"Even if my mother doesn't care about me, doesn't she even care about my brother's life?"

As soon as the calm words sounded, Ren Wanyun's scolding suddenly came to an abrupt end. She looked at Shen Yuan blankly: "What did you say?"

"Now the entire Shen Mansion has been implicated, and the first one to bear the brunt is our second room. My sister is very involved in this matter, my father and I have lost our official positions, and my mother doesn't care, but if it affects my younger brother, doesn't my mother care?"

Ren Wanyun looked at him, and looked a little flustered for a moment: "What's the matter with this Guan Bai'er, Bai'er is still so young, where can he have anything to do with these things? No one is more innocent than Bai'er." ”

"Mother, everyone is innocent in this matter. Shen Yuan sneered: "Am I not innocent?" After enduring it, he continued: "Mother, when the rumors are getting stronger and stronger, the Shen family will provoke things at this time, but I am afraid that the entire mansion will suffer in the end. He looked at Ren Wanyun and said in a deep tone: "Even if my mother has the idea that it is useless to die with others, does she want to put my younger brother in vain?"

Ren Wanyun's body trembled, and she trembled a little irrepressibly. You must know that she does have this thought, although she hates Shen Miao surprisingly, but the coldness of the entire Shen Mansion, Shen Gui's ruthlessness, the rudder of Old Madam Shen's steering, and the cold eyes of the third room have made Ren Wanyun have a great resentment towards the Shen Mansion. She even thought that even if Shen Qing implicated the entire Shen Mansion, it didn't matter, if she could pull the big house and die together, it would be regarded as revenge.

But Shen Yuan just pointed out one thing, that is, once the Shen Mansion really suffered, even Shen Yuanbai couldn't avoid it. Since ancient times, the emperor loved the eldest son, and the people loved the eldest son. Shen Yuan has been smart since he was a child, Ren Wanyun didn't worry much about it, but Shen Yuanbai, young and naughty, Ren Wanyun hurt him at the tip of her heart, if Shen Yuanbai also died, but she didn't want to see it anyway.

"That'...... Yuan'er, what should we do?" Ren Wanyun looked at Shen Yuan, and there was no longer any madness left, as if Shen Yuan was her lifesaver and her backbone.

"Mother, one cannot be greedy. Shen Yuan looked at her with cruel cruelty in his eyes: "Sister and brother, you can only save one." ”

......

In the prison near the Yamen of Dingjing City, there were guards standing outside the jailer.

In the case of the destruction of Prince Yu's mansion, Shen Qing was actually in a very awkward position. On the surface, she is also a poor person, Fang married into the Wangfu family and encountered a tragedy, but fortunately she was lucky to pick up a life. can dig deeper, there are a lot of suspicious points in the case, maybe it has something to do with Shen Qing, even if it has nothing to do with her, all kinds of fragrant conjectures or Kefu's rumors are everywhere, which is enough to make her name the focus of everyone's talk on the streets. From this point of view, it is better to die in that murder case.

Emperor Wen Hui's attitude towards the case of Prince Yu's Mansion is also intriguing, saying that he wanted someone to investigate it immediately and thoroughly, but he threw the matter directly to Jing Zhaoyin and Yamen, and he didn't even ask. With Emperor Wenhui's brotherhood towards Prince Yu, it is absolutely impossible to expose it so easily. It has always been difficult to guess the mind of the Son of Heaven, and the officials below can't guess what Emperor Wen Hui wants, so they can only put Shen Qing in prison for trial first.

This is actually a bit funny, the only woman who survived the massacre, unarmed, was taken as the culprit. Things in the world are sometimes so strange.

When Shen Miao came to the prison door, the jailer was also stunned when he saw her, and stepped forward and said, "Who is it?"

