Shen Qingran and Shen Ruoyan also temporarily moved to Zhuangzi in Zhennan Prince's Mansion before dark.
Shen Xingwan told Shen Ruoyan to find a way to find out Yan Ling's whereabouts as soon as possible. She said there should be many people looking for him.
The people from Duke Lu's Mansion almost dug up this area, and everyone who had contact with Lu Chuan was interrogated, causing panic in the entire hot spring village.
Ordinary officials would not have the confidence to get rid of the powerful Duke of Lu without Fu Jingchao.
Naturally, I felt unhappy when I saw that my son and grandson were being interrogated like criminals just because they drank and had fun with Lu Chuan.
I dare not say much openly, but I complain a lot behind my back.
The reputation of Lu Chuan and the Lu family has become even worse after this battle.
Shen Qingran was not the type to talk people over, but after knowing what Lu Guogong had done, she couldn't help but say, "Now everyone secretly says that Lu Chuan's death is retribution for having destroyed so many young men."
"And he didn't leave any children, so he deserves it." Ban Xia was gossiping on the side.
Shen Xingwan smiled at the excitement they talked about. It was because of this that Duke Lu probably hated her to death this time.
After two or three days, no matter how hard the Duke Lu Government tried, there was no result.
Ji Li, the only openly accused murderer, burned himself to death without even leaving ashes.
The Lu family could only hold in their breath and had nowhere to come out.
On the fourth day, Lu Chuan's body was taken back to his hometown for a funeral.
Fortunately, it's winter and the bones don't rot easily.
As soon as the people from Duke Lu's Mansion left, someone from the Shen Mansion came immediately.
The leader was the confidant maid next to the eldest lady, who respectfully handed a letter to Shen Xingwan.
Shen Xingwan opened it and looked at it for a while, then said with a distant look, "Fifth sister, it's time for us to go back."
After saying that, he handed the one in his hand to Shen Qingran. Shen Qingran quickly read it and his face became heavy, "We really should go back."
Fu Jingchao soon learned of their decision to go back and thought for a moment, "In that case, I will go back together."
"Is your health okay? We can go back by ourselves." Shen Xingwan said worriedly.
"It's not serious. Besides, it's winter, and there are a lot of things going on. Every property in Zhuangzi needs to be accounted for. It's more convenient to go back to the house." Fu Jing said.
So a group of people quickly packed up their things and set off back to Beijing overnight.
Learning from the experience of being surrounded and suppressed while walking at night, all the guards from the Zhennan Palace came out, and the eldest lady also sent many people to pick her up.
The people and horses from the two mansions combined together were very majestic, and they returned to Shengjing without incident.
Fu Jingchao knew that they had something to do when they went back, so he directly found them and sent them back to Shen's Mansion.
Shen Xingwan and Shen Qingran didn't even return to their own yards as soon as they entered the house, and went directly to the eldest wife's yard together.
As soon as I walked into the eldest lady's yard, I saw nothing but plain white.
The eldest lady said to them calmly, "Are you back?"
Shen Xingwan nodded, "Have you found the person?"
The eldest lady squeezed the prayer beads in her hand and said, "Follow me."
The two of them followed the eldest lady to the side room in the courtyard. When they opened the door, a woman with half-white hair and a face full of vicissitudes shed tears and said when she saw Shen Qingran, "Miss Fifth, do you still remember me? I am the slave." Autumn!"
As he said this, he was about to salute Shen Qingran, but Shen Qingran held him in his arms and said, "Of course I remember you."
At that time, Shen Mingzhu herself was a well-known talented girl from Jiangnan. The four maids around her were named after spring, summer, autumn and winter. They were all literate and could not lose to the girls from small families.
When Shen Mingzhu got married, even if she was given the chance, none of the four maids chose to go out and all of them accompanied her in the marriage.
Shen Qingran still remembered that among the four, Qiu was the most beautiful. The woman in front of him now looked exactly like a half-white old woman.
You can't see half of the style he had back then.
Shen Xingwan noticed that there was an old woman with a stooped and thin body sleeping on the bed.
The old woman just looked at them and shed tears.
The eldest lady's voice was tainted with a trace of hatred, "This is Mingzhu's nanny, Aunt Zhou. I found her in a mine. Her tongue was cut and her hand tendons were severed!"
The nanny of the eldest daughter of the Shen family was of course carefully selected. After the accident that year, the Shen family finally spared her life, but in order to prevent her from talking nonsense, they did such a cruel thing and killed her.
Sell away.
Qiu Qiu choked up and said, "Originally, my wife ordered us all to be killed. The dead man's mouth is the safest place. However, the old lady believed in Buddhism and said she would accumulate Buddhas for her dead grandson. She didn't want to add to the sin of killing, so she kept us.
A life."
The other three maids were all sold to dirty places by Du Mute. The people sent by the eldest lady to find them said that several of them died within two years.
The reason Qiu Qiu escaped was because the chief steward of Shen Mansion, who was responsible for handling this matter, had coveted her beauty for a long time.
In the desperate autumn, she exchanged her beauty and innocence for a glimmer of hope.
The housekeeper who didn't have enough fun, ostensibly sent her away, but actually kept her secretly and raised her in the village.
Qiu didn't even dare to think about how she survived the first two years. The housekeeper didn't regard her as a human being and did all kinds of excessive things.
Qiu, who was rapidly destroyed, became old and frail, and the housekeepers gradually became less frequent. Qiu, who had figured out the route, used the bracelet that Shen Mingzhu had hidden in her body when the accident happened to bribe her with the doorman.
The old lady ran away.
Qiu Qiu said with red eyes, "I have lived an ignoble existence until today, just waiting to seek justice for the young lady one day. The young lady's death was too unjust, and the spring and the others' deaths were too unjust."
Shen Qingran's eyes turned red, and Shen Mochen, who didn't know when he came, walked in, "Duke Lu, you've gone too far! Even if Lu Chuan dies, he can't leave in peace!"
As the eldest daughter of the Shen family, Shen Mingzhu, as their elder sister, has always taken good care of her younger brothers and sisters before leaving the cabinet.
The Lu family let her die so tragically in a foreign country, the debt cannot be settled like this!
Shen Xingwan was not familiar with Shen Xingzhu and was not as angry as Shen Qingran and Shen Mochen.
But for more than a year, the eldest wife has taken good care of her, so Shen Xingwan also said, "No matter what the wife plans to do, I will support her."
The eldest lady, who had always been so calm, had a troubled expression on her face, and said loudly, "The children of my Shen family are all good. Mingzhu knows your thoughts, so you should feel relieved!"
It was not in vain that she had endured for several years. In the end, someone stood behind him, and no one had forgotten Shen Mingzhu's injustice.
In the evening, Uncle Shen and the old lady sent people to convey their wishes and asked the eldest lady to let go. No matter what she wanted to do this time, the Shen family supported her!
Several people were discussing in the eldest lady's yard until midnight before going back to their rooms.
Unfortunately, this was destined to be a sleepless night.
