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Compared to the happy and harmonious atmosphere surrounding the Minister Mansion and the various palaces in the capital, there was not a single moment of peace.

Amongst them, the most restless one was Kong Family.

It had not been more than a few days since Kong Linyuan agreed to take in concubines, and Kong's Mother had already brought all the people he had chosen into the Palace.

Currently, the clan already had four or five concubines.

After the family had a concubine, Kong Linyuan even more so did not enter Shen Yao's room.

Shen Yao washed his face with tears every day and refused to think about food and tea.

"Madam, Madam Chen is here to pay her respects to you."

Qing Qing stood outside the pearl curtain and reported in a low voice.

Right now, Shen Yao's temper was getting weirder and weirder. She served beside Shen Yao everyday, and it could be said that she was on tenterhooks every day, afraid that she would beat and scold him if she was unhappy.

"Let her wait in the hall." Shen Yao said dispiritedly, "Qingqing, come in and help me dress up."

"Yes, ma'am." Qing Qing quickly lifted the pearl curtain and entered the room.

No matter how sad Shen Yao was, he had to preserve his position as the mistress of the house. He had to not let the Kong's Mother find out where she went wrong and give him an excuse to divorce her.

"Alright, let's go."

Shen Yao looked at the copper mirror, then held onto Qing Qing's hand and stood up, and walked towards the main hall with a dignified gait.

"Greetings to elder sister. Greetings to elder sister."

Chen Ruoran blessed Shen Yao and spoke with a soft and gentle voice.

Shen Yao acted as if he did not see her, supporting Qing Qing by walking straight towards the main seat, with no intention of stopping her in the slightest.

Chen Ruoran could only keep on enjoying his good fortune.

Shen Yao slowly sat down, then forced out a smile: "We're all family, little sister, quickly get up, there's no need to be so courteous."

"Thank you elder sister." Chen Ruoran straightened her body and slowly walked towards Shen Yao. The servant girl behind her also slowly walked as she carried a tray in her hands.

"Elder sister, please have some tea." Chen Ruoran took the teacup from the servant girl behind him, and smiled as he handed it over to Shen Yao.

"Ah — —" Shen Yao extended his hand, and just as his fingertips touched the teacup, he saw that the entire cup of boiling tea was directed at him, and following that, the teacup fell to the ground, with pieces flying everywhere.

"Elder sister, are you alright?" Chen Ruoran pretended to be concerned and walked forward.

When Shen Yao saw that most of the tea was poured onto her body, she was immediately enraged. Her exposed skin had long been burnt red, and now that she saw Chen Ruoran acting as if he was going to step forward, she angrily reached out her hand and pushed her away.

She clearly did not use much strength, but Chen Ruoran actually fell right in front of her, and coincidentally crashed onto the ground full of fragments.

"Elder sister, why did you push me?"

Chen Ruoran's eyes were filled with tears, she looked at Shen Yao pitifully, her palm was cut by the fragments, the dark red blood looked especially glaring.

"I …"

Shen Yao was stunned, before she could even react, a familiar figure quickly entered the house, dashing straight to Chen Ruoran's side to help her up.

"Ruo'er, are you alright?"

Kong Linyuan helped the delicate person up, and asked with a face full of concern.

"Husband, I'm fine." Chen Ruoran shook her head lightly, looked at Shen Yao with a face full of tears, and said with a teary voice, "Hubby, it was all my carelessness that caused me to fall into such a state. You can't blame Elder Sister for this …"

Chen Ruoran laid in the man's embrace, her small face full of tears. She looked pitiful, to the point that no man would be able to resist her pity.

"Shen Yao, I never thought that your methods would be so ruthless!"

Seeing the wronged look on the woman's face, Kong Linyuan naturally assumed that she was trying to explain Shen Yao's words and shouted coldly at him.

"I did not, hubby, I did not …"

Shen Yao powerlessly tried to explain. She wanted to step forward to explain, but Kong Linyuan shook her hand away.

"If anything happens to Ruo'er, I won't let you off easily."

Kong Linyuan carried Chen Ruoran and walked out.

"I didn't, I really didn't …"

Shen Yao sat on the ground with a pale face, he had even forgotten about the painful burns on his arm.

Chen Ruoran had already been inside the palace for a few days, but he had never given her, this mistress, a single cup of tea. Furthermore, Kong Linyuan stayed in her room every day, and even brought Yun'er away for this woman to raise.

But he didn't expect that things would turn out like this.