"My young lady is the fifth girl of the Shen family of the General's Mansion," the stunned sting stepped forward, stuffed the sachet containing the silver ankle into the jailer's hand, and said, "I came here to see the eldest girl." ”

Shen Miao shook the token given to him by Shen Qiu in front of the jailer leader, and when the man saw it, he hurriedly saluted respectfully: "It was Miss Shen Wu." "Shen Xin is famous in Dingjing City, not to mention that he is a jailer leader, even if the officials see it, they have to give a little thin face.

"I want to go and see the big sister, please lead the way. Shen Miao said.

The head of the jailer smiled and said, "Originally, it was not allowed to be visited in the past few days, but since Miss Shen Wu spoke, let's come with the villain." After saying that, he ordered a few more words to the jailer guarding outside, and Jing Yu and Gu Yu stayed outside and walked in with Shen Miao.

Now Shen Qing's identity is very embarrassing, and no one can say whether there will be a chance to get rid of the crime in the future, but even if he really gets rid of the crime and bears such a reputation, Shen Qing will have an extremely difficult life.

"Actually, Miss Fifth doesn't have to worry too much," the jailer said with a smile, "Although Miss Shen is still in prison now, once this matter is revealed, Miss Shen will not be implicated." He thought that since Shen Miao came to visit Shen Qing, the two sisters had a very close relationship, no matter what, if Shen Miao was comfortable, he would always sell his favor to Shen Xin.

Shen Miao nodded: "Thank you for your advice." ”

When a stone staircase appeared in front of him, the head of the jailer stopped and said, "Miss Shen is imprisoned below, and Miss Fifth will go down and talk to her." I waited outside with my men, not for too long. ”

Shen Miao thanked him again, and waited for the head of the jailer and several jailers in the prison to deliberately avoid it, and then Shi Shiran walked down the steps.

At the end of the long staircase was a cell surrounded by an iron fence with a small fist-sized window, where the most important prisoners were kept. There was a row of torches lit on the stone wall, but the torches swayed in the gloomy cell, lining the human figures, which looked a little weird.

The cell was covered with straw, and there was a dirty quilt on it, which was probably infested with lice, and some small black material could be faintly seen. And the man around the quilt sat on the straw and buried his head in his knees, not knowing if he was asleep.

Shen Miao watched quietly for a long time before she walked over, stretched out her hand and knocked lightly on the iron fence.

The man with his head in his knees jerked his head up, revealing a slightly frightened face. When he saw clearly that it was Shen Miao, his frightened expression turned into anger, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Shen Miao!"

"It's me. Shen Miao took a step back slightly, avoiding Shen Qing from rushing up and scratching indiscriminately. She guessed right, and the next moment, Shen Qing pounced, and crossed the iron fence with both hands to catch Shen Miao, but was separated by the fence and could only shake her arms in vain.

"Looks like you still haven't learned to be smart. Shen Miao laughed and looked at her for a long time: "Don't bother, it's useless." ”

Shen Qing put down his hand hatefully, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Shen Miao, did you come here to demonstrate to me? You came to see how miserable I am? I tell you, one day, you will be a hundred times more miserable than me!"

"It's a pity," Shen Miao looked at her with pity: "Even if there is really that day, you won't be able to see it." ”

Shen Qing was stunned for a moment, a flash of fear suddenly surged in her eyes, she had been locked up in this prison for several days, and even she didn't know what was going on. She has always been pampered, she once thought that the night with Prince Yu in Wolong Temple was the most painful time in her life, but she didn't expect that the bad news that followed was more frightening than the other, pregnancy, returning to the court banquet, marriage, and the bloody massacre on the night of marriage, and now she is reduced to a prisoner. She forcibly endured the uneasiness in her heart, and said stiffly: "Don't try to lie to me, this matter has nothing to do with me, will it still implicate me?"

