"It's not your turn to interrupt, you bitch!"
Chang Zaiqing was stunned for a moment. She had long known that Shen Yue was not as gentle as she looked on the surface, but she did not expect that Shen Yue had such a powerful mouth. She looked at Shen Wan subconsciously, but to her surprise, Shen Wan didn't even look at her, as if she ignored Shen Yue's words.
Seeing Chang Zaiqing's appearance, Shen Yue said proudly: "Why, you still want my father to speak for you. Now in the capital, who doesn't know that Chang Zaiqing is a broken shoe that someone slept in in Liuzhou! They all say that bitches are ruthless. The actor is dishonest, I see that you are also claiming to be polite and careful, how can you be ashamed? You are not as good as the top girl in the brothel!"
"You, what nonsense are you talking about?" Chang Zai Qing jumped in his heart and replied subconsciously. She has been kept in prison, and she doesn't know anything about the outside world, and she doesn't know that her story in Liuzhou has spread, and now the entire capital is treating her as a joke.
"You don't know?" Shen Yue was angry, and the more she used words to provoke her: "Your husband and son in Liuzhou miss you so much, they came to the Ding capital to find relatives." Shen Yue looked maliciously. Glancing at Shen Wan, she was also quite resentful towards Shen Wan, and continued to say calmly, "That Tian Li was kneeling at the entrance of the Yamen Mansion and beating drums early to claim his grievances, saying that our Shen Mansion is forcibly robbing people's wives!"
Chang Zaiqing's body trembled, knowing that he couldn't hide it any longer, but he looked at Shen Yue, seeing that Shen Wan didn't look too surprised, and asked in a trembling voice, "You... you already knew?"
"What?" It was the old lady Shen who had been staring at the other end of the story. She thought that Shen Yue and Chang Zaiqing didn't get along, so she said some humiliating words. "You were married? You have a son?"
Chang Zaiqing did not answer, but Chen Rouqiu, who was watching coldly, smiled and said, "Mother, don't you know, this daughter-in-law that you carefully selected for your son is still someone else's. Chang Zaiqingsheng's son, in the final analysis, is naturally not the surname of Shen. The words of the Shen family outside are really wonderful, and my mother should listen to it."
Shen Gui was also stunned by the sudden news. Chang Zaiqing finally came back to his senses, glanced at Chen Rou Qiu, sneered, and no longer concealed his docile appearance before, he broke the jar and said, "What if I have been married? What if I have given birth to a son? Shen How can the family be as clean as you said, but it’s just fifty steps and a hundred steps. Besides, I didn’t get married for a few days and then I suffered along with it, and it’s not certain who is in the pit.”
When Old Madam Shen heard the words, her anger came from her heart, and she was caught in jail. She was half afraid and half irritable. She had no way of venting her anger. Jai Qing jumped on top of him, and scolded Chang Zaiqing's hair, "Bitch! I'll let you fool the Shen family! I'll let you fool the Shen family! Shameless!"
How could Chang Zaiqing be a submissive person? If it was said that he had a plan in the Shen residence before, so he could be humble and small, but now that his mask has been pierced, he can't care so much. Immediately, he fought with Mrs. Shen.
Although the old lady Shen is old, she still has the savage energy of her youth when she fights. She herself has been in the market. Chang Zaiqing was young and strong, but since he was a scholar who didn't do anything with others, he couldn't get a good deal. The two scolded each other while fighting each other, and they were in chaos with each other. Seeing this, Shen Gui wanted to pull it, but the men and women were separated from each other in the cell, so he was more than enough. And it was even more impossible for Shen Yue and Chen Rouqiu who were locked together to have a fight. Chen Rou Qiu looked at it coldly, Shen Yue even laughed out loud, all this deformity came to an abrupt end when Chang Zai Qing cried out in pain.
