When night fell, the lights came on, and Shangjing, which had been noisy all day, was quiet.

In the mansion of Shen Daling, everyone gathered in Chunhui Courtyard, and the drum had just beaten three times, and there was a commotion outside the door, and Shen Chong, who had been busy all day, also returned from the barracks.

"Daddy!" Shen Nianzhen shouted and went out the door.

Shen Zheng quickened his pace and entered the flower hall, stretched out his hand and patted his daughter on the shoulder lovingly, and asked with a smile: "How about going to Yongchang Bofu with your grandmother today?" Are you in danger? ”

"No, everything is fine, and by the way, a thief was caught." Shen Nianzhen said with a smile.

"Oh? Thief? Shen Chong immediately raised his brows when he heard this.

"The matter is still being interrogated, and the results will be available soon." Ponder the truth.

As soon as the words fell, there were more than a dozen maids and servants in charge of the steward who walked in from outside, and those subordinates were all tied up with flowers, all of them were depressed, and they shouted that they were wronged when they entered the door, and they were kicked and knelt on the ground by the steward, and Mama Zhou stepped forward and replied: "Madam, the commander, the slaves and maids have now been ascertained, these slaves and servants are the eyeliners left by the second lady in the house, and the golden hairpin that the eldest lady lost this morning was stolen by her." ”

As he spoke, from among the kneeling slaves, a third-class maid Cui'er was pulled out.

Shen Nianzhen saw that it was in his yard, and sighed faintly at the moment: "I didn't expect it to be you." ”

"Miss! The slave really didn't mean it! Cui'er raised her head violently and cried: "The slave really doesn't know that it is the hairpin given to the fourth lady by the second son of Su!" I thought it was something you used to reward your subordinates! Thinking that you shouldn't care, I secretly took the ......."

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Old Lady Shen and Shen Chong were taken aback, and they all turned their heads to look at Shen Nianzhu, who was standing in the corner without saying a word.

Shen looked at her, then looked back at Shen Nianzhen, and asked with a puzzled face: "Zhen'er, what the hell is going on?" ”

"Father, grandmother, that's right." Shen Nianzhen sighed, stood up and replied: "The hairpin was indeed given to the fourth sister by the second son of Su in the third prince's mansion that day, he moved too fast, and the person who threw the hairpin ran away, and when I and the fourth sister reacted and wanted to return it to him, there was no figure left, so the two of us discussed asking the second highness to help return it to the second prince Su, but the hairpin was not sent out yet, and it was gone." ”

"Why did he send a hairpin to the four girls?" Shen was very puzzled.

"This ...... Probably...... He wanted his fourth sister to teach him the skills of pitching pots. Shen Nianzhen made up a reason.

On the side, Mama Zhou said: "Before, the fourth lady threw a pot and won the second son of Su, there is such a thing. ”

"Then you don't need to send hairpins, do you?"

Shen Zhong frowned tightly and said: "This is like falling in love with the four girls of our family, the girl's family, you must not teach each other privately!" Otherwise, you'll be a second girl! You two haven't forgotten the previous lesson, have you? ”

Shen Nianzhen and Shen Nianzhu nodded honestly: "Don't dare to forget." ”

Shen Zhong saw it, and he couldn't bear to be harsh anymore, and sighed and said: "Fortunately, the two of you still know to return it, the idea is good, but I didn't expect things to change, this Cui'er is too hateful, and actually stole the hairpin, why don't you hand it over quickly?" ”

"It's been sold." Shen Nianzhen replied: "Cui'er is the eyeliner of the second room, and when she got the hairpin, she gave it to the second sister, and now the hairpin has been sold, and the eldest brother is tracking it outside." ”

Shen Zhong realized that there was no son in the house, so he went to track down the whereabouts of the hairpin.

He couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw the servant who was kneeling on the ground: "It's been so long since the second room moved out, and there are still so many eyeliners left!" Mama Zhou, are these people? ”

"Yes, Master Hou, these people have more or less been found to be related to the second room, and even contacted." Mama Zhou replied respectfully: "The evidence is conclusive, and now it will be released." ”

"So what are you waiting for?" Shen Zheng directly said coldly: "Take it down directly to see the detention, and it will be sold tomorrow." There is no need for anything outside of the house. After speaking, he looked at Mrs. Shen and asked respectfully, "Mother, do you think your son has handled it well?" ”

Today is just in time, and he only deals with these dirty things in the inner house, and he usually doesn't ask.

