Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

Old Madam Shen saw it clearly. When she heard the complaint in her granddaughter's tone, she immediately said fiercely: "If she hadn't joined the army and protected us, we would have died long ago."

Having said that, she was also muttering to herself.

Your Majesty, you won't really want to hold someone accountable?

If they had known this would happen, they would have rather stayed in Dongchuan and not come back.

"Grandma, please send someone to ask Big Sister. Big Sister must know what we don't know!"

Before Madam Shen could say anything, the housekeeper came over in a hurry.

"Madam, the manager we sent out to buy things today was detained by the store. They said we were using our power to bully others and refused to pay for the purchases!"

Old Madam Shen was dumbfounded.

Today, the boys and girls of the Shen family were all subjected to strange and ostracized attitudes outside. They were either very angry or looked unhappy, and they returned home one after another.

"Where are the people? Where have they gone?" Shen Conglian yelled angrily when he saw that there was no one to serve him at home.

Shen Yuanhe appeared from the corner with a heavy heart and said, "They all went to the government office."

Shen Conglian was startled by the sudden voice.

"You scared me to death. What were you doing hiding behind the pillar?" Shen Conglian shouted angrily, patting his chest.

Shen Yuanhe cried out of grievance: "Second Uncle, they all said that His Majesty will settle accounts with our family later. Will our family be exiled again?"

Shen Conglian froze for a moment and asked hurriedly, "Who told you that?"

Shen Yuanhe kept sobbing and said, "That's what people outside say."

Shen Conglian: "You just said they went to the government office. Tell me what happened."

Shen Yuanhe didn't know the details either: "When I came back, I only heard that they were going to the government office, but I didn't hear what they were going to do there."

Seeing that Shen Yuanhe couldn't explain himself, Shen Conglian immediately turned around and went to the yamen.

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Shen Lanxi looked at the shopkeeper coldly: "You said the Shen family used their power to pressure you and refused to pay you? Do you have any evidence?"

The shopkeeper immediately took out the account book, opened it casually, and pointed to the items on it one by one.

"Here is the detailed list of rice, flour and oil purchased by the Shen family in my shop. According to the agreement, it is paid once a month, and one bushel of rice is 80 wen."

Shen Lanxi looked at the shopkeeper coldly, as if he was well prepared, and sneered in her heart.

Che Mingyuan looked through the account book, starting from the earliest entry.

"The first two months can be matched, the next two months are settled at 40 cents, and the next six months are settled at 10 cents."

Shopkeeper: "At first, the Shen family settled the bill according to the agreement, but later they halved it, and then gave even less. We asked for it at first, but the buyer from the Shen family turned his face and refused to acknowledge the money we agreed on. He also threatened me that if I told anyone about this, they would smash my shop and put my whole family in jail. My lord, I am a businessman, and I dare not fight with the officials. I can only swallow my anger."

Shen Lanxi looked coldly at the shopkeeper who had a sad face but a smug look in his eyes.

"Why can't you bear it now?"

The shopkeeper was startled by the deep voice, then he straightened his back again as he thought of something.

"I really can't stand it anymore. At the beginning, at least I could see the money. Now I can't see any money at all. I am a small business, how can I bear to eat and take for free? The Shen family is big and powerful. After a long time, even if they buy me, they can't afford it!"

Che Mingyuan quickly flipped through the account book at the back, and every page of it had the seal of the Shen family's purchases.

Shen Lanxi's eyes became colder and colder: "Where is the purchasing manager?"

Liu: "I've sent someone to get it."

In the blink of an eye, the servant came to report.

"Sir, something bad has happened. The manager in charge of purchasing has committed suicide by taking poison, leaving behind a letter."

Once again, the daughter of the family was frustrated when she went out to attend a banquet, and then the Shen family used their power to bully others. It was so chaotic that they didn't even give people a chance to catch their breath!

"Where's the letter?"

Just as the servant was about to deliver it, he was intercepted by the brigade.

"This is evidence, no one else can touch it!" After the constable took it, he handed it to the prefect.

The prefect glanced at Shen Lanxi and said contemptuously, "How can the Shen family be in charge?"

Madam Shen immediately stepped forward and said, "I'm here."

The prefect frowned and scolded him immediately: "I am talking about men who can support the family. You are a woman in the backyard, how can you be in charge? If you speak carelessly again, be careful that I will punish you for disturbing the court."

Although Old Madam Shen was a lady of honor bestowed by the emperor, she had experienced exile and was already frightened. When she heard the prefect banging the gavel and scolding, she subconsciously shuddered.

Shen Lanxi immediately scolded: "My grandmother was personally appointed by His Majesty as a lady of honor, and her rank is higher than yours. In the court, you didn't bring a chair, but scolded her. This is simply contempt for the emperor's authority and treason."

The prefect had long been fed up with Shen Lanxi showing up in public at court as a woman. He didn't say anything about it before, but now that she has been dismissed from office by His Majesty and is reflecting on her mistakes, she still dares to act so arrogantly?

He wanted to let Shen Lanxi know that the court was not a place for a woman like her to make noise.

"The evidence of the Shen family's guilt is irrefutable. Even if the old lady is a noblewoman, she must abide by the laws of the country. Could it be that even now, your Shen family still wants to use their power to oppress others?"

Shen Lanxi: "You have not even tried all the people involved in the case, yet you dare to say that the evidence is solid and you dare to convict people. I will ask you, the prefect, how did you climb to this position?"

The prefect's face turned red with anger: "Here is the confession of your family's steward, which is the ironclad evidence. As long as I am here, you, the Shen family, will never get away with it!"

Shen Lanxi sneered: "The ironclad evidence you mentioned was written by the steward himself? Where did he buy the poison he used to commit suicide? After being exposed, why didn't he inform his family and flee, but instead committed suicide by taking poison first?"

While the prefect was thinking, Shen Lanxi continued, "We in the Shen family also have account books for our daily and monthly expenditures. Take the account books to show the prefect."

The accountant handed over the account book that he had prepared long ago.

Shen Lanxi continued, "The daily and monthly expenditures are all recorded in the account books. The account books are cross-checked by the accountants every month, and there will definitely be no mistakes in the income and expenditure."

"Where are the account books of the grain and oil shop for the past three years?"

"If it is true that the purchasing manager embezzled the money, where is the money? Have you checked all of this?"

"Mr. Prefect, you want our Shen family to plead guilty based on a confession letter that no one knows who wrote? What's the difference between your behavior and that of the traitor who pinned the Wei Family's case on our Shen family?"

The prefect felt as if his head was buzzing, he was speechless and his whole body was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

He just wanted to teach Shen Lanxi a lesson, but he didn't expect Shen Lanxi to be so cruel that she actually accused him of treason and wanted to confiscate his property and exterminate his clan.

"Shen Lanxi, stop talking nonsense. I have no such intention!"

Shen Lanxi snorted and laughed: "Are you anxious now? It's too late!"