Edited by Tnyhy
Chapter 85: The Day of Marriage (Part 1)
Time quickly past like it was flying by and in a twinkling of an eye it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was an auspicious day and was good to go get married and it was the day the long widowed Prince Yu to marry a Wangfei. After Prince Yu had been widowed for so many years, the residence of Prince Yu is finally welcoming a new mistress. However everyone was well aware that this was not something to be happy about. Just like the previous Prince Yu’s Wangfei, who could know when will the happy occasion become a funeral.
The target that was marrying into Prince Yu residence is the Shen family’s Di daughter of the second household in the capital. There were three Di daughters in the Formidable Great General residence, Shen Miao was famous for being an idiot, Shen Yue’s talented reputation was well known and Shen Qing was considered to be beautiful, generous and capable, and this last such good female was going to get married to Prince Yu kind of person. This made others unable to bear but to let a sigh go.
“That Shen Gui has gone crazy.” There was someone who was speaking softly in the crowd that was looking at the commotion. “Is not this watching one’s daughter jumping into the fire pit? This is sinful.”
“What do you know.” Another person disapproved, “I heard from my official Biao Older Brother, that this Eldest Shen Young Lady had illicit sexual relations with Prince Yu and is already pregnant. If it was not because that is a Royal flesh and blood, she would be drown.”
“Ah. What you said is real?” The surrounding people heard that and all of them were surprised as they did not know about this before.
That person shook his head proudly, “It is so. Heard that during the returning banquet in the Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials had witnessed it, and heard that this Shen family Eldest Young Lady was not pitiful at all and brought trouble to herself.”
“Indeed if it is like this. To be pregnant before marriage, this offend the public morals.”
“Really, does not know what shame is.”
“How did the Shen family’s Second household taught such a daughter that harmed General Shen’s noble and benevolent character. Really she is humiliating the family status.”
“What does this got to do with General Shen? General Shen is not in the Ding capital all year and even his daughter was raised by the two other households.”
Everyone’s lively discussion and comments were diverse and all the conversation were words of despise for Shen Qing. From the initial sympathy to the later spitting and cursing, seemed to have passed only a short moment of time. Even Shen Gui’s and Ren Wan Yun’s bones were picked.
That person who initially said that Shen Qing was pregnant, only quietly smiled and disappeared into the crowd.
In the Shen residence, the matchmaker was putting makeup on Shen Qing.
Ren Wan Yun stood behind Shen Qing and tightly twisted the handkerchief in her hands and could not wait to shred it into pieces. She raised her daughter up well but now had to watch as Shen Qing jumped into the fire pit. No mother would not love their own daughter and to Ren Wan Yun, everything that had happened felt like someone cutting into her flesh with a knife.
What was different was that Shen Qing did not have such strong emotions as Ren Wan Yun. She sat quietly at the seat and let the matchmaker move around and that matchmaker smiled and said, “Eldest Young Lady, this old one will thread one’s face. Face threading is somewhat painful, Eldest Young Lady must tolerate and after it, one will be able to be a beautiful bride.”
It was still alright if these words were not said but when these words were said, Ren Wan Yun only felt pain in her heart and she almost fainted. Shen Qing only looked woodenly at herself in the bronze mirror. If it was not for her blinking eyes, one would think that she was a corpse.
The matchmaker also grew apprehensive towards Shen Qing’s expression as she took a thin cotton thread from a box and started threading. This face threading made one’s face fair and clean but it was very painful and normally a noble young lady would delicately cry out with some pain. But when they were doing the threading, Shen Qing was still expressionless as if she was dead.
“Qing-er.” Ren Wan Yun could not help but shed tears.
When the matchmaker saw such a scene, of the bride not having the joy of being one, but her whole body was filled with despair, she understood a little in her heart. She did not say any auspicious words and quickly put Shen Qing’s makeup on and found an excuse to depart.
Only Ren Wan Yun and Shen Qing were left in the room with a few maids.
Ren Wan Yun’s tears could not stop, it was only a short few months but she has aged so much that she had now the looks like those of an older woman, her face was much older and her white hairs have increased. How could one see that previous plump gorgeously wearingly smart lady.
“Mother, do not worry.” It was Shen Qing who spoke first. Her voice was hoarse and it sounded strange, she seemed to cry yet as if she was laughing, “Today what I have suffered would not be in vain. I will take revenge myself.
“Qing-er, Mother let you down.” Ren Wan Yun went up and hugged her.
Shen Qing woodenly let her mother hug her and said in a hoarse voice, “Father and Mother cannot help but even so I will take my own revenge.” Her tone was gloomy but that burst of grievances could be felt by everyone. Shen Gui looking on coldly by the side, Ren Wan Yun’s apprehension, their inability to face up to Shen Qing’s marriage, and finally Shen Qing hate of her own parents.
