The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 313: Master Shen 5 Sues Lord Shen

Princess Wanfu was summoned into the imperial study, where she was subjected to verbal battles and humiliated in turn by the ministers, which almost drove this beautiful, lively and lovely little princess to commit suicide.

Wanfu really admired her own forbearance this time. The reason why she insisted on discussing the terms with the Emperor of Daju in person before the Northern Barbarians' peace envoys came to Beijing was because she was already full of resentment? The attendant beside her had already promised her that she must invite Shen Wen to the imperial study to participate, so that she could kill Shen Wen when he was not prepared.

The poison on Wanfu's face had already penetrated into her bones. The expert who rescued her from the pile of corpses, the attendant beside her, made a quick diagnosis of her physical condition and found out the hidden deadly poison. Wanfu was very afraid of death and she had to make the hateful Shen Wen hand over her unique antidote.

Princess Wanfu was sent out of the imperial study by the emperor first. After half a cup of tea, the ministers inside gradually left. Finally, Shen Wen and Ruan Qingxia left the imperial study together.

A handsome young man had been waiting outside the imperial study, that was Lord Chu Yanqiu. Lord Chu was summoned to the palace without permission, and he had nothing to do with those who were summoned to participate in the compensation for Princess Wanfu.

When Chu Yanqiu saw Ruan Qingxia and Shen Wen walking out of the hall together, he didn't rush up to chat with them.

The two men took over the former Prince's Mansion case and felt that the burden was too heavy on their shoulders. As soon as they stepped out of the imperial study, they started discussing and immediately rushed to the Prince's Mansion crime scene to investigate.

Ruan Qingxia said to Shen Wen: "I have already been to the crime scene. This case is very difficult to handle. There is very little evidence to investigate. The bones are more than ten or twenty years old. This case is difficult."

Shen Wen smiled and said, "Are there any witness statements that Lord Ruan cannot find? I have heard that Lord Ruan can communicate with the spirits of the dead, and can even interrogate the dead at night and the living during the day."

Seeing that he was joking with him, Ruan Qingxia paused for a moment and said, "You said you heard it, how can you take it seriously? If I really have that ability, how could the ruler of the universe allow someone like me who breaks the rules of heaven to live peacefully in this world?"

Shen Wen touched his chin and said, "The Creator can create everything. In fact, I still believe in the legend of Lord Ruan. So whether this case can be solved as soon as possible depends on Lord Ruan. You also know that I am an unlucky person. I have encountered even more unlucky things recently. Lord Ruan, please be more tolerant of me."

Ruan Qingxia knew what he meant. Looking at his cunning expression, she felt relieved and smiled, "I understand, I understand. It seems that Mr. Shen has other ideas besides handling the case."

Shen Wen didn't argue, he just touched his head and smiled back.

The two walked and talked, and looked up to see Chu Yanqiu waiting outside the imperial study. They greeted each other politely and then went about their own business. Of course, Shen Wen naturally handed the etiquette of greeting to Ruan Qingxia, after all, he and Chu Yanqiu had similar official ranks.

Chu Yanqiu watched Shen Wen and Ruan Qingxia gradually walk away, and his decision became more firm. No matter how big the gap between them was, as long as he was willing to protect her and as long as he persisted to the end, this relationship might be able to last until the end. Anyway, he didn't care, he must hold on to her and never let her go.

Chu Yanqiu was soon summoned into the imperial study, where he knelt down and kowtowed. The relationship between the monarch and his subject was extremely cordial. The little emperor immediately asked Chu Yanqiu to stand up, and almost stepped down from the dragon throne to help him up himself.

The young emperor asked his personal eunuch to serve Chu Yanqiu with a chair, but Chu Yanqiu refused. He knelt down and said to the young emperor, "Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask of you."

The young emperor asked him to speak freely, and Chu Yanqiu said, "Your Majesty, I want to marry Lord Shen Wen as my principal wife."

The little emperor looked at him meaningfully and said, "Are you joking, Lord Chu? Lord Shen Wen is the illegitimate grandson of Duke Shen. You just said you want to marry him as your principal wife. That's simply ridiculous."

Chu Yanqiu said, "I am not wrong. Lord Shen is a girl. Your Majesty can choose Madam Gong to verify her identity. We are already husband and wife."

The little emperor's expression was serious this time, and he looked at Chu Yanqiu expressionlessly.

The little emperor said, "Lord Chu, you cannot marry Lady Shen. Even if the two things you mentioned above are true, I will not marry her to you as your principal wife. Because I want to marry her, this is one reason, and the other... do you know what the consequences of doing this will be? Don't think that I don't know that Lord Shen has been hunted down. I know, and I also know that Princess Wanfu wants to marry you as her principal wife, so she doesn't hesitate to expose the power of the Northern Fan Kingdom in my Daju Kingdom. Princess Wanfu is crazy, but there are more women like her who covet you like this. Lady Shen is just a weak woman of low status. I advise Lord Chu to stop here and act on his feelings."

Chu Yanqiu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you cannot marry her into the palace. I have already said that we are husband and wife. I have asked Your Majesty for permission to marry her as my legal wife. I am not a heartless man who would abandon her after having sex with her. As for other women, no matter how vicious they are or how they covet me, it is not my problem. I only want to marry Lord Shen and live my own life."

