Full level Black Heart Lotus, reborn to bully scumbags every day!

Hearing this, Hongying's eyes went dark, and she subconsciously thought of the maid who was beaten to death that day.

Shen Shuyi said calmly: "Hongying, this item belongs to Princess Ning. I just copied the scripture for her. Why don't you tell the truth?"

Hongying trembled like a sieve: "I...I don't know..."

Princess Guining obviously didn't have much patience. She sneered and raised her hand to straighten the slightly crooked hairpin: "I thought it was a big deal, but it turns out it's just a blind slave!"

The nanny at the side echoed, "That's right, this servant who dares to betray her master should be sentenced to death for disturbing the princess's sweet dream!"

Hongying was very frightened. She never expected that the thing did not belong to Shen Shuyi, but to Princess Guining!

"Princess, please spare me! Princess, please spare me!!!"

Hongying knelt on the ground and kowtowed hard.

"Drag him away and beat him to death!" Princess Guining frowned and spoke impatiently.

"Princess, please spare me! Princess, please spare me! It was the Second Miss...it was the Second Miss who framed me! It was the Second Miss who hid the things under the tree and lured me to steal them!!!"

Hongying was so frightened that there was a hint of crying in her voice.

Yu Ping said bluntly: "What nonsense! If you are not possessed by evil spirits, who can force you to do it?"

Princess Guining was annoyed by the noise: "Drag her away."

The guards immediately stepped forward, one of them covered Hongying's mouth and tried to drag her away.

Shen Shuyi took a step forward and said in a gentle voice: "Princess, please calm down and listen to what I have to say."

Princess Guining raised her eyes and glanced at Shen Shuyi, sneering: "What? You want to plead for her? Considering your merits, I didn't punish you for negligence in custody, but you still dare to bump into me?"

Shen Shuyi looked calm, neither humble nor arrogant: "I heard that the princess wanted to present this item to the Queen Mother as a birthday gift. If the pagoda is not presented yet and it is contaminated with karma and human lives, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will not like it."

Princess Guining had never thought about this, and she frowned at the moment.

Hongying's eyes were filled with tears. She probably didn't expect Shen Shuyi to plead for her. She struggled to defend herself.

Princess Guining said coldly: "If that's the case, then I'll slap him a hundred times to serve as a warning to others!"

"Yes."

In an instant, Hongying collapsed into a puddle of mud, but at least her life was saved...

The guard did not hesitate and raised his hand in front of everyone, and slapped Hongying heavily in the face one after another.

The crisp sound of "Snap!" was particularly clear in the silent yard.

After a while, Hongying spat out a mouthful of blood, her cheeks were also red and purple, and she kept muttering: "Princess, please spare me! Princess, please spare me...I know I was wrong...I know I was wrong!"

Princess Guining's eyes fell on the thin Shen Shuyi in front of her, and she said in a calm voice, "Are you the daughter of the Shen family who can write Jade Tendon Seal?"

"Your servant Shen Shuyi pays respect to the princess."

After finding the pagoda, Princess Guining's anger subsided a little, and she asked in a cold voice, "How is the copying of the Ksitigarbha Sutra going?"

Shen Shuyi turned to look at Yuping: "Bring the copied scriptures here."

"Yes."

Yuping quickly turned around and went back to the room. After a while, she held a scripture in both hands and carefully presented it to Princess Guining.

After glancing at Shen Shuyi, the woman with her bright red nail polish took the Buddhist scripture and looked at it carefully.

After a while, Princess Guining smiled: "Yes, Minister Shen gave birth to a good daughter."

Shen Shuyi said respectfully: "It is my honor to serve the princess."

Princess Guining took a look at Shen Shuyi, who was wearing old, faded clothes, and sneered, "Has Minister Shen become so poor now? Reward!"

"Thank you, Princess." Shen Shuyi knelt down to express his gratitude.

Princess Guining didn't look at her again. She left contentedly and gracefully. The guards also retreated like the tide.

*

After Hongying slapped him a hundred times, her cheeks were swollen and she was completely unconscious. There were bloodstains all over the ground.

Zhiyuan glanced at the unconscious Hongying and vaguely felt that the development of things was somewhat beyond his expectations, but fortunately, the guards searched quickly enough and failed to find anything in his room.

Zhiyuan escaped the disaster and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, when he thought of Shen Shuyi's cold and calm eyes, he inexplicably felt a sense of fear.

Yuping was naturally happy that Shen Shuyi received the reward, but when she saw Hongying's miserable appearance, she felt complicated.

Shen Shuyi asked gently, "Are you soft-hearted?"

Yuping shook her head, unable to express her feelings: "I just feel that...she didn't have to do this..."

Shen Shuyi's almond eyes were cold and distant: "Everyone must be responsible for their own choices."

She is, and so is Hongying.

Yuping was a girl who had never seen the evil in people's hearts, and Shen Shuyi didn't want her to become like him, so he said, "Keep the silver, and take it back to the city to exchange for some small change, and the rest for banknotes."

Yu Ping responded: "I will go right away."

Shen Shuyi stopped her and said, "Don't worry, this little money is not enough. First, calculate how much Hongying has taken from me in the past few years and how much it is worth."

Yu Ping was stunned for a few seconds, then remembered it in her heart: "Yes."

*

As night fell, the sky became completely dark and the Buddhist temple returned to peace.

Shen Shuyi asked Yuping to buy some food and medicine for external injuries, and went to visit Hongying under the cover of night.

Hongying had woken up by now, but she was lying on the bed with a dull look in her eyes.

Hearing the noise, she was startled instinctively and looked over with a horrified expression.

Seeing that it was Shen Shuyi and Yuping, Hongying's tears rolled down again. She staggered up from the bed and knelt on the ground: "Second Miss, I know I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I will never dare to take your things again!"

Hongying spoke with difficulty, and every time she moved her mouth, she felt a burning pain.

Shen Shuyi looked at her with his almond-shaped eyes and said in a deep voice: "These are not important. What is important is that although I pleaded with Princess Guining today and saved your life, you know the Princess's temper very well. There is no guarantee that she will not come after you later."

Upon hearing this, Hongying began to shake uncontrollably again. She grabbed the hem of Shen Shuyi's skirt and kowtowed violently again.

What she didn't say that day was that she had found out that Princess Guining was not only cruel and ruthless, but she would also pull out people's nails one by one and dismember them if she made her unhappy!

"Please save me! Second Miss, please save me, save me! You are a great man who does not bear grudges. If you save my life, I will repay you by working like a slave in the future!"

Hongying was obviously frightened, but Shen Shuyi had asked her to find out what Princess Guining was doing just for this moment.

Shen Shuyi helped her up: "We have no hatred against each other, I certainly can't bear to see you lose your life."

Hongying's face, so swollen that it was unrecognizable, showed a hint of hope.

Shen Shuyi lowered his eyes, hiding the coldness in his eyes, and sighed: "But you also know that everything needs to be taken care of. Although I want to save you, I really have no power."