Chapter 612 Shen Mingxuan is back!

The Shen family.

When Shen Wantang returned, she heard a chorus of wailing coming from the main courtyard.

As she walked towards her courtyard, she asked Qin Xin, who had come to greet her, "What's going on? What's all this commotion about?"

Qin Xin whispered, "Miss, the eldest young lady and her two maids have returned!"

"You're back?"

Shen Wantang was somewhat surprised that Shen Mingxuan had returned so quickly. She thought that Liu Nanshi would torture Shen Mingxuan for a few more days in order to get revenge on her, but she didn't expect that she would release her today.

Qin Xin's voice was even lower: "This servant eavesdropped for a while, and the young lady... she was drugged and sold into a brothel in Chichun Lane, where she suffered a lot of torture. When she came back, she was barely clothed and covered in bruises. Right now, she's threatening to hang herself."

Shen Wantang's face was somewhat cold. Such insidious methods were all intended to be used against her by Liu Nanshi.

Liu Nanshi was sold to the Wan Hua Lou brothel, which had nothing to do with her, but without any evidence, Liu Nanshi believed that she was the one who harmed her, and then began to take revenge like a madwoman.

Isn't it good to be alive?

If you insist on provoking her, then don't blame her for being impolite!

As for Shen Mingxuan's matter, Shen Wantang pretended not to know and did not go to see her, because if she went at this time, Shen Mingxuan would definitely think that she was there to laugh at her, and then she would vent all her anger on her.

In situations like this, it's natural to avoid it if possible.

So after Shen Wantang returned to her courtyard, she had the gate closed.

After taking a bath and changing into soft, comfortable clothes, she sat down at her desk before remembering to ask Qin Xin, "How did Shen Mingxuan escape from Chichun Lane? Isn't Chichun Lane notorious for being a place where you can only enter and never leave?"

Qin Xin said with a puzzled look, "Speaking of this matter, I also find it strange. The eldest young lady left with two maids, Luo Yan and Hua Yi. All three of them were drugged, but only the eldest young lady's innocence was ruined."

"Logically speaking, this doesn't make sense. Huayi is clearly the most beautiful and has the most slender figure among the three of them. How come those lowlifes didn't touch Huayi?"

"Huayi and Luoyan seem to be fine. Not only did the young lady not blame them for not protecting her, but she also told the madam that she was very grateful to them. It was because of them that the young lady was able to escape from Chichun Lane."

"Miss, I know Hua Yi well. She's nothing special, just exceptionally beautiful. Does Luo Yan have some special talent?"

Qin Xin now knows that Luo Yan is Chu Yanluo, but she only knows that Xiao Qingyuan was obsessed with her to the point of madness. She is not familiar with her, so she suspects that Chu Yanluo has some amazing ability to escape from a place like Chichun Lane.

After listening to Qin Xin's words, Shen Wantang couldn't help but sigh: "You probably don't understand Hua Yi enough. Besides being exceptionally beautiful, she has another special quality."

Qin Xin's eyes widened: "Really? She's special? I've been with her day and night for two years, and I haven't seen anything special about her!"

"Oh, well, you can't say there isn't any. She's... incredibly lazy! She always shirks her responsibilities and doesn't do any work, saying she's afraid of roughening her delicate hands!"

Shen Wantang shook his head helplessly. Qin Xin's shrewdness was still far inferior to Hua Yi's; Qin Xin was too trusting of others.

"Hua Yi avoids work not because she is actually lazy, but because if she actually does work, it will expose the secret she is carefully hiding."

"What secret?"

"The power of artistic conception is great."

Qin Xin was somewhat confused: "How big? We maids are all quite strong!"

Shen Wantang smiled faintly: "Can you crush a walnut with your bare hands?"

"This servant cannot."

"The power of artistic conception."

Qin Xin was shocked: "What?!"

“You can focus on the meaning of the painting in the future. I think that no matter how well she hides it, as long as you pay attention, you should be able to find a clue.”

Qin Xin nodded: "Okay, I'll remember. I'll go check out the painting tonight!"

After saying this, she hesitated for a long time, opening her mouth several times, but then swallowed the words back down.

Seeing her hesitant expression, Shen Wantang chuckled, "What's wrong? Is there something you want to ask me?"

Qin Xin was somewhat ashamed: "Miss, as you know, I am naturally very curious, so I am very curious as to why you know Hua Yi's secret. Qi Yu and I served as maids for the Princess with Hua Yi for two years and we did not discover her secret. It can be said that she hid it very well. She has only been in the Shen Mansion for a few days. How did you find out?"

Of course, it wasn't found at the Shen family's house.

It was discovered in the Prince Ning's mansion in my previous life.

However, she wouldn't tell her maids about her rebirth, nor had she ever told Dujuan. It wasn't that she didn't trust them, but she was afraid that they might be tricked into revealing the secret of her rebirth, or that they might unconsciously expose it.

So she simply said softly, "The painting's meaning was indeed well hidden, and I only discovered it by chance. Shen Mingxuan was able to escape this time, presumably thanks to the power of the painting's meaning."

If Liu Nanshi's people drugged Shen Mingxuan, they certainly wouldn't let her maid go either, so Huayi and Chu Yanluo must have been drugged as well.

However, Shen Wantang did not expect that Huayi, under the influence of the drug, still had enough power to protect herself, and it was very likely that she also protected Chu Yanluo, otherwise Chu Yanluo would not have been able to escape the clutches of those men.

This reminded Shen Wantang of her previous life.

In her previous life, after Huayi became pregnant, the peculiar power within her body seemed to weaken considerably, and after she gave birth, that power completely disappeared.

At that time, she was lying in bed, too weak to even get up.

Xia Chan, who avenged Chun Die, also said that Hua Yi was so weak that she didn't even need to lift a finger; Hua Yi died from postpartum hemorrhage.

Shen Wantang sighed. If Huayi hadn't focused all her attention on Xiao Qingyuan, she probably would have been doing quite well.

Qin Xin, who was standing to the side, sighed and said, "Miss, since Hua Yi is so capable, you shouldn't have let her follow the eldest young lady. Isn't that just giving the eldest young lady an extra advantage? You should have kept her under control and had her do things for you. She's strong and can protect you closely!"

Shen Wantang shook her head: "I can't have all the good things. Besides, Huayi's mind isn't really on me. You should have realized that by now."

“I don’t trust someone like that, because I never know when she might turn on me. She’s so strong, if she were to serve me every day, I might die without even knowing how I died.”

"She's staying by Shen Mingxuan's side now, and she has ulterior motives. Chu Yanluo must have promised her something, which is why she hasn't left."

Chu Yanluo was reborn, and she knew better than anyone how much Huayi longed to become Xiao Qingyuan's concubine. As long as she made good use of this, it wouldn't be difficult to control Huayi.