It was already dark at this time, but the lights were still brightly lit in the mansion. In the main hall, there was noise, as if a girl was crying.
Dongning Bo Shen Yanning is more than thirty years old. His face has clear lines and is as sharp as a knife. Even when he is silent, he still has a bit of majesty.
A moment ago, Shen Yuxiang told him what happened today. Although he was a little impatient, he still called Shen Fengxu over.
Shen Yanning looked at Shen Yuxiang who was kneeling and crying on the ground. He frowned slightly, then turned to look at Shen Fengxu and asked, "Did you steal Yuxiang's hairpin?"
Chen Fengxu lowered his head and said meekly: "I don't have a daughter."
"Father, that hairpin was given to my daughter by the eldest princess Shunning. She always keeps it close to her body. Today, only the sixth sister has been in and out of her daughter's room. But the sixth sister stole it in front of her daughter. The hairpin was broken!" Shen Yuxiang's face was still wet with tears, and she said pitifully, "My daughter originally just wanted to go to Rongxueyuan to ask her. If Sixth Sister really liked it, my daughter would just give it to her. But who could have expected that, When Sixth Sister saw that her daughter broke the hairpin she stole, she broke the hairpin on the spot."
Speaking, Shen Yuxiang waved her hand.
Caizhi understood, and immediately stepped forward, presented the fragments of the hosta, and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, the fourth girl wouldn't have believed that the sixth girl would do such a thing."
Shen Yanning glanced at the fragments of the hosta and frowned even deeper.
"Fengxu, are Yuxiang telling the truth?" Shen Yanning's voice was deep and deep, revealing indescribable depression, which made people retreat.
During the years that Shen Fengxu lived in Uncle Dongning's house, she never felt fatherly love from Shen Yanning. Perhaps it was because of her biological mother's early death that Shen Yanning was always indifferent to her. Although she never lacked food or clothing, But I never cared about it at all.
At that time, Shen Yanning married two girls from Yi'an Bofu at the same time, sisters Jiang Rou and Jiang Wan. Jiang Rou was the main wife, but Jiang Rou had been weak since she was a child. Shen Fengxu passed away soon after.
Then Jiang Wan corrected herself and became the eldest lady of Dongning Bo Mansion.
Jiang Wan has two sons and two daughters, the eldest son Shen Qing, the eldest daughter Shen Yulou and the fourth daughter Shen Yuxiang.
As both biological daughters and with their biological mothers by their side, Shen Yulou and Shen Yuxiang's life is naturally much better than that of Shen Baitang and Shen Fengxu. Although the eldest lady takes care of Shen Baitang and Shen Fengxu in person, in private they are I love my daughter more.
At this time, Chen Fengxu just raised his head slightly, looked into Shen Yanning's eyes, and said, "Father, are you willing to listen to your daughter?"
Chen Fengxu is only eleven years old now, and his eyes are clear and clean, like a warm and transparent spring water.
"Say." Shen Yanning nodded slightly.
"My daughter didn't know that the fourth sister's hairpin was lost. She was just staying in her own yard. Thinking of the pleasant fragrance of flowers outside the yard, she wanted to go out for a walk, so she asked Dansha to get the hairpin. It was just an accident and the hairpin was lost. The hairpin was broken." Shen Fengxu said innocently, "It happened that the fourth sister came from outside and saw the broken hairpin on the ground, so she thought it was her own hairpin."
After that, she stood up and walked to Cai Zhi, pointed to the fragments of the hairpin, and said: "Father, please look, although the pattern on this hairpin is damaged, does it look like a pear blossom? The fourth sister is probably very anxious. , so I couldn’t tell the difference.”
The hosta is colorless, and the flower pattern on it is damaged, with only one or two petals in the shape of it. It could be called an apricot blossom or a pear blossom. What's more, Shen Yanning is not a backyard girl and is not interested in such ornaments. The heart is naturally difficult to distinguish.
"So, this is my hairpin, not Fourth Sister's apricot blossom hairpin."
Shen Yanning nodded thoughtfully.
Seeing that Shen Yanning seemed to believe it, Shen Yuxiang couldn't help but become anxious and quickly stood up: "Father, she is lying. She was clearly not in her own courtyard today -"
At this point, Shen Yuxiang suddenly choked.
Chen Fengxu turned his head and looked at her, with a cold sneer on his face, and asked: "Fourth sister, tell me, where have I been today?"
Shen Yuxiang seemed to have a stick in her throat, but she couldn't spit it out.
Of course she could tell where Shen Fengxu had gone, and there were many people in the house, so she would know just by asking. But if so, when it came to the lotus pond, she couldn't hide the fact that she pushed Shen Fengxu into the water. Already.
Then Shen Yuxiang was speechless.
"It seems that the fourth sister has remembered it wrong." Shen Fengxu smiled lightly and looked at Shen Yanning again, "Father, since the fourth sister has lost her hairpin, you should reward her with something, which can be regarded as compensation. ."
"That apricot blossom hosta was given to me by the eldest princess Shunning..." Shen Yuxiang bit her lip and stared at Shen Fengxu, feeling both annoyed and hateful, "Sixth sister confuses right and wrong and doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. Do you feel guilty in your heart? "
Shen Fengxu just smiled and said calmly: "I have never stolen your apricot blossom hosta. If I feel guilty, it should be the thief's guilt. Why should I feel guilty?"
"I hope Sixth Sister can really have such a clear conscience!"
Shen Yuxiang tilted her head and snorted coldly.
The apricot blossom hosta was of extraordinary significance to her. If it were an ordinary thing, she might not be so fussy about it, but because it was the hosta, she was so fussy about it. But the matter was at this point, and it was useless to say more.
After all, the hosta has been reduced to pieces.
Chen Fengxu smiled faintly.
Suddenly a woman came from outside the house carrying incense. The person came first, and the voice came first: "What's going on in the middle of the night?"
The person who came was a woman in rich clothes, none other than Jiang Wan, the eldest lady of Dongning Bofu. She was wearing a light blue gold-lined coat, her hair was studded with pearls and jade, her clothes were luxurious and elegant, even though she was in her thirties. , but dignified and graceful without losing the charm of a woman.
Chen Feng folded his clothes and bowed, but he knew in his heart that since the eldest lady is here, she must know the whole story, but she still acts so coquettishly.
"Mother." Seeing that it was the eldest lady, Shen Yuxiang couldn't bear the grievance and threw herself into the eldest lady's arms, "Sixth sister stole my hairpin and broke it into pieces without telling me."
Upon hearing this, the eldest lady's face suddenly turned cold. She pushed Shen Yuxiang away and scolded: "What nonsense! Is Feng Xu such a dirty person? How can you slander Feng Xu without any evidence?"
The eldest lady's voice was so stern that Shen Yuxiang was frightened for a moment and stood there blankly, a little at a loss and about to cry.
Shen Yanning then said: "Why is it so?"
"I don't know what I know. If the news about Feng Xu's theft spreads, I'm afraid it will be bad for her reputation. She is still young, how can she have such a stain?"
In one sentence, every word seems to be thinking about Shen Fengxu, but it has unknowingly convicted Shen Fengxu, as if Shen Fengxu really committed theft.
So Chen Fengxu stood up and said softly: "As the saying goes, if you are upright, you are not afraid of a slanted shadow. If your daughter has not stolen, she is naturally not afraid of spreading the word."