After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

"Master, but you said this is the last time!" Jinzhi looked at Shen Yunjin.

Because Xiao Minshen had been in the palace for ten days, no news had been delivered.

Ning Ruyan was also a little anxious and decided to go into the palace to find out what was going on.

As soon as Ning Ruyan's carriage left the palace, Shen Yunjin climbed up the wall in the northwest corner.

Why climb over the wall? Because, although Ning Ruyan entered the palace, she had issued an order that no one was allowed to leave the palace.

With Yuzhi's help, Shen Yunjin soon met Wang Zhaozhao who was waiting outside.

"Wow, Jin'er, how did you get out? I sent a letter to the palace, but it was returned."

Wang Zhaozhao was very surprised and held her best friend’s hand.

"You won't believe me if I tell you this, but I climbed over the wall to get out!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhaozhao was extremely surprised, "What did you say? You climbed over the wall to get out?"

She could hardly believe her ears. Shen Yunjin had always been a very cautious person. It seemed that only she would do such a rebellious act as climbing over the wall.

"Yes, I learned it from you. Isn't there an old saying that goes, 'He who keeps company with vermilion becomes red, and he who keeps company with ink becomes black! '" Shen Yunjin smiled.

"How could I!" Wang Zhaozhao was unconvinced and reached out to start tickling Shen Yunjin's armpits.

"Hahaha, hahaha, stop scratching, it's itchy!"

Shen Yunjin twisted and turned to resist Wang Zhaozhao's clutches.

After a while, the carriage arrived at East Street.

The carriage stopped in front of a shop, and Yuzhi handed the cone hat to Shen Yunjin and Wang Zhaozhao.

The two of them walked down and looked around. The name of the shop was "Zhenxiutang".

It has a good name, and it is located on the busy street of East Street, but it went bankrupt. It's really fate.

This shop has two floors. On the right side of the entrance is the counter, and inside is the hall and kitchen. There is a large round table in the hall.

The second floor has small private rooms, which are elegantly decorated, with calligraphy and paintings hanging in each room.

"Chunhua has already come to see the kitchen. She has written down all her ideas on how to arrange it on this piece of paper."

Wang Zhaozhao handed Shen Yunjin a piece of paper, but Shen Yunjin didn't even look at it and put it directly into his sleeve pocket.

After walking around for a while, the two arrived at the gate.

Shen Yunjin looked at the shop opposite with interest.

Coincidentally, the shop opposite is Jiuweifang Restaurant.

Now she understood why this restaurant went bankrupt.

At this moment, it is not yet time for lunch, but the lobby of the Jiuweifang Restaurant opposite is already full of people.

The sounds of the waiter greeting, the customers talking, and the shopkeeper ordering dishes came one after another.

"Jiuweifang is doing so well, and we are right across the street, is that a problem? How about I talk to my mother and ask us to move to another place?"

Wang Zhaozhao looked at Jiuweifang, which was doing a booming business across the street, and began to back off.

"You know what? The restaurant across the street was supposed to be my dowry, but my stepmother insisted on leaving it to Shen Yunchu."

Shen Yunjin looked at Jiuweifang across the street with a determined look in his eyes.

Wang Zhaozhao held Shen Yunjin's hand and said, "Let's open the ceremony here. I'll accompany you to get the dowry back!"

Listening to her best friend Yiqi Yuntian's words, Shen Yunjin smiled, "Okay, let's take it back!"

After visiting the restaurant, Yuzhi urged Shen Yunjin to return home quickly.

Wang Zhaozhao did not delay and ordered the carriage to speed up to take Shen Yunjin and the others back home.

Shen Yunjin and his servant hurried to the back door and found that the ladder standing by the wall was gone!

"I clearly remember it was leaning right here. How come it's gone?"

Yuzhi was so anxious that she was running around in circles. Without a ladder, how could they climb back up?

Shen Yunjin took a closer look and found several messy footprints on the ground.

"The ladder must have been moved away."

"Who would have nothing to do to steal a ladder? It's not worth much money." Yuzhi didn't react.

"It may not be done by an outsider. It may also be done by someone in the mansion." Shen Yunjin analyzed calmly.

"What should we do now? We can't go back?" Yuzhi panicked.

"Let's go. We have no choice but to go back through the main gate."

Shen Yunjin, who had figured out the key point, realized that he could not escape this hurdle today.

"Master, no!" Yuzhi exclaimed.

"Concubine Shen, where are you going?" Nanny Zhao came over with a few burly maids.

Oh no, now I have no choice but to go through the main entrance!

Nanny Zhao brought the two of them to Qixia Garden, only to see Ning Ruyan, who was supposed to enter the palace, sitting at the top.

Sitting at the lower level were Lady An, who was supposed to be recuperating in bed, and Lady Shu.

Seeing this situation, Shen Yunjin knew that he had fallen into a trap set by several people.

"Concubine Shen, kneel down! Do you admit your crime?" Ning Ruyan said sternly as soon as she saw Shen Yunjin.

Lady An looked at Shen Yunjin with hatred.

Shen Yunjin walked into the room and knelt down, "I know I was wrong!"

A straightforward answer stopped Ning Ruyan from saying the rest of the words.

"Since you admit your mistake, Aunt Zhao!"

"Concubine Shen did not abide by the house rules and left the house without permission. She will be punished with 20 strokes of the cane as an example to others!"

"Master!" Yuzhi went forward to protect Shen Yunjin and prevented Nanny Zhao from taking her away.

"By the way, this slave girl will also be punished with twenty strokes of the cane."

"Wait!" Lady Shu on the side suddenly spoke.

"Sister, are you going to plead for her?" Lady An looked at Lady Shu in disbelief.

Lady Shu walked to the middle and knelt down, "Princess, my servant saw Concubine Shen climb over the wall very skillfully. Does this mean that this is not the first time for Concubine Shen?"

"Princess, you clearly issued an order not to allow anyone to leave the house, but Concubine Shen insisted on leaving the house. Is there any reason why she must leave?"

"The prince is not in the palace. You are the head of the family. You can't let some people cheat on the prince without knowing it!"

Shen Yunjin understood that he had fallen into the hands of Lady Shu.

It seemed that she had already arranged people to keep an eye on her every move.

And Ning Ruyan enjoyed watching them fighting each other.

After listening to what Lady Shu said, Ning Ruyan nodded in agreement.

"It was my fault that I left the palace without permission. I will let the princess punish me. However, I definitely did not cheat on the prince. Even if you kill me, I will never admit it!"

"Then beat this maid first, until she confesses where her master went, what she did, and who she met."

With a wave of her hand, Nanny Zhao gathered several maids and covered Yuzhi's mouth and dragged her out.

Shen Yunjin looked at Yuzhi's pleading eyes and began to regret not listening to Jinzhi.

She thought that as long as she was careful, nothing would go wrong.

She still ignored the woman's desire for revenge.

In her previous life, she only dealt with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and it was nothing more than some trivial family matters.

In this life, she entered the palace and gained some favor from Xiao Minshen. She thought too simply about human nature.

All she wanted was to work hard to make money, protect the people she cared about, and live happily.

But she forgot that in this life, she was in the royal family where she could take people's lives at will!