Two days ago, Shen Zhinian's case had been preliminarily examined by Jingzhao Prefecture and transferred to the Ministry of Justice for review. Shen Zhinian was also transferred from the Jingzhao Prefecture prison to the Ministry of Justice prison.

Shen Qingyin had already told the old lady about this.

As for the old lady's case, His Majesty has already spoken. He did not increase the punishment just because it was her old house that was burned down. He just ordered Pei Xiren to sentence her according to the law.

According to the law, Pei Xiren sentenced the old lady to ten years in prison. For an old lady who is already sixty years old, she will only die in prison in this life...

Seeing that Shen Qingyin was really leaving with Fan'er and the food box, the old lady suddenly panicked.

Now that it’s taken away, what will she eat?

She was extremely hungry at the moment. The prison had just served food, and the next meal would have to wait until night.

The key point is, if my son opens his mouth, will I be unable to eat in the future...

"Don't go, don't go!" the old lady shouted.

"What? Is there anything else?" Shen Qingyin tilted his head and spoke sharply.

"I say, can't I just tell the truth?" The old lady gritted her teeth.

I don't know if this counts as stealing my son's food...

"Oh, grandma wants to tell the truth? Then what you said before was a lie?" Shen Qingyin turned around and stared at the old lady.

The old lady choked.

"Well, not all of it..."

"So which ones are true and which ones are false?"

"This...come back and talk about it. You come back first--" Shen Qingyin stood at the door, looking like he was ready to leave at any time, which made the old lady feel uneasy.

Shen Qingyin thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll give you another chance."

After saying that, he walked back to the chair he was sitting in before.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this.

"Tell me, which ones are true and which ones are false?" Shen Qingyin said in a cold tone.

"You, you, you were not brought back from a brothel... You were brought back from, from a house not far from the brothel... Your mother was not a prostitute..."

The old lady spoke haltingly while carefully observing Shen Qingyin's expression.

Shen Qingyin had a blank expression on his face, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

Fan'er was angrier than ever before, her little face flushed red with anger.

"So, what you said before was clearly all lies. How could any of it be true?"

"How hateful! How could a house near a brothel be a brothel? Why do you want to slander the lady like this? What on earth are you thinking of doing this?

The old lady lowered her eyes guiltily: "This... this I don't know... I just followed my son's arrangements..."

"Then who are my parents? Where are they now?" Shen Qingyin, who had been silent all this time, asked.

"Your biological father has never shown his face from beginning to end, and no one knows who he is. Your mother is very beautiful, and you look very much like her... But she likes to wear a veil on weekdays, and few people know what she really looks like... She, she is dead, this is the truth..."

"Dead? How did she die? Where did my biological mother live? And why did you bring me back to the Shen family?"

"How about we stop here today? I'll eat first. I'm so hungry..." The old lady stared at the food box, her eyes full of desire.

The hunger is real.

Most importantly, she has said a lot today.

That's almost it.

There are so many questions that should be answered over several days.

After all, she still wants to eat good food for a few more days...

Shen Qingyin motioned for Fan'er to pick up the food box: "Let's go."

The old lady was dumbfounded: "What do you mean? I have already told you the truth and said so much, how can you take the food away?"

Shen Qingyin chuckled: "Before, you also claimed that you were telling the truth, but it turned out to be all lies! Today you say that you are telling the truth again, but who can prove it?"

"You want to eat the food in the food box? Fine! But you have to wait until I verify what you said. Otherwise, if you are just talking nonsense, then I will be fooled again."

The old lady blushed anxiously: "I, I, I am really telling the truth this time! Don't believe it, don't believe it——"

I wanted to say if I didn’t believe it, go ask Shen Zhinian, but I held back the words when they came to my lips.

I can't tell them. If I tell them, I will just push them to my son again...

After thinking about it, he could only change the topic and ask, "Then how long will it take you to verify it?"

Shen Qingyin sighed: "That's hard to say. Now there are no witnesses for what you said, and there is no actual location to check. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult - I'll have to trouble you to wait for a while."

The old lady's face turned pale.

Wait a little longer?

She couldn't wait even a day...

"Let's go, Fan'er." Shen Qingyin led Fan'er straight out the door.

The old lady’s lips trembled: “Wait!”

Shen Qingyin did not look back.

"The third house at the east end of Qingshi Street, Taoyuan County..." The old lady said directly in a hurry.

It is impossible for the witness to tell.

If you don't even tell me the location, Shen Qingyin will have no way to find out. If you can't find out, I'm afraid he won't send food again...

Besides, she couldn't bear it anymore.

She needed this meal so badly.

When she was young, she was really hungry and afraid of it.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qingyin still didn't look back!

"Come back, come back quickly!"

The old lady rushed out of the house in a hurry, but was held down by two jailers guarding the door.

"What? Want to run away?"

By the time the old lady struggled to raise her head, Shen Qingyin and his servants had disappeared.

The old lady rolled her eyes and fainted...

"The third store at the east end of Qingshi Street in Taoyuan County - Fen'er, did I hear it right?" Shen Qingyin asked Fen'er after getting on the carriage.

Faner nodded: "Yes, ma'am, that's what the old lady said!"

"Madam, I said something inappropriate and the old lady should be beaten with a stick. In my opinion, only by being beaten with a stick will she be honest! Only then will she be willing to tell the truth!" Fen'er's face was still filled with anger.

Shen Qingyin smiled bitterly: "That makes sense. But if we really punish her, how can we explain to Lord Pei?"

The old lady is indeed cunning and crafty, but she is actually timid and cowardly at heart.

She also knew that a beating was more effective than anything else.

But doing so would violate the agreement between her and Lord Pei.

Lord Pei is a rare good official in a century, and is known as "Pei Qingtian".

He is not afraid of power, is impartial and just, and insists on fairness and justice, not even sacrificing the face of the Queen.

Such good officials should be supported and protected.

It was an exception that he agreed to visit the old lady every day to show his filial piety.

How could she put him in an awkward position again?

Prince Kang's Mansion.

When Shen Rongyue got up in the morning, she looked listless.

No one knew what the prince was busy with these past two days. He was nowhere to be seen, so she had no intention of cleaning up.

However, just when she was bored and dazed, Qin Yueze came unexpectedly.

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