At this moment, Song's son and confidant were still in the garden looking at the lotus flowers that the housekeeper had bought a few days ago.
"When winter comes, we'll find a way to bring in a pool of hot spring water so that the flowers can bloom in winter." This is what Song has always wanted to do, but it's a pity that it requires huge financial and material resources. On the surface, Shen Bin and she are a loving couple, but it's impossible for him to ask her to use the family's money just for fun.
But now, once the affairs of the first wife are settled, she will have countless money in her hands.
By then, it would be a piece of cake to introduce hot spring water to the lotus flowers. Thinking of this, Song gently tidied her hair, feeling extremely proud.
But at this moment, the constable from the yamen suddenly arrived.
"Mrs. Song, the county magistrate is calling you!!"
Song turned her head and looked at the sudden arrival of the constable. She was the wife of the prefect after all, so her son, the constable, did not dare to embarrass her. "What's going on? Why did your county magistrate summon me for no reason?"
The detectives had received orders long ago, and they had to ask Song to go first no matter what. "The county magistrate has summoned you, and you will know when you go over."
Shen Bin was the local governor, and the county magistrate was just a minor official. In addition, the Prince of Jin was in charge. The Song family did not think that the county magistrate had the courage to fight with them. They just thought that something went wrong in the court, so they packed up a little, changed their clothes, and went to the court in a sedan chair.
But who would have thought that after going to court, the constables would push her to the ground without any explanation and start beating her with a stick.
"How dare you! What are you going to do? You are rebelling!!"
But no matter how Song struggled, these constables refused to let her go.
Shen Qinghe supported his parents and watched Song being beaten.
After being a big shot at home for half her life, no one expected that she would have such a day. The three of them felt extremely happy.
Song was a woman after all, and although she was of noble birth, she told the truth after being hit a few times. The county magistrate frowned and looked at Tu Jiu who was standing beside him: "Sir, this Mrs. Song is the family member of Lord Shen Bin after all. It is indeed inappropriate for the family member of an official appointed by the court to behave like this in the court."
The county magistrate said, "Do you think we should drag her to the back hall? I think there is still some litigation involved in this case. How about we postpone the trial?"
Tu Jiu finally heard what he wanted to hear from the county magistrate today. He nodded and said, "Your Excellency is right." He raised his hand and said, "If that's the case, send someone to move to the backyard first."
He glanced at Shen Qinghe again and said, "You guys go too."
Shen Qinghe glanced at Tu Jiu and roughly knew what was going on, so he helped his parents and Song to the back hall.
Song's son was dishevelled and in great pain. Looking at the three people who were still intact in the court, his face suddenly became extremely vicious, "What did you do...what did you do..." The county magistrate turned against him! Shen Qinghe couldn't help but frowned when he saw her like this, "If you hadn't forced me, how could it have come to this? What did I do, or did you do it yourself? Don't you know it in your heart?"
Song gritted her teeth and looked at the three people, "Don't be complacent, this place... is not up to you to decide..."
"You vicious woman, how have we offended you? All these years you asked for silver, gave you silver, and jewelry gave you jewelry. How could you do this!!!" Mother Shen was very angry at her blaming her. If Shen Qinghe hadn't held her back, she would have gone up and bit Song to death.
"Don't you know, aunt? A little bit of rice is a kindness, a big bit of rice is a grudge?" A clear female voice was heard.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a beautiful woman wearing a simple silk dress with a simple pearl hairpin in her hair. However, the simpler the dress, the more it highlighted her extraordinary appearance. Mother Shen was stunned for a moment, staring at her for a long time before tentatively asking, "Qing... Qingqiu?"
Shen Qingqiu left home when she was seven or eight years old. She and her former concubine Liu seldom went out of the side courtyard, so her son Shen's mother could hardly recognize her now.
Shen Qingqiu smiled slightly, "Aunt", then looked at Father Shen beside him, "Uncle, I haven't seen you for many years."
The two of them nodded towards Shen Qingqiu in astonishment.
Shen Qingqiu continued: "Uncle and aunt should also know that not everyone in this world remembers kindness. There is a kind of ungrateful person. The more you give to her, the less she will remember your kindness. Instead, she will think that this thing should have been hers. Just like my mother -"
Song Shi hadn't seen Shen Qingqiu for many years, and when she saw her now, it was as if she had seen a ghost, "Shen--Shen Qingqiu!!"
Shen Qingqiu smiled and looked at Song, "Is it possible that mother still remembers me?"
How could Song forget her! "You...what are you going to do? Don't think that I will be afraid of you just because you are in a high position now! No matter what, I am still your legal mother. If you dare to disobey me, you, you——" Song's words became more and more empty. She still remembered that when she was only seven or eight years old, she was afraid of killing and setting fire to everything. Besides, she is now an adult, and she is probably a hundred times more cruel than she was back then! Shen Qingqiu looked at her with a smile, "Mother, you really understand me. Guess what I came back for this time?"
