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

The next morning, it was still early and the morning light shone into the house through the window lattice.

The palace maid Taozhi tiptoed into the room and prepared to help Xiao Jinyu wash and dress.

After everything was tidied up, Xiao Jinyu nodded with satisfaction at herself in the bronze mirror.

At this time, Taozhi said softly, "Princess, the Sixth Young Master of the Shen family sat at the gate of our courtyard all night yesterday."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but frown slightly and asked doubtfully, "Did Young Master Shen Liu tell you what he was doing?"

Taozhi quickly replied, "Princess, Master Shen said that although the clothes have been taken away, he is worried that some of the fragrance may remain on you, so he has been guarding the door without leaving last night."

Xiao Jinyu pressed the issue, "Did Fifth Young Master Shen catch any suspicious individuals last night?"

Taozhi lowered her voice slightly and replied, "We caught him, but the Fifth Young Master has instructed that this matter should not be made public for the time being. I guess there are other follow-up matters to deal with."

Xiao Jinyu heard this and nodded slightly to show that she understood. Then she said, "In that case, go tell Young Master Shen Liu to go back and rest early."

Taozhi replied "yes" and turned to walk out the door.

However, before she had taken a few steps out of the room, she was suddenly stopped by Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu said slowly, "It's September now, the nights are getting darker, the dew is heavier, and the cold is getting stronger. How about this, Young Master Shen Liu, please come in and have a bowl of warm soup, and then have breakfast before leaving."

Taozhi was embarrassed when she heard this, and hesitantly advised: "Princess, it's against etiquette for you to dine alone with a man from another family..."

Xiao Jinyu tilted her head slightly, glanced at her sideways, and said unhappily, "Rules, rules. You have to follow the rules in the palace. And when you come to the princess's residence, with Madam Liu watching over you, you have to follow the rules too. Now that I can finally go out for some fresh air, you still keep talking about the word 'rules'."

Taozhi was a little overwhelmed by what she said. She opened her mouth several times before stammering, "Princess... this..."

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyu waved her hand and ordered directly: "Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense, go and invite the Sixth Young Master in."

Although Taozhi was reluctant, she did not dare to disobey the princess's order, so she turned around slowly and walked out of the yard.

When I got outside the yard, I saw Shen Chengliu sitting on the ground carelessly.

Taozhi walked forward and shouted unhappily, "Hey, the princess wants you to come in."

Hearing the sound, Shen Chengliu quickly stood up from the ground, patting the dust off his butt while saying, "Princess Jiahe, please tell me what you want. I'll just listen outside the courtyard."

When Taozhi heard this, she couldn't help but frown and said angrily, "Why did you go in right away when I told you to? Why are you still making trouble?"

Shen Chengliu made a bitter face, pounded his numb legs, and explained, "How dare I argue with the princess? I just sat for too long, and my legs are so numb that I can't even take a step."

Taozhi was stunned for a moment when she heard him say this, then she couldn't help but burst out laughing. She covered her mouth and said, "Then Sixth Young Master, please rest here for a while and wait until your legs are no longer numb before going in. The princess asked you to have dinner with her."

Shen Chengliu waved his hands like rattles, mumbling hurriedly, "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate! How could I barge into the princess's boudoir? It's totally unreasonable, it's totally unreasonable!"

Upon hearing this, Taozhi's beautiful eyes widened and she glared at Shen Chengliu fiercely, "How dare you! Are you still dreaming of breaking into my house? Breakfast is in the yard. After the Sixth Young Master has rested, come and have breakfast."

When Shen Chengliu heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly. While agreeing, he dragged his legs, which had just felt a little relieved but were still a little sore and weak, and took difficult steps, limping slowly towards the yard.

……

And just the day before, when Ning Shutong confirmed that Xiao Jinyu's clothes had indeed been secretly tampered with, the entire governor's office suddenly became nervous.

Not only were a lot more people added to the gatehouse that originally guarded the gate, but even the outside of the courtyard wall was filled with patrolmen.

At the same time, Shen Chengwu did not dare to take it lightly.

He deliberately found an empty yard and carefully selected a group of reliable and trusted men, ordering them to guard the house.

He himself, holding the piece of cloth cut from Xiao Jinyu's clothes, sat quietly at the door of the room, his eyes slightly closed, but in fact he was concentrating on paying attention to the movements around him.

Finally, just as the third watch arrived, a slight sound of footsteps suddenly reached Shen Chengwu's sensitive ears.

However, what surprised Shen Chengwu was that a stranger broke into the mansion, but the guards outside the door were unaware of it.

He couldn't help but feel puzzled and wondered secretly: Could it be that this person possessed extraordinary martial arts skills that allowed him to sneak in so quietly?

Thinking of this, he hid in the dark and threw a round bead towards the man's knee.

Then, the mysterious man stumbled unexpectedly and fell to his knees.

Seeing this scene, Shen Chengwu already understood in his heart that this person did not know any martial arts.

After confirming, he flashed out like a ghost, pounced on the mysterious man at lightning speed, and easily subdued him to the ground.

Afterwards, Shen Chengwu carefully searched along the clues that the other party had used to enter the mansion, and finally successfully discovered a deeply hidden secret passage.

The servants tried their best to interrogate this person, but no matter how they threatened or tempted him, he always gritted his teeth and refused to reveal his true identity.

Just when Shen Chengwu was planning to wait until Shen Chuning's coming-of-age ceremony to deal with the matter, Wang Haiquan couldn't hold back anymore and came to the door.

When Shen Chengwu saw Wang Haiquan for the first time, he immediately concluded by intuition that the intruder was the son he mentioned.

In fact, Shen Chengwu did not intend to take action against Wang Hongchang so quickly at the beginning.

However, Wang Haiquan acted too rashly and impulsively, so the current situation cannot be blamed on others.

Wang Haiquan was hurriedly called back home by his followers. As soon as he stepped into the room, he saw his son lying straight on the cold ground, his body full of blood holes. Blood was continuously gushing out of the wounds, staining a large area of the ground red.

What was even more horrifying was that the blood flowing from Wang Hongchang's body was still warm.

"Where's the doctor? Where's the doctor?" he cried.

When he heard the silence in the room, he realized that there were several doctors standing nearby with medicine boxes on their backs.

If they stood aside, it would mean that Wang Hongchang was doomed.

When Wang Haiquan saw this scene, he felt dizzy and his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground in an instant.

"Shen Qinghe! Shen Chengwu!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.