Shen Mingzhu felt that Crown Prince Yan Beichen was too enthusiastic, and lowered her head shyly.
[Guagua, look quickly, has the Crown Prince turned away and stopped looking at me?]
Yes, host, he's already standing still!
That's good! But my dad's heart is heavy! Now my second uncle and aunt are both married with children, and they're not just any ordinary families. It's a matter of one thing affecting the whole family!
Duke Li:?
What exactly happened?
I vaguely remember that the two families had a very good relationship!
Shen Changyuan: Can you please stop talking!
Besides, our Marquis's mansion has truly disgraced the entire capital!
The officials were also pondering what unforgivable things the second branch of the Marquis of Changping's family and their married youngest daughter had done that made their elder brother, Shen Changyuan, want to expel them from the Marquis's mansion and remove them from the family genealogy.
This is no ordinary mistake!
[By the way, Guagua, do you have any evidence to prove that my second uncle and aunt aren't my grandfather's biological children?]
Hearing Shen Mingzhu's heartfelt words, Shen Changyuan's anxiety finally died!
The entire court: Wow! Wow! Wow! The case is solved!
[Host, Madam Wang's distant cousin has been dead for many years! The remaining elderly people who knew the truth are either dead or have been dealt with. Madam Wang comes from the Langya Wang clan, though only a collateral branch, but she has been ruthless in the inner chamber for many years. Only the dead can keep secrets!]
Emperor Jingyuan now genuinely sympathizes with his Minister of Revenue!
He wanted to help, but he couldn't!
Prince An: Take it easy!
Look at me, I lost one son but gained another!
You lost a younger brother or sister, but you became the only heir of the Marquis's family!
Marquis Shen Yuchuan of Changping: Granddaughter, Grandpa's coffin lid can't hold him up anymore!
Shen Changyuan: Father, your son is unfilial!
Shen Mingzhu: Grandpa, your granddaughter will help drive that person out of the Marquis's mansion, so that you can enjoy eternal bliss in the underworld!
Crown Prince Yan Beichen smiled awkwardly and glanced at his future father-in-law, Shen Changyuan. This matter was indeed difficult to handle!
You can't just remove someone from the family tree with a single sentence!
[Ugh...Guagua, this is so troublesome! If this were modern times, we could just do a paternity test! But nowadays they use blood-drop kinship testing, which isn't accurate! Blood of the same type can mix; not all children's blood is compatible with their father's!]
Minister of the Court of Judicial Review: Oh? I've discovered a new point of knowledge. Let me write it down! It needs further discussion!
[Host, this is the best we can do for now! However, everything done will leave a trace, so we can investigate further.]
Shen Changyuan: There are no witnesses left!
As for physical evidence?
[Guagua, where's the physical evidence? Like letters, tokens of love, or something like that!]
[Host, your grandmother burned all of these! She wouldn't leave even the slightest trace of evidence against herself!]
The entire court: What a formidable old lady!
Sigh... My dad is really suffering in silence, he can't express his bitterness!
Shen Changyuan: Daughter Stop talking!
The more you talk about it, the more upset I get!
His mother was determined to tie his second brother and younger sister to the Changping Marquis's mansion!
[By the way, Guagua, we haven't found a breakthrough with my grandmother. What about my second uncle, Shen Changshan?]
[Host, your second uncle, Shen Changshan, married your grandmother's niece. He has a large harem of concubines, but few of them have given birth to children. However, apart from your second aunt who gave birth to a son, all the other concubines have given birth to daughters. Among these daughters, Shen Jiaojiao is the most outstanding. She married the second prince as a concubine, and the second prince was so captivated by her that he insisted on marrying her and even promised to make her his principal wife after she gave birth to a child!]
[Your second aunt, Madam Wang, has her other illegitimate daughters firmly in her grasp, planning to pave the way for your cousin Shen Qingyan's official career. Right now, she's preparing to marry off Concubine Mei's daughter, Shen Lingxi, to the Duke of Huguo as a concubine!]
