"Your Majesty, Shen Qingwu is no longer worthy of being the Crown Princess. Her engagement with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be cancelled first to avoid tarnishing the Crown Prince's reputation!" The Prime Minister's party stood up and spoke righteously.

The emperor on the dragon throne had a flicker of impatience in his eyes. "Your concerns are not without reason, but the Shen family has made great contributions to our Great Xia, and I do not want to disappoint our loyal ministers and generals. Before the truth is revealed, please refrain from further comment."

"Your Majesty, please think twice." Several more old ministers knelt down.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince loves the people like his own children, but Shen Qingwu beats his subjects in the streets. This is damaging to the Crown Prince's reputation. Your Majesty, please think twice." Several old men shouted in unison.

"Everyone." The prince finally stood up calmly.

"My reputation is indeed important, but earlier when Shen Qingwu was bullied by others because of his mental retardation, you didn't seem to care about my reputation. This time, I'd like to spare you the trouble. Let's find out the truth before we discuss it."

Several people did not expect the prince to say this, and their words of rebuttal were stuck in their throats.

"From the moment I see it, I don't think Shen Qingwu has done anything wrong. She is the Crown Princess after all. But you, my dear ministers, allow your children to bully her. Don't you take me seriously?" The Crown Prince asked sternly.

"If the Shen family is disloyal to Great Xia, I will not keep Shen Qingwu. But if the Shen family is wrongly accused, and we punish Shen Qingwu now, do you think you will lead the army to fight against the Xiongnu next year?"

The old men lowered their heads and kept silent.

The prince looked at them with satisfaction as they lowered their heads, and a sense of satisfaction as a superior arose spontaneously.

He and his father both had their own concerns. Currently, Da Xia had only one general who was capable of taking command, and that was Shen Lan. Unless it was necessary, Shen Lan could not be moved.

As for those veteran generals?

Oh, died in the imperial power's calculations.

The reason why Chen Lan was promoted was because Chen Lan did not have a complicated background and would not be able to become a big figure for at least 10 to 20 years, so he was very useful.

…

The court was in turmoil, but Shen Qingwu ignored it. He returned home before dawn, slept until noon, and then went out again to shop and eat.

Her relaxation plunged the entire Kyoto into a fog.

Including the Shen family.

"Why don't we go back to our hometown? Kyoto is prosperous, but it's also really dangerous."

Old Mrs. Shen took a walk in the morning and went to the door to take a look. The tall and mighty guards holding spears were guarding the door, which was really scary.

Shen Hao hadn't been able to eat or sleep well in the past two days, and blisters had formed at the corners of his mouth. "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come to the capital. I thought Qingtang could replace Shen Qingwu as the Crown Princess, but I didn't expect us to be killed here."

"There's nowhere to go now. Only Shen Qingwu can go out freely every day." Shen Yan had two dark circles under her eyes and was also in agony.

"That damn girl Qingtang is quite calm, she's still embroidering." Shen Yan said helplessly, "But come to think of it, seeing her sitting there embroidering, I actually feel at ease."

"By the way, Qingtang is so powerful, why don't you ask her if there is any way to get us all out?" Shen Hao suddenly thought of something and grabbed Shen Yan's arm.

Shen Qingtang also got two wolf cubs, and now he, as their father, can't even enter the yard.

"How dare I ask." Shen Yan pushed Shen Hao's arm away. "That damn girl might just be hoping that we'll all be beheaded together."

Shen Hao, “…”

"Why is my life so miserable?" The old lady slapped her legs and wailed.

…

Regarding the Shen family's affairs, the people were divided into two factions.

Some people think that Shen Qingwu is so leisurely now because he is sure that the Shen family has not colluded with the enemy or betrayed the country, while others think that this is Shen Qingwu's last struggle and carnival.

On the streets and alleys, there are always a few people arguing about this issue until they are red in the face.

"Don't be so angry. It's not worth it." Shen Qingwu walked forward with a smile, biting the skewer of meat, and separated the people.

"They all make sense, they all make sense." Shen Qingwu smiled and tried to smooth things over with them.

"Hmph!" The two men threw their sleeves and left angrily with their backs to each other.

Shen Qingwu shrugged speechlessly.

A long whip came from behind him, breaking through the air.

Shen Qingwu dodged by tilting his head to the side, threw away the bamboo stick in his hand, grabbed the whip with his bare hands, and looked back at the strange girl, "Who are you?"

"Shen Qingwu, if you know what's best for you, you should cancel your engagement with the Crown Prince. You're not worthy of him at all. You're only a burden to him now!"

The little girl's face turned red and she tried to pull back her whip, but she was completely powerless and yelled at Shen Qingwu.

Shen Qingwu pressed his wrist, and the little girl shifted her center of gravity forward. She staggered two steps and barely stopped.

"There weren't so many fighting girls from Kyoto City at the hunting banquet before. How come they have appeared in the past two days?" Shen Qingwu muttered in confusion.

He then teasingly pulled the other person two steps towards him.

She looked at the other person jokingly, "Whose girl dares to order me like this? Are you trying to save your life?"

The little girl gritted her teeth in anger and raised her left hand to hit someone.

Shen Qingwu raised his hand to block it, and the little girl felt as if her hand had fallen on an iron wall, and she felt numb.

She looked at Shen Qingwu in disbelief, "You, you..."

"So she is a girl from the Imperial Censor's family. She is indeed qualified to be the Crown Princess." Shen Qingwu clicked his tongue twice.

She said very fairly, "It's a pity that although you are favored, you are not a legitimate daughter and do not qualify. However, if the prince likes you, it is not impossible for him to make you his wife or something."

This is the daughter born to the Censor by his childhood sweetheart. She is very spoiled and her name is Zhou Silin.

Shen Qingwu gently grabbed the tail of the whip, and Zhou Silin spun on the spot, trapped by his own whip.

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