"I only need to kill you, why would I need evidence?"
Shen Yuan cleaved Shen Wei's hand with a single palm strike, the dagger twirled beautifully around her wrist, then returned to her hand, thrusting straight at Jiang Shi with unstoppable momentum.
Jiang was so frightened that her eyes almost closed to the bridge of her nose. She screamed and backed away, "Ahhh! Murder! Help!"
But there was a wall behind her, leaving her nowhere to retreat.
Seeing that the dagger was about to pierce Jiang's heart,
In a flash, Shen Wei pulled Shen Yuan behind him, and the dagger in Shen Yuan's hand changed direction instantly, leaving only a bloody mark on Jiang Shi's face before plunging into Shen Wei's arm.
Shen Wei groaned, enduring the pain as he coaxed, "Yuan Yuan, listen to me, calm down first!"
Shen Yuan's eyes were bloodshot as she pulled the dagger out of Shen Wei's arm.
Blood gushed out, and Shen Yuan took two steps back, so that her clothes were no longer stained with blood.
Jiang immediately rushed to Shen Wei's side, covering his blood-soaked arm, her voice trembling with tears: "The general is injured! Quickly, please summon the royal physician! Quickly, please summon the royal physician!"
She called out twice towards the door.
The maids and nannies immediately ran out of the courtyard to fetch the family doctor.
Shen Changshu and Shen Qingshu seized the opportunity and ran in from outside.
Tonight, when they saw that their maternal grandparents' family had been invited over, they knew that something had happened to Madam Jiang. So, taking advantage of Xiao Ling's absence, they secretly slipped into Wude Courtyard.
They eavesdropped outside for a long time and learned that Jiang was not Shen Wei's first wife, which made them very anxious.
They were born as the legitimate sons of the General's Mansion and enjoyed wealth and honor for so many years. How did their status suddenly become such an awkward one?
Fearing that his appearance would cause trouble, Shen Changshu pulled Shen Qingshu and hid outside the door.
Upon hearing Jiang's scream, they knew this was the best opportunity to show themselves, so they rushed into the house without any hesitation.
Shen Changshu and Shen Qingshu rushed to Shen Wei's side one after the other, crying even more bitterly than if they themselves had been stabbed, "Father! Why are you bleeding so much? Father, does it hurt? Changshu will warm it up for you!"
"I'll give you a good smother, Qing Shu!"
Shen Wei looked at Jiang Shi and the two brothers Shen Changshu and Shen Qingshu surrounding him, then glanced at Shen Yuan standing alone in the corner, and lowered his head with a complicated expression.
Jiang raised the corners of her lips without making a sound and glanced at Shen Yuan.
So what if she's a fake Madam Shen?
Jiang Qinxue is dead. No matter how good or perfect she was, a dead person cannot take her place.
Moreover, Jiang Qinxue's daughter is also a fool. She finally obtained the status of the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion, but she did not know how to cherish it. She even stabbed her own father for the sake of someone else's death.
Turning against one's own father is incredibly stupid!
Unlike her three children, who were not only intelligent but also very perceptive and adept at pleasing their father.
Jiang secretly sized up Shen Wei. Shen Wei should understand now who his real family members are!
Given the choice between a daughter who would stab herself with a knife and a son who would cry his heart out at the sight of his injured child, it's obvious which one she should choose to keep as her child!
Before the physician arrived, Shen Wei tore off a strip of cloth and used it to tighten the wound on his arm to stop the bleeding.
He glanced at Shen Qingshu and Shen Changshu indifferently.
"Get up, everyone! It's just a minor injury, nothing serious!"
"But Daddy, you're bleeding so much, waaaaah...it must hurt so much..."
Shen Wei's face turned cold. "Shen family sons, you shed blood but not tears! What kind of behavior is this, you two crying and sobbing like this!"
Shen Qingshu was crying so hard that he hiccuped upon hearing this, abruptly stopping his sobbing.
"Father..."
Shen Wei ignored them and turned to Shen Yuan, sighing softly as he said, "Yuan Yuan, she... she is, after all, Jin'er and Changshu Qingshu's mother. Your two younger brothers are still young, and they cannot be without their mother for the time being. Except for her life... I can grant you anything else!"
Hearing this, Madam Jiang was delighted and raised her eyebrows at Shen Yuan in a provocative manner.
Shen Yuan stood by the candlestick, looking at Shen Wei, who was three steps away from her, as well as Jiang Shi, Shen Changshu, Shen Qingshu, Old Madam Jiang, and Old Master Jiang beside Shen Wei. The veins on the back of her hand, which was resting on the candlestick, were bulging from the force, and her fingertips were slightly white.
She suddenly turned her head and glanced at the waning moon outside the window.
The rain stopped, but water droplets still clung to the window frame. The cool moonlight shone down, casting a chilly glow outside the window.
Shen Yuan stared out the window for a while, then raised her hand and closed the window.
This inexplicable action caused a hint of doubt to appear in the eyes of both Shen Wei and Jiang Shi.
But Shen Yuan offered no explanation.
She was just thinking that her mother must be watching over her from heaven.
She didn't want her mother to see her daughter and her husband standing on opposite sides.
She didn't want her mother to see that the unfaithful man had both sons and daughters, while the heartless man had a happy family.
Mother will be sad...
Shen Yuan turned to look at Shen Wei, her voice utterly calm: "If she doesn't die, you'll have wronged my mother and me for the rest of your life!"
As she spoke, Shen Yuan walked to Jiang's dressing table, opened the drawer, and took out a pair of red coral earrings that she knew very well.
She tossed one at Jiang's feet and continued, "She killed her own sister, killed my only mother, and even tried to kill me and my siblings. From the time I was born until I went to the capital, she sent assassins to take my life countless times and also hunted down my grandmother. If it weren't for my grandmother and I being lucky, we would probably be dead by now!"
"Which of these things is not enough for Jiang Qingshuang to pay with her life?"
"Even if you send her to the yamen, the judge can still take her life. Is your general's mansion inferior to the yamen, unable to distinguish right from wrong?"
A mocking smile curled at the corner of Shen Yuan's lips. She raised her hand, wiped the blood off the dagger with her sleeve, and then pointed it at Shen Wei once more.
"Since the head of the Shen family can't resolve this case, then I will settle the score between my mother and me myself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a long sword being drawn suddenly rang out behind them. The sound was steady and deep, mixed with a dull sound of metal rubbing against each other, like the sound of iron chains scraping against the ground in the hands of a vengeful ghost from the underworld.
It sent chills down one's spine in an instant.
Jiang turned around in alarm, holding her two children, and a stunningly handsome face came into view.
Although he was wearing a mask, it couldn't hide his deep and exquisite eyes.
The cold moonlight fell on the long sword in his hand, and the sharp blade gleamed with a cold light.
Upon seeing Xiao Ling suddenly appear, Shen Wei was stunned: "You...you're Su Ling? Your face is fake, then what's your name...?"
Before Shen Wei could finish speaking, Xiao Ling swung the knife at his neck.
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