That night, Du Jun and Wang discussed countermeasures, feeling anxious and uneasy, as they felt that Shen Danruo was really determined to divorce this time.
I was just a scholar, and after trying several times, I couldn't get close to Danruo at all.
Now that he had been caught in a mistake, unless Shen Danruo also made a serious mistake, it would be nothing more than a woman's reputation, so that he could control her, and the Shen family could also be controlled by him.
But he had no money, no one around him, and no suitable killer, and time was urgent.
Finally, he thought of a person. After all, the person had saved the life of the groom in the mansion and also allowed him to learn martial arts from the escort for a period of time.
He found the groom and made many promises about the future. The groom Liu Da patted his chest and promised that he would not betray him.
Late at night, the groom Liu Da knocked on Danruo's door to wake him up.
He whispered to Lily, "Madam, you left a valuable item in the carriage. Please inform Miss Lily and I will personally deliver it to you."
Lily yawned sleepily, "Give it to me, I'll give it to my lady."
Liu Da handed Baihe a purse and said with a flattering smile, "If I give it to Madam, she will give me a reward. I will give half of it to Miss Baihe."
Lily pretended to understand and led him into the yard, then closed the door.
Du Jun, who was hiding in the dark, secretly felt relieved, and after a while he would go in to catch the adulterer.
Liu Da walked into the house smoothly. Just when he was about to knock Lily unconscious with a chop, Lily said that she was going to get some calming incense for the lady and turned to go to the side room.
He entered the room and saw Dan Ruo sitting at the dressing table. He was about to pounce on her. The secret guard noticed something was wrong at the window and hit Liu Da's shoulder with a hidden weapon. Liu Da was still struggling. Fearing that something might happen to someone the emperor cared about, he went into the room and subdued Liu Da without thinking.
Dan Ruo pretended to be surprised, her eyes wide open: "Who are you?"
An Yi then realized that he was exposed. He knelt down hurriedly and said, "I have been ordered to protect you. If you are not in danger, I will go back and wait for orders." After saying that, he stood up and was about to escape.
"Wait, please help me call my brother who is patrolling nearby. Tell him not to go through the main gate, but to climb over the wall directly to my side."
After Shen Si knew what happened today, he planned to send his soldiers to patrol outside the Du Mansion day and night, and gave Dan Ruo a firework. If she was in danger, he only needed to pull the fuse and he would arrive at the first time.
Du Jun outside felt that the time was almost up, and he heard Dan Ruo's screams from inside.
Du Jun called Wang, and the two of them, along with the servants and maids in the yard, broke down the gate and said that they heard the lady calling for help and wanted to save her.
As soon as I entered, I saw the yard full of soldiers and Liu Da who was tied up. Not only was Shen Danruo sitting in the yard in neat clothes, but the ferocious Shen Si was also standing next to him.
Shen Si felt that he had underestimated Du Jun's viciousness. He stepped forward and kicked him to the ground, "You really think that there is no one left in my Shen family, and you dare to bully my sister like this."
Du Jun still wanted to play dumb, "Brother-in-law, I don't know what happened to make Fourth Brother so angry. There must be some misunderstanding."
Shen Si slid Liu Dati in front of Du Jun and said, "He confessed everything."
Wang was frightened and looked at her son in panic, "Son, didn't you say that you saved Liu Da's life and that Liu Da wouldn't betray you?"
At this time, Danruo took out the rag stuffed in Liu Da's mouth. Liu Da was full of grievances: "Master, I really don't have any tricks."
Du Jun's face turned pale and he looked at Wang with disgust. Only then did Wang realize that she had said the wrong thing.
She quickly made amends: "I was just talking nonsense."
Du Jun nodded quickly: "Mother is insane, her words are not reliable."
At this moment, Minister Shen and Madam Shen also came to the Du family with a mighty group of people. Minister Shen showed his majesty and said in a deep and cold voice: "If you say it's crazy, then it's crazy. I think you are treating all of us in the Shen family as fools."
Du Jun knew that Minister Shen had already been dispatched, and it seemed that this time it would not end well, so he simply threw in the towel, "I will not divorce Dan Ruo, not even if I die."
Minister Shen sneered, "There's no need for a divorce. You sent someone to harm your wife today, which is a violation of our dynasty's laws. The marriage between our two families is hereby annulled."
Madam Shen said loudly: "This house is the dowry given by my Shen family. Drive these low-class people out. Pack up the rest of the young lady's dowry and carry it back to the Shen Mansion overnight."
Du Jun was stunned on the spot, while Wang knelt down in front of Dan Ruo, weeping bitterly.
"A day of marriage brings a hundred days of love. If you don't like the two children, I'll send them away. I'll also send away the concubines, and let Jun'er take care of you alone."
After saying that, she pulled Du Jun and asked him to quickly win back Shen Danruo. Du Jun walked forward with eager eyes, but was slapped to the ground by Danruo.
Although everyone was surprised, anyone who put themselves in Danruo's shoes would think that Danruo was just furious. They would not have thought that she had spiritual power and could easily subdue an adult man.
"Today, your concubine Su borrowed a hundred taels from me. Sir Du, please pay me back now. However, it seems that you don't have any money. Why not give me ten acres of paddy fields as payment?"
Mrs. Shen felt comforted when she saw her daughter was ruthless to Du Jun and Wang. It was all her fault for spoiling the girl and raising her too naive, which led to her being deceived by such a mother and son for three years. At least it was not too late now.
After packing up the dowry, all irrelevant people were expelled from the yard, and the plaque of the Du Mansion was taken down and smashed to pieces in front of everyone. Shen Si felt unlucky and bought a bunch of firecrackers and set them off in front of the door.
Then the Shen Mansion opened the main gate and grandly welcomed the Shen family's daughter home.
After all the trouble, it was time to go to court.
Well-informed people near the Shen Mansion learned about this matter and it spread quickly. On the same day, the pedantic Censor Wang reported to the court that Lord Shen was indulging his daughter excessively, that the Shen daughter was overbearing and jealous, and that the divorce was being carried out with such fanfare.
Minister Shen remained calm and composed. "Du Jun not only fathered a child from an affair before marriage, but also attempted to pass the illegitimate child off as my daughter's legitimate son. Last night, he even ordered his servants to kill my daughter. This man is unfaithful and unrighteous. I am ashamed to associate with such a scoundrel."
I remember that Censor Wang has a daughter waiting to be married. If Censor Wang doesn't think it's excessive, he can marry his daughter to Du Jun."
Wang Yushi choked up, at a loss: "The husband is the leader of the wife, and the woman should be submissive~~~"
Gu Jingxing interrupted, "Master Shen is right. The marriage between the two families was based on deception, and there is also suspicion of harming his wife. Although it was not successful, his motives were impure. He shall be punished with eighty strokes of the cane, demoted two levels, and exiled to a cold and harsh place."
Minister Shen knelt down to express his gratitude: "Your Majesty is wise."
When the other censors saw that the emperor had made the decision, they tactfully stopped talking.
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