She has a slender waist and delicate bones, and is able to seduce the ascetic horse.

Chen Yuanli's face turned pale as he stared at Shen Jiaojiao, not daring to say anything.

He was indeed in the wrong regarding the matter of Aunt Zhou.

But how could Shen Jiaojiao threaten him with this and ask him to divorce Meng Wan? Meng Wan was still pregnant with his child, how could he do such a cruel thing?

Mr. Meng was also a little surprised, but he believed in his adopted daughter's character and believed that she would never make unreasonable demands without any reason.

After a brief thought, Master Meng asked, "Jiaojiao, was it Meng Wan who poisoned Concubine Zhou?"

Shen Jiaojiao nodded, "Yes, although there is no substantial evidence, it should be her who did it."

"That's enough." Chen Yuanli looked at her disappointedly. "When did you become so full of nonsense? Wan'er has been confined for many days and can't even go out the front door. How could she drug A-Yan? If you didn't like Wan'er, why did you agree to let her marry me?"

She laughed out loud at the shameless remark.

Wasn't Meng Wan the sweetheart of Chen Yuanli's heart? Wasn't she the concubine he begged for?

How come she agreed to it?
Does she have the right to say 'no'?

If she had said "no" at the beginning, would this couple not have gotten married?
"Since your Wan'er is so good, why do you keep clinging to me? Wouldn't it be better to bring your Wan'er up after you and I get divorced?" Shen Jiaojiao said coldly.

Chen Yuanli was so angry about this that he took several deep breaths before swallowing the word "divorce" that was about to come out of his mouth.

"Jiaojiao, you know I can't let go, so why are you being so aggressive?"

After saying that, he turned and looked at Master Meng.

"Father-in-law, please don't listen to her nonsense. Jiaojiao has been wronged these past two days and is angry. I will go back and try to persuade her."

Master Meng had a stern face, with a hint of displeasure on his face. "Yuan Li, how can you put the blame on Jiao Jiao again and again? You said she 'doesn't like Wan Er', and you said she 'felt wronged and got angry'. You said everything good and bad about her."

"My dear father-in-law, I have absolutely no such intention!"

"Then why do you interrupt her repeatedly? Since she brought up this matter, she must have given a reason. Why don't you ask her the reason? Or maybe you don't trust her."

After hearing this, Chen Yuanli could no longer stand. He immediately turned around and knelt on the ground again.

Mr. Meng was quick to grab him.

"You kid, you're so flustered after saying a few words, what are you doing?" Master Meng shook his head and sighed, then looked at Shen Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, come here and give me a reason."

Mr. Meng had long learned from Meng Hun that Meng Wan was not the real Miss Meng, and her heart had long been inclined towards Shen Jiaojiao.

Shen Jiaojiao said "hmm" and told Aoxue all of her findings.

Of course, Aoxue's identity is still kept secret.

"This medicine is a unique recipe of Yuan Shou Wu from the previous dynasty. This person has been hiding in the Meng family for many years and was only caught by my brother a few days ago." She glanced at Chen Yuanli, trying to see something from his face.

Unfortunately, Chen Yuanli behaved normally, with the same surprise on his face as Master Meng.

"Ahui told me about this matter. I thought this person only interfered with the kitchen, but I didn't expect that he had the method to harm our descendants..." Master Meng paused, his face stiffened, as if he had thought of something.

"No wonder the palace has always been in turmoil..."

Shen Jiaojiao was quick to sense the hidden meaning in her adoptive father's words, and as the other party looked a little strange, she asked curiously, "Always? Has anything else happened in the mansion?"

Mr. Meng shook his head and said, "No."

Seeing that her adoptive father was unwilling to speak, she could only put aside her doubts for the time being, "I asked my adoptive brother to follow up on this matter. I think it must be related to Meng Wan."

After the descendant of the imperial physician of the previous dynasty was captured, Meng Hun sent people to detain and interrogate him.

