Chapter 41 Angry Questioning
Xie Lingxiao's voice stopped, and Shen Jingxuan slowly stood up.
Seeing Shen Jingxuan standing there motionless, Xie Lingxiao did not disturb her.
He covered his wound and slowly walked to the window, climbed out of the window and left the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Shen Jingxuan stood there for an unknown amount of time before turning around and walking out of the room, heading straight for Mr. Shen's Fufeng Courtyard.
When she arrived at Mr. Shen's study, she still hadn't figured out how to talk to him.
Shen Jingxuan sat quietly opposite Mr. Shen, with her head slightly lowered and her eyes looking at the ground.
When Mr. Shen saw her expression, he knew that there must be something that made it difficult for her to speak.
Seeing Shen Jingxuan remained silent, Mr. Shen asked, "What happened?"
Shen Jingxuan's thoughts were interrupted: "Grandfather, Xuan'er doesn't know what to say."
"Just say it. Let's see what you look like. Go ahead. Grandfather is listening."
Shen Jingxuan hesitated for a moment, and had to tell the truth: "Grandfather, I found some news related to my father's death in battle."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shen suddenly stood up and walked over.
He grabbed Shen Jingxuan's shoulders with both hands and shook her gently.
Mr. Shen said anxiously: "Xuan'er, tell me quickly, what did you find out?"
"Grandfather, don't get excited."
"Xie Lingxiao said that my father's death was related to my second uncle." After saying this, Shen Jingxuan didn't dare to look at Old Man Shen. She lowered her head and said nothing.
She was afraid that her grandfather would not believe her if she told him this, after all, Shen Jiande was also his son.
Hearing Shen Jingxuan's words, Mr. Shen was shocked.
He was furious in an instant: "Shen Jiande? The Regent said it was related to Shen Jiande?"
"Grandfather, don't be angry. We haven't found out the truth yet. Calm down first." Shen Jingxuan persuaded.
"Grandfather just wants to know if it's true. Tell me, Grandfather, what's going on?"
Shen Jingxuan thought about what Xie Lingxiao said, and she told it to Mr. Shen without missing a word.
Xie Lingxiao just told her that Shen Jiande had an uncle who used to be with his father.
My father knew that he was Shen Jiande's uncle, so he kept him by his side like a personal bodyguard.
Xie Lingxiao found out that before his father went to the battlefield, Shen Jiande had visited his uncle several times, but he had no idea about the specific conversation.
But on the way to the battle, someone saw Shen Jiande's uncle always sending messages, and these letters eventually fell into Shen Jiande's hands.
When they were approaching the border, there was a period of time when Shen Jiande's uncle took care of his father personally and did not allow anyone else to take care of him closely.
They say it's because they're afraid that people around them may have bad intentions.
But what he didn't know was that, except for himself, almost everyone else had followed their father since childhood.
The news about Xie Lingxiao was learned from these people.
The people who were with my father at the time were either killed or injured, and this person was also seriously injured and still has difficulty walking.
He also fell among the dead bodies and survived by chance.
After hearing this, Mr. Shen's standing body began to sway, as if he would fall down at any time.
Shen Jingxuan reached out to hold him and let him lean on her arms.
After a long while, seeing that he was getting better, Shen Jingxuan helped Mr. Shen sit down.
Shen Jingxuan persuaded him: "Grandfather, don't be angry, we haven't found out yet, wait and see..."
Mr. Shen roared, "What are you still investigating? Someone, go and call Shen Jiande over. I want to question him in person."
Shen Jingxuan secretly sighed, asking? Will he be able to tell me if I ask? Asking won't change anything!
After a while, Shen Jiande arrived.
Seeing Mr. Shen with a gloomy face in the study, he was secretly frightened.
Shen Jiande thought that he had not done anything wrong recently, so he went to the study room with gritted teeth.
Shen Jiande looked at Mr. Shen: "Dad, call me."
"Kneel down," Mr. Shen said angrily.
Shen Jiande didn't understand what was going on, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only kneel on the ground.
"Let me ask you, before your eldest brother died, there was a person by his side. Was he your uncle?" Old Master Shen stared at him intently, not missing any of his expressions.
