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Shen Zhu stood at the door and turned his head to look at Zhou Muqing.

"I'm fine. Maybe I didn't get a good rest last night."

Shen Zhu was unwilling to say more, so he did not ask.

Shen Zhu left the Hundred Fragrance House, looked at the people walking past on the street, and with a wooden expression, he headed in the direction of the inn.

Suddenly, she looked at the man and woman who were shopping at the stall.

Their clothes were ordinary, and they didn't look like rich families.

She quietly stood not far away and watched as the man put on a hairpin for the woman.

"My wife, you look so beautiful in this pearl hairpin." As the man spoke, he adjusted the position of the pearl hairpin for the woman. "Boss, how much is this hairpin?"

"Customer, you have really good eyes. That hairpin is the one and only one. It is also the best for craftsmanship. One silver coin each." The stall introduced them with a smile.

"One tael of silver?" So expensive? "

When the woman heard the price, she hurriedly took off her hair and placed it back on the stall. As she did so, she reached out to pull at the man beside her. "Master, this Chai Zi is so expensive, let's not take it. I still have quite a few pieces of jewelry at home, so I won't be buying them today."

The girl reluctantly looked at the hairpin on the stall before quickly retracting her gaze and pulling her husband away.

They were ordinary commoners, so their income was not much. A single silver tael was no small amount to them.

As Shen Zhu looked at the two of them, he couldn't help but think back to the time when he had just arrived in this world.

It was also the first time Su Zongwen and her went out on the streets. It was obvious that their families weren't well off, but he still bought her that sugar-coated person, and when she was giving birth to Ruanruan, he had also given her a hairpin.

The corners of her eyes turned sour as she thought of these memories.

"Here is one tael of silver." Shen Zhu took out a hairpin from his sleeve, "I want this hairpin."

She picked up the hairpin that the couple had just seen and then said, "Boss, could I trouble you to give this hairpin to the couple."

"Sigh, alright."

The stall owner was naturally overjoyed after receiving the money. He hurriedly agreed and wrapped the hairpin up before hurriedly chasing after the couple.

When the stall owner held the hairpin and called for the couple to stop, the two of them felt strange.

"Boss, are you calling us?" The woman asked curiously.

"Right, right, right. Take this hairpin." The booth owner hurriedly took out the wrapped hairpin.

"I, we didn't say we wanted to buy this hairpin." The woman lifted her head to look at her husband, but didn't extend her hand to receive him.

"Don't worry, I won't take your money. That madam has already …" The stall owner wanted to tell them that someone had already paid for it, but when he turned his head to see that Shen Zhu had already disappeared, he continued to explain: "Someone has already paid for this hairpin."

"Has someone paid? May I know who it is? " The couple looked surprised.

It's a young and beautiful lady. Judging from her clothes, she must be from a wealthy family." "The lady said she saw you as if you were her and her husband when they were young. She wished you a loving couple and a happy marriage.

"Thank you so much, Madam."

Only then did the woman accept the hairpin and looked gratefully at her husband.

"My wife, I'll put it on for you." The man took out the wrapped hairpin and once again helped the woman put it on. "This hairpin really matches well with you."

The girl shyly lowered her head and held the man's arm as she smiled. "If we ever have the chance to meet that kind madam, we must properly thank her."

The two of them spoke as they walked further and further away.

After deciding on the guest room, Shen Zhu stood by the window and saw all of this happen. He lowered his head to cover his smile, his eyes filled with yearning …

The next day.

Something big happened in the Shen family.

Shen Liyang was beaten up.

Shen Liyang owed a lot of gambling debts, but because he was late to pay the silver, the creditors came looking for him, causing a huge ruckus in the Shen family's courtyard.

"Everyone... Brothers, please let me go. When I have money, I, I will return it to you! "

Shen Liyang begged while nodding his head with a pale face.

