Chapter 96 At worst, the Marquis can have another child!
Shen Yu'an raised his head, his eyes were red with blood and tears.
He fiercely brushed away Ji Lingzhu's hand, as if he didn't see her, stood up and staggered towards the Marquis' Mansion.
Ji Lingzhu was extremely anxious.
"Brother! Look at me... I'm Ling Zhu! I once blocked a sword for you on the battlefield. You promised me that you would protect me forever! Have you forgotten?!"
Shen Yu'an continued to stagger forward, as if he couldn't hear her cries, muttering a few words to himself.
"The child is gone... Haha, the child is gone..."
Seeing that he looked hopeless, Ji Lingzhu called him several times but there was no response. It was obvious that she could not rely on him.
Seeing those strong men approaching.
As a last resort, Ji Lingzhu had to grit her teeth and push him over hard!
"Damn it—"
Shen Yu'an was not standing steadily to begin with, and was pushed by her and bumped into those people. Only then did he come to his senses.
Soon, I heard the sound of someone falling into the water.
This was followed by exclamations from the crowd.
"Look, someone jumped into the river!"
"Huh? It seems to be that young General Ji... I heard she spent 10,000 taels of silver at Wanbaozhai to compete with the Marquis' wife, but she couldn't pay the silver and was taken to the general's mansion by the debt collector. When General Ji heard that she paid 10,000 taels of silver, he turned hostile on the spot, threatening to not want this prodigal daughter anymore and kicked her out of the general's mansion!"
"You deserve it! It was because of her that Miss Song fell out with Mr. Shen."
“Shen Er is not a good thing, and she is not a good thing either!”
"You dare to challenge Madam Hou and raise the price recklessly... Wanbaozhai is not her Ji family!"
"Yeah, she didn't ask around. The owner behind Wanbaozhai is a ruthless character. How could he just default on ten thousand taels of silver?"
…
Shen Yu'an turned his head.
I saw Ji Lingzhu struggling in the water, swimming farther and farther away.
He suddenly raised his head and laughed out loud, but the laughter was hoarse and obscure, even more unpleasant than crying.
Everyone turned to look at him again, and the discussions died down.
"What's wrong with him? He's suddenly crying and laughing..."
"Maybe crazy."
"All of a sudden, both my wife and my child are gone. Who wouldn't go crazy?"
"See? This is what happens when you don't treat your wife well. When you grow up, you must be a husband who loves his wife. Don't learn from him! Do you hear me?"
…
Shen Yu'an's eyes became increasingly red.
He didn't know that Ji Lingzhu could swim!
It was funny that day in the palace, he thought she was drowning, so he held on to Zhizhi tightly.
She was deliberately trying to drag Zhizhi to the bottom of the water, and even when Zhizhi fell into the water... it was very likely that she pushed her in on purpose!
She wants to drown Zhizhi!
It was she who caused Zhizhi to catch a cold, and it was she who killed her own child!
Shen Yu'an was filled with hatred and regret. He was the one who invited the wolf into the house and it was all his own fault... Haha, no wonder Zhizhi didn't want him, no wonder his mother scolded him like that, it turned out that it was all his own fault.
It was only now that he saw clearly how vicious and cruel Ji Lingzhu was.
It’s too late…
Glancing at Shen Yu'an's crazy look, the burly man in the lead casually took a bow from his horse's back, drew an arrow, and handed it to him.
"I heard that Mr. Shen is an excellent archer. If you can help me stop this girl, the boss will reward you handsomely—"
He didn't finish his sentence.
Shen Yu'an snatched the arrow, pulled the bow to its full extent, and in full view of everyone, shot the arrow out with a "whoosh", which went straight through Ji Lingzhu's body!
In an instant, the surface of the river was dyed red with blood.
Ji Lingzhu turned her head and widened her eyes in disbelief. She could never have imagined that... the person holding the longbow on the shore would be Shen Yu'an.
But soon, another arrow shot from the sky, so fierce that it seemed to nail her to death in the water.
“Whoosh!”
"Murder! Murder!"
Everyone was startled at first, then came to their senses and fled in all directions in panic.
…
When the news reached the Marquis' Mansion.
