Several guards leaped forward and caught Shen Caixuan. Shen Caixuan remained calm and smiled slightly at the guards. A silver hairpin appeared in her right hand, its sharp point plunged fiercely into her neck.
Blood gushed out like a fountain. The guards subconsciously let go, and Shen Caixuan's slender body fell straight down in front of Shen Minghui, Lei Shi, and Shen Yingxue like a kite with a broken string. Blood quickly gushed from her wounds, staining the ground red...
"Ah!" Shen Yingxue exclaimed, jumping into Mu Zhengnan's arms for protection.
Shen Lixue stepped forward and saw Shen Caixuan staring wide-eyed at Shen Yingxue, her expression ashen, a strange smile appearing on her lips.
Shen Lixue instantly understood that Lei Cong had become a eunuch and could no longer have children. Shen Yingxue was carrying the only descendant of the Lei family. For the sake of that great-grandson, Grand Commandant Lei would never allow Shen Yingxue to marry Mu Zhengnan, even if it meant ruining his reputation.
Shen Caixuan was truly clever. On her deathbed, she made Lei Cong a eunuch and schemed against Shen Yingxue, Shen Minghui, and the Lei family to avenge herself!
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(*^__^*) Hehe... The next chapter will feature Su Zha... Thank you all for the monthly tickets, lots of kisses...
Chapter 113 Whipping Su the Scumbag
Lei Cong became a eunuch, and Shen Caixuan fell to her death. Tragedy struck one after another on their joyous wedding day, casting a shadow over the majestic and solemn Grand Commandant's mansion.
Looking at Shen Caixuan, who lay dead with her eyes wide open and covered in blood, the guests shook their heads and sighed, then took their leave one after another. The parents of these two families had gone too far, actually driving their good child to her death. What a tragedy!
A faint smell of blood quickly spread. Commander Lei frowned and waved his hand. Two guards rushed forward and carried away Shen Caixuan's body. Several maids took water and cloth and wiped the ground clean as quickly as possible.
Shen Minghui stared at the spot where Shen Caixuan had fallen, stunned and unable to recover for a long time. Although the ground had been wiped clean, his mind was filled with the image of her covered in blood and dying with her eyes wide open.
The imperial physician rushed over with a small medicine box on his back. After carefully examining Lei Cong's injuries, he shook his head and sighed, "The injuries are too severe; there's no hope of recovery!"
Lei Taiwei's sharp, expectant eyes instantly dimmed, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He staggered and almost fell to the ground. His only grandson had become a cripple and could no longer have children.
"Father, be careful!" Lei Hong hurriedly helped Lei Taiwei to a chair, then looked up at Shen Yingxue's flat stomach, his gaze dark, and said, word by word, "The child in Yingxue's womb is a descendant of the Lei family, and must not be allowed to wander outside..."
Shen Yingxue was startled and hid behind Lei Shi with trembling body, her beautiful eyes filled with tears of fear.
Lei Shi protected Shen Yingxue, frowning as she looked at Lei Hong: "Cong'er has already become a eunuch. Do you want Yingxue to marry into this family and live a life of widowhood?"
"If you hadn't forced Shen Caixuan to marry in her place, how could Cong'er have gotten into trouble?" Lei Hong roared, refusing to back down.
Lei snorted coldly, her eyes full of contempt. It was Lei Cong's own incompetence that he couldn't even control a weak woman who was seriously injured. Becoming a eunuch was his just deserts: "You agreed to let Caixuan marry in your place. How can you blame me for everything that happened..."
“I don’t know Shen Caixuan. I didn’t know she would oppose the substitute marriage so vehemently. Otherwise, even if she didn’t marry, she wouldn’t have let Cong’er marry her.” Lei Hong glared at Lei Shi hatefully. “On the contrary, you knew that Shen Caixuan was emotionally unstable, yet you still forcibly tied her up and sent her to the Grand Commandant’s mansion. What exactly were you thinking…”
"I'm only doing this for Cong'er's own good. He's a lecherous womanizer, a womanizer by nature. Which noble lady from the Qingyan family would want to marry him..."
The argument between Lei and Lei Hong was loud and intense, but Shen Minghui ignored it, his gaze fixed on the few bluestone bricks.
Yingxue was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's family, of noble status and stunning beauty. He always felt that only outstanding members of the royal family were worthy of his unparalleled daughter.
Caixuan was a concubine's daughter in the Prime Minister's mansion, with a lowly status. Even if she married, she would marry a concubine's son in another mansion, or become a concubine or mistress of the legitimate son. Therefore, after Lei Cong forced Yingxue, he thought of having Caixuan marry in his place.
Lei Cong was the eldest grandson of the Grand Commandant's family. He married her with such a grand ceremony. In name, it was taking a concubine, but in reality, it was equivalent to taking a wife. Noble daughters were unwilling to marry Lei Cong. As long as she served her husband well and gave birth to a son in the future, she would definitely become a true wife.
