Mrs. Du ignored him and continued to unbutton her clothes with her head down.

He pulled off a button on the inner garment with a "swish" sound and handed it to Shen Qingyin: "Here you go."

Shen Qingyin was stunned.

Just now, Mrs. Du unbuttoned her clothes. She had already guessed that the thing might be hidden on Mrs. Du.

But is it just a button?

"Madam, at this point, do you still want to deceive the second young lady? How can a button be a treasure and be worth 20,000 taels?" Fan'er's face turned red with anxiety.

Although this button looks bigger than ordinary buttons, it is still a button after all.

Mrs. Du was very calm: "Take a closer look."

Shen Qing took it doubtfully, looked at it carefully in his hand, and his expression changed.

"Is this really what my mother left behind?"

Mrs. Du was annoyed: "If you don't believe it, just give it back to me. Anyway, that's what the master said back then. He asked me to keep you in his name for the sake of this thing..."

"Now that the things have been returned to you, you must keep your word, withdraw the lawsuit immediately, and let me go!"

Shen Qingyin lowered his eyes slightly, turned his head and told Fan'er: "Tell someone to withdraw the lawsuit!"

Faner opened her mouth and turned to go out: "Yes."

Soon, because Shen Qingyin withdrew the lawsuit, Du was released from prison.

Walking out of the prison door, Mrs. Du couldn't help but smile.

It's finally out!

Although the price is a bit high, I am free after all.

Enduring the soreness and pain in her legs, Mrs. Du walked forward for a distance and called a carriage.

Fortunately, her clothes were dirty, her hair was unkempt, and no one recognized her on the street. Otherwise, she would have attracted a lot of people to spit on her.

In order to prevent any trouble, Mrs. Du and the coachman did not tell the Shen family that they were going to the Shen family. They only mentioned a place near the Shen family. The coachman did not think much about it and the carriage sped along the way. After less than half an hour, they arrived at the place.

Mrs. Du got off the carriage in a happy mood. She generously gave the driver a piece of silver and turned around to walk back to the Shen family.

When he reached the door and was about to go in, the servant at the door quickly scolded him:

"Hey, beggar, get away from here. Don't you see where this is? Is this a place you can come to?"

Mrs. Du's good mood disappeared in an instant.

He shouted at the servant in a hoarse voice: "You are so blind that you don't even know who I am!"

The servant saw that the person in front of him had dirty clothes, disheveled hair, and a unkempt face. He had no idea who she was. He never expected that Mrs. Du would suddenly come out of prison, and he immediately became anxious.

He came forward holding a wooden stick at the door.

"What? You are crazy, you little bastard? Get out of here! If you don't get out of here, I will do something to you!"

The servant waved a stick and kicked Mrs. Du out.

Mrs. Du had no choice but to take a few steps back. After she stood still, she tucked her hair behind her ears and wiped her face with her sleeve.

"Look again, who am I!"

The servant took a closer look and recognized that it was Mrs. Du.

Suddenly panicked.

"Ma'am, why are you back?"

Mrs. Du took a few steps forward and slapped the boy on the face.

"What do you mean, can't I come back?"

The servant covered his face and said in defense: "No, no, I'm just curious, how did you get out..."

Mrs. Du slapped the boy in the face again: "I don't need to tell you how I got out!"

After beating the servant, Mrs. Du went straight to her own lotus courtyard in the backyard.

She was dirty and smelly, no wonder the servant couldn't recognize her.

Before going to see the master, she had to go back and pack up.

In the past, she kept her house clean and decent, and the master was unwilling to go to her room.

If he saw me like this now, he would probably be disgusted.

Mrs. Du, who was walking hurriedly in the Shen family's yard, attracted a group of servants to stop and look at her.

"Who, who is this person?"

Mrs. Du ignored him and walked towards the Lotus Courtyard with her head down.

When I arrived at the gate of Lotus Courtyard, I was stunned.

Damn it!

Where is the Lotus Courtyard? Why can’t I see her Lotus Courtyard?

Where is the ruins in front of us?

Could it be that I had been keeping my head down and walked into the wrong place?

Mrs. Du looked around and saw that it was true. On the left was the old lady’s courtyard, and on the right was Shen Rongyue’s Mingyue Pavilion!

"Zhi Nian, what should we do? The house has been demolished and the things have not been found yet..." The old lady's voice came from somewhere in the ruins.

Du walked in the direction of the sound suspiciously.

"Mom, could it be that she didn't bring the things to the capital and left them in the house in Yuhu?" Shen Zhinian guessed.

"That's impossible. She has already come to the capital. How could she leave such a treasure in Yuhu? That bitch Mrs. Du actually hid the thing so deeply!" The old lady started to scold Mrs. Du again.

Mrs. Du was unable to suppress her anger.

These two mothers are really calculating.

While she was in prison, he even went so far as to tear down the entire Lotus Courtyard to find that thing!

She couldn't stand it any longer, so she appeared in front of the two people who were rummaging through the ruins.

"Old lady, it's not good for you to say bad things about your daughter-in-law behind her back, right?"

The two were completely unprepared for Du's sudden appearance.

The old lady screamed as if she had seen a ghost, threw away the small shovel in her hand that she was using to rummage around, and moved towards Shen Zhinian in panic.

"Son, how come a female ghost appeared from the ground!" The old lady's face was pale and her voice trembled.

Shen Zhinian was also frightened and his face turned pale.

However, after taking a closer look, he was able to recognize Mrs. Du.

"You, you, you came out?" Although he recognized it was Mrs. Du, Shen Zhinian still found it hard to believe.

"That's right, I'm out. It's rare that the master recognizes me!" Mrs. Du gritted her teeth.

After confirming that the person in front of him was the real Du, Shen Zhinian's expression became even uglier.

"Tell me, how did you get out?"

The old lady also recovered and pointed at Mrs. Du: "Yes, you, how did you get out? Why didn't you tell me you were back?"

Mrs. Du was so angry that she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"How did I get out? I want to ask the old master and the old lady, why didn't you go to the prison to save me? Didn't you say you would definitely save me? Also, why did my Lotus Courtyard become like this?"

Shen Zhinian swallowed his saliva and said, "Why didn't I save you? Aren't you still trying to find a way to get the money together... Tell me, how did you get out? Are you Shen Qingyin?"

The more anxious Shen Zhinian was to know, the less Du answered.

She snorted coldly, "Gather money? A matter that can be solved with a few hundred taels of silver, does the master need to demolish the Lotus Courtyard to gather money?"

Shen Zhinian couldn't bear to listen to Mrs. Du's words.

"What do you mean by several hundred taels of silver? Do you think it's so easy to get people out of Jingzhao Prefecture?"

Although he was looking for something, it was not really for the purpose of saving Mrs. Du.

But that was also because he knew that it was impossible to rescue anyone from Jingzhao Prefecture.

Everyone in the capital knows that Lord Pei, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, is notoriously stubborn and unrepentant. Even the Empress cannot get her relatives from her mother's side out of his hands.

What ability does he have to rescue Du?

The reason why he lied to Mrs. Du and said he would save her was just to comfort her temporarily...

Shen Zhinian's words made Mrs. Du furious. She put her hands on her hips and got ready.

"Hmph, don't try to fool me again. What are you two up to? Do you think I don't know?"

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