books44 Chapter 61: Sheng Ahuan in Do You Know?
Chapter 61: Sheng Ahuan in Do You Know?
Sheng Ah Huan is the fourth son of Sheng Guigong and Hai Chaoyun. When he was born, Sheng Guigong was sent abroad, and he and Hai Chaoyun went to other places with their other three brothers.
He was left alone and raised by his grandmother.
This is also the only person in his world who is kind to him.
Many years later, his parents and brothers returned, but none of them liked him. His parents scolded him all day long, especially his father, who whipped him at every turn.
His brothers laughed at him, thinking he was uneducated and uncultured.
Even the wife he married later treated him with cold violence all day long, and his children looked down on him.
Not to mention the maids and servants in the mansion, who all treat people differently based on their status.
That's right, he was raised by his grandmother. She, too, grew up in the countryside. How could she possibly have much experience? He was often foolish and exploited, and eventually used to poison his own mother-in-law. When the deed was discovered, he was sent back to his hometown to fend for himself.
My grandmother was a simple-minded person, so Ah Huan, who was raised by her, naturally had no simple thoughts either and was even more honest.
Then he naturally became the punching bag of the whole family.
When he was in his thirties or forties, he was beaten by Sheng Guigong until his skin was torn and flesh was bruised. Before his injuries had healed, he was sent to another place. The journey was tiring and they didn't care about Ah Huan's life or death at all.
“I will destroy this so-called broken dynasty!
There isn't a single good person in the Sheng family, from top to bottom. They are all selfish and hypocritical!"
Old Madam Sheng, in her youth, was the only daughter of Marquis Yongyi. You could say she couldn't marry anyone else, but why did she insist on marrying the already engaged Old Master Sheng? He refused, and she used her power to pressure him into a compromise. In the end, he had no choice but to make the woman he loved a concubine.
After marrying Mr. Sheng, she emptied out most of her family's belongings without considering how they would live in the future.
Isn't it normal for Mr. Sheng to dote on his childhood sweetheart? If you hadn't interfered, the couple might have lived a much better life.
How shameless of you to put yourself in the position of a victim, saying that others favor their concubine over their wife?
Your own son is dead, and Mr. Sheng is long gone. Your family also told you to go back, but you don’t know if you are too embarrassed to go back, or what, but you insist on staying with this family. You also have to educate Sheng Hong, who is already over 10 years old, and let him fulfill his filial duties to you.
Honestly, if this wasn't a completely irrational world where filial piety was the only way to govern a country and a family, Sheng Hong would have been lucky not to have poisoned you. He simply treated you like a lucky charm, never depriving you of food, clothing, or daily necessities, and he would have paid his respects to you every morning and evening.
If you have a little self-knowledge, you should be content and spend your old age in peace.
But what did she do? She put on airs, tried to show her presence, and always interfered with Sheng Hong's affairs.
Don’t say that Sheng Hong is cold to you. If it were someone else, he would have made you disappear long ago, right?
You keep trotting over the fact that you're the only daughter of Marquis Yongyi, but in reality, who knows how many generations have passed since then, and it has nothing to do with you. Even if you die quietly, no one on Marquis Yongyi's side will really care about it.
Sheng Hong is selfish and hypocritical. If he is truly filial, knowing that his mother and father are manipulated by the old lady, he should find ways to avenge his father and mother.
As a result, he coveted the status of the legitimate son, and not only did he not seek revenge, he also raised the old lady as his own mother.
The old lady didn't want him to have a good wife who would sideline her, so she found him a woman named Wang Ruofu, who looked like she came from a prominent family but was actually unpopular and grew up in the countryside. This woman was simple-minded and easy to stir up trouble.
Who knew that after Sheng Hong got married, he and Wang Ruofu had a good relationship, but the old lady started to act like a demon again and tricked Lin Qinshuang into seducing Sheng Hong. From then on, Sheng Hong began to favor his concubine over his wife.
