"Do you know you were wrong?"
"Well......"
Shen Zhuo looked at his parents sitting in a daze, speechless. She really didn't know where she went wrong to make her father so angry.
It's not like Wei Qian's plot was successful, right?
Shen Zhuo felt that he was quite unjust. He was plotted against others outside, but he managed to escape the plot. When he got home, he was asked to ask for help.
She really wanted to cry without tears. Her little head really couldn't think of anything. Why?
When Shen Yuan saw Shen Zhuo like that, he knew that she had no idea where she was wrong, and couldn't help but said angrily:
"A gentleman does not build dangerous walls, and a rich man does not sit down in the hall. Are you going to read the book into a dog's belly?"
"You knew it was being planned, but you still dared to get in! Do you know how the other party planned it? Do you have a careful plan?"
"What kind of place is Pingchangfang! If you hadn't met the Fourth Prince, do you think you could have come back with all your hair and tail?!"
The more Shen Yuan talked, the angrier he became. He picked up the tea cup and threw it away.
"Hit me, hit me!"
"Let's see if she dares to be so reckless in the future!"
Before Shen Yi could lift his ebony staff, a figure quickly jumped behind Shen Zhuo.
"Father, this happened all because of me. I am willing to be punished for Jiaojiao."
It was Han Mei who protected Shen Zhuo.
At this time, Shen Yao also stood up, walked to the hall and knelt down.
"As the eldest sister, I failed to fulfill my duty to teach my younger sister, and allowed her to put herself in danger, which almost caused a catastrophe. I am also willing to be punished for Jiaojiao."
Shen Yuan looked at the three daughters kneeling side by side, and there seemed to be light passing through his eyes. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's punish them all together."
Shen Zhuo quit and said loudly: "Dad, everyone is responsible for what they do! What happened today has nothing to do with my sister or third sister. If you want to punish me, just punish me."
Shen Yuan's eyes were deep, he looked at Shen Zhuo, his voice was calm: "What do you think can be done by one person?"
"Did you know that in Tiansheng's law, there is a saying of 'nine tribes sitting together'?"
Shen Zhuo's heart trembled. In the previous life, the Shen family was executed by the Nine Clan for treason.
"I'm punishing you today to make you remember that what you do is not only related to you. You must think twice before doing anything in the future."
"Jiaojiao, it's time for you to grow up."
In the end, Shen Zhuo received five canes, and Han Mei and Shen Yao each received two canes.
Shen Yi followed the family method without draining any water. When the five sticks came down, Shen Zhuo's buttocks swelled to a finger's height. It was Lan Cao who carried her back to Lanting Pavilion.
Lan Cao gave Shen Zhuo the medicine while scolding Ying'er: "How do you do things? You know that the other party is cheating, but you don't stop me!"
Ying'er lowered her head and stubbornly refused to admit her mistake: "I am the lady's maid. I will do whatever the lady says."
"Then if the lady says to jump off the building, you will let her jump?" Lan Cao was angry. I wish I could free my hands and poke a hole in Ying'er's head to see.
"If the young lady wants to dance, I will catch it. If you can't catch the dance, then I will serve as a meat pad for the young lady." Ying'er said, squeezing her neck.
"You still dare to be harsh? Go back to your room and reflect. You are not allowed to eat for two days!" Lan Cao raised his eyebrows and said sternly.
"If you don't eat, don't eat! Even if I reflect on it a hundred times, I still only accept this truth."
Lancao is Shen Zhuo's personal maid and the maid in charge of Lanting Pavilion. All the people in Lanting Pavilion are under her supervision.
Shen Zhuo took Lan Cao's hand and said angrily: "Good sister, please stop being so mean."
"Today is all my fault. If it weren't for Ying'er, how could I have come back unscathed."
"Miss, just spoil her!"
After applying the medicine, Lancao lifted the curtain angrily and went out.
"Jiaojiao, what did you do again? You made Lancao so angry that she wiped her eyes."
The curtain was lifted, and Shen Yao walked in with Huan'er.
As soon as Lancao cried in anger, Ying'er stood up immediately.
"Miss, let me give her a few beatings."
"She couldn't see that I was hurt, it's none of your business." Shen Zhuo smiled.
How could her bluegrass sister be angry with her? No, never.
"Sister, doesn't your butt hurt?"
When Shen Zhuo saw Shen Yao sitting in front of her bed, while he could only lie on the bed, he couldn't help but deeply suspect that Butler Shen was letting Shen Yao go.
Now Huan'er quit and avenged the injustice for his own young lady: "The eldest lady just finished taking the medicine. I'm worried about the fourth lady. She endured the pain and came over to take a look."
When Shen Zhuo heard this, he pulled Shen Yao onto the bed, and the two sisters lay side by side on the bed.
"Thanks to His Highness Fourth Highness this time, I will choose some jewelry to send to Qingyun tomorrow." Shen Yao said.
