"Mother, don't you understand yet? As long as Shen Li is around, we will never have peace. We will never have a good life! So, it's either her or me, and it's either me or her!"
"Anyway, I will never let her be so complacent like this!"
Shen Miao couldn't calm down at this moment. Her mind was full of the idea of taking revenge on Shen Li.
"Miao'er! What can you use to fight against Shen Li now? Calm down. Just think of her as an insignificant person. Just ignore her! Look at me. Didn't I endure for so many years? It was only after I saw the eldest branch leave that I could have such a good life now! You can endure for a while. When you get married, everything will get better!"
As Shen had been immersed in the inner courtyard for many years, she didn't want to see Shen Miao act so impulsively and do something that couldn't be redeemed.
"Humph! She Shen Li is just relying on Shen Yi's influence in front of the Emperor! But who said that His Majesty didn't have any suspicions? It's just a momentary rise. There's nothing to be complacent about. One day, they will fall from the altar. By then, I will make them look good!"
"Good, very good! Daughter, I support you. That Shen Li can't be endured. She must be taught a lesson. Otherwise, she will think that we are easy to bully! She will even ride on our heads!"
At this moment, Shen Junming, who had just lost his temper, happened to hear Shen Miao's words. He immediately expressed his support.
But Shen didn't give Shen Junming any face. She directly rebuked, "What are you doing at this moment? Is Shen Li and Shen Yi that easy to provoke? You let Miao'er take this risk. What if something happens? I only have Miao'er as my daughter. I will never let her take any risks!"
"Miao'er is also my daughter. How can I just watch her get hurt? I'm also thinking for our future. If that Shen Li is not eliminated, we will never have a good life. It's better to clear this obstacle now so that it can provide some protection for our Miao'er in the future!"
Shen had long looked at the child in Lady Liu's stomach with disfavor. At this moment, she directly sneered at Shen Junming, "Humph! You say that you are providing protection for us! I think you are just thinking about your own official position and the bastard in that bitch's stomach. How could you have even half a thought about our Miao'er?"
"Now that you have another child, where can our Miao'er have a place? I think you should stop focusing on that bitch. You are already so old. You don't know how to be ashamed. You still want to have another son! Oh! I think there are already many green hats on your head!"
Shen Junming was enraged and started quarreling with Shen again, "I think the most shameless person should be you. You are just pouring dirty water on Lady Liu for no reason. How could you still have the demeanor of the main mistress of the family? If you didn't stop me from taking concubines in the past, how could I only have Zhang'er as my son now?"
"You can't give birth to a son yourself. Now that Lady Liu is pregnant with one for me, you are still so jealous and willful. You are making things difficult for her. You are truly a good daughter brought up by your parents!"
As Shen Junming said, he even dragged Shen Zhuo and Lady Zhu into it. When Shen heard this, she was not willing. She felt that Shen Junming was ungrateful and started to dislike her.
"Good! Very good! Shen Junming!" Shen suddenly laughed out, "You are disliking me again! Yes, when we first got married, my family background was not as good as yours. But how good were you? You were just a bastard adopted by the eldest branch! Moreover, for so many years, my father had been promoted all the way. He had also helped you a lot!"
"Not to mention anything else, just the silver, we had never spent less on you. Otherwise, where did you get the money to manage for your promotion? And now, the silver that you used to support your concubines was also supplemented by me. Otherwise, how could you live such a comfortable life?"
Shen also took a step forward. She did not give an inch. She even dragged Shen Junming's background into it. When Shen Junming was said to be speechless, he could only stiffen his neck and still defend himself there, "I didn't ask for that silver. It was sent by your family on their own initiative. Moreover, all the things in the mansion are household expenses. They are all public silver. You are in charge of the family. If you want to supplement it, what can I do?"
"You... Shen Junming, I really didn't expect you to be able to say such a shameless thing! Back then, you said that you wanted to spend money to get through relationships and give yourself a promotion. But you were suffering from not having enough silver to circulate. It was my mother who advised my father to give you 20,000 taels of silver."
"If it weren't for my father and mother, you still don't know where you are hiding now! How could you be able to mix in your current official position? Now that there's nothing wrong, you're starting to be ungrateful, right? You're even blaming my father and mother. Could it be that they were wrong for giving you silver?"
Regarding the matters back then, when Shen brought it up now, Shen Junming still felt a little lacking in confidence. Back then, when his elder brother, Shen Junhong, was still in the capital, he wanted to spend money to buy an official position for himself.
He first asked Shen Junhong for some silver. But unfortunately, Shen Junhong looked down on those corrupt means of falsifying. He didn't want him to do it. Naturally, he wouldn't give him any silver. It was Shen Zhuo, who was released outside, who only provided 20,000 taels of silver after listening to Lady Zhu's persuasion.
It was also because of these 20,000 taels that he was able to bribe the people in the Ministry of Personnel and let him win a position.
It was precisely because of this matter back then that he owed Shen Zhuo and Shen a favor. From then on, he couldn't straighten his back in front of Shen. He had lived a depressing life for so many years.
So he also hated Shen Junhong extremely. He loathed his lofty and self-righteous appearance! So he had an almost stubborn love and pursuit for official positions. He was just longing for the day when he could surpass Shen Junhong and let Shen Junhong see in public that he could also have today's achievements.
"This happened so many years ago. Why did you bring it up again?" Shen Junming's words had already involuntarily brought some guilty feelings. He didn't dare to look into Shen's eyes.
"Humph! No matter how many years pass, it won't change the fact that my father and mother had once helped you!"
In this quarrel, Shen naturally won. With her own strength, she made Shen Junming blush. He lowered his head and looked cautious.
When she saw this, Shen was naturally satisfied. But when she turned around again, she saw that the seat where Shen Miao had sat was already empty.
It turned out that when Shen Miao was quarreling with Shen Junming just now, she was impatient to look at such a thing. She had already hidden back in her own courtyard one step earlier and was thinking about her own matters attentively.
On the other side, Shen Li had just walked out of the Eastern Courtyard. When she passed by the garden of the Shen Mansion, she saw Lady Liu walking slowly towards her.