Chapter Thirty-Three Explanation

  Shen Qianshan was praised by his aunt, so he raised his head and smiled: "It's really thanks to Mr. Ning and Sixth Miss, if it wasn't for them that time, the consequences would have been unpredictable, I even broke out in a cold sweat at the time. After thinking about it later, I still feel a lingering fear. As for Mr. Ning, I also sent him a large package of medicine, this is used by the Miao people on the other side, there are many snakes and insects in the Miao region, and the Miao people live in the mountains and forests, so their snake-repelling and insect-repelling medicine should be better than ours."

  Old Lady Jiang smiled and said, "It's rare for a young master like you to have such an innocent heart." Then she turned to Ning Fengbi and said, "Since it's the young master who wants to thank you, just accept it. In front of so many elders, it doesn't count as private dealings."

  Shen Qianshan rubbed his head, seemingly puzzled, and said: "Old lady, what is private teaching? Why do you keep saying that? Is it not allowed to have private teaching?"

  One sentence made everyone laugh again, Ning Fengbi was forced to have no choice: even Shen Qianshan didn't know what private transactions were, could it be that this girl who was one year younger than him actually knew? She had no choice but to step forward and thank him, gritting her teeth as she accepted the purse.

  Logically, the magnificent Rui Wangfu, especially since it was recently promoted to a prince, even if it's just to thank Ning Dehong, sending someone with a generous gift and having Shen Qianshan come over to personally thank him would be enough, that's how it was in the previous life.

  However, this time it was because the illness of the Grand Princess had been cured, and the Emperor was overjoyed. He conferred the title of Imperial Prince on the Rui Duke's estate, making it an Imperial Prince's estate. How could the Rui Imperial Princess not be overjoyed? And in order to solemnly show her filial piety towards her mother-in-law, she had come here personally.

  Xue's wife naturally didn't want to fall behind her. Although Rui Qin Wangye was of a higher status, it seemed somewhat inappropriate to only let two ladies come and thank an old man, so Shen Miao brought his two daughters-in-law and son over instead.

  Rui Wangfei and Xue Furen had also been to the Earl's mansion before, although they were not very familiar with each other. However, as women of noble families often gathered at various mansions, they would occasionally exchange a few words. With Old Lady Jiang's age and seniority present, they didn't put on too much airs, and for a while, Fushou Hall was filled with laughter and joy.

  Later, Old Lady Jiang naturally had to ask about the situation of the Grand Princess, so she said to Rui Wangfei: "Is the Grand Princess fully recovered now? I've been hearing that she's been plagued by this illness since her early years. If she's fully recovered, it's truly the blessing of the gods."

  The wise queen smiled and said, "It's not that easy to get better. In the past, when she had a coughing fit, even the imperial doctors were at a loss for what to do. Luckily, Old Master Ning was able to work his magic and bring her back from the brink. Although she's still not fully recovered, her coughing has eased up a lot. Last winter, seeing the princess suffer like that was unbearable for us younger ones. The princess herself was also tormented by it, otherwise she wouldn't have insisted on going to pray at the temple as soon as she felt a bit stronger this spring. My husband and I, as well as my brothers and sister, tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen. In the end, she even sneaked out with Shan'er to go to the temple. Luckily it was a blessing in disguise, otherwise... just thinking about it makes me shudder."

  Old Lady Jiang and the others suddenly realized that they had found it strange all along: with the Eldest Princess's chronic illness, how could she struggle to go to the temple? Even if she went to the temple to worship and pray for blessings, shouldn't there be a son or daughter-in-law accompanying her? Why was there only Shen Qianshan, a child not even ten years old, by her side?

  It wasn't until now that I realized, it turned out that the old and young had sneaked away. Shen Qianshan may not be very old, but he is quite capable, what does a little kid know? After being coaxed or urged by his grandmother, he naturally followed orders.

  Mrs. Xue smiled and said, "To think about it, this is also the blessing of heaven. The princess has always been devout in her Buddhist faith, only going to the Buddhist hall in our mansion. That day, for some reason, she suddenly felt inspired and insisted on going to the White Cloud Temple to burn incense. It was also because of Shan's filial piety that he listened to his grandmother's repeated urgings and went with her to burn incense this one time. After they returned, our old master scolded him severely. This child is really too reckless! Fortunately, we met Mr. Ning, isn't this the will of heaven?"

  Mrs. Jiang and Madame Qu were also Buddhist devotees, while Madam Yuan was skeptical of such things. Although Madam Yu did not worship Buddha, she had some reverence in her heart. At this moment, hearing such words, they all felt that the will of heaven was indeed astonishing, and they couldn't help but sigh in sympathy.

  Shen Qianshan and the ladies had nothing to say, they just wanted to talk to Ning Fengbi. It's strange to say that this child was usually arrogant and used to being flattered by others, but he didn't bother to respond, today for the first time he met someone who didn't fawn over him, he became interested.

  Would Ning Feng allow him to have his way? Seeing that Yu Shi was already too busy listening to Wang Fei Xue Fu Ren and Lao Tai Jun's conversation to care about herself, she hastily hid among her sisters.

  As expected, the next moment, when Shen Qianshan came to look for her again, he was surrounded by Ning Xianyue and others. Only Ning Xianbi and Bai Caiqi retreated from the crowd. One of them genuinely yielded to this young noble son, while the other's thoughts were unknown.

  Rui Wangfei and others spoke for a while, then bid farewell and left. Old Lady Jiang originally wanted to keep them in the mansion for dinner, but they naturally refused. So Old Lady Jiang led her daughter-in-law and others to see them off outside the second gate, watching as the royal family got into their carriage before returning to the house.

  Surrounding the prince's mansion, they talked about some things, which actually diluted the topic of Ning Yulan and her mother a lot.

  But the reception at noon was naturally grand, everyone knew that Old Lady Jiang doted on this daughter, and her niece Bai Caizhi had a soft and weak appearance that made people feel sorry for her, just looking at her made one not dare to be slow, let alone who dared to go against Old Lady Jiang's wishes at this time?

  The banquet was very rich, and Bai Cai Zhi and Ning Yu Lan sat on either side of Old Lady Jiang, which made Ning Xian Yue and others feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

  Ning Feng was unaware, but the old lady's favoritism towards Bai Cai Zhi had always existed. Otherwise, she wouldn't have allowed her granddaughter and daughter to enter the Wang Fu together back then. She didn't believe that with Jiang Lao Tai Jun's astuteness, she couldn't see who Shen Qian Shan truly liked. It could be said that this old lady used her own granddaughter's happiness to pave a golden path for her adopted granddaughter.

  It's impossible to say that there is no resentment at all. However, in this life, the old lady was very kind to herself and took good care of the three rooms. Not only did her mother manage some things, but also her father, who was encouraged by her to strive for a better life. These were things that had not happened in the previous life. Moreover, since she had already made up her mind not to marry Shen Qianshan in this life, the resentment was much lighter.

  Wah wah wah, I'm so excited, it's hard to believe my eyes... and I haven't even joined V yet, but I've already received so many rewards, is this really scientific? In the midst of dancing with joy, although there aren't many drafts left, today I must add an extra chapter to celebrate, woooohoooo! Fist pump. Wooooo excited long howl