After Jiang Yubai dealt with these matters, he arranged for Shen Zhiyi and Xiang Jinzhu to ride in the same carriage.
The two sat opposite each other, the carriage was filled with a faint scent of incense, and the movement of the carriage made the scenery outside the carriage flow slowly.
Xiang Jinzhu looked at Shen Zhiyi, her face looked particularly soft in the light and shadow, "Yier, you have suffered."
"Mother, I'm not bitter. Mrs. Luo is vicious and wants to kill me. I'm afraid."
Xiang Jinzhu stretched out his soft hand and gently stroked Shen Zhiyi's hair, his voice full of distress: "My child, don't be afraid, it's all over."
Shen Zhiyi nestled in Xiang Jinzhu's arms, with tears in her eyes. She choked and said, "Mom, I'm so afraid that I will die, and I'm afraid that I'll never see you and my father again."
She hadn't hugged her mother like this for a long time. In her previous life, she was deceived by a gangster and indirectly killed her family. Regret filled her body.
In this life, she will not make the same mistakes again.
Xiang Jinzhu hugged Shen Zhiyi tightly, and her gentle voice was like a spring breeze: "No, you won't die, I will protect you. You are my most precious daughter, how could I let Mrs. Luo hurt you?" Woolen cloth. "
Her words were like the warm sun that dispelled the fear in Shen Zhiyi's heart.
"But...it's better to hide your fake death from your father first."
Shen Zhiyi was stunned for a moment, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes: "Hiding it from father? Why?"
Xiang Jinzhu sighed softly and explained: "Your father and your uncle are brothers after all. If he knows that your half-dead state is just pretending, how should he face it?"
Shen An doesn't know Shen Hong's true identity yet, or in other words, he knows but doesn't want to face it.
It would be difficult for anyone to accept that a brother and sister who had grown up together would harm their own relatives for the sake of profit.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Jiang Mansion
Xiang Jinzhu patted Shen Zhiyi's back and comforted in a low voice: "Go back and rest first, have a good sleep, and you'll be fine when you wake up."
Jiang Yubai could tell at a glance that she was trying to push Shen Zhiyi away.
After Shen Zhiyi left, he looked at Xiang Jinzhu with a trace of doubt in his eyes: "Madam, what's wrong?"
Xiang Jinzhu said softly: "Governor Jiang, I have two things I want to ask you for help with."
Jiang Yubai frowned slightly, an ominous premonition welling up in his heart. He followed Xiang Jinzhu into the study and closed the door. Xiang Jinzhu turned around and looked at him with determination in his eyes: "I have some savings in the Shen Mansion, and it is more than enough to buy your house. Can the governor bear the pain and part with me?" "
"The princess is serious. Tomorrow I will have someone go to the government to seal the transfer of this house to the princess."
"Tomorrow I will send someone to bring the money."
"Princess, it doesn't have to be like this." Jiang Yubai's voice was gentle but firm, as if Xiang Jinzhu could not refuse.
"I appreciate the princess's kindness, but I can't accept your money for this house."
Xiang Jinzhu was slightly stunned. If Governor Jiang did not accept the money, someone would definitely use it to accuse the mother and daughter, and it might even damage Shen Zhiyi's innocence.
Before she could think about it, she heard Jiang Yubai slowly say: "My uncle stayed here and asked me to take care of it before he left. Now, it can be regarded as returning to its original owner."
"Your uncle..."
"Uncle Cen Fengxu is a medical genius of the Cen family in Jiangnan."
Hearing this familiar name again, a trace of tenderness flashed in Xiang Jinzhu's eyes. Now that she heard his name again, she couldn't help but feel complicated.
Jiang Yubai's words seemed to open the door of Xiang Jinzhu's memory, and the dusty past gradually emerged in her mind. That night in the Jiangnan water town, she and Cen Fengxu stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the stars in the sky and listening to the sparkling water.
"Your uncle..." Xiang Jinzhu's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and his voice became choked, "Thank you very much, Governor Jiang."
Xiang Jinzhu looked around, was this the house he promised to give me back then? He actually let his nephew do it for him.
