Chapter 343: Taking Advantage of the Situation

"Yes, there are fifteen people who came with me. Five of them broke into the General's Mansion with me last night. Four died, and one escaped. Now there are eleven left waiting at the Six Kings' base in the city."

A hint of doubt flashed across Shen Yi's eyes. "Why are you asking these questions? Do you want to catch them all in one fell swoop? Chu, I can tell you that I won't kill you, but I will definitely not let my father lose his life because of you."

"Those eleven cannot die. Once they are all dead, the Sixth King will become suspicious, and my father will be in danger."

Of course she knew that those people's lives had to be saved, and she had to stop others from killing her.

"Brother Shen, don't get excited. Just listen to me carefully."

“Now everyone in the Six Kings knows that you were seriously injured because of breaking into the General’s Mansion at night.

Your strength has been greatly reduced. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it would spread the news that you failed to assassinate me."

Shen Yi and Chu Mu's eyes lit up at the same time.

"You mean I should pretend to have assassinated you?"

"We used a trick on him. You pretended to assassinate me and nearly killed me with a single blow. You escaped the General's Mansion with serious injuries and were unable to bring Zhao Zhao out of the mansion."

Shen Zhao paused and said, "Brother Shen, Aunt Shen is in the General's Mansion now. If you can't take Zhao Zhao out, then naturally you can't take Aunt Shen out either.

But you can have those eleven people go to the Dali Temple prison and take Shen Qianmeng away."

Chu Mu also echoed, "This way, brother won't be considered to have failed in completing the mission ordered by the Sixth King. The man has been assassinated, and the loved ones have been brought back."

A complicated look flashed in Shen Yi's eyes.

"Zhao Zhao, do you know what the Sixth Prince meant when he asked me to take you back to Lingnan?"

He hoped Zhao Zhao didn't understand.

Zhao Zhao is such a simple and kind person that he would never have the intention of harming his brothers and relatives.

She just hoped that he could rescue Qian Meng.

"Brother, I understand. They are used as hostages to control you and father. If you and father dare to harbor villain thoughts on the front lines, the Sixth King will torture the hostage to warn you, or even kill her."

Chen Yi's tone softened a bit, "Zhao Zhao Qian Meng is also our sister. You and she are both my sister's sisters. I don't want you to get hurt, so naturally I don't want her to get hurt either.

Although she did something wrong, it’s not entirely her fault.”

A trace of confusion flashed across Shen Yi's face. In the final analysis, it was Shen Qianmeng who was selfish.

“It was the prince who deliberately approached Shen Qianmeng and asked her to steal his father’s seal.

Zhao Zhao's father has always been cautious. Do you think the seal is really that easy to steal?

The night Shen Qianmeng stole the seal, my father, the prince, and I were all watching from the shadows."

Shen Yi sighed in disappointment, "After all, she doesn't have the Shen family in her heart."

This is also one of the emperor's strategies, to let everyone know whether the Shen family father and son were wronged, or whether they were wronged by the prince's party and the Shen family girl.

Reduce those people's suspicion.

"Although Zhao Zhao's heart is not in the Shen family, she is her parents' biological child after all, so I can't..."

Shen Zhao interrupted Shen Yi directly.

“Brother Shen, do you know why Shen Qianmeng was imprisoned in the Dali Temple?”

Shen Yi shook his head. He had been traveling desperately for the past month and only arrived in Kyoto City yesterday just before curfew.

All I know is that Qianmeng was imprisoned, and it seemed to be related to Zhaozhao.

Before he had time to find out clearly, he was urged by the Sixth Prince's men to come to the General's Mansion.

"She drugged my mother and framed my eldest sister, nearly causing Madam Shen's death and ruining Ah Zhao's reputation."

Shen Yi looked at Shen Zhao in disbelief, not daring to believe that what the man surnamed Chu said was true.

He knew that Qian Meng was a bad and selfish person.

But her mother treated her so well and loved her the most among her three children.

How could she poison her mother!

Chen Yi looked at Chu Mu for confirmation, "Is what Zhao Zhao said true? Did Qian Meng really do all this?"

