Chapter 7 Breaking off the Engagement

Shen Yichu was furious and stepped forward to lift the quilt: "Shen Zhiyue, don't be pretentious here. It was you who saved the prince."

But I didn't expect that she was only wearing inner clothes under the quilt, and the servants immediately turned their backs when they saw her. This blatantly tarnished the young lady's reputation. Although the young lady was not favored, the master knew that he would punish them.

Shen Zhiyue hurriedly pulled the quilt: "Shen Yichu, what are you doing? Do you really think dad will always stand by your side?"

"Impossible, tell me, did you tip off the prince in advance?" Shen Yichu strangled her neck fiercely and kept exerting force.

Shen Zhiyue felt like she was about to suffocate. She held his tightly with both hands: "What evidence do you have?"

At this time, Mr. Shen and the eldest lady walked in, and the eldest lady shouted: "Chu'er, let go, you are crazy. After the prince leaves, this girl is from the Wu family, and nothing can happen to the Shen family."

The eldest lady's words were telling him that he could not do anything in the Shen Mansion. If this girl really angered him, she could handle it outside, as long as she handled it well.

Shen Yichu slowly let go of his hand. Shen Zhiyue was holding on to the edge of the bed, coughing and gasping for air. After regaining her composure, she grabbed the dry clothes hanging on the screen and put them on her body to get out of bed.

"Mr. Shen, you said that I informed the prince in advance, then you dare to ask, how did I learn about your plan, and how did I return to the house before you did?"

Master Shen looked at him. In the past, he only knew that mother and son bullied her, but he didn't expect that they could not tolerate her so much.

"Yi Chu, what do you want to say?"

"Well, you must be more cunning. The person on the boat is obviously you. It was you who saved the prince, otherwise he would die tonight. Dad, we lost a lot of people tonight, we can't just let her go." Shen Yichu glared fiercely, wishing he could kill her on the spot to discourage him.

A slap rang out, and Shen Yichu was completely stunned. Why did his father hit him?

When the eldest lady saw it, she immediately stood in front of him and said, "Master, if Chu'er did something wrong, just say what you say, don't do anything."

"Just tell him, does he remember? I told him not to provoke people from the official family. It would be better for you to go out in such a powerful manner and cause our Shen family to lose a lot of people."

When Shen Yichu heard that his father was angry because of this incident, he immediately said: "Dad, the prince didn't bring many people with him when he came to Tongzhen. If you can't do it openly, we will do it secretly."

Mr. Shen raised his arm, wanting to wake him up again, but the eldest lady protected him tightly, not giving Mr. Shen a chance to strike. Mr. Shen hates that iron cannot be transformed into steel.

"Who do you think he is? He can be easily killed by you. He is a living king of hell who walked out of a pile of thousands of corpses. His body is covered in blood. If you see a ghost, you have to avoid him."

If Bai Mingyu was so easy to deal with, it would be impossible for him to come back from the battlefield alive. How could he, a child with a yellow mouth, be more powerful than the enemy? He was really arrogant.

Shen Yi saw his father so nervous for the first time and knew that he seemed to be in trouble: "Dad, what should we do now?"

Shen Zhiyue stepped forward: "Dad, my daughter has an idea. Tomorrow we will go to the prince to plead guilty. We said it was too dark and we mistakenly thought it was a bandit on the mountain. As long as the prince doesn't find anything, the Shen family will be safe."

It was a good move to strike first. Mr. Shen looked at her a few more times. In the blink of an eye, his daughter grew up and knew how to share his worries.

"Tomorrow you will come with me to plead guilty to the prince." Mr. Shen said.

In the inn

Bai Mingyu changed his clothes and walked into Yu Cong's room. At this time, he was treating the wounds on his body. When he saw the prince coming, he stood up immediately.

"Your Majesty, my subordinate came here late and frightened the Prince. Please punish me."

Bai Mingyu looked at the wounds on his body. He must have the skills of a well-trained killer. Unexpectedly, the Shen Mansion also raised a group of killers. It seemed that the person behind it had a lot of background.

"This king is underestimating the enemy."

I thought it was just an ordinary private salt case, but unexpectedly there was an unexpected discovery. Bai Mingyu began to look forward to how the Shen family would put an end to this matter.

Yu Cong said respectfully: "Your Majesty, our people are quite strong. These people can hurt us. They are by no means ordinary killers."

"Have a good rest, the real master will come tomorrow."

The next day, Mr. Shen took Shen Yichu to the inn and brought a lot of things. He dragged Shen Yichu to his knees on the ground.

"I didn't know that the prince arrived last night. One of my own people has arrived. If the prince needs anything, just tell me."

Bai Mingyu glanced at him: "So, it belongs to me, right?"

"That's not what I meant, little one. It's just that when the prince comes to the river late at night, he should tell you in advance to avoid what happened last night happening again. Bandits are rampant on the mountain. We have sent more manpower to take precautions."

Bai Mingyu stopped picking up the teacup: "Master Shen is threatening me."

"The villain dare not."

Bai Mingyu waved his sleeves, and the guards at the door rushed in and detained them. Mr. Shen kowtowed in panic: "Your Majesty, I don't know how this little person bumped into you. Please forgive me."

"Mr. Shen doesn't really think that I didn't find anything last night. Dashuo's regulations stipulate that anyone who manages the ground and closes the place to patrol and prohibit illegal salt. If there is any leakage, the lighter punishment will be exiled, and the worst punishment will be killed. Boss, Dashuo has strict control over salt."

Mr. Shen was trembling with fear all over. Instead of letting him be optimistic about that batch of goods, why did the prince still find it?

Shen Yichu always felt that in Tong Town, the Shen family was like heaven, but he had no idea that Tong Town was also under Dashuo's jurisdiction.

"Your Majesty, you don't know. Although that area belongs to the Shen family, the goods are grown in it."

"Oh, bring the chief here and investigate together." Bai Mingyu put the cup on the table.

The eldest lady stood in the front yard waiting for them to come back. She was so worried that the servant she sent to inquire about the news came back.

"Madam, it's not good. The master and the young master were arrested, and now Mr. Yu is bringing people here."

The servants in the mansion were so frightened when they heard that, even the guards were dispatched. The Shen mansion must have committed something.

When they were hesitating whether they should run away, Yu Cong had already led people to surround Shen's mansion.

At this time, Shen Zhiyue was sitting in the room, holding her chin in her hands, drinking water leisurely.

In the evening, Wu Peng's parents came to the door, but were stopped by the guards. Madam Wu said: "Madam of the Shen family, Zhiyue is no longer innocent. We, the Wu family, cannot afford this marriage, so this matter is over."

The eldest lady did not expect that as soon as something happened to the Shen family, these people would come to break off the engagement in a hurry. She quickly broke off the relationship with them, and her face became particularly ugly.

On the way back, Wu Peng said unhappily: "Father, mother, I will never marry until I know the moon in this life."

"Silly boy, it's women or life that's more important. If you offend King Nan, the Shen family will probably be done with it this time," Mrs. Wu scolded.

"Isn't Zhiyue in danger? I'm going to save her." Wu Peng still didn't believe that she was Wang Chun's person.

He wanted to marry her and check for himself whether she was Wang Chun's.
Chapter completed!