This is incomparable. Shen Chen didn't know what to say. After a long while, he sighed, "Father, you don't just have me as your son. You will have many concubines in the future. You have many people, but I am different. I only have An An. We truly belong to each other completely. I don't want to give up you for her. It's just that when you have to make a choice between the two, I can only guarantee to the greatest extent that you two will not turn against each other."
What he said was very sincere, and King Linjiang had to reorganize his attitude. Indeed, Shen Chen was not someone who would easily compromise. Forcing him to this point was already easy to make him disgusted. If something really happened to Wei An, I'm afraid he would never forgive me in his life. King Linjiang's hesitation slowly receded, and he calmed down and asked him: "If you are not allowed to go out, what are you going to do?"
"Will father treat her the same as other juniors in the future?" Since Shen Chen had already made it clear, there was no need to hesitate: "If not, then I will still go out. If father does not make me a king, why not let me go out and gain some experience. I can go to Shanxi, Datong, anywhere. If that doesn't work, I can also go to the southeast."
But the King of Linjiang would never really be willing to let him go to such a place. Just because of the rebellion in Shandong, he hesitated until now and refused to let him go. Not to mention the more dangerous border and southeast. He knew he had to make a promise, so he sat in the chair behind him and said after a while: "I know, I will give you an explanation for this matter, but not now, and not too many people can be involved. As for Madam Wei, you comfort her for me."
This was already a statement. It was not realistic to ask someone who was already prejudiced against Wei An to do more. Shen Chen frowned and nodded. He stood up and prepared to leave, but was stopped by King Linjiang. King Linjiang stared at him for a while with a complicated expression, and then said faintly: "Achen, no matter what happened, father always cares about you. Father did all this just to hope that you will not hate me in the future."
Shen Chen was a little confused when he heard it, but he knew that King Linjiang must be in a very bad mood. He did not deny it, but nodded and agreed to what he said: "No matter what, as long as An An is okay, I will never hate you for anything else."
I hope so. If that is the case, King Linjiang would not mind honoring Wei An.
But when Shen Chen retreated, King Linjiang finally called Eunuch Man and ordered him with a cold face: "Let the secret guards of Lanyue Palace report what Madam Wei said to Achen and the others. I want to know every word."
How could he only have useful people like Lin Sanshao? Over the years, he has trained quite a few people. Since the edict of succession was issued, he has openly started to control all the 24 government offices.
Eunuch Man was surprised, but obviously had no room for objection. He bowed and replied yes, then quickly went out. Not long after, he led a few eunuchs in silently and stayed outside.
Prince Linjiang knocked on the table and raised his eyebrows at the eunuchs who were kneeling down: "What did you hear?"
The eunuchs repeated vividly what Old Madam Wei had said, along with the expressions of Wei An and Shen Chen at the time, and even the words and expressions of Young Master Lin who came later, all of which were repeated. Prince Linjiang leaned back in his chair, and his stiff back relaxed a little silently.
In this case, it turned out that Mrs. Wei did not reveal a single word to Shen Chen and Wei An. She only pointed the finger at the Qin and Xu families for framing them.
Then, let Old Madam Wei go? Just pretend nothing happened? He had a gloomy face, and gradually came up with an idea in his mind. This was not impossible. He could not gamble anymore. If Brother Ze punished Old Madam Wei and Wei An, Shen Chen would never believe that it had nothing to do with him and would definitely turn against him. Therefore, Old Madam Wei and Wei An could not be in trouble.
Although he hated Wei An and didn't like Old Lady Wei, if this secret could be kept for a lifetime, there was no need for him to dwell on it too much. Shen Chen liked it anyway.
He made a decision soon after, and dismissed the eunuchs. He called in Eunuch Man and said, "Go to the storehouse and pick out some rewards for Old Madam Wei and Wei An. Tell them that they were frightened this time."
That's good, Eunuch Man relaxed silently in his heart. You know, he was looking at Shen Chen's horrifying expression. It would be best if they could be harmonious like this.
After these instructions were given, Prince Linjiang added a few more sentences: "Also, go to the Qin family and give me an oral order, saying that Madam Qin San has a bad character, spreads gossip, and privately spreads palace secrets. She should reflect on her mistakes for a year and copy a thousand copies of Buddhist scriptures to apologize." He certainly knew what his words meant in the eyes of the court officials.
Once this oral order is sent out, it will be recorded in the official gazette, and everyone in the world will know what kind of person Madam Qin San is. By then, their family's marriage will probably be affected.
This lesson is a heavy one for the Qin family. It also makes everyone in the Qin family uneasy. They will probably have to live in fear in the future.
But since they dared to plot against him, they should have been prepared. Prince Linjiang did not hesitate at all and was much more resolute than when he faced Shen Chen.
This oral order soon reached the ears of the Qin family through the mouth of Eunuch Man. For a moment, everyone's face was extremely ugly, and Mrs. Qin even couldn't control herself and fell to the ground. Others didn't know, but they knew it very well. They knew that this oral order was not directed at Mrs. Qin San, but at all the people in their Qin family.
Otherwise, based on the care and favor that King Linjiang had shown to the Qin family in the past, he would never have used such a method to slap the Qin family in the face.
When this oral order is passed down, everyone will know that the Qin family is no longer favored by King Linjiang. King Linjiang disliked them as soon as he ascended the throne, and even sent someone to convey an oral order to reprimand their daughter-in-law.
This was truly a great shame and humiliation, but the relatives were not even angry, they were more panicked and terrified. The Prince of Linjiang would do this because he must have known that Liu Cheng's affairs were related to them, so he used the third wife to make an example of her, to give them a warning and also a signal.
Everyone in the Qin family was in a panic, and even Old Master Qin couldn't help but fall down and fell ill. (To be continued)