usatvline Chapter 220: Teaching Daughters Well
Chapter 220: Teaching Daughters Well
The closer Shen Jingzhen got, the more Sun Yahui felt dizzy and nauseous, and she subconsciously took two steps back.
But at this moment, Shen Jingzhen held her arm, her eyes full of concern.
"Sister Hui? Are you okay?"
Madam Sun and Old Madam Sun thought Sun Yahui was feeling unwell again, so they hurried forward and asked, "How is Sister Hui? Are you feeling unwell again?"
Sun Yahui subconsciously said: "It's spices... not food..."
Madam Sun frowned: "What?"
Seeing her daughter staring at Shen Jingzhen in front of her, Mrs. Sun was the first to react. After all, Shen Jingzhen was quite close at this time, and the strong scent of osmanthus on her body was overwhelming.
"It's not the food, it's the sweet-scented osmanthus scent on Miss Shen's body!" Madam Sun spoke in a deep voice, and there was a hint of disgust in her eyes as she looked at Shen Jingzhen.
It is really hard to like a person who practices cultivation and puts on makeup like this!
Shen Jingzhen was stunned and asked: "What...what?"
Mrs. Sun pulled Sun Yahui back to her side, and her eyes fell on Shen Jingzhen with more anger.
Their Sun family has always been on good terms with the Shen family, so although her relationship with Qin Xuerong is not close, they still help each other a lot.
Even his own daughter, when she saw the daughter of the Shen family being bullied, would take the initiative to speak up to help her out.
But she didn't expect that although it concerned her daughter's life, Qin Xuerong and her daughter didn't care at all. They didn't even care as much as the Second Miss Shen who had just returned from the Jade Buddha Temple!
Without Shen Shuyi asking, someone asked, "What spices did Madam Sun talk about?"
Madam Sun usually keeps quiet, but at this moment her eyes are red. She looks at Shen Jingchuan and Qin Xuerong and says angrily, "There's nothing wrong with this meal! It's the incense that Third Miss Shen uses!"
The male guest was confused at first, but one of the female guests quickly agreed.
"So it's the spices. I smelled that the Third Miss was too fragrant before. Now that Madam Sun mentioned it, I can actually smell the fragrance on the Third Miss. It is indeed a strong scent of osmanthus."
"I don't know if it's the scent of powder or something else. There were so many female guests just now, and the fragrance was overwhelming. I couldn't tell what it was, but the fragrance on the third young lady was really too strong."
Madam Feng said quietly, "It is said that the Third Miss is devoted to worshipping Buddha and reflecting on her own mistakes. How come she still has the mind to do these things now?"
Although Old Madam Sun didn't want to add insult to injury, she looked at Shen Jingzhen's expression and her granddaughter's pale face and said in a deep voice, "That's right. Since you are practicing at home, you should act like you are practicing, instead of just drawing eyebrows and painting cheeks and thinking about some cars or nothing."
Facing everyone's accusations, Shen Jingzhen's face turned blue and red. She never expected that the problem would be with her.
She actually didn't use much powder, but because she had to wear a gray Buddhist hat, she used more hair oil in order to have a nice and suitable bun.
She had asked her maid to buy most of the hair oil, rouge and powder, and had never studied the smell in detail. Now that she heard someone say it smelled like osmanthus, she felt bufu...
"Nonsense, I... I didn't choose any osmanthus-flavored spices! Besides, there are so many female guests today, how can you be sure it's me!" Shen Jingzhen lacked confidence, her pretty face was as brilliant as a color palette.
Li Ziting had always been at odds with her, and she sneered rudely, "Miss Third has a keen sense of taste, but why did her sense of smell fail first?"
"There are many female guests today, gathered together, it is indeed difficult to distinguish whose scent it is, but we are not fools. Now most of them are in the corridor, and you are the only one standing in front of Miss Sun. Is it possible that everyone can't smell it?"
"You!!!" Shen Jingzhen couldn't help but glance in Feng Bochang's direction. Seeing that his gaze was also on her, she frowned slightly and couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
Li Ziting didn't give her a chance to speak, she covered her mouth and sneered: "I don't know what Third Miss Shen is thinking when she wears Buddhist robes, draws eyebrows and puts on makeup? Those who know you are worshipping Buddha in the mansion, and those who don't think you are going to meet someone secretly!"
"Sister Ting, don't be rude!" Mrs. Li scolded in a deep voice.
Li Ziting smiled indifferently and didn't say anything obediently.
Qin Xuerong's face was grim. She had never expected that this matter would come back to Shen Jingzhen. She said, "I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding."
Madam Feng sneered, "Misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding? Could it be that Madam Shen pressed her head down and smeared the rouge and powder on Miss Third's face?"
Madam Qin frowned and said, "No matter what, we can't just blame Sister Zhen for this matter based on one side's words. We need to verify whether it was Sister Zhen's perfume powder that caused Miss Sun's old illness to flare up."
Mrs. Wang has been particularly displeased with Shen Jingzhen ever since the last time she fell into the water and belittled Wang Xiao.
Seeing that she had caused trouble again, he said, "As everyone knows, Madam Qian is a famous incense maker. Now we might as well ask Madam Qian to identify her."
Hearing this, an old lady with a slightly hunched figure slowly stepped forward. The old lady had silver hair and was leaning on a cane. Although she was old, she was in good spirits and her eyes were shrewd and sharp.
Old Madam Shen was full of anger towards Shen Jingzhen, but now that everyone was watching, she had to give an explanation to them, so she said, "Thank you, old sister."
Madam Qian walked up to Shen Jingzhen, lowered her eyes, sniffed carefully for a few moments, then opened her eyes and said, "No need to verify it further. Miss Shen's hair oil contains a lot of osmanthus oil."
"That's impossible!" Shen Jingzhen retorted subconsciously. She never thought that just by casually asking her maid to buy some popular rouge and powder, it would cause such a big disaster.
Madam Qian said coldly, "Miss Third, are you questioning me, an old lady?"
Qin Xuerong looked unhappy, but she managed to maintain her decorum and said anxiously, "Madam Qian misunderstood. Zhen Jie'er is at an age where she loves beauty. She just doesn't know the ingredients of these things. It must be an unintentional mistake."
Old Madam Qian was always tough. She raised her wrinkled hand and ripped off the gray Buddhist hat on Shen Jingzhen's head.
As you can see, the girl's black hair was combed meticulously, smeared with hair oil, and was shining.
The most important thing is that she was wearing a bright pink silk flower on her hair!
Everyone gasped and talked about it.
Madam Sun sneered, "Mrs. Shen is really a good parent. Miss Three said she was devoted to worshipping Buddha, but she put on makeup and acted coquettishly. Is this worshipping Buddha or blaspheming the gods and Buddhas?"
These words are extremely serious.
Ever since Shen Jingchuan saw the extremely gorgeous silk flower on Shen Jingzhen's head, his face turned pale.
He was about to speak when he heard Madam Feng's cold voice: "It's not that I don't care about the friendship between the two families, but Lord Shen should really discipline his daughter. I have no right to control what happens to Miss Shen, but if you want to seduce my son with this attitude of being a prostitute, then you are just wishful thinking!"