Chapter 53 Why Not Marry Her?
The emperor sneered, pointed at his nose, and cursed:
"Sent to the wrong person? Shen Shu is already engaged to Lin Wei. Even if the Duke's mansion had the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard, they wouldn't dare send her to your room! Do you think I'm a three-year-old child, to be fooled like this?"
Xie Hanyu was speechless, choked by the thought that nothing would work, so he simply...
"Your Majesty, since it has already happened, why don't I marry her myself? As for Awei... Your Majesty can find him someone better..."
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
The Emperor was so angry that he threw all the memorials on the table at Prince Cheng.
"Do you take royal marriage for granted? Lin Wei and Shen Shu's engagement has already been announced to the world. Now you're saying you'll marry her? Are you trying to make Lin Wei the laughingstock of the entire capital and bring shame to the royal family? I think you've really gone mad!"
What a lecherous reincarnation! How could someone like that be his brother!
The Emperor's chest heaved violently, and his hand, pointing at Xie Hanyu, trembled.
"Guards, drag this ignorant fool out and beat him to death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards outside the hall filed in, and two of them lifted Xie Hanyu, who was slumped on the ground, and dragged him out.
Xie Hanyu turned deathly pale with fright.
He never imagined that the emperor would actually kill him because of a woman.
He kicked his legs and roared:
"Your Majesty, spare me! I know I was wrong! Spare me! This matter cannot be entirely blamed on me. You cannot be so indiscriminate. I want to confront you! I want to confront the people from the Earl's Mansion! It is clearly not my fault, Your Majesty. Even if you really want to beat me to death today, you must listen to my explanation!"
The Emperor almost laughed in anger: "You still want to confront us? Haven't you lost enough face already? Do you think the entire court is blind and deaf? If this matter blows up, you will completely disgrace the entire royal family!"
"Do you want everyone to know that His Highness Prince Cheng dares to lay a hand on his own nephew's fiancée?"
"Let me tell you, you're definitely going to get a beating today. Whether you survive or not depends entirely on your luck! Guards, what are you waiting for? Drag him away!"
The guards dared not delay and quickened their pace while supporting Xie Hanyu.
But everyone knew in their hearts that the Emperor's words meant that Prince Cheng could not actually be killed.
Xie Hanyu looked at the Emperor's cold profile with despair, knowing that he was truly doomed this time.
But it's too late to say anything now. Wen Lanting really ruined him!
If he can survive this beating, he will definitely tear Wen Lanting to pieces!
Eunuch Fu's voice trembled as he said, "Your Majesty...that Miss Shen..."
The Emperor said, "Summon the entire Shen family to the palace."
Although he was angry, what Prince Cheng said earlier was not without reason. If the people from the Bogong Mansion really did send the wrong person on purpose and sent Shen Shu to Prince Cheng's bed.
Then the entire Shen family cannot be allowed to live.
The entire Bo Gong family was urgently summoned to the palace.
Everyone except for Henlian, who had a broken leg, was present.
Shen Qiushan knelt in the main hall of the imperial study, filled with fear and unease, not daring to raise his head.
Wen Lanting and Shen Xiao were quite smug, because they knew that the Emperor's summons today must be because the matter between Prince Cheng and Shen Shu had reached the Emperor's ears, and he was here to punish them!
The Emperor glanced at the Shen family members kneeling before him, then fixed his gaze on Shen Shu.
"Miss Shen, could you tell me where you were during your night at Qiyun Temple?"
Shen Shu remained calm: "Your Majesty, I have been in my meditation room the whole time."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Shen Xiao was the first to retort, and then said to the Emperor:
“Your Majesty, Shen Shu was not in her room at all during the night at Qiyun Temple. I have no idea where she went to fool around! Although Shen Shu is my own sister, I dare not lie to Your Majesty when you ask me questions. She is lying!”
The Emperor sneered and looked at Shen Xiao: "Then do you know where she went?"
Shen Xiao was going all out. She knew that if she couldn't crush Shen Shu today, she would never have another chance.
So she stumbled forward, tears streaming down her face, and cried, "Your Majesty, my sister...she...went to Prince Cheng's room! She hasn't returned all night."
The emperor's face was grim. He had still held onto a sliver of hope that it was all a lie.
Now it seems the evidence is conclusive!
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiushan's face turned deathly pale: "How could I have given birth to such a shameless daughter! You were clearly engaged to Lord Lin, yet you still dared to go to Prince Cheng's room!"
As he spoke, he kowtowed to the emperor several more times.
"Your Majesty! I have raised such a daughter; it is a disgrace to the family. No matter what punishment Your Majesty may impose today, I will accept it!"
Wen Lanting covered her face and wept, pointing a trembling finger at Shen Shu as if she were furious:
"It's all my fault... I didn't raise you properly, that's why you've become so shameless! You're just jealous that Prince Cheng has taken a liking to your sister, who will probably become a princess in the future and surpass you, the wife of the Marquis of Dingyuan, so you couldn't wait to climb into Prince Cheng's bed!"
"With all the rumors circulating outside... I can't protect you anymore!"
The Emperor took a deep breath, his anger vanished, and he looked at Shen Shu as if she were a dead person.
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
This is my final ultimatum.
He never expected that Shen Shu would be such a vain person. He actually thought of marrying her off to Awei. He really misjudged her and wasted all his efforts!
Shen Shu showed no fear on her face, but her next sentence was absolutely shocking.
"No matter how much I say now, I'm afraid His Majesty won't believe me. There is only one way to prove my innocence."
Shen Shu raised her head: "Your Majesty, please summon the palace matrons to examine me. If I am still innocent, then these accusations are slander!"
Shen Shu spoke each word with neither arrogance nor servility.
She glanced at the Shen family members and said, "I beg Your Majesty to give me a definite answer. If my innocence can be proven, then how should those who slander me be dealt with?"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Imperial Study was stunned.
The emperor smiled; it was the first time he had ever heard such a novel request.
Everyone else tried to stop her from getting a medical check-up, but Shen Shu was eager to come!
The emperor thought to himself that since he had already lost face, he might as well lose it even more.
Then let Shen Shu die, at least she'll die knowing why.
"Eunuch Fu, take the Second Miss downstairs for a medical examination!"
"If you have truly been wronged, then I will certainly not let the person who spread the rumors off lightly!"
Wen Lanting and Shen Xiao were pounding with fear, seeing Shen Shu's calm demeanor, as if she wasn't afraid at all.
Has Shen Shu gone mad?
She actually asked the nanny to examine her body; wouldn't that be announcing to the world that she wasn't a virgin?!
Could it be... that Wen Lanting and Shen Xiao exchanged a glance, and she really is a virgin?
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