Episode 9 recap: Shen Zhen dealt with Manniang.
While Shen Ran continued to stay in a room with Zhou Yushi, she directly spoke about the ruler she saw in her husband's room and suspected it was related to her father's case. They sat down together to compare the characters on the ruler. After Zhou Yushi finished writing the characters on a piece of paper, Shen Ran, upon reading the characters, learned that her husband had killed someone in their household. She deeply regretted allowing him to go and find her sister. When she mentioned her sister, she began to complain about the fact that her husband did not inform her about Shen Zhen going to Wuzhou. However, the person in front of her, Lu Shi Yan, would surely take good care of her sister.
After finishing her words, Shen Ran couldn't wait to send her malicious husband to prison to rescue her father. However, the person beside her believed that Li Di was not the mastermind behind this matter; even he was being used. If they acted rashly, the other party would continue to shift the blame onto others. However, the fact that the person on the other side did not destroy these secret letters made him suspicious. After listening to these words, the person standing beside the pillow boldly stated her husband's character traits and began to believe that he must be hiding some evidence. She believed that the person beside her was using her identity as a pillow person to deal with her husband.
After hearing what she said, Zhou Yushi did not directly answer the question. Although he already knew about the things her husband had done, he kindly advised her to reconcile with him. However, this time, Shen Ran couldn't care about that much. She just wanted to bring her malicious husband to justice, and other matters were of no importance to her. She didn't expect that after they got on the carriage, Shen Ran's husband suddenly encountered his wife and saw her leaving in a carriage. At this moment, he also saw Zhou Yushi standing on the city wall and suddenly remembered the scene at that time, starting to suspect that Zhou Yushi had an affair. On the other hand, Lu Shi Yan went alone to Zhao Daren's mansion to discuss business, but unexpectedly, the other party started to have bad intentions. Taking advantage of the drinking time, they even wanted him to take in Manniang. Afterwards, they continued to go to the calligraphy and painting room to select items. This time, Lu Shi Yan, who stood in front of the person, still failed to obtain the desired calligraphy and painting. However, in order to cover up, he continued to act when he returned home and started a scene with the person in the box. After seeing this, Manniang, in response to the audacity of the concubine in front of her, tried to get close to her, but unexpectedly, she was sternly rebuked, which made her angrily leave.
At this moment, after seeing the person outside leave, Lu Shi Yan intended to continue discussing business. When he heard the news about the lumber workers from Zhuangzi, he planned to leave for two days himself, allowing the concubine beside him to help delay for two days. Shen Ran, in order to continue finding evidence, went alone to her husband's lover's dilapidated house to investigate the situation. However, the commotion was quickly noticed by her husband outside, who immediately brought people to break in and find out what was going on. Zhou Yushi, who received the news, rushed to the scene to provide cover for Shen Ran and pretended to be the flirtatious Shen Ran, deliberately putting on a show for the person in front of him. Li Di, at this time, didn't make a fuss about the outsider flirting with his wife because of his own future prospects.
On the other side, Shen Zhen continued to cooperate with her husband to act out the play. She exhibited an arrogant and domineering demeanor, putting on a show for the undercover agents nearby. When she saw Lu Shi Yan preparing to go outside alone to gather information, she took the initiative to express concern and advised him to be careful. Unexpectedly, Manniang on the other side suddenly couldn't sit still and planned to continue bringing people into the house.
After Shen Zhen successfully handled Manniang alone, she began to suspect that the other party had the ability to fend for themselves and didn't believe why they would seek refuge with Zhao Daren. At this point, she still planned to thoroughly investigate after her husband returned. As she mentioned this, Shen Zhen started thinking about the other person again.
Upon learning that his batch of timber caught fire and that the workers fell ill, Zhao Daren felt that all these coincidences were deliberately designed by someone. Frustrated and angry, he urged the person beside him to quickly inquire about the situation regarding Lu Shi Yan.
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