"Who are you guys? Keep away from the gate of the Prime Minister's residence." Just after the carriage stopped, the guards on both sides of the red gate immediately came forward and shouted.
Shen Ninghua couldn't help sneering. Such an insult was too low. It couldn’t be her stepmother Zhao Yunxiang. She wondered who had instructed these two guards to play rough with her.
"How dare you be so arrogant! The First Miss is here. Back off !" Hong Ling relentlessly rebuked.
One of the guards laughed: "Today, the First Miss is having a party. She has not been out of the mansion. Where has Second Miss come out? Who is pretending to be a miss of the Shen family, get off the carriage and let us have a look!"
Hardly had the guard finished his words when the curtain of the carriage was slowly lifted. A girl in pale bluish-white got out of the carriage, placed a footstool on the ground, and respectfully led a girl dressed in pale blue down the carriage.
Shen Ninghua looked up. The guard looked both ferocious and disdainful, but was soon shocked by Shen Ninghua's appearance when she got off the carriage. He was stunned for a long time before regaining his presence of mind.
Shen Ninghua noticed the evasiveness in the guard's eyes and looked calmly and aloofly towards him.
The guard was shocked. Stared by Shen Ninghua's dark eyes, a chilling coldness crept down his spine. He abruptly lowered his head to avoid the eye contact. He had received a message earlier that Miss Shen was returning home. He just tried to embarrass her as instructed by the Second Young Master of the family, Shen Xuanlin. But he forgot that Shen Ninghua was afterall a Miss, no matter how unfavored she was in the family.
"I have sent a message to my father and mother earlier. I have arrived half a day earlier because I missed my family too much. It's natural that you have doubts in your mind. However, my mother has always been thoughtful. I think she should have made some arrangements." Shen Ninghua said with a smile. If they still refuse to let her in, Zhao Yunxiang would naturally be the one to blame.
"What message? We have never received any message. You are obviously bluffing and cheating, and you have been so noisy in front of the gate of the Prime Minister's residence. Let's take these imposters down and give them 20 strokes." Since they had offended her, they must try their best to please the madam and young master. Even if this young girl was really a daughter of the family, it was unlikely that she was able to stand out in the Prime Minister's residence because she had been away for so long.
As soon as the guard finished his words, a dozen people came out of the corner door and rushed towards Shen Ninghua and her maids, holding sticks in their hands. It was clear that they had been waiting there for a long time.
"Qing Que, show them something to let them know who I am. I've never heard that the daughter of the family should receive strokes from servants." Shen Ninghua frowned and said in a cold voice.
Qing Que nodded respectfully, and looked around indifferently. Shen Ninghua was the first person she saw after she came back to life. Shen Ninghua had saved her and she was ready to sacrifice her life for Shen Ninghua. Therefore, she had always faithfully carried out Shen Ninghua's orders.
Seeing a guard waving a stick and rushing towards her, Qing Que leaped up. She took advantage of the force of the stick and kicked the guard in the chest with the tip of her foot, knocking him off to the ground. Then, before the guard was able to make any reactions, she stepped on his arm with one foot, breaking his arm in a snap.
"Ah... My hand..."
“Those who dared to raise their hands against the Miss didn't deserve to have hands!" With a sneer, Qing Que did the same thing and kicked all the other servants to the ground. After a while, she relaxed her wrists, glanced at the corner door, and kicked away a servant on the ground. “Bang!” His body flew out and hit the gate.
Nanny Zhou, who was hiding behind the gate, almost fell to the ground. Who gave Shen Ninghua the courage to fight at the gate of the Shen family? She looked up in panic and found that Shen Ninghua was smiling at her, which sent a chill down her spine.
"How dare you rude servants keep the Miss out of the gate. Back off !" Nanny Zhou ran out quickly, her face full of apologies. "Miss, welcome back home! You must have suffered a lot for the past half a year. It was really the fault of these servants failing to recognize you. I'll report to the Madam to punish them. You guys, open the door to welcome the Miss in. Miss, the Madam has already arranged for someone to clean your residence, so that you can move in right now."
Shen Ninghua was so beautiful now. Did she really detoxify her poison?
Shen Ninghua looked at the woman walking out of the half-closed corner door. It rung the bell. The woman was Nanny Zhou, one of the most trusted assistants of her stepmother Zhao Yunxiang. She was most tactful in pleasing her Madam, and had a very vicious heart. Her words sounded kind, meanwhile, they would be misinterpreted by outsiders who didn't know what had happened. After all, how could a Miss from a renowned family suffer a lot when she was away from home for half a year?
