Chapter 306: Farewell
Mo Yuan remained silent. She felt that Liu Piaopiao had changed. She didn’t want her mistress to be alone with her.
An awkward expression flashed across Liu Piaopiao’s face. Shen Yijia sighed. “Mo Yuan, you can leave first.”
Mo Yuan still did not want to leave, but she had no choice but to listen to Shen Yijia. She could only walk out and stand in the courtyard, looking at the two people in the reception pavilion without blinking.
Liu Piaopiao glanced at Mo Yuan and muttered, “In the past, Cai Yun was also very considerate of me.”
Shen Yijia was speechless.
Liu Piaopiao seemed to be just saying it casually. She stood up with a smile and walked to Shen Yijia. She said unhurriedly, “Sister Jiajia, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but I can’t figure out why it’s such a coincidence.”
It was only yesterday that I understood. “You went to look for me that night, right? In the end, you heard my argument with my mother, so you told Young Master Shenzhi about it.”
“You found the exit because I told you about the earthen kiln. Am I right?”
Although she was asking, her face was filled with certainty.
Shen Yijia tilted her head. If not for the fact that the timing was bad, she would have applauded Liu Piaopiao. Why didn’t she realize that Liu Piaopiao was so smart before?
However, she felt that it was normal. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to find out so much through Cai Yun’s death.
Perhaps Madam Zeng did not expect her to investigate and did not guard against her?
These thoughts only flashed through Shen Yijia’s mind for a moment. She nodded. “You’re right.”
She didn’t think there was anything to lie about. Instead, she felt much better.
Liu Piaopiao suddenly laughed in a daze. “So, it was you and I who killed my parents.”
Shen Yijia pursed her lips and did not agree with her. She said seriously, “You’re wrong. They killed themselves.”
“But they were forced to do so.” Liu Piaopiao’s eyes turned red. When she said this, she clearly lacked confidence.
Shen Yijia was shocked by her crying and laughing. She subconsciously pinched her fingers. “But they did harm many people.”
“So? Am I supposed to die too and atone for their crimes?”
“No, it has nothing to do with you, so no one will want you to die.” Shen Yijia spoke the truth.
Of course, if Liu Deyi and his wife were capable enough, no one would be able to kill them even if they did something bad.
She seemed to have figured it out. If she wanted to do something bad, she had to be strong enough.
Song Jingchen didn’t know. He tried his best not to let Shen Yijia see too much darkness.
He wanted her to be someone who lived under the sun, who was sensible and knew right from wrong. Meanwhile, Shen Yijia was already secretly thinking about becoming stronger so that she could accompany him to do bad things.
Her worldview was almost twisted to the limit.
If he knew, Song Jingchen would be thinking, “Do I look like a bad person to you?”
“No? Then what are those people doing? They threw feces at my house, threw stones, and knocked on the door in the middle of the night. Aren’t they trying to force me to death?” Liu Piaopiao’s voice became sharp as she pointed outside the door.
Shen Yijia’s thoughts were pulled back. She frowned. Why didn’t she know about this? Every time Mo Yuan came back with food, she would say, “Miss Liu is doing well.”
Seeing her like this, Liu Piaopiao closed her eyes. “I really envy you for having someone like Young Master Shenzhi protecting you.”
Shen Yijia thought to herself, “This topic changed a little too quickly.”
She calmed herself down and suggested sincerely, “Why don’t you stay at my house for a few days?”
Liu Piaopiao suddenly smiled, unlike before. “There’s no need. I’m here to bid farewell to you.”
With that, she turned around and returned to her seat. Only then did Shen Yijia realize that she had come with a package.
Liu Piaopiao took out something wrapped in a cloth and handed it to Shen Yijia. “This should be useful to you.”
It looked like a book. Shen Yijia pursed her lips and took it without opening it. She asked worriedly, “Where are you going?”
“To my maternal grandfather’s house.” Seeing that Shen Yijia still wanted to ask, Liu Piaopiao added teasingly, “The carriage that came to pick me up has already arrived. I came over in that carriage just now. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to leave.”
Looking at Liu Piaopiao’s back as she turned around and left, Shen Yijia said, “Living is more important than anything else. They all want you to live well.”
She was referring to Liu Deyi and his wife. Liu Piaopiao did not turn around and only said, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely live well.”
There was indeed a carriage parked at the entrance of the Shen residence. Beside the carriage stood an old woman and a maidservant. When they saw Liu Piaopiao come out, the two of them walked over to help her.
At this moment, Qian Youde, who had gone out to watch the commotion, entered the residence with Zhu Zi.
Liu Piaopiao was stunned.
The old woman reminded her, “Miss, we should go.”
“Yes.”
In the reception pavilion, Shen Yijia sat in a daze for a while until Qian Youde entered.
“Sister-in-law, what are you thinking about?”
The corners of Shen Yijia’s mouth twitched. This person was clearly older than her. What kind of face did he have to call her sister-in-law so smoothly?
“What’s this?” Qian Youde continued to lean over.
If Shen Yijia did not make a move, it would be a blessing for Qian Youde. He could completely accept her ignoring him.
Seeing that the cloth bag was about to be taken away, Shen Yijia rolled her eyes and stood up to hold it in her hand. She stomped on Qian Youde before opening the cloth bag in a good mood.
Inside was a thick volume. It looked as if it had just been dug out of the soil. It was dirty and old, and there were no words on the cover.
She opened it and saw a portrait of a young girl. There was a line of words below the portrait.
Qian Youde leaned over curiously. The words were too small, and the two of them took a long time to read them.
Shen Yijia was shocked and quickly closed the booklet. She didn’t expect Liu Piaopiao to have such a thing in her hand. She quickly took it to look for Song Jingchen.
Qian Youde protested, “I haven’t finished reading it yet!”
In response, Shen Yijia’s voice was getting further and further away. “Mo Yuan, beat him up.”
Qian Youde was speechless.
Lord Zhou thought that since Lord An Le had returned, Lord An Le should send someone to invite him soon.
In the end, after waiting for two days, Lord Zhou did not see him. He was so angry that he got someone to pack up and prepare to return to the capital to report.
Unexpectedly, the people from the Prince’s Residence came. It was Butler Wan.
Lord Zhou felt that he had regained some face. After dawdling for a long time, he brought his men to the residence with Butler Wan.
As for Eunuch Li, he had fallen ill. It was unknown which immoral person had actually poured laxatives into his teacup. It had not ended since he woke up in the morning.
Lord Zhou thought that he would be brought to the reception hall like last time, but he did not expect Butler Wan to bring him to the study.
“His Highness said that only Lord Zhou can enter,” Butler Wan said respectfully.
Lord Zhou frowned unhappily. Seeing Butler Wan’s expression, he waved his hand to signal the people following him to stay outside.
After they entered, Butler Wan closed the door and began to act as the gatekeeper.
Shangguan Han sat calmly in front of the desk and watched as Lord Zhou approached. He did not speak.