[Huh? Isn't the Duke of Protectorate, Sun Yuan, going to marry Liu Ruyan? Shen Lingxi can't compete with her!]
[Host, Madam Wang doesn't care about the life or death of her illegitimate daughter; she only cares about the Duke of Protectorate, Gongsun Yuan, helping her with her affairs!]
Shen Mingzhu: Women in ancient times sometimes really had no choice in their own lives!
The entire hall fell eerily quiet for a moment!
Oh, right!
They received news a few days ago that the Duke of Protectorate, Gongsun Yuan, was going to take a second wife.
As for the invitation, they haven't received it yet!
It seems this is true!
Minister XX: It seems that the Duke of Huguo did not heed their advice at Tianxianglou Tower!
When old age comes and one enters a flower garden, even a single petal clings to one's clothes!
[Guagua, do you think my dad will succeed in the end?]
Shen Changyuan: I will definitely succeed!
[Host, it's not a problem for your father remove Shen Jiaojiao from the family register, but your second uncle and aunt's situation is debatable!]
Shen Changyuan: I will definitely succeed!
Crown Prince Yan Beichen sighed deeply. Should he lend a hand in this matter?
Does she want his help?
Prince An stood next to the Minister of Justice and gently tugged at him.
"Minister Ye, do you think Minister Shen can succeed?"
Ye Tianming glanced at Shen Changyuan, then at Prince An, and said in a low voice,
"Your Highness, as long as we find the evidence, everything is negotiable."
"To act rashly without evidence is to be unfilial, disrespectful to one's brothers and sisters-in-law, and that is Minister Shen's original sin!"
Even though everyone knows it's true, how can we convince people without evidence?
It all boils down to two words: evidence!
Shen Mingzhu stood there for a while, ate two pieces of pastry, and glanced ahead.
[Guagua, don't you think there's someone missing in front of us?]
Let me see?
[Oh yes! The wife-murdering tyrant, Minister Shi, isn't here! You forgot he was taken away by Commander Qin of the Imperial Guard yesterday!]
[Yes, yes, yes! I remember his daughter was super arrogant!]
[right! ]
[With all six ministers present before, it's really strange to suddenly lose one!]
[Guagua, what happened? Has his murder for money been discovered?]
[It seems so! The case is under investigation, but the Minister's residence is currently under siege! Madam Shi, from a collateral branch of the Qinghe Cui clan, wants Princess An's help, and Princess An has just received a letter!]
Prince An stared with innocent-looking eyes. What about his princess?
This is something we can't get involved in!
He's a serial killer!
He was horrified to think that he had fought his way all the way to Shengjing, not even sparing his wives and children!
Wow! Those people guarding them are so lax!
Shen Mingzhu complained for a while, and the chief steward Wang Defu immediately received a hint from Emperor Jingyuan and quietly instructed his godson Wang Xiaohai to go out and do something!
These people, they're capable of anything!
They'll make money from anything!
[Wow! Shi Jinglan is facing a major disaster and she's still throwing a tantrum at home!]
[Guagua, what happened?]
[Shi Jinglan complained at home that her father had caused trouble at this time, preventing her from marrying the crown prince she loved!]
Crown Prince Yan Beichen: She was never going to marry into the Eastern Palace anyway!
He turned to look at Shen Mingzhu with a guilty conscience.
Shen Mingzhu glared at him fiercely.
He's attracting a bunch of bad romantic prospects!
Emperor Jingyuan knew that his crown prince was the ideal husband for many noble ladies in Shengjing, but he did not expect that he would also attract Shi Jinglan.
Knowing about the misdeeds of Shi Tengfei, the Minister of Works, Shi Jinglan was also disgusted by him.
No one in Shengjing will marry her anymore!
[Host, host, Zhou Hanchuan, the second senior brother of Divine Doctor Valley, has gone to find your second sister-in-law!]