"Besides, my sister swore that I would go out at night, so what proof does she have? I was obviously sleeping in the room."
Shangguan Wan Ning's eyebrows rose and she looked at Shangguan Xiaoxiao firmly. "Sister, these two servants are working for you. You can ask them where I came from?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao looked at the servant with the last glimmer of hope.
"The eldest lady... came out of it..."
"Sister, what else can you say?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao saw Shangguan Wanning disguised as a man and went out. She originally wanted to take this opportunity to destroy Shangguan Wanning's reputation, but she didn't expect to be bitten back.
She was really unwilling to do so.
"Sister, if you didn't go out, why did you let Lutong guard at the back door? She should be waiting in your room in the middle of the night."
Seeing that Shangguan Xiaoxiao was still struggling to death, Shangguan Wanning lowered her head and pretended to wipe her tears with a handkerchief.
"Father, mother, Lu Tong was not guarding the back door at all. I was hungry at night, so I asked her to go to the kitchen to make me a cup of soup. Who knew she would not come back, so I went out to look for her. I clearly heard
The two servants said that my sister promised to reward them with green tung trees..."
"Dad, I..."
"enough."
Shangguan Yue's face became increasingly ugly when he saw the two sisters arguing. He stood up angrily, with burning anger in his eyes.
"Xiaoxiao, you plotted to frame the eldest sister and still refuse to repent. If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'm afraid you won't have a long memory." Shangguan Yue shouted, "Someone, drag the second young lady out and give you a mouthful of twenty.
He was imprisoned in the ancestral hall for three days and was not allowed to visit. He was only allowed to be given water, but not food."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, trembling all over.
"Master, please don't..." Aunt Zhao felt sorry for her daughter. She knelt down and crawled in front of Shangguan Yue, grabbing the hem of his clothes and begging hard. "Xiao Xiao is also your daughter. Don't be like this.
To her...she is weak, she will die..."
"Master, this kind of punishment is indeed too severe." Mrs. Shangguan couldn't bear it, so she also helped to plead for mercy, "Xiaoxiao is still young, and Ning'er has not been harmed. Otherwise... just give him a little punishment."
Shangguan Wan Ning couldn't help but secretly lament that her mother had always been kind, but she couldn't get the sincere gratitude of Shangguan Xiaoxiao and her daughter.
"Ning'er, tell your father quickly." Mrs. Shangguan winked at Shangguan Wan Ning.
Shangguan Wan Ning couldn't bear to reject her mother, so she glanced sideways at Shangguan Xiaoxiao and said, "Dad, mother is right. Please calm down, no matter what, we are a family."
Shangguan Yue looked at his kind-hearted wife and daughter and sighed deeply.
"Xiaoxiao, you have seen that your aunt and elder sister really feel sorry for you. For the sake of their pleading for you, I will only punish you with a one-month grounding. If there is a next time..."
"I don't dare anymore, Master, Xiaoxiao doesn't dare anymore." Aunt Zhao said and kowtowed a few more times to Madam Shangguan, "Thank you, Madam, thank you, Miss..."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao lowered her head and her face was pale. She bit her lip until blood seeped out, and a fishy and salty taste came from her mouth.
"Okay, let's all go back to our rooms." After Shangguan Yue finished speaking, he took Shangguan's wife and left the hall.
Shangguan Wan Ning walked over, gently helped Shangguan Xiaoxiao up, and said with a smile but not a smile: "Sister, you have to be careful in what you say and do in the future. If you make a wrong move, you will suffer in the future."
"Thank you sister..." Shangguan Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth secretly with hatred, but she was helpless.
"Give these two men thirty punishments and drive them out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. I don't want to see them again in the future." Before Shangguan Wan Ning led them away, she ordered her servants to beat the two servants hard.
The purpose is to beat Shangguan Xiaoxiao.
Shangguan Wan Ning led Lu Tong out of the hall. She saw a dark shadow behind the flower bed, flashing past.
A warmth flowed through her heart.
As expected, Mu Jingrui was still watching her from the dark.
After a few days, everything was calm.
Shangguan Wan Ning took the opportunity to go out to buy bird's nests for her mother and wanted to go to the suburban house to see Mu Jingyan.
She only took Lu Tong and a coachman with her and set off. When she reached the city gate, she saw many ragged people lining up in a long queue, which made the march slow.
"What's going on?" Shangguan Wan Ning asked with a frown.
"Miss, I heard from Lao Xu, who was buying vegetables in the kitchen, two days ago that there was a famine in several counties not far from the capital due to poor harvests this year. Although the court also reduced taxes, some people still starved to death on the streets. Isn't this right?
, some refugees have flocked to the capital. The second prince used his private property to give porridge and medicine here."
Shangguan Wan Ning was startled, and many scenes appeared in her memories.
In the memory of his previous life, Xiao Zhenting did a lot for disaster relief, and as a result, he gained a lot of support from the people, laying the foundation for him to seize power in the future.
At that time, she naively thought that this man had the world in mind and was a rare wise man.
Simply ridiculous.
She must find a way to expose Xiao Zhenting's true face.
Shangguan Wan Ning sighed silently and came to the door of the house on the outskirts of the city, vaguely hearing the sound of fighting coming from inside.
Her heart sank involuntarily, and she hurriedly opened the door and went in. She saw four masked men besieging Mu Jingyan.
Mu Jingyan's injury has not healed, but every move is fierce and precise, and his eyebrows are heroic.
"You think if you kill me, no one will know about your deeds? What a dream!"
Mu Jingyan knocked away a masked man with a palm, and when he was about to flee, he saw Shangguan Wan Ning standing at the door.
She frowned, jumped to Shangguan Wan Ning's side, took her hand and ran away.
Murderous intent came from behind, and Mu Jingyan's heart went cold, and he had no time to dodge.
A figure passed by, and several screams were heard.
In an instant, the scene became quiet.
"elder brother……"
Mu Jingyan's eyes were filled with tears, as if she was in a dream. She shook off Shangguan Wan Ning's hand and rushed over, hugging Mu Jingrui tightly.
Mu Jingrui also felt sad for a while, and patted his sister's back gently. "Silly girl, don't cry, it's okay."
Shangguan Wan Ning rarely saw Mu Jingrui behave in such a gentle manner.
Even the evil spirit that makes people fearful has a warm side.
"Jing Yan, who are these people?" Shangguan Wan Ning stepped forward and handed Mu Jingyan a handkerchief.
Mu Jingyan didn't answer and looked straight at Mu Jingrui.
Mu Jingrui nodded slightly, and then she took the handkerchief and wiped the tears on her face.
"They are killers raised by Yingchun Tower."
"Yingchun Tower?" Shangguan Wanning was a little surprised, "It's just a brothel. How could there be a killer with such strong martial arts skills? Could it be that... Yingchun Tower has other secrets?"
"Yingchun Tower should have a deep background."
Mu Jingrui's words made Shangguan Wan Ning even more surprised.
"The killer we met in the alley the day we rescued Xiaoyan was a master from Ouchi."