HLnovel Chapter 226 Let’s See Zhuzhu’s Fortune
Chapter 226 Let’s See Zhuzhu’s Fortune
Shi Mingkui said in a hoarse voice: "Shi Yao, don't speculate on other people's thoughts. We love Zhuzhu because she is the only daughter of the Shi family for eight generations before you returned to Beijing. We are willing to love her and pamper her."
Shi Yao thought to herself, this guy refused to yield even though his third leg was broken. Shi Mingzhen hadn't even said anything yet, but he was the one who spoke first. No wonder he also rushed to the eunuch.
She said solemnly and righteously: "Fourth brother is right! Big sister is gentle and kind, beautiful and generous, and I am happy to spoil her.
That time, your brother Fan was so greedy for the chicken feather shuttlecock, but I thought that my elder sister didn’t have any, so I cruelly didn’t give it to Brother Fan and only gave it to my elder sister. "
Shi Mingkui and Gong Xuan both felt a choking in their throats.
Rong also felt a lump in his stomach.
How can one refute this?
Could it be that Zhuzhu is not beautiful and generous enough, so Shi Yao should also give Fan Ge'er a chicken feather shuttlecock?
If she continued to talk, it would only hurt the reputation of the Third House - Shi Yao was so biased because the Third House was not as favored as Shi Mingzhu.
Zheng couldn't stand Shi Yao's hypocritical behavior and cursed: "Bullshit! How can you care about Zhuzhu? You are clearly deliberately framing her. Shi Yao, don't think that your dirty little thoughts are..."
The old Duke slammed the table again and shouted, "Shut up! Don't go off topic. Mingwu's wife, tell me, what did you dream about?"
Zheng shut her mouth indignantly and glared at Shi Yao viciously, as if she wanted to eat her.
Shi Yao glared back and said with tears in her eyes: "Grandfather is wise!"
Now that they have fallen out, what is she afraid of?
She is really pissed off, so she might as well let the prince be reborn and everyone sing "Liang Liang" together!
Isn’t it just beheading?
It's just a scar the size of a bowl. Eighteen years later, Shi Yao is a hero again!
The old Duke was tired, but he didn't want to scold her for saying these four short words.
Fu Nanjun spoke of his past life without any emotion. He did not mention that the fifth prince Zhou Xu later ascended the throne. He only said that the entire family was executed, but he mentioned that Shi Mingwu escaped.
From her words, the Fourth Prince did not kill the Shi family because of "Shi Yao", but because he was afraid of the Shi family.
The Shi family killed the prince and pushed Zhou Shao to the throne. Which emperor would not be vigilant and think about killing them day and night?
The old Duke's face became even gloomier. The Madam was shaky and asked in disbelief, "Mingwei, in your dream, why did the Fourth Prince destroy my Shi family?"
In her previous life, Le An Ning paid no attention to state affairs. She spent every day studying how to maintain her beauty. Only when she was arrested and imprisoned did she realize that a disaster was imminent.
She was simply jealous of Shi Mingzhu and hated Shi Mingzhu for causing the death of her and her child.
She said truthfully: "The old master, the old lady, and the grandson's wife don't pay much attention to these things, and they won't discuss important matters in the mansion with me or tell me about them.
However, among the evidence of Shi family's crimes listed by the new emperor, there were indeed crimes such as plotting to murder Crown Prince Zhou Yi, forming cliques for personal gain, etc. But my brain was not working well and I did not remember them all.
If the Shi family was destroyed for Shi Yao, it is unlikely. How could a favored queen have her entire family exterminated?"
What she said was fragmentary, but it actually won the trust of most people present.
The old Duke had a dejected look on his face, as if he had been enlightened.
The heart of an emperor is as deep as the sea and as abyss as the sea, unfathomable.
If what Fu and Le said is true, the Shi family had indeed violated a big taboo of the royal family!
He no longer dared to think of making Shi Mingzhu the queen.
At this point, the motives of the grandsons' wives for tormenting their grandsons and the motives of the eldest son's family for harming Shi Yao were all explained.
