Shen Qingwu stood in the crowd wearing a sky-blue coarse cloth skirt that was washed to a pale color. Her bright smile was like the morning sun, penetrating the darkness and dispelling the haze.
"Shen, Shen Qingwu?" Naturally, all the neighbors knew her.
The beautiful but foolish daughter of the general's family makes people feel both sympathy and ridicule for her.
"She, she's not dead?" Zhao Rufei grabbed Zhao Ruyun's arm tightly and looked at the person who was slowly walking towards them in disbelief.
"Grandma, great uncle." Shen Qingwu stepped forward and nodded slightly, "I'm back."
"You, are you a human or a ghost?" Zhao Qiuyi tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand and looked at the girl standing in front of her with a pale face.
Her bright and confident smile overlapped with the figure in her memory, causing her voice to tremble uncontrollably when she spoke.
"What does mother want me to be?" Shen Qingwu raised his eyebrows and asked.
Shen Hao stared at the person who suddenly appeared and suddenly shouted, "How dare you! Who sent you here? How dare you pretend to be a daughter of the Shen family?!"
"That's right!" Zhao Ruyun looked at her fiercely and said, "Everyone knows that my sister is stupid and can't even speak clearly. You, you are definitely not her!"
"You want to pretend to be a daughter of the Shen family? Why don't you ask around? It's not enough to just look like her." Shen Yan also agreed with her neck stiffened.
Some of the neighbors watching the excitement couldn't help but nod, "Yes, although this person looks similar, but Shen Qingwu is a fool, this person looks extraordinary."
"Shen Qingwu fell into the Hidden Miasma Valley. How could he come back alive?" everyone murmured.
"Uncle, we haven't seen each other for many years. It's not your fault that you didn't recognize me, but my mother has taken care of me for many years. Can't she recognize her own daughter?" Shen Qingwu stepped forward and held Zhao Qiuyi's hand.
Zhao Qiuyi tried hard to retract it, but was no match for Shen Qingwu's strength. She shook her head and dared not look at her, saying, "My daughter is a fool, you are not her!"
"That only means that I am indeed not your daughter, but I am indeed Shen Lan's only legitimate daughter." Shen Qingwu coldly let go of Zhao Qiuyi's hand.
Zhao Qiuyi's whole body stiffened at that moment, and she looked at Shen Qingwu in disbelief.
"How dare you!" Shen Hao scolded.
The neighbors murmured, "Did I hear correctly? This person pretending to be Shen Qingwu actually said that Zhao Qiuyi is not her mother?"
"These mother and daughter do not look alike."
"And on weekdays, Zhao Qiuyi does favor her two nieces."
"Uncle, even if I am really dead, the engagement with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still here, but you can't wait to arrange a ghost marriage for me. Are you cursing the Crown Prince or trying to change the dynasty?" Shen Qingwu looked at Shen Hao helplessly.
It was this stupid thing that had been plotting against Shen Lan for so many years.
Shen Hao's face turned pale. "You, you are talking nonsense!"
"My father and brother fought hard to defend our country, but you want to rebel. As your niece, I am caught between loyalty and filial piety. I can only sacrifice my relatives for the sake of justice. I hope Your Majesty will understand." Shen Qingwu bowed in the direction of the palace.
"I don't know where this person came from, but he dared to pretend to be the daughter of the Shen family and even framed Mr. Shen. Come, arrest her!" Zhao Qiuyi came back to her senses and finally showed the aura of a general's wife that she had been doing for many years.
The Shen family guards immediately stepped forward and surrounded Shen Qingwu, but hesitated and did not dare to move forward.
If this person really is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, then they, the servants, will be the ones who will suffer afterwards.
"That's right, catch him. What if he's a spy from the enemy country?!" Zhao Ruyun's eyes rolled around. Although her hands and feet were cold, she couldn't miss any opportunity to crush Shen Qingwu to death!
"It turns out that my cousin would rather bear the infamy of not being able to take good care of me than let me die." Shen Qingwu, who had been full of vigor just now, suddenly covered his face and cried.
Everyone was confused.
Shen Qingwu looked at the people at the bottom of the stairs and said, "Aunts and aunts, please make the decision for me. I admit that I was pretending to be stupid before, but if not, I would not be alive today."
Her tears were streaming, but her speech was clear.
"Qingwu girl, don't be anxious. Just tell me slowly if you have anything to say." Seeing her crying, some people began to feel pity for her.
"She, Zhao Qiuyi, is not my biological mother at all!" Shen Qingwu accused loudly.
Zhao Qiuyi looked at the guards angrily, "Why don't you arrest this person pretending to be a lady?"
"Wait a minute." An older woman raised her hand to stop him. "Let the child finish."
"Madam Zhou, this is my Shen family's business." Zhao Qiuyi took a deep breath and forced a smile, but her words were also strong.
"Your niece said she might be a spy. This is not just a matter for the Shen family, but also concerns the entire Great Xia Dynasty. We naturally have the right to intervene. If we cannot make a clear judgment, the decision must be made by His Majesty." Old Lady Zhou spoke with a firm voice.
"Yes, Shen Qingwu is the future Crown Princess." Someone said immediately.
People who watch a play are always afraid that the world will not be in chaos and that the play is not exciting enough.
Zhao Qiuyi glared at Zhao Ruyun fiercely. Zhao Ruyun shrank her neck and became even more frightened.
"Mrs. Shen, are you feeling guilty?" someone asked her with a cold smile.
Looking at Chen Qiuyi's guilty and evasive gaze.
Shen Qingwu took a deep breath and went on stage to sing:
"Zhao Qiuyi took advantage of my father's grief over the loss of his wife and used her pregnancy as a threat. My father, out of kindness, married her."
"My biological mother was injured giving birth to me and passed away soon after. My father took his anger out on me and blamed me. Zhao Qiuyi was good at disguise. My father left me to her and took my brother to pursue his career on the battlefield."
"God knows, my father, after losing his beloved wife on the battlefield, sought death rather than life, and thus became a fierce general on the battlefield, achieving numerous remarkable feats."
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