Of course, Old Lady Shen would not have an opinion, and it was a betrayal to let her dispose of it, and she nodded when she heard the words: "Yes, now, just wait for Yunlan to come back, I hope he can get the hairpin back, otherwise, the four girls of our family have accepted other people's hairpins, which is unreasonable." I still have to let the third couple know about this matter. ”

"It should." Shen nodded: "Son, I will send someone to invite the third brother and third sister." “

As he was talking, there was a noise outside, and Shen Yunlan came back.

Shen Nianzhen immediately greeted him and saw Shen Yunlan entering the mansion from a distance, and his tall and slender figure was extremely eye-catching.

She first went to look at his hands, and when she saw that his hands were empty, she realized that she did not want to return the hairpin, and was immediately a little disappointed.

"Sister, I'm sorry, the hairpin has been sold by the second sister, I went to several jewelry shops today, and I couldn't find the person who bought the hairpin, so I brought the second sister back." Shen Yunlan said.

As the words fell, a man with a lot of flowers was thrown in from outside.

In the bright lights, I saw that this person was dressed in indigo coarse cloth clothes, plus a maroon shoulder, this person was dressed nondescriptly, and on his head was a gray turban, hanging his head, so that people could not see the expression on her face clearly.

As soon as Shen Nianzhen saw Shen Nianci, new hatred and old hatred came to his heart together.

Originally, she had already planned to let her go, not caring about those things in her previous life, but Shen Nianci actually viciously dealt with Old Lady Shen! While everyone was protecting the old lady and hiding it from the old lady, she said a lot of things in one go, causing the old lady to be seriously ill! Almost died! This Shen Nian is really resolute and can't bear it!

She stepped forward, grabbed the woman's hair, raised her head, and saw clearly in the light that it was not Shen Nianci!

Shen Nianzhen was no longer polite, raised his hand and crackled and slapped Shen Nianci several times, and his palms were red when he hit him.

When she was about to fight again, Shen Yunlan grabbed her and persuaded in a low voice: "If you want to punish her, there are ways to do something, why do you have to dirty your hands." ”

After speaking, he ordered in a cold voice: "Bring Lu Yiming up." ”

Shen Chong knew about Mrs. Shen's serious illness, but he didn't know the reason, and now seeing Shen Nian's true anger like this, he couldn't help but wonder a little: "Zhen'er, it's just a hairpin, find it back, why do it." ”

Shen Nianzhen twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing how to explain.

Soon, Lu Yiming was brought in.

During the few hours he stayed in the Shen family, he had not been abused, and although he was detained and not free, he ate and drank well, even better than feeling in his own home. Now that he came, he saw Shen Nianci in coarse cloth clothes, compared with Shen Nianzhen, who had exquisite makeup and gorgeous service, he was really not as good as the village girl, and he immediately showed a look of disgust.

Shen Nianci saw him as if he had seen a savior, and tears moistened his eyes all of a sudden.

When she was beaten by Shen Nianzhen angrily just now, she didn't shed a single tear.

"Husband......

As soon as she opened her mouth sadly, she was interrupted by Lu Yiming, and he said impatiently: "You really sold that hairpin?" Take it out! I gave it back to someone, and we can go back. ”

Shen Nianci's eyes immediately widened, and he looked at him in a daze, speechless, he said that she sold the hairpin! Why did she ask for a hairpin again now?

With a snap, a purse full of silver was thrown to the ground.

Shen Yunlan said in a deep voice: "This is the silver money that the hairpin was sold, and the hairpin is not in her hands now." ”

"And this painting, stolen by this filthy thing and almost sold it!" Ruhua said indignantly on the side: "Miss's things, I don't know how many of them have been circulated, if this is discovered, it may cause many disasters!" Old lady, Grand Commander, this matter must not be tolerated! ”

"Then report to the police."

