He didn't know yet that Shen Cangyun had been demoted.

After Shen Cangyun came out of the palace, he went straight to the inn where Shen Ruyi was staying. He thought that Shen Yu, Shen Ci and Shen Qi were there, but he didn't expect to meet his three sons, but met Minister Xiao instead.

But he seemed to have lost his soul at this moment and did not answer Shen Ci's words.

Shen Yu frowned upon hearing this, "The Imperial Guards are the people around the Emperor. If they come to smash the door plaque in broad daylight, it means that this is no longer the Prime Minister's residence."

"I just don't know how many levels my father has been demoted this time, cough, cough, cough!"

As he spoke, he started coughing.

Shen Ci felt cold all over, "If father is demoted, won't we be looked down upon in the capital?"

The face he cared about most was finally gone at this moment.

Whether he cares or not, it's gone.

Shen Qi felt his head buzzing, and finally ran out the door, leaving behind a sentence, "I'm going to ask my master!"

Shen Qi's master, Ye Hongzhuang, is the daughter of the emperor's aunt and now his cousin.

When the previous emperor was alive, she was conferred the title of princess and had her own mansion.

The high status is obvious.

Shen Cangyun asked Shen Qi to become her disciple and learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting from her, so that one day Shen Qi could inherit Ye Hongzhuang's mantle and become a model of elegance among the literati in the capital.

However, I didn't expect it to come to this point today.

Shen Yu called Shen Cangyun several times, but when he still didn't respond, he had no choice but to ask Shen Ci, "Look, what's going on with father?"

Shen Ci came back to his senses in shock and realized that he was a doctor!

He stepped forward to feel his pulse, frowning, "Let's take him back first. He seems to be unable to bear the shock, and may need some rest."

Shen Yu had no choice but to help Shen Cangyun back together with Shen Ci.

Shen Cangyun lay on the bed, but murmured, "Ruyi!"

Then tears began to flow.

Shen Yu thought he had come to his senses, so he hurried forward and asked, "Father, what happened in the palace today? What did the emperor say?"

However, Shen Cangyun did not respond again.

In fact, the news of Shen Cangyun being deposed as prime minister was not completely blocked in the palace. Several princes already knew about it last night, but the imperial edict had not been made public yet, so other people did not know about it yet.

Shen Yu looked at Shen Cangyun's appearance, trembling with heartache, "Father, what's the point of you calling her name over and over again? She has already turned her back on her relatives. We are only asking for humiliation by asking for forgiveness today..."

Having said that, I kind of collapsed.

Shen Ci also felt uncomfortable, "She is really cruel."

"For all these years, I didn't know she could be so cruel. Her heart is actually harder than stone!"

…

Snowflakes are falling in the cold winter.

Ruyi and Xiao Pingxin were sitting in a carriage, heading to the black market.

Xiao Pingxin was a young general, but he looked quite gentle, with fair skin, delicate features, and the demeanor of a Confucian general.

He sat there, rather reserved.

"What kind of house do you like? What kind of furniture? What color?" He looked at Ruyi, who was sitting upright in his corner, with his hands and feet neatly placed, like a robot.

But the voice is gentle.

Just, there was a slight tremor.

The Mu family has no daughters. Three generations ago, all the family members were men. He was a little overwhelmed when such a big sister suddenly appeared in the mansion.

The main thing is that I don’t know how to get along with a woman.

I don’t even know how such a big mansion like this can nurture a flower.

Everything needs to be carefully considered.

Ruyi looked at him and thought of Song Mingyang, so she smiled and said, "Any house is fine, any furniture is fine, thank you for your help, brother."

I have to say that Song Mingyang has a really good vision.

Compared with Xiao Pingxin, Shen Yu looks dirty.

Compared with Shen Luo, Shen Luo seems vulgar.

Seeing that she looked so beautiful when she smiled, it seemed that she even lit up the snowy day, so Xiao Pingxin smiled as well, "Then you should try to live in a place you like. After all, it's your own home. If conditions permit, you should always live comfortably and happily."

"How about we go to the furniture market on the way back today and buy whatever you like."

He is really gentle.

Ruyi was touched, but she didn't want to trouble the Xiao family too much.

However, if she refused again, she would offend them with such good intentions and make them think that she didn't want to be close to them.

This is not good.

So, Ruyi smiled and said, "How about we move in first and have a look? Maybe we like the existing one very much. If we really need something else, we can move out later."

"Alright, alright!"

Xiao Pingxin nodded and liked this sister very much.

How sensible.

The Shen family is really blind, bullying her like this.

After a while, Xiao Pingxin asked again: "Do you have any favorite study treasures, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, tea, dew, fruit wine, rouge, powder, clothes, jewelry, etc.?"

He asked gently, but carefully.

Still very warm.

Ruyi was amused by him, "How about this? I will go to visit Princess Mingyang another day. If you have time that day, can you go out with us?"

It just so happened that Song Mingyang liked Xiao Pingxin, but he never dared to say it.

When the time comes, we can get together and maybe this thing will work out.

A close friend and a gentle brother, she dared not imagine how warm her life would be in the Xiao family in the future.

Xiao Pingxin didn't know what she was thinking, so he agreed, "That's the best. Princess Mingyang is also a girl, and she grew up with you, so she must know what you are thinking."

"I am your elder brother, so you may be embarrassed to tell me some things."

So Xiao Pingxin didn't ask any more questions.

Just tell Ruyi to go out that day and tell him to go with him.

The two took a car into the black market.

Xiao Pingxin introduced them one by one, "We sell everything here. We have everything that is not available in the normal market."

"If you want to buy someone who doesn't know martial arts, you can buy them on the market. But if you want to buy someone who knows martial arts, you have to come here. People who know martial arts usually won't be sold, and those who are sold usually have some stories."

"This story is not something that an ordinary family can handle."

"Although it is a black market, the court has strict control over it, so all the businesses that are difficult to control are placed here."

"Look, that's where people buy and sell antiques."

"In fact, it's those people in the palace who come out to resell things."

"But even the ladies in the palace sometimes need to make ends meet, so as long as nothing serious happens, the emperor will turn a blind eye and ignore them."

Ruyi nodded and listened, and learned a lot of things.

Finally, the two selected two men and two women from the black market.

"They are all the best who came in in the past few months. All four of them are assassins in the martial arts world. However, they had nowhere to go because their lair was destroyed by Fengyu Pavilion. They also have no documents proving their place of origin, so they had no choice but to come to this kind of place."

The seller came forward, smiling broadly.

Ruyi couldn't help but ask Xiao Pingxin after hearing this, "Brother, can such a person... be bought?"

Xiao Pingxin nodded, "Don't worry, those killer organizations specialize in raising orphans with good roots, and even kill their parents, take their children, and use them as tools for training."

"Some time ago, Fengyu Pavilion caught those human traffickers."