Chapter 424 The Shen Family Moves!
Shen Lanxi lowered her eyes, her voice as cold as ice.
"I'm not afraid to tell you today, anyone who breaks the rules of my Shen family, I, Shen Lanxi, will show no mercy!"
What are the rules of the Shen family?
You absolutely must not test Shen Lanxi!
"Elder sister, how can you be so unreasonable? I'm going to the palace to see Father Emperor right now. I don't believe you really dare to divorce me!" Although Zhou Yunhui married into the family with a specific purpose in mind, she would not allow herself to suffer such humiliation.
It wouldn't be a big deal if it were just a few sarcastic remarks, but Shen Lanxi had someone hit her in front of so many people.
They didn't take her, a member of the royal family, seriously at all.
My father will not allow it.
“Princess…” Old Madam Shen did not expect Shen Lanxi to be so assertive.
It's just going to stay for a while, isn't it?
Her eldest son is her father, so why can't he be?
The princess was just showing concern; what did she do wrong?
"There's no need to call Grandmother. Let her go if she wants. His Majesty is worried about the Fifth Prince right now, so if she goes, she'll only run into trouble!" Shen Lanxi said coldly.
Looking at Shen Lanxi's increasingly dignified appearance, Madam Shen hesitated and said, "No matter what, she is still a princess. You just had someone hit her in front of so many people. She will definitely lose face."
Shen Lanxi sneered: "Father was seriously ill, and she dared to send someone to his room, which only worsened his condition. If His Majesty finds out about this, it will be more than just a slap!"
Shen Yuanxin wanted to slip away quietly, but the Yuan brothers wouldn't let him leave so easily.
Where do you want to go?
Shen Yuanxin looked panicked and hurriedly tried to clarify things to Shen Lanxi.
“Elder sister, the princess and I meant well. It was that maid who took it upon herself to climb into the princess’s bed. It has nothing to do with the princess and me.”
Shen Lanxi: "Even if you didn't instigate it, you can't escape responsibility."
Shen Yuanxin's face turned pale when he recalled Shen Lanxi's methods.
"Big sister, the princess and I are truly innocent."
Shen Lanxi: "I think you've been living too comfortably and have forgotten how you struggled back in Dongchuan."
Shen Yuanxin was so frightened that his legs went weak.
"Big sister, I will definitely keep a close eye on the princess from now on and I will never let her do anything wrong again."
Shen Lanxi: "You may be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape punishment. One leg or fifty lashes, the choice is yours."
Madam Shen nearly fainted after hearing this.
"Lanxi, no!"
Fifty lashes would kill Yuan Xin. One of their grandsons had already been sent away, and the Shen family couldn't afford to lose anyone else.
Shen Lanxi said coldly, "Without rules, there can be no order. If we let today's matter slide, they will do even bigger mistakes in the future!"
"No, big sister, I'll never do it again..." Shen Yuanxin knelt down and begged for mercy in fear.
"Lanxi, Yuanxin won't do it again. He knows fear now, he definitely won't!" Old Madam Shen hurriedly pleaded.
Shen Lanxi: "If they dare to scheme against my father and manipulate me today, next time it will be my grandmother, my mother, and my brothers and sisters. If I compromise at every turn, will our Shen family still have a place in the capital?"
"I'm afraid they'll retreat again and again, all the way to Dongchuan!"
Shen Lanxi spoke sharply and sternly, and no one in the room dared to utter a sound.
“The maid who climbed into the bed was tied up and sent to Zhou Yunhui. Now that she has entered the palace, the maid was thrown at the palace gate.”
"Shen Yuanxin, do you want to bear the reputation of being disloyal, unjust, and unfilial?"
Shen Yuanxin froze, his mouth trembling as he said, "Big sister, we are blood-related siblings!"
Shen Lanxi snorted coldly: "You should be glad that your father is not seriously injured. If something had happened to him, it wouldn't have been as simple as just giving you a leg and fifty lashes."
