Sitting in the carriage heading to the suburbs, Shen Ningyuan kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lu Ying sat beside her, glancing at Shen Ningyuan from time to time, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was fine.
After a while, he continued to look at Shen Ningyuan, then looked away.
After a while, take another look.
Anyway, along the way, Lu Ying looked at Chen Ningyuan several times.
Finally, when Lu Ying looked at Shen Ningyuan for the last time, the latter finally looked at her.
"Why are you staring at me?" Shen Ningyuan asked softly.
"Miss, why do I feel that it's a little strange for you to go out this time?"
"Why is it strange?"
Lu Ying thought for a moment before explaining, "I don't know how to put it, but I always feel that there's a strange sense of guilt in the young lady's eyes."
Shen Ningyuan fell silent all of a sudden.
Obviously, Green Warbler guessed it right.
Green Warbler asked again: "Miss, are you going to meet someone?"
Shen Ningyuan pursed her lips and raised her eyes slightly, "Go meet someone who will never betray me."
Hearing this, Lu Ying's eyes were shocked and she wanted to ask something else.
Just at this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.
Outside the carriage, the driver whispered, "Young Madam, we've arrived at Orchid Village."
Lu Ying jumped off the carriage first, and then helped Shen Ningyuan get off the carriage.
What came into view was a green field. Occasionally one or two people passed by, and they all looked at Shen Ningyuan with inquiring eyes.
They seemed to be curious about how girls like them could appear here.
Shen Ningyuan ignored these gazes and walked straight in one direction.
"Miss, who exactly is it that you want to see?"
Luying followed Shen Ningyuan and asked in confusion.
Shen Ningyuan didn't answer and turned down a small road.
"Miss?"
At this moment, a low voice suddenly came from not far behind.
Hearing this voice, Shen Ningyuan's body shook.
After a brief pause, Shen Ningyuan turned around.
Not far away, Lan Yin, who was wearing a coarse linen shirt, was also staring at Chen Ningyuan in a daze.
"Miss, is it really you?"
Lan Yin screamed, and the basket on her arm fell to the ground.
Lan Yin ran towards Shen Ningyuan, held her shoulders, and asked in disbelief: "Miss, is it really you? Are you here to see me?"
Before Shen Ningyuan could answer, Lan Yin wiped away her tears and said, "My poor young lady, now that your uncle is dead, how are you going to live in the future?"
The words were full of heartache for Shen Ningyuan.
Shen Ningyuan took a deep breath, wiped Lan Yin's tears, and asked with concern: "How have you been this year?"
Lan Yin sniffed and said, "Miss, I am doing well. You don't have to worry about me. The most important thing now is what should I do in the future?"
"My uncle is fine, why did he leave just like that?"
As she spoke, Lan Yin began to wipe her tears again.
"Okay, stop crying."
Shen Ningyuan glanced at Lu Ying, then leaned over to Lan Yin's ear and whispered, "The son-in-law you mentioned is not dead."
It’s not that she doesn’t trust Luying, but this girl is simple-minded and she is afraid that she will accidentally let something slip.
"What?" Lan Yin exclaimed, "Uncle didn't—"
Before he could finish his words, Shen Ningyuan covered his mouth.
Lan Yin widened her eyes and looked at Shen Ningyuan in disbelief.
Seeing the latter nodded, he made a gesture to keep quiet.
Lan Yin was sure that what Shen Ningyuan had just said was not a joke to her.
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Lan Yin immediately took Shen Ningyuan's hand and said, "Miss, please follow me."
With that, Lan Yin walked towards her home.
When passing by Luying, Lan Yin looked at her with a puzzled look in her eyes and asked, "Miss, this is..."
Shen Ningyuan said lightly: "She is the maid I brought back after returning to the Shen family."
Hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed across Lan Yin's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by relief.
"Miss, you really need some trustworthy maids to serve you." Lan Yin stared at Lu Ying for a moment, then immediately looked away.
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan shook Lan Yin's hand and said, "No, I came to see you."
Lan Yin was shocked again.
Shen Ningyuan asked, "Lan Yin, are you blaming me for what happened a year ago?"
Hearing this, Lan Yin shook her head and replied seriously, "How could I blame you, young lady? What happened a year ago wasn't your fault. It was the Ji family who couldn't tolerate you having anyone they could trust around you, so they deliberately framed me for stealing and kicked me out."
"If it weren't for the young lady pleading for me and kneeling in front of the ancestral hall for a whole night holding the Ji family's bamboo cane, the Ji family would have sent me to the government long ago. How could I still be alive today? Let alone have the chance to meet the young lady?"
Listening to Lan Yin's understated words, Shen Ningyuan felt mixed emotions.
A year ago, Chen deliberately framed Lan Yin for stealing and insisted on sending her to the government.
At that time, she had just married into the Ji family and had no foundation at all.
She could only beg Chen to spare Lan Ying's life, but the price she paid was that Lan Ying was beaten with ten sticks and expelled from the Ji family.
She knelt in front of the ancestral hall for a whole night with the Ji family's bamboo stick on her head, and also sent a lot of treasures to the Ji family's storehouse. Only then was the matter over.
But it was not until she was poisoned to death that Shen Ningyuan came to her senses.
It turned out that the Ji family had been planning all this since she married into it.
First, all the people she trusted were driven away, and then she was subjected to a series of obedience tests.
Once he was sure that she was easy to control, he began to exploit her and waste her time.
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