Song's son's face was pale at this moment. She knew that with her current status, she could never defeat Shen Qingqiu. "Qingqiu, mother, mother really knows her mistakes... It was mother's fault back then. She allowed the evil servants in the family to bully you, but aren't you and your mother still alive and well now?"
"Qingqiu, even though you are the queen now, the Marquis' Mansion is not your real mother's family!" Song said, "Why do you have to kill them all? You should know that your biological father is in the Shen family. Our Shen family is your blood relative!"
Shen Qingqiu squatted down and smiled at Song, but his smile made her feel creepy.
"Mother, I don't bear grudges."
Song was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard her continue, "A small grudge like that wouldn't make me come back here ten years later to look for you, right? It's because you are capable, mother, that I can't forget you after all these years."
Song was suddenly filled with fear, but she saw Shen Qingqiu approaching her, "Mother, do you still remember the gift you gave us when my mother and I followed the Marquis to leave the border?"
Song Shi heard her words and her heart shuddered involuntarily. At that time, she sent many assassins to kill Shen Qingqiu and Liu Shi.
Everyone wants to die. Even at this point, Shen doesn't want to die.
"Shen Qingqiu, I am your mother. With your current status, aren't you afraid that I will go out and say something——"
Shen Qingqiu sneered, "So, I didn't plan to let my mother leave this backyard alive?"
Song’s eyes widened, “You dare—” But she knew that she dared.
Shen Qingqiu's eyes gradually turned cold. The hatred in those years was not hers, but the original owner's. Everyone makes mistakes, but no matter if you are an emperor or a beggar, you must pay for your mistakes.
One life for another, of course Song must pay for the original owner's life.
Oh no, she owed the original owner more than just this life.
Shen Qingqiu curled her lips, "Mother, as a daughter, I am considered filial. I am afraid that you have owed too much debt in this life and you cannot repay it even in the underworld. Now, I will let you repay it first--" As she spoke, she slightly moved away.
Then he saw an old woman standing in front of him. Her eyes were red from crying and she looked at Song with despair and hatred.
She was holding a few little girls, all of them young.
This is the family of the prostitute in the men's brothel. Born in poverty, he had no power to even tie a chicken. This was the only way he could support his family. But now his family's only livelihood was cut off, and his family was gone. Who wouldn't have hatred in their heart? Song's heart became more and more desperate, "Don't come over, don't come over...Ah!!!" -
Shen Bin saw his wife's body after returning from the government office.
Song's body was wrapped in a roll of white cloth and placed in the mourning hall. Song's children knelt in front of the mourning hall and cried. After many years of marriage, Shen Bin and Song knew each other well, but they didn't have much affection for each other.
But this did not prevent Shen Bin from being extremely angry after seeing Song's body! "What's going on?!" In his territory, someone actually dared to kill his wife! Will he dare to come to the prefect's mansion to make trouble in the future!
The man below stepped forward and cried, "Sir, yesterday the county magistrate summoned Madam for Master Qinghe's case. As a result, they said that Madam hired someone to kill someone, and then framed Master Qinghe... Madam was beaten with dozens of boards, and in the end, the family of the deceased beat her to death!"
Shen Bin was so angry that he slammed the coffin so hard that the wind blew around the mourning hall. "How dare these bold and unruly people do such a thing? Quickly send people to arrest them and torture them severely. I want to know who the culprit is!!" He knew that the local county magistrate was a coward and he didn't have the courage to offend him.
The man said with a bitter face: "Master, please take a look at this first."
Shen Bin lowered his head, it turned out to be a letter sent to him by the county magistrate.
He sneered, "He doesn't want to offend anyone."
Shen Bin opened the envelope and saw that it was not what he thought. The imperial envoy sent by the court happened to run into the county magistrate who was trying the case. The imperial envoy clearly did not give face to the Shen family and let his wife die directly in the backyard of the county government!
Shen Bin's eyes turned cold when he thought of this. "Even if you are an imperial envoy, you have to know that a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake!" He ordered the people around him, "Prepare the sedan chair. I want to go to the Prince of Jin's Mansion!" He also ordered, "Go and call my wife's niece, the girl from the Song family."
A governor and a royal relative, he wanted to see what this imperial envoy would do, and whether he could overturn the case for the first wife of the Shen family!
Shen Bin went all the way to the Jin Palace. The old Jin Prince had gone to the countryside to play with others a few days ago, but the Jin Prince was there. When he saw that Song Ruoxue and Shen Bin had arrived, he quickly asked the servants to serve tea and welcome the two into the palace.
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