Chapter 192 Karma
The knife hanging above Mrs. Shen's head suddenly fell down.
This killer actually came to denounce her!
Mrs. Shen tried her best to calm down. The only key person was Mother Wei. Mother Wei was already dead, so there was no evidence.
"Your Highness, just because I raised Tan'er, you can't assume that I kidnapped her."
"I've experienced the pain of losing my own daughter myself. How could I do such a heartless thing and make another woman suffer the pain of losing her child?"
Madam Shen argued, "I was looking for my own daughter and found Tan'er. I mistakenly thought she was my lost daughter, so I rescued her from the evil hands and brought her back to the mansion to raise her. If Zhu'er hadn't found her herself, I would have been kept in the dark, thinking that Tan'er was my own flesh and blood."
King Zhenbei's eyes were stern: "According to you, I should be grateful to you?"
"That's not necessary, as long as the prince doesn't falsely accuse me. The Marquis' Mansion has raised Tan'er for more than ten years. You can't erase this kindness."
Madam Shen looked as if she had been wronged. "Her food, clothing, and daily necessities are all very exquisite. I specially hired someone to teach her etiquette, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, so that she could become famous in the capital. If I had known that she was not my own flesh and blood, why would I have spent so much effort to cultivate her?"
At this point, she said with guilt, "The only thing the Marquis' Mansion did to her was the scandal of her elopement. In order to give an explanation to the Duke's Mansion, the Marquis expelled her from the clan."
"False accusation?" Seeing her climbing the ladder, the King of Zhenbei sneered, "Do you think that if you dismiss the servants in the courtyard outside the capital, I won't be able to find them?"
Madam Shen's face suddenly changed. After returning to Beijing that year, she placed Shen Qingtan in a separate courtyard. After Shen Qingtan forgot about the matter, she took him back to the Marquis' Mansion to raise him.
She dismissed all the servants in the villa.
According to King Zhenbei...did he find someone?
King Zhenbei looked at Shen Shaohuai: "Fourteen years ago, you should have remembered things. Your mother couldn't recognize her own daughter. Do you recognize your own sister?"
Shen Shaohuai didn't expect that this fire would burn on his head, and he couldn't help but wonder about the motives of King Zhenbei.
When the King of Zhenbei mentioned the villa outside the capital, he must have evidence in his hands.
If I ask him specifically, and he doesn't give me a satisfactory answer, I'm afraid I'll take my anger out on him.
Shen Shaohuai turned his head to look at Madam Shen, and met her suggestive eyes. His mind flashed with the scene of Madam Shen grabbing food and desperately stuffing it into her mouth, and then cruelly strangling Zhu Yu.
If time passes and he is completely out of her control, what crazy things will she do?
Shen Shaohuai felt a chill when he imagined it out of thin air.
"Your Highness, I was young then, and I don't remember many things clearly." Shen Shaohuai made up his mind, lowered his eyelids, and hid the emotions in his eyes: "My sister was missing for more than half a year. When my mother brought her back, I found that she had become more lovely than before, and her temperament was much more well-behaved."
Madam Shen was startled and quickly explained, "Huai'er, Tan'er was just brought to the capital. She was frightened and is being recuperated in the other courtyard. She returned to the Marquis' Mansion after she recovered. You think she is more beautiful than before, that's because she has grown up."
As long as her son agreed with her, she would be able to exonerate herself even if the King of Zhenbei found the servants in the other courtyard.
So what if Prince Zhenbei and Shen Qingtan knew that she had kidnapped someone?
As long as there is no strong evidence, she cannot be charged with a crime.
By then, Princess Yizhen's belongings might even be able to save her life.
Sure enough, Shen Shaohuai nodded: "Your Majesty, my mother was too concerned and confused, and there was also the effect of transference, so she mistook Tan'er for her own flesh and blood."
"Mother found Tan'er at the Nanlingzhou Lantern Festival. Tan'er was fair and tender, as lovely as jade. It was said that after she got lost, she was adopted by a wealthy family."
"When my mother took Tan'er back to the Marquis' Mansion, she kept calling out for her eldest brother, second brother, and third brother. My mother said that the family that adopted her had three sons. The fact that she was thinking so much about her brothers showed that the family treated her very well."
"Not long after, Tan'er fell ill, and her mother took care of her day and night. Over the course of a whole month, she lost a lot of weight and looked much more haggard."
"Fortunately, after Tan'er recovered from her illness, she completely forgot about the family that adopted her and started to get closer to us."
Having said that, Shen Shaohuai raised his eyes and looked at the King of Zhenbei: "Your Majesty, if my mother knew that Tan'er was not her own flesh and blood, how could she take care of her so meticulously? She could just leave her to the servants to take care of her."
After hearing what Shen Shaohuai said, Mrs. Shen's heart felt like it was falling into an ice cave.
Shen Shaohuai is lying.
She didn't say that Shen Qingtan was adopted by a wealthy family.
Moreover, Shen Qingtan returned to the Marquis' Mansion after recovering from his illness. By then, he had already forgotten everything and had never called Shen Shaohuai "big brother", "second brother" or "third brother".
What Shen Shaohuai said to King Zhenbei seemed to be an excuse for her, but in fact it overturned her previous sophistry and accused her of a crime.
The owner of the opera troupe was still imprisoned.
Although the class owner had never seen her face, he had snatched Shen Qingtan away with his own hands. Given Shen Qingtan's special situation, the class owner would probably remember her clothes and appearance in detail.
When the time comes, I can verify it with Gu Zongci and expose her lies.
The troupe owner snatched Shen Qingtan away at the Lantern Festival.
She found Shen Qingtan at the Lantern Festival.
Not only the time but also the location matches.
Originally, she could still continue to make excuses, but now with Shen Shaohuai's half-true and half-false words, her crime of kidnapping Shen Qingtan has basically been confirmed.
Because no one would believe that a biological son would lie and frame his own mother.
Madam Shen looked at Shen Shaohuai in disbelief. She never dreamed that the person who would betray her in the end would be her son whom she valued so much.
Shen Shaohuai kept his head down and did not look at Madam Shen.
The King of Zhenbei will not let go of the real culprit who kidnapped Shen Qingtan.
If he doesn't follow the wishes of King Zhenbei, he will also be liquidated.
Shen Shaohuai wanted to live, a life without being controlled by others.
If his mother survives, she will not be able to control him and will continue to hurt herself, forcing him to compromise, or even kill him, and then she will live in pain.
Might as well... let her be free now.
“Why…” Mrs. Shen asked with trembling lips.
Anyone can betray her, except Shen Shaohuai.
But it was Shen Shaohuai who betrayed her!
"Mother, I'm telling you the truth." Shen Shaohuai turned his head to look at Madam Shen's blank face and clenched his fists: "Did I say anything wrong?"
These words were like a sharp knife piercing her heart and breaking her heart.
Madam Shen stared at Shen Shaohuai closely, the hope in her eyes extinguished bit by bit, leaving only despair.
Her son could have saved her, but instead of doing so, he pushed her into the abyss.
Madam Shen couldn't bear the blow, and a fishy-sweet taste rose in her throat.
"You're not wrong, how could you be wrong..." Mrs. Shen coughed violently, and then laughed, her laughter was particularly creepy: "Karma, this is karma."
Emperor Jing'an had a strange look on his face, and seemed unable to digest the news he had heard.
The daughter of King Zhenbei is actually Shen Qingtan?
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