Shen Nianzhen said in a deep voice: "Send these two people to the government, and the government will naturally give us justice." ”

As soon as these words came out, others were okay, but Old Lady Shen's face changed suddenly.

This is a family ugly, just solve it yourself behind closed doors, why bother going to the court? Wouldn't that be known to everyone?

Shen Zheng also felt that it was inappropriate: "The hairpin and your calligraphy and painting are all personal items, and if you really want to make trouble with the government, it will not be good for the reputation of you and the four girls." ”

"So what to do? You can't just leave it at that, right? ”

Shen Nianzhen looked at Shen Nianci and Lu Yiming with hatred.

These two people are now completely like dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water. Is it true that she doesn't know how to punish?

"Of course not." Old Lady Shen slowly swept over Shen Nianci and Lu Yiming with a gaze full of disgust, and slowly spoke: "Go and invite His Royal Highness the Second Prince, people who have a loss of personal morality are afraid that they can't participate in the scientific examination, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yiming's face finally changed.

The imperial examination is his only way out, and it is also the hope of the entire Lu family to reshape the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, if he is restricted from scientific examinations, he can only be so mediocre in this life, and there will be no future.

A lifelong wish has come to naught.

Sure enough, it was the old lady, who choked people's throats with a word, making them unable to move easily.

If it's going to be beaten or killed, it's okay, is he Lu Yiming a person who is afraid of being beaten? What's more, others entered the Hou Mansion in a good manner, but when they went out, they were covered in bruises, which would also cause others to talk about it, which was not a good thing for the Shen family.

"Old lady, I was wrong, there is no next time, can you please raise your noble hand and forgive me this time?" The situation is stronger than people, and Lu Yiming had no choice but to beg for mercy.

Hearing this, Old Lady Shen was indifferent.

Said coldly: "Forgive you? If your plan succeeds, my two most important granddaughters will be ruined! The entire Commander's Mansion may fall! When you were calculating, did you not think of being soft-hearted, but at this time you came to ask us? Don't be whimsical!

"Old lady, no, never again......" Lu Yiming still pleaded.

"It's useless, you don't have to ask, Yunlan, go and ask the Second Highness to come down." Old Lady Shen said in a deep voice: "After all, this matter is very important, let's let His Highness deal with it, I'm tired, Zhen'er, you help me back." ”

"Yes, grandmother." Shen Nianzhen responded obediently, carefully helped the old lady to walk into the inner room, and when she left, she glanced at Lu Yiming and Shen Nianci with a cold gaze.

The matter outside was handed over to Shen Chong and Shen Yunlan's father and son, and she didn't ask a word again.

In the back room, Mrs. Shen held Shen Nianzhen's hand, pulled her to sit down on the bed, stroked her sign and said earnestly: "Zhen'er, if Grandmother didn't stop it just now, do you want to kill Shen Nianci's slut and Lu Yiming on the spot?" ”

"Yes!" Shen Nianzhen gritted his teeth and replied, "They dare to calculate on your head, I will never forgive!" ”

"But son, you still have a long way to go." Old Mrs. Shen sighed when she heard this, looked at her lovingly, and said: "Your love for your grandmother is very heavy, grandmother knows it, you must not ruin your own good future because of a slut, you will soon become the second princess, although marrying into the royal family is envied, but you are also jealous, right?" Grandmother is really afraid that you will be calculated. ”

"Along the way, there are still fewer calculations?" Thinking back to his recent experience, Shen Nianzhen tugged at the corners of his mouth and showed a reluctant smile: "Grandmother, you don't have to worry, your granddaughter is not afraid, if you want to wear a phoenix crown, bear its weight first, there are some things that you can't dodge." ”

Listening to these words, Mrs. Shen was full of emotion in her heart, and her most beloved granddaughter had also grown up, so it was really gratifying to be able to say such a thing!

"That's right, our Shen family doesn't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it." Old Mrs. Shen held her hand and said solemnly: "This time you did a good job, you didn't attack Lu Yiming on the street, but escorted people back to the elders of the family to deal with, this is very good, don't interfere in the future, just let your father and your eldest brother deal with it, do you hear?" ”

"Granddaughter understood." Shen Nianzhen heard this, and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Old Mrs. Shen looked at her, smiled with satisfaction, and pulled her to say a lot of words, until someone from outside reported that the second prince had arrived, so she took Shen Nianzhen out to greet her.

