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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

Shen Ninghua slightly opened her eyes, her fingers caressed her stomach as a cold glint flashed across her eyes, "Foster father? Such arrogance! "

Hong Ling nodded her head fiercely. "That's right, Princess, we shouldn't go see him at this time. Lord Prince Consort has gone to the Department of Public Affairs, so he should be back soon. Let's wait for him to come back before doing anything else."

"Since he has come with such a big commotion, he must have made some preparations. I'm afraid that Chu Junyi will be tied down by someone else and will not be able to make it back." If he didn't have any plans, Xiao Jingran definitely wouldn't have come directly, and in the name of his foster father at that.

Hong Ling was anxious, "Then what should we do?"

Shen Ninghua glanced at her, "Why are you in such a rush? Xiao Jingran wants to see me. I'll go and have a look and see just how big this foster father is!"

"Miss, don't be rash. You have a little mistress in your stomach right now."

"No worries, please accompany me with the Cyan Sparrow."

Seeing Shen Ninghua's resolute expression, Hong Ling bit her lips and mentally greeted Xiao Jingran a few times. She thought to herself through gritted teeth: If Xiao JingRan dared to play any tricks, she would risk her life to return them! No matter what, he couldn't let the little mistress and the young mistress be hurt.

When Shen Ninghua arrived at the parlour, Xiao JingRan was sitting gloomily at the head of the table, his eyes full of impatience.

Fragments of the tea cup were scattered on the ground. With the tea mixed with the water, the tea cup fell onto the ground and made one faint. It was an extremely uncomfortable sight to behold.

Seeing Shen Ninghua arrive, Xiao Jingran snorted disdainfully, "Princess has such a big demeanor. This old man has been waiting here for a long time."

Shen Ninghua held onto Hong Ling's arm and walked into the parlour with a cold expression. The Xiao family had not made a move for a long time. It seemed that they wanted to take advantage of the fact that she was pregnant to do something.

"Greetings, Old Master Xiao."

"Patriarch Xiao? Does the princess not know the relationship between your Prince Consort and this old man? "

Shen Ninghua raised her eyelids, the expression in her eyes indifferent, "What relationship? If I remember correctly, my Prince Consort has no relation to the Old Master. Oh, if there's really a need to get involved, then it's probably the relationship between fellow colleagues. "

"Nonsense! Chu Junyi is the adopted son of the Xiao family. Xiao JingRan slammed his palm on the table as he frowned and shouted.

"Foster son?" Shen Ninghua sneered and turned to look at Hong Ling, "Hong Ling, could it be that this princess is pregnant and my memory has deteriorated? How did I remember that during the nine wedding banquets of this princess, Patriarch Xiao personally came and cut off all ties with my consort?"

Hong Ling bent her head down slightly. "Princess is right, there was such a thing. At that time, the empress and ministers were all present, so many people can attest to it."

Shen Ninghua raised his eyes to look at Xiao Jingran, "Old Master Xiao, did you understand?"

"At that time, you were just angry words. As juniors, did you really break twenty years of the favor of raising a child?"

"Oh, so you're saying that Old Master Xiao has reestablished his relationship with our Shining Princess Manor?"

"This old man did not say that."

Shen Ninghua's lips curved up into a smile and he sneered mockingly, "You didn't restore our relationship, and now you want us to respect you as elders. Xiao Jingran, where did you get that much face from?"

Xiao Jingran suddenly stood up and shouted with a face full of anger, "Shen Ninghua, are you mocking the officials of the imperial court?"

"How dare you!" Hong Ling stepped forward and stood in front of Shen Ninghua, saying with a stern voice, "Lord Xiao, are you openly disrespecting the princess?"

"Who are you? How dare you speak to me like that?"

Hong Ling suddenly took out the software from her waist and channeled her qi, causing the flexible sword to suddenly turn into a sharp blade, "This servant is a servant, and cannot get on the stage. However, master has already spoken and addressed the princess by her full name, could it be that no one has ever told you how to address her? Or could it be that the Lord does not see the Royal Family as worthy of looking down on them? "

Shen Ninghua sat on a chair and picked up a piece of dessert to savor it. After a while, he said, "It's too sweet."

Hong Ling immediately turned her head and said with a smile, "The princess doesn't like it, so I told the kitchen to make something without sugar."

Xiao Jingran's heart was filled with anger as he glared fiercely at Shen Ninghua and Hong Ling. This pair of master and servant had actually joined hands to insult him!

"Good, this is really good. This Residence of Princess Guanghua is different from other places. How dare a servant berate an important official of the imperial government here?" This old man wants to go before the emperor and ask him where this logic came from! "

Shen Ninghua raised his gaze, the smile on his face was emotionless. "Has the Old Master Xiao caused enough trouble?"

"I say, have you caused enough trouble?" Shen Ninghua's voice was icy. "You have raised Chu Junyi for twenty years, but you should know why!" "Don't always use kindness as an excuse. If it wasn't for this kindness, it would be unknown if the Xiao family did not exist."

"What did you say?" Shen Ninghua, you went against the heavens, didn't you? "

"Heh, what does my defying the heavens have anything to do with you? That's royal father's heaven, not your Xiao family's!" "Old Master Xiao, no matter how much you hate me because of Xiao Huan Xi, I'm still a princess of the imperial family. As long as I don't revoke my title, you can forget about showing off your might to me, let alone breaking off the relationship with Chu Junyi, even if it doesn't, you will still have to greet me!"

