Chapter 247 Family (1)
"Even if mother doesn't care about me, does she not care about my brother's life?"
As soon as the calm words sounded, Ren Wanyun's scolding suddenly stopped. She looked at Chen Yuan blankly: "What did you say?"
"Now the entire Shen family has been implicated, and our second branch is the first to bear the brunt. My sister's matter has implications for many people. Even if my father and I lose our official positions, mother won't care. But if my brother is implicated, won't mother care?" Shen Yuan said.
Ren Wanyun looked at him, her expression a little flustered for a moment: "What does this have to do with Bai'er? Bai'er is still so young, how could he be involved in these things? No one is more innocent than Bai'er."
"Mother, everyone is innocent in this matter." Shen Yuan sneered: "Am I not innocent?" He endured it for a moment and continued: "Mother, when the rumors are getting more and more intense, if the Shen family continues to provoke others at this time, I am afraid that in the end the entire mansion will suffer." He looked at Ren Wanyun and said in a deep tone: "Even if mother is willing to die with others, is it pointless to sacrifice my brother in vain?"
Ren Wanyun's body shuddered, shaking somewhat uncontrollably. She had indeed harbored this thought. While she hated Shen Miao immensely, the entire Shen family's coldness, Shen Gui's ruthlessness, Old Madam Shen's opportunism, and the Third House's cold-eyed indifference had already instilled a deep resentment in Ren Wanyun towards the Shen family. She even considered that even if the entire Shen family was implicated because of Shen Qing, it wouldn't matter. If she could drag the First House down with her, it would be considered revenge.
But Chen Yuan pointed out one thing: if the Shen family were truly afflicted, even Shen Yuanbo would be unavoidable. Since ancient times, emperors have favored their eldest sons, and the people have loved their youngest. Chen Yuan had been intelligent since childhood, so Ren Wanyun hadn't worried much about him. But Shen Yuanbo, young and mischievous, was dear to Ren Wanyun's heart. She hated the thought of Shen Yuanbo perishing as well.
"Then...Yuan'er, what should we do?" Ren Wanyun looked at Chen Yuan, and the madness she had just had was gone, as if Chen Yuan was her life-saving straw and her backbone.
"Mother, people can't be greedy." Chen Yuan looked at her with a cruel look in his eyes: "Sister and brother, you can only save one."
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There was a prison in Dingjing City, with jailers standing outside.
In the case of the Prince Yu's family massacre, Shen Qing found herself in a rather awkward position. On the surface, she seemed a pitiful figure, newly married into the Prince's household when the tragedy unfolded, yet fortunately, she managed to escape with her life. However, a deeper examination revealed numerous suspicious points, perhaps linking her to Shen Qing. Even if she wasn't, the swirling rumors of erotica and a husband-killing trait would have made her a household topic of conversation. In this light, she would have been better off having died in the massacre.
Emperor Wenhui's attitude toward the Prince Yu case is also intriguing. He declared he would conduct an immediate and thorough investigation, but instead simply handed the matter over to the Jingzhao Yin and the government officials, without even a single inquiry. Given Emperor Wenhui's deep affection for Prince Yu, it would be impossible for him to let it slide so easily. The emperor's thoughts are always difficult to predict, and the officials under him were unable to divine Emperor Wenhui's true intentions, so they could only detain Shen Qing in prison pending trial.
It was actually a bit funny: a woman, the only survivor of a family massacre, unarmed, was labeled the culprit. Things in the world are sometimes so strange.
When Shen Miao arrived at the prison gate, the head jailer was also startled when he saw her, and stepped forward and asked, "Who is it?"
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