After giving her contraceptives, she went mad, criticizing the prince for turning white-haired overn

Shen Ning's aggressive tone surprised Shen Rou.

The Shen Ning of the past would only respect and trust her, and would never speak to her in such a tone.

She always maintained her status as the eldest daughter of the Shen family's main branch, teaching her and Shen Wan as an elder sister and mother.

If she said Shen Ning was wrong, the old Shen Ning would have just obediently nodded.

But today, Shen Ning's beautiful eyes held an undisguised loathing for her.

"Ning'er, if you believe that I caused Fang Mama's tragic death, then go back to the Shen family and let your second aunt and grandmother interrogate her themselves."

"Don't blame me for not protecting you when the time comes."

"Over the years, with our mother passing away early and our father spending most of his time on the frontier, I, as the eldest sister, have been both mother and father to you, Wan'er, Yan'er, and Feng'er, raising you all. Yet today you speak to me with such an attitude; I am utterly disappointed!"

As Shen Rou spoke, her eyes instantly reddened, and she led her maid Xiang Ling to the carriage.

Shen Ning sneered.

If it were before, she would definitely have coaxed Shen Rou.

But seeing Shen Rou's hypocritical demeanor now only makes me feel disgusted.

"Miss, let's go back too. His Highness Prince Chen's men will handle the bodies of Granny Fang and the coachman." Bai Zhi carefully helped Shen Ning up.

Shen Ning asked, "Where's Bailu? I haven't seen Bailu."

Bai Zhi said, "I heard that Sister Bai Lu went back to the Shen family first."

"Let's go back too."

Shen Ning nodded: "Okay, let's go back to the Shen family."

After all, a major drama is still unfolding in the Shen family for her.

After returning to the Shen family, Shen Ning did not go to see Old Madam Shen and Second Madam Yu, but went directly back to her own residence, Zhaohua Courtyard.

Upon entering the room, she instructed Bai Zhi to close the door.

Then he walked to the bedside, squatted down, and took out a thick stack of letters from a box under the bed.

When she opened those letters, the contents of them made her shudder.

Above is a love poem written in her neat handwriting, revealing her affair with someone.

There was also a letter written in someone else's handwriting, inviting her to a secret meeting at Putuo Temple.

Shen Ning's gaze fell on the letter, on which several lines were written with great enthusiasm.

Miss Shen's Makeup:

Tomorrow at 9:00 AM, I look forward to meeting you beneath the crabapple blossoms at Putuo Temple. Spring is in full bloom; I wish to share its beauty with you.

At the end of the letter, a name was gracefully written: Ning Congwen.

Ning Congwen was the son of the Vice Minister of Revenue and a playboy in Yanjing. It was said that he appeared to be a respectable and upright man.

But Shen Ning knew from her memories of her past life that Ning Congwen had always liked to frequent brothels and had contracted venereal disease.

However, he was eventually killed by Xie Linyuan.

Today, Ning Congwen also went to Putuo Temple. The two met once, but later she noticed something was wrong with her body and left in a hurry.

Prince Chen originally intended for Shen Rou to devise a plan to have physical intimacy with him.

But Shen Rou had her own selfish motives and wanted to lose her virginity to Ning Congwen.

In her past life, after she returned to the Shen family from Putuo Temple, these letters ruined her reputation and indirectly caused her younger sister Shen Wan to be rejected by her fiancé.

This caused Shen Wan to hate her second sister.

"Oh my god, what are all these?"

Bai Zhi took the thick stack of letters and opened them one by one.

Each letter contained ambiguous words, and all were in Shen Ning's handwriting.

"Miss, these letters could not possibly have been written by you; someone must have framed you."

Bai Zhi knew what kind of person her young mistress was; her young mistress was simple-minded and had no interest in matters of men and women.

Shen Ning looked calmly at Bai Zhi.

"Bai Zhi, go and prepare the brush and ink."

Bai Zhi nodded and quickly ran off to prepare the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"Miss, everything is ready."

Shen Ning walked to the table, spread out the letters, and picked up her pen again to write on the white paper.

After writing all ten letters, Shen Ning handed the original letters to Bai Zhi.

"Take it and burn it."

"Later, go out through the side gate and head south towards the outer wall of our Shen residence. See if there's a dog hole there. If there's anything in the dog hole, bring it back."

"A dog hole?" Bai Zhi frowned.

"I do remember there was a dog hole. I will do as you say, Miss."

After Bai Zhi left the house, she burned the thick stack of letters and then went out through the side gate of the Shen residence as Shen Ning had instructed.

Sure enough, something was found in the dog hole in the south-facing outer wall of the Shen family's house.

It is a letter.

When she handed the letter to Shen Ning, Shen Ning chuckled softly.

"I knew it!"

"Bai Zhi, go and fetch me some warm water. I want to take a bath."

"Yes, Miss."