Shen Zhuo frowned upon hearing this. She always felt something was wrong about her chance encounter with Xiao Cheng, and the appearance of Xiao Yi in the dark alley... the whole thing seemed weird to her.
Shen Zhuo still knows a little bit about Xiao Yi. He is by no means a pity person, let alone act bravely for justice. If he appears there, he must have an agenda. What could it be?
If Xiao Cheng is a wolf in sheep's clothing, then Xiao Yi is the oriole behind the mantis.
Regardless of what these two people were planning, at least Xiao Cheng made the Shen Mansion owe him a favor this time, and gained a deep affection for him.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhuo rolled his eyes.
"Sister, why do I feel that the fourth prince sent me back specially for some other purpose?"
"What's his plan?" Shen Yao glanced at Shen Zhuo.
"If I were not Shen Yuan's daughter, would he send me back in person?" Shen Zhuo sneered.
Shen Yao was silent: "Jiaojiao, are you prejudiced against the fourth prince?"
"I'm not biased. He only helped me because he took a fancy to my father's power in the court."
"We Jiaojiao have really grown up." Shen Yao gently stroked Shen Zhuo's head, her eyes filled with adoration.
"No matter what the reason is, the fourth prince always helps you, doesn't he?"
"Sister, do you like him?"
Shen Zhuo finally asked the question that he had been afraid of and never dared to ask.
Since the day of her rebirth, she has been committed to keeping Shen Yao away from Xiao Cheng. But she was always afraid in her heart, she was afraid that Shen Yao really liked Xiao Cheng.
Shen Yao's face was slightly red, and she said angrily: "I have only met him two or three times in total, how can I feel happy?"
"Does Sister have someone she likes?" Shen Zhuo blinked his big eyes and stared at Shen Yao with a gossipy face.
Shen Yao reached out and poked Shen Zhuo's forehead, and said angrily: "Are you still asleep?"
"No, no, sister, just tell me." Shen Zhuo reluctantly held Shen Yao's hand and acted coquettishly.
Shen Yao lowered her eyes and looked at the coquettish little sister, and said in a funny voice: "Okay, I'll tell you this. I don't have anyone I like, and I don't want to have someone I like."
"How could it be?!" Shen Zhuo was stunned.
My sister is at the age of a young girl, so why wouldn’t she want to have someone she likes?
Shen Yao sighed quietly and said slowly: "Women spend most of their lives trapped in the back house, caring for their husbands and raising children. If a person's feelings are devoted to each other, they can only pay once."
"My court has always followed 'the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker' when it comes to marriage. Therefore, it is not too late to discuss matters of love until the couple is settled."
"If I had fallen in love with someone before this, and the person I married was not him, wouldn't it only make me more sad? Maybe I would be sad and regretful for the rest of my life. Marrying the person you love is difficult; marrying the person you love is difficult. It’s much easier for people like me.”
Whom you marry, whom you truly love. It turns out that this is what my sister thinks?
"What if the person you marry is not your husband?" Shen Zhuo asked.
"As a husband teaches his children, a wife should try her best to assist her husband, influence him, and guide him. Husband and wife are one body, one will be prosperous, one will be harmed, and the other will be harmed."
"If the husband is really unable to support him, isn't there still a way to teach his children? A woman's mind should not just be on love. If you have it, it's good. If you don't have it, you should live well."
So, Shen Yao in the previous life really loved Xiao Cheng? But she would never have imagined that Xiao Cheng abandoned her in the end and let her be shot to death by random arrows. Even though she was devoted to him, she did a good job as a husband and a child.
Shen Zhuo couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Such a good sister, how could he be worthy of Xiao Cheng! Her sister deserves the true love of the best man.
Seeing the sad look on Shen Zhuo's face, Shen Yao hurriedly comforted her: "However, Jiaojiao is not the eldest daughter, so there is no need to worry about this. You can choose a husband you like."
"Sister, the fourth prince is not a good person." Shen Zhuo took Shen Yao's hand.
"Jiaojiao..." Shen Yao was helpless.
"He is not a good person, sister, you believe me!" Shen Zhuo said stubbornly.
"His gentleness and elegance are all fake, you can't be deceived by him!"
"Okay, okay, sister, I understand."
In the Lanting Pavilion, Shen Zhuo held Shen Yao's hand and kept saying bad things about Xiao Cheng. In the main courtyard, Shen Yuan and his wife were also talking about Xiao Cheng.
"The Fourth Prince is really worried about this matter." Princess Pingyang said.
Shen Zhuo was careless and unaware of the dangers of Pingchangfang, but Princess Pingyang knew about it, and Shen Yuan also knew about it.
Without Xiao Cheng's help this time, Shen Zhuo would definitely suffer a big loss.
Shen Yuan nodded: "The Shen family owes him a favor this time, and I will find an opportunity to repay him."
"What he wants is not for you to return." Princess Pingyang looked at Shen Yuan with a half-smile.
Shen Yuan choked and was speechless for a moment.