Old Shen Furen pushed Chang Zaiqing away, her face was covered with scratches from her nails, her hair and clothes were messed up, but she looked at the people on the ground with satisfaction. Chang Zaiqing curled up on the ground, hunched over, hugging his lower abdomen and twisting his face in pain, moaning loudly. And under her body, a pool of blood gradually poured out.
It was a miscarriage in prison.
I don't know where Old Madam Shen moved Chang Zaiqing just now, but these days, the food in the prison was not to your taste, Chang Zaiqing was weak, and she was probably injured in the stomach when she scuffled with Old Madam Shen just now.
Shen Gui looked at Shen Wan somewhat at a loss, but saw that Shen Wan's eyes did not move at all, watching Chang Zaiqing rolling in pain on the ground, as if he was looking at a stranger.
As for the old lady Shen, she looked at Chang Zaiqing with a bit of madness, and scolded: "Bitch! Damn it! Bitch!"
Shen Yue was a little afraid of blood. Seeing more and more blood under Chang Qing's body, it actually dyed the ground a lot of red. Gradually, she started to get scared, so she squeezed Chen Rouqiu's side. Chen Rouqiu hugged Shen Yue tightly and looked at Looking at Chang Zaiqing, the corner of his mouth slowly raised.
Chang Zaiqing's mind was blurred with pain. She tried her best to call the jailer, hoping that someone would find her unwell and find a doctor for her. But those prison guards came and went, and the occasional glances were disdain and ridicule, and they didn't mean to help her at all.
I don't know how long he groaned, and Chang Zaiqing gradually couldn't even make a sound. It was probably because he was only breathing in but not out. He was dying as if he was going to let go in the next moment.
No one spoke in the cell, it was eerily quiet. Everyone in the Shen family looked at Chang Zaiqing with disgust, impatience, ridicule, fear, and disdain, but there was no sympathy at all.
Disasters can distort human nature, and when their status is in opposition, they will not show sympathy. From Shen Yue and Chen Rouqiu's point of view, Chang Zaiqing was self-inflicted, and from Shen Wan's point of view, Chang Zaiqing deceived himself and died. Shen Gui is not a good person, and Old Shen Furen can't wait to tear Chang Zaiqing to pieces.
In Chang Zaiqing's life, the first half of her life was probably very smooth. Although the second half of her life was not very smooth, she thought that it was still possible to get rich and noble by virtue of her own intelligence, not to mention flying to the branches to become a phoenix. She can fight and snatch for wealth and honor, without conscience and face, but who knows that the pit of wealth and honor she plunges into is a burial ground, and the people she forbears to deal with are even more terrifying than jackals.
At this time, Chang Zaiqing suddenly remembered Liuzhou's incompetent and alcoholic husband, and his son who was always silently chopping wood and feeding chickens.
She said in a trance: "Huaisheng..."
Shen Yue frowned: "What is she talking about?"
Chen Rouqiu shook her head.
"Mother, why do you look so unmotivated?" Shen Yue clenched her hand: "Is it serious this time? When can we go out?"
"It's okay, this is just a trivial matter, His Majesty will let us out after checking it out. Don't worry. You can rest for a while, so that you won't have any energy." Chen Rouqiu replied with a smile.
Shen Yue got Chen Rouqiu's assurance, she felt a little at ease, she really felt a little sleepy, so she leaned on Chen Rouqiu and closed her eyes safely.
After listening to Chen Rouqiu's words, Old Shen Furen gradually became quiet. Although she was still not satisfied with Chen Rouqiu, people always know who is better by comparison. With someone like Chang Zaiqing as a foil, Old Shen Furen felt that Chen Rouqiu was pretty good. He also closed his eyes to God.
Chang Zaiqing on the ground, but no one paid attention to whether he was dead or alive.
Chen Rouqiu glanced at Chang Zaiqing, sneered, and then thought of something, her eyes became desperate.
This time, she lied to Shen Yue whether there was a way out. They probably died out.