After Bai Zhi left, Shen Ning put the letters she had just written, along with the letter she had taken from the dog hole, into a box under the bed.

About fifteen minutes later, Bai Zhi brought hot water for Shen Ning to take a bath.

The warm water quickly submerged her body.

Shen Ning sat in the bathtub, lost in thought.

The clothes she wore at Putuo Temple were torn to shreds when Xie Linyuan cured her poison, but they were given to Granny Fang. It's likely that Shen Rou didn't notice they were torn.

Now, the bodies of Granny Fang and the coachman have been taken away by the Yanjing government.

In his previous life, Prince Chen would have tried to suppress the matter, since it wouldn't be a good thing if the investigation came back to him.

In the bathtub, Shen Ning slowly closed her eyes.

Tonight, another tough battle awaits.

When Bai Zhi brought clothes to Shen Ning, she couldn't help but widen her eyes when she saw the bruises on Shen Ning's body.

"Miss, what are these on you?"

Bai Zhi was terribly panicked: "Could it be that Miss encountered some thieves at Putuo Temple? Should we tell Miss?"

"Oh my god..."

Although Bai Zhi was a maid, she wasn't completely ignorant.

Her young lady has clearly been defiled.

If this gets out, Shen Ning will be drowned in a pond or thrown into a pig cage.

Moreover, she will never find a good man to marry her in this lifetime.

It's very likely she'll be sent to the countryside to marry an old man, or become someone's concubine, and spend the rest of her life there.

The thief who tormented her young lady was far too cruel.

Shen Ning's skin was originally fair, but when she was soaking in the water, those marks were faintly glaring to the eye.

From her neck to her waist, and then to her jade-white legs, it was covered in a dense array of these.

Especially noticeable on Shen Ning's chest.

That spot looked red from being sucked, making Bai Zhi blush with embarrassment.

Their young lady's situation is more than just encountering thugs.

Shen Ning's cheeks flushed red. When she saw Bai Zhi looking at her, she quickly shrank back into the water.

"Miss, what's wrong? Should we tell the old lady? This concerns a young lady's reputation."

"What should we do, miss..."

Shen Ning whispered, "Bai Zhi, you're the only one I can trust."

"Now I tell you, the one who wants my body is none other than the current Regent, Xie Linyuan."

Upon hearing Xie Linyuan's name, Bai Zhi was utterly dumbfounded.

The one tormenting the young lady was none other than the regent of the Great Yan.

Rumor has it that the Regent is not interested in women, so how come he has tormented his young lady like this?

"Can you keep this a secret?"

Shen Ning looked at Bai Zhi with pleading eyes.

Bai Zhi nodded repeatedly. She had been by her mistress's side since childhood, and her mistress treated her like a sister. Naturally, she would keep it a secret for her mistress.

Moreover, the person who took the young lady's body was the Regent of Great Yan. If she were to speak out of turn, she might not even know how she died.

"This servant promises Miss that I will not reveal a single word."

Hearing this, Shen Ning finally felt relieved.

She tells Bai Zhi about how Shen Rou drugged her at Putuo Temple, how Xie Linyuan cured her, and about her past life.

Bai Zhi was terrified and didn't believe Shen Rou's identity.

"How could the young lady not be the general's daughter?"

"She even drugged the young lady?"

Shen Rou has always doted on Shen Ning and Shen Wan. After the Madam passed away, Shen Rou took care of the two sisters as they grew up, just like their mother.

Bai Zhi simply couldn't believe that the eldest young lady would drug the second young lady and scheme against her.

But she didn't believe Shen Ning would lie.

Shen Ning said, "Perhaps, my dream was just a dream."

"But then again, today we encountered bandits at the foot of Putuo Temple, and our encounter with Prince Chen came true."

"So, it's very likely that everything is true."

Shen Ning's eyes were red, and she reached out to grab Bai Zhi's arm.

"Bai Zhi, do you believe me?"

Bai Zhi was still reeling from Shen Ning's words.

If the eldest young lady is not the madam's daughter, then whose daughter is she?

"This servant believes you, Miss. This servant believes everything."

"Now that the general is in the border region, the eldest son is busy with official duties all day, the second son spends all day gambling, and the third young lady has fallen ill."

"If the eldest young lady is not the general's daughter, then the young lady and the third young lady will have no one to protect them in the Shen family."

"Every time the general won a battle, the silver and cloth bestowed by His Majesty never ended up in the eldest son's house; they were all kept by the second and third wives."

"Over the years, I have seen how badly the young lady and the third young lady have been bullied by the second and third wives."

"This servant will always stay with you, Miss."

"Thank you, Bai Zhi." Shen Ning sighed.

"I'll take a bath first; the Second Madam probably wants me to go and question her."

"We'll see then whether the dream I mentioned comes true, and whether the second wife will bring people to my room to search for letters."