readytorunbook Chapter 328: Encounter with the sneaky scumbag father
Chapter 328: Encounter with the sneaky scumbag father
"Then why are you thanking me now?"
"The princess was critically ill again yesterday, so we asked Miss Shen to come over and rescue her. She was saved. Now Prince Ding's Mansion truly believes that it was she who saved the princess, so Prince Heng came here in person." Someone who knew the situation continued.
"This Miss Shen is so amazing. The imperial physicians were unable to cure this difficult and complicated disease, but she did. This shows that her medical skills must be very impressive..." In a short time, the news that Miss Shen had saved the princess spread throughout the capital.
After Yao Qingnian had given the princess a follow-up visit, she came out of Prince Ding's Mansion just after noon. She missed the hot wonton soup she had just experienced when she traveled across time, so she declined Prince Heng's offer to take her back and walked straight to the street, wanting to see if there was any stall to eat something to eat.
Prince Ding's Palace is located in the southeast of the capital, close to the imperial city. The streets here are wide and paved with marble, smooth and clean. Both sides of the street are mostly luxurious mansions and gardens, with red doors and high thresholds, carved beams and painted buildings. You can often see gorgeous carriages passing by, with dignitaries and their families dressed in silk and satin sitting in the carriages.
After a walk around, I didn't find anything special. There were mostly restaurants and teahouses nearby, as well as various high-end shops selling precious jewelry, silk, antiques and other items.
There was no navigation in ancient times. As she walked, she got lost. Just when she was about to find a passerby to ask for help, she suddenly saw a familiar figure. Wasn't that her scumbag father? Why was he here?
It was duty time now, maybe something happened? No matter what, she put aside her doubts and chased after him. She saw Shen Wenting walk from the street into an alley, stop in front of a courtyard, look around, make sure no one noticed him, then knock on the gate. After a while, the gate opened and he walked in.
Sneaky, it seems like he is up to no good. Yao Qingnian was at a corner and didn't see who opened the door. She looked around and her eyes fell on the opposite side of the yard where Shen Wenting entered. There was a house with its door open, so she walked in and asked, "Is anyone there?!"
"Who are you looking for?" A middle-aged woman came out of the house and saw a beautiful girl standing in the yard, and her tone was a bit unfriendly.
"Sister, I want to ask you something. Is it convenient?" Yao Qingnian asked softly.
Hearing the word "sister", the lady's face lit up immediately. She was already in her early forties, and this little girl called her sister. It seemed that she didn't look old at all. The old man in her family stared at her every day and didn't know how to cherish her at all. She softened her tone a little: "What's the matter? I'm busy! If you have something to say, please say it quickly."
"Oh, sister, your skin is so good, how do you maintain it on a daily basis?!"
"Hmm...hmm? Haha...you're too kind, girl. We are just women from ordinary families. How can we have the time to take care of ourselves?" She touched her face and smiled.
"No maintenance? It seems that you are naturally beautiful. Look, I have a hairpin here, it's very suitable for you, try it and see if you like it. Since we have met, consider this a gift from me to you." Yao Qingnian took out a hairpin from his sleeve and placed it in her hand.
"This... this is too valuable. I can't accept it." The woman looked at the hairpin. The texture and workmanship were both very fine. Her eyes were shining, but she still pretended to be polite and refused, and returned the hairpin to Yao Qingnian.
"Sister, please don't be polite with me. I still have something to ask you. Just consider this as a thank you gift. If you refuse again, I will be angry." The hairpin returned to her hand again.
"Okay, sister, then I won't be polite with you. Just ask whatever you want to ask. There is nothing on this street that I, Sun Qiuhong, don't know!" After taking Yao Qingnian's things, she warmly invited her to sit down and brought her tea.
"Sister, I want to ask you who lives across the street from you?"
"You've asked the right person. Let me tell you, the people living across the street are a woman and her son. They dress up in fancy clothes every day and seduce men all day long. Bah! They're just sluts!
No one on our street associates with her. I have met her son a few times and he looks quite decent.
The mother and son have moved here a long time ago. She moved here not long after I married my husband. Although our place is not in the center of Beijing, the location is also good.
When she first came, the neighbors nearby would greet her and chat about family matters, but she ignored them. When others asked her why her husband was not at home, she replied that her husband was very busy, working outside and leaving early and coming back late, so no one around us had ever seen her husband.
I have encountered this before. There was a dignified-looking man who came here every now and then. He looked a bit like an official.
At the beginning, although she ignored everyone, no one took it seriously. But over time, everyone on the street started to have opinions about her.
She always dressed up beautifully when she went out, which attracted the attention of many men in our alley. They always looked towards her house intentionally or unintentionally. I even heard that there were men climbing over the wall of her house at night!
So, she has a terrible reputation on our street. Everyone is afraid that they will seduce their men to her, so they tell everyone to stay away from her.
Sister, why are you asking about their family?" Sun Qiuhong told her everything she knew.
"To be honest, sister, I'm here to look for my husband. He's been away from home lately. No matter what I ask him, he never gives me a direct answer and speaks hesitantly. So I looked for opportunities to follow him. I found that he always comes to this street these days and seems to have gone into that house. I'm afraid that I have wronged him, so I passed by your place and saw that your gate was not closed, so I came here to ask about him." Yao Qingnian made up an excuse.
"Oh! Sister! So that's how it is. Then you'd better keep a close eye on him, your man might really go find that vixen. She doesn't work every day, and she has a son studying in academy. She dresses up like a lady every day. I suspect she is someone else's concubine. Otherwise, where would a woman like her get the money? Don't you think so?" Sun Qiuhong glanced outside the door and said with disgust on her face, all crows are black, and few men can resist the temptation of that kind of woman.
The last time she went to her parents' home, when she came back she saw her husband talking to that vixen, her eyes fixed on the vaguely visible part of her chest. Not only did the vixen not restrain herself, she almost stuck her whole body to the man. She was so angry that she rushed over and grabbed the man's ears and cursed him. After everyone knew about this, they pointed fingers at the woman.