Quick, female general, I traveled through time to save my father

Chapter 348: The Mother of the Bomen Raises Her Stepson 15

Shen Tang and Si Rong exchanged a glance and walked towards the west wing in tacit understanding. As soon as they reached the gate, they heard Liu's tearful voice: "It's all my fault... This teacup must be very valuable, right? I'll go and apologize to the Second Master..."

"Auntie, don't move!" Cui Lu's voice came, "You are weak, let me take care of it... Ouch!"

There was another series of tinkling and clanging sounds.

Shen Tang peeked in and nearly laughed out loud. Liu was weakly holding onto the corner of the table, and the broken pieces on the floor weren't some expensive teacup at all, just an ordinary white porcelain cup. Cuilu squatted down to pick up the pieces, but Liu insisted on "helping" and ended up overturning the entire tea tray.

"What's going on?" Shen Shigen rushed over when he heard the noise and immediately frowned when he saw the situation.

Liu's eyes immediately turned red: "Second Master, it's all my fault for being clumsy..."

"Uncle, don't blame Aunt Liu," Shen Tang suddenly jumped out with a sincere look on her face, "I bought these teacups on the street last year, three for ten cents, so if they're broken, they're broken. But Aunt Liu's body..." She deliberately dragged out her tone, "Should we ask a doctor to take a look? What if she's hurt..."

Liu's expression froze, and then she leaned more delicately towards Shen Shigen: "No, no need..."

Sirong stepped forward at the right moment and said gently, "Madam Liu is new here, so it's inevitable that she won't be used to it. Someone, go to the storehouse and get a set of celadon tea sets." She turned to Shen Shigen and said, "Master, you've been traveling so long, you should go wash up and rest first."

This trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain worked brilliantly, and Shen Shigen had no choice but to ask Liu to have a good rest and leave with Sirong.

After they walked away, Shen Tang approached Liu with a smile: "Auntie, you acted well. But..." She lowered her voice, "Next time you want to throw something, remember to check whether it is worth money. Although our Shen family is rich, we don't keep idle people."

Liu's expression changed again and again, and finally she forced a smile: "Miss, you are joking..."

Shen Tang left humming a little tune, thinking: These days are becoming more and more interesting.

Sirong didn't mind that Shen Shigen brought back a concubine.

She was here just to complete the mission, and she wouldn't really give birth to children for this scumbag. All they had to do was maintain this balance.

But this concubine Liu who was brought back is quite interesting.

There was no declaration of sovereignty right from the start, nor was there any drama of being a couple for life.

She is said to be as calm and gentle as a chrysanthemum, right? Not really.

And she seemed to be deliberately pretending to be naive. Why was that?

Wu Weibo had been busy going to the palace to report on border military affairs for a few days after returning home.

Shen Tang has been secretly observing Aunt Liu these days and feels that there is something strange about her.

On the surface, Liu pretended to be timid and ignorant, but the look she occasionally revealed was very shrewd.

For example, the day before yesterday, when the kitchen delivered bird's nest, she clearly recognized it as high-quality blood bird's nest, but she pretended not to know the quality and timidly asked the maid, "What is this? The color is so strange..."

After the maid explained, she pretended to be frightened: "It's so precious, how can I use it..."

But when Shen Tang turned around, he discovered that she was privately very picky about the quality of jewelry, and would even frown if the pearls embedded in the hairpin were not round.

What was even stranger was that Liu seemed particularly interested in the terrain of the Shen Mansion and loved to wander around whenever she had nothing to do.

One morning, Shen Tang deliberately "ran into" the lost Liu behind the rockery in the garden.

"Why is Auntie here? This place is so remote that even the old servants who have worked in the mansion for many years can easily get lost." Shen Tang pretended to be surprised.

Liu pinched her handkerchief and said softly, "I'm a newcomer and I got lost while walking..."

"Really?" Shen Tang smiled and pointed to the south. "Then Auntie, remember, that way is the ancestral hall, to the north is Second Uncle's study, and to the west..." She paused deliberately, "is the confidential accounting office of the mansion, no one is allowed in."

Liu's eyes flashed, and then she returned to her ignorant look: "Thank you for your guidance..."

When Shen Tang turned around and left, a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips. She had just clearly seen that when Liu heard the word "study", her fingers unconsciously clenched her handkerchief.

At night, Shen Tang sneaked into Sirong's room and told her about his discoveries of the past few days.

"Mother, I always feel that this Concubine Liu is not simple. She is pretending to be stupid and dumb. She is probably here for something in our house."

Sirong was checking the accounts and chuckled when she heard this: "Of course she is not simple." She closed the account book and

"Your second uncle has been at the border for so many years, so it's not surprising that he brought back a concubine. She deliberately pretends to be unworldly... Don't you see that she has any martial arts skills?"

Shen Tang's eyes lit up: "What are you saying, mother?"

"It's such a waste to let you practice martial arts with me these past few years!" Si Rong tapped Shen Tang's little nose.

Shen Tang was shocked when he heard this, and immediately recalled every move of Aunt Liu in the past few days.

She seemed slender as a willow as she walked, yet her skirt barely budged. She always covered her lips with a handkerchief when she spoke, yet her wrists moved with the deftness of a martial artist. Even when she "accidentally" knocked over a teacup, her fingers deftly dodged the sharp fragments...

"So that's it!" Shen Tang suddenly realized, "She's not pretending to be weak, she's hiding her skills!"

Si Rong nodded slightly: "There are frequent battles at the border, and your second uncle suddenly brought a woman of unknown origin back home and protected her everywhere. If you say she is just an ordinary concubine, it is too strange."

The more Shen Tang thought about it, the more frightened he became: "Could she be a spy sent by the enemy country? Does Second Uncle know?"

Si Rong's eyes turned cold. "Your second uncle has been in charge of border military affairs for many years. If he doesn't even have this little bit of vigilance, it would be a joke."

"So..." Shen Tang lowered his voice, "Second Uncle brought her back on purpose?"

Sirong didn't answer directly, but pulled out a secret letter from her sleeve: "This is from a spy I planted at the border. Liu's original name is Liu Rushuang. On the surface, she is the daughter of a merchant, but in reality, she is involved with the spy organization of the enemy country in the north. She approached your second uncle, probably to steal military intelligence."

Shen Tang took a deep breath and said, "Isn't Second Uncle inviting a wolf into the house?"

Si Rong sneered: "Not sure. Your second uncle has been able to gain a foothold on the border over the years, and it must not be just his bravery. Since he dared to bring her back, he must have been on guard."

As he was speaking, there were suddenly very light footsteps outside the window.

The mother and daughter looked at each other, and Shen Tang immediately pretended to act like a spoiled child: "Mom, I want to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake from Li Ji in the east of the city!"

Sirong smiled cooperatively and said, "Okay, okay, I'll ask the kitchen to buy it tomorrow."