So she gritted her teeth and took the blame, saying, "Yes, it was Granny Dai who disrespected the Second Miss first, and even questioned the Second Miss, 'How dare you hit her?' It was really... really rude..."

Upon hearing this, the old lady's face turned ashen.

She didn't really care about a servant; what bothered her was that Shen Qiyin hadn't considered her, the master, when he beat the dog.

However, what she said was reasonable and well-founded, and in front of these servants, Madam Shen could not refute it.

So he simply waved his hand, signaling Banxia to leave, and didn't mention Dai Mama's matter again.

"That's fine, but I sent someone to summon you to Zhuijintang, why didn't you go?!"

Shen Xiyin didn't even look up: "Busy."

Seeing this, Old Madam Shen was furious: "What do you have to be busy with? You're just taking advantage of the Marquis's mansion to send you to treat the illness, and you're already acting all high and mighty!"

"Let me ask you this: why didn't you help your second brother with his affairs?"

Shen Qiyin: "He brought this upon himself, how can I help him out?"

“Knowing little can be learned, and being clumsy can be practiced, but there’s really no cure for being stupid.”

"When someone provided a matching couplet for him, he remained silent and quietly continued reading his books. Why did he have to compete with them again? After losing, he broke his promise and even attempted to assault someone in front of so many people."

"Did I force him to do all of this?"

Madam Shen was speechless.

Unable to reason with him, she resorted to appealing to emotions: "But he's your brother! How can you let outsiders hurt him?"

"I don't know, I was so angry with him that I lost my mind."

"Even if you didn't see it with your own eyes, haven't you heard people talking about it?" Old Madam Shen was so angry that she pounded the ground with her cane. "It's all because of your good senior brother, who kicked Yaozu so badly that he can't get out of bed!"

"That serious?!" Shen Qiyin looked surprised, but then said, "Then Grandmother should report him to the authorities and have him arrested."

The old lady, however, was clearly hesitant.

It's not difficult to get this matter to the authorities; the difficulty lies in the fact that once it's reported to the authorities, the matter won't be over for a while, and the Shen family will inevitably become the subject of gossip.

But it would be hard to accept giving up now.

Guangzong is useless now, and even Yaozu's reputation and studies have been ruined. What future can the Shen family have?

After a moment of silence, Madam Shen finally said, "If we go through the official channels, your senior brother probably won't get any benefits. Wouldn't that put you in a difficult position?"

"Just ask him to produce one thousand taels of silver, and we'll settle this privately."