The two maids were as thin as bamboo poles. The two of them together were not as strong as the old woman beside her. The four guards were even worse. They were dark and thin, and their steps were unsteady. Even she could see that these four people did not know how to fight. They must be untouchables hired from somewhere.

There is nothing to be afraid of!

After Shen Lanxi entered the mansion, she used the excuse of visiting her mother. Zhou Qiwu also used the excuse of arranging an opera troupe and a dinner party. After a few pleasantries, the two families separated.

When I returned to the guest room with my father, my mother was taking medicine and resting!

"The doctor checked your mother and found that she is fine. She just suffered from excessive damage and needs to be nursed back to health!"

Shen Lanxi lowered her eyes: "My mother lived a prosperous life for most of her life, but in the end, her whole family was exiled. It's normal that she can't accept it!"

Even if a person has a broad mind, he may not be able to stand firm after experiencing ups and downs!

Shen Congwen sighed and wanted to speak, but was afraid that someone might hear him, so he did not dare to open his mouth.

"Father, just say what you want to say. There are no outsiders here!"

Shen Congwen believed his daughter and lowered his voice to ask, "Lan Xi, was it the Third Princess who stole the Wei family army's rations?"

Shen Lanxi: "I originally thought it wasn't, but now I'm not sure!"

"What do you mean?"

She did not hide anything and told the news that the second prince was coming!

Shen Congwen frowned immediately: "Since the Third Princess was sent to her fiefdom, she has not been allowed to come to the capital without an imperial decree. Over the years, I have not heard your mother mention that His Majesty summoned her to the capital. How did she collude with the Second Prince?"

Shen Yuanjing: "Could it be that His Majesty sent the Second Prince to celebrate the Third Princess' birthday?"

Shen Congwen was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. If His Majesty allocated gifts to the third princess, he would definitely know about it.

"Impossible. The Ministry of Revenue has records of all the gifts given by His Majesty. I remember that the Third Princess has never been mentioned in any of these gifts!"

Princes and princesses would exchange gifts on festivals such as New Year and birthdays. His Majesty paid great attention to etiquette, and after receiving tribute gifts, he would order someone to return one. Among these return gifts, the third princess had never been included, so he remembered it very clearly!

"Could it be that the Second Prince framed our Shen family, and the Third Princess was just his accomplice?" Shen Yuanjing exclaimed.

"Whether it is or not, we should be able to find out soon!"

Not long after, Zhou Qiwu sent someone to invite them to a banquet.

Having already lured Shen Lanxi into the trap, Zhou Qiwu no longer hides. In order to show Zhou Xinrou her luxurious life, she generously arranged for Kabuki performances.

Half of the Kabuki actors were good-looking men, and their clothes were thin, with just a layer of gauze over their underwear. The women of the Shen family didn't know where to look!

Wang Xiangrong learned from his servants that Shen Lanxi had arrived, so he did not stay in bed to rest and insisted on having the servants carry him to the banquet!

The servant talked about how stunningly beautiful Shen Lanxi was. As the son of a princess, he knew he had seen all kinds of beauties. The servant's inexperienced look aroused his curiosity. He originally thought she was just an ordinary woman, but he was so captivated at first sight.

How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world?

Wang Xiangrong looked at him in a daze and didn't even notice that the wine was spilled all over him.

When Zhou Qiwu saw his son there, he coughed unhappily.

The servant immediately pulled the young man's sleeve and reminded him.

"Sister Lan Xi, I am sorry for my rudeness!"

Shen Lanxi nodded slightly without saying anything.

Wang Xiangyi glanced at her brother and cursed him inwardly, "Idiot." Thinking of her mother's arrangement, she came up with another idea.

After a while, Wang Xiangrong heard the servant leaking the news to him and immediately became anxious.

How could such a beautiful woman be given to a servant in the mansion? The mother was the same. She didn't even think of her son first when she had such a good thing.

"Mother, I'm a little drunk. I'm going back to my room to rest first!"

Zhou Qiwu hoped that his son would go back quickly, so when he heard him say that, he quickly asked the servant to send him back.

Except for this little episode with her son that made Zhou Qiwu unhappy, she always felt superior at other times!

I heard that Shen Congwen did not have great talent, but he had several concubines, several illegitimate sons and daughters, and a pair of parents-in-law who liked to use things from her room to subsidize their other sons.

Even if Zhou Xinrou is favored by the empress dowager, what good can it do? She will still be controlled by her parents-in-law, not favored by her husband, and have to listen to a bunch of concubines and illegitimate sons and daughters calling her "mother".

Just thinking about Zhou Qiwu makes me happy!

During the dinner, the Shen family felt like they had something stuck in their throats. When the dinner was almost over, the servants brought them a bowl of sobering soup, one for each person.

Zhou Xinrou and her daughter stared at Shen Lanxi while drinking the soup. When they saw that she had finished it all, they secretly sneered.

Shen Lanxi was drunk and was helped into the room by two maids arranged by Zhou Qiwu in advance.

Chunxue Qiushuang was a step slower and failed to snatch the maid from the mansion, so she had to settle for the second best and support other young ladies.

As soon as she walked out of the hall, Shen Lanxi closed her eyes and leaned on the maid!

The two maids looked at each other, then carried Shen Lanxi quickly to the guest room.

The person hiding behind the rockery saw everything and followed quietly.

After Zhou Ru'an had finished his meal, he waited in the guest room. Unexpectedly, a guard came to report that a box containing important things was lost.

Thinking of what was in the box, Zhou Ru'an was so scared that his soul almost flew away, and he quickly ran over to check.

In the guest room, the maid reported twice, but no one responded.

"Shall we put the people in the room and wait outside?"

"Okay, she's been drugged anyway, it won't be easy for her to wake up!"

After the two maids put Shen Lanxi down, they immediately closed the door and left!

A ghostly black shadow fell from the roof.

Shen Lanxi, who was lying on the couch, suddenly opened her eyes.

After the black shadow handed a scroll to Shen Lanxi, he whispered, "All the stuff has been unloaded and is now in the dock warehouse!"

Shen Lanxi raised the corners of her mouth, her eyes like cold stars.

"Leave tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Ru'an was very careful along the way. He did not put the most important things on the boat or bring them into the princess's mansion. Instead, he placed them in the carriage he was riding in.

I never expected that something would happen.

When he arrived, he saw only a smashed carriage frame. The horse and everything in the carriage were all gone!

"Can you tell who did it?"

The guard judged: "It should be a common thief who stole property, otherwise there would be no such a big commotion!"

"Why don't you hurry up and catch him!" Zhou Ru'an was so anxious and furious.

"Yes!"

The guards rushed to look for him.

Zhou Ruan was so angry that he needed to vent. Thinking of the beauty in the room, he immediately turned around and rushed into the princess's mansion.

The beauty has wronged you today and is venting her anger on me!

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Seeing two maids guarding the door, Wang Xiangrong quietly went around to the other side and climbed in through the window.

Beauty, here I come!

Just as Wang Xiangrong fell to the ground, his legs went limp and he fell onto the couch. Shen Lanxi took out the sobering soup from the dinner, poured it all into his mouth, and then lit two love incense sticks in the corner.

Just jumped onto the roof and prepared to leave.

"Master, Wang Xiangyi is here!"

Wang Xiangyi tiptoed around the rockery and approached the window. Just as he opened the window a crack, his legs went weak and he fainted.

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