Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 16 Trapped
King Qi looked at Shen Xinniang, who was calm and not panicked at all, looked at her smooth chin, listened to her melodious voice, and stroked his fingers, as if the touch of her smooth skin still remained on them.

Shen Xinniang walked around him.

But King Qi said behind her: "I don't treat you lightly, how about you leave Feng Qilang and remarry to me?"

Shen Xinniang paused, but then left.

The attitude was arrogant, and he didn't say a word, as if he didn't even bother to answer.

Occasionally, there was a sound of Xisuo in the lush and lush Jiulixiang.

King Qi glanced lightly, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes, he stretched out his hand.

The entourage immediately handed over two arhat head walnuts.

King Qi rubbed the walnuts, and walked away from the garden casually, "The garden of Shen Shangshu's family is nothing more than this."

After King Qi left, the two young girls who were hidden in the Jiulixiang crawled out in embarrassment.

Shen Wuniang glared at Shen Siniang angrily, "Look at the good place you said, you have made me so embarrassed, how can you see the prince?"

Shen Siniang bowed her head and didn't speak, as if she was timid.

Shen Wuniang snorted coldly, and looked at the direction Shen Xinniang left, "Who is that? Why is it at our house? Is she and Prince Qi... very familiar?"

"Listen to her, the bride of the Feng family... Could it be, our eldest sister?" Shen Siniang said in a low voice.

"Big sister? You mean...that idiot?" Shen Wuniang's eyes widened, still in disbelief.

Shen Siniang nodded slowly, "Big sister got married the day before yesterday, isn't she married to the general Feng's family? Today is just the day when she returns home on the third day. Looking at the direction she is going, it should be the ancestral hall, right?"

Shen Wuniang frowned, "Didn't mother say that she is a fool and told us not to see her? No matter how you look at it, she is not stupid? She is already married to the Feng family, why is she still with King Qi... Bah! Not a woman! "

Shen Wuniang spat, stared closely at the direction Shen Xiniang was leaving, and suddenly raised her hand and hooked her fingers at Shen Siniang, "Siniang, come here with your ear..."

Shen Siniang frowned slightly, whenever Shen Wuniang made any bad intentions, she would have such an expression.

She felt uneasy.

"Miss, did you come back today just to ask for a pawn?" The servant girl supported Shen Xiniang's hand and said in a low voice, "My mother's family always relies on married women. Now that my wife and Mr. Qilang are polite to my wife, there will be my wife's support." The reason why your father is Lord Shangshu, if you offend Lord Shangshu because of this, I'm afraid you will lose your support in your natal family!"

Shen Xinniang took a step and said calmly: "When I was about to leave, I heard a servant say that the Shen family sent a letter to me so that I don't have to go back today. So, do you still think that my mother's family is my reliance?"

The servant girl wanted to open her mouth when she heard the words, but after thinking about it, she closed her mouth again.

"Whether I want a pawn shop or not, the Shen family doesn't like me, let alone protect me. If so, why don't I take back what belongs to me?" Shen Xinniang said flatly, "It's better to rely on others than on yourself. I always have to figure things out."

"Huh?" The servant girl was puzzled.

The two happened to walk to the gate of the ancestral hall.

Shen Xinniang stopped in her tracks, with a respectful look on her face.

The servant girl had no choice but to suppress her confusion, and kept her mouth shut.

There are only two women sweeping the courtyard.

Shen Xiniang stepped inside, they saw it and just pretended they didn't see it, they didn't go forward to salute.

Shen Xiniang didn't take it seriously, she personally asked for incense, and respectfully kowtowed outside the door, and after three bows, she stepped inside and offered incense for her mother.

Shen Xinniang knelt on the futon.

With his head down, he has been drawing the image of his mother in his heart.

But I worked hard for a long time, but it was in vain.

She didn't remember, not at all.There are many mixed memories in my mind, but none of them can be matched with "mother".

Then whose memory are these strange things in her mind?

The Taoist priest who cured her illness, or the real person who left the Yin Yang Tai Chi diagram in her palm?

The ancestral hall is very quiet, only the sound of cicadas chirping on the branches outside the door can be heard.

Such a quiet environment, the place where she used to live, should be able to evoke some memories in her mind, shouldn't it?
Suddenly there was a "bang--".

The temple suddenly went dark.

Shen Xinniang opened her eyes and turned around, and heard another "snap", the sound of the lock being locked.

The door of the ancestral hall was locked from the outside.

"My lady! My lady... what, what does this mean?" the servant girl cried out in panic.

Heard the slight sound of footsteps hurrying away.

There was no panic on Shen Xiniang's face.

"Miss, we, are we locked up? What, what should we do?" the servant girl asked anxiously.

"Wait." Shen Xinniang got up from the futon, stroked her palm, her heart was as calm as water.

"Ah? What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for someone to rescue us?" the maid asked.

"Wait and see, who wants to lock us up." Shen Xinniang said indifferently.

"Mother! I don't like her! I just want to make her suffer! You don't know, I saw her..." Before Shen Wuniang could finish speaking, she was gently tugged by Shen Siniang.

She swallowed the latter words.

Mrs. Zhu, who was flipping through the account book, raised her head upon hearing this, glanced at Shen Wuniang, and then glanced at Shen Siniang behind her.

"Si Niang, tell me." Mrs. Zhu said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhu is in her 30s, well maintained, and always has a gentle smile on her face.

But Shen Siniang knew very well that no matter how gentle she smiled in front of others, she would never be soft when punishing her aunt.

"Back to mother... yes... yes... because Wu Niang and I saw her privately meeting Prince Qi in the garden, behaving... frivolously, flirting with Prince Qi... Wu Niang couldn't see it, so... ...lock her in the ancestral hall." Shen Siniang stammered.

(End of this chapter)