His father was forced to do so. Sheng Hong truly favored his concubine over his wife.
That would be fine, but the most important thing is to save face. Whenever something happens at home, the first thing he considers is the impact on his career, not the victim.
This is a typical case of trying to save face but suffering in the end.
His eldest son, Sheng Changbai, was truly a man who surpassed his father. He would save face when necessary, such as by creating a loving wife persona and even poisoning his concubine with mercury.
When he didn't want it, he really didn't want it. In order to curry favor with Gu Tingye, he didn't even care about his own sister's reputation. When he saw Sheng Rulan and Wen Yanjing talking together, they were not like his father and mother at all, so he quickly pulled them back home.
Instead, he shouted loudly, fearing that others would not know that his sister was having an affair with someone else.
If Sheng Rulan's act was orchestrated by Gu Tingye, then Sheng Changbai must have been an insider. He did not think Gu Tingye was sinister and vicious, but rather that he was in cahoots with him.
Sheng Hualan married into a wealthy family, but what kind of life did she lead? Was she using her dowry to fill the gaps in her in-laws' income? If she had been smart, she wouldn't have gotten involved in their affairs. She knew she couldn't manage the household, but she still went there. When she was wronged, she ran home and cried.
He didn't even love his own sister, so he just fawned over Sheng Minglan, who was loved by the old lady.
I'm afraid that her own sister had secretly dealt with someone, and she didn't try to understand the cause and effect. She didn't comfort her, but only blamed her.
To be honest, Sheng Molan and her mother, Lin Qinshuang, were both quite smart. Not wanting to live a life arranged by others, she took advantage of Sheng Hong's good reputation, hoping to share the same fate, and forced the Sheng family to agree to let her marry into the Earl's Mansion.
Moreover, the man she married was relatively good. At least Liang Han wouldn't be violent. Judging by the fact that she gave birth to five daughters, Liang Han doted on her. If he was tired of her, he would have long since abandoned her. Why would he have let her have children?
Sheng Rulan, due to her bad reputation before marriage, married a poor scholar. Not only did she have to pay for his education, but she was also tortured by her mother-in-law every day.
The ungrateful mother and son showed no gratitude for her efforts. The old woman made her behave herself every day and even found many concubines for her son, spending Sheng Rulan's dowry money.
Sheng Minglan, to be honest, let's not talk about how she schemed against Molan before, just think of her as revenge. Although I don't know where the revenge came from?
Your mother is pregnant, so Housekeeper Lin Qinshuang must have sent her some supplements. If not some supplements, what else would she send? If she sent ordinary things, you might even say she's still pregnant and doesn't take care of her at all.
What do you mean by sending a stream of supplements into your wife's room? You can choose not to eat them. Your wife has given birth to a child, so how could she not know the taboos of pregnant women?
I was greedy and got my belly so big, and you made me so angry that I had a difficult labor. I don't know where to get revenge.
If you want revenge, why not find the old lady? Even if Lin Qinshuang is the housekeeper, can she control the old lady?
Why didn't he seek revenge on Wang Ruofu? Why didn't he seek revenge on Sheng Hong? Why did he take revenge on Lin Qinshuang and Molan, mother and daughter?
If this isn’t bullying the weak and fearing the strong, what is it?
He designed Sheng Molan's downfall, and Gu Tingye designed Sheng Rulan's downfall. No wonder these two can get together.
If it were a normal person, seeing their relatives plotting against them, they would have slapped them, right?
Sheng Minglan schemes for others to have affairs with her every day, but what about herself? She's still seeing men in private. The young master, the He family, Gu Tingye, and, oh, there's also a man named Li.
At this time, no one said that she was morally flawed.
It’s indeed the protagonist’s halo.
The most vicious thing was that the queen asked her what to do with those palace maids?
As a woman, and a modern woman who traveled back in time, she actually said that the best place for them to go is outside the Great Wall!