For the first time, the little emperor felt that Lord Chu was a difficult character.

The little emperor was angry. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it. We will discuss this later. The important thing now is how you, Lord Chu, will deal with Princess Wanfu fairly and impartially. Didn't you just say that you will live your life with Lord Shen sincerely? Lord Chu, what are you going to do about Princess Wanfu who has repeatedly harmed her life?"

Chu Yanqiu cupped his hands and said, "This matter concerns both countries. As the saying goes, a country comes before a family. This will have to wait until Your Majesty has restored the national interests of the Great Digging Kingdom before we can make another decision."

The little emperor was quite satisfied with what it said.

At this time, a young eunuch came in from outside the hall and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen wants to see you."

The little emperor waved his hand and asked the eunuch to bring in Lord Shen.

Lord Shen entered the imperial study and immediately knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to dismiss my grandson Shen Wen from his official position. This unfilial son actually killed his own biological father. He is worse than an animal."

The little emperor asked, "Killing his own father? Lord Shen, do you have any evidence to prove what you said?"

Lord Shen said, "Of course I have evidence. This little bastard has been home for less than two days when he beat up his father and ordered someone to take my poor son to jail. He used lynching and castrated him!"

The little emperor asked in surprise, "What...what? You said dead! Was your son beaten to death? Did he have any wounds from being beaten?"

Lord Shen cried, "Your Majesty, it's not death, it's castration! My son is an incapable... eunuch!"

The little emperor suppressed his smile, staring with wide eyes at Lord Shen who was kneeling on the ground and crying.

Chu Yanqiu had no scruples, he turned his head and smiled secretly.

The little emperor asked, "Has your son come to the palace to testify?"

Lord Shen looked up, and indeed there were tears on his wrinkled old face. He said, "Of course I am here. Your Majesty must punish Shen Wen this time. I cannot tolerate evil any longer. I will expel Shen Wen from my family."

The young emperor said, "Since your fifth son is here, I will personally inquire about the situation."

The young emperor asked someone to help Master Shen Wu into the hall. The weak and decadent Master Shen Wu kowtowed to the young emperor tremblingly. He was so tired that his whole body was sweating and he raised his sleeve to wipe his forehead.

The little emperor asked the fifth master in a cold voice: "Shen?"

The young emperor forgot what the name of this Master Shen Wu was for a moment, and turned to look at Master Shen, who reminded him, "My son Shen Pingchang."

The little emperor said, "Shen Pingchang, I want to ask you, have you been abused by your son Shen Wen? Did your son even cut off your thing?"

Shen Pingchang wiped his forehead again, then raised his head and grinned weakly, saying, "Your Majesty, no, this is all because of the disagreement between my father and my son. My father doesn't want Shen Wen to try the murder case in the former Crown Prince's Mansion."

Lord Shen shuddered when he heard this. He turned around and stared at Shen Pingchang viciously, cursing, "Little beast, where did I say such a thing?"

Shen Pingchang was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he kowtowed quickly.

The young emperor immediately directed his anger at Lord Shen, and said in a cold voice: "Lord Shen! Are you really as others say, suppressing the illegitimate grandson for the sake of the legitimate grandson?"

Lord Shen immediately kowtowed and said sincerely: "I dare not, I am wronged, I have never done so, my seventh son is also a bastard, my seventh son and his father were also appointed to important positions in our Dajue country."

The little emperor said: "You'd better mean what you said."

Then the little emperor suddenly shouted at Master Shen Wu, "Bold Shen Pingchang, I want to ask you, are you really accusing your son of domestic violence? Or are you really accusing your biological father of framing your illegitimate grandson?"

Master Shen Wu was so frightened that his soul left his body. He was about to fall down. Fortunately, the young eunuch next to him was quick-witted and pinched his Ren Zhong point, bringing him back to life.

Master Shen Wu cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, I did not lie. My father has been suppressing us. Otherwise, my poor son would not have been abducted to someone else's home and served as a plaything for three years. Not only that, my father, Lord Shen, he...he participated in the murder of the former crown prince."

Such a shocking news, like a thunderclap, startled everyone present.

Before Lord Shen could get up and hit Shen Pingchang on the mouth, Shen Pingchang said, "It was because he instigated my seventh brother to hunt down the former crown prince that my seventh brother was promoted. This was not because he treated the illegitimate children fairly, but because the seventh brother caught hold of this matter."

Lord Shen stood up tremblingly, and slapped Shen Pingchang hard on the face with his raised hand.

Shen Pingchang was knocked to the ground and stared at Lord Shen with hatred.

Chu Yanqiu jumped out at the right time and said to the little emperor: "Your Majesty, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. First, arrest Master Shen Qi and put him in prison, and torture him severely."

The little emperor didn't expect that he would hear such a shocking secret after just scaring Shen Pingchang slightly. He was really angry this time.

There was murderous intent in his eyes. He stared at Lord Shen and said, "You'd better have a reasonable explanation, otherwise..."

Lord Shen knelt on the ground with his old body trembling. Before he could open his mouth to reply, he fainted.