After I awakened my inner voice, I became the treasure of my family.

Chapter 15 Li Tingxue complains on behalf of her husband

Li Tingxue teased, "Back then, my mother disagreed with my marriage to you, saying that although you were the eldest son of the Marquis's family, you were not the legitimate son and could not inherit the family business."

But my father said you were humble, polite, steady, and a man worthy of trust, so I nodded in agreement.

"Later, after spending more than two months with you, I gradually developed feelings for you, which is why I was willing to marry into the Marquis's mansion. But in the more than ten years since our marriage, it seems that my mother has never given me a second glance."

"Isn't it because my husband wasn't born to her and is an illegitimate son that he displeases her? That's why my mother dislikes me so much!" Li Tingxue said with a self-deprecating tone.

What could Shen Xiuyan say? In fact, he knew that his mother and Tingxue's relationship hadn't been good since they got married, and he also knew that Tingxue was saying this to protect him.

It's not surprising that Tingxue thinks this way. In fact, her mother doesn't give any of her children a kind look, so naturally she won't give her daughter-in-law Tingxue a kind look either.

To be honest, the relationships within their family are rather bizarre.

However, Tingxue can no longer hear his mother's true feelings and doesn't know that his mother actually cares about him. Yet, he doesn't know where to begin to talk to Tingxue about it.

Ugh! Every day is so frustrating!

Seeing Shen Xiuyan remain silent, Li Tingxue mistakenly thought that she had touched a sore spot and upset him!

Immediately feeling annoyed, Li Tingxue changed the subject: "Oh dear! Husband, you know what, the incense at Xuanji Nunnery is really quite efficacious."

Look, I just prayed to Buddha yesterday to give me a daughter, and here she is!

"Hahaha……"

"Husband, our wish to have a daughter has come true this time, so we must fulfill our vow. You must donate more money to the nunnery for incense and oil."

Listening to Li Tingxue happily talking to herself, Shen Xiuyan felt a little guilty, but he dared not tell her those things, after all, she was still in her postpartum period and he couldn't let her worry.

Furthermore, if she found out about this, he was afraid Tingxue would beat him to death!

Shen Xiuyan's eyes flashed, and he coughed awkwardly, saying, "Well, Tingxue, since you're here now and nothing's wrong, let's hurry back to the Marquis's residence!"

After all, this is a nunnery, not a temple, and it is indeed inconvenient for a nunnery to house so many men.

Besides, I have to go to court early tomorrow morning, so I can't stay here with you tonight.

Upon hearing her husband's words, Li Tingxue found them quite reasonable. She immediately nodded in agreement and called Baihe, who was standing at the door, in: "Baihe, go and pack your things right away. We'll be heading back to the Marquis's residence soon."

Oh, right, don't forget to donate more money for incense and oil to Xuanji Nunnery later. Never mind, why don't you just donate the two thousand taels you had with you this morning? That way your intentions will be more sincere.

Lily nodded without speaking, but glanced at Shen Xiuyan out of the corner of her eye to see his attitude. After all, she had no intention of donating money to Xuanji Nunnery after what had just happened.

However, the eldest young mistress was unaware of the baby-swapping incident, which truly troubled her. Then, seeing that the eldest young master didn't object, she dejectedly withdrew.

As they were leaving, Jiang Mianmian saw that Le'an was overjoyed and said to her parents, "Alright, you two can ride in one carriage, and little Le'an and her nanny can ride in the other with me."

After saying that, without waiting for the two to agree or not, she let the wet nurse get into the carriage with her!

Shen Xiuyan and Li Tingxue exchanged a glance but did not object. He was not particularly surprised or reacted strongly after hearing this.

After all, her mother liked Le'an, so it wasn't surprising that her wet nurse took her in the same carriage as her mother.

But as soon as Li Tingxue got into the carriage, she grabbed Shen Xiuyan's arm and asked with a puzzled look:

"Husband, what's wrong with Mother? Could it be... that she has other ideas? I don't quite understand what she's thinking right now?"

"Sigh! Don't overthink it. Mother simply likes Le'an. That's why she wanted the wet nurse to hold the child and ride in a carriage with her," Shen Xiuyan explained.

Li Tingxue pursed her lips and didn't say anything!

Around dusk, the group returned to the Marquis's residence. The official immediately came to greet them. After paying their respects to the masters, Shen Xiuyan carried Li Tingxue back to the Cherry Blossom Courtyard and settled her in.

After washing up again, Shen Xiuyan went to the main hall to start his meal. In fact, only Shen Xiuyan and Jiang Mianmian were dining in the hall today.

Li Tingxue is currently in her postpartum confinement period and eats alone in her room, so naturally she can't come out to eat with them. The other masters of the Shen family are also not at home, so it suddenly feels very quiet and deserted.

After dinner, the official came in and said to the two men, "Madam, young master, someone from the Prince of Anyang's mansion just delivered a wooden box, saying it's a full-month gift for our young lady."

But they left as soon as they put their things down, and the old servant didn't even have time to stop them..."

Shen Xiuyan nodded, indicating that he was alright. He took the box from the butler, checked it over, and then opened it to examine the land deeds inside.

Yes! That's right, Situ Junwen did indeed promise his daughter an apology.

He took out the 30,000 taels of silver notes inside, handed the box to the official, and instructed, "Your Excellency, tomorrow you must change all the contracts inside the box to the young lady's name."

Upon hearing Shen Xiuyan's words, the butler took the box, nodded in agreement, and withdrew.

Shen Xiuyan then gave the 30,000 taels to Jiang Mianmian.

"I don't want it. This money is compensation from the Prince of Anyang's mansion to Le'an. How could I accept it?" Jiang Mianmian pushed the money back and shook her head.

Shen Xiuyan: "Mother, if it weren't for you, Le'an wouldn't have received so much compensation and money. It would probably have been swapped out by that madwoman Han Lanjiao by now. You must accept this money!"

[Ha, this is the first time I've encountered a situation where I refuse to accept money, but my grown son insists I take it. Oh well, I'll take it. At worst, I'll consider it as money I'm saving for Le'an's dowry!]

[That old bastard may have been a womanizer, but he was incredibly wealthy! He left her a considerable fortune when he died—more than she could ever spend in her lifetime!]

Shen Xiuyan's lips twitched: Mother, don't forget, your granddaughter was only born not long ago. Isn't it a bit too early for you to start saving money for her dowry?

Jiang Mianmian readily accepted the silver notes: "Alright, I'll take this money for now! Well, I've had dinner, and now I'll go check on my little Le'an and digest my food."

Shen Xiuyan replied with a smile, "Alright, if you're worried, I'll have the wet nurse take Le'an to sleep in your courtyard tonight."

Jiang Mianmian's eyes lit up: [Hehe, Shen Xiuyan is actually quite good at handling people right now. But... let's not do it. How can a child be separated from its mother? Let's just forget about it!]

She waved her hand and said, "No need, the baby will cry at night, and I won't be able to sleep well because of the noise, and my head will hurt."

As Li Mama helped the old lady walk outside, she noticed that the old lady seemed to have a particular fondness for the young lady.

In the past, even the young masters were not favored by the old lady. Day after day, she had no idea what the old lady was thinking!