Chu Mu nodded, "Yes, on the day I was conferred the title of First Rank Consort, my mother was driven out of the Princess's Mansion by Shen Qianmeng.

I asked my mother to come to the General's Mansion to ask me to help Shen Qianmeng. My mother didn't know that Shen Qianmeng had poisoned the bowl of soup she gave her when she came.

Shen Qianmeng seized the moment when my mother was poisoned, gathered the people, and bribed many people to frame me in front of the General's Mansion, imprisoning my mother and doing harm to her..."

Chu Mu recounted everything that happened that day.

Shen Yi was furious when he heard this.

"She's a beast, how dare she do that."

"Mother treated her so well, she was afraid that the baby would melt if she held it in her mouth, and afraid that it would fall if she held it in her hands. Her whole heart was devoted to her.

When Dad and I got into trouble, Mother resolutely chose to reject you and serve her like a slave.

Has her conscience been eaten by dogs? Can't she see everything her mother has done for her? "

Shen Yi became more and more excited as he spoke. He was afraid of hurting Zhao Zhao, so there were many things he didn't say.

When he was young, his mother only favored Shen Qianmeng and was extremely indifferent to Zhao Zhao. Even he, as a son, couldn't stand it.

If his mother doesn't love him, then his father will.

His mother often accused him and his father of only doting on Zhao Zhao and not taking Shen Qianmeng, their daughter and sister, seriously.

But the mother didn't think about why he and his father were extra nice to Zhao Zhao.

It’s because since his mother gave birth to Shen Qianmeng, she has neglected Zhao Zhao a lot.

He and his father would love and pamper Zhaozhao more.

Later, her mother's favoritism became more and more obvious, as if Shen Qianmeng was the only daughter in her eyes.

Whenever he and his father saw little Zhao Zhao looking at his mother holding Qian Meng with a lost look on his face.

He and his father were heartbroken.

They could only take Zhao Zhao, who was still a young child, to the military camp.

Pamper her.

In the end, the mother only had Shen Qianmeng in her eyes, and raised Shen Qianmeng to be arrogant, rude, selfish and self-centered.

No matter what, Shen Qianmeng shouldn't have hit her mother...

Looking at Shen Yi who was in sorrow, Shen Zhao instantly knew why his elder brother was sad.

"Brother Shen, there's one thing I haven't had time to tell you yet. Shen Qianmeng is not a daughter of the Shen family."

"No... Impossible... How is this possible! Qian Meng was born by her mother.

When my mother gave birth to Qianmeng, I was waiting outside the Zen room and saw with my own eyes the midwife carrying Qianmeng out.

Although Shen Qianmeng did all sorts of bad things, Shen Yi never doubted that she was not a child of the Shen family.

Because he was waiting outside when his mother gave birth to Qianmeng.

No one knows better than him whether Qian Meng is a child of the Shen family.

"Brother Shen, it wasn't just Madam Shen who gave birth that day. There were four people who gave birth that day, including the Queen."

"Brother Shen, do you still remember the details of that year? Are you sure that the child has not been replaced under your nose since it was born?"

Shen Yi was stunned. Although he was only six years old at that time, the scene was still vivid in his mind and he had never forgotten it.

Suddenly he remembered that his mother became exhausted and fell into a coma after giving birth to Qianmeng.

When he was young, he devoted himself to his mother, and there was indeed a period of time when his second sister did not appear in his sight.

"Are you saying that Shen Qianmeng was a swapped child?"

"Yes, she was swapped with the Queen's daughter."

Shen Yi pondered for a moment and said, "You mean the Sixth Princess is my second sister!"

Shen Zhao had suspected it, but he was not sure.

They could only confirm that Shen Qianmeng was the queen's daughter, but they could not be sure whether the sixth princess was a daughter of the Shen family or the child of another lady.

Just like the Queen Mother didn't know who her daughters were at first, she adopted three daughters who were born on the same day of the same month of the same year.

Chen Zhao thought of Li Yuwan again. She was probably the only one in the world who knew the truth.

Shen Zhao's eyes flashed as he looked at Shen Yi.

In order to get my second sister back, it’s okay for the eldest brother to make some sacrifices.

Shen Yi noticed Shen Zhao's gaze and immediately became cautious.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"