When Shen Jiande heard the word "uncle", he guessed why Mr. Shen was angry.
But he couldn't have guessed that this matter had anything to do with him.
Shen Jiande asked in confusion: "Uncle, what uncle? Dad, I don't know if I have an uncle."
Looking at Shen Jiande pretending to be stupid, how could Mr. Shen not understand that there must be something wrong here.
Shen Jianan knew that the guard was Shen Jiande's uncle, so what was said must be true.
Their goal is to get close to Shen Jianan.
Mr. Shen continued, "Your eldest brother's death has something to do with you. It was you who killed your eldest brother."
When Shen Jiande heard Mr. Shen's affirmative words, he became inexplicably flustered: "Dad, how could I kill my eldest brother? I didn't."
Although he denied it verbally, he was afraid that Mr. Shen had evidence.
Looking at Shen Jiande's appearance, Mr. Shen could be sure that he was definitely involved in this matter.
I have regretted this for half my life, but I have never regretted it as much as I do now.
If he had been more attentive and careful back then, so many things wouldn't have happened.
Mr. Shen never thought that his mistake back then would lead to the death of his only son with his beloved woman.
He glared at Shen Jiande: "You didn't? The letters you wrote to your uncle were brought back, and you actually denied it."
This time, Shen Jiande was really panicked and burned all his letters.
Didn't his uncle also tell him to burn the letter? Why did that idiot keep it?
"Dad..." Shen Jiande wanted to continue explaining but was interrupted by Old Man Shen.
"Don't call me dad. Either you admit it yourself or ask the Regent to come with the letter."
The Regent? Shen Jiande was completely terrified. It turned out that the Regent had found out.
He had made all the preparations, except that he had not expected the Regent to get involved.
He knelt and crawled to Mr. Shen: "Dad, I was wrong. I regretted it later. I was wrong, Dad."
Old Master Shen looked at Shen Jiande in front of him with great hatred. He raised his foot and kicked Shen Jiande to the ground, and looked at Shen Jiande without saying a word.
After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and became much calmer.
Only those red eyes could tell how angry he was just now.
Mr. Shen shouted outside the study: "Come here, go and call the old lady, the young lady, and everyone from the second room."
"Yes, sir." The servant turned around and ran out to call for help, fearing that he would be angered if he was a step late.
Shen Jiande looked at the calm old man Shen and begged for mercy: "Dad, I was really wrong, please forgive me."
"Dad, I shouldn't have killed my elder brother just because I was jealous of him. Please forgive me, Dad. I was wrong."
Old Master Shen seemed not to hear anything and ignored Shen Jiande no matter how he cried.
He just sat there quietly waiting for others.
Shen Jingxuan became even angrier when she saw Shen Jiande, but she tried to suppress it because Old Master Shen was here.
She wished she could go over and hack Shen Jiande to death with a knife.
Good, really good, her second uncle killed her father.
Her second aunt treated her mother and younger brother harshly for many years.
Her third sister conspired with outsiders to murder her.
Have the consciences of this family been eaten by dogs?
He ate at her house, lived in her house, and finally killed her father, insulted her mother, and bullied her brother.
Shen Jingxuan clenched her fists tightly, and the pain from her palms kept her awake.
She glared at Shen Jiande fiercely.
If looks could kill, she would want to cut Shen Jiande into pieces.
There were footsteps outside the door, and Old Madam Shen and my mother Hao walked in.
Then came Sun and Shen Jinghuan, and even Liu Xue was called over.
Mrs. Shen was shocked when she saw Mr. Shen's appearance and hurried to his side.
She was about to speak when she was interrupted by Mr. Shen: "Madam, just sit there and don't talk. Just watch."
Mr. Shen turned around and looked at the people below, silent for a long time, without saying a word.
The Shen family was originally a small family. When he was young, he took his wife away from home all year round. When Shen Jianan was born, he saw with his own eyes how much suffering his wife had endured.
From then on, he no longer agreed to let his wife carry on the Shen family's bloodline, because he felt that having Shen Jianan was enough.
Until now, he still does not regret his decision.
Especially seeing Shen Jiande kneeling there.
Mr. Shen stood for a while and then said, "Since everyone is here, please sit down."
"I called you all here today just to announce one thing."