Chapter 247
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"Even if Mother does not care about me, could it be that one would not care about Younger Brother's life?"
When the calm words sounded, Ren Wan Yun's scolding suddenly stopped. She looked blankly at Shen Yuan, "What did you say?"
"Now that the entire Shen residence is implicated, the first to bear the brunt is our Second household. Younger Sister's matter has many implications and even if Father and I lose our official positions, Mother would not care but if it implicates Younger Brother, could it be that Mother would not care? "Shen Yuan said.
Ren Wan Yun looked at him and for a moment her expression was somewhat flustered, "What does this have to do with Bo-er? Bo-er is still so young, how could he be involved in these matters? No one is more innocent than Bo-er. "
"Mother, everyone is innocent in this matter." Shen Yuan sneered, "Could it be that I am not innocent?" Enduring it, he continued, "Mother, when the rumours are getting more and more intense, if the Shen family were to go and provoke things at this time, one fear that the entire residence would suffer." He looked at Ren Wan Yun and said in a deep voice, "Even if Mother has the thought of perishing together with others, could it be that Younger Brother would be thrown in for nothing?"
Ren Wan Yun's body trembled and started to tremble uncontrollably. One had to know that she indeed harbored such thoughts. Even though she hated Shen Miao, but the coldness of the entire Shen residence, Shen Gui's heartlessness, Old Shen Furen's sway with the wind and the Third household's cold eyes had already made Ren Wan Yun bear a huge grievance against the Shen residence. She even thought that it did not matter even if the entire Shen residence was implicated because of Shen Qing, if she could drag the First household to die together, it would be considered as revenge.
But Shen Yuan had pointed out one thing and that was if the Shen residence really suffered a calamity, even Shen Yuan Bo would not be able to avoid it. Since ancient times, the Emperor loved the eldest son and the commoners loved the youngest. Shen Yuan was intelligent since young so Ren Wan Yun did not worry much about him but it was Shen Yuan Bo who was young and mischievous that Ren Wan Yun doted on him. If Shen Yuan Bo were to lose his life, she would not be willing to see it no matter what.
"Then … Yuan-er, what should we do?" Ren Wan Yun looked at Shen Yuan and there was no trace of the craziness left, as if Shen Yuan was her life-saving straw and her backbone.
"Mother, one cannot be greedy." Shen Yuan looked at her with a cruel gaze, "You can only protect one of Younger Sister and Younger Brother."
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In the prison near the Ding capital's yamen, there were prison guards standing outside.
In the case of the extermination of Prince Yu's household, Shen Qing was in a very awkward position. On the surface, she seemed to be a pitiful person. As soon as she married into the Wang Fu, her family encountered a massacre. Fortunately, she was lucky enough to keep her life. However, if one delved deeper into the case, there were many doubtful points. Perhaps it was related to Shen Qing. Even if it had nothing to do with her, there were all kinds of erotic conjectures and rumors about Shen Qing cursing her husband. It was enough to make her name the focus of everyone's discussion on the streets and alleys. From this point of view, it would have been better for them to have died cleanly in that case.
Emperor Wen Hui's attitude towards the case of Prince Yu residence was also thought-provoking. He said that he wanted people to investigate immediately but threw the matter to the Administrator of the Capital and the yamen, and did not even ask about it. With Emperor Wen Hui's brotherly affection towards Prince Yu of the First Rank, it was not possible to let it go so easily. The Son of Heaven's mind had always been hard to guess and the officials below were also unable to guess what Emperor Wen Hui wanted to do, so they could only put Shen Qing in prison to await trial.
This was actually a little comical. The only woman who survived the massacre was unarmed, yet she was treated as the main culprit. The matters of the world were sometimes so strange.
When Shen Miao came to the prison door, the head jailer was surprised for a moment when he saw her and went forward, "Who is it?"
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