The Prince of Jin looked at his father in disbelief, "Father, you, you hit me?"
The old Prince of Jin had only this one son. He was not a strict father and had loved his son very much since he was a child. It was definitely the first time that he hit him, especially slapped him in front of so many people.
"Not only did I beat you, I also regretted not teaching you well before! I let you do such an ignorant thing!" The old King Jin grabbed his son's ear with one hand, "Now you come back to the palace with me!"
The Prince of Jin was not very old. Seeing his old father so angry, the son was afraid in his heart, even though he didn't know what he had done wrong. So he lowered his head and prepared to go back with the old Prince of Jin.
Seeing this, Song Ruoxue quickly called out, "Young Master?"
The Prince of Jin had been flirting with her recently. Now that he had lost face in front of her, he blushed slightly and was about to explain. But the old Prince of Jin, like a man trying to break up a pair of lovers, tossed his sleeves and separated the two of them. "Say whatever you want to say. What else do you want to say?"
He didn't even give the two of them time to talk and just dragged the Prince of Jin away.
A carriage was already waiting outside, and the old King of Jin pulled his son into the carriage, glancing at another carriage. Gu Yanwei stretched out a finger to open the curtain of the sedan chair, smiled at him gently, and then quickly closed the curtain again.
Old King Jin exhaled, "Hurry up and get on the carriage!"
The Prince of Jin yelled at his father and quickly climbed onto the carriage. But when he got on the carriage, he was still very confused. What happened to his father? He was like a different person today. "Father, I have done nothing wrong. What do you mean by this today?" The Prince of Jin spread his hands, looking puzzled. "Today in front of Governor Shen and the county magistrate, I have completely lost face!"
The old King Jin closed his eyes. His attitude was calm now, and he no longer looked as angry as before. "You have embarrassed yourself in front of them. I think you are afraid of embarrassing yourself in front of your Miss Song."
The Prince of Jin had his father reveal his thoughts, and his face naturally turned red. "Dad, why did you say such a thing? What does this have to do with Miss Song?"
"I think you've been blinded by beauty!" Old King Jin said angrily, "You don't know the inside story, yet you dare to get involved in the Shen family's affairs!"
The Prince of Jin looked at his father aggrievedly, "The Shen family is just an ordinary family, how could anything go wrong?"
"I think you've lost your mind because of Miss Song! If you were really from an ordinary family, you'd be the crown prince after all. Is the imperial envoy crazy? Why is he here to cause trouble for the royal family?" Old Prince Jin said, and told his son about the emperor's visit. "I tell you, your Miss Song is not simple, and the Song family is even more complicated. Don't get involved here!"
Although Prince Jin was somewhat fond of Song Ruoxue, his feelings were far from enough to risk his own status and life for her.
When I heard what my father said, I was stunned and said, "I, I don't know..."
The old King Jin glanced at his son and sighed, "As a father, I don't really care about what you do on weekdays, but you have to remember what happened today. Your Miss Song is not a good person either. She has such an aunt, and she was able to trick her fiancé into breaking off the engagement with her, and she was unharmed. Do you really think she is a weak woman who can't take care of herself?"
The Prince of Jin shook his head, obviously his son was still confused.
King Jin didn't want to embarrass his son any more. "Forget it, go home first. Anyway, don't worry about what happens next."
The Prince of Jin nodded. Even if he was asked to take care of it now, he wouldn't dare to do it? ! Inside the county government office, Shen Bin and Song Ruoxue looked at each other in bewilderment as they saw the Prince of Jin who had already arrived but was dragged away by the old Prince of Jin.
Both of them are smart people. One has reached such a position in the officialdom, and the other can get along well under the Song family. Looking at the old King Jin's expression, they know that they have offended someone they cannot afford to offend. Shen Bin is a veteran in the officialdom. Seeing this, he said, "Since King Jin has left, let's leave first."
Song Ruoxue nodded, and the two prepared to leave.
"It's probably a little late to leave now, right?" A faint female voice sounded from behind.
They both looked back and saw Shen Qingqiu and Tu Jiu appear together.
“Qing…Qingqiu!!”
Compared to Song, Shen Bin was not that scared when he saw Shen Qingqiu's expression. After all, he still felt that Shen Qingqiu was his biological daughter.
"Why are you here?" Shen Bin was an official after all, and he knew Shen Qingqiu's current status. He glanced at her and said, "Since you are here now, then it doesn't mean that -" he pointed upwards, "I came here with you."
Shen Qingqiu smiled and looked at Shen Bin, "You don't worry about yourself now, but you still worry about whether others are coming."
Shen Bin's expression changed. "What are you talking about? I'm your father. Can you really take my life?!"
Shen Qingqiu curled her lips and smiled, "Of course not." She really hadn't thought of taking Shen Bin's life. After all, as an unloved little girl, the original owner wanted nothing more than Shen Bin's love.
