Chapter 636: Venting Anger on the Shen Family

Chapter 636: Venting Anger on the Shen Family

Emperor Xuanming sighed heavily.

"Brother, let him be."

"What...?" Prince Bei looked utterly confused.

He stepped forward impatiently, "Brother, I’ve been wanting to ask you this for years. Although Tuoba Xiao is indeed quite skilled in martial arts, you don’t have to indulge him so much. If it were anyone else, with such an attitude towards you, they wouldn’t have enough heads to chop off!"

Emperor Xuanming was momentarily stunned, then came back to his senses, "When I see him, it’s like seeing my younger self…"

Prince Bei fell silent again, recalling the younger Emperor Xuanming, and immediately shook his head, "There’s no resemblance at all."

What’s wrong with my brother? Although he was also exceptionally strong in his youth, he was never this reckless in character!

"Enough, let’s not talk about this anymore. Today, I’m really upset by Xie Yuan and his wife. I need to vent my anger on someone."

Prince Bei still had questions, but seeing that Emperor Xuanming didn’t want to discuss it further, he suppressed his thoughts. However, he vaguely felt that in his brother’s heart, that brat Tuoba Xiao was indeed more important than him!

So he asked gloomily, "Who does Brother want to vent your anger on?"

"Let’s target the Shen family!" Emperor Xuanming snorted coldly, "If it weren’t for them giving that Su woman the opportunity to enter the Holy Capital, how could the entire Holy Capital have been poisoned!"

Hearing this, Prince Bei became energized. He had been wanting to deal with the Shen family.

They’ve really done something unforgivable!

At home, Master Shen, who was already suffering from a headache, suddenly sneezed.

It seemed like the sneeze was contagious, as Madam Fang soon sneezed as well.

"Nanny Liang, close the windows. It’s freezing outside, don’t let the master catch a cold." Madam Fang instructed, rubbing her chest.

She felt as if a huge stone was blocking her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.

"How could it not be?"

Master Shen, lying beside her, understood her seemingly nonsensical words perfectly.

Yes, how could it not be.

That Shen Nan who infuriated him, how could she be a fake?

If it were his own daughter who angered him, he would indeed be upset. But now, knowing that she was an outsider who had been angering him every day, he wished he could rush back and beat her up.

Even if he had been harsh on his daughter, what did it have to do with an outsider? Why did she have to take revenge on the Shen family!

Thinking of this, Master Shen’s head throbbed with pain again, and he groaned in agony.

"Alright, alright, Master, don’t think about it anymore." Madam Fang, though feeling suffocated herself, still comforted Master Shen, "That little wretch, no matter what, has caused so much trouble in the capital and even deceived the Emperor into granting her a marriage. Do you think the Emperor would let her off easily? He’ll surely strip her of a layer of skin!"

Nanny Liang also advised, "Yes, Master. Now that the truth is out, that little wretch probably won’t dare to mess with our Shen family anymore. After all, our Shen family is an official family. Would the Emperor let her get away with such mischief?"

"But Song’er is still missing. I don’t know if it’s that wretch’s doing." Master Shen pounded the bed heavily.

Hearing this, Madam Fang also felt a pang of heartache.

The more she thought about it, the more she hated.

How dare that wretched girl treat our Shen family this way!

If only I had poisoned her the very first day she arrived at the mansion!

Now we can only hope the Emperor feels thoroughly deceived by her and punishes her harshly.

Just as Madam Fang finished her thoughts, a servant hurriedly ran in with a message.

"My lady, Shen..." The servant hesitated, unsure how to address Shen Nan now, so she continued, "My lady, Shen Nan has left the palace..."

"How is she? Was she severely beaten?" Master Shen eagerly asked.

The servant shook her head: "Master, Shen Nan left the palace with Helian Lin and went straight to Princess Pingyang's residence."

"..." Master Shen, who had just managed to sit up, coughed twice in frustration and lay back down.

Madam Fang also panicked: "Could it be that the child in that wretched girl's belly really belongs to Princess Pingyang's household?"

That would be catastrophic!

The servant had no idea, so she shook her head but truthfully reported what she had heard: "Master, my lady, there's something else. The Emperor has ordered a reinvestigation into the Bai family's case from years ago..."

"What?!"

Madam Fang was so frightened she nearly fell off her chair, and Master Shen quickly sat up again.

Seeing this reaction, the servant was too scared to speak but had no choice: "The Emperor has ordered a thorough investigation into the Bai family's case."

Both Master Shen and Madam Fang were terrified.

No matter how careful they had been back then, and despite having destroyed much evidence, with the Emperor's order, those investigating would surely follow every lead.

If the truth were uncovered and made public, their Shen family would truly be ruined!

Just moments ago, they had been cursing the Emperor to deal with Su Youyue, but now they were both completely panicked.

In her distress, Madam Fang suddenly burst into tears: "What sin have we committed? What has our Shen family done to deserve this?"

Master Shen also wanted to cry but dared not in front of so many people. Despite his headache, he couldn't afford to lie down, as this matter concerned the survival of the Shen family.

He quickly called a trusted confidant to send a message to the Fang family.

After a long while, he couldn't help but sigh deeply: "If I had known this would happen, I should have stopped Yuanfeng and the others back then, pretended to treat that wretched girl better, and she wouldn't have sought such revenge..."

Hearing this, Madam Fang slowly raised her head, feeling dazed.

Yes, she should have learned from those who deliberately spoiled their stepchildren, or else this day would never have come.

But alas, it was all too late.

When the news reached Shen Yuanfeng, he also froze.

Shen Zhuyu was there too, and upon hearing the news, she frowned deeply for the first time, dismissing everyone before venting her anger: "The Emperor is still protecting that wretched girl, reopening an investigation into our Shen family? Absurd!"

Her words were treasonous, yet she spoke them so directly, showing her complete lack of respect for Emperor Xuanming.

Shen Yuanfeng, however, seemed accustomed to it, his expression grave: "I fear they might uncover the truth. The Bai family's case back then was indeed framed..."

"And then there's the palace banquet incident..."

As Shen Yuanfeng spoke, Shen Zhuyu's expression grew increasingly grim. Her nails dug into the handkerchief in her hand, as if she wanted to rip it to shreds.

That damn woman!

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Shen Yuanfeng's mind, and he asked himself, "Could it be that the real Shen Nan was killed by Meng Ziyu?"

Shen Zhuyu was stunned.

Shen Yuanfeng's thoughts began to crystallize: "The fake Shen Nan has such unparalleled skills; it's impossible that she couldn't uncover the real culprit. So, after she found out it was Meng Ziyu, she seized the chance to kill him when he brought Yuansong for revenge... and Yuansong might still be alive."