As expected by everyone, she became the wife of the Marquis after being married off

A crisp sound was followed by a harsh voice: "Get out of here, I am still the boss of this family!"

Shen Zian received a slap from Shen Ling, but his expression did not change at all. He just tilted his head and looked calmly at his tough father. His shocked mother covered her mouth and said with a sarcastic smile: "Father, this matter is settled. We will leave here tomorrow."

"Maybe you will never come back. I know what you are thinking. If nothing unexpected happens, I will ask the elders of the clan to come and witness it today."

"Rebellious son!" Shen Ling's eyes widened, he was so angry that he couldn't straighten his back, and his eyes were staring at Shen Zian.

Mrs. Shen looked at the tense situation between her son and her husband, and the slap marks on her son's face. She walked up to Shen Ling helplessly and said, "Husband, that woman has been dead for so many years. It's okay for you to write a divorce letter and drive her out now."

"Zi'an is our only son! You can't beat him anymore."

Shen Ling turned his head suddenly and looked at her with cold eyes: "What do you know."

The moment he looked at her, Madam Shen froze, looked at him with disbelief, and raised her voice, "Do you still have that woman in your heart?"

"Women's opinions." Shen Ling's face darkened completely as he rebuked. "You are so stupid that you raised these two rebellious sons."

Mrs. Shen could not bear to hear him say such things. Her mind quickly flashed back to the suffering she had endured in the past, and she had never complained about him even after becoming his second wife.

Moreover, she gave birth to a son and a daughter for him over the years, and she didn't say much about the beautiful girls in the backyard. Now that Shen Ling was talking about her faults, she naturally couldn't accept it.

What made her even more unacceptable was that Shen Ling still had that woman in his heart, which was an insult to her.

"Don't forget that you have nothing to do with her death!"

With a "pa" sound, Mrs. Shen was slapped to the ground by Shen Ling.

"Mother."

Shen Zian walked quickly to the front of Mrs. Shen, helped her up while she was crying, and looked at Shen Ling with sharp eyes.

There was a cold look in the boy's eyes, his thin lips were pursed into a straight line, and his brows were furrowed.

Shen Ling looked at his hands and felt irritated. He had already suffered a lot in prison and his body was not in good shape.

Now looking at the mother and son, and thinking of his two married daughters, he was certainly unwilling to be driven out of the capital. Originally, he wanted to rely on Shen Wanqing, who was married to Prince Sheng, but things were unpredictable, and that stupid girl actually lost her favor.

What Shen Ling could not bear the most was that Shen Wanqing fell out of favor before she gave birth to a child, and was later demoted to a concubine. This was even more embarrassing for someone like Shen Ling who cared a lot about his reputation.

Shen Zian proposed to divorce Shen Lanyue's mother, the woman who had been dead for many years, and let Shen Lanyue take her tablet back.

How can it be!

This is Shen Ling's last resort. He knows that his daughter cares most about her mother and doesn't have much affection for him as her father.

Now he is down and out, with no future, and has to live a hard life.

But he also has a daughter who is married to the Marquis of Changning. Even if he goes to Lingnan, he can still live a good life there by relying on the name of the Marquis of Changning's father-in-law. He can even come back one day in the future.

That's why Shen Ling was so angry when Shen Zian made this decision.

Isn't this going to cut off his retreat?

The more Shen Ling thought about it, the more irritated he became. His expression darkened, and he clenched his fists and shouted, "Go tell her, it's absolutely impossible. In this life, she is mine, and even after death, she will be a ghost of the Shen family."

After saying this, he waved his sleeves and strode away.

"Father, if you don't want to lose your life tomorrow, just leave."

Shen Ling paused, the anger between his eyebrows deepened, he suddenly turned back to look at Shen Zian, and said quickly: "Could it be that she still wants to kill her father?"

Shen Zian looked at his father who had stopped walking not far away, smiled bitterly and said in a hoarse voice: "Father, this is your last chance. If the news of your secret communication with mother and forcing your wife to death reaches the government office now, you will not be able to survive."

Shen Ling's pupils trembled, and his eyes became deeper than before, with a hint of murderous intent appearing in his eyes.

"This is what my eldest sister gave me, and it is also my father's last advice."

Shen Zian just stared at him from a distance, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and it hurt a lot.

He supported Mrs. Shen, who was also shocked, sneered, as if mocking himself, and left the yard under Shen Ling's gaze.

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Shen Ling's idea ultimately failed. In the afternoon, Shen Lanyue arrived at the ancestral hall of the Shen Mansion as promised.

In the presence of the clan elders, Shen Ling showed the divorce letter he had written to Chen Fanru to them one by one, then walked up with a gloomy face and handed it to Shen Lanyue.

Shen Ling's jawline was tense, his teeth clenched as he approached Shen Lanyue, and he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You are really good, I still underestimated you."

Shen Lanyue raised her eyes slightly, with a dignified and warm smile on her lips, and a cold look in her eyes.

She raised her eyelids and said softly, "Not even half as good as you."

Shen Lanyue took the divorce letter he handed over and bowed to him respectfully.

Afterwards, he nodded to the elders one by one and personally left the Shen Mansion with Chen Fangru's tablet.

Shen Lanyue carefully wrapped her mother's tablet and held it in her arms. The moment the curtain was lowered, she looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar door, with mixed feelings in her heart.

After tomorrow, there will no longer be any Shen family in the capital.

"Mom, let's go home."

The carriage went back along the road. A gust of wind blew the curtains up and down again. The dusk was dimming, and the last ray of sunset in the sky also left with the carriage. The afterglow scattered on the doorplate of the Shen Mansion and faded away.

Shen Wanqing was awakened from her sleep. There was a loud thunder in the sky, which made her head feel like it was going to explode. She tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep at all.

She wanted to shout, but found that she couldn't make a sound.

The room was eerily deserted, with flashes of lightning reflected on the window. Shen Wanqing's shrill screams in panic made no sound.

A gust of wind blew the window, and the curtains in the room fluttered in the darkness.

Shen Wanqing suddenly felt that she couldn't breathe at all. She wanted to run off the bed, but suddenly felt her slightly bulging belly.

Her eyes widened and a chill ran through her body.

"Princess, it's time to take your medicine."

A figure appeared in the window curtains in the darkness, and appeared in front of Shen Wanqing with a smile. She felt that she really couldn't breathe, and her whole body was shaking.

Who is she?