When the old women searched Mu Wanting, they found nothing. They made her change out of her brocade robe and into prison clothes.
Only then did Shen's mother and Shen Yujiao, who had been holding their breath, finally feel relieved.
Just then, several Imperial Guards brought in the eldest son's family, who were carrying heavy bundles. They had all been badly beaten and thrown next to the third son's family.
Madam Shen was already in unbearable pain, and at this moment she began to blame Shen Xinglan.
"Xinglan is really something. He didn't want to be a proper prince, so he had to go and collude with the enemy. Now his whole family is in trouble."
Master Shen covered his swollen cheek.
"Now even our whole family is involved."
Madam Shen Er sighed, "It's all Xinglan's fault for being too greedy, which has implicated the entire Prince's Mansion. Who knows what he will encounter on his journey of exile?"
The eldest and second wives had a very low profile in the Prince of Pingxi's mansion. Shen Xinglan, mindful of family ties, gave each wife a separate courtyard and supported them with her salary, so they lived in harmony.
But ironically, when the Prince's mansion was in danger, the first to flee and the first to jump out and accuse were these very relatives who had taken advantage of Shen Xinglan.
Mu Wanting said calmly, "Aunt and Second Aunt, you are mistaken. Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger. You know my husband's character. There must be some injustice involved."
Madam Shen said, "No matter how wronged we are, it still resulted in the exile of our whole family."
Although Shen Yujiao is willful, she can't stand others talking about her family.
As soon as she turned her head, the tears on her face splattered onto the First Madam's face, and she started cursing fiercely like a little chili pepper.
"You didn't say anything when you were eating and living off my brother, but now that he's in trouble, you're all cursing him. If my brother hadn't fought so bravely on the battlefield, you'd still be farmers!"
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