AWB Chapter 51 Do You Know? 5
Chapter 51 Do You Know? 5
The original owner suddenly realized that it was his sixth sister who believed that their mother had killed Wei Xiaoniang. So she took advantage of their mother's desire for her sister to marry into a high-ranking family, plotted against their mother and sister, and used their father to kill their mother to avenge their mother's death. Their father was not surprised when he heard this, which meant that he must have known about this for a long time, but he chose to ignore it.
This sixth sister is truly cunning, scheming, and resourceful; she has completely outmaneuvered the entire family.
The father was cruel enough. His concubine had shared a bed with him for twenty years, living happily ever after, but was framed and killed, and he didn't even show her the slightest pity.
After learning the truth, the original owner knew that the Sheng family would not stand up for him, so he secretly investigated a lot of things that had happened in his family in the past. Only then did he realize that the small Sheng family had a lot of troubles in the inner courtyard alone, especially his three younger sisters, each of whom was not simple.
Fourth Sister and Liang Han had an affair!
Fifth Sister and Wen Yanjing had an affair!
Sixth Sister and Qi Heng are having an affair!
Of the four daughters in the Sheng family, three had affairs with other men!
This is absolutely outrageous!
However, the sixth sister was cautious in her actions and had the protection of the old lady. Not only did she avoid trouble, but she also became a great contributor to the Sheng family under Gu Tingye's scheme. As the eldest daughter, she successfully joined the Marquis's mansion and became the wife of a rising star in the court.
That's ridiculous!
The original owner of this body discovered many more things about the Sheng family, the most heartbreaking of which was finally seeing the true face of his father, Sheng Hong.
Sheng Hong appears humble and refined, but he is actually a very self-centered person and a sophisticated egoist who puts his own interests at the center of everything he does.
For the sake of his future, he could be subservient to his stepmother and act like a dutiful son.
As expected, Old Madam Sheng planned everything for him. She even refused her own family's request for a continued marriage alliance for his sake, and severed ties with her family from then on. In the end, she swallowed her pride and asked for Wang Ruofu, the second daughter of Grand Tutor Wang, who is now Madam Wang.
After Sheng Hong married his first wife, the couple lived in harmony and had two children, their eldest daughter Hua Lan and eldest son Chang Bai. Grand Tutor Wang was very pleased with this and gave him much support in his career.
But after Grand Tutor Wang died and he was sent out of the capital, he immediately changed. He became the head of the Sheng family and the person in charge of the household. He did everything according to his own wishes, and even disregarded the feelings of Old Madam Sheng and Madam Wang, directly taking Lin Xiaoniang as a concubine.
For more than a decade afterward, he doted on Lin Xiaoniang, even disregarding the feelings of the main wife and directly putting Lin Xiaoniang in charge of the household. However, despite Sheng Hong's great affection for Lin Xiaoniang, after being promoted and returning to the capital, in order to avoid being impeached by the censor for favoring his concubine over his wife, he immediately handed over the management of the household back to the main wife after Wei Xiaoniang's death, and at the same time, his affection for Lin Xiaoniang also faded considerably.
He never paid attention to the women's squabbles in the backyard, because he was the judge between his wives and concubines, and they would fawn over him in order to win.
He benefited from the power struggles within the household; he could only profit from the conflict between his wives and concubines. Otherwise, if they were harmonious and all turned against him, that would be troublesome.
If the eldest daughter-in-law is pleased with herself, she should be given the cold shoulder and visit Lin Xiaoniang more often; the reverse is also true.
In short, as long as it doesn't affect his and his family's interests, he doesn't care how much they fight. After all, they all depend on him for survival, and he controls their lives, honor, and disgrace.
So even though he doted on Lin Xiaoniang so much, he was still able to deal with her without mercy after she allowed her daughter to do things that disgraced the family. He also ignored his daughter Molan's unhappiness after marriage.
Sheng Hong is just that kind of person.
Selfish and greedy, forgetting righteousness for personal gain.
He reserved the only bit of warmth he had for his children, or more precisely, for the eldest son and daughter born to his first wife.
Because he was born out of wedlock, he suffered a lot of bullying in his youth, so he inevitably developed feelings for Sheng Changfeng and Sheng Molan, who were also born out of wedlock. But in reality, he only cared about his legitimate children.
He went to great lengths to marry Sheng Hualan into the Zhongqin Earl's mansion, enabling his eldest daughter to transcend social classes and enter high society.
He only wanted his illegitimate daughter, Sheng Molan, to marry a scholar, which shows that although he doted on Molan, he knew deep down that an illegitimate daughter could not compare to a legitimate daughter, and marrying a scholar was already the best future she could hope for.
The old lady arranged Sheng Minglan's marriage, but the family she was to marry would not surpass Sheng Hualan's, or even Sheng Rulan's.
Unfortunately, Sheng Molan and Sheng Minglan had their own destinies, and neither of them followed his wishes; they married better and better than the other.
He seemed to treat his two sons equally, but there was more to it than met the eye.
The eldest son, Sheng Changbai, is his legitimate eldest son and the undisputed future head of the Sheng family. Therefore, his abilities must surpass those of Sheng Changfeng. Otherwise, if a son born out of wedlock is more capable than the eldest son who will inherit the family business, why would he be willing to be subordinate to someone else? This would be the source of chaos within the family.
Therefore, he would strictly teach Sheng Changbai, but he would not suppress Sheng Changfeng. He would just relax a little and let Sheng Changfeng fall a little behind Sheng Changbai.
They are all his sons, the future of the family. He wouldn't ruin one for the sake of another. He's just letting his illegitimate son lag slightly behind. He wants his eldest son to be outstanding and able to firmly keep the illegitimate son above him, so that the illegitimate son will be obedient and won't have any improper thoughts.
Therefore, he poured all the family resources into Sheng Changbai, and gave him the connections and resources of the Sheng, Wang and Yuan families. Sheng Changbai did not disappoint. He passed the imperial examination and entered officialdom on his first try. He was very successful in the officialdom and served as prime minister three times in his life. His students and friends were all over the world. The Sheng family was extremely illustrious and glorious.
Sheng Changfeng was intelligent, but he loved poetry and songs. Although he was two years younger than Sheng Changbai, he took the imperial examination with Sheng Changbai. As a result, Sheng Changbai ranked thirteenth in the second class, while he failed.
Later, when the new emperor ascended the throne and held a special imperial examination, he was still heartbroken because of the death of his concubine, Lin Xiaoniang, so he still failed. It wasn't until the third imperial examination that Sheng Hong saw him fail repeatedly and became furious. He took a board and disciplined him severely. Finally, he passed the examination and ranked even higher than Changbai.
However, by then, Sheng Changbai had already entered the Ministry of Rites and established himself in the court, while he had just begun his official career, lagging far behind Sheng Changbai. One step behind led to another, and although he eventually reached a high position, he could never reach the heights of Sheng Changbai, living his entire life in the shadow of his elder brother.
Sheng Hong's plans for his daughters fell through, but his arrangements for his sons were perfectly realized.
Sheng Hong has always been so realistic, but the original owner of this body never saw him clearly. She was blinded by his 'favor' and 'value'. Once she learned the truth, it was as if the sky had fallen and the earth had collapsed.