"Why don't you understand? Shen Miao squatted down and looked at Shen Qing in prison, she shook her head gently like an adult who couldn't understand a child: "The entire Prince Yu Mansion was destroyed, and you were the only one who survived, whether it was a conspiracy or not, whether you had anything to do with the murderer or not, as long as you lived, you would become a great sin." ”

"What can I do with the murderer!" Shen Qing retorted: "Why should I destroy Prince Yu's mansion, I have no grievances with him, even if there is, it is your ......" Her words suddenly stopped abruptly in the middle of her words, looked at Shen Miao, and said in disbelief: "You did it?"

The corners of Shen Miao's lips curled slightly.

"Did you do it?" Shen Qing suddenly grabbed the railing of the iron fence and looked at Shen Miao: "It's you, you have a deep hatred with Prince Yu, it was you who let people destroy him, you deliberately left me with my life, just to let me carry the black pot for you, Shen Miao, you have a good calculation!" She looked at Shen Miao, shocked and angry in her heart, shocked that Shen Miao was so vicious, angry that she had fallen to this point now, all thanks to Shen Miao!

"Big sister, you have to show evidence for everything. Shen Miao smiled and said, "But what you said just now, it seems that you have become smarter after spending two days in prison." Although she denied Shen Qing's words, in Shen Qing's eyes, it was Shen Miao who had already admitted the crime she had committed.

Shen Qing was furious: "What do you want to do? Shen Miao, if you can't succeed, my father and brother will definitely save me, they will find out the evidence, and in the end it will be you and not me who will be in this prison! At that time, I will definitely find a way to make you cut with a thousand knives!"

"Do you still count on Second Uncle and Shen Yuan?" Shen Miao mocked: "Second Uncle is afraid of being implicated now, and he hasn't even come to see you, as for Shen Yuan'......" Shen Miao smiled: "He could have had a good career and an unlimited future, but because you are in constant trouble, do you really think that he will want to save you?"

Shen Qing glared at Shen Miao angrily, but he knew in his heart that what Shen Miao said was not bad at all. What kind of character Shen Gui is, how she doesn't know. As early as when Shen Gui married her to Prince Yu, Shen Qing could see clearly that Shen Gui was the same as Old Madam Shen in his bones, and he would only seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. As for this second brother, who has been a little unpredictable since he was a child, although he has solved a lot of troubles for himself in the past, but this time, it has affected Shen Yuan's career, will Shen Yuan really help her?

"Shen Miao, you don't talk nonsense!" Although he was uneasy in his heart, Shen Qing still insisted and said: "My mother will not stand idly by with me! My mother will definitely be able to rescue me." As long as my mother comes forward, with the second brother's ability, it will not be difficult to find out the truth, and when the time comes, you will be the unlucky!"

"Second aunt?" Shen Miao sighed: "I know that the second aunt is very good to you, you are the second aunt's eyeball, if there is anything bad about you, the second aunt will definitely try her best to protect you, just like she ......did to me at the beginning."

Shen Qing's uneasy mood eased a little, and he was also a little proud. Ren Wanyun has always been indulgent to her, among the three daughters of the Shen Mansion, Chen Ruoqiu was a little strict with Shen Yue, Luo Xueyan was rarely with Shen Miao at all, and only Ren Wanyun was a hundred times more indulgent to Shen Qing. It was only because Ren Wanyun had a difficult birth when she gave birth to Shen Qing that it was easy for the mother and daughter to be safe, and Ren Wanyun was very attentive to this daughter. Even when Shen Qing wanted to win over the king Fu Xiuyi, Ren Wanyun didn't say anything bad.

Now, even if others are indifferent to her, as long as Ren Wanyun is there, she will definitely not let her be wronged. Before Shen Qing's smug smile was raised, he heard Shen Miao's laughing voice sound: "But big sister, guess who is better in the second aunt's heart compared to you and the seventh brother?"

Shen Qing was stunned, staring at Shen Miao without speaking.

Shen Miao looked at her gently: "How much the second aunt hurts the seventh brother, everyone in our house knows it." If it's because you're going to lose your seventh brother, do you guess the second aunt is willing to take this risk? Actually, I'm also very eager to know this answer, I wonder if the eldest sister can answer it for me?"

