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

Shen Ninghua raised her gaze to look at Shen Dong. There was no trace of emotion in her eyes as she said, "Patriarch Shen, filial piety reigns in the hearts of the people. If you say I'm unfilial, then I'll be unfilial. It's getting late. We should head back."

Chu Junyi wrapped her arms around her son and made her way to the door.

Just as the two of them were about to descend the steps, a black shadow suddenly pounced towards Shen Ninghua, letting out a sharp cry.

"Meow!"

"Be careful, Xiao Hua!" Chu Junyi stepped in front of him to protect him and sent him flying with a palm strike.

Shen Ninghua's heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously took a step down. However, she felt her foot suddenly slip and she fell down the stairs.

Chu Junyi turned her head, and the sight of it was enough to send chills down everyone's spines.

Seeing the ground getting closer and closer, Shen Ninghua subconsciously protected her stomach. Her entire elbow fiercely kowtowed to the ground and she instantly felt a tearing pain pass through her arm.

The cyan sparrow hurriedly ran to Shen Ninghua's side, wanting to help her up. However, when it heard the pained sounds of her inhaling, it hurriedly stopped itself.

Chu Junyi snapped out of her daze and walked over to Shen Ninghua. She carefully held her in her arms and asked, "Ninghua, how are you doing?"

Shen Ninghua tightly furrowed her brows and endured the pain in her arm as she checked her pulse. Her heart that had jumped to her throat slowly returned to her stomach. "The child is fine. My arm is hurting, so I think there's a problem."

Chu Junyi looked back and growled, "Bluebird, Chen Yuan shouldn't be too far away. Hurry up and call him back."

The cyan sparrow nodded and leaped out.

Su Shi's complexion turned deathly pale, her heart was filled with fear, "Prince Consort, quickly send the princess to her room to rest. The ground is too cold, we can't let her lie on it."

Chu Junyi carefully avoided Shen Ninghua's arm and picked her up by the waist. Her gaze swept across the stairs Shen Ninghua had just slipped onto. "Here, we don't dare to stay any longer. If we break an arm this time, we might break our necks the next time." Your arm can get better, but you'll lose your life if you break your neck. "

Xiao Jingran shook his sleeves and turned around to leave. He was filled with regret: Shen Ninghua was really lucky that he did not throw the child away. He only broke his arm. What a pity.

Shen Dong coldly glanced at Shen Ninghua and said, "It should be that the servant accidentally dripped onto the steps when he was changing the lamp oil. Who would have thought that he actually stepped on it so coincidentally? I will punish that servant well."

Shen Ninghua raised his gaze to look at Shen Dong. His expression was extremely calm, so calm that it seemed as if he was going to freeze his blood. Having such a biological father was the greatest misfortune of her life.

"No need to trouble yourself with the handling of this matter. I will handle this matter. Which servant was the one who just changed the lamp oil?"

As Shen Ninghua asked this question, the servants standing to the side all lowered their heads, trembling, not daring to make a sound.

Shen Ninghua sneered coldly, "Since no one stood up, then we'll just punish them all by being involved. The servants in the mourning hall will all be punished by the crime of murdering the princess's heirs — death by the rod!"

"Princess, please spare my life." When they heard the last few words, 'cold staff shot', all the servants kneeled on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Since you don't want to die, then let me ask you again, who poured the lamp oil on these steps?"

Shen Dong's face turned gloomy: "Xiao Hua, you're injured. You should go back and recuperate. You don't need to wait for Chou San today, don't cause trouble anymore."

His biological daughter's child was almost killed by someone, yet his grandfather said something so unreasonable as to smooth things over. How could there be such a thing in this world!

A chill ran down Shen Ninghua's spine. He moved his body slightly, signaling Chu Junyi to put her down.

Chu Junyi carefully placed her on the ground, and stood a step away from her. She was carefully protected from view.

Shen Ninghua held onto her arm and looked at Shen Dong with a cold gaze. "Patriarch Shen, do you think that I was unreasonably causing trouble by arresting the murderer who murdered my child?"

Patriarch Shen? Hearing this name, Shen Dong's face suddenly turned blue. Shen Ninghua was using her identity to remind him!

"Xiao Hua, you …"

Shen Ninghua interrupted him with a cold voice, "Patriarch Shen, when this princess entered the room earlier, didn't you address me as Princess Zhao Hua? Let's continue using this form of address. Anyways, I'm already unfilial, so I might as well be unfilial! Today, this princess will punish the murderer who murdered my son, and whoever blocks my way will be the accomplice! "

Shen Dong was stunned on the spot as he looked at Shen Ninghua in disbelief. Was she completely going to lose her reputation?

Shen Ninghua looked at the kneeling servants and said, "Since no one admits to it, then let's just punish them all according to our crime. Hong Ling, let's get rid of all of them."

Hong Ling stood out and took out a thick and long stick from who knows where. She majestically stood by Shen Ninghua's side. After hearing her orders, she crisply replied, "Yes, this servant will follow your orders."

After he finished speaking, his eyes flashed with an extremely cold light. He directly swung his stick at the servant closest to him.

Originally, when the servants saw that there was only one slave following Shen Dong, even if she gave out the order, no one would come to carry it out for her. Unexpectedly, the servant beside her actually acted immediately.