No one understands Shen Wan's eyes better than Chen Rou Qiu, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, Shen Wan will not react this way. He sat here coldly, a little numb, as if he didn't care about everything, whether it was the Shen family being the joke after dinner in Dingjing, or the scuffle between Mrs. Shen and Chang Zaiqing, or the constant presence at the moment. Qing Xiaosheng, Shen Wan's face was expressionless. Shen Wan was already desperate.
Even Shen Wan was desperate, so Chen Rou Qiu had no reason to have other opportunities.
It was just that when Chen Rouqiu really knew the ending, it was not as unacceptable as she thought. Perhaps it was because Chen Rouqiu had already seen the warmth and affection when the Chen family and the Shen family had a lawsuit before, or Chen Rouqiu was scarred by being divorced by Shen Wan. At this point, Chen Rouqiu was exhausted both physically and mentally, and when Chang Zaiqing ended up like this, she had nothing to worry about.
Anyway, we're going to die together, aren't we? Dead in the ground, a family again. Chen Rouqiu thought.
"Third brother," in the silence, someone broke the silence first, but it was Shen Gui, he asked, "Do you think that our Shen family has been hit by something evil in recent years. When my father was there, Not so much."
Since Shen Gui was found to have injured his descendants, he has been living his life in a daze every day.
Shen Wan glanced at him, his tone could not tell whether he was happy or angry, and said, "It was when Dad was here, or when Shen Xin was there."
Shen Gui was at a loss for words. Indeed, it is not accurate to say that General Shen was here. To be precise, when the Shen residence went downhill, it started when the big room split up. In fact, when Shen Xin first returned to Beijing two years ago, their careers were not smooth, but at that time the Shen family hadn't split up, and their colleagues in the official circles had to look at Shen Xin's face to flatter them. Later, when Shen Xin left the capital, those people had no scruples, but the Shen family was not as good as the day. Although he didn't want to admit it, it was a fact. The Shen family without Shen Xin was the same as the official family in Dingjing, and there was nothing special about it.
But what Shen Wan said was not what it meant on the surface.
Shen Gui asked hesitantly, "You mean, someone is plotting our Shen family behind our backs? Was someone plotted this time too?"
Shen Wan smiled oddly, but he didn't know what he was laughing at.
"Could it be... that Shen Xin is behind the scenes?" Shen Gui was stunned.
Chen Rouqiu who was sitting quietly on the side opened her mouth at this time, she said, "Luo Xue Yansheng's little bitch, Shen Miao, is very wicked. Haven't you found out that as long as you have a relationship with Shen Miao, in the end it will not end for no reason. it is good."
Shen Wan and Shen Gui looked over Chen Rou Qiu at the same time. Chen Rouqiu didn't seem to see the eyes of the two of them, and continued: "First, Shen Qing and Shen Yuan from the second room, now it's the third room's turn. Back then, the second sister-in-law didn't get a good deal from her. Thinking about it carefully, when did you say that? There are frequent incidents in the Shen residence, it is better to say that her temperament has changed drastically."
People are strange, their minds are always changing. In the eyes of Shen Wan and Shen Gui in the past, Shen Miao was only a little clever at most, but there is such a great ability. But now that they have landed in such a field, listening to Chen Rouqiu's eloquent explanation, this is actually the truth. Take Princess Ming An a few days ago as an example. Isn't it also that he died inexplicably after forming a grudge with Shen Miao, so far no reason has been found out.
Shen Wan said solemnly, "She alone would never have achieved such a level, unless there was an expert behind her, or she found a backer."
"I'm afraid it wasn't Shen Miao who found a backer." Shen Gui thought, "It was the Shen family who found a backer." He seemed to have thought of something and slapped his knees: "Why didn't Shen Xin fall to his death on the battlefield back then? I just said that everything has gone wrong for so many years, it turns out that Shen Xin is behind the stumble!" He said righteous words, but he did not mention how many stumbles the Shen family had caused Shen Xin.
