Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"You're using pine wood to pave the floor. Do you think the fire at home isn't burning fast enough?" Shen Chuning's tone was full of disgust.

After hearing this, Wang Haiquan's anger suddenly rose like a raging fire.

He could no longer suppress his inner emotions, and raised his still-movable hand, ruthlessly and furiously slapping Wang Hongwen.

The crisp and loud sound of the slap echoed in the air like thunder, lingering for a long time.

A bright red and clear slap mark suddenly appeared on Wang Hongwen's face, which was not fair to begin with. The pain was like a needle piercing his cheek, causing a burning pain.

He subconsciously covered his face with his hands, tears welling up in his eyes, looking like they would burst out at any moment.

He stammered, his voice trembling as he spoke, "Dad, the fire wouldn't have gotten this big originally. It's all her fault. She made me empty the water from the Taiping jar and filled up all the pools. When the fire started, there was no water to put it out, so the fire couldn't be controlled..."

In fact, Wang Haiquan knew that Wang Hongwen had ordered people to fill the pond.

Wang Hongwen told him at the beginning that Shen Chuning didn't like too many mosquitoes in the pond, so she filled it up.

At that time, Wang Haiquan was secretly happy that his son and Miss Shen could have further development, but now when he thinks back on it, he just feels that he was extremely stupid and Shen Chuning was simply a jinx.

At this time, several men from the Shen family stood in front of Shen Chuning like a solid wall.

Zhou Lin spoke to Wang Haiquan word by word, "Master Wang, you can't control your hands, so I can help you. It seems that my son can't control himself either. I wonder if I can help you."

Zhou Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light as he spoke slowly, his eyes looking as if he was looking at a lifeless corpse. He looked fiercely at the embarrassed Wang Hongwen.

He had been to the battlefield before, so once he released that fierce look, no one would doubt that he was just talking nonsense.

Wang Haiquan kicked Wang Hongwen mercilessly, with such force that it seemed as if he was going to kick Wang Hongwen several feet away.

Wang Hongwen immediately fell to the ground like mud, but he still stubbornly shouted: "Dad, it was clearly her who asked me to empty the water."

"Ha!" Shen Chuning let out a crisp and cold laugh, filled with disdain and contempt. "You made a mistake yourself, yet you insist on dragging others to take the blame for you. When did I ever tell you to empty the peace tank?"

"That day...that day, you got a few red bites on your wrist from mosquitoes, and you said it was because the lake and pond in our mansion were too vast, which was why there were so many mosquitoes..."

When Wang Hongwen said this, his throat suddenly seemed to be stuck and his words stopped abruptly.

That day, Shen Chuning had indeed just casually complained about the large number of mosquitoes, which was why she didn't like coming to the West Courtyard. She had never mentioned how to deal with these so-called problems.

It was he who anxiously invited Shen Chuning to come and appreciate the flowers, so he couldn't wait to order people to fill the pond quickly and pour out the water in the tank.

"Why don't you say anything? I said that stagnant water is prone to breeding mosquitoes. What's wrong with that?" Shen Chuning asked with a hint of displeasure in her eyes.

"But you clearly hinted that I should deal with these mosquitoes." Wang Hongwen stiffened his neck and argued unreasonably.

Wang Hongwen had barely uttered a word when Shen Chuning ruthlessly interrupted him. "If you're stupid, study harder instead of hanging around outside all day, causing such embarrassing situations. You've gone to all that trouble to fill up a perfectly good pond when you can just sprinkle a few packets of insect repellent in the water. What's the matter? If a mosquito crawled over your father's head, would you chop his head off?"

After hearing what Shen Chuning said, Shen Chengliu and Shen Chengbai could no longer hold back and burst out laughing. The laughter was crisp and pleasant, as if it was a mockery of Wang Hongwen.

Wang Hongwen's face turned red instantly, like a ripe apple. He racked his brains but could not find any words to refute.

At this moment, Wang Haiquan felt that his son was becoming more and more embarrassing, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

At the same time, he couldn't help but blame Huang in his heart. She was born in a prime minister's family, but she taught her son to be so stupid.

Yun Shuxuan took Shen Chuning to sit in the carriage. She lifted the curtain and said to Wang Haiquan, "Master Wang, if you want to teach the child a lesson, go home and teach him a lesson. Don't delay our departure time."

Wang Haiquan's eyes wandered between Shen Qinghe and Zhou Lin for a moment, his heart full of helplessness and entanglement.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and spit out a few words fiercely: "Release him."

Following Wang Haiquan's order, the yamen runners who had been on edge breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been pardoned.

They ran to both sides with a sense of relief, their movements quick and orderly, and soon they made way for a wide and flat passage that was wide enough for a carriage to pass through.

Every yamen runner ran very fast, as if there was wind under his feet, for fear that if he was a step slower, he would be retaliated by the people from the Shen family.

At this time, Shen Chuning, sitting in the carriage, looked out the window quietly. The once prosperous and bustling west courtyard of the Governor's Yamen had now become a messy ruin.

The broken walls, charred wood and ashes on the ground all tell of the sudden disaster.

A trace of guilt and sadness flashed in her eyes, and she asked softly, "Mom, do you think An Ning did something wrong?"

Yun Shuxuan held her hand tightly, his eyes filled with heartache and comfort. "Silly child, what did you do wrong? You didn't order the kerosene plank to be moved there, and you didn't empty the water tank either."

Shen Chuning lowered her head and said sullenly, "But I was the one who arranged those shops selling kerosene and pine wood. I thought as long as they moved out, who knew..."

Her voice gradually faded and tears glistened in her eyes.

She never imagined that innocent people would lose their lives in the fire.

"Aning, I don't blame you. All of these were chosen by Wang Hongwen himself. If he hadn't been so greedy and bought so much kerosene, and if he hadn't been so anxious to please you and bought so much pine wood, so many things wouldn't have happened." Yun Shuxuan comforted Shen Chuning.

Seeing that Shen Chuning was still unhappy, she asked, "Do you still remember Aunt Xue from the third room?"