"What do you mean? What do you mean by 'how to prove Si Chuan is his father'?"
"Exactly, Chairman Si has been gone for so many years, how can we prove it?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Several district elders of the public tribunal jointly questioned Shen Zhao.
But Shen Zhao didn't even raise his head, still lying on the table, crossing out all the lines of text from the district executive officer.
After leaving only the eighth section, he casually tossed the pencil aside, picked up the paper, examined it carefully, and then blew on it.
Looking up again, he continued, "Since you say he is the former chairman's son, then please provide sufficient evidence to prove his identity."
Third District Elder: "What, aren't our words evidence?"
Shen Zhao: "Then tell me, how did you determine that he is Chairman Si Chuan's son?"
Fourth District Elder: "That was confirmed after our thorough and detailed investigation."
"Could you tell me how you conducted a thorough and detailed confirmation? The more detailed the better, and it would be best if you could describe the entire process."
Shen Zhao looked at the group with amusement.
The elders of each district were dumbfounded.
What's the point of confirming anything? They just randomly picked someone who looked somewhat similar to Si Chuan and brought him in as his illegitimate son.
For a moment, the group stared at each other, unsure of what to do.
Shen Zhao immediately became sarcastic: "Why aren't you saying anything? Such an important matter..."
"I suppose you must have investigated very thoroughly, otherwise you wouldn't have come all this way to cause trouble, right?"
Grand Elder: "Hmph, who are you? What right do you have to interfere in the affairs of our Court of Justice? What business is it of yours?"
Upon hearing this, the Second Elder chimed in, "That's right. When did it become anyone else's business to meddle in our council's affairs? I advise you not to interfere in this business!"
The Third Elder sneered, "That's right, what right do you, a mere brat, have to meddle in such a big matter? Do you have a death wish?"
For a moment, everyone was talking at once, trying to gloss over the matter of the illegitimate child.
Zhang Yang was so embarrassed that he almost carved out a three-bedroom apartment from the top-quality granite beneath his feet, then buried himself inside and stopped looking at the outside world.
You don't even recognize the famous Shen Zhao? How many versions behind are you?
When they had calmed down enough, Shen Zhao slowly asked, "Have you finished talking? Then can someone tell me how to prove that Si Chuan is his father?"
Everyone fell silent.
After all that dramatic commotion, this guy is still fixated on it, huh?
At this moment, on the dragon throne, Ji Bingyan pulled on Su Yunying's purse containing dried fruit and pleaded, "Mistress, can you please bear with it?"
With so many people watching, can't you be a little more mindful of your image? Once this is resolved, you can eat however you want without anyone stopping you.
Su Yunying persisted, "Just one bite. This scene is too lively. I feel like something's missing if I don't eat some dried fruit. Just one bite, and let go quickly."
"No, Mistress, image, image!"
"I only have this one hobby, why do you have to tell me what to do?"
"That depends on the occasion. You're practically an empress now, so you have to be mindful of your image."
"We haven't officially become president yet, so it's alright to eat something now, isn't it?"
"My lady—"
Shen Zhao glanced back at Su Yunying, casting a gentle look in her eyes, before turning back to ask, "Why is no one answering? How can you prove that his father is Si Chuan? Speak up! Why is everyone mute?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the "illegitimate child" couldn't take it anymore and immediately knelt down, pleading, "Sir, please spare me! They gave me fifty taels of silver to pretend to be an illegitimate child!"
Then I was dragged here without knowing anything. Really, I haven't lied to you at all; I was truly forced into it.
The truth came out, and the scene was filled with sighs of regret.
Whispers could be heard everywhere, and many people looked at the self-proclaimed actors with disdain.
Now, the elders of several districts are completely wiped out.
With the illegitimate child revealing his identity, any explanation becomes pale and powerless.
The key point is, it's only fifty taels of silver? Not even gold?
Poor bastard, a real damn poor bastard, I'm ashamed to be associated with such a person.
Finally, it was the elder, whose skin was thicker than the city walls, who spoke up: "I never thought that we could also be so negligent."
Even if he weren't Chairman Si Chuan's son, Si Yu wouldn't be qualified for the chairmanship; someone else should be chosen.
Upon hearing this, the elders from the other districts echoed his sentiments.
In short, we will not rest until we bring Si Yu down today.
Shen Zhao calmly watched this ridiculous scene unfold before him, twirling the pencil between his fingers.
At this point, Si Yu had completely given up and simply let Shen Zhao clean up the mess in front of her.
Suddenly, Shen Zhao slammed his hand on the table and roared, "Alright! All of you, shut the hell up!"
The sound waves echoed, making people's eardrums hurt.
"Before you decide whether Si Yu is qualified to be the president, I have to ask you a few questions first: Are you really the elders of the various districts of the Public Tribunal?"
"Of course! How could this be faked?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhao immediately stood up: "Alright, since you all acknowledge yourselves as elders of the Court of Judgments, I would like to ask another question."
How long has it been since you paid your membership dues? According to the rules of the Public Tribunal, all regional elders are required to pay 500 spirit stones to the headquarters annually.
"Look, it seems you haven't paid a single penny in membership fees for two hundred years, have you?"
The district elders were dumbfounded.
Paying membership fees?
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