"However, Cen Fengxu has a special status. For now, this house is still considered to be bought by me from the governor. I don't know how much the governor paid."
Governor Jiang smiled softly, seeming to see through Xiang Jinzhu's concerns: "Princess Xiang, you don't need to worry too much. I said, this house is yours. No matter how much you bid, it is reasonable."
Xiang Jinzhu pondered for a moment. She knew that what Governor Jiang said was true. Now was the time to spend money, but she didn't want Governor Jiang to suffer too much.
After thinking for a moment, she reported a number: "Twenty-six hundred and eighty taels."
He said calmly: "Tomorrow I will have someone go to the government office to stamp the house and officially transfer the ownership of the house to Miss Xiang."
Xiang Jinzhu breathed a sigh of relief, and the string hanging in his heart finally relaxed. She knew that she had made the right move.
Poria followed Shen Zhiyi and brought a bowl of peach blossom soup, "There are few peach blossoms in this mansion that can be used as ingredients. I specially brought some from Shen's mansion. Miss, please try it."
The young lady in her family has always loved some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, peach blossom soup, and lotus cakes, especially the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but it’s not the season for the sweet-scented osmanthus to bloom yet.
A few days ago, the peach blossom soup that Mother Yue brought was mixed with unknown poison, and the young lady ordered her to pour it. The camellia that was contaminated with the peach blossom soup was originally blooming more and more colorfully, but later it all withered.
Poria originally thought that this was just caused by improper maintenance of flowers and flowers, so she planned to dig up the camellia and throw it away. Unexpectedly, with a slight touch, the camellia broke directly.
When I took a closer look, I didn't know when it was all empty.
Shen Zhiyi took the peach blossom soup and raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "You are still considerate."
After hearing this, Fuling showed a proud smile on her face: "That's natural. Fuling has been with the lady since she was a child. Of course I know what the lady likes."
Shen Zhiyi was amused by her words. She shook the peach blossom soup in her hand and teased: "Then tell me, what do I like?"
Fu Ling rolled her eyes and thought seriously: "Miss likes peach blossoms, so she likes peach blossom soup; Miss likes quietness, so she likes the environment here; Miss likes..."
Shen Zhiyi interrupted her with a smile: "Okay, okay, stop! It's true that a maid is like a master, and she's getting better and better at speaking."
Fu Ling chuckled: "Miss, are you praising me or hurting me?"
"Of course I'm complimenting you." Shen Zhiyi scratched Fu Ling's nose lovingly, "It's not too late for me to be happy with a maid like you."
Shen Zhiyi looked at the peach blossom soup in the bowl and frowned slightly: "You said that Aunt Yue has been with my mother for so many years, and she was her personal maid. When I was young, I returned from the palace, and my mother was not with me during those years. She is always taking care of me."
Fu Ling thought the lady had softened her heart, "Miss..."
"Although she is a nanny, she is only ten years older than my mother. If my mother knew that she wanted to harm me, would she feel chilled..."
Shen Zhiyi could not imagine how her mother should face it when the person she trusted the most, who had been by her side for decades, wanted to kill her daughter.
"But Poria...I couldn't be soft-hearted. I was determined to sell Xi'er to Wanshengtang and force Shen Runxue to be beheaded. One by one, I had no way to look back."
She will never be soft-hearted, even if she is a villain, a snake or a scorpion.
In such a treacherous place, you can't survive on kindness alone.
"Poria, is that withered camellia still there?"
"Go back to Miss, I wrapped it up and put it in the Shen Mansion."
Shen Zhiyi nodded, and before he could recover, the door was suddenly pushed open, "Zhiyi, what did you just say?"
"Mother, I..."
Xiang Jinzhu stood in front of her, "Xunyue, I didn't expect that after being with me for so many years, she would actually have evil intentions towards my daughter."
A cold flash flashed in Shen Zhiyi's eyes: "Although Mother Yue is someone close to my mother, I don't think she is completely loyal to her mother. Maybe someone instigated her to do this, or maybe it was her own ambition. .”