Xiao Jing Ran held back his anger as his face alternated between red and purple. He felt all the blood in his body rushing to his head and almost couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood: "Shen Ning Hua, you …. "Seriously, you …"

"Does old patriarch Xiao not know how to refute?" Shen Ninghua raised her eyes and elegantly brushed the hair by her ear, "If there's nothing else, I'll send you off. After all, I'm pregnant right now, so it's not convenient to entertain you for a long time. If something happens to this child, it'll be troublesome."

"Halt!" The veins on Xiao Jingran's forehead were popping as he finally suppressed the anger in his chest. The corners of his eyes were twitching, "I came here today to make amends. I'm an old man, and I only have Xiao Feng as my son. I miss Jun Yi a lot."

Reconciliation? Xiao Huan Xi was dead. Xiao JingRan really wanted to skin them alive. Why would he want to make peace? Even a three year old child would not believe these words.

"Old Master Xiao must be joking right? You were the one who said that there would be no reconciliation, and you're the one who should be reconciled now. It hasn't even been a quarter of an hour and you've already forgotten what you just said? "

Xiao Jingran didn't pay any attention to Shen Ninghua's sarcasm. Instead, he said arrogantly, "What? Do you think Princess Zhao Hua wants to stop Jun Yi from returning to the Xiao family?"

He would never forget the kindness that the Xiao family had shown to Chu Junyi. If she were to refuse Xiao Jingran's offer to settle the debt of filial piety, it would be tantamount to prodding both her and Chu Yi's backs. Xiao JingRan had grasped this point well and had then come over with a great fanfare!

"Princess Guanghua, you haven't made up your mind?" Xiao Jingran sneered as he looked at her, his eyes full of hatred. After he tried to attack Shen Ninghua a few times without harming her, he had suppressed his hatred and waited for the right moment.

The sound of footsteps could be heard from outside the door as Chu Junyi strode in. "Old man Xiao, do you want to make amends? You'll have to see if I agree or not."

Xiao Jingran looked at Chu Junyi with a cold gaze: "Chu Junyi, you don't agree?"

Chu Junyi's expression was cold as she walked to Shen Ninghua's side. "No!"

"What?"

It wasn't just Xiao Jingran who was surprised. Shen Ninghua was as surprised as well. Chu Junyi refused to reconcile?

Chu Junyi turned to Shen Ninghua and held her hand as a sign of comfort. She looked straight into Xiao Jingran's eyes and said, "Patriarch Xiao, you should know why Xiao Hengxi died, right?"

"You still dare to mention Huan Xi?" The hatred around Xiao Jingran was dark and thick.

"Why do I not dare to mention that Xiao Huan Xi not only pestered me, but also framed Ning Hua. In the end, she even tried to kill Ning Hua. If Ning Hua wasn't lucky, she would have died countless times over already. How can I forget this grudge so easily? "

"Don't tell me that the twenty years that I've given you for your upbringing cannot be exchanged for your forgiveness?"

"I'm sorry, I can't!" Chu Junyi's back was ramrod straight as she spat out a few words.

Xiao Jing Ran was so angry that he almost fell over: "Good, what a cruel and ungrateful person! Since you say it's not possible, then it's not possible. This old man will let everyone see for themselves that there is actually such a cruel and unscrupulous person in this world! "

Chu Junyi's expression was cold. "Bluebird, see these guests out."

Xiao Jingran glared at Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi. His eyes were cold and dark, and the murderous intent within them seemed to be real. After that, he violently shook his sleeves and walked out with large strides.

Hong Ling bit her lips and followed the cyan sparrow out of the hall. Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua were the only two remaining in the room.

The two of them did not speak. The hall was silent.

After a long while, Chu Junyi took Shen Ninghua's hand in hers and said, "Ninghua, I held it too hard. Are you alright?"

Shen Ninghua shook her head and replied, "No worries, I haven't finished my breakfast. How about you accompany me for a meal?"

Chu Junyi was taken aback. She nodded with a smile. "Alright."

The two of them returned to the Hua Jun Pavilion and finished their breakfast in peace. Then, they sat down to bask in the sun.

Chu Junyi held Shen Ninghua in her arms, and after a moment, she asked, "Ninghua, what rumors do you think will come from the capital?"

"Of course it's something unpleasant to hear." Shen Ninghua replied with her eyes closed.

"Our reputation is going to suffer." Chu Junyi sighed.

"Reputation, if it's good, you have to take care of it. If it's bad, you will be implicated. It seemed extremely important, but in reality, it was useless. "If it's damaged, then so be it. Since I abandoned my family, my reputation as the one who broke off the relationship with the Shen family became even worse. Now, no one is even mentioning me anymore."

Chu Junyi smiled as she rubbed the top of her head. "Do you know why your godfather did that?"

Shen Ninghua opened her eyes. "I was just thinking about taking revenge for Xiao Hengxi."

"Yes," Chu Junyi sighed. "My foster father wanted to use the word 'filial piety' to pressure us. His goal was to make two more attempts to harm our children …"