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

Zhou Lin's eyes were like being attracted by a magnet, fixed on the beads worn on Shen Chuning's slender white wrist.

The bead string was colorful, but upon closer inspection, there were no precious or rare gemstones in it, and each bead was very small in size, which seemed somewhat incompatible with her status and did not seem like the kind of jewelry she would choose to wear.

At this moment, the delicate and sensitive Shen Chuning had already keenly noticed Zhou Lin's burning gaze. She subconsciously smoothed her sleeves down gently, trying to cover the bead necklace.

Zhou Lin suddenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed Shen Chuning's wrist as fast as lightning.

Perhaps because he was too hasty and reckless, or perhaps it was fate, he accidentally broke the necklace!

In an instant, the round little beads seemed to lose their restraints and scattered all over the ground with a crackling sound, making a crisp and chaotic sound.

Zhou Lin's pupils suddenly shrank, and an indescribable shock and regret surged in his heart.

It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized - no wonder this necklace looked so ordinary, these beads were actually all the buttons on his sleeves.

"Aning..." Zhou Lin looked at the beads rolling all over the ground, his lips trembling slightly. He wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton and he couldn't make a clear and complete sound.

However, Shen Chuning just glanced at Zhou Lin, who was squatting on the ground with a panicked look, then let go of the thing in her hand without hesitation and turned around without looking back.

As she moved, the title deed in her hand slowly fell to the ground.

In this way, Shen Chuning walked towards the carriage parked not far away with firm steps.

Along the way, she kept an expressionless face and did not look away.

When she reached the carriage, she stopped, turned her head slightly, and whispered to Cuiwei, "Tell Ning Shutong to find an excuse to follow Zhou Lin, and don't tell him it was me who arranged it. He looks a little off, maybe his old illness has relapsed."

After she finished speaking, she stepped onto the carriage, and the curtain immediately fell, hiding her figure.

……

In the Nanzhao Imperial Palace.

Bai Yu casually handed over all the government affairs to Shen Huaizhong, Shen Qinghe and others, and went out to travel with Shen Qingyuan.

Not only that, he also adopted Shen Chengluo's second son as his adopted son and made him the crown prince.

On this day, Shen Chuning happily took the snacks carefully prepared by Cuiwei to the imperial study to visit her grandfather and father.

When she stepped into the room, she found the two men sighing solemnly over a pile of memorials.

"What's going on?" Shen Chuning asked curiously.

Shen Huaizhong sighed deeply and said slowly, "The Zhou family has rebelled!"

Upon hearing this news, Shen Chuning curled her lips in disdain and said dismissively, "Humph, with Xiao Yuanyi's style of doing things, it would be strange if the others didn't want to rebel! In my opinion, he won't last a few days."

"It lasted less than three days, and Dayong had already changed its master."

"But that's okay. Our Shen family and the Zhou family are related by marriage, so this incident shouldn't affect us."

Shen Huaizhong and Shen Qinghe exchanged a glance and said, "Next month, the new Crown Prince Zhou Lin of Dayong will visit Nanzhao to discuss a marriage alliance."

Shen Chuning couldn't help but laugh bitterly when she heard this, and murmured to herself, "Marriage is good, I wonder whose marriage you are here to discuss."

"you!"

(End of the article)