"Madam, please get up quickly. This servant will help you return to your room to rest."

Qingqing hurriedly helped Shen Yao up.

Shen Yao grabbed onto her arm with one hand, with a tear-stained face, as if she was a drowning person grabbing onto the only lifesaving straw. She firmly grabbed onto Qingqing's arm and repeatedly asked: "Qingqing, it's not me, it's not me, right? "You must have seen it. I didn't do anything …"

"Madam, this servant will help you return to your room to rest."

Red marks appeared on Qingqing's hands as she painfully sent someone back to her room.

This matter quickly spread throughout the Kong Family, and all of the servants and concubines understood the situation. Although Shen Yao carried the title of mistress, he could not be doted on by Kong Linyuan at all.

Everyone guessed that since Kong Linyuan doted on Chen Ruoran so much, who knew when she would replace him as the real mistress.

As a result, all of the newly entered concubines went to's courtyard to curry favor with her. Shen Yao's courtyard became completely deserted.

King Xian's Mansion, Meier's room.

"Aunt, today the Shen family met Shen Zhu on the street. I heard they even started an argument …"

Xiao Li reported in a low voice.

"Send someone to bring a message to Shen Liyang, tell him that I, Shen Zhu, will take charge of my own safety, without my order, they will not act rashly." Meier thought for a moment.

Meier was a little worried in his heart, with the personality of the Shen family, if they were to work too fast and destroy his original plan, then he would not be able to make up for the losses.

"Yes, this servant will do it right away." Xiao Li replied and left the house respectfully.

Meier was half lying on the soft bed, seeing that the person had left, she closed her eyes to recuperate, but not long after she closed her eyes, she heard hurried footsteps coming from outside, she frowned in displeasure, and just as she sat up, she saw Ming Yuning anxiously walking in.

"This is so infuriating!" Ming Yuning sat by the side of the table, and slapped the table hard.

"Ning'er, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that, Meier immediately stood up and walked out, and sat beside Ming Yuning, and asked with concern.

"Mother, that sickly Ming Yuchen, is becoming more and more lawless, to actually dare to openly steal from me!"

Ming Yuning was so angry that his teeth itched.

"What did he steal from you? Mother will definitely uphold justice for you. " Meier quickly comforted her.

"Today, I saw a painting in the antique room. Originally, I wanted to buy it and use it as a birthday present for grandfather, but who would have thought that Ming Yuchen actually stole it!"

Ming Yuning had an unwilling expression.

"There's actually such a thing?" Meier's expression changed slightly as he patted the back of Ming Yuning's hand and comforted him: "Ning'er, don't be afraid. Mother will make the decision for you, I will definitely give you justice."

Meier comforted Ming Yuning and the anger in his heart calmed down a little. However, she, as a concubine, would never be the main character in this matter. If one were to say that she was going to punish Ming Yuchen, she did not have the qualifications.

Meier happily coaxed Ming Yuning away, and immediately brought his servant girl to the study room to find Mu.

"Mu Lang ~" Meier shouted out.

"Meier, why are you here?" Understanding what was happening … Mu Wen raised his head, seeing Meier, he immediately walked over and pulled her into his embrace.

"Mubai, you've worked hard reading. I'll send you something to eat."

Meier smiled and asked the servant girl beside him to take out the pastries from the food box and place them on the table one by one.

"Meier, you are considerate." Mu Zi brought the others and sat at the table as she praised with a smile.

"You can leave first."

Meier waved away the servant girls beside him, casually picked up a piece of cake and fed it to Mu Mu.

The two of them continued to chat as they ate. Meier could understand that Mu Mu was in a good mood, so he brought up the matter with Ming Yuning.

"Mu Lang, Yuchun has suffered a lot in the manor all these years, and I know that it is within reason that father and mother allowed him to do things. However, he has been dominated even more, to the point where he actually dared to snatch things from his own brother in public today …"

Meier said as he put on an appearance of being wronged.

She pinched the handkerchief and pretended as she wiped the tears that did not exist at the corner of her eyes and complained: "We, Ning'er are unlucky, and cannot be loved by our parents. But he is still your eldest son, and is Yuchun's brother.

"Oh, something like that actually happened! This was too outrageous! All these years that he has been raising his body in the Villa, he's become more and more ignorant of the rules! " Upon hearing this, Mu Ye patted the woman's shoulder and advised gently: "Meier, don't worry. I will definitely give our Ning'er justice."

He didn't ask for the reason, directly stating that he would stand up for his beloved son.