Shen Wantong kept his head down, but his eyes were darting around.
Before long, he put together the reasons he had come up with and began to deceive Ouyang Zhenyu and the civil and military officials in the court.
Shen Wantong coughed lightly, then bowed to Ouyang Zhenyu and said, "Your Majesty, you have also seen that I am in a daze. In fact, I have something difficult to say."
Having spent so much time on Shen Wantong, Ouyang Zhenyu said impatiently, "What unspeakable secret could cause a prime minister to lose his composure in the imperial court?"
Upon hearing Ouyang Zhenyu's question, Shen Wantong knelt down in front of the hall with a thud and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty."
Seeing Shen Wantong kneeling down, Ouyang Zhenyu asked in confusion, "Oh? What crime have you committed, my dear minister?"
Upon hearing Ouyang Zhenyu's question, Shen Wantong began his fabrication career.
"Your Majesty, you are unaware of the following."
When I was young, I married a first wife, who was also my second wife after my death.
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zhenyu asked in confusion, "Everyone is talking about your principal wife, why are you bringing up your secondary wife?"
When Shen Wantong heard Ouyang Zhenyu ask this question, he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, the concubine I mentioned has some connection with my current principal wife."
Upon hearing that there was a connection, Ouyang Zhenyu exclaimed, "Oh?" and said, "A connection? Then tell me what the connection is."
When questioned, Shen Wantong lowered his head and began to give his statement.
"Your Majesty, in fact, my concubine is my principal wife."
As for the wife in the family now, she was only forced into marriage by the Right Chancellor at the time.
When I came to the capital to study and prepare for the imperial examination to become a Juren, it was the women in my family who took a liking to my talent.
She forced the humble servant to marry her, and forcibly made his first wife become his second wife.
My deceased wife is constantly being harassed by my current wife, and is depressed all the time.
He left me and went away a few years later...
At this point, Shen Wantong wiped away two imaginary tears.
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zhenyu sat up straight on the dragon throne and asked, "Oh? Is your wife really that vicious?"
Shen Wantong, judging from Ouyang Zhenyu's expression, knew that the Emperor was interested in this matter.
So he went to great lengths to fabricate stories.
"Your Majesty, that's not all."
At that time, he was a subject who would rather die than submit, unwilling to part with his wife's bedding, and unwilling to yield.
It was my current wife who threatened me with the lives of my widowed mother, my first wife, and my two-year-old daughter.
At that time, I was utterly despondent and wanted to end it all by dying.
However, he threatened me with my widowed mother, so I had no choice but to endure the humiliation and live a life of hardship.
“I lost my father when I was young, and my widowed mother raised me with great care and love. I cannot abandon my widowed mother’s life because of this.”
My current dazed state is because my wife is using the events of that year to threaten me...
so……
It must be said that when Shen Wantong was mentally sound, he was very adept at navigating social situations.
Upon hearing Shen Wantong's rant, Ouyang Zhenyu flew into a rage and said, "Hmph! There are still such shameless harlots in the world! How could the late Right Chancellor be so muddle-headed as to allow his arrogant and domineering children to snatch a bride?"
Shen Wantong realized that what he had expressed had moved the current emperor.
He knelt on the ground as if he were the victim, saying nothing and silently wiping away tears that weren't actually tears.
After his anger subsided, Ouyang Zhenyu said to Shen Wantong, "Please rise, my dear minister. This is not your fault."
I hereby issue an edict to strip this harlot of her title of Second Rank Lady and order her to commit suicide.
Upon hearing this, Shen Wantong was overjoyed that he had made the right move.
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