Rong Chen waited at home for a day, and he didn't wait for Shen Nianzhen to send someone to send the jade pendant, and he was wondering, when he saw the person invited by the Shen family, he rushed to come without saying a word, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the general situation, and was angry, and saw Shen Nianzhen again.

At that time, Rong Chen was standing at the entrance of the Shen Family Flower Hall, and the mother-in-law behind him had just lowered the door curtain. The light pouring in from the courtyard outside was all over him, and the man with handsome eyebrows and bright eyes set off more and more.

Shen Nianzhen followed behind Mrs. Shen and came out of the back room, and there was a room of maids and wives between the two of them, as well as Shen Nianci and Lu Yiming, who were kneeling on the ground, looking at each other from afar.

The moment Shen Nianzhen saw him, he wanted to cry, but he turned his head and held back his tears.

Rong Chen was suddenly distressed, and when he lowered his head and looked at Lu Yiming who was kneeling on the ground, the whole person suddenly exuded a cold momentum.

Lu Yiming had already lowered his head and was trembling all over. Shen Nianci on the side quietly raised his head and stared at Rong Chen stupidly, this handsome and incomparable Second Prince His Royal Highness! It's simply the moon in the sky, the immortal in the world, how can such a beautiful and domineering person be cheap Shen Nianzhen? What a hate!

"Lu Yiming, Lu Yiming, this time you are guilty of the hands of this palace again, come on, take him away." Rong Chen hooked the corners of his mouth and sneered at the command.

When the words fell, even if there were guards striding in from outside, they pulled Lu Yi Ming and walked out.

"What are you doing? Let him go! ”

Seeing this, Shen Nianci screamed: "Even if you are a prince, you can't careless of human life, right?" ”

"Who said that Hongu was going to kill him?" Rong Chen snorted coldly when he heard this, and said in a cold tone: "This palace is just taking him out to teach him a lesson, by the way, and you, stealing paintings and jewelry and selling them, what kind of face does a woman like you have to live?" ”

Shen Nianci lowered his head in shame when he heard this, and kept crying.

They can't help it! The family of three wants to eat and drink, Lu's mother is still seriously ill, she doesn't want to get some money, is the family waiting for death?

What's wrong with her!

"You don't have any money, you can earn it yourself, but you come to steal other people's things, what is the reason?" Shen Nianzhen saw through what she was thinking, and said indifferently when she heard the words: "Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, this kind of truth, presumably the second aunt has never taught you, right?" That's right, with the second aunt's level of heart, she will only teach you how to seduce men, which is not on the stage. ”

"Don't talk about my mother!" Shen Nianci trembled when he heard this.

"Hmph." Shen Nianzhen sneered.

It has been more than half a day since this incident happened, but the second old man and his wife, who have nothing to do, have not shown up until now, not because they are ignorant, but they are hiding and dare not show up.

How much affection can such a person have for Shen Nianci's daughter?

"Don't! Don't treat us like this! Shen Nianci grabbed Lu Yiming's arm to prevent him from being taken away by the guards, and kept begging and shouting at the people in the hall: "I'm just this husband, do you want to kill him too?" ”

"No one wants to kill him, it's just that since a person has done something wrong, he must be punished, otherwise he will do it again next time." Shen Nianzhen said coldly: "None of us are willing to continue to play such a trick with you, so this is the last time." ”

When Shen Nianci heard this, he only felt extremely angry in his heart.

What qualifications does Shen Nian really have to talk to her like this? Everyone is the daughter of the Shen family!

She scolded angrily without words: "Isn't it because he didn't marry you when he treats Lu Lang so cruelly now?" Isn't it because I'm stepping in? Is Lu Lang so obsessed with you? ”

She, can't forget Lu Yiming?

Shen Nianzhen was like hearing the biggest joke in the world.

Hearing this, he didn't even bother to glance at Lu Yiming, and only looked at Rong Chen lightly: "Your Highness, take her away too." ”