It was like a strike of lighting for Ren Wan Yun to be hated by her own daughter. But she knew how the matter came to this step and it was not necessarily without her reasons. If she had not schemed against Shen Miao in the beginning, if she went out and took a look in Wo Long Temple or perhaps if she had not written to Prince Yu about the wrong person, perhaps then Shen Qing would not have fallen into such a desperate situation like now.
She reluctantly smiled, “Qing-er must not be afraid, Mother swear to definitely take revenge for you. And your Second Older Brother would definitely not let that little slut off.”
In the big hall of the Shen residence, Old Shen Furen’s expression was serious as she sat on the seat in the middle, and Shen Yuan Bo was half laying in her arms as if he feared Old Shen Furen’s ruthless expression and obediently dared not move.
“Make what up.” Old Shen Furen said, “After doing such a shameless thing, she still have face to increase the trousseau. Number Two, you have raise a good daughter.” Old Shen Furen was vain and superficial and loved to have face outside. This time what happened to Shen Qing could not be hidden from her, and knowing that all the civil and military officials were aware of Shen Qing’s shameful deed, Old Shen Furen felt that her old face was lost and naturally hated Shen Qing and her mother.
Shen Gui quickly consented and could not wait to divorce Ren Wan Yun on the spot.
Shen Qiu expression upon hearing this was weird, seemingly like he wanted to laugh. Most likely Old Shen Furen herself had forgotten that she was originally a songstress, and speaking of which how much better could she be comparing to Shen Qing. She really thought that she was an unmarried daughter of a noble house who was as clear as ice and as clean as jade.
Shen Wan did not make any sound and Chen Rou Qiu would not take the initiative to attack when Old Shen Furen was that angry. As for Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan, they stood largely on the spot as if they had not heard Old Shen Furen’s words.
Old Shen Furen finished throwing out her temper, “The dowry cannot be too much. This kind of daughter is not worth my Shen family’s money.”
When such words were spoken, Luo Xue Yan had a layer of contempt in her eyes. Old Shen Furen was most biased against Eldest household and even if one valued males and belittled females, but Shen Qing grew up under Shen Old Furen. One obviously knew that Shen Qing’s marriage into Prince Yu’s residence was a tragic start, by giving more money perhaps Shen Qing could live more comfortable, but one did not think that Old Shen Furen would be so stingy to that level and be that ruthless. Indeed a female born from the lowest level that could not be seen in public.
Shen Gui agreed, he had always had the attitude of a filial son and Old Shen Furen upon seeing him obedient, her expression was much warmer. When her eyes fell onto Shen Xin, she was about to say something when suddenly Shen Yue exclaimed, “Second Older Brother.”
Everyone looked at the direction of Shen Yue’s eyes and there from the door walked in a young male, wearing a stone green long robe. This male looked upright and upon closer inspection, looked a sixth or seventh similar to Shen Hui but there was a touch of pride in his brows.
This was not anyone else but the Shen family’s Second household’s eldest Di son, Shen Yuan.
Flu got me.. It first got my dad then me… ugh.
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Oh and I also got first here XD
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It’s the same in our house. All of us got the flu. First my mom then my dad and me then my bro. LOL
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Flu laid me out too……and I don’t even get to share my pain T_T.
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I’m reading this while my nose is dripping like a tap and my sinuses are aching enough to make my head spin. It’s getting rather hard to actually read while dealing with the blur XD
But damnit, I’m finishing this bloody novel!
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why is it that evil people in these type of novels never blame themselves
like seriously it’s like they have never heard of “don’t covet others things” or “if you don’t seek death it won’t come knocking” (not exact saying but it’s the jist of it)
i mean seriously Shen Miao’s dad had been nothing but a dutiful son, brother, brother-in-law but nope they want everything from his family like brah ya think ya would live such a good life if it weren’t for her dad i mean for real not to mention Shen Miao’s dad doesn’t even ask for anything in return and he even gives all his rewards towards the family and even allow them to take control of the money, so where were they losing money or such thing no they have never been treated badly the only problem lies in that they are jealous of a guy who is a Military official when is funny cause in nearly all of Chinese novel don’t officials look down on military official, i mean why you jealous over something you didn’t even like in the first place like whaaaaat?
sorry for the rant evil people in these novels make me lose a few brain cells every time i read about them
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Its ok to rant here… Tbh, I know some people who also blame the world/others on everything but themselves but of course they are not evil people (or at least I am not schemed against yet!) The novels are just the extreme cases 😛
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Chinese webnovel logic.
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That songstress really pissed me off. She thinks she’s all high and mighty when she is just the second wife/concubine that has a lower status than Shen Xin and thinks that she has control of everything and knows it. But in reality she only wanna have face and money while being too self centered which pisses me off. Not even knowing their bottom line, SM should definitely start with this idiotic zumu before she becomes worse than trash. Wait, the word trash is an insult to trash. She is worse than trash already forgot about it. Teehe~
Thanks for the amazing chapter!
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Thanks for supporting!! I felt the worst punishment for her is to take away her face and money and let her live through without it 😛
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Your welcome!