But love is something illusory in itself, let alone giving it to someone who no longer exists.
"You are the governor here, in charge of a large army. I think when my aunt and I left here, we were chased by people sent by the Song family. You should know this very well."
Shen Bin said: "Qingqiu, what are you talking about? You are my biological daughter. As a father, I am of course happy if you live a good life!"
Shen Qingqiu smiled coldly, "We are all thousand-year-old foxes, so don't play any Liao Zhai tricks with me here. I also want to tell you clearly that I didn't interfere at all in the current county court's investigation. I just told them to investigate the case honestly."
"If you are innocent, I will not do anything to you."
Shen Qingqiu changed the subject, "But if you are guilty... after all, you are my father, and you have the same blood as me. I will save your life and keep you alive." This is the only thing she can do for the original owner.
Even though this father is unkind and unkind, the original owner probably doesn't want him to die in his heart.
"Shen Qingqiu, what do you mean? Did you come back this time specifically to--" Shen Bin was panicking and asked hurriedly.
But before he could finish, Shen Qingqiu replied: "Yes."
"You were the one who killed your mother, wasn't you?!" Shen Bin pointed at her angrily.
Shen Qingqiu said: "Then you are wrong. First, Song is not my mother. Second, Song was killed by herself." Looking at the person in front of him, "To be precise, she was killed by her own greed."
After Shen Qingqiu finished speaking, he strode away, not turning back no matter how Shen Bin called out to him.
Tu Jiu hurriedly followed her and asked, "Master, what should we do next?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "Shen Bin is not a good official, but he values his reputation. I'm afraid he hasn't committed any major crimes in recent years. But the Song woman is very vicious and has many people under her. The crime of harboring someone is enough to get him into trouble. It's enough to save his life. As for how he lives in the future, I don't care."
"Do you understand what I mean?"
Tu Jiu nodded, "Don't worry, Master."
The matter was quickly resolved.
Originally, the case of Shen Qinghe, the eldest son of the Shen family, who killed someone due to a broken heart, became more and more serious and even involved the wife of the prefect. Soon, the matter even involved the prefect Shen Bin, and it also brought out the many people who were killed by the Song family in the past, as well as the fact that Shen Bin accepted bribes.
Shen Bin's official position was naturally dismissed, but fortunately, apart from shielding the Song family, he had not committed many crimes over the years. After his official title was stripped, all his property was confiscated, and he did not even have to go to jail.
He had been busy for most of his life, all for fame, fortune and status, but in the end, he didn't get either of the two things he loved most.
After the Shen family fell, Shen Bin's children and concubines left him one after another.
What he loved most in his life was power and status. Not to mention that he didn't love his daughter Shen Qingqiu, he didn't even have much love for his legitimate sons and daughters. Therefore, after he fell into poverty, none of his children who had already married or had children were willing to take him back to support them.
In the end, the old King of Jin took pity on him and gave him a mansion to live in, and also asked maids to take care of his daily life.
Although no one knows about it, he is the Queen's biological father after all. We can't let him freeze to death on the street... Old Prince Jin sighed.
Shen Qingqiu and Gu Yanwei were about to leave, and they also heard from Tu Jiu what the old King Jin had done.
"Master, do you want to tell King Jin?"
Shen Qingqiu shook his head. "Prince Jin is from the older generation. He cares about the dignity of the royal family, so he wants to give Shen Bin some respect. It's nothing." Shen Bin has paid for what he did. As for other things, Shen Bin doesn't owe an outsider like him anything.
"By the way, Master, the eldest branch of the Shen family is here to see you off." Tu Jiu said.
Shen Qingqiu looked back and saw a carriage in the distance. Shen Qinghe was supporting the Shen couple outside. Shen Qingqiu waved to Tu Jiu and he went forward to invite the three people over.
Shen Qinghe came over and knelt on the ground with a plop, ready to kowtow to Shen Qingqiu, "Your Majesty, I am grateful for your kindness. I will be willing to sacrifice my life for you in the future!" The Shen couple also knelt down with him.
Shen Qingqiu smiled and helped him up: "Now we are among the common people, I am just your cousin, you don't have to call me empress."
The Shen couple also looked at Shen Qingqiu with emotion, "I always thought that I would die at the hands of the Song family this time, but I didn't expect that there would be a sudden turn of events...Qiu'er, I will also call you Qiu'er, you don't know how much I thank you."
Shen Qingqiu actually liked the eldest family quite a lot. They were not like Shen Bin's family, who had no feelings at all and were full of calculations.
"If you really want to thank me, then tell my cousin to study hard and pass the high school entrance exam as soon as possible so that he can go to the capital to serve the country."
Shen Qinghe nodded vigorously, "Madam - no, cousin, don't worry!"
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