Would she not know the situation outside the Great Wall? If those beautiful palace maids went to a place where there were only men, what difference would it make to asking for their lives?
The most amazing thing is that she actually thinks she is very kind!
Fuck you!
Gu Tingye, the man Sheng Minglan married, was already notorious. He was young but still a poor student. He had already visited all the brothels and was known for his prostitution.
No matter how sweet the ending makes them seem, what is their real life like? Only the people involved know.
Who would believe that someone who indulges in excessive drinking, whoring, and gambling could turn over a new leaf and become a good person? They might just temporarily calm down, but when they get tired of it, they'll go back to their old ways.
This is the case for the previous generations. As for Sheng Ah Huan's generation, apart from him being honest and simple, the rest of the people are not mentioned in the book that much, but those who can live a prosperous life in a family like the Sheng family must be people with 800 tricks.
So he was the punching bag for the whole family. Maybe even a passing dog would kick him.
From a small perspective, the Sheng family, filled with calculation, selfishness, and hypocrisy, and the family's unwavering filial piety, even within the imperial family, all sound righteous and moral. What was the point of such a decadent dynasty? No wonder they always lost in foreign wars, and were so ruthless when it came to scheming against their own people.
The entire TV show is about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. It's about how no matter how the mother-in-law abuses the daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law must endure it, otherwise it would be unfilial. No matter how the parents beat and scold their sons, the sons cannot complain, otherwise it would be unfilial.
This is so fucking depressing to watch.
"So I want Mr. Jiang to destroy this shabby dynasty. Anyway, this broken dynasty is good at internal affairs but not at external affairs. It won't be long before such a dynasty is invaded by foreign enemies. By then, not to mention the common people, I'm afraid that even the imperial concubines and princesses will be doomed."
"As you wish, wait a moment." After saying that, Jiang disappeared.
Sheng Jiang just arrived and heard a gust of wind in his ears. He opened his eyes and saw that it was Sheng Guigong, the inhuman being, who was whipping him?
With just one glance, Sheng Guigong stood there, motionless.
Sheng Jiang stood up and walked over, took the whip, and whipped Sheng Guigong directly.
With a "snap", Sheng Guigong's clothes were torn, and there was a bloody whip mark on his body.
Hai Chaoyun was terrified, but he didn't dare to go over. He shouted at Sheng Jiang, "Ah Huan, what are you doing? That's your father!"
"What's wrong with my dad? He's allowed to hit me, but I'm not allowed to hit him? You can't be so hypocritical."
"He's your father!"
"So what? Where in the world is there a law that only allows fathers to use violence against their sons? Besides, Mom, don't worry, my dad is tough and I won't seriously injure him or kill him."
Hai Chaoyun was shaking with anger. "Our dynasty governs the world with filial piety. Don't you want a future?"
"Our dynasty still values benevolence. Dad, under the pretext of being infatuated with you, not only did he abuse the maidservant next to him, but he also injected her with mercury to induce an abortion out of fear of responsibility. Is this what you call benevolence?"
"You rebellious son!" Sheng Guigong was shaking with anger.
"Yes, I am a rebellious son. I hope you understand, father, that a father must be kind and a son must be filial. First, the father must be kind, then the son can be filial." After saying this, he whipped him on the back again.
"Mom, come and look, is this symmetrical?" Sheng Jiang asked with his head tilted.
Hai Chaoyun endured the fear and walked over. Seeing the wound, he burst into tears, "You are so disloyal, unfilial, heartless and ungrateful!"
Sheng Jiang raised the whip in his hand and said, "It seems that Mother is not satisfied. I will carve another pattern."
After saying that, he hit him twice, horizontally and vertically.
Sheng Guigong didn't even have the strength to speak, he just stared at Sheng Jiang with resentment.
"Father, can't you bear this? Have you ever thought about whether I, a child, can bear this whip?" Jiang sneered.
Then he whipped Sheng Guigong several more times until he passed out.