sbdcsierra Chapter 419: Unexpected Guests
Chapter 419: Unexpected Guests
If I had told him before that Xie Yunche's distinguished guests were Shen Changshan's family, he would never have believed it. But now, haha!
They were distinguished guests, while I was a lowly person, not even an ordinary citizen.
Although she had long accepted her identity as a slave, she had never compared herself with Shen Li and the others. Until this moment, it was the most embarrassing and difficult time in her life.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you?"
Xie Yunche had complicated feelings towards Shen Jiaojiao. Although he had already investigated the truth, he knew that she had no choice but to leave him, but he still felt uncomfortable.
Shen Changshan raised his head and looked upwards. From this direction he could just see Shen Jiaojiao's face.
Shen Jiaojiao was kneeling beside Xie Yunche, and in front of Xie Yunche was a low table that could not hide Shen Jiaojiao's figure.
After a few breaths, he suddenly looked at Shen Li and saw his daughter nodded at him. He looked up again and confirmed that this was his younger sister Shen Jiaojiao.
He looked at Shen Li, wondering how Shen Jiaojiao had fallen to this point.
He didn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy for Shen Jiaojiao. Just the moment she pushed Ali, their relationship as brother and sister was over.
Not to mention that they had separated a long time ago, and the slight brother-sister relationship between him and Shen Jiaojiao had long been dead in name only.
When Shen Jingyuan and Shen Qian'an saw their father's look, they also looked up, and then shifted their gaze calmly.
Seeing that they had no intention of recognizing her, Shen Jiaojiao suddenly curled her lips, her face full of sarcasm. Was she afraid that she would tarnish their identities?
But she, Shen Jiaojiao, was not what they wanted.
"Your Majesty, please forgive Jiaojiao for being rude. I wonder if Your Majesty can give Jiaojiao a glass of wine. Jiaojiao saw her relatives. She has not seen them for a long time and she missed them very much."
Xie Yunche originally wanted to get angry, but after hearing what she said, his mind was stuck.
Relatives, what relatives?
Everyone here is her family. I have never heard her mention that she has relatives in Prince Yan's Mansion.
No, except for the Shen family members who came to visit today, everyone has the surname Shen. Could it be that... He looked at the kneeling Shen Jiaojiao in disbelief.
But there was no one there. It turned out that while she was distracted, Shen Jiaojiao poured herself a glass of wine and walked straight downstairs.
Seeing this, Shen Li raised her eyebrows slightly. She could probably guess the purpose of Shen Jiaojiao's doing this.
Shen Jiaojiao walked straight to Shen Changshan and Lin Cuicui, pulled off the veil on her face, and smiled, looking surprised.
"Brother and sister-in-law, I am Jiaojiao, don't you recognize me?"
Shen Changshan frowned and looked at her. Lin Cuicui didn't pay attention to her just now, but now after looking carefully, she found that it was really Shen Jiaojiao.
But, their relationship has always been bad, so what is she doing?
She didn't simply think that Shen Jiaojiao just wanted to say hello to them.
You can tell from the malice in her eyes that this is not the case.
Shen Changshan looked straight at her with sharp eyes, although he also saw the malice in her eyes.
"It's Jiaojiao! When I heard this name just now, I was wondering where you were. I never thought that we were so destined to meet here."
"Are mom and dad okay?"
The smile on Shen Jiaojiao's face froze for a moment, then her eyes filled with tears and her voice choked up: "Brother, mother, she didn't make it. She passed away less than a month after you left."
"It's all my fault. I failed to protect mom. Big brother, blame me. It's all my fault."
The scene of the beauty crying became more and more charming the more you watched it. At least, after Xie Yunche saw it, he felt sorry for her and there was a hint of pity in his eyes when he looked at Shen Jiaojiao.
Shen Changshan also shed a few tears: "Jiaojiao, why is big brother blaming you? I know it's not easy for you as a girl. Where are dad and second brother now?"
Xie Yunche already felt sorry for Shen Jiaojiao. How hard it must be for a girl like her to take care of an elderly mother!
After hearing what Shen Changshan said, he regained his senses. Yes, when he first met Shen Jiaojiao, there were people around her. Now that he thought about it, it should be his father and second brother.
It's really disgraceful that two grown men entrusted such an important task to a little girl like her.
Hearing him ask this, Shen Jiaojiao cried even harder, "Brother, since I got separated from you, the food at home has become less and less every day. In the end, my parents had no choice but to sell me to the prince in exchange for some food. I don't know their whereabouts anymore."
Hearing this, Shen Li suddenly smiled and said, "Aunt, don't you always have the best luck? When we were fleeing from the famine, we couldn't find anything to eat. We were sure we could find pheasants, wild boars, etc. How come we can't find anything now?"
There was a flash of viciousness in Shen Jiaojiao's eyes. Shen Li, that damn little bitch, was always talking about things that were not relevant.
There was a hint of suspicion in Xie Yunche's eyes when he looked at Shen Jiaojiao, but because of Pei Yu, he did not doubt what Shen Li said.
When Shen Jiaojiao turned sideways, she glanced at Xie Yunche, tears rolling down her eyes. She turned towards Shen Li and gave a bitter smile.
"Ali, what are you talking about? There is nothing on the road to escape from the famine. What can a weak woman like me find?"
Xie Yunche nodded, which made everyone present look like he was so easy to fool. However, they were more willing to cover it up because he was a prince after all, so they still had to give him some face.
Shen Li nodded, "My aunt is right, as long as you are happy."
Shen Jiaojiao:......
Her expression froze for a moment. What was she talking about? Was she doing this on purpose? Anything else she could say would be better than this.
Shen Li: "Since my sister-in-law was bought by the prince, how could she have fallen to this point?"
Looking at Xie Yunche, he asked, "Could it be that the prince sold my aunt?"
Xie Yunche quickly waved his hands and shook his head to deny it three times, "No, I didn't. Not long after I bought her, I returned her household registration to her and didn't make her a slave."
"Later, when my Xie family was raided, Shen Jiaojiao was not at home, so she escaped unscathed. I only saw her again in the past few months."
Shen Li looked at Shen Jiaojiao, "So that's how it is. Aunt, tell us what you've been through in the past two years."
Shen Jiaojiao: Her tone was as if she was asking me to tell her a joke.
"Ali, I..."
Shen Jiaojiao's voice was choked with sobs and she could no longer speak. Her expression was so tearful that anyone who saw it could cry and anyone who heard it could feel sad.
However, Xie Yunche was the only one who was fooled. Ever since the moment Shen Jiangjiang abandoned Shen Li, the Shen family no longer considered Shen Jiaojiao as a relative.
Not to mention the people from the Shen family, the family ties between them had long been severed.
"me……"
"Jiaojiao!"
Xie Yunche quickly ran over and held the unconscious Shen Jiaojiao in his arms.