"Yes, let's talk about the old house first."
Mrs. Shen also felt that her life was at stake, so she quickly said, "Li'er, why don't you tell everyone tomorrow that your grandfather dreamed about me and asked me to return to the old house in the country to look after him."
The corners of Shen Li's mouth twitched slightly: "Grandma, Grandpa's grave is in the suburbs of Beijing, not in the old house."
"Besides, it's freezing cold outside. If I send you out of the capital at this time with such a reason, not to mention whether His Majesty will be suspicious, I, a newly appointed official, will also have to give up my job." The mere act of filial piety was enough to make those old censors spit blood in his face.
Madam Shen frowned: "What excuse would be better?"
“Grandma, you can’t go anywhere for the time being.” Shen Li said.
Madam Shen was stunned: "Why?"
"It just happened not long ago, and Nanny Yin is still here. But they sent you to the old house for no reason. It's suspicious at first glance, and the world will poke holes in the spines of us younger generations, which is not good for the reputation of the Shen family."
Old Madam Shen's face darkened slightly.
In the past, she was also concerned about the reputation of the Shen family.
But now, hearing it from the mouth of my precious grandson, why do I feel so uncomfortable?
"It's because Nanny Yin is here that I have to leave."
"Your Majesty sent her here to monitor me and secretly investigate the person in the mansion who knew the secret. Nanny Liu has been poisoned to death by her. If she knew about my antidote, then I guess..." She was sent away with a glass of poisoned wine.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Shen shuddered.
She grabbed Shen Li's hand and said, "Li'er, grandma has drunk poison before and knows how painful it feels when it enters the throat. Even if you don't consider grandma, you have to think about the Shen family. If His Majesty knew that I had detoxified myself, many people in our Shen family would probably die again..."
"No."
Before Madam Shen finished speaking, Shen Li said calmly: "The last time I was summoned to the palace, I had already presented the red book and iron certificate."
"Red Book and Iron Certificate?"
Old Madam Shen was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened as she thought of something. "You mean that... Li'er? Your grandfather said that it must not be brought out unless there's a real disaster that will wipe out the clan. And you actually offered it up?"
Chen Li said nonchalantly, "If I hadn't offered myself up then, what would have been sent back that night would have been my body, not the news of my appointment as an official."
"But your grandfather..."
"Grandfather was too upright and inflexible. Even though he was already a high-ranking cabinet member, he still recklessly crashed into the throne room and died, forcing our Shen family into exile for six years."
"If he had produced the Red Book of Iron Certificate from the beginning, Grandfather wouldn't have died, our Shen family wouldn't have been exiled for six years, and we wouldn't be in such an awkward situation now..."
'Pah'
A crisp slapping sound.
Old Madam Shen half-supported her upper body, her face filled with disappointment and anger. "How can you say that about your grandfather? You have no idea what happened back then. If your grandfather hadn't died in that Golden Throne Hall, there wouldn't be officials pleading for him, and there wouldn't be the regrets of the world's students. Our Shen family would have been executed by now. Otherwise, why do you think I hid that booklet? It was all because..."
The angry words stopped abruptly.
"Why?"
Madam Shen's spirit suddenly seemed to be drained. She lay back on the bed weakly and closed her eyes deeply. When she opened them again, her expression was a little colder.
"Forget it, just go back. If you're so embarrassed about going back to the old house, just pretend I never told you. If you're worried, just give me a cup of poison. That way, you don't have to worry about me affecting your future."
Shen Li looked at Old Madam Shen's expression, and the anger he felt after being slapped disappeared instead. He even felt a little panicked in his heart: "Grandma, that's not what I meant."
Madam Shen waved her hand and said, "Please ask Wei Ya'er to come in and give me a few random injections to paralyze me again."
How dare Shen Li!
"Grandma, that's not what I meant just now..."
Shen Li wanted to explain, but Madam Shen closed her eyes and didn't want to listen. Shen Li was at a loss.
"grandmother……"
In the end, Old Madam Shen ignored him, and Shen Li felt guilty and uneasy, but he didn't know that when Old Madam Shen heard Shen Li calling her anxiously, the worry in her heart gradually eased.
How could she not know how to handle her own grandson!
And all of this was seen by two figures in the dark.
"Guess, will Chen Li poison her or send her back to the old house?" After climbing over the wall, Xu Shu'er patted her clothes and turned her head to look at Yang Zhao who also climbed over the wall skillfully.
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