kingnovel Chapter 445 Jin She Loves Talent (6)
Chapter 445 Jin She Loves Talent (6)
For someone to hold such a high position as Taifu, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on talent and knowledge, so Taifu Shen is naturally a person with great vision.
Just as he saw that his daughter's emotions were about to get out of control, he reached out without hesitation and tightly grasped Shen Yueying's hand, and bowed to Chu Yunfan in a lightning speed.
"Dad!" Shen Yueying was extremely puzzled by her father's behavior. Just as she was about to open her mouth to ask what was going on, she suddenly caught the direction of Master Shen's gaze.
In an instant, she suddenly realized - this is the Imperial Palace!
Suddenly, her face turned red, and she clenched her teeth. Although she was extremely reluctant, she still followed her father and saluted Chu Yunfan.
Chu Yunfan kept muttering "no need to be polite" while raising his hand to gently stroke the "bleeding" gauze on his forehead. He looked like he was putting eye drops on Emperor Hongwen and reminding the father and daughter why they came here today.
That made the Shen family father and daughter in front of him both lower their heads.
Emperor Hongwen, who was standing by, couldn't help but find it quite strange when he saw this.
You know, over the years, Chu Yunfan has always been inferior to everyone in the Shen family, but today he is particularly imposing.
But then again, after all, it was Master Shen who was appointed by himself, so he couldn't make things too difficult for him.
So, Emperor Hongwen cleared his throat, coughed lightly, then slowly put down the chess piece in his hand and said, "Let's put this game aside for now! Let's first talk about how to deal with the previous incident of Duke Chu being injured?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Shen Taifu hurriedly replied with fear and trepidation: "Your Majesty, this is the fault of this old minister. I failed to teach my daughter properly and I deserve to be punished."
As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Yueying's face turned pale instantly. She gritted her teeth and looked at Chu Yunfan with sad eyes.
Emperor Hongwen did not speak immediately, but looked at Chu Yunfan with an inquiring look.
Chu Yunfan put down the chess piece in his palm, stood up and bowed to Emperor Hongwen, and then said: "As the saying goes, a country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. In the past, when someone was disrespectful to Duke Xing, it seemed that he was punished with a beating."
"What do you mean?" Shen Yueying was immediately excited when she heard the word "chastise". "It's just a minor injury, but you are so persistent. Who would be willing to marry a man as narrow-minded as you?"
Chu Yunfan didn't even look at her, but turned to Master Shen and said, "Miss Shen, before you hurt me, you asked me to cancel the engagement. I wonder if Master Shen knows about this?"
This was in front of Emperor Hongwen, so it was impossible to lie. Master Shen had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I know something, but..."
"Okay! Now that Master Shen knows, it will be easy!" Chu Yunfan did not give the other party a chance to continue speaking, and quickly took out a booklet from his arms, "Here are two lists.
One is the gift list I gave to the Shen family when I proposed marriage to them, and the other is something Miss Shen has 'borrowed' from my family over the years. Since both families are planning to cancel the engagement, please return it as soon as possible."
"Nephew Chu?" Upon hearing this, Master Shen broke out in a cold sweat. He originally thought that he would at most lose some face this time, but he didn't expect that he could not even save his "heart".
"Who are you?" Shen Yueying couldn't accept Chu Yunfan's change for a while. "It's unreasonable to ask for something back from a grown man."
"Miss Shen, you are wrong!" The golden melon seeds that Chu Chuan gave out that day actually worked now. The eunuch Quan Shun naturally understood the etiquette better. "Since both the Chu and Shen families are willing to cancel the engagement, there is no reason for them to hold on to the betrothal gifts and not return them.
As for returning borrowed items, that is even more necessary. After all, if you borrow something and return it, it won’t be difficult to borrow it again!”
"It's not a loan, it's a gift from him to me." Shen Yueying didn't care where she was at this moment, her expression was full of exasperation.
In fact, there was a reason why Shen Yueying was so upset. Some of the treasures she took from the Chu family had already been "sold" by her for money and had not been returned at all.
As for the jewelry! Those were the things she usually used to show off, so naturally she couldn't return them.
In fact, Chu Yunfan was the buyer who "recycled" those treasures, so he knew very well that Shen Yueying could not return the things at all. Over the years, he let her take things from his home while buying things back to subsidize Shen Yueying's expenses.
But this fiancée was not grateful at all and kept talking about breaking off the engagement.
That's why the other personality in his body hates this woman so much.
"Miss Shen, you are joking. Most of the treasures and jewelry you took away were gifts from the emperor." Chu Yunfan looked embarrassed, "No matter how powerful my Chu family is, we will never take the gifts from the royal family lightly.
Butler Chu is willing to lend you these things only because you are the future mistress of the Chu family. Now that you want to break off the engagement, you must return them."