Jiang Wanning was pulling Song Zhizhi to count the betrothal gifts box by box.
Hearing that Shen Yu'an was taken away by the government officials, Jiang Wanning was somewhat puzzled: "Where did he get the bow and arrow?"
Butler Sun's face was full of anxiety.
"It seems to be the longbow brought by those thugs from Wanbaozhai..."
Hearing this, Jiang Wanning couldn't help but look up at Xiao Huaiyu.
Xiao Huaiyu turned his head and coughed lightly.
Pretend not to hear.
Butler Sun was heartbroken and couldn't help but ask more questions.
"My Lord, Madam... This Second Young Master committed a crime in the street. I'm afraid he'll be charged with a serious crime! Should we go to the government office now to make arrangements?!"
Jiang Wanning said.
"Hurry up and get the four treasures of the study! I need to write a letter of severance, but don't let him bring trouble to the Marquis' Mansion!"
What a rotten son! He has no brains at all and only knows how to cause trouble for her!
Go die far away.
Butler Sun's tone faltered, and he paused before speaking.
"Madam... you don't have to be so ruthless, right? The Second Young Master's crime doesn't deserve death!"
Jiang Wanning raised an eyebrow and asked back.
"You love him so much, why don't you let him be your godson?"
Butler Sun quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no, this old slave, this old slave can't afford it..."
Jiang Wanning snorted coldly, "Why don't you go get some pen and ink?!"
Butler Sun had no choice but to agree.
"Yes, ma'am."
Alas, it’s okay that the madam is cruel, but why didn’t the Marquis say a word?
The eldest young master was stripped of his title as crown prince and expelled from the mansion.
Now even the Second Young Master...
He no longer dared to go to the ancestral hall, for he was really afraid that the coffins of the Shen family's ancestors would not be able to hold them down and they would jump out of their graves one by one.
…
After Butler Sun brought paper and pen, Jiang Wanning immediately wrote a letter of severance.
Upon hearing the news, Old Madam Shen rushed over, crying and trying to stop her.
"Jiang! You have such a cruel heart! Yu'an is your biological son, are you just going to watch him die?! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, you evil mother, are even more vicious than a tiger!"
Jiang Wanning glanced at Madam Shen, who was stopped five steps away by Nanny Lin, then picked up the letter of severance he had just written and blew gently twice on the wet ink.
It was as if he didn't hear her screams.
He handed it directly to Butler Sun and gave instructions.
"Take it to the government office and tell them that Shen Yu'an is no longer the second son of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. He is an adult and should be held accountable for his own actions."
Steward Sun took it while shaking his sleeves, and couldn't help but look up at Chen Yan.
When Mrs. Shen saw that Jiang Shi was not convinced, she also started crying towards Chen Yan.
"My Lord! Could it be that you have the heart to...let Yu'an die in vain, leaving me, an old woman, to see him die?!"
Shen Yan then gathered his sleeves and spoke.
"Mother, what you said is serious. Dasheng is facing internal and external troubles right now, and the court needs people now. Regardless of whether Ji Lingzhu is dead or alive, Yu'an has military merits... He shouldn't be beheaded. At most, he will be exiled to the army, but he will have to endure more hardships!"
Old Madam Shen was still heartbroken.
How could he not know what kind of treatment it was to be exiled to the army? It was completely different from what Shen Yu'an had done before, when he served in the army and made meritorious service under the title of a military commander!
"Those exiles are all living targets in the charge and the most dangerous situation... If anything happens to Yu'an, he will die!"
Shen Yan said.
"I got here this way too. Yu'an is just too spoiled, which is why he developed these bad habits! If he doesn't even have that bit of backbone, he's unworthy of being a man and not worthy of being my son, Chen Yan!"
“…”
Seeing that her persuasion was of no use, Mrs. Shen turned back and angrily scolded Jiang Wanning with trembling fingertips.
"Jiang...you, you are trying to make my Shen family extinct!"
Jiang Wanning smiled and didn't take it seriously.
"How could that be? The Marquis is so young, it's not like he can't have children... A useless son would only be a burden if he stayed around!
At worst, I can ask the Marquis to work harder and have a few more children."
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