The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 455: Be My Maid (2)_1

Chapter 455: Chapter 455: Be My Maid (2)_1

"Stop trying to kill her! If she suffers any harm, I won’t let the culprit off so easily!" Shen Songming warned.

Lady Shen turned angrily, "You must have been fed a ’Love Potion’ by her! Even your own mother is being wrongfully accused! I wouldn’t stoop so low as to kill a mere village girl!"

If it wasn’t someone from the Shen family who had laid hands on her, Shen Songming couldn’t think of anyone else.

Angered, Lady Shen left and upon returning to her room, she couldn’t stop her tears from flowing, "What sin have I committed!?"

The Lady steward whispered words of comfort, "The seventh young master is still young, and having experienced the previous two incidents, my lady should not take it too much to heart with the sixth young master!"

Among all the brothers, Shen Songming was ranked seventh.

"It’s precisely because of the previous two incidents that I’ve been particularly indulgent towards him. Look at what he’s doing now! Not pursuing his studies, abandoning his books, insisting on being a businessman. If that were all, he could later on take care of household affairs. But he’s been so bewitched by a country girl that he no longer cares for his family!" Lady Shen grew angrier the more she thought about it.

Shen Songming indeed no longer wanted this family; having crossed into this world three years ago, Lord Shen and Lady Shen had been good to him, but with his deeply rooted modern mindset, he was a person of the modern era with his own parents and home. In this world, Pei Qin was the person closest to him! He would consider the Shen family as his family, the people of the Shen family as relatives, but they absolutely could not stop him from marrying Pei Qin!

After Lady Shen left, Shen Songming immediately called for Shuang Xi and the guards who had carried him back, "Where’s my bundle of letters?"

Everyone was puzzled; they hadn’t seen any bundle of letters.

Shen Songming frowned, "Go immediately to the place where I fell off the horse and search for it!" He had been holding it all the time; it must have been lost when he fell off the horse and rolled away. There were already people in the Shen family who were hostile towards Pei Qin, and if that bundle of letters fell into their hands, Pei Qin...

The guards saw that it was still not dawn yet, but since Shen Songming had given the order, and they dared not disobey, they could only wait by the city gates. As soon as the gates opened, they immediately went to search the place where he had fallen off the horse.

The small bundle of letters had been thrown to the ground and was inconspicuous.

After searching carefully twice, they finally found it but didn’t dare to spread it open and read it. They decided to bring it back to Shen Songming first.

Shen Songming opened it and saw it was the lost bundle of letters, heaving a sigh of relief. But the content written inside hurt him every time he read it. He called for a fire and burned the bundle of letters directly. After lying in bed for a while, he called for Shuang Xi to prepare pen and ink and wrote a letter to Pei Qin. He didn’t care about that thin layer; he just wanted to marry her!

When Pei Qin received the letter, it was just after the Double Ninth Festival. After reading the letter, learning that he had fallen and couldn’t get out of bed due to a concussion, she frowned and cursed, "This blockhead!"

"Big sister! What happened?" Pei Qian came over to ask, wanting to see what was written in the letter, "Did you manage to sell the soy sauce?"

"It has been delivered to the Palace." Pei Qin told her straight away.

Previously, she hadn’t mentioned it; when Shen Songming took away the soy sauce, they had all thought it was meant to be sold in Capital Jingcheng, but to think that she had actually managed to have the soy sauce delivered into the Palace!?

Seeing the shock on their faces, Pei Qin nodded with a smile.

Pei Qian wanted to read the letter to confirm whether the soy sauce was indeed delivered to the Palace.

Pei Qin tucked the letter away, not letting her see it, "Alright! Go and check on the soy sauce in the workshop, and strive to have the new batch ready by the end of the year!"

Pei Qian felt puzzled for a moment and then asked, "Big sister! Did Brother Songming mention anything about setting a wedding date or sending betrothal gifts?" While she was surprised about the soy sauce being delivered to the Palace, what concerned her more was the marriage.

"That matter hasn’t been settled yet." Pei Qin replied nonchalantly and then picked up a basket of vegetables and walked out the door.

Pei Qian frowned, exchanging glances with Pei Yuan. "There must have been something in the letter that made big sister not want us to see it!"

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