After Princess Xuanxue came down from the mountain, the whole capital was in chaos.

Chapter 17 How vengeful Shenxun is

Qingyun Tower.

Jiang Juncai was awakened by the sound of something crunching on wood, and he felt his bed shaking.

He opened his eyes and felt carefully, and found that creaking sounds were coming from all directions, and the bed frame under him was shaking more obviously.

He suddenly saw a mouse scurrying over his quilt. He followed the mouse with his eyes and found that the mouse was gnawing on the wood at the end of the bed. The mouse even bared its teeth at him in a arrogant manner and made a "squeak" sound. The cry.

This was incredible, and he found that there were seven or eight huge mice gnawing at the wood at the end of the bed, and there were also many ants of various kinds, black ants, red ants, and white ants, densely gnawing at the wood.

Not only was the bed where he slept, the low table by the bedside and the footstool beside the bed were covered with mice and ants.

His scalp instantly felt numb. Where did so many rats and ants come from? !

He ran away from the bed reflexively, and when he was taking the clothes off the hanger, two red-haired mice came out of the sleeves, crawled along his arms to his shoulders, and jumped down from his shoulders along his back.

Jiang Juncai jumped up and found that there were ants everywhere on the wooden floor, and there was nowhere to put his feet.

"Bang!" The clothes hanger was gnawed to pieces and collapsed, and his clothes fell to the ground. Only then did he realize that his clothes had also been gnawed by rats with several big holes, making them unwearable at all.

He looked around and saw that the closet door was shaking, and the next second it separated from the closet and fell to the ground.

Looking at the ancient shelf again, one of the legs was bitten and missing part of it. The ancient shelf slowly tilted, and the porcelain and books on it slipped from it and fell to the ground, making various noises.

Jiang Juncai felt that his soul was trembling.

He was so shocked by the sight before him that he even forgot to call someone.

Falling from a high altitude with a "squeak", Jiang Jun felt something hit his head. When he touched it with his hand, it turned out to be a half-sized mouse making faces at him.

He looked up and saw that the rafters were densely covered with rats. The rats were gnawing happily, as if they were having a carnival party!

Jiang Jun has lived for more than twenty years and has never seen so many rats and ants. What happened tonight undoubtedly refreshed his understanding. It turns out that there can be so many rats and ants in the world.

He jumped out of the house, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Rat--"

After he ran out a few steps, there was a huge noise behind him, "Bang, clatter -"

He froze there, slowly turned around, and found that the entire Qingyun Tower had collapsed.

If he came out a little later, the consequences would be disastrous.

The huge noise and the filling dust woke up many people and drew everyone's attention from Plum Blossom Pavilion to Qingyun Tower.

Jiang Juncai and Jiang Bailu narrowly escaped death and saved their lives. Although they were thankful, they were also scared.

Except for the collapse of the house at Jiang Juncai's place, there were no casualties among the servants, but the same could not be said for Jiang Bailu's place. The maid who was keeping watch tonight was burned, but fortunately her life was safe.

Everyone in Jiang Mansion is looking for the cause of the incident. Everyone feels that something is strange. It can't happen to two people in one night, right? Is it a coincidence or man-made? Is there a mole?
  Yuan Qi stood at the front, watching everyone talking to each other. The discussion was very intense. She yawned: "I'm going to bed first."

Her voice was not loud, and everyone's attention was focused on the jade plaque Jiang Bailu wore around her neck. The good jade plaque suddenly cracked. Old lady Bai said that this was the jade plaque that saved her from disaster. If she hadn't been wearing it, Jade Pai, tonight she was just like the night watch maid, half of her face was burned off. But even so, Jiang Bailu looked at her hair and cried sadly. Her hair originally reached past her buttocks, but now it was more than a foot burned by the fire. After trimming it, the length was just over her shoulders.

Hair is more important to a woman than life. If this news spreads, I don’t know how many people will laugh at her. What if she can’t become a princess?
  Jiang Bailu cried even more sadly just thinking about it.

"Grandma, father, if the Queen and the Crown Prince know about the hair matter, can they still let me be the Crown Princess?"

Jiang Trulu was also worried for her: "But this hair can't grow back in a short while. But what should I do?"

Old Mrs. Bai said in a deep voice: "It's just that my hair is a little shorter. It's not like I've been burned bald. Don't cry. Grandma will help you find a solution. There are many girls from poor families outside who sell their hair to make a living. Yes, there are also private craftsmen who make wigs, so you don’t have to worry about anything.”

Old Mrs. Bai is well-informed. For Jiang Bailu, this matter is like the sky is falling, but for Old Mrs. Bai, it is just a trivial matter.

The fire in Meihua Pavilion may have been an accident, but the collapse of Qingyun Tower was definitely not an accident.

Mrs. Bai and Jiang Zhengqing asked the juniors to step aside, and he discussed the affairs of Qingyun Tower with Mrs. Bai.

No one noticed when Yuan Qi left.

Back at Shaoyaoju, Shenxun was already waiting on the beam in the house. When he saw Yuan Qi coming in, he flew down and landed on her bedside.

Yuan Qi was too lazy to open his eyes and look at him: "I know it was you. They chopped down the sycamore tree, leaving you with no place to build a nest. It's normal for you to take revenge on them."

Shen Xun suddenly became weak: "It's really boring. I'll guess twice, but I won't give you any face."

Yuan Qi touched him perfunctorily: "Since I promised you to live here, I will not go back on my word. Tomorrow I will let them build a nest for you by the corridor window."

Shenxun returned to the bird cage on the corridor very proudly and closed the door himself.

Early the next morning, Yuan Qi heard that Jiang Bailu was temporarily living in Orchid Pavilion, living with Jiang Trulu, and would move back when Plum Blossom Pavilion was repaired.

Just when she was about to go out to set up a stall, Grandma Wang came to the door.

Before Grandma Wang entered the house, she saw a small square box made of wood on the porch of Shaoyaoju, and a magpie was busy transporting branches.

She took a second look and thought that the magpie looked very familiar. Isn't this the one that pooped on Miss Fourth's head yesterday?
  Actually want to live in Shaoyaoju for a long time?
  This was not bad, she wanted to report it to Miss Fourth immediately.

Grandma Wang turned around and went back, reporting this moment to Jiang Bailu.

Jiang Bailu immediately walked out: "I must catch that bird today!"

Jiang Truffle pulled her aside and persuaded: "This bird is a bit evil, don't you think? Ever since we embarrassed Yuan Qi yesterday, this bird has been haunting you. First it pooped on your head, and then your Plum Blossom Pavilion There was another fire. We have never encountered so many bad things in our whole lives. How many did we encounter yesterday?"

"You mean Yuan Qi is controlling that bird? She can't be so capable, right?" Jiang Bailu didn't expect a bird to have such a strong desire for revenge, so she directly blamed Yuan Qi for it.

But Jiang Bailu felt that Yuan Qi did not seem to be such a capable person, so she decided to observe.

Can she tolerate a bird? She has a broad mind.

(End of this chapter)