Reborn Young Lady's Peerless Grace

Su's expression changed when she heard this: "You mean Qing'er? She is treated like a treasure by the General's Mansion!"

Nanny Zhu sighed, looking at Shen Wanru in front of her, and told her everything that had happened during this period, including Shen Wanqing's matter and Su's illness.

Shen Wanru hadn't expected that this sister, whom she had looked down upon before, would now live in a state beyond her reach. She was shocked for a moment. She gulped down a cup of tea to calm her inner turmoil. "Mother, I always underestimated my fourth sister. She's always had her own ideas!"

After Su calmed down, she decided: "Now that you are back, you will come back to the Duke's Mansion with me. Even if the court wants to punish you in the future, Shen Yunlan will go and ask for justice!"

Su has always been smart, but she becomes confused when it comes to Shen Wanru.

And next to them, Shen Wanqing listened to all this quietly.

Shen Wanru also looked at Su. She asked the maid to find out that Shen Wanqing had gone out yesterday.

"Something happened at the racecourse yesterday. I heard some young ladies were attacked by assassins while racing," Su said calmly. She didn't seem anxious at all when she mentioned Shen Wanqing. "Shen Wanqing didn't come back all night, and there was no news until I left today. It's been a whole night. Even if she's not dead and was rescued alive, her innocence is definitely gone."

"What a disgrace! How dare she return to the Duke's Mansion? If she has lost her innocence, she should be hanged with a white silk." Shen Wanru sneered: "She has suffered this, it is retribution."

Su nodded, and then thought that if Shen Wanru was not obstructed, could she return to the Hou Mansion?

The two were truly confused, but Nanny Zhu was still quite clear-headed and immediately advised, "Even if the Fourth Young Lady couldn't stop her, so many people know that the Eldest Young Lady went to guard the Imperial Mausoleum. If she suddenly returns to the mansion, how will we explain it if word gets to the palace?"

"As a daughter, I miss my mother. Can't I go back to visit her?" Su frowned. "Just say I'm seriously ill and won't live for many days. I want to see my daughter before I die. It's me, the wife of the Hou Mansion, who asked her to come back."

"Wouldn't that put the entire Hou Mansion in the spotlight?"

"this....."

Hearing this, Su hesitated. Although she wanted to take Shen Wanru back to Hou Mansion, she could not gamble with the lives of hundreds of people in the entire Hou Mansion.

Shen Wanru said nonchalantly, "We can discuss this matter later. Du Zhijie has always regarded Shen Wanqing as his treasure. Now that she's missing, if something bad happens to her, I think she'll be disliked by General Du. Then she'll lose the support of the General's Mansion. As long as our Mansion shows sincerity, I think General Du and the Second Prince are not unreasonable people."

"Then what should we do if the young lady returns safely? If she turns the tables and says that you came back secretly, wouldn't that be terrible?" Nanny Zhu rarely analyzed the matter carefully, hoping to persuade Shen Wanru to think about the entire Hou Mansion.

"Hmph, she's been missing for a day and a night, so she probably won't come back." Shen Wanru snorted coldly, "If she's really that lucky and can escape safely after encountering the assassin, then it's fine. Anyway, we can just say that she was defiled and committed suicide because she couldn't bear the loss of her virginity. No one can say anything."

As long as Ru'er could return to her side, Su Shi had no objection, and even said maliciously: "She died like this, and still got the reputation of a heroine, which is a bargain for her."

Shen Wanru thought again, yes, death would be so easy. If he caught Shen Wanqing, he should take her to the imperial mausoleum and let her experience what it felt like to fall from the clouds back to the earth. He should let her suffer torture in the imperial mausoleum.

Nanny Zhu looked at the Madam and Shen Wanru like this, and thought that if Shen Wanqing really met with an accident, she couldn't help but feel a little reluctant, after all, she had lived a hard life since she was a child.

Shen Wanru was very happy in her heart. As long as she could trample these noble people into the ground, she would feel indescribable satisfaction in her heart.

Without Shen Wanqing, it would be more convenient for her to act in the future. She could return to the Marquis' Mansion and slowly plan the prince's return to the Eastern Palace.

In the next room, Shen Wanqing listened to these words and couldn't help but feel hatred in her heart.

But at the same time, she must hide herself and find a way to contact someone to save her. In this situation, if Shen Wanru finds out that she is nearby, she might be plotted to be killed by them.

Thinking of this, Shen Wanqing felt pathetic and ridiculous for Shen Wanru. She had been treated as a useless chess piece by the prince, but she was still thinking about returning to the Marquis' Mansion and being the eldest lady again. Did she really want to take all the good things?

On the other side, Du Zhijie's men had found Zhao Yurou who was abandoned in the wild.

The people accompanying her immediately went to check her breath and found that Zhao Yurou was still alive, but still in a coma, so they shook her awake.

Zhao Yurou opened her confused eyes, and when she remembered that she was tied up, her body trembled slightly reflexively.

It was not until she saw that the person in front of her was Du Zhijie that she immediately realized that she had been rescued. Tears streamed down her face and she cried breathlessly, obviously terrified.

Du Zhijie frowned and asked, "Ms. Zhao, please stop crying. Do you know where Shen Wanqing is?"

Zhao Yurou shook her head. She thought about what happened and only remembered that she woke up once after being caught, but was knocked unconscious again soon after.

Now she felt sore all over, and the back of her neck was numb and painful.

"Then Miss Zhao, did you see who arrested you? Did they say anything, including where they would take you?" Du Zhijie asked anxiously.

An entire night had passed, and he couldn't even imagine what Shen Wanqing would encounter.

But Zhao Yurou still shook her head in confusion: "Those people are all wearing black clothes and masks. I can't tell who they are, but their accents don't sound like they're from Kyoto."

Du Zhijie couldn't help but exert force on the hand holding the hilt of the sword. The veins on the back of his hand bulged, and the expression on his face was cold and a little scary. The huge sense of oppression made everyone dare not breathe, and they all lowered their heads to reduce their presence.

Qing'er, where are you?

Du Zhijie looked around anxiously and saw a temple not far away.

"Send two people to escort the princess back, one team to continue searching the surrounding area, and another team to follow me to the temple to inquire about the situation. If you find any traces, come to the temple to find me immediately!"

Although he was anxious, he still gave the order rationally and coldly.

After saying that, he led his men to the temple first. But Zhao Yurou insisted at this time that she would follow Du Zhijie to the temple no matter what.

The journey back was long, and with only two people assigned to protect her, what if she ran into those men in black and got kidnapped? If she stayed with General Du, no one would dare to cause trouble. The safest strategy would be to have the guards return to Kyoto to notify them and bring more people to pick her up.