Before Shen Qingyan and Helan Huayin reached Shen Zhidie's yard, Qin Fenglan's servants came to greet them.

"Princess, you are finally here. Please go and take a look. Madam can't stand it any longer."

Shen Qingyan glanced at the anxious maid and said nonchalantly, "Your wife can't handle it, what does it have to do with me? Besides, she is not the head of the family now, so why should she worry about it?"

The maid was choked, but still smiled and said, "What the princess said is true. It's just that the third lady has been in charge of the family for a short time and is not sure about the affairs of the mansion, so she is anxious to invite the princess to come."

Good guy, in just a few words, he pushed the whole thing onto Min Shu.

Shen Qingyan saw through it but didn't say anything, and was too lazy to care.

She deliberately slowed down her pace, admiring the untrimmed branches along the way, the weeds that had not been cleaned up, and the few carp left in the pond.

The maidservant felt anxious when she saw that she was walking leisurely, as if she was on a sightseeing trip, but she did not dare to urge her.

Helan Huayin, who was standing by, quickly understood her intention and slowed down his pace as well. He looked around and asked the maid from time to time what kind of tree or flower it was.

Just when the maid was so anxious that smoke was about to come out of her head, she finally arrived at Shen Zhidie's yard.

The yard was full of people, including Qin Fenglan, Feng Huirou and Min Shu. In addition, there were many guards from the mansion, each pointing a sword at a woman with disheveled hair.

The woman was haggard and thin, with a short knife in her hand gleaming with a faint cold light, placed on Shen Zhidie's neck.

Shen Zhidie's wounds had not healed yet, so Shen Yunjiao had the opportunity to take advantage of her. Now she was pinned to the ground and held hostage by Shen Yunjiao, with blood oozing from her back.

Feng Huirou was anxious and distressed, tears streaming down her face, but she did not dare to act rashly.

Shen Qingyan's arrival gave her hope.

"Princess, please save Die'er, she is innocent!"

Shen Qingyan dodged her hand without leaving a trace. She had not forgotten how Feng Huirou stood by and watched when her mother was maliciously framed by Qin Fenglan.

"Second Aunt wants to save Shen Zhidie. It couldn't be simpler."

Feng Huirou immediately asked anxiously: "What method?"

Shen Qingyan raised her chin and said to Shen Yunjiao: "Notify the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice and tell them that Shen Yunjiao has escaped from prison."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Fenglan screamed, "No! Absolutely not!"

Shen Qingyan looked relaxed and asked indifferently: "Why not?"

Before Qin Fenglan could speak, Shen Yunjiao shouted hoarsely, "Because I was wronged. I was used by the bitch Shen Zhidie. She found someone to deliberately leak the news of gunpowder to me and designed someone to sell the gunpowder to me. Chunhua is also hers!"

Shen Zhidie was held down on the back of her neck by her, feeling suffocated and in pain, her eyes almost rolled up to the sky, but she was powerless to struggle, let alone refute.

Feng Huirou's face turned paler as she listened, and she immediately retorted.

"No, it's impossible, Dier would never do such a thing!"

"How is it impossible?!" Qin Fenglan's voice was sharp and piercing. She knew that no matter whether this matter was true or not, it was the only hope for Shen Yunjiao to get away with the crime. "Yunjiao is just a girl who never leaves her house. How could she know about gunpowder? Shen Zhidie behaves eccentrically and likes to join in the fun. She must have been the one who led Yunjiao into the gunpowder incident!"

Feng Huirou was used to being cautious and prudent. Faced with Qin Fenglan's slander, she couldn't even utter a useful rebuttal and could only emphasize loudly.

"Die'er wouldn't do that. She just has a quirky personality, but she doesn't have a bad heart..."

This gave Qin Fenglan an opportunity to seize the opportunity, and she quickly interrupted her.

"If a person's personality is too erratic, then he or she may be vicious and have evil intentions!"

Feng Huirou was shaking with anger, and her momentum was becoming more and more suppressed.

"You bullshit!"

Shen Zhidie was gasping for breath. Although she couldn't speak, her ears were not deaf. After hearing her mother's cowardly and weak words, she was so angry that she almost passed out.

Shen Qingyan sat calmly on the chair, Helan Huayin sat opposite her, both of them had tea cups and pastries at their hands, one drank tea calmly, the other ate pastries expressionlessly, as if the farce here was just a play they were performing.

Qin Fenglan snorted heavily and suddenly turned to look at Shen Qingyan.

"Qingyan, how do you think this matter should be handled? Yunjiao did make a mistake and offended you before, but she was also framed..."

Shen Qingyan smiled mockingly and finally kicked the ball over.

"The Second Madam has been in charge for such a long time. Now that she has lost her power, she doesn't know the rules anymore. I'm a married outsider, what does this have to do with me?"

Qin Fenglan was choked and looked extremely ugly.

You said it's none of your business, so why are you here? Are you here to watch the fun?

"Qingyan, Yunjiao is your sister after all. Although you married out, you have never severed your relationship with the mansion. She is still your relative..."

Helan Huayin suddenly spoke up, interrupting her.

"Princess, your stepmother really opened my eyes. She even wanted you to sever ties with the mansion through her words and deeds."

Shen Qingyan pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said sadly, "I was just stupid and didn't understand the hidden meaning of Second Madam's words. If that's the case, then I will sever my relationship with the mansion. They are no longer my relatives, right?"

Helan Huayin immediately took over the conversation, "They all want to harm you, such relatives are worse than pigs and dogs, what's the use of them?"

Shen Qingyan nodded, "That's right."

The way the two of them sang in unison almost made Qin Fenglan angry.

But she couldn't afford to offend Shen Qingyan and Helan Huayin openly, so she could only keep a low profile as much as possible.

"Qingyan, that's not what I meant..."

"Then what do you mean?" Helan Huayin became Shen Qingyan's mouthpiece, angrily retorting, "A stepmother is a stepmother. For the sake of her own biological daughter, she doesn't hesitate to harm other people's daughters. You are the mistress of the house, and you think the Prime Minister's Mansion is gone. Now you come to ask for help, but it's obvious that you want others to take the blame. If you talk about viciousness, you are the best in the entire Kyushu Continent, and no one dares to claim second place. You must have practiced for a long time to be so thick-skinned, right? I really want to find a red-hot iron to burn your face to see which is more powerful, or your thick skin!"

Helan Huayin's heart was filled with hatred at the moment. She disliked everyone, especially the people in the Shen residence. Moreover, she didn't care about her life or death, so she didn't care at all whether she would offend anyone.

Qin Fenglan's expression was as interesting as it could be, her face turned purple as liver, but she couldn't do anything to Helan Huayin, so she could only use some empty rules to reason with him.

"Princess Huayin, this is a family affair of our Prime Minister's Mansion and has nothing to do with you or the Zhanri Kingdom."

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