Chapter 405: Letter of Divorce

Impossible. Even if Father and the others have gone out, there can't be a house without even a gatekeeper.

"Open the door! It's me!"

Shen Ruolan wanted to call out loudly, but she was afraid of being noticed by passersby, so she had to suppress her voice, which made it sound a little strange.

Finally, after knocking several times, she heard some rustling sounds.

"Second Miss, you'd better leave quickly. Master is furious and says he won't let you in."

That voice is familiar; it's the maid who serves by the young lady's side!

Undeterred, Shen Ruolan patted the door latch again: "Let me in! I'll explain to my father!"

"Miss, please don't make things difficult for us servants. Everyone in the manor knows you've been divorced."

Then a servant's voice came from inside, indicating that there was more than one person at the door.

"That's right, the master thinks you're a disgrace!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a burst of mocking laughter came from inside, clearly taking advantage of the fact that she couldn't get in and didn't know who was speaking.

"you……"

Shen Ruolan was furious and eager to get inside, so she kicked the vermilion gate hard and then hurriedly went around to the back door of the Shen family.

The back door isn't opened often, but Shen Ruozhu frequently runs out through it to visit her cronies. Perhaps the gatekeeper inside will open the door when he hears the knocking.

She held her breath and tapped lightly with her index finger, then said impatiently in a pinched voice, "Open the door quickly, the young master is back."

Without hesitation, the servant opened the door with a smile, but before he could even see clearly, the person bumped into him and rushed into the mansion.

Despite the pain, Shen Ruolan ran all the way to Wang's courtyard. Even though she was out of breath, she didn't dare to stop for a moment.

Right now, the only person in this mansion who can help her is her mistress, and she must find her mistress.

"Little girl!"

Seeing the hall door wide open, Shen Ruolan unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, quickened her pace to go inside, and then her voice abruptly stopped.

Shen Mingde and Wang Shi sat at the head of the table, with a letter on the table between them.

She stiffly turned her neck to look at the letter: "Father... what is that?"

Shen Mingde was shocked that even with people watching at the door, he could still let Shen Ruolan come back. He immediately slammed his hand on the table, stood up, his eyes flashing with anger, and pointed at her nose sternly: "Tell me yourself, what good deeds have you done!"

Normally, she would be anxiously wondering what she had done wrong to anger her father, but now all her attention was focused on the letter.

"Young lady... wasn't that sent by His Highness, right?"

Wang did not answer her question, but instead turned her head to look at Shen Ruozhu, who was sitting to the side seemingly practicing calligraphy.

"Mother!"

Shen Ruolan finally couldn't suppress the despair in her heart, and even changed her address from "little girl" to "little girl".

Before Wang could react, Shen Mingde, unable to contain himself any longer, snatched the rattan cane from the steward's hand: "What are you yelling about! Do you want everyone to know you've been divorced!"

"Exactly, it's really shameful!"

Shen Ruozhu, holding up a calligraphy brush, made a funny face, adding insult to injury.

Wang Shi finally couldn't sit still any longer. She got up and walked to Shen Mingde's side, hesitating to speak: "Master... Lan'er, she..."

"What do you mean, 'she'? My Shen family is a scholarly family and we never mistreat our servants. Who doesn't praise us?"

But what she did was, not only did she send Xiyue to serve the Crown Prince, but now she actually…

"If this gets out, what will others think of my Shen family?!" Shen Mingde gritted his teeth.