What's more, God knows when Zhao Yunxiang would punish these servants. Did she think that she could fool her like a child? Looking at the guards who had different expressions on their faces, Shen Ninghua said, "I'm grateful for mother's arrangement. Qing Que, take the luggages in." She just got back, no hurry for revenge. Let’s do it step by step.
"Yes, miss." Qing Que answered with a crisp voice. She went to the carriage, took out two big wooden boxes, and then strode towards the main gate.
"The side door has been opened, and the main entrance is for distinguished guests..." Again, the guard who had taken instructions from Shen Xuanlin wanted to humiliate them. Qing Que narrowed her eyes, lifted the box and hit the guard's chest with it just like accidently." My Miss is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family. She would never walk through the side door. Get out of my way!"
The guard's face turned pale at once. The seemingly light stroke left him in great pain as if his bones were broken. He covered his chest with his hands and stepped back immediately.
Qing Que smiled contemptuously. Without any dramatic movement, she pushed forward the box, and the heavy gate was hit open.
There were a Kirin on each side of the thick red gate, and a horizontal inscribed board conferred by the emperor hung up high. Through the two red gates, one can see the exquisite and beautiful scenery in the mansion. However, Shen Ninghua only sensed a scent of a bloodbath.
Bai Ruo and Bi Zhu went forward and knelt on th ground respectfully, "Miss, this way."
Shen Ninghua glanced over Nanny Zhou, who had an awkward expression, and slowly walked into the mansion with her four maids.
In the attic not far away, Chu Junyi's face was full of smile, "This black girl was reborn... I guess things in the Shen family will be more and more interesting."
After walking a few steps, Shen Ninghua frowned slightly. She thoughtfully looked back in Chu Junyi's direction, pinched the sachet in her sleeve and smiled slightly. As she walked, an ocean blue tassel was revealed.
Chu Jun Yi's smile froze suddenly. It was clear that the tassel was the one he used to tie the jade pendant. Had she noticed him?
Along the way, Nurse Zhou was still regretful that she had failed to humiliate Shen Ninghua upon her arrival. Instead, what had happened just provided an excellent chance for Shen Ninghua to help her to prevail. After this event, no one in the mansion would dare to look down on her. The madam would be very unhappy if she knew what had happened.Shen Ninghua, however, looked around with ease and the smile lingered on her lips. She hadn't seen the scenery for more than ten years. Now she felt that the beautiful courtyard looked really different. Especially when thinking that nothing had happened at this time, she couldn't help but feel delighted because this meant she had a lot of time to trample the enemies of her previous life one by one into hell.Shen Dong was the Prime Minister of the country, and he had always been favored by the emperor. This mansion was also conferred by the emperor and everywhere of the mansion was delicate."Miss, the m
Shen Linghan stood straight. Her eyebrows were like black mountains from afar, her eyes were as clear as autumn water, and her lips were like red flower petals and her skin was like white and flawless jade... Just by standing there quietly, she made people feel that the whole world was bright. Such a beauty was very rare to see. Otherwise, Baili Jinze wouldn't have treated her as the treasure of his life and loved her in all his life."Elder sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I really couldn't recognize you. Mother told me earlier that your illness has been cured. I haven't received any message from the villa in the past half year and I have privately asked mother several times. What kind of adventure did you take to make yourself change dramatically?" Shen Linghan held Shen Ninghua's hand intimately. Her words sounded full of concern.If Shen Ninghua did not know the true nature of Shen Linghan, she would think that this sister really care
Shen Ninghua gave a cold smile when they came to the courtyard arranged by Madam Zhao.Nurse Zhou surreptitiously looked at Shen Ninghua's face, but could not figure out what she was thinking, "Miss, the madam had intended to let you live in Luomei Courtyard, but your cousin from the Zhao family often comes to live there, and the madam has been so busy recently with the madam dowager's birthday feast that she had no time to get things done before your arrival. Please excuse her.""You worry too much. I surely know that mother has been busy. This place is also excellent. Qing Que, see Nurse Zhou off.""Yes, miss."Bai Ruo tidied up the house quickly and made a cup of tea, "Miss, although the yard is spacious, it is not a good place to live in."Madam Zhao was smart enough to avoid gossip about her arrangement of residence for Shen Ninghua. The courtyard was spacious and pretty nice. But it was called Tranquility Courtya