Mr. Meng knew about this and agreed with his adopted daughter's idea.

Chen Yuanli, who was left aside, finally found an opportunity to interrupt.

"That only proves that this person has a vicious mind. How can we conclude that it was Wan'er who did it?"

Ever since Shen Jiaojiao disappeared, Chen Yuanli has been staying in the villa all day long and refused to go out, and has not even been to the Meng Mansion.

No one in the mansion cared about him at the time. They were all in a panic, fearing that they would be caught and interrogated by the young master.

Even the second young lady was tried!

After Chen Yuanli learned that Meng Wan was arrested and interrogated by Meng Hun, he still did not come to the mansion until today. Shen Jiaojiao heard about his deeds, especially the loss of his wife and the humiliation of his concubine, but she did not stand up, and she looked down on him more and more.

She didn't want to talk to him at this moment, so she rolled her eyes and turned to look the other way.

Chen Yuanli looked embarrassed and looked to Master Meng for help.

Master Meng didn't indulge him either, "Yuan Li, while you were staying in the other courtyard these days with that concubine, a lot of things happened in the mansion!"

"Father-in-law, please forgive me. When I learned that Jiaojiao was abducted, I was heartbroken and stayed in bed for several days before I recovered." Chen Yuanli was ashamed and bowed his hands to apologize. "Today, I heard that Jiaojiao woke up, so I rushed here despite my illness."

Mr. Meng patted his shoulder with a forced smile.

"It's okay. It's all over."

Mr. Meng naturally didn't believe this clumsy lie.

I'm just too lazy to pursue these trivial matters.

"I feel guilty for not being able to accompany my father-in-law these days. Fortunately, Jiaojiao has returned safely..."

"Jiaojiao!"

Suddenly, Mrs. Meng's cry was heard from outside.

Immediately afterwards, a haggard-looking woman rushed in from outside, looked around, and went straight to Shen Jiaojiao who was sitting in the armchair.

She started and shrank back.

Mrs. Meng hugged her shoulders, her eyes turned red and she couldn't stop crying.

"Jiaojiao, luckily you are okay..."

Shen Jiaojiao's body froze. She was so frightened by her stepmother's sudden and intimate hug that she was speechless.

After a moment, she finally reacted and began to struggle, resisting the hug.

“Let go…”

Mrs. Meng stopped crying, quickly let her go, and her expression became even more sad.

"Jiaojiao, are you still angry with your stepmother? It was your stepmother's fault. You shouldn't have gone to the banquet. I wanted to clarify things for you, but Wan'er made a fuss..."

As he said this, he stretched out his trembling hand towards her, wanting to touch her cheek.

"Fortunately you are okay, otherwise my stepmother wouldn't want to live either, wuwuwu..."

She turned her face to avoid Madam Meng's touch.

"I'm fine. Sorry for worrying you."

Seeing that she was resisting like this, Madam Meng couldn't help but turn her head to look at Master Meng, and called out hesitantly, "Master, I, I..."

Mr. Meng stepped forward and supported Madam Meng. "Okay, don't say anything more. Let the past be the past."

A good family suddenly fell apart.

He didn't blame his adopted daughter. Even he himself didn't understand the ridiculous behavior of his wife and son-in-law in the past two days.

One of them stayed in the courtyard to accompany his concubine, while the other ran out and announced loudly that his adopted daughter had been kidnapped...

Who wouldn’t be angry?

"I understand..." Mrs. Meng wiped her tears with a handkerchief and looked at Shen Jiaojiao tenderly.

"Jiaojiao, the kitchen has prepared a lot of your favorite food today, let's take our seats first."

"Oh." Shen Jiaojiao nodded, stood up, and walked out.

She was angry and didn't want to waste time talking to her stepmother.

Madam Meng's face froze, and she stared at her adopted daughter's back, her eyes gradually covered with frost. (End of this chapter)