Newlyweds divorced: Marry a scumbag and his brother is sweet and have a baby

"Evil girl!"

Shen Jianzhang cursed, looked at each other with the eldest princess, and then said, "She made such a big mistake, how can she just die?"

"Come here! Put out the fire! Even if Shen Yan is burned into a handful of ashes, I will take the handful of ashes into the palace to plead guilty to the emperor! Let her pay for what she has done!"

There were many people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the fire was extinguished quickly. However, it was summer, the fire was raging, and not much of the ancestral hall was left.

"Master, eldest princess, I led people to search the ancestral hall but did not find the body of the eldest lady." The housekeeper came over and reported.

"What? A big living person was burned down so quickly?" The eldest princess looked in disbelief.

Shen Jianzhang wanted to be more steady and calm. He comforted the eldest princess, "Don't be anxious yet."

He then asked the servant responsible for guarding the ancestral hall, "Tell me the truth. Did Shen Yan not enter the ancestral hall at all?"

The servant immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, the servants saw the eldest lady entering the ancestral hall with their own eyes. We have been guarding here and did not see the eldest lady come out. And when the fire just started... the servants also saw the eldest lady inside."

Shen Jianzhang believed what the servant said. In his opinion, it was impossible for someone like Shen Yan to help her.

"Dad, my daughter feels that her sister is a little different today than before. She seems to be a different person, and now she is missing mysteriously. Could it be that she has gotten into something dirty?" Shen Qingqing asked in a low voice.

Shen Jianzhang's expression changed slightly.

The eldest princess looked a little unhappy, "Qing'er, don't talk nonsense!"

"Yes, mother." Shen Qingqing pursed her lips.

"I'll go in and take a look." Shen Jianzhang said with a sullen face, "No matter how evil she is, I will find her out!"

Shen Jianzhang stepped into the ancestral hall, and others followed him.

After a long time, Shen Jianzhang and others came out with strange expressions.

"Husband, we searched everywhere but didn't find Shen Yan's body. What should we do now? The emperor is still waiting for us to take Shen Yan into the palace to plead guilty." The eldest princess looked anxious.

She and Shen Jianzhang had just entered the palace to report to Emperor Xuande that they blamed all the faults on Shen Yan. Emperor Xuande ordered them to bring Shen Yan into the palace for questioning.

Shen Jianzhang thought for a while and then said, "I'll figure it out. Leave this matter to me."

He then told Shen Qingqing, "Qing'er, keep an eye on them and clean this place up. Your mother and I will go into the palace."

"Yes, dad." Shen Qingqing couldn't hide the joy at the corner of her mouth when she thought of Shen Yan disappearing.

"Princess, you go and get ready. We will leave for the palace in half an hour." Shen Jianzhang looked at the eldest princess and said, and the eldest princess nodded.

When Shen Yan saw Shen Jianzhang leaving, she quietly left and followed Shen Jianzhang while no one was paying attention.

After half an hour.

Royal Palace.

Shen Jianzhang pointed to the burnt corpse beside him and reported to Emperor Xuande, "Your Majesty, the sinful daughter Shen Yan knew she had committed a heinous crime. When the minister and the princess returned to the house, she committed suicide in fear of the crime. This is Shen Yan's body!"

Emperor Xuande looked at the black corpse. Judging from the figure, it was a woman. Not only was he not angry, but there was a trace of regret and disbelief in his eyes.

"What a pity." Emperor Xuande sighed. He couldn't believe that the little girl who could recite poems and compose poems in front of him at the age of five had really turned into this cold corpse.

When the eldest princess heard the words "It's a pity", she knew that Emperor Xuande admired Shen Yan, and she felt even more that all the decisions she made that harmed Shen Yan were right.

"Now that Miss Shen has left, this matter is over and I will no longer hold the Prime Minister's Mansion responsible." Emperor Xuande said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Jianzhang and the eldest princess replied in unison. They looked at each other and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, Miss Shen wants to see you." At this moment, Eunuch Chen came in from outside to report.

"Miss Shen?!" Emperor Xuande looked surprised, his eyes also fell on the corpse, and then looked at Shen Jianzhang and the eldest princess in confusion.

Shen Jianzhang's heart skipped a beat, but his face pretended to be calm.

The eldest princess pulled the cuffs tightly with both hands.

"Which Miss Shen?" Emperor Xuande asked again.

Eunuch Chen replied, "The eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shen Yan."

"Bring her in." Emperor Xuande's voice suddenly turned cold.

Shen Jianzhang glanced at the eldest princess, who immediately said, "Brother Emperor, Shen Yan is here, the one outside the door must be a fake, let me go meet her! If it is a fake person, don't hurt the emperor brother!"

The eldest princess walked out as she spoke.

"No need!" Emperor Xuande looked at Eunuch Chen and said, "Bring him in! I want to see which Miss Shen is real!"

Shen Jianzhang and the eldest princess looked at each other, a trace of panic flashed in their eyes, but they quickly calmed down.

After a while, Shen Yan followed Eunuch Chen into the Mingxian Hall.

She was still wearing the bright red wedding dress she had worn when she got married, with a jade hairpin of average quality on her head, and no other accessories.

However, every step she took, she was cold and sassy, ​​but not overbearing.

Emperor Xuande looked at Shen Yan and seemed to see the five-year-old little Shen Yan.

There was a flash of light in his eyes, and then he returned to normal.

The eldest princess frowned as she looked at the dazzling Shen Yan, and then saw Emperor Xuande's expression, a cold light suddenly appeared in her eyes.

"My daughter Shen Yan has met the emperor."

Shen Yan moved to Emperor Xuande, bowed respectfully, behaved dignified, neither humble nor overbearing.

"Are you Shen Yan?" Emperor Xuande asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Then who is this?" Emperor Xuande asked, pointing to the corpse on the ground.

"It's the female prisoner in the cell." Shen Yan replied.

"Nonsense!" Shen Jianzhang was furious, "Your Majesty, the daughter of a minor official has committed suicide out of fear of crime. This person came out of nowhere!"

"Yes, she is a fake!" The eldest princess said with a cold face, "Someone, drag this fake out and beat her to death!"

Emperor Xuande looked at the eldest princess and yelled, "I'm still here!"

The eldest princess shut up.

Emperor Xuande asked Shen Yan, "How do you know this is a female prisoner in the cell?"

"My daughter saw it with her own eyes." Shen Yan truthfully reported the facts she saw to Emperor Xuande.

"After Master Shen and the eldest princess returned from the palace, they did not find the body of the minister in the ancestral hall. Master Shen went to the cell to find a female prisoner. This female prisoner committed a capital crime, and the female prisoner was executed by burning. Afterwards, Master Shen used her to pretend to be a minister and brought her to the palace."

"Shen Jianzhang!" Emperor Xuande shouted sharply.

"Your Majesty, this woman is talking nonsense, you must not listen to her nonsense!" Shen Jianzhang knelt down.

"Your Majesty, the prisoner's information can be checked. You will know if your servant is lying." Shen Yan was calm and collected.

Emperor Xuande already had the answer in his mind, but he had to pay attention to evidence in everything. He had to investigate thoroughly so that the innocent could be cleared and the perpetrators should be punished as they deserved.

"Come on, check!"