She had checked before coming here. When Mother Yuan was young, she was pregnant with three daughters, but all the babies were stillborn. Because of this, she was despised by her husband and kicked out of the house. So she entered the Prime Minister's Mansion and became a maid with Shen Cangyun.

As long as she called her "Mom" sincerely, Mother Yuan would definitely be moved.

Seeing her like this, Mother Yuan thought of her dead daughter, her eyes turned red and she choked up, "Second Miss, if you need any help from me, just tell me directly. No matter what it is, I will do my best."

"Then let's do this," Shen Jiaojiao said happily, "Put me downstairs at Yingchun Tower, I have to find someone. Then go get Doctor Yan, and we'll go back together later. Don't tell anyone about this."

"Okay, then be careful."

Mother Yuan drove the carriage and dropped her off at Yingchun Tower.

But I couldn't help but ask, "Second Miss, what are you doing here? This is a place where men go."

"I know," Shen Jiaojiao lied, "I went up there because I heard there was a girl named Yingchun up there who seemed to know some acupuncture techniques. I just went to ask her if she had any solution for my stomach ailment."

"I usually don't dare to go there because I'm worried that my father will say this is not a good place and it will be embarrassing."

Shen Jiaojiao said with tears in her eyes: "But my stomach has been hurting for too long. If it continues like this, I won't be able to bear it any longer."

"Second Miss, I understand. Go ahead."

Mother Yuan felt so distressed and regretted asking this question, which caused Shen Jiaojiao to stand there for most of the day in such a cold weather.

"Then I'll go first."

Shen Jiaojiao wiped her tears and gave Yuan's mother a broken smile, "Thank you, mother."

Mother Yuan's heart ached and tears fell, "Poor Second Miss..."

After watching Shen Jiaojiao go upstairs, Mother Yuan left.

Shen Jiaojiao took off her scarf and covered her face casually. After entering the house and giving the madam a gold ingot, she hurried up to the third floor...

…

at the same time.

Shen Cangyun and Shen Yu returned to the study.

"You ask Shen Ruyi to come to me," Shen Cangyun sat down, his face dark, "After talking tonight, if she is still like this, then we can only try to get rid of her."

Shen Yu nodded, "I'll go right away."

As soon as he left the house, his guards came up to him in a hurry and said, "Master, we failed to stop the Third Master. He left and no one knows where he went..."

"Didn't stop it?"

Shen Yu was startled, and subconsciously glanced at Shen Luo's yard, frowning, "When did it happen?"

He couldn't help but feel very angry.

How did the Shen family become like this?

One by one, everything is a mess. Do we have to tear this house apart?

When I think of this, I can't help but think of what happened a year ago.

At that time, Shen Jiaojiao had not yet entered the family. He was serving in the imperial court, Shen Ci was in the Imperial Hospital, Shen Luo took Shen Ruyi to study at Guangwenguan, Shen Xiao was learning swordsmanship in Pinghu, and Shen Qi was learning music, chess, calligraphy and painting with Ye Hongzhuang. Each family member was in his or her place, and they were always happy when they got together.

But I didn't expect that such changes would happen in such a short time. It's really sad.

In a trance, I heard the guard say, "Just half an hour ago, after he climbed over the wall, he headed for the back door. I chased him, but the Third Young Master put a sword to his neck and said that if I dared to go forward, he would commit suicide."

"I have no choice but to ..."

The guard said, lowering his head.

Shen Yu frowned, and for a moment he couldn't understand what Shen Luo was going to do, but this was not the most important thing at the moment, so he had to say: "Don't worry about him for now, I'm going to Xifeng Courtyard."

He added, "By the way, Jiaojiao has gone to see Doctor Yan. It's cold and the roads are slippery. You go to meet her. Don't let anything happen to her on the way."

After saying this, he went to Xifeng Courtyard.

In the West Wind Courtyard.

Shen Ruyi had just taken a short nap. Fang Fei cooked her a bowl of chicken noodle soup. She was eating when Shen Yu came in.

The light in the room was a little dim.

Shen Yu stood at the door, looking at her grim expression, her brows tightly furrowed, and even her hands on both sides of her thighs, clenched into fists, trembling slightly.

It was Shen Ruyi who destroyed everything in this family!

If it weren't for her, the Shen family wouldn't have come to this point today!

Does she have a grudge against this family?

Shen Yu was so angry that he couldn't talk to her properly. After a moment, he suppressed his anger and said, "Shen Ruyi, do you know what you did today?"

Shen Ruyi finished the last mouthful of hot soup, wiped her mouth and looked at him, "What do you want to say?"

After nearly twenty days of tug-of-war, Shen Ruyi broke off the engagement with Gu Qinghua today. Her feelings for them had long since vanished, and the way she looked at him now was as if he were a stranger.

Shen Yu looked at her like an ungrateful person, and was so angry that he suddenly stepped forward and almost threw himself in front of Shen Ruyi's face, "Shen Ruyi, what good will it do you? Do you think you can be alright if the Shen family is ruined? Don't you open your eyes and see how those women who married into the royal family live!"

"Without a strong maternal family to protect you, do you think you can survive in the Ninth Prince's backyard even if you marry him? You are digging your own grave! I tell you, now that the Second Prince and the Gu family have torn their faces with us, no matter who wins in the future, the Prime Minister's Mansion will only fall from grace!"

"When the time comes, you'll be nothing more than an ant that can be trampled on by anyone! Do you think Rong Yan will really treat you like an onion?"

He was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and finally he said viciously, "Besides, Rong Yan is just a cripple. Even if he is very powerful, what good can he do? Can he become the emperor? If he can't, he will only die in the end!"

"Shen Ruyi, you really are asking for death!"

“…”

After Shen Yu finished cursing, his chest heaved.

But his anger and insults fell on deaf ears and did not cause any ripples in Shen Ruyi's ears.

When the room was quiet and only his breathing could be heard, Shen Ruyi spoke in a faint voice, "It's hard for you to still worry about my life and death today. Thank you for your hard work."

"you--"

Shen Yu's eyes widened, and he felt as if he had punched cotton.

Meeting Shen Ruyi's cold eyes with a slight smile, he suddenly became alert. This was probably what Shen Ruyi wanted!

"You want to destroy the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Shen Yu's body was cold, and his tone suddenly cooled down. "Did you cancel the engagement today on purpose? Did you deliberately slap the Gu family and the Second Prince in front of so many people just to destroy the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

His eyes were full of disbelief.

There was also an accusation, "The Prime Minister's Mansion has raised you for sixteen years, why are you so vicious?"

"Poison?"

Shen Ruyi raised the corners of her mouth and adjusted her slightly messy hair. "How can it compare to the poison you used to grind me to ashes for Shen Jiaojiao? How can it compare to the poison you used to kill my nanny because of a word from Shen Jiaojiao?"

"What did you say?"

Shen Yu suddenly froze, and then thought of Shen Luo!