Chapter 691 "Master, could it be that you saw it wrong in your past life?"

Granny Yan responded and dragged Madam Qi into the inner room.

Shen Wantang followed her inside. After searching for a while, she quickly found the mechanism to open the secret cave.

Press the button, and the dark hole reappears.

Granny Yan dragged Qi to the cave entrance, and Qi screamed in terror, "Don't push me! I'm injured like this, I'll die if I fall into this cave! Shen Wantang, you can't kill me!"

"I didn't kill you. You came in with me last time. I just noticed you seemed to really like this secret cave, so I'm doing you one more time. Shouldn't you be thanking me?"

Madam Qi finally panicked and hurriedly begged for forgiveness: "Tang'er, I know I was wrong. I didn't mean it last time. It was Prince Xiao who made me do it! Please forgive me this time, for the sake of the fact that I raised you. I beg you!"

"Now you know you were wrong?"

"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong!"

"Too late! Granny Yan, throw her down!"

A hurried voice suddenly rang out: "Wait!"

Shen Wantang turned her head and saw that it was Xiao Qingyuan!

"Tang'er!"

"Xiao Qingyuan, you dare to come here?!"

"Tang'er, is this how your stepmother beat you?"

"So what if it is?"

"You...when did you become so ruthless? She is still your legal mother. You beat her like this. If word gets out, it will damage your reputation."

"Is Prince Xiao trying to teach me a lesson about how to be filial to my stepmother?"

"No, I—"

"I didn't know that Prince Xiao was so filial! Why don't you take good care of Princess Ning? I heard you've made her sick several times."

"Tang'er, these are two different things. Don't worry about me and Mother for now. Just release your stepmother first!"

Shen Wantang gave him a cold look, and right in front of him, kicked Qi Shi down.

"ah!!!"

A terrified scream came from the secret cave, followed by a "plop" sound of something falling, and then Qi's painful wail.

The cave isn't deep; a fall won't kill you, but it can still leave you completely disoriented.

Xiao Qingyuan frowned deeply: "Shen Wantang, why are you doing this? Where is your kindness? Where is your gentleness and understanding? Why have you become so unfamiliar in this life? You weren't like this in your past life."

Shen Wantang walked towards him, approaching him step by step: "Young Master Xiao, what kind of hysteria are you having now? You talk as if you know me very well. There's no such thing as a past life. Young Master, have you been reading too many storybooks and your mind is a little muddled? Do you want me to help you clear your head?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped Xiao Qingyuan across the face!

"Smack!"

The crisp sound echoed throughout the inner room, startling Granny Yan and the others. How dare their young mistress even hit the Prince of Ning's heir?!

Shen Mingxuan, who had come over to peek, hid behind the door, covering her mouth in shock, her eyes wide like saucers.

Xiao Qingyuan himself was stunned for a moment: "You, you hit me again?"

"Again? Why does Young Master Xiao say 'again'? If I remember correctly, this is the first time I've hit you, isn't it?"

Xiao Qingyuan's eyes reddened: "Shen Wantang, this is the second time!! You hit me in your past life too! Did you think I would never hold it against you? That I would always tolerate your recklessness?"

Shen Wantang sneered: "I acted recklessly? You're the one who acted recklessly, Xiao Qingyuan! This slap of mine wasn't even light!"

"You failed to steal my bride, and then you took advantage of my return visit to my parents' home to plot against me. You conspired with the Qi family to injure me and kidnap me! You nearly killed me!"

"Afterwards, not only did you become a victim before the Emperor, but you also made me go to the palace to be punished! Is there no law left in Dafeng?!"

Xiao Qingyuan was taken aback: "Go to the palace to be punished? What do you mean? Could it be that the Emperor punished you?"

"It's not just punishing me; the Emperor blamed everything on me, and even produced a letter I wrote to you, accusing me of having an affair with you and of being unfaithful!"

"Faith? What faith?!"

"Yes, I also want to ask the Crown Prince, what kind of letter is it? I wrote you a letter? How come I don't know?! Could this be a letter you made up on purpose to win me over, and sent to the Emperor?"

"I didn't! I, Xiao Qingyuan, am an upright and honorable person. How could I possibly do such a despicable thing!"

"Is kidnapping a bride honorable act? Is digging a secret tunnel to scheme against me despicable?"

"I--"

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned and couldn't speak for a long time.

"I hope that Prince Xiao will not appear in front of me again in the future. Otherwise, I don't know what crimes I will be accused of. I don't want to go to the palace to be punished again."

"Tang'er, let me explain. I have no idea what that letter was! I definitely didn't make it up. Someone must have been behind it, trying to drive a wedge between us! Yes, it was Gu Qianhan. It must have been Gu Qianhan who made it up, just to make you hate me and despise me!"

Shen Wantang was almost driven crazy by him. Even at this point, his first reaction was still to blame Gu Qianhan.

Of course she knew the letter couldn't have been forged by Xiao Qingyuan, because he wasn't that clever!

But she couldn't openly say that the letter was forged by the emperor and the crown prince, otherwise she would probably lose her head tomorrow.

Therefore, she could only say that Xiao Qingyuan did it, but Xiao Qingyuan did not suspect the Emperor and the Crown Prince at all!

She suddenly felt that talking so much with Xiao Qingyuan was a complete waste of time. Even though he had been reborn, he hadn't improved much! He was just as hopeless as he had been in his previous life!

Shen Wantang's expression gradually disappeared, and her emotions returned to indifference: "Even if the young master has no brains, he should know with his toes that the letter could not have been fabricated by Gu Qianhan. After all, he is a genius of Dafeng, and he would not be stupid enough to fabricate a green hat for himself."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked out.

Xiao Qingyuan stepped forward to pull her away, but was stopped by Granny Yan: "Young Master, please have some self-respect! You shouldn't touch our young mistress!"

Shen Wantang stepped out of the room without looking back: "Granny, let's go. Don't get too close to stupid people, or you'll become stupid too."

"Yes, young mistress."

Xiao Qingyuan watched her leave, his handsome face filled with dejection.

Mo Ji walked over and said, "My lord, let's go back to the manor. Your injuries haven't healed yet. If you sneak out like this, the princess will be angry."

"Moji, why are you saying all this?"

"Why what?"

"Why did Tang'er like me so much in her past life, but not at all in this life? Can a person really change so much? Can someone like two completely different people in two lifetimes?"

Mo Ji looked utterly helpless. He didn't know if there was such a thing as a past life, but if there was, then it must be—

"Master, could it be that you were mistaken in your past life? Perhaps, maybe... Miss Shen never liked you in her past life?"