Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 578: Shen Juhua(3)_1

Chapter 578: Chapter 578: Shen Juhua(3)_1

Cai Wei laughed, "You are the misses of the mansion. Everyone needs to cater to your wishes. If you were to fade, how would the others survive?"

Shen Juhua pouted, grumpily responding, "What misses? You don’t know... never mind, I won’t burden you with these annoying things."

Shen Juhua seemed to hold back, her words hanging in the air, as if she had something to say but was unable to express it.

The two stood under the eaves of the second door, casually chatting while waiting for the housekeeper to prepare the carriage.

Through their conversation, Cai Wei found out that Shen Juhua was the legitimate eldest daughter of Lord Shen Luming of Qing County. Besides her, the family had two illegitimate sons and a daughter. Only she was the child of Lady Cui, the main wife, and the rest were the children of Concubine Yan. This indicated that Lord Shen was exceptionally good to Concubine Yan. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let a lowly concubine give birth to his eldest son.

With several children born of a concubine and the legitimate wife having few children and no sons, Lady Cui’s status in the mansion must be quite awkward. Even though she was open-minded and generous, her days in the mansion couldn’t have been easy.

Before long, the panting housekeeper came in a hurry, stammering, "Miss, the carriage for the Madam is to be used by the second miss. What shall we do?"

"What? Since when does a mere concubine’s daughter have the right to use my mother’s carriage?"

Even though Shen Juhua was magnanimous and didn’t hold petty grudges, hearing that her younger step-sister dared to be this audacious ignited her temper. Ignoring the housekeeper’s pleas, she led Cai Wei brusquely towards the stables.

Outside the stables was a girl of a similar age to Shen Juhua, surrounded by attendants, dressed even more magnificently, undoubtedly the second miss that the housekeeper had mentioned.

She had a Ruyi high bun hairstyle, a plum blossom-shaped gold hairpin slanted on top of her head, wearing a purple-red Dian tropical brocade long robe, a pair of soft-soled pearl embroidered shoes on her feet, fiddling with a Shu brocade handkerchief. Seeing Shen Juhua approaching, she didn’t even bother to stand and pay respects.

"Oh, the eldest sister has arrived!"

Shen Furong lazily let out a laugh, giving a casual greeting to Shen Juhua. Her arrogant demeanor clearly showed that she didn’t even take Shen Juhua seriously.

Furious, Shen Juhua stormed up to Shen Furong, demanding angrily: "Who gave you permission to use my mother’s horse carriage?"

"Your mother’s horse carriage?"

Shen Furong raised her eyes, glancing at Shen Juhua indifferently, she sneered: "Madam is also Dad’s wife, and her things naturally belong to the Shen family. Since Shen’s possessions can be used by sister, why can’t I use them?"

"You are not allowed to use them!"

Shen Juhua was furious and pointed at Shen Furong, yelling loudly: "You are nothing more than a daughter of a concubine. How dare you use the mistress’s carriage? Do you have any rules in your eyes?"

Shen Furong stood up, glared coldly at Shen Juhua, her tone icy: "Sister, are you belittling me and my two brothers because we are born of a concubine? But father once said that we are all a family. There is no distinction among legitimate and illegitimate, superior, and inferior. Has sister forgotten, or would you like me to take sister to father to reiterate his teachings?"

"You... you..."

Shen Juhua was so angry that her face turned red, pointing at Shen Furong, unable to speak a word.

It was evident that Shen Juhua was no match for Shen Furong, who silenced her with just a few words. More clearly, Lord Shen must have extremely favored Aunt Yan’s family, even extolling the irrelevance of the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate birth, thus leading to Shen Furong’s arrogance.

"What? Am I wrong?"

Shen Furong stood up with the help of her maid, looked arrogantly at Shen Juhua, with a threatening demeanor.