sbdcsierra Chapter 230 Stingy
Chapter 230 Stingy
About 15 minutes later, the second half of the play began.
As expected, the story soon took a turn. Before returning home, the real heiress appeared weak and pitiful, as if she had suffered a lot. However, after returning home, she began to reveal her true nature. Taking advantage of her parents' guilt, she began to secretly suppress the fake heiress in various ways. First, she forcibly took away the fake heiress's fiancé, who was already engaged. Then, she slandered and framed the fake heiress. Unable to bear the humiliation, the fake heiress asked to leave home.
At first, everyone felt sorry for Zhen Qianjin's background and circumstances, but eventually they started discussing her character, feeling that she was indeed worthy of coming from the countryside, being vulgar, vicious, and ugly.
Sitting next to Lu Yangyang, Sheng Yun's neck turned red with a delicate expression: "This is utter nonsense!"
Princess Liduan nodded in deep agreement: "The first half was quite good, but the second half was very strange. The fiancé was the real heiress, so how could it be considered as being stolen? Besides, the real heiress was found, so shouldn't the fake heiress have left in the first place? How did it turn out like this?"
Princess Li Duan sighed, not quite understanding.
At this moment, a girl who heard her voice retorted, "That's not how it works. When they were exchanged, they were both babies. Even if there was a mistake, it was fate's doing, not the fake heiress's fault. Originally, her parents loved her and kept her at home to continue taking care of her. Who would have thought that the real heiress would be such a wicked person! It's true that bad people come from poor and bad places. She has no manners and ruined a perfectly good family reunion."
Princess Liduan's eyes widened immediately: "How can it not be a family reunion? That fake heiress wasn't even part of their family to begin with! What's so strange about her leaving? If she had left from the beginning, the real heiress wouldn't have targeted her, right? Someone has been stealing your things for over ten years, aren't you angry?!"
"It's fate playing tricks on people, not that fake heiress who caused it. The real heiress, on the other hand, has ruined her life so badly. Isn't it because of her bad character? And those parents, if they weren't sincere, why did they keep the fake heiress around, and then not treat her well? I used to feel sorry for the real heiress, but now it seems that everything has a cause and effect. There's always a reason why someone is pitiful! Maybe she was bad-natured in her past life, so God punished her by making her suffer from the very beginning of this life!" the girl said indignantly.
"You!" Princess Liduan glared angrily at the other party.
The other person glanced at her: "What, does the county princess want to bully others because she can't win the argument?"
Lu Yangyang quickly grabbed Li Duan.
Li Duan turned her head away, her nose crooked with anger.
She looked at her two friends and asked with dissatisfaction, "Am I wrong? My mother said that what's mine is mine, why should others take it from me? If anyone dares to take my things, I'll just beat them up until they don't dare to take them anymore!"
Sheng Yunjiao knew Lu Yangyang's background, and even if she was slow to realize, she could tell that this play was probably meant to have something in mind. She just didn't know if it was a coincidence or someone did it on purpose. She felt sorry for Lu Yangyang and even wanted to tell the truth, but she knew that she couldn't say this.
So he could only nod with a distressed expression.
Li Duan felt that Sheng Xiaosi had been acting strangely ever since she heard the play. "Sheng Xiaosi, why are you looking so gloomy all day? Did someone owe you money?"
Sheng Yunjiao: "..."
Li Duan then asked Lu Yangyang, "Yangyang, what do you think?"
Lu Yangyang nodded and raised her voice slightly: "I think you're right. People who like to steal things should be beaten until they dare not steal anymore."
When all eyes turned to her, Lu Yangyang turned her head slowly and looked at Sheng Yunzhu: "Third Miss Sheng, do you think I'm right?"
Sheng Yunzhu's face stiffened for a moment, then she smiled and said, "Sister Yangyang, my mother taught me from a young age to be humble and generous, and never to do evil to others. As a woman, I should never fight with others. What you say makes sense, but I think we should still be kind and value harmony."
"Sheng Yunzhu, do you still want to..." Sheng Yunjiao was furious when she heard Sheng Yunzhu's words. She had gone too far. She had clearly stolen Yangyang's identity, and in the end, she still wanted to use her aunt to scold Yangyang for being ill-mannered. She had never seen such a shameless person!
But before she could finish speaking, Lu Yangyang interrupted her.
Lu Yangyang smiled and nodded at Sheng Yunzhu: "I understand. What Miss Sheng means is that if someone takes something from you, you should be generous and give it to them. You should never hold a grudge, otherwise you are not kind. I didn't learn these things when I was young, but I have really learned something today. Miss Sheng is indeed a moral exemplar among noble ladies in the capital, and she is truly admirable."
Upon hearing this, Sheng Yunjiao immediately realized her mistake and quickly apologized to Sheng Yunzhu: "Third sister, I was rash just now. Yangyang is right. Third sister is such a magnanimous person, she is a role model for us to learn from. I heard that the other day, my uncle gave third sister a box of purple pearls, which are very beautiful. I suppose third sister also thinks that the singing at Xianyin Pavilion was good just now, so why not give them the box of pearls as a reward!"
Just then, the actresses from Xianyin Pavilion removed their makeup and went back on stage to greet the distinguished guests. Sheng Yunjiao generously took off a gold bracelet from her wrist and said, "Someone, give this bracelet to Xianyin Pavilion. Although I am not as generous as my third sister, I must follow in her footsteps and not embarrass her."
As soon as Sheng Yunjiao finished speaking, Princess Liduan immediately chimed in, "Yes, yes, what Jiaojiao said is so true. Then I will reward you with a jade pendant. It can't compare to the pearl of the Third Miss Sheng, but it's just a token of my appreciation!"
With their back-and-forth banter, the two of them immediately put Sheng Yunzhu in a very difficult position.
Sheng Yunzhu never expected that Sheng Yunjiao would dare to trick her here.
That box of purple pearls was extremely rare; it was a coming-of-age gift from her father, a kind of compensation. Recently, the household had been abuzz with rumors about her and Lu Yangyang's coming-of-age ceremony. Her father had gone to her mother, but her mother only said it had nothing to do with her. Helpless, her father had to entrust the matter to her grandmother. However, while her grandmother usually treated her well, when it came to spending money, she became incredibly stingy and refused to spend a penny. Although she had promised to hold the ceremony, she hadn't even sent out the invitations yet. One could imagine how meager her coming-of-age gift would be. Her father knew all this, but he couldn't do anything about it. Even if he was willing to spend the money, her grandmother's reluctance to spend it would ultimately be futile.
Knowing that she had been wronged, he gave her the box of newly acquired pearls as a gift. At the time, in order to save face and make sure that the people in the Duke's mansion were watching, she secretly spread the word about it.
I never expected that Sheng Yunjiao would bring this up today.
If she refuses to give it, all the guests who came to the Qing'an Prince's Mansion today will probably secretly curse her for being stingy.