Chapter 177 Shen Mansion
Shen Mansion.
Outside the mansion, the night was as dark as ink, without even a ray of starlight.
Inside the mansion, however, the lights were on, as bright as day.
Each lamp was like a wide-open eye, staring coldly at the final judgment being performed in the center of the main hall.
There was dead silence in the main hall.
Shan Zhuyu and Shen Jiao, with their hair disheveled, knelt on the cold floor in a miserable state.
Chen He sat at the lower left, holding a cup of cold tea in his hand, his fingertips so white that they were almost transparent.
Beside her was her second sister, Chen Yan, and her biological mother, Aunt Liu. Both of them had their heads lowered, not even daring to breathe.
On the upper right sat an old lady with silver hair. She was Shen Qingyuan's biological mother, Shan Zhuyu's aunt, and Old Lady Shan.
In the main seat, Shen Qingyuan sat upright, his elegant face now ashen, like a piece of ice about to break.
Old Mrs. Shan’s hands were shaking.
The pair of pampered hands wearing jade rings were shaking like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
She heard everything that happened in the palace.
It's over.
It's all over!
Her mind was buzzing with images from decades ago.
My disappointing niece got pregnant before marriage and came to me crying with her belly bulging.
In order to save the reputation of the Shan family and to prevent this scandal from being exposed, she...she made the decision to let her illegitimate son, Shen Qingyuan, take the blame!
I thought that this matter would rot in everyone's stomach as time went by.
Who could have imagined that more than a decade later, it would be revealed in such a tragic and bloody way!
Chen Jiao, who was kneeling on the ground, was shaking even more violently than her.
Her face was as pale as paper, without a trace of blood.
Not Shen Qingyuan's daughter...
She is not her father's daughter!
This thought, like a thunderclap, exploded in her chaotic mind!
She remembered that when she was a child, she had asked her mother more than once why she and her father looked nothing alike.
My mother's answers were always vague and her words were evasive.
She had doubts too.
But she didn't dare to think too deeply!
Unexpectedly...
It’s actually true!
"Your Majesty means..."
A cold voice broke the suffocating silence.
It’s Shen Qingyuan.
He finally spoke, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
"Dealt with Chen Jiao."
These five words are light, yet heavier than a huge rock!
Shan Zhuyu suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of horror and disbelief!
"deal with?"
"How to deal with it?"
Her voice became sharp and tearful.
"Master! Are you...are you going to kill Jiao'er?!"
Shen Qingyuan glanced at her coldly, as if he was looking at a dirty object.
"What else?"
He asked back, not hiding the disgust in his tone.
"Should I keep this evil creature around and let her continue to embarrass my Shen family?"
"No!!"
Shan Zhuyu was like crazy, crawling on her knees a few steps, trying to hug Shen Qingyuan's legs, but he kicked her away in disgust!
She ignored the pain and lay on the ground, crying.
"Master! Jiao'er... Jiao'er doesn't know anything!"
"She's innocent!"
"Master, Jiao'er respects you! She has always... always considered you her biological father! You can't be so heartless!"
“Bang!!”
A crisp sound!
Shen Qingyuan was furious. He stood up and slapped Shan Zhuyu hard in the face!
"I'm ruthless?!"
His chest was heaving violently, his eyes were red, and he looked like a madman!
"You made me raise someone else's child for more than ten years!"
"Let me act like a fool in front of His Majesty and be laughed at by everyone!"
"You whore!"
He pointed at Shan Zhuyu's nose and roared hoarsely.
"At this point, you still have the nerve to mention the word 'ruthless' to me?!"
Shen Qingyuan's hoarse question was like a poisoned hammer, hitting Shan Zhuyu's heart hard.
She collapsed completely, falling to the ground, her body shaking violently.
In despair, she suddenly raised her head, her face covered with tears and blood, and her voice was shrill.
"No! Master! It's not what you think!"
"What happened back then... I had my reasons for what happened back then!"
Her voice sounded like a dying cuckoo crying blood.
"It's... it's that Lu Jiuxiao! He forced me to do it!"
"If I...if I don't obey, he will destroy our Shan family!"
"Lord!"
She cried and tried to crawl towards Shen Qingyuan again, with the last glimmer of hope for survival in her eyes.
"For so many years, you are the only one in my heart!"
"Oh……"
A very light sneer escaped from Shen Qingyuan's throat.
That laughter was more biting than the cold wind in the middle of the night.
“Hehe…hahahahaha!”
He seemed to have heard a huge joke and was laughing so hard that he fell backwards, but there was no smile in his eyes, only dead mockery and cold hatred!
"Difficulties?"
"What a difficult situation!"
He stopped laughing, his eyes like knives, cutting into Shan Zhuyu's body inch by inch.
"Lu Jiuxiao..."
He chewed on the name, every word carrying the taste of blood.
