people all call you Second Miss Sheng."

  "If she were to marry into an ordinary family, the Sheng family would have accepted it."

  "But you want to be a royal daughter-in-law, your family background will definitely be investigated by the nobles. Once they find out that you were born with a fate of killing your father at birth, your grandparents at three years old, your mother at five years old, and your entire clan at six years old... you are a heavenly calamity orphan girl..."

  "Be the second princes consort? Are you worthy?"

  As for Sheng Dieyis background, it was indeed pitiful - she was from Suzhou, and on the day of her birth, her father was trampled to death by a mad horse while returning home.

  At the age of three, I followed my grandparents out to play and encountered mountain bandits who hacked my grandparents to death.

  A five-year-old girl begged her mother to go out and buy her candy. As a result, the mother encountered evil people and died after hitting her head in order to protect her chastity.

  Then she followed her uncle and lived with him. Her uncles family held a banquet, but a big fire broke out, burning the entire Su family of Suzhou to ashes...

  She was carried out by a crone and came to Kyoto with great difficulty...

  Su Chengs family was not from the same clan as the Su family of Kyoto, but they were still considered relatives. Moreover, her mother was Meng Qiuyus younger sister, so Su Yunjing and Meng Qiuyu took pity on her and adopted her, treating her like their own daughter...

  Who knows if its just raising a poisonous snake with a beautiful skin?!!

  "Really? Are the rumors circulating on the streets today true? Is the person who is close to the Second Prince really Sheng Dieyi?"

  Second Brother Sheng Chengxin hastily returned wearing a moon-white robe, and because he was in such a hurry, he didnt even notice that the hem of his robe had gotten dirty with muddy water.

  "Its true!" Sheng Jinshu said: "I may be ridiculous, but I wont tell lies in front of my family!"

  She took two steps forward, staring coldly at Sheng Dieyis face: "Sheng Dieyi, from childhood to adulthood, whatever good things I have, I will always share a portion with you."

  "Wherever there is a grand occasion, you will be taken along."

  "Big or small things, all will be shared with you!"

  "After all these years, Ive regarded you as my own sister, and I dont think Ive ever wronged you in any way."

  "What about you?"

  "Youre giving me some rotten advice on one hand, letting me pursue the Second Prince without considering the consequences and my reputation. On the other hand, youre secretly colluding with him behind my back, behind Fathers and Mothers backs, behind Eldest Brothers back, and behind the entire Sheng familys back."

  "Even if I did some absurd things in the past because of your instigation, at least the person I pursued was someone who had been betrothed to me, but what about you?"

  "You have no shame, you fought for my man without hesitation, even to the point of having premarital sex and getting pregnant before marriage. Now, are you still going to pretend to be pitiful and continue to deceive people?"