Shu Jiaying's rebuttal immediately left Yu Jianxuan speechless.
Yes, it was my fault that I didn’t give him a chance to explain and almost took his life. Now that he has turned the tables on me, I can only blame myself for what I deserved!
"uh-huh……"
Clearing his throat, Yu Jianxuan found a way out and said, "Since this is just a misunderstanding, let's forget it. Shui'er, Concubine Zhong is already very weak after falling into the water twice. You should quickly help her back to Ruixiang Palace, otherwise she will easily catch a cold."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Shui'er helped up Zhong Lihua, who was so angry that she gritted her teeth. This time, she failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice. Who could she blame? She could only blame herself for being unlucky.
Afterwards, Yu Chenfeng asked Xiaoxue to send Shu Jiaying back to the palace, while he discussed with Yu Jianxuan and the high priest about preparing the purification ceremony for the priestess in the evening.
After Shu Jiaying and Xiaoxue left the palace, they did not rush back home.
Shu Jiaying came to the inn where Old Man Shu and Mrs. Ke lived.
They found the guest room where Old Man Shu lived directly, but the door was locked. After asking Kuier, Shu Jiaying learned that Old Man Shu and Mrs. Ke had gone out early in the morning.
Shu Jiaying guessed that Old Man Shu must have gone to the General's Mansion. She and Xiaoxue found the General's Mansion again. As she expected, Old Man Shu and Mrs. Ke were wandering in front of the General's Mansion with the door closed.
From time to time, Ke knocked on the door of the banker's house.
"Is there anyone here? Please open the door for me."
The old man Shu squatted quietly on the side, smoking his pipe.
Shu Jiaying walked over to the two of them.
"Dad, Aunt Ke, why are you here at the General's Mansion so early?"
Mrs. Ke said, "Jiaying, you don't know. For some reason, today, every time I thought of Zhenmeng, my heart started pounding. I had a feeling something might happen to her, so as soon as your father and I got up this morning, we rushed to the General's Mansion. But the door was always closed. No matter how much I called out, the people inside seemed to have vanished. No one came to open the door for me."
"Aunt Ke, I don't think there's anyone in the general's mansion. They just don't want to see you. I don't believe that no one in this mansion needs to go out all day. How about this, let's go to the back door of the mansion and take a look?"
Hearing Shu Jiaying say this, Ke immediately slapped his forehead.
"Look how stupid I am! No one answered the front door, so we should have gone to the back door. Sigh...Thanks to your reminder, Jiaying girl, let's go to the back door now!"
Mrs. Ke just wanted to run outside, but after running a few meters, she returned to Shu Jiaying.
"Jiaying, do you know where the back door of the Zhuang Mansion is?"
"I don't know, but according to common sense, I think we should be able to find the door by searching around this room?"
"That makes sense, let's go!"
Ke took the lead again and walked around most of the house. Finally, they found the back door, which was wide open.
Just as she was about to walk over, Shu Jiaying stopped Ke.
"Wait, let me see what the dealer is doing."
Just as he said this, several maids brought Zhuang Zhenmeng, who was tied up, out of the house.
Seeing this, Mrs. Ke could no longer bear it and rushed to the maids.
"Hey...what are you guys doing tying up my daughter?"
As she spoke, Mrs. Ke tore off the cloth stuffed in Shu Zhenmeng's mouth.
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