And yah! First humiliate her second reveal all her evil schemes third take away everything she owns fourth kick her out of the house and fifth throw stones at her or kill her that will make her live a life worst than death
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The target that was marrying into Prince Yu residence is the Shen family’s Di daughter of the second household in the capital…..
Target indeed, target of empress’ revenge! And this old lady is too much. Whose money again? Her family’s or Shen Xin’s? Stupid old hag.
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She thinks that all of Shen Xin’s stuff should be hers…
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Thank you for the new chapter.
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Thanks for the chapter 🙂
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An old hag with a dubious background who likes to pretend that she is a noble one … now another pretentious character showing up. Looking forward to see what this new character is like. Thanks for this part.
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Thanks for supporting!! More characters for SM to take down 😛
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A granny pretending to have face, a son pretending to be filial, and a mother who blames another person for her failed schemes… *sigh* they do all fit together.
This brother of SQ, what will he be?
Thank you for the chapter (*°∀°)ゞ fu
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Thanks for supporting!! Tbh, I like how SM deal with SQ’s bro…. *being a troll is fun*
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Does this shen yuan will be bad or good guy a?
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Soon you will find out 😛 *Not telling*
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I wonder if Shen Miao will even bother getting rid of the stupid hag. Maybe it would be better to just cut off the money (it has already started) and let her witness her offspring be decimated one after another.
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Thank you so much!! 😘😘😘
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Thanks for the chapter! SM ruin her brother too !
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Even tho SQ is a horrible person, I don’t think she can compare to Prince Yu….I wouldn’t wish that guy on anyone. Also it’s so annoying how everyone’s blaming the rape victim rather than the rapist, sigh….those times were really disgusting, not that that doesn’t happen now lol. I wonder what SQ’s older brother will do now….
Thank you for the chapter 💖💖💖
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Thanks for supporting!! SQ’s bro is the smart one in the family… So lets see how SM handle him
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Thank you for the hard work 😘
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Better put it here, RIP Shen YUan
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thanks for the chappy as always…
fear not……
because
hehehe ‘rescue’ is coming….
i am curious how long it will be until yhe start of the operation…
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Thanks for supporting!! Its coming soon…
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Is face threading that painful ? I’ve never gotten mine threaded but in my country it’s very common to use threading to remove facial hair. I guess the women hav gotten gotten used to the pain. I’ve never seen a woman in salon even whimper due to threading. The first time I watched a you tube video where an American woman plucked out her eye brows I was so confused lol. The only time I had seen a tweezer being used before was in biology lab 😂 cultural shock.
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If one does it properly it is not painful. But who knows how the tools were back then…
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Will this shen yuan be the only logically thinking guy from the branch families? Or will I be left disappointed with shen yuan being another one of those self entitled idiots ? Let’s see what words come out of his mouth in the next chapter
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I pray for tnyhy and zazajunnie will get better and stay healthy#GWS
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‘Fruit fall not far from the tree’ that is what i think about shen yuan#haha
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One thing is sure: this rotten TREE/branch will fall. 🙂
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Thanks for supporting!! But this fruit is much smarter 😛
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No sympathy for them ….
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I always wonder how someone can have pride in their brows.
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No idea… Apparently in this novel, eyebrows have lots of expressions and meanings… LOL
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I keep noticing how much make up they put on men’s eyebrows in Chinese period dramas (probably because they fear plucking unlike women XD). Maybe a cultural thing?
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Hahaha same. Eyes i understand …but too much emphasis on brows.
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Thank you for the chapter~
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Thanks for the chappie!~ ❤
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The selfish brother have arrived!l
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haiihhh! Chinese novels always have ways to make the villains so hateful and extremely stupid. I would feel so frustrated reading about, I just want to jump in the novel and give them a good punch and also perhaps strangle them a bit ^_^ but yaaaass shen miao, please do some revenge and give us readers some satisfaction and peace of mind 🙂
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I didn’t know what face threading was, so here’s a little video (min and half) that shows it a bit. (Unless your site doesn’t allow video links, then just google/youtube it if you were curious like me hehe) Thanks for your work and can’t wait for more!
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Thanks for supporting!! Its a painful process for the first few times when someone does it
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Finally!! I kept wondering why did Shen Qing never blamed her mother…even if she did not despise her for the initial scheme, she should have blamed her for not recognizing her own daughter’s voice while residing in the next room.
RWY to hate Shen Miao is understandable, but SQ after going through such traumatic event, form her point of view, should have blamed both SM And RWY.
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could someone please explain that ´songstress´ Thing to me?!
if i run it trough online translators it just tells me it´s a normal singer/musician. but from what i got in the context it seems to be some kind of prostitute?!
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In those days, a songstress is considered a demeaning job as it expose their faces to public, for unmarried females that is a big nono…
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another rat has appeared!
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I have really enjoyed your comments and for translating this novel . Thanks for your hard work.
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