After Reincarnating, the Ice-Cold Prince Won’t Leave Me Alone - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Dust Settles 3

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Madam Li stared straight at her. “Where did you go just now?”

Shen Mingjiao didn’t seem to notice the tense atmosphere in the room. She said casually, “I just walked around the village.”

She suddenly clapped her hands as if she had suddenly recalled something and she said, “Oh right, when I passed by the woodshed just now, I saved a group of servants who were about to be silenced.”

The few of them froze. Shen Jian forced a smile and said, “Fourth Girl, don’t do anything stupid on impulse. They’re all servants who had made a huge mistake. If they don’t die and instead spread rumors, our entire Manor will suffer. Then, I’m afraid that your marriage with the Prince will…”

Shen Mingjiao waved her hand nonchalantly. “It’s fine, it’s fine. We’re family. We can share blessings and hardships together!”

Shen Jian stared at her. Who the f*ck wants to go through hardships together with you?!

Madam Li stared at her calm smile. Everything was clear at the moment! When she thought of that similar face in her memory, she felt the anger in her chest surge. She raised her hand and slapped Shen Mingjiao’s face.

“B*tch, why don’t you die!”

However, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by someone.

Shen Mingjiao leaned close to her ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Auntie, how does it feel to be the main character at the Southwind Pavilion?”

Madam Li’s heart skipped a beat. In a flash, she understood everything. She pointed at Shen Mingjiao with trembling hands.

“You… It’s you… You caused all of this…”

Shen Mingjiao let go of her hand. “Aunt, why are you so agitated? I’m just giving you a taste of your own medicine!”

…

She recalled that day when she heard the approaching footsteps. Shen Mingjiao took a step back to avoid the man’s outstretched hand and shouted softly into the air, “Wang Dashan.”

In the next moment, the back window moved and a thin man appeared in front of him. It was the guard that Eunuch Hua had left behind to protect Shen Mingjiao.

Shen Mingjiao pointed at the frightened man. “Throw him onto the bed.”

The man immediately complained with tears in his eyes, “Miss, I was framed too.”

Then, he took out the light purple handkerchief from his pocket and sniffed it. Then, he said gently, “Miss, since the first time I saw you, I…”

Shen Mingjiao interrupted him impatiently, “That’s the handkerchief of Aunt Hu from the kitchen!”

The man froze in the act of sniffing the handkerchief.

When she heard footsteps approaching the door, Shen Mingjiao stopped talking nonsense and said bluntly, “Make a deal with me. We’ll take down First Madam tonight. The price is negotiable!”

The man looked humiliated and angry. “Who do you take me for…”

“Two hundred taels.”

“No… I only have you in my heart…”

“Five hundred taels.”

“That’s the mistress of the Duke Mansion. I don’t dare to…”

“One thousand taels.”

The man, oh no, the main character of the Southwind Pavilion smiled brightly. “Deal.”

…

Retracting her thoughts, Shen Mingjiao looked at Madam Li’s angry and twisted face. She had always known that Madam Li hated and even despised her.

The reason was very cliché. Back then, Madam Li had taken a fancy to her father. After being rejected, she took a step back and married Shen Jian. However, she had not given up on her father. Later on, her father had gone against everyone’s wishes and married her mother. Naturally, Madam Li hated her mother to the core and even disliked her.

Shen Jian seemed to have seen that she did not intend to compromise. He stared at her with a deep gaze. “What do you want?”

Shen Mingjiao met his gaze calmly and said indifferently, “Nothing much. As long as Uncle doesn’t use my name to sneak around in the future and doesn’t think of getting any benefits from the Prince through me, I’ll pretend that nothing happened today. Otherwise, the servants I saved will be the best witnesses.”

Madam Cui pointed at her and scolded angrily, “Little b*tch, your uncle’s family has raised you for so many years and yet you’re such an ingrate!”

Shen Ming smiled mockingly. “Ha! Grandmother, have you forgotten that the title of Marquis of Yong Chang Residence should be revoked when it reaches Eldest Uncle’s generation? It was my father who contributed to the treatment of the epidemic in Qinzhou back then, so Eldest Cousin had the chance to receive the hereditary rank. Ask yourself honestly, what kind of life have I been living for the past eight years in the residence ?!”

“But Grandmother, don’t worry. For the sake of my father, I will still show my filial piety every festive season.”

Actually, if these people didn’t provoke her, she wouldn’t have bothered.

However, when she thought about how this group of people had used her name and even the Prince’s Mansion in her previous life, she found them to be like mosquitoes in summer. Although they could not hurt her, it was extremely annoying to be bitten by them carelessly.

Now that she had this information, it was as if there was a knife hanging above Shen Jian’s head. He would probably keep a respectful distance from her from now on.

Shen Mingjiao’s attitude was firm. In the end, Shen Jian could only compromise.

The few of them left with sullen faces. When they passed by, Shen Mingjiao said coldly to Madam Li, “Oh right, don’t forget to return all my mother’s dowry.”

Her mother was born in a small merchant family in Jiangnan. Although her dowry was not a lot but merely a few shops, they were left behind by her mother to be given to her and her sister.

Madam Li was filled with hatred, but when she thought of what had happened that night, she could only grit her teeth and agree.

Shen Mingjiao smiled and added, “Aunt, on account of your good attitude, I’ll tell you out of kindness that you’re not actually pregnant. You just took some medicine that caused your fake pregnancy.”

Madam Li rolled her eyes and fainted from anger.