sbdcsierra Chapter 217 People really can’t be too soft-hearted
Chapter 217 People really can’t be too soft-hearted
Shen Zhaojiang stared at Shen Li with an unpredictable look in his eyes. Shen Shaokun was so nervous that he almost suffocated.
Seeing that Shen Li showed no sign of compromise, Shen Zhaojiang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said to Shen Li, "I cannot resign from my official position. My current position is beneficial to the entire Shen family, especially to you."
"People say your uncle is planning to marry you off to the eldest prince. If I resign for your father, you will just be a commoner, far below the eldest prince in status. Even if the eldest prince takes you into his palace, you can only be a concubine, not even a concubine like Yao'er."
"Li'er, we are all family, deeply intertwined. No one can live well without the other. As long as I remain in this position, you will be the eldest daughter of a third-rank official, fully qualified to marry a prince and become his consort. Even if it's for your own good, please come up with another condition."
As soon as the words fell, Shen Li's mocking laughter rang out in the room. She glanced at Shen Shaokun, who was frightened and pale, and said, "Look, for the sake of being an official, you don't even care about your own son. If you are reluctant to give up your official position, just say that you are reluctant. Don't talk nonsense."
"If your official position is so useful, why didn't Shen Yao become the Second Prince's wife, but could only be a concubine? Even Shen Yao can't benefit from your influence, let alone me? What kind of eldest daughter of a third-rank official grows up in the countryside with no one to take care of her, and has to go out to find food when the years are bad? I don't mention those things, but it doesn't mean they don't exist."
"You, don't act so kind in front of me, or I'll get sick of it. Right now, I just want to discuss something with you. Either you resign and return home, or you tie up Shen Shaokun and hand him over. I don't have the patience to waste time with you. If you don't agree and keep dragging your feet, believe it or not, I'll throw Shen Shaokun into the palace tonight and stab someone. As for who to stab, it all depends on my mood. Do you want to try?"
"Dad, I don't want it, Dad, please save me, wuwuwu, I'm scared,"
Shen Shaokun finally couldn't hold it back any longer and burst into tears, "Dad, please save me, Shen Li is a monster, she is not a human. Really Dad, Kun'er didn't lie, Shen Li is really not a human."
"She, wuwuwu, she can make people move anywhere she wants. She also has a room where she hides a lot of weapons. Wuwuwu, it's too scary. Dad, please resign. She really means what she says. If you don't resign, she will really throw your son into the palace to hurt people. Wuwuwu, your son is scared. If he is caught by the imperial guards in the palace, your son will die on the spot. Wuwuwu, Dad..."
Shen Zhaojiang took a deep breath, pinched his brow, and scolded, "You're talking nonsense, talking about monsters and non-monsters. I sent you to school for nothing. Shut up. How can you cry like that?"
He wanted to negotiate with Shen Li again, but the crying of Shen Shaokun in his ears made him so confused that he couldn't think at all.
"Shut up." Shen Zhaojiang closed his eyes, feeling very disappointed with his friend.
You clearly don't have that ability, but you still want to provoke Shen Li. Now you are scared, what were you doing before?
He opened his mouth, then glanced at his son, whose face was covered in tears and snot. He felt a pang of sadness, but turned away and said in a deep voice, "I won't resign, and there's no need to kidnap Kun'er and hand him over to the Yao family. Just before I returned home, I had already negotiated with the Yao family. If I gave them 30,000 taels of silver, they would agree to let Kun'er go. If you don't believe me, go outside and see; the gang outside the door has already left, and there's no one guarding there."
Shen Li raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
I didn't expect Shen Zhaojiang to act so quickly. He had dealt with the Yao family so quickly and was able to bargain down the price of 100,000 taels to 30,000 taels. It seems that all these years in officialdom were not in vain.
But...
How can they decide the direction of things?
"Tsk tsk tsk, the Shen family is really rich. They can easily come up with 30,000 taels of silver. Your official position is really affordable."
"But... who told you that just paying the Yao family is enough? I'm just trying to vent my mother's anger. As long as I don't stop, no matter how much money you pay, it's useless. Without the Yao family, there are still the Li family, the Wang family, the Zhang family, and the Wen family... By the way, speaking of the Wen family, Wen Wanying hasn't learned her lesson yet."
"If I remember correctly, she gave Shen Yao a lot of bad ideas. Yes, she can't be allowed to marry peacefully. She has to be tormented and made to pay the price. What do you think will happen if I throw Shen Shaokun into her room? Will the Third Prince be furious? Will the Emperor and the Empress Dowager dismiss you from your post?"
"Don't worry, if you're in trouble, and the Shen family is in trouble, it won't affect me, so not only will I not care, I'll even add fuel to the fire. As long as Shen Shaokun doesn't suffer utterly and Xiao Zhaoshi isn't heartbroken, I won't stop. So, go to the Yao family and give them the silver. After you give it to the Yao family, prepare for the next one. Tonight I'll throw Shen Shaokun to... well, let's throw him to Wen Wanying's place. Tomorrow morning, you'll be ready to face the wrath of the Third Prince and the palace..."
Shen Zhaojiang wanted to strangle Shen Li to death. Thinking of Qiluo and Banxia outside the door, he clenched and unclenched his hands, and clenched and unclenched them again.
Looking at Shen Zhaojiang's sullen face, Shen Li said slowly, "Anger is harmful to your health. I advise you to calm down and think about the suffering my mother and I have endured. My mother even lost her life, and then you will feel more balanced. As for me, I will not stop until I feel that I have avenged my mother. As for what constitutes revenge, it depends on my mood."
Shen Li said such words with such an arrogant attitude, and she didn't take the father and son of the Shen family seriously at all.
"Sister, no, Shen Li, I was wrong, please forgive me, I was wrong, I was really wrong." No matter how dumb Shen Shaokun was, he could hear that his father was forced into a dead end by Shen Li, and he himself was forced to have no peace by Shen Li, and even his mother had been ruined by Shen Li's scheme, but she still didn't stop.
I really want to kill her.
But he knew he was no match for her and he had to beg for mercy.
Shen Li glanced at Shen Shaokun who rolled off the bed, feeling sad. The sadness that the original owner had left in her body was revealed uncontrollably.
It’s a pity that my mother is no longer with us, otherwise, seeing this scene, would she be so aggrieved that she would cry?
Shen Shaokun was trembling with fear. He raised his eyes secretly, squeezed the paper bag in his hand tightly, and did not dare to let it out.
Shen Li was feeling sad when she suddenly heard a buzzing sound in her head. She was startled and stood up from her chair.
poisonous?
After talking to Shen Zhaojiang for a long time without any response, Shen Shaokun called the police as soon as he arrived. Okay, so this guy was trying to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble under the guise of begging for mercy.
People really shouldn't be too soft-hearted. I was almost fooled by his tears and was ready to let them pay compensation to settle the matter.
motherfucker.
Shen Li kicked out and stepped on Shen Shaokun.
"Banxia, Qiluo, both of you come in!"