Shen Qing's body began to tremble violently. She knows better than anyone else Shen Yuanbai's status in Ren Wanyun's heart, and with Ren Wanyun's current age, Shen Yuanbai is naturally very precious. In addition, although Shen Yuanbai is naughty, he is also very pleasant. The most important thing is that Shen Yuanbai is a son.

This world is always especially difficult for women, and in Ren Wanyun's heart, she is always more partial to her youngest son. If she really wanted to catch up with Shen Yuanbai for herself, Shen Qing knew that answer, she would definitely be the one who was given up. But no matter how frightened he was in his heart, in the face of Shen Miao, Shen Qing was always unwilling to weaken his momentum. She looked at Shen Miao and sneered: "What do you want to say? Could it be that you have to say that I am a dead end no matter what, Shen Miao, don't forget, I still have royal flesh and blood in my belly! The child in my belly has the blood of the royal family, just for him, I will definitely not have any difference!" After saying this, Shen Qing stroked his belly and showed a loving smile. This is really a little shocking, after all, a few days ago, she was still beating her belly, wishing that there was no such 'wild seed'.

"Big sister, do you really think he is your life talisman?" Shen Miao's fluttering eyes fell on Shen Qing's slightly bulging lower abdomen, and said lightly: "If it was in the past, with His Majesty's attention to Prince Yu, he would naturally want to keep this child." But now...... I'm afraid it will become your talisman. ”

"What do you mean?" Shen Qing couldn't understand what Shen Miao was saying, but from Shen Miao's inevitable gaze, there was a sudden fear in her heart, she intuitively felt that Shen Miao didn't favor her, but why did the child in her belly become her life-amulet?

Shen Qing naturally didn't know that some rumors were circulating in the palace and reached the ears of the emperor, so some things quietly changed. If it was in the past, in order to preserve Prince Yu's blood and bones, Emperor Wen Hui would naturally not let Shen Qing be buried so early. But now, once the seeds of suspicion rise, the emperor is cruel and ruthless, he is afraid that he will be eager to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and let Shen Qing and the evil seeds in his stomach go to hell as soon as possible.

Seeing Shen Miao smiling and silent, Shen Qing panicked even more, and she said sharply: "Shen Miao, I have no grievances with you, why do you hurt me so much?"

"No grievances?" Shen Miao seemed to have heard some funny joke, she looked at Shen Qing: "When your mother and daughter calculated me, did you ever think about being unjust and hateless?"

"You ......" Shen Qing was unwilling in her heart, looking at Shen Miao's gaze as if she was looking at some terrible person, she said: "If you hurt me, you will definitely die a good death! Feng Shui takes turns, one day, your big house will also become a lost dog, trampled by others, and you will not die a good death!" At the end, the voice of the words was suddenly sharp, and it seemed that the fear in his heart could only be hidden in this way.

In her abuse, Shen Miao's expression did not change, and she said in a low voice: The saying that feng shui takes turns is true, but it is too difficult to wait for God to turn. In the world, it is up to people to plan things, but fortunately, everything is not in vain. ”

What Shen Qing said was not a good death, and she had already tasted it in her previous life. At that time, Luo Xueyan had died, Shen Qiu was drowned, in the Shen family's big house, Shen Xin and all the slaves were imprisoned, listening to the rumors of the little eunuchs in the cold palace, Shen Xin squatted in the most terrifying prison, penetrated the shoulder blade with an iron chain for fear that he would escape, and the word "prisoner" was branded on his cheek, which was undoubtedly the most unacceptable for the general who killed decisively on the battlefield. If the physical torture can still be tolerated, then the mental humiliation is what makes Shen Xin the most painful. At that time, she was locked up in the cold palace, watching Fu Ming being pushed down from the position of the crown prince, and looking at Mrs. Lintel proud.

