Chapter 50 That Year

  Tu Shi was very dissatisfied and said: "My daughter is delicate and precious, how can you treat her like this? If she gets hurt and can't be cured, who will marry her in the future? Are you going to raise her for the rest of your life? - How could you do this? Even if you pushed me a little, I didn't get hurt or scared, why are you being so stubborn?"

  As expected, they're indeed biological mother and daughter, their words are exactly alike.

  Sheng Siyan smiled and pulled Sheng Qiye's arm, saying: "Dad, listen, in Er Niang's eyes, my fall is a small matter. The big girl born by Er Niang fell, it's delicate and precious, I can't afford to compensate. Dad's medical skills are also not valued by Er Niang..."

  Sheng Qiye also heard the obvious favoritism of Tu Shi, and he was very unhappy. These four children were all his own flesh and blood, although emotionally he had a slight bias towards Sheng Siyan, but overall, he really treated these children equally, and at the same time, he also hoped that others would treat them equally.

  Tu Shi only favored her own biological children and looked down on Sheng Siyan, which made Sheng Qiye very angry.

  "It's also Father's fault for not considering carefully, letting you suffer." Sheng Qiye patted Sheng Siyan's head, then looked up at the three children still in the carriage and said: "You all get down and go sit with your aunt."

  Da Ya and Da Lang, Er Lang were all stunned, looked at Sheng Qi Ye again, and then looked at Tu Shi.

  When Tui saw them making eyes at each other, the three children burst out crying together.

  Da Ya cried the most heartbreakingly, saying while crying that Sheng Siyan was "two-faced and treacherous". "You clearly promised not to tell Father, but you secretly went to tattle! Shameless!" She thought that Sheng Qiye knew it was her who pushed, and that Sheng Siyan had told on her.

  Sheng Siyan didn't say a word and instead leaned in closer, hugging Sheng Qiye's arm tightly.

  Sheng Qiye was even more furious and scolded the children in the car, "What are you crying about? Do you know where this is? You think this is some rural area? Letting people laugh at us!"

  As the army had already left the city, the onlookers had dispersed in twos and threes, but there were still some idlers who hadn't left, standing by the roadside, spitting and talking about what they had just seen.

  As soon as three children on this side cried, they immediately attracted their attention and turned their heads to point at the Ma family's carriage.

  Someone said: "That is the new Grand Duke of Shen Nong Fu, Seventh Master Sheng! How did he end up here?"

  "Who are those people?" someone asked, obviously unfamiliar with everyone except the newly appointed Duke of Sheng's family, Sheng Qiye.

  Some people who like to watch the excitement knew a bit more and said, "The little girl next to Sheng Qiye is his eldest sister, the eldest daughter of the direct descent, ten years old this year. Others don't know her, maybe she's a poor relative from the countryside, coming to visit for the autumn festival."

  Tu heard this and suddenly became red in the face, hastily scolding the three children on the cart: "Stop crying!"

  The three children's crying suddenly stopped. Obviously they listened more to Mr. Tu's words. Just now, Seventh Master Sheng told them not to cry, but they continued to cry and didn't care at all.

  Sheng Siyan's expression changed, and she said loudly: "Father, Er Niang and her siblings are new to the capital and don't understand the rules. Father, please don't blame them. We're all family, let's talk about it when we get home, don't block the way here. Look over there, a mule cart is going to cross the street."

  Onlookers suddenly realized that it was the concubine and children of Sheng Qi Ye who had come to Beijing from their hometown.

  Hmph! As expected, she's a concubine-born child, completely lacking in dignity. Just look at her unruly behavior!

  Tu heard these people's words and was anxious to death.

  She never expected that as soon as she arrived in the capital, she would be outsmarted by a ten-year-old girl. At the city gate, she was indeed given the title of "concubine".

  Then her children would be illegitimate! What's the point of striving for anything in the future?!

  Tu's eyes were fixed on Sheng Siyan, a cold smile spreading across his face as he said, "Don't try to be clever here, you think you're some kind of noble birth? You're not even as good as my daughter..."

  Sheng Qiye hastily coughed and glared at Tu Shi, saying: "If you continue to spout nonsense, I'll send you back to your hometown!"

  Tu closed his mouth with a hum, pulled Sheng Qiye's arm and said: "Qiye, the children are making trouble, we adults won't intervene. Let's go take a seat over there."

  Sheng Siyan heard Tu Shi's words, and the unease in her heart became even more severe. She also tightly grasped Sheng Qiye's other arm and said: "Father, there are three of them, I'm a bit scared."

  Tu heard this and his anger flared up, saying: "What are you afraid of? Can they eat you?"

  "They won't eat me, but they can push me off the car. - It's already been tried once before, I don't want to try it again." Sheng Siyan said seriously, "Although I am a legitimate child and they are illegitimate children, my mother told me that we should get along with our younger siblings and not create discord. So I can bear it, but I'd rather avoid them."

  The people around listened with relish.

  This kind of struggle between the legitimate and illegitimate children of a wealthy and influential family is something that ordinary people can't usually see. Now that I have the chance to experience it firsthand, no matter what, I must listen carefully.

  Sheng Qiye was so moved by Sheng Siyan's words that he almost shed tears, and hastily said: "Child, don't be afraid. Although Father wants you to get along with your younger brother and sister, if they bully you, Father won't let them off either." As he spoke, he sternly shouted at the three children with flashing eyes inside the carriage: "Get down!"

  The three children still didn't move, all looking at Ms. Tu.

