Chapter 340: Life for Life (4)
Not to mention the Sun family, even Shen Gui himself wanted to kill Jing Chuchu with his own hands. Ever since Jing Chuchu arrived at the Shen residence, the second branch of the Shen family had been plagued by misfortune. First, the family banquet incident had ruined Shen Yuan's reputation, and now it had even landed him in a murder lawsuit. Without a word, Shen Gui ordered his servants, and soon, Jing Chuchu was brought out bound.
Shen Gui winked at Shen Wan, and Shen Wan said, "Everyone, please don't be angry. We will reason with each other. Since this matter is caused by Chu Chu, I will hand her over to you and let you deal with her as you wish!"
Jing Chuchu screamed miserably, but the people around her wouldn't let her resist. The Sun family dragged Jing Chuchu, who was tied up like a pig, over and slapped her dozens of times. Jing Chuchu fainted on the spot.
"Don't go too far!" Jing Guansheng and his wife rushed out, startled and furious. But the Sun family sneered, "No wonder she's from a small place like Suzhou. Not only is she shortsighted, but she's also so corrupt. She's already engaged, yet she's still trying to seduce men everywhere. This thing's not over yet, don't even think about it!"
The Jing family was both angry and fearful. They were angry at the Sun family's arrogance, but fearful that they had no backing in Dingjing besides the Shen family. The Shen family had already been in serious trouble with them before. Now that they were in trouble, it was a blessing for the Shen family not to add insult to injury. How could they possibly stand by and watch?
They argued and quarreled for quite a while at the entrance of the Shen family's house. As the sky darkened, the Sun family finally grabbed Jing Chuchu, who had already angered Ruosi, and left. Before leaving, the leading woman sneered, "Today is just the beginning. You Shen family, just wait. The master has already written a memorial to the emperor. There's no way in this world that you can take someone's life and get away with it. A life for a life. Don't even think about it!"
Shen Gui watched the Sun family swagger away, leaving behind a mess, and nearly lost his breath. The final sentence that Sun Tianzheng had already written a memorial to the emperor was even more shocking to him. Sun Tianzheng only had one son, and if Sun Cainan died, Sun Tianzheng would not let him off easily, even if it meant risking everything. It seemed that even if Shen Yuan died, it might not quell the Sun family's wrath.
Shen Qiu returned to the west courtyard, wiped his sweat, and complained to Shen Miao: "The Sun family was too rude, they almost smashed the gate. My soldiers couldn't stop them."
"It's the pain of losing a child," Shen Miao comforted him, "it's natural to vent."
"Dad and Mom are not going to intervene this time," Shen Qiu said to himself, "But Shen Yuan is never impulsive. Even if Jing Chuchu secretly met Sun Cainan, how could he kill someone in anger?"
“Who knows?” Shen Miao said nonchalantly, “Maybe Sun Cainan is destined to die, and it doesn’t matter who kills him.”
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In the Sun family's hall, all the concubines were kneeling on the ground. In the middle of the hall was a corpse covered with a white cloth. Even so, there were still some stains of coagulated blood on the white cloth.
Madam Sun fainted after learning that Sun Cainan had died. After waking up, she almost collapsed and refused to listen to anyone's advice. Sun Tianzheng was now in his prime, his eyes bloodshot and his cheeks trembling slightly.
A wandering Taoist priest once calculated that Sun Tianzheng was destined to be childless. Sun Tianzheng had married countless concubines in his early years, yet he was truly unable to produce a son. Sun Cainan was conceived with much difficulty by Madam Sun, a son born in his old age. Consequently, he was pampered from a young age, which, over time, fostered Sun Cainan's lustful and playful nature. However, Sun Tianzheng, in his high position of power, feared the criticism of the imperial censors, so he warned Sun Cainan long ago not to flaunt his affections. If he wanted to play with women, he had to take them back to the palace as concubines. Sun Cainan did not enter the officialdom, and his affairs with women were all kept within the palace. Few knew him, and those who did enter the court were even less likely to have any friendship with him.
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