"Wait until you have money?" The leading man grabbed Shen Liyang by the collar, and flung him fiercely onto the ground after a while, "Shen Liyang, tell me, when will you be rich?"

"I, I will gather enough silver to pay you back soon." Shen Liyang sat on the ground stunned for a moment, then crawled up and hugged onto the man's thigh, begging him: "Big brother, just let me go this time, I promise, I will very quickly collect all the silver!"

"Humph!"

Without even looking, the man kicked him to the ground, then raised his hand behind him, "Hit him for me, hit him hard!" Fight to the death! "

Hearing the order, the three people following behind the man rushed forward and surrounded Shen Liyang. Shen Liyang subconsciously curled up into a ball and carefully protected his head with his hands.

A burst of ghostly wails and wolfish howls sounded out in the courtyard.

"All of you, go and move all the things in the house that you can use!"

The man said to the three people standing not far away.

"Yes, boss."

Everything within the room that could be moved had been moved away, while the rest that couldn't be moved had been almost destroyed.

Other than Shen Liyang, the rest of the Shen Family were all locked in the main house, and two robust men were guarding the door, so even if Zhu Huiru and the rest heard Shen Liyang's screams from the house, they could only obediently stay in the house, and did not dare to rashly go out.

Seeing that the two robust men had left, the family of three prepared to go out and see what was happening with Shen Liyang. Before they could even reach the door, they saw three more people walking in.

The three of them entered the house and rummaged through everything in the room. Anything that was worth a bit of money was taken away.

Zhu Huiru loved money as much as his life, upon seeing the three of them finding his money box at the dressing table, he immediately rushed forward and snatched it away, holding it tightly in his arms.

"What do you want? This belongs to me, and no one is allowed to touch it! "

Zhu Huiru screamed at the three of them.

"Your son owes our boss so much money. Our boss said that if he doesn't pay within seven days, he will use this house to pay the debt!"

It was unknown who among the three of them spoke, but their tone did not contain the slightest kindness.

"Give me this! Boss said that he would not leave a single valuable item in the room! " One of them said as he reached out to grab the box in Zhu Huiru's arms.

The Madame Zhou brought Little Treasure and the people from the second room and squeezed beside Shen Chengjiu's bed. The few of them were all scared silly and hid in the corners, forgetting to go forward to help.

Shen Chengjiu who was lying on the bed saw that his own wife had been bullied, and wanted to help her, but he was unable to do anything as his lower half of his body had not fully recovered.

"Old woman." Shen Chengjiu anxiously shouted.

He struggled to get off the bed, but just as he moved half an inch, his entire body started twitching uncontrollably. When Shen Lifeng saw him like this, he was immediately frightened and cried out while lying on the bed: "Father, Father, what happened to you? Dad, don't scare me! "

When the three people who were fighting over the items saw this situation, they immediately felt that the situation was not good. They were worried that someone might really lose his life, so they ran away as fast as they could.

Zhu Huiru then let out a sigh of relief, touched the box in his bosom like a precious treasure, and carefully wrapped it with his outer robe. Only then did he hurriedly run to the bedside: "Wha-what happened?"

"Quick, go get a doctor!" Seeing Shen Chengjiu's situation, Zhu Huiru was also extremely shocked, he regained his senses and immediately ordered Shen Lifeng to get a doctor.

"I, I'll go now." Shen Lifeng immediately crawled up from the bed and stumbled out of the courtyard.

It was unknown if it was intentional or not, but at this extremely sensitive period, rumors about Shen Zhu suddenly spread in the capital. At the start, it was because she was immoral, and the reason the young master of Minister Mansion didn't have a concubine was all because she was jealous.

Later on, someone said that Shen Zhu had not been home for a long time, so it was unclear who he was with other men.

Until recently, when something happened to the Shen family, these rumors became more and more intense. People on the streets were saying that the third daughter of the Shen family was an ingrate and that she was living a luxurious life, not caring about her food at all.

Rumors were flying all over the capital in just a few days.