Then, the old Duke asked Tao Ziyi, Qi Wan and Wang Fan to explain their "prophetic dreams" in detail.
The descriptions of the three people are almost the same as those of Fu Nanjun and Le Anning, but each has its own emphasis.
For women in the inner house, the people they pay the most attention to are naturally their husbands and sons.
Qi Wan continued to be as meticulous as ever and listed the reasons why Zhou Shao wanted to destroy the Shi family one by one.
Zheng stretched her neck and shouted anxiously, "Nonsense! Nonsense! You are in cahoots with Shi Yao, you are making excuses for her! It was she, it was Shi Yao who killed my Zhuzhu and the lives of everyone in our mansion!
You people, you are jealous that the whole family dotes on Zhuzhu alone, so you deliberately slander her and slander our Shi family!
You just can't stand to see the Shi family doing well, so you've been making trouble for them, and have brought them to the point where everyone wants them to be hated. You've forced me, Zhuzhu, to be the prince's concubine!
"Wow, old man, you are the most understanding person, please don't let these bitches fool you!"
As Zheng spoke, tears flowed like a river, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
The old Duke said coldly, "Boss, take care of your wife. She is already a grandmother, but she is still making noises and crying non-stop. How can she behave like that? Do you think our voices are too quiet, so you can shout louder and let everyone outside know that our Shi family is plotting rebellion?"
The Duke of Zhenguo turned pale and hurriedly stopped Zheng.
Zheng cried and cried, tears wouldn't stop.
The expressions of everyone in the hall were wonderful.
The third room is the most depressed.
The secret of the first and second houses was known to everyone, but only Shi Mingkui and Wang Fan knew it in the third house.
As Shi Mingmo's daughter-in-law, Wang Fan kept the secret from them.
The third master Shi Jianan stood aside with his shoulders hunched, looking like a rooster that had been defeated in a fight and had all its feathers pecked out by the enemy chickens, his face completely dejected.
None of the whole family being executed could have shocked and chilled him as much as the fact that his brothers, sons and nephews had kept such a big thing from him.
The old Duke was silent for a while, then he suppressed his grief and said, "Zhuzhu's future fate will depend on her luck."
Zheng said in horror: "No! Old Master, we can't abandon Zhuzhu! Old Madam, please say something!"
You two have doted on Zhuzhu for more than ten years. It was the old man himself who ordered us, throughout the mansion, to dote on Zhuzhu.
We are Zhuzhu's only support, how can we abandon her and betray her? She is now just the concubine of the Fourth Prince, and a concubine is a concubine, how can she be humiliated like this? How can she live like this? "
The Duke of Zhenguo said with difficulty: "Father, please think twice. We can't just leave Zhuzhu alone."
Shi Mingwei, Shi Minghui, Shi Mingkui and other seven brothers said in unison: "Grandfather, please think twice!"
The old Duke said weakly, "Then what do you want to do? Tell me, our Shi family has become like this, what can you do?"
He pointed at Shi Mingwei, Shi Mingzhen, Shi Mingkui, Shi Mingying, and Shi Minghui one by one and said, "Tell me! What kind of trouble can you useless people stir up?"
He pointed at Shi Mingmo and Shi Mingchen and said, "You two, do you also want to become useless people like your brothers?"
Shi Mingwei's cheeks turned red like liver.
He was just beaten with a stick, and his four limbs, no, all five limbs are intact. His injuries have healed and he is still a good man.
Shi Mingkui and Shi Minghui both had broken legs, while Shi Mingzhen and Shi Mingying became businessmen. How could my grandfather compare him with them?
Shi Mingmo and Shi Mingchen looked at their brothers, their faces showing signs of retreating.
Suddenly, the two least prominent brothers became the third generation's pillars of the family.
Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about the big brother at the border.
Of the third generation of the Shi family, only three of them are left intact.
The burden on my shoulders suddenly became heavy.
Finally, the old Duke looked at his eldest son and sighed, "Big brother, don't add unnecessary troubles. It will only bring disaster to the whole family and end up hurting Zhuzhu."