In the room, Bai Ruo gently helped Shen Ninghua set her hair while Bi Zhu was holding a bronze mirror on the other side to let Shen Ninghua take a look at the hairpin."Miss, you look like a fairy when dressed up like this."said Hong Ling.Shen Ninghua seemed a little absent-minded. In the past two days she had been thinking about Chu Junyi's words about the black jade pendant, but she had no clues. She heard Hong Ling's words and regained her presence of mind, smiling, "You are more and more talkative. Have you spent all your time thinking about how to praise me?""Why, miss, you 've wronged me. You' re so beautiful that I can keep praising you for three days without thinking." Hong Ling said with her smilingly eyes. Then she got serious after Bai Ruo glared at her, "Miss, you instructed me to keep an eye on what's happening in the mansion, and I dare not neglect my duty at all. Today, the master took a day off and you can meet him when you go
"My aunt, you are right. This porcelain vase is really my mother's legacy." Shen Ninghua's face had a light smile, but her eyes turned red. Her appearance made people feel more and more pity for her.Her mother, Xia Jingyan, died when giving birth to her. However, her mother held a great place in her heart. When she was very young, her nanny used to tell her stories about her mother. She told her that her mother was quite knowledgeable and intelligent. However, she had to marry Shen Dong hastily when her family was persecuted later. With her intelligence and beauty, people thought she would definitely be favored by Shen Dong. On the contrary, Shen Dong was very fond of his concubines and turned a cold face towards Xia Jingyan. And she died when giving birth to Shen Ninghua.After Shen Ninghua became the empress, she implicitly asked Shen Dong several times about her mother, but every time he scolded her. In order to maintain the weak family relationship, sh
"Bang! Bang!" The sound of breaking porcelain lasted for a long time before it subsided. In Qinxue Courtyard, broken exquisite porcelains scattered everywhere. Shen Linghan angrily sat on the chair and Wan Xiang knelt on the ground with her forehead bleeding.Zhao Yunxiang, the first lady, frowned as soon as she entered the door. She hurriedly let Nurse Qin to ask someone to clean up the debris on the ground. "What are you doing? You can simply vent out by punishing the servants, but if you become ill by being too upset, won't you make that bitch satisfied and rejoice in your pain?"Shen Linghan's eyes turned red with resentment. She sat on the chair and said, "Mother, I can't bear this at all. Grandma said Shen Ninghua was the first daughter. What am I?" Thinking that Shen Ninghua would excel her everywhere in the future, she felt indignant and disturbed. That bitch had no business to be so conceited.Madam Zhao lovingly tidied Shen Linghan's
As the prime minister who was deeply trusted by the emperor and was good at maintaining relationship, Shen Dong maintained a balanced relationship with several princes in the court, neither too close nor too alienated. Therefore, when Shen Linghan held a banquet, many officials and young ladies came willingly. After all, the first daughter of the Shen family was so talented and beautiful that she was well-known in the capital city. There was no harm in making friends with her.Today's party was different from those of the past. Shen Ninghua, the real first daughter of the Shen family, was back. Although people did not talk about it in public, they were all secretly expecting a drama. They wondered how Shen Linghan, the second young lady, would get along with her.Because of the hot weather, the banquet was held in the pavilion beside the garden. Shen Ninghua came with Qing Que and other maids. From a distance, she could see the exquisite pavilion was surrou
Shen Ninghua clenched her fists and stared at the man. Baili Jinze! It was really Baili Jinze! She had imagined about meeting him many times, but she didn't expect this meeting to happen so soon. Gritting her teeth, Shen Ninghua forced herself to look away for fear of revealing the surging hatred in her eyes.Shen Linghan regained her presence of mind and came hurriedly forward to support Zhao Ruyun. "Cousin, are you OK? The elder sister didn't say those words purposely..." As Shen Linghan said those words, she showed a distressed expression on her face and looked up to Baili Jinze. As soon as she saw his face, she blushed.His body was slender and straight, his sideburns were high, his eyebrows were long and narrow, his lips were slightly pursed into a gentle arc, and he looked like a pearl standing among a pile of rubble, capturing people's attention at first sight.Baili Jinze retreated two small steps. He saw Shen Linghan's beautiful face a