Such a great opportunity, a blessing earned through countless lifetimes, something others would kill for, why did she refuse it, and why did she choose such a resolute way to end her life?
Could it be that Shen Caixuan is too stupid to understand his good intentions?
"Master, what should we do with the bride's body?" Although Shen Caixuan had seriously injured Lei Cong, she had already completed the wedding ceremony and was now the mistress of the Lei family, so the guards dared not make decisions on their own.
A married daughter is like water spilled from a cup; Shen Caixuan is no longer a member of the Prime Minister's household, and Lei Shi is too lazy to care about her burial place.
Lei Hong waved his hand impatiently: "Throw her into the mass grave!" The culprit who harmed his son should not be allowed to enter the Lei family ancestral grave. Besides, she was brought back as a concubine, so she has no right to be included in the ancestral grave.
The guard agreed and turned to leave.
Shen Minghui suddenly spoke up: "Send Caixuan's body to the Prime Minister's residence!" He was Shen Caixuan's biological father. If he watched her body being thrown into a mass grave, he would be ridiculed. Respect for the dead is paramount. Since the Grand Commandant's residence refused to accept her, he would take her back to the Prime Minister's residence and bury her in the Shen family's cemetery.
"Returning Shen Caixuan's body is acceptable, but Yingxue must be kept!" Lei Hong said coldly, his tone firm and leaving no room for negotiation.
Shen Yingxue is in a hurry to get married, so she definitely won't want that child. That one-month-old fetus is the only hope of the Lei family, and they absolutely cannot afford any mistakes.
“Brother, Yingxue is my daughter and your niece. She has half Lei family blood in her. Your son has already become like this. Do you want your niece to suffer with him?” Lei raised an eyebrow at Lei Hong and rebuked him coldly.
"Stop arguing!" Grand Commandant Lei roared, his imposing gaze sweeping coldly over Lei Shi and Lei Hong. The two held firm to their own opinions and refused to give in, arguing until dawn without reaching a conclusion. "I have a compromise?"
"What method?" Lei Shi and Lei Hong asked in unison.
"Let Yingxue stay at the Grand Commandant's residence temporarily, and she can return to the Prime Minister's residence to get married after she gives birth!" Grand Commandant Lei's plan kills two birds with one stone, which can both preserve the Lei family bloodline and allow Shen Yingxue to get married normally.
"This..." Lady Lei hesitated, worried about letting Yingxue stay at the Grand Commandant's residence for eight or nine months.
Grand Commandant Lei frowned: "Cong'er is my grandson, and Yingxue is my niece. I will treat them equally and will never show favoritism!"
"What does the Prime Minister think?" Lei was worried about Shen Yingxue and was still somewhat undecided.
"Grand Commandant Lei's method is good!" The relationship between the Prime Minister's residence and the Grand Commandant's residence has reached its limit because of Lei Cong and Shen Caixuan. If he forcibly takes Shen Yingxue away, the relationship between the two residences will be completely broken.
Shen Caixuan's death brought disgrace to the Prime Minister's mansion. Shen Minghui did not want to make any more enemies. Lei Cong was already a cripple, so Shen Minghui was not worried that he would harm Shen Yingxue, which was why he dared to let her stay.
"Someone, clean Ya Rong Garden again and let Yingxue live there!" Ya Rong Garden was Lei Ya Rong's boudoir before her marriage. Lei Taiwei's decision to let Shen Yingxue live there shows his care and attention for her.
"Father, Mother!" Shen Yingxue looked pitifully at Shen Minghui and Lei Shi through her blurry, tearful eyes. She was carrying the only child of the Lei family. Grand Commandant Lei would not harm her, but she still did not want to stay in the Grand Commandant's mansion where Lei Cong lived for long. What happened that night was a nightmare for her entire life, and she did not want to see Lei Cong again.
"Yingxue, don't worry, Mother will come to see you often!" Lei Shi patted Shen Yingxue's hand, gently comforting her, and helped her out of the courtyard, heading towards Ya Rong Garden.
Yingxue's unborn child is the Lei family's only great-grandson, and is very precious. Her father and elder brother will definitely treat her like an honored guest and will never mistreat her. Since she lives in the Grand Commandant's mansion, Lei Yarong is at ease: "Yarong Pavilion is very beautiful. Mother will take you to see it."
After settling the seriously injured Lei Cong, Grand Commandant Lei, and Lei Hong, they all left the courtyard. Shen Minghui also came out, preparing to return to his residence. Just as he stepped into the garden, Mu Zhengnan hurried up to him. Looking at the empty space behind him, he asked in confusion, "Father-in-law, where is Yingxue?"
Shen Yingxue was his future wealth and honor, and he cared about her very much.