Consort Liu returned to the palace, and when she left, she acted as if she hadn't seen Chu Tianling and his party at all. It was unclear whether she was too sad or too angry.

Chu Tianling didn't care about any of that.

Liu Piaopiao also came today, but she didn't show herself. She secretly mingled with the crowd of onlookers, and once they dispersed, she followed suit, as if she had never been there.

Chu Tianling, supporting Shen Jiaojiao's hand, prepared to return to the manor, and the carriage slowly moved forward.

Soon after, a pitiful scream came from afar, and it grew closer and closer.

"Help! Help..."

Zhou Tianqi pulled the horse back, and the carriage stopped beside him.

Shen Jiaojiao lifted the curtain and stuck her head out to look.

A woman was seen running frantically from a distance, shouting for help as she ran.

Although this road is not in a busy downtown area, there are still people coming and going around it.

The woman probably saw the luxurious carriage and the guards behind it and assumed it belonged to an important person, so she rushed towards it.

Zhou Tianqi got off the carriage, stood to the side, picked up his weapon, and blocked the woman from entering: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The woman's face was covered in tears; she was crying pitifully, kneeling on the ground and crying out, "Please, sir, save me! That madwoman is so scary! Waaah..."

Shen Jiaojiao took a closer look and exclaimed, "Good heavens, isn't this Wang Haotian's mother, Granny Zhang?"

The last time I saw her, this old woman was so arrogant and domineering. How did she become like this?

Shen Jiaojiao hid in the carriage and told Chu Tianling, "This person is Wang Haotian's mother. I don't know what happened, but she was beaten like this."

Chu Tianling thought of the brainless Chen Baozhu and didn't want to see anyone related to this group of people: "Jiaojiao, let's go, ignore her."

However, before they could leave, Chen Baozhu soon appeared.

Granny Zhang cried out in terror, "No! Don't come any closer! I was wrong! Please don't hit me!"

When Chen Baozhu saw Zhou Tianqi, she remembered the woman who had suddenly appeared last time. Could that woman be in the car today?

I forgot to ask their name last time, which was a bit rude of me.

She gave a crisp bow towards the carriage and said loudly, "My name is Chen Baozhu. May I ask if it would be convenient for you, sir, to see me?"

Chu Tianling closed his eyes, not wanting to move, clearly not wanting to be touched.

Shen Jiaojiao broke free of her hands, got off the carriage, and smiled at Chen Baozhu: "Hello, we meet again, I am Shen Jiaojiao."

Chen Baozhu hadn't expected the other party to have such a special identity. She had never met him before, but she had heard that Shen Jiajiao was married to the Crown Prince.

With a quick glance, I realized that His Highness the Crown Prince might also be in that carriage.

She quickly bent down to offer a proper greeting, but Shen Jiaojiao grabbed her hand and said, "No need, keep it low-key!"

"Oh, oh, oh! I understand, I understand!" Chen Baozhu was a straightforward person and immediately understood that the other party did not want to be too high-profile.

Granny Zhang had never met Shen Jiaojiao before, since they were from different social classes. She had only met her once before and thought she was just an ordinary daughter of an official.

Last time when she barged into her house, she was fierce towards Chen Baozhu. This time was different. She was beaten badly by Chen Baozhu. She felt that a woman must be soft-hearted and sympathize with the weak.

Moreover, she has guards with her, so they will surely be able to rescue her.

Granny Zhang, with a bitter face and a sorrowful voice, crawled over on the ground, trying to hug Chen Jiaojiao's legs.

Before Shen Jiaojiao could speak, Chen Baozhu skillfully drew a whip from her waist and lashed it hard at Granny Zhang's hand.

"Ouch, ouch!" Granny Zhang rolled on the ground in pain.

"Huh???" Shen Jiaojiao looked at Chen Baozhu with shining eyes.

Oh my god!

When I last visited, this person was being bullied, but after only a few days, he's turned the tables and become the master of the land.

"Damn it, young lady, young lady, please save this old woman! This woman has gone too far! She's beating up her elders, and she even broke my hand!" Granny Zhang wailed miserably.

Shen Jiaojiao turned to look at Chen Baozhu, her eyes full of doubt.

Chen Baozhu didn't refuse, and gave Granny Zhang a mocking look, saying loudly, "What's the big deal? Your hand was broken but it's been set, isn't it? You seem to be in good spirits! You still have the energy to talk."

Granny Zhang tried to continue playing the victim: "Girl, this person is a devil. She beats me, she beats me every day. She doesn't just beat me, she beats my two daughters too. We are really miserable."

"Kind girl, please save me, I beg you. Good deeds will be rewarded, please."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiaojiao's face turned cold. She wondered how she had transmigrated here. She seemed to recall the evil smile the woman gave her after she rescued the person.

This includes how Granny Zhang treated the original Shen Jiaojiao in the original storyline.

It's so good that Chen Baozhu didn't follow the same path as Shen Jiaojiao in the original drama; she's very brave.

Shen Jiaojiao sneered as she approached Granny Zhang, her innocent face bearing a naive smile. In a cold tone, she said, "Who told you I'm a good person? I think Baozhu did a good job. She even had the strength to escape; she must have done too little work! She'll behave if she does more work and gets a few more beatings, right?"

Granny Zhang felt a chill run through her body: "You devil! You are a devil, just like Chen Baozhu, neither of you are good people."

Shen Jiaojiao turned her head and met Chen Baozhu's gaze. The two of them burst into laughter.

"Hahaha"

"Hahaha"

Chen Baozhu looked at her differently now; she was prepared to be vilified by the world.

It's rare to find someone who thinks the same way as me.

After all, there are very few women in this world who hit people like her.

Chen Baozhu looked at her happily: "Jiaojiao, I didn't expect you to think of me like that. I'm very touched."

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