Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

At this time, Caiyi was kneeling on the bluestone slab, being slapped in the face by two rough servants. Her face was swollen and there were streaks of blood at the corners of her mouth, staining her clothes red and dripping onto the ground.

Shen Liu was admiring the paintings on the wall in the room at this time, but he was suspicious that someone was secretly instigating Caiyi. Feeling that it was about time, Shen Liu told the servants at the door to bring Caiyi in.

Shen Liu sat upright on the chair, looking at Cai Yi who was kneeling in front of him. At this time, Cai Yi's cheeks were swollen and her eyes were gray. After being slapped in the face and expressing her friendship to Shen Liu, Cai Yi immediately knew that she had been defeated. Her heart was burning with pain, but compared to the pain on her face, it seemed nothing.

"Cai Yi, do you know you are wrong?" Shen Liu's clear voice sounded.

"I know I was wrong." Caiyi kowtowed, and now her speech was a little unclear.

"Then let me ask you, who instigated you to murder Xiao Lan?" Shen Liu asked.

Caiyi looked up in confusion, "Sixth Master, this... this..."

"You stay in the house all day, how do you know what's going on outside?" Shen Liu sneered, "You also said that you have never known anyone from the Sheng family, nor Xiao Lan, so who told you that there is such a person as Xiao Lan? And who put these words into your mind? Think about it carefully! Don't be stubborn!"

Caiyi was a little confused at first, but slowly she seemed to remember something and her expression changed.

When did she start paying attention to Xiao Lan? Was it because Shen Liu suddenly showed favor to a farmer's family who had no relationship with her, or because Shen Liu suddenly cared about trivial matters that he had never cared about? Although these things made her alert, the first time she heard Xiao Lan's name was not from Shen Liu, nor from any of his servants or followers.

Caiyi slowly fell into memories, those few words that seemed to be mentioned casually, those caring words that worried about her future... Caiyi is not a dull person. Although she is deeply trapped in the situation, she is able to wake up after being reminded.

"Yes...it's the grandmother of the Liu family..."

It turned out to be the Liu family. Last time when they came to the Shen residence for a banquet, the eldest lady of the Liu family couldn't stand the shame of Xiaolan's family, so she secretly hated them. She couldn't do it herself, so she secretly instigated Caiyi...

"Caiyi was also slapped in the face by Laoliu's men, and they said they would send her back to the farm." Grandma Shen San said to Xiao Lan.

"There's absolutely no need to do this." Xiao Lan lowered her eyes, her gaze darkened, and then she raised her head, stood up, and said goodbye to Grandma Shen San. "Grandma Shen San, we should go."

"Xiao Lan, have lunch here before you leave. I just asked the kitchen to prepare everything... I'll cook your favorite dishes." Grandma Shen San tried to persuade her to stay. "Besides, the sun is so scorching outside, why are you still walking back and forth? Eat here, and it won't be too late to leave in the evening when the sun is not so strong..." Grandma Shen San said as she carefully looked at Xiao Lan's face.

There was no expression of any kind on Xiaolan's face at this moment, she just resolutely refused to stay for dinner.

Grandma Shen San listened to Xiao Lan's intention. The little girl only said that she was leaving, but she never mentioned when she would come back. Seeing that she couldn't keep Xiao Lan, she winked at a maid beside her, and the maid quickly ran to Shen Liu's yard...

When Xiao Lan was walking out of Qingyuan with two maids, Shen Liu also got the news.

"She didn't look angry. She was even chatting and laughing with Grandma Shen San. She just refused to stay for dinner and said she had to go back..." The maid beside Grandma Shen San was reporting to Shen Liu.

At this time, Caiyi was gone. Shen Liu had already found out the reason, so he had her taken away and kept her under guard, but he did not send her to the farm immediately.

"Did Third Sister-in-law Tadpole tell her how to deal with the matter?" Shen Liu asked as he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

"Sixth Master, our Third Grandma has already told Miss Xiaolan the outcome of the matter." The little girl replied quickly.

"I know everything. You can go back." Shen Liu put down the tea bowl and waved to send away the little girl who came to report the news.

After the girl left, Shen Liu stood up from the chair, paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and then left the room.

Shen Liu left the study without saying a word. The servants around him naturally didn't dare to ask him, but just followed him at a distance.

Shen Liu walked very slowly, and the waiters couldn't tell where he was going. But when he reached the gate of Qingyuan, he stopped.

It was noon and there was no shelter at the door, so Shen Liu just stood there in the sun. He seemed to feel nothing and was just playing with the vines hanging from the shelf next to him.

But this was a bunch of roses, and roses had many thorns. Shen Liu accidentally pricked his finger. He looked at the blood on his finger, and his eyes gradually darkened.

After what happened today, everyone serving Shen Liu knew that their master was in a bad mood today, but now they didn't understand what Shen Liu was thinking, so they wisely came forward to disturb him.

After a while, Shen Liu slowly walked back.

Xiaolan had already boarded her family's carriage with Xiaoqing and Xiaolu, two maids, and left Qingyuan. In the carriage, the master and the servants did not speak. Xiaolan opened a corner of the curtain beside her and looked behind the carriage.

At this time they had already left Qingyuan, but they could still see the maids and old women beside Grandma Shen San standing at the door, looking in her direction. Xiao Lan sighed secretly in her heart and lowered the curtains.

"Xiaoqing, Xiaolu, let's go back and don't tell anyone about what happened today, including my father and mother." Xiaolan said to the two little girls.

"Girls, we understand. We won't tell anyone." The two little girls nodded in assurance.

If Sheng Xuan and Zhang knew what happened today, they would be so worried about her. She really didn't want to add to her parents' troubles.

When they got home, no one mentioned what happened in Qingyuan. Shengxuan and Zhang were unaware of the incident. They were very happy that their little girl rushed home for lunch.