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

Meng Hui raised his eyes slightly, "What kind of disaster is this? It's just a small punishment at most."

"What?!" Mrs. Meng's expression changed, she grabbed Shen Jiaojiao's wrist, and her voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"Shen Jiaojiao! What have you done?!"

"F-Father..." She was startled, and instinctively wanted to withdraw her hand, but was squeezed tightly.

"How dare you resort to lynching and hurt the life of the concubine of the Lin family?!" Mrs. Meng's expression became more ferocious.

Shen Jiaojiao was a little scared and hurriedly turned to her adopted brother for help.

"Mom, there's no need to be angry. When Mr. Lin saw Lin Zhen's appearance, he just said, 'You deserve it'. I guess he agreed with Shen Jiaojiao's approach." Meng Hui advised.

"That can't be so cruel!" Mrs. Meng frowned, "I heard that the bastard has not married yet and has children, but Jiaojiao has abruptly cut off his future..."

Meng Hui lowered his face and looked worried.

"He was the one who provoked our Meng family in the first place. If we really want to argue, it won't be enough for him to lose his whole life."

Mrs. Meng was calmed down by her eldest son's momentum and subconsciously let go.

Shen Jiaojiao quickly pulled her hand away and put it on the other side, fearing that her adoptive mother would hold her again.

There was a dull pain in my wrist.

"Ah Hui, just let her go, sooner or later she will cause trouble!" Mrs. Meng sighed and shook her head.

Meng Hui was impatient to hear this, stood up and stretched out his hand to Shen Jiaojiao, "Let's go, I have something to ask you."

Without saying a word, she put her hand on her adopted brother's palm and wanted to leave with him.

"I haven't finished speaking yet." Mrs. Meng looked at them displeasedly, "Jiaojiao, even if you hate your servant for listening to Chen Yuanli, you should train him properly. How can you just replace him? This will make the elderly in the mansion feel chilled. of."

"I asked you to replace them. These servants are unfaithful and are embarrassing to you. Why don't you buy some loyal ones?" Meng Hui said.

Mrs. Meng's face changed slightly, "They were just deceived. How could they be as bad as you said?"

"If I invite Qingmai and Qidao to drink tea, and you can't find anyone for a long time, won't you be angry?"

"Presumptuous! Are you threatening me as your mother?!" Mrs. Meng was furious, slammed the desk, stood up, and looked at Shen Jiaojiao.

"Shen Jiaojiao, are you just watching A'hun disobey me because of you?"

When her eyes moved from Shen Jiaojiao's face to their clasped hands, Mrs. Meng's throat tightened with anger.

"Okay, okay, you two are deliberately trying to make me angry, right?"

Meng Hui frowned, becoming increasingly impatient.

"Mom, can you put yourself in Shen Jiaojiao's shoes? She was almost hurt by Chen Yuanli..."

"First, Yuan Li is her husband Shen Jiaojiao, why can't he touch her? Second, these servants were all chosen by me and sent here. Even Wan'er doesn't get this kind of treatment, how can you say it's just a replacement? Change?"

The last sentence was said to Shen Jiaojiao.

Mrs. Meng shook her head in disappointment, "Do you think of me as your mother? Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Shen Jiaojiao denied it repeatedly, "I didn't. I have always been grateful to my stepmother, and I beg my stepmother not to misunderstand."

As she spoke, she let go of Meng Hui's hand and knelt down, her voice choked with sobs.

"Jiaojiao won't change the servants in the courtyard."

Mrs. Meng breathed a sigh of relief and raised her eyes to look at Meng Hui, "Look, this is what Jiaojiao said."

Meng Hui lowered his head and glanced at Shen Jiaojiao. Without saying anything, he stretched out his hand to pull her up and walked out.

She lowered her head and followed the man silently.

The already red eyes were filled with tears in an instant, and they fell to the ground one after another.

She was so distracted that she didn't even notice where her step-brother took her.