"No matter what, the matter at this time will have something to do with Shen Xin." Chen Rouqiu calmed down at this time, and what he said was more pertinent and useful: "Otherwise, nothing would happen, and the Shen family would be involved all over the place. , but only their big house is safe and sound."
The crowd was silent.
After a long while, Shen Gui gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "If that's the case, then we have to pull them into the water together this time! Even if we can't beg for a good deal, don't think it's better for their big room." He looked at Shen Wan: "Three Brother, let's try to involve Shen Xin as well!"
"No." Shen Wan calmly said, "It's time to convict this matter. At this time, Shen Xin is involved, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it's planting. The more this is the case, the more the emperor will feel that the big house and We are not the same people, we are treacherous officials, and the big house is loyalty. Let the big house take advantage of it in vain."
Shen Gui said angrily, "Then let him go for nothing?"
Shen Wan sneered: "It's such a big loss, besides, Dad was partial to him Shen Xin at the beginning, and now I've been fighting for so many years if I don't believe it or we lose, even if we can't pull Shen Xin, we have to take a layer of Shen Xin's skin! "
"The third brother means..." Shen Gui was a little puzzled.
Shen Wan lowered his voice: "Your Majesty can't get through, there are always others. Guess what happened now, of course we are suffering, who is more annoyed than us?"
Chen Rouqiu frowned, "King Ding?"
"Not bad." Shen Wan calmly glanced at Chen Rou Qiu. At this time, it was useless to blame Chen Rouqiu for presenting the evidence of the crime in a rage. What's more, the reason was that Shen Wan quit Chen Rou Qiu for Chang Zai Qing's sake, and in the long run, maybe someone set up a game that included all of them, so what's the point of blaming anyone? But everyone was disheartened and exhausted.
But poisonous snakes, even before they die, will never forget to bite. The Shen family is such a poisonous snake.
Shen Wan said coldly: "Our every move is being monitored by others. Of course, there are people from King Ding among them. Talking more about the big house of the Shen family will always make King Ding suspicious."
Before coming here, since Prince Ding wanted him to marry Shen Miao and Prince Zhou, he already had some doubts about Shen Miao. Now that I talk about the big house of the Shen family more and more, once King Ding thinks that the big house of the Shen family has cheated on him and makes him suspect by Emperor Wen Hui, I am afraid that he will only want to destroy the big house of the Shen family immediately.
Who is King Ding? He is the one who hides the deepest among the nine princes, and is more like a smiling tiger than King Xuan. Being stared at by King Ding, Shen Wan believed that the days of the Shen family's big house would be very sad.
Even if it can't change this established ending, a cancer will still be planted in the big room of the Shen family. There will always be a time when the ground will break through.
He murmured in a low voice and said in his own voice, "I'll be waiting for you on Huangquan Road, eldest brother."
…
The case concerning Shen Wan in the Ding capital was closed so quickly that when the people knew the news, they were a little baffled.
The former mighty general Shen's house raided his house, all his family members were exiled, and all the masters were beheaded.
Ming Qi hasn't had such a big case for a long time, and this case doesn't seem to be so serious. The government seems to have deliberately kept it secret, and the pretext of the crime so far is nothing more than a "disadvantage in handling and causing a big disaster."
It's just that no one knows what the "big disaster" is.
Such is the way of being a courtier. If the ruler wants a minister to die, the minister has to die. If Emperor Wenhui wants to execute a courtier, sometimes he doesn't even bother to think about the reason. Especially for people like the Shen family, the only officials who are officials are Shen Wan and Shen Gui. These two are gradually declining in their careers, and there is no one to speak for them. Of course, there seems to be an invisible hand pushing, all in all, everything is unexpectedly fast.
On the day of execution, Shen Miao wanted to see it.
Luo Tan looked at Shen Miao in astonishment and asked, "What are you going to watch, little cousin, such a bloody scene, the head rolls down with a bang, it will cause nightmares at night. It is better not to go."
Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan wouldn't go to see it, they still had military affairs, of course, even if they didn't have military affairs, they wouldn't go to see it. Luo Xueyan didn't have any feelings for the Shen family, Shen Xin probably did, but those complicated feelings were all wiped out by the little things that the Shen family had done over the years. If you meet and fight if you don't see each other, you won't take the initiative to find yourself unhappy.
Shen Miao said, "I want to see it. I haven't seen a beheading yet."
Luo Tan: "..." She said angrily, "What's so good about beheading!" She was secretly anxious for Shen Miao, her daughter's family was always soft-hearted, even though the Shen family was not a good person, Shen Miao was with her. They have been together for so long, it is inevitable that there will be some grief, and this time, it is just asking for sadness.
"I'll go with my sister." Shen Qiu said. From Shen Qiu to Shen Miao's stubborn nature, if she was not allowed to go, Shen Miao would probably sneak out on her own to save trouble. He was not afraid, and besides being surrounded by guards, he could also protect Shen Miao.
"I'll go too." Luo Ling said with a smile: "I've never seen a beheading."
"What nonsense, cousin." Luo Tan glanced at Luo Ling: "When I was in the northwest, I didn't see someone beheaded by military orders, and I couldn't bear to see the beheading, what is the first time. "
He didn't expect to be demolished by his cousin like this, Luo Ling's smile was a little stiff. When Shen Qiu heard this, he glanced at Luo Ling meaningfully, and made Luo Ling feel a little uneasy before he said, "Let's go together then."
Seeing that everyone had gone, Luo Tan gritted her teeth and stomped her feet before saying, "Then I'll follow me too, it's not like I'm staying in the mansion alone... Little cousin, you must cover my eyes later. ."
When the group arrived at the execution ground, the people watching outside were all three floors and three floors outside, and the outside of the execution platform was surrounded by water. Because Shen Qiu and his party were accompanied by guards, those people took the initiative to clear the way. Some people around recognized Shen Qiu, so they whispered and pointed at brother and sister Shen Qiu and Shen Miao.
I had known that the eldest room of the Shen family was at odds with the second and third rooms, but I didn't expect that the second and third rooms would be beheaded, but the brothers and sisters of the large room came to observe the execution. Some people say that the big house is a blessing in disguise, and was forced to be removed from the name by the second and third houses, but escaped this disaster. Others said that the Shen Xin brothers and sisters were too cold-blooded, and they watched their family members be executed without moving.
On the execution platform, Shen Wan and his party were all kneeling with shackles, wearing dirty prison uniforms, and their unkempt appearance still looked like they were rich and noble back then. And Shen Yue and Old Shen Furen's mouths were still covered with rags, and it seemed that they could still see Shen Yue shaking her head desperately, showing panic. Shen Yue and Old Shen Furen were always very afraid of death. About now, I can't accept this fact, and I still think there is any room for recovery.
The corners of Shen Miao's lips slightly lifted.
Her eyes swept to the people on the stage one by one.
Shen Wan, Chen Rouqiu, Shen Gui, Shen Yue, Old Madam Shen... I heard that Chang Zaiqing had a miscarriage in prison, and when the jailer found out that he was carrying her out the next day, her body was hardened. If it was alive and bleeding to death, it would be fine, and it would not be watched helplessly beheaded, leaving a whole corpse. But what's the use of that, her life is gone, and Man Dingjing also knows her deeds of abandoning her husband and children.
"Little cousin, what are you thinking?" Luo Tan asked quietly.
“Think about the past.” Shen Miao replied gently.
She thought that when she was fighting for power and profit with Madam Mei in the harem, it was this group of people on the stage who stabbed without leaving room behind the big room. They killed Shen Qiu, killed Luo Xueyan, caused Shen Xin to be haggard, and killed Wan Yu and Fu Ming without the support of a strong mother, so they could only sacrifice in the imperial palace. Obviously has the most orthodox blood, but lives like a lowly concubine and a concubine. And all of this was given by the people in front of them.