"Ah, it hurts. Princess, please spare my life. It wasn't a servant who poured the lamp oil. It was Little An Zi who poured it."

The servant who was called Little An was kneeling on the ground with a frightened face, his whole body shaking like a sieve.

Shen Ninghua's expression did not change at all, "When I asked you earlier, you didn't say anything. It's too late now. Hong Ling, don't stop."

"Yes, Princess."

"Princess, have mercy, please have mercy."

"Master, please save this servant."

Shen Dong gritted his teeth, "Ning Hua, how long are you going to keep fooling around?"

Shen Ninghua turned his head abruptly. His black eyes were unperturbed like an ancient well, and he slightly raised his beautiful lower jaw, with a cold and noble expression on his face. "Patriarch Shen, you should respectfully address me as Princess Zhao Hua!"

Being stared at by that pair of black eyes, Shen Dong's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he took two steps back. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he was scared by a girl and his face turned even darker.

The first servant under the red caltrop stick had already fainted, lying unconscious on the ground. Hong Ling received Shen Ninghua's gaze and did not actually kill her. Instead, she walked in front of Little An who had been reported as pouring the lamp oil. This time, she did not show any more mercy and raised her stick to fiercely smash him.

Hong Ling broke that An Zi's arm with a swing of her stick.

"Ah, ah!"

Screams rang out unceasingly, and Little An rolled back and forth on the ground, the screams of pain causing the servants around to turn deathly pale.

Shen Ninghua looked at the scene before her and spoke without slowing down, "As a servant, you actually didn't know how to clean the lamp oil after pouring it onto the stairs. This is not something that can be said for negligence. Speak the truth and I'll spare your life and everyone else. "

"Servant …" This servant has not been ordered, this servant was not careful. "

Shen Ninghua's expression was cold. "Fine, looks like you don't want to say it. If that's the case, then don't blame me for being ruthless. Hong Ling, kill all of these people."

"Yes, Princess."

"No! Princess, this servant knows. This servant is willing to report as per the matter, and pleads Princess for mercy."

Shen Ninghua looked at the maid who opened her mouth and said, "Speak!"

"Yes, yes. This servant had unintentionally seen Little An Zi speaking to his cousin in secret. His cousin is a servant of the Xiao family and she once served by the side of the young mistress of the Xiao family. "

"Little An's sister even gave him two gold ingots."

The cyan sparrow walked in quickly with Chen Xi in tow.

Shen Ninghua said, "It's good that the cyan sparrow came back. Go to the place where the servant lives and search around. See if there's any gold."

"Yes, miss."

Shen Ninghua sat on the chair that Hong Ling brought over, letting Chen Yu see the injury on his arm.

Chen Xi frowned, his eyes becoming more serious. "Princess, your arm is showing signs of a bone fracture. Try not to move it during this period. Rest well."

Chu Junyi looked at him with concern. "Uncle Chen, are you alright?" Although Ning Hua said it was nothing, but he didn't have to confirm it twice more. He really couldn't calm down.

Chen Jun checked his pulse and said, "The fetus is fine. However, the Princess's mood fluctuation just now was too severe. She still needs to continue taking the birth control medicine for a period of time."

"Will there be any hidden dangers?"

"Take good care of yourself. It won't affect you in any way."

Chu Junyi relaxed. "Alright, thank you very much Uncle Chen."

After Chen Xian had finished bandaging Shen Ninghua's arm, the Cyan Sparrow walked out with two gold ingots in its hand.

Shen Ninghua coldly swept a glance at the pale faced Little An and ordered, "The evidence is conclusive. Hong Ling, kill Little An's staff. Everyone else can temporarily let it go."

"Yes, miss."

Shen Dong was so angry that his entire body was trembling. "No, Princess Zhao Hua, it's your grandmother's funeral today. You actually want to kill someone at her funeral?"

Shen Ninghua raised her icy gaze. "A joyous occasion cannot be treated with blood. Could it be that a funeral isn't allowed as well?"

"Although you haven't, you can't be this excessive either!"

"Since there is no such thing as not being able to see blood, there should naturally be no problem." Shen Ninghua coldly looked at Shen Dong, "I still haven't asked Patriarch Shen what happened to that cat that pounced at me?"

Shen Dong snappily said, "That cat was raised by your grandmother. It is very docile when it sees people, but when it sees you, it pounced over. Who knows, it might be your grandmother that expressed dissatisfaction to you!"

Shen Ninghua sneered, "Father, I don't believe that the mourning hall is haunted by such a ridiculous reason. Please help me take a look at that cat, I want to see what the hell it is!" She wasn't even afraid of humans, let alone ghosts!

The cyan sparrow carried the cat over to Chu Junyi. It was bleeding from all seven orifices.

Chen Jun scrutinized the cat for a long time before frowning slightly. "Princess, this cat has been fed a crazy drug in such a large dosage that it's unable to bear the pain and dies."

"Manic drugs? Looks like I have to continue my investigation. " Shen Ninghua's voice was firm.

Chu Junyi pinched Shen Ninghua's shoulder and said icily, "Ninghua, leave the rest to me. You can just watch by the side."

"Alright."