When the person in front stopped, she slowly raised her head.

What you see is a strange yet familiar environment.

Shen Jiaojiao looked at it carefully for a long time and remembered that this was Chen Yuanli's yard.

Before Meng Wan returned, she would occasionally go to the outer courtyard and also visit Chen Yuanli's courtyard.

Seeing her staring intently at the yard, Meng Hui suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart.

He pulled her into his arms and pointed at the study for her to look at.

"I'm venting my anger on your behalf." Shen Jiaojiao was about to struggle when she heard these words and quickly looked up.

I saw Chen Yuanli sitting at his desk and writing rapidly.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand." she asked.

"Chen Yuanli will take the county examination in February next year. I guarantee that he will win the first prize, followed by the hospital examination in April, the provincial examination in August, and then the national examination and the palace examination..."

As he spoke, Meng Hui raised his hand and rubbed the top of her hair, slightly raising the corners of his mouth.

"He doesn't have time to think about you now."

"Why?" Shen Jiaojiao looked confused.

"He promised me that he will not get close to you during this period. If he fails to pass the Jinshi examination, he will make peace with you."

"Did you force him to do so?"

"How smart." Meng Hui's voice was indifferent, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes. "He knows he is in the wrong, and is afraid that the Meng family will no longer support him, so naturally he wants to please you and me."

Shen Jiaojiao looked shocked. She looked at her adopted brother and then at Chen Yuanli in the distance, not knowing what to say.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for her.

Chen Yuanli can no longer harass her. As long as she finds evidence of the crime within a year, she can escape smoothly.

but……

She looked worried, "My sworn brother is threatening Yuan Li like this. What if he becomes unfavorable to the Meng family after high school?"

"No." Meng Hui said.

Seeing her step-brother's confidence, she felt relieved.

"Brother, please let go..."

She paused mid-sentence.

His eyes were fixed on the maid delivering the meal.

Seeing this scene, Shen Jiaojiao remembered what Aoxue had reported to her yesterday, and quickly grabbed Meng Hui's sleeve and asked him anxiously: "Brother, have you had dinner?"

"Not yet. Do you want to dine with me?"

"No." She shook her head and refused, then pointed to the maid who was passing by not far away. "The meals delivered to Qinghui Courtyard by the big kitchen contain many ingredients that are incompatible with each other. Eating them together will cause problems for the internal organs."

Meng Hui lowered his eyes, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

"how do you know?"

"My new maid knows some medicinal recipes and is very sensitive to ingredients. Yesterday she went to the big kitchen with everyone to eat and found out accidentally."

This answer is watertight.

After she got Aoxue, she arranged for someone to go to the small kitchen to be responsible for the medicinal food. Anyone who is interested can find out by asking.

"I know, I'll let people pay attention."

"Yes." She nodded, knowing that her sworn brother had many capable people around him and would handle this matter properly.

"Let's go, I'll take you back." After Meng Hui finished speaking, he took her hand and walked towards the inner courtyard.

On the way, the two of them didn't say a word, and the atmosphere was shockingly quiet.

When they arrived at the gate of Mingzhu Courtyard, Meng Hui pointed at the strange servants in the courtyard and said, "Please stay with these people. I will take care of them from my side."

"Okay." Shen Jiaojiao nodded, accepting the sentiment, "Thank you, sworn brother."

If the adoptive mother asked, she would say that the adoptive brother had to replace him because he couldn't stand Chen Yuanli.

The anti-justice brother is on her side.

Meng Hui stared at her for a while, then said again: "Shen Jiaojiao, why didn't you wait for me to go with you?"

"Ah?" She was stunned, and quickly realized what Meng Hui was talking about.

"I want to solve it myself. I can't just hide behind my adopted brother when something happens, right?"

"You can hide behind me."

Shen Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sneered, as if she had heard some joke.

"Then why don't you deal with Meng Wan? You know that I hate her the most."