His voice suddenly became very soft and slow, as if he was recalling an event that had been forgotten for a long time.
"He came to our house more than ten years ago."
"It's said that... he wants to check the feng shui of the inner house of our Shen Mansion."
"I was so grateful at the time, I felt that it was my Shen family's ancestors who had accumulated so much merit that they were able to invite the chief inspector of the Imperial Observatory to condescend to come in person!"
The corners of Shen Qingyuan's mouth curled up in an arc of extreme self-mockery.
"Now it seems..."
"It's me, Shen Qingyuan, who benefited from Madam's help!"
"No! It's not!"
Shan Zhuyu shook her head like a rattle and tried desperately to defend herself.
"I don't know...I really don't know why he came!"
"Master, you have to believe me! I really don't know anything!"
"have no idea?"
Shen Qingyuan's voice suddenly turned cold, like a basin of ice water, pouring down on Shan Zhuyu's head!
"What about this time?!"
He asked harshly, pressing forward step by step!
"Lu Jiuxiao went to great lengths to set up such a big situation in the palace, and was willing to offend the emperor just to save Chen Jiao!"
"Don't you know either?!"
"Without your inside and outside cooperation, how could he have forcibly claimed that bastard in your belly was some kind of divine heir sent from heaven?!"
"ah?!"
The last question was like a thunderclap!
Shan Zhuyu's crying stopped abruptly.
She froze completely, her mouth open, but no words came out.
The blood drained from his face, leaving only a dead gray.
It's over.
She was speechless.
In the corner of the side seats, the second sister Chen Yan lowered her head even more.
Her shoulders were shaking slightly, and she looked like she was trembling with fear.
But the corners of the mouth on that face covered by long hair couldn't help but rise wildly!
happy!
It feels so good!
You deserve it! You and your daughter deserved this day long ago!
Her biological mother, Aunt Liu, was really frightened.
She clutched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, her body shaking like a sieve.
She had never seen Shen Qingyuan so angry.
The lord who was usually gentle and polite, and even spoke with a smile, at this moment... at this moment he was like a devil crawling out of hell, ready to devour anyone at any time!
So scary!
The entire main hall fell into an eerie silence.
There were only the heavy breathing of Shan Zhuyu and Shen Jiao, and the suppressed sobbing of old lady Shan.
“Click.”
A soft sound.
In this dead silence, it appears particularly clear.
It’s Chen He.
She finally put down the cup of tea that had already gone cold.
The white porcelain teacup gently collided with the rosewood table, and the sound it made was like an order.
She slowly raised her eyes, and her calm eyes looked coldly at the farce in front of her.
Looking at Shan Zhuyu's despair, Shen Qingyuan's madness, and Chen Jiao's lifeless face.
There was no pity or pleasure in her eyes.
There is only a thousand miles of ice and desolation.
It was as if these people in front of her were just a few lonely souls about to disperse in front of her previous life's grave.
Chen He's gaze was like an ice-cold needle, piercing the suffocating silence in the main hall.
Shan Zhuyu lay on the ground, her eyes, which had been distracted, seemed to be stung by something when she met Shen He's indifferent gaze!
It's her!
right!
It’s Chen He!
If it weren't for her, nothing would be like this today!
Gillian is still the high and mighty Third Prince's consort! She is still the incomparably noble mistress of the Shen family!
"ah--!"
A shrill scream that did not sound like a human voice burst out from Shan Zhuyu's throat!
She suddenly jumped up from the ground, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, and rushed straight towards Chen He like a completely crazy beast!
“It’s all your fault!!”
"Chen He! It's all because of you, bitch!!"
"Miss!"
A figure as fast as lightning!
It’s Grain Rain!
She instantly stood in front of Chen He, without thinking, opened her arms, and hugged the crazy Shan Zhuyu tightly with her body!
“Let me go!!”
Shan Zhuyu struggled frantically in her arms, scratching and biting with astonishing strength.
"I'm going to kill her! Kill this little bitch!!"
Guyu held her tightly, his arms were scratched with blood marks, but he gritted his teeth and did not retreat a single step.
Shen He slowly stood up.
Her cold gaze passed over Guyu's shoulder and fell on Shan Zhuyu's face, which was twisted with jealousy.
The next moment.
She raised her hand, without the slightest hesitation, and grabbed Shan Zhuyu's shoulders, pulling her out of Guyu's arms, fiercely and forcefully -
Pushed it out!
"Bang!"
Shan Zhuyu fell to the ground in a mess, her hair disheveled and her hairpins and rings scattered, making a series of crisp and sad sounds on the cold and hard bluestone slabs.
Shen He stood condescendingly.
In her previous life, she also knelt on the ground like this, looking at the arrogant Shan Zhuyu and Shen Jiao, and listening to their smug laughter.
And tonight.
She stood and they knelt.
This feeling is really... very different.
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