Shen Qing was already a little confused, she was so young that she hadn't experienced anything, and Ren Wanyun had always doted on her to grow up. Once something happens, the way to endure it is always very low. She screamed: "Shen Miao, you are not human!

Shen Miao looked at her quietly: "Shen Qing, how does it feel to watch your hopes being shattered one by one?"

Shen Qing stared at Shen Miao with hatred.

"You gave me a ride when I was at the end of my journey, so this time, I'll give you the last ride. She smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes, but there were stars in her clear eyes like water, like black clouds, and they shrouded each other heavily.

In her previous life, before she died, she saw Shen Qing and Shen Yue standing behind Mrs. Lintel, smiling and smiling. The Shen family's big house finally ended up with a miserable ending, the second and third rooms contributed a lot, and she re-walked this hard life, in order to pull out the fangs of the poisonous snakes that had not yet grown one by one, and then slowly torture them.

Shen Qing couldn't understand her words, but gritted his teeth hatefully and said, "Shen Miao, you can't die well......"

Shen Miao stood up and looked down at Shen Qing condescendingly, that slightly immature face showed a kind of majesty and elegance that could not be seen in the gloomy cage, and in the majesty, there was a faint black storm, which finally turned into a sneer at the corner of her lips.

The purple skirt horns fluttered in front of the cage, and the figure gradually disappeared, and the last words Shen Qing heard were......

Shen Miao said: "Shen Qing, you are the first. ”

......

In the East Courtyard of the Shen Mansion, this day was actually the silence of renunciation.

Shen Gui stayed in the room, his face showing a gloomy color. Today, I heard from the side of the eunuch's mouth in the palace, and now Shen Qing's matter is really not easy to do.

There was probably something wrong between Emperor Wen Hui and Prince Yu, and this problem was obviously much more serious than the courtiers had guessed. At the moment, it is a dilemma, if you take care of Shen Qing's affairs, I am afraid that Emperor Wen Hui will not like it, if you ignore Shen Qing, the rumors will spread more and more, and when there is trouble, he will be the first to find him.

He sighed for a long time, and Aunt Wan walked up to him and gently pressed his shoulders for him.

Shen Gui is lustful, and there are many concubines in the house, but Ren Wanyun is strict, those concubines failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter for him, and even if they were lucky enough to give birth to a child, they died quickly. But this Aunt Wan, under Ren Wanyun's nose, gave birth to a daughter, Shen Dongling, and fortunately raised her to such a big age, it is enough to see her ability. At the beginning, everyone in the house said that if Aunt Wan gave birth to not a daughter but a son, I was afraid that her status would still be able to compete with Ren Wanyun.

Aunt Wan and Mrs. Shen were both born as singers, Ren Wanyun looked down on her very much, and Mrs. Shen also felt that this identity was a little annoying. However, Aunt Wan is indeed a famous character, she was still a pillar in the troupe, and she was also charming and affectionate, pretending to be that Hua Dan, not to mention how beautiful she was.

Since giving birth to Shen Dongling, Aunt Wan has been staying in her small courtyard peacefully, as if she disappeared from everyone's eyes, and even Shen Dongling, who was frail and sickly, did not go out of the yard all year round, and only came out to meet people during the New Year's holidays, and was almost forgotten by others. Now that Shen Qing has an accident, Mrs. Shen doesn't like it, Ren Wanyun and Shen Gui will quarrel as long as they meet, and this Aunt Wan will make a comeback. These days, Shen Gui is serving comfortably and calmly, and then looking at Ren Wanyun's mother and daughter, it is even more indescribable disgust.