Shen Yuanxin shuddered violently, recalling Shen Lanxi's cold-blooded and ruthless demeanor in Dongchuan, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
He was wrong. He shouldn't have listened to the princess. Knowing that his older sister was just as cold-hearted even towards her own family, he shouldn't have taken that step.
"Big sister, I was wrong, I will never do it again."
Shen Lanxi: "Are you going to choose or not?"
Shen Yuanxin looked at his grandmother, hoping she would plead for him.
"Grandmother, save me! I am the prince consort, my leg cannot be broken!"
"Grandmother, fifty lashes could kill me, I don't want to die..."
The pleas for mercy moved some members of the Shen family.
Shen Yuanhe and Shen Yuanrui, who rushed over, heard the exclamations from inside the house and tacitly retreated to hide outside the door.
“Lanxi, how about…” Liu was soft-hearted and wanted to plead for mercy, but Hu Jinyu pulled her back.
Hu Jinyu gently shook her head, not wanting to speak.
Liu listened to her daughter-in-law, who was of higher social standing and taller, and swallowed the rest of her words.
Shen Lanxi sneered: "Drag him away and break one of his legs!"
Shen Yuanxin screamed in fright.
"I choose the whip. I don't want to be a cripple. I choose the whip..."
Madam Shen fainted immediately.
No one said the punishment was too harsh, even if fifty lashes could kill Shen Yuanxin.
Shen Lanxi just said something that really resonated with them: Shen Yuanxin was able to conspire with the princess to scheme against Shen Congwen today, and he could scheme against them in the future.
Shen Yuanxin has never been a good person; he and Princess Chou-Hua are truly a perfect match.
Soon after, the sounds of whips being cracked and screams of agony could be heard outside.
Everyone was terrified.
"Elder sister, will the palace blame us?"
Shen Lanxi: "Father's serious injury is Zhou Yunhui's fault."
"Let's move Father to the Duke's mansion to recuperate!"
Everyone exchanged glances and then lowered their eyes, remaining silent.
Even after returning to her room and regaining consciousness, the old lady felt no more dizzy or uncomfortable in her chest after hearing these words.
That's the mansion of the First-Rank Duke Protector of the Nation!
Compared to the noble mansion, the Shen family's residence was just an ordinary family's house. If she could move in, all the noblewomen in the capital would envy her.
From then on, the Shen family became one with the Duke's mansion. The Shen family changed its allegiance, and no one dared to say that the Shen family and Shen Lanxi were two separate families.
...
"Sir, are you really going to have Elder Shen move to the Duke's mansion?"
Shen Lanxi: "It's just a place to sleep."
Understood.
The core of the Duke of Huguo's mansion has never been just a house or a title. It's her.
Wherever she is, that's where the center is.
Just as Madam Shen was trying to figure out how to move there as well, Shen Lanxi arrived.
“Grandmother, I was worried that things weren’t peaceful at home, and I didn’t want the Shen family to be seriously injured again, so I didn’t let the family move there.”
Madam Shen nodded. There had been assassination attempts on the Duke's mansion before.
“Now that Lanxi has established herself, there are too many people in the family, and this house is too crowded.”
Old Master Shen nodded: "Lanxi is absolutely right."
Shen Lanxi: "I'll leave the matter of moving the mansion to Grandmother. The palace has been rather unsettled lately, and I need to keep a close eye on things for His Majesty's safety."
Madam Shen was even happier.
"You go ahead and attend to your own affairs. Leave the moving to your grandmother!"
Shen Lanxi: "Thank you for your trouble, Grandmother."
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Emperor Renxiao was indeed furious after hearing Zhou Yunhui's words.
"Wang Bao, send someone to find out what's going on."
"yes!"
Two hours later, the scouts returned to report.
Emperor Renxiao was furious after hearing this and ordered Zhou Yunhui to be expelled from the palace.
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