Shen Yue said, "Fifth sister, we are not a family."
Not family, but enemies. At least from now on, with the death of this group of people on stage, she really has no relationship with those jackals and tigers in the Shen family.
Shen Yue looked around in a panic on the stage, but suddenly looked in Shen Miao's direction, when she saw Shen Miao, her eyes suddenly burst out with strong hatred. If it wasn't for the shackles on her body being held, Shen Yue would have jumped across the crowd and rushed in front of Shen Miao to grab Hua Shen Miao's face.
Shen Miao smiled at her across the crowd, and regardless of whether Shen Yue could see clearly or not, she slightly raised her chin and looked at her with a critical and downward gaze, like she was looking at a dog.
Shen Yue was irritated by Shen Miao's gaze and screamed more and more, the officer who was holding her gave her a kick impatiently, Shen Yue seemed to be kicked and hurt and was quiet for a while. But he looked in the other direction, his expression extremely angry.
Shen Miao followed her gaze and saw that there was a familiar shadow not far from her, that was a young woman with rich and luxurious clothes with slightly downcast eyebrows, pointed chin and big eyes, not Shen Dongling Who is it
Shen Dongling also saw Shen Miao and smiled softly as she actually walked towards Shen Miao. When he was getting closer, he gave Shen Miao a blessing and said softly, "Fifth younger sister." He looked at Shen Qiu again and said, "Big brother."
Shen Qiu nodded indifferently. However, Shen Miao looked at Shen Dongling carefully.
Shen Dongling was originally good-looking, and with Wan Yiniang's appearance, she was three-pointed and a little charming. In fact, such a look was rarely used as the main room. Most of them are concubines who have such looks. Marry a wife and marry a virtuous person, but when you take a concubine, you have to take someone who is charming and charming. In the past, Shen Dongling always lowered her eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes in the Shen residence, and she was tolerant and submissive everywhere, and her good appearance was also wasted by the gray and wide clothes. Looking at it now, it may be well-raised, with a tender face that can pinch water, eyes that are moist and moving, dressed in bright clothes, showing a slender figure, and a charming appearance.
Looking at the entourage following her, it seemed that Wang Bi treated her well. Otherwise, she wouldn't let a married woman appear so casually outside.
Because Shen Dongling seldom left the courtyard in Shen's residence, let alone outside, no one of the surrounding people recognized her. Luo Tan looked at Shen Dongling curiously. Shen Dongling looked at Shen Miao and said with a full smile, "I did not expect to meet Fifth Younger Sister here, it is really fate."
Shen Miao smiled slightly.
Shen Dongling's attitude was very natural, and there was no trace of sadness in her expression. I heard that Concubine Wan was also taken out, and she was given a deed of prostitution by the Wang family. However, Shen Gui on the stage was Shen Dongling's father, Shen Dongling was not even moved at all, while chatting with Shen Miao, it was as casual as watching a flower viewing banquet, and upon closer inspection, there was even a bit of joy.
“I am here to find something to enjoy.” Shen Miao looked at Shen Dongling, “What is the third sister here for?”
Shen Dongling heard the words, but she slowly covered her mouth and smiled. It was completely different from before. Now her every move is full of coquettishness, just like Wan Yiniang when she was young, where is there any cowardice in the past.
She said: "The fifth sister is looking for happiness, but I don't dare." Shen Dongling looked at the stage: "I just heard about this interesting thing about Dingjing, come to see it and have fun."
Just as he was finished speaking, he heard a sign thrown by the prisoner on the stage, and said in a long voice: "The time is up, the execution-"
Several streaks of blood spurted out at the same time.
Shen Dongling covered her mouth with a veil, her eyes widened, she looked rather pity, and said softly, "It's so pitiful."
“Yes,” Shen Miao said calmly, “It’s really pitiful.”