"The master is still worried about the affairs of the eldest lady. Aunt Wan pressed Shen Gui's shoulder and persuaded: "Don't worry too much, master, since the eldest lady hasn't done that, one day it will come to light." ”

"Hey," Shen Gui sighed: "Whether she does it or not, this matter is not so simple." Sister Qing this time, if you don't get it right, it will affect everyone. ”

When Aunt Wan heard this, she said worriedly: "Even so, there is always a black and white truth in this world." She said: "It's nothing for the concubine and the third lady, as long as you follow the master, you don't care if you live or die." But the second young master is now in a good career, and there is also the seventh young master, who is still so young, if he is implicated, what can he do. ”

Shen Gui's face moved, and he was also a little irritable in his heart. Although he is selfish in his bones, greedy for money and lustful, he still gives great hope to his two sons. I don't know what's going on, Shen Fuzhong has reached their generation, and the heirs are not prosperous. And they have two sons in one room, which is something that Shen Gui is extremely proud of. For his daughter, in Shen Gui's eyes, it is just an item that can be exchanged for benefits, but for his son, it is a treasure that can be passed on to the next generation.

Now that he wants to pay for a pair of sons for Shen Qing's daughter, Shen Gui feels depressed when he thinks about it.

"The concubine heard that the wife is now running around for the eldest lady, and she really pities the hearts of parents in the world. If it weren't for the concubine's small strength, I really hope I can help somewhat. Aunt Wan continued.

"What are you helping with!" Shen Gui felt even more annoyed when he heard Aunt Wan mention Ren Wanyun, and he said: "It's all that crazy woman who taught such a shameless good daughter, and now she is riding everyone, I don't know what to do!"

Aunt Wan seemed to be frightened, suddenly shrank back, and the hand pressing her shoulder also stopped, and then paused, and then said softly: "Master, don't blame Mrs., what happened is such a big thing, Mrs. feels uncomfortable." If the eldest lady is in prison and does something irrational, how sad the wife should be. ”

Shen Gui said impatiently: "What can she do......" The voice suddenly paused, and Shen Gui chewed slowly: "Irrational things?"

Aunt Wan's eyes flashed, but her voice was very worried: "A little girl, something like this happened just after getting married, and she was locked up in prison, the eldest lady has been pampered since she was a child, if she can't figure it out, it is very likely." You still have to be persuaded by someone, don't do stupid things. ”

Shen Gui suddenly stood up and looked outside, the sun was about to sink in the west, and it was dark very early in winter. He said, "I'll go out for a while." ”

"It's so late, where is the master going?" Aunt Wan asked.

"If you have something to do, you can have dinner by yourself. Shen Gui strode out.

When Shen Gui's figure could no longer be seen, Aunt Wan closed the door and walked to the table and sat down. There was a dazzling array of dinner dishes on the table, and at a time when the east courtyard was gloomy and bleak, her food was exquisite. But who knows, when she was eating moldy steamed buns and spoiled porridge a few years ago, when Ren Wanyun couldn't even make up the money for Shen Dongling's medical treatment, what did she think at that time?

Feng Shui takes turns, she was unlucky in the past, and now it is Ren Wanyun's turn to be unlucky. Ren Wanyun has been so careful that her daughter has been a concubine for so many years, and she almost didn't even have a chance to get out of the courtyard, and now Shen Qing is in prison, and in the second half of her life, I am afraid that she will be even more miserable than Shen Dongling in the past.

"Go, call the third lady to dinner. She commanded the maidservant beside her, and the servant departed.

"Auntie, will the master really attack the eldest lady?" asked the other maid cautiously.

"Of course. Aunt Wan smiled amorously: "He will." "She has been a husband and wife with Shen Gui for so many years, and she knows better than anyone what Shen Gui is thinking. She deliberately reminded Shen Gui just now, just to remind Shen Gui of something. If Ren Wanyun knows that her daughter was finally solved by her husband, I don't know how enjoyable it is.

She scooped a spoonful of soup and savored it slowly.

At the same time, Shen Yuan in Caiyun Yuan also put on a cloak and walked out of the gate of the Shen Mansion without greeting anyone.

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It's quite pitiful to look at the scumbag sister this way, and her family abandoned her in minutes...