  Sheng Siyan reminded Sheng Qiye: "Dad, your words are useless. They only listen to Er Niang's words and don't listen to Dad's words!"

  In fact, when he was in the countryside, Sheng Qiye would often return home only once every ten days or half a month, and several children were not very familiar with him, of course, they only listened to Tu Shi's words.

  At that time, Tu Shi never thought that Sheng Qi Ye had such a big background. Seeing him being somewhat sloppy, she didn't take him seriously. As for the children, she personally took charge of them and taught them to listen to her first, then to Sheng Qi Ye's words.

  Sheng Qiye had seen through it early on, and now, in front of everyone, he couldn't back down. He pulled Sheng Siyan's hand and narrowed his eyes, saying: "If you don't come down, I'll have the coachman throw you down."

  Tu said reluctantly: "You can come down now. I'll apologize to your elder sister when we get home."

  The three children had no choice but to get off the bus.

  The people around blamed Tou for being unscrupulous, a concubine, who dared to bully the legitimate eldest daughter of someone else's family. A few children born out of wedlock dare to openly push the legitimate eldest daughter off the carriage, tsk, indeed, it's really too unruly, coming from the countryside.

  The more Mr. Tu heard, the more anxious he became in his heart.

  This made Sheng Siyan put the hat of "concubine" on her in public, how can she mix in the future?!

  Tu Shi suddenly stopped, not doing anything and not resting. She hugged Da Yu, who had just walked to her side, and said to Sheng Siyan: "Hmph, don't be so arrogant. You think you're great, but you're just a..."

  "Hmmph!" Sheng Qiye suddenly let out a loud cough, interrupting Tu Shi's words. He spoke in a stern and severe tone: "How come I didn't realize earlier that you're a gossipmonger?! If you dare to prattle on again, I'll send you back to your hometown! Consider yourself not my concubine from now on! I'm returning the contract to you right now!"

  The Daxia Empire's concubine must obtain a concubine contract. However, the contract is essentially not a contract, but a bond paper, similar to a sales contract.

  Tu's lips trembled and closed, and was heavily struck by Sheng Qiye, not daring to argue again. He hurriedly took his three children towards his own donkey cart, wiping away tears as he walked, and glanced back at Sheng Qiye with a sorrowful gaze in between. His appearance seemed pitiful, his emotions seemingly worthy of sympathy.

  Sheng Qiye's heart softened a little. After all, she was the woman who had followed him for almost ten years, and he wasn't a hard-hearted person.

  Sheng Siyan pursed her lips and whispered, "Father, did I do something wrong? Second Aunt is acting like this. Is she blaming me? My mother... my mother is a straightforward person. She would only scold me for such things, Father, you must help me explain later."

  Sheng Qiye's thoughts immediately turned to Wang, and he was even softer on her. He pulled Sheng Siyan onto the carriage and said, "It's okay. I'll talk to your mother about it. Today's incident, you didn't do anything wrong. It's all my fault for being busy with my own affairs in the countryside and not taking care of them..."

  All along the way, Sheng Siyan thought of various ways to ask Sheng Qiye about his dealings with Tu Shi.

  Ten years ago, Sheng Qiye met someone who asked him to go somewhere with him, saying that he could help find a prescription to cure Xia Mingdi.

  Sheng Qiye had been searching for a suitable prescription to awaken Xia Mingdi since his return to secular life. Only then would the injustice done to the Sheng family be revealed to the world. Therefore, after hearing that person's words and seeing him produce the Sheng family's unique Shen Nong Ling, he deeply believed in him.

  Wang was then pregnant with six months to go before giving birth and it wasn't convenient for her to travel far. Seventh Master Sheng was anxious to get the prescription and didn't want to wait, so he left a letter for Wang who was then six months pregnant and went off with the person who had the Divine Farmer's Decree.

  This time it's been ten years.

  Wang gave birth to Sheng Siyan later, and for some reason, she took her and left the place where they used to live, moving to Wangjia Village on the outskirts of Beijing.

  Sheng Qiye later returned to their former residence, but couldn't find them and thought they had met with an accident. He then went to the capital to pay his respects at Shen Nong's temple. Originally, he planned to wait for the empress dowager's summons to enter the palace and present medicine after paying his respects. However, fate brought him together with Wang Shi and Sheng Siyan, mother and daughter, in front of Shen Nong's temple, reuniting the three members of the family.

  Sheng Siyan then asked again: "That Second Aunt, was she the one you met while studying medicine?"

  Sheng Qiye thought for a moment, then said: "No. But her family is not far from there. That year, after I went, I studied the formula in that place. A year later, I thought you should be one year old and could travel far, so I went back to where your mother and I lived to pick you up, but found that people were gone and the house was empty. You and your mother were unknown whereabouts. I didn't know if you were alive or dead, nor did I know whether your mother gave birth to a son or a daughter. For the sake of the Sheng family, the people in that place advised me to take a concubine and leave some incense for the Sheng family. Later, I went to a nearby village to take a look and saw that your second aunt was a good person, so I took her as my concubine."

  This is the second update. There will be a third update tonight. The three updates need everyone to use pink tickets to cheer o(n_n)o! Everyone knows that Mochi is a pink-type contestant, and with pink tickets, she can code quickly and efficiently. There will be a third update tonight. Adding an extra update for the reward from Bubbles yesterday ~~

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  This is the second update. Mua mua da~~~ Today I feel really cute, probably because I haven't taken my medicine yet~~~╮(╯▽╰)╭