"But I heard that not long ago, your Chen family bought a ninth-rank official position for a member of a collateral branch. A mere member of a collateral branch was able to use your Chen family's connections, which cost a fortune, to buy the position, yet you claim that the position is full for your own grandson..."
Chen's face turned pale.
She only heard about this after she returned home.
It was just that she was heartbroken at the time and didn't think much about it, but now that Shen Yingnan said it, the taste was really completely different.
It was because the Chen family said that it was difficult to buy an official position.
That's why, when Shen Li told the Shen family that he could get into high school by taking the entrance exam in the capital, she let her son travel thousands of miles to the capital. If her son could become an official directly, why would she let him leave Yujiang...
"No, it shouldn't be like this. At that time, there was definitely no official position..." Chen murmured, shaking her head.
His expression clearly showed signs of collapse.
Mr. Shen, who was sitting at the top, wanted to speak, but was frightened into shutting his mouth when a soldier beside him gently pulled out the hilt of his sword.
He looked very bad.
But most of the elders sitting around had happy expressions and looked at Chen coldly.
In order to secure Shen Pinglong's position as the head of the family, this Chen family attacked many of these old guys, and they are still hurting now! !
"My father loves me so much, he certainly won't stop loving his grandson..."
However, Shen Yingnan once again pierced Chen's heart: "So what if he's a biological grandson? He's just a person with a different surname. How can he be compared with my own son? No matter how close that relative is, he's still surnamed Chen, not Shen."
These words sounded so familiar that Chen's blood froze.
Because this was exactly what her mother kept whispering in her ear after she returned with her son's body, telling her that instead of letting that bastard surnamed Shen get away with it, it would be better for someone from the Chen family to inherit the Shen family. She hadn't even gotten over the pain of losing her son yet, and yet she was asked to return to the Shen family to busy herself with adopting Chen Xuanyu into her name.
She thought her mother was definitely thinking about her.
Her family must be doing this for her own good.
So she obeyed.
But now someone told her that her family didn't love her at all, but had been plotting against her...
"You're talking nonsense. My mother didn't mean that at all. She was just afraid that all my hard work over the years would be taken away by a bastard like you. That's why she let Xuan'er be adopted under my name. Yes, that must be the case..."
Chen tried to convince herself again and again.
His eyes had already turned red, and his whole state was not right.
Shen Yingnan smiled and said, "If your mother really has a hard time considering you, why doesn't she let you raise your own grandson directly? That crazy woman that Big Brother abused gave birth to a son for Big Brother a few years ago. That's Big Brother's bloodline. Why can't you raise your own grandson when you can raise someone else's eldest son?"
"Didn't Old Madam Chen tell you that the bloodline born from that idiot boy may inherit stupidity? Instead of raising a little thing who knows what it will be in the future, it's better to raise an adult. Your eldest brother's youngest son is smart, and you've watched him grow up. You know him well and he's close to you. When he arrives at the Shen family, he can help you get more family property. Don't let it go to a illegitimate son like me, or to those ungrateful old guys in the Shen family." Shen Yingnan said these words as if he had heard them with his own ears.
Almost word for word.
Chen's face turned completely pale at this moment.
Even the elders of the Shen family and Mr. Shen around them had dark faces.
"So this is what the Chen family is thinking?"
"Bringing in a son from the Chen family as an adoptive family, isn't this just a pure attempt to swallow up our Shen family?"
"That's what I said. Even if Shen Haoyi died, our Shen family has other sons to adopt. Why do we have to adopt a son from the Chen family? And a 17 or 18-year-old adult son from the Chen family? Even if we really keep this kind of person by our side, we won't be able to tame him. It turns out that this is not a question of whether he can be tamed or not, but a direct attempt to swallow up our Shen family!"
"Damn it! The Chen family is so despicable."
"That's right, this shows that they don't take our Shen family seriously at all!"
"Old Patriarch, even if you talk your mouth off today, the adoption of the son of the Chen family will be invalidated. Our Shen family is not without sons, so why should we let an outsider come in and swallow us up?"
"That's right, it must be invalidated!"
How could Mr. Shen dare to object at this time? He had gone with his son to "persuade" the elders of the clan in order to ensure that his son could secure the position of the head of the clan. However, he really didn't know that the Chen family had such evil ambitions.
Otherwise, how could he agree?
It’s not like he doesn’t have other sons and grandsons!!
"It must be invalidated! I'll have someone kick that Chen family guy out of the house soon." Old Master Shen said with a strong desire to survive.
The elders were satisfied.
However, Shen Yingnan's purpose was obviously not to deal with these issues. He watched Chen's psychological defenses break down bit by bit. When they were finally completely broken, he added leisurely: "The Chen family is so calculating against Madam Shen. I don't know if my eldest brother's death is related to the Chen family. I remember that some of the servants that my eldest brother brought with him were sent by the Chen family..."
Chen's legs went limp.
He sat down on the ground with his entire body, his eyes changing from confusion to disbelief, and then to bloodshot with anger: "My son, my son! Why? Why did you kill my son..."
When the matter came to this, Shen Yingnan did not ask any more questions.
Because enough is enough.
He waved his hand directly and instructed the first soldier behind him: “Send Madam Shen to the cell, let someone see the head of the Chen family and Madam Chen, and let Madam Shen ask them in person.”
"yes."
Chen was taken away.
I was crying and laughing before leaving.
The old man in official uniform who had been taking notes with pen and ink in the corner also followed.
"Okay, now let's talk about the business of our Shen family."
Shen Yingnan did not sit back in his previous seat, but stood in the middle and looked up at Mr. Shen who was sitting at the top.
Mr. Shen was a little more amiable to Shen Yingnan at this time: "Yingnan, don't worry, Grandfather didn't know before that the Chen family actually had such a wolfish ambition. Now that Grandfather knows, he will definitely not let Chen Xuanyu appear in our family again."
"From now on, you will be the legitimate son of our Shen family's master."
Thinking of this outstanding grandson, Mr. Shen was quite satisfied.
Bi Chenyingnan was the runner-up in the imperial examination and entered the government, and he came directly back to Yujiang to serve as an official. Although the position of prefect is only of the seventh rank, as long as he is well cultivated in the future, he will definitely be able to move up to a higher level.
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