After Lord Shen sat down, his eyes were full of disappointment when he looked at Shen Junxing.

The gaze from old Marquis Shen made Shen Junxing, who had been relatively calm, gradually look embarrassed.

"Father, I..."

"Father, you and my second brother have just come back from traveling day and night, and you just came back from the palace. Even though it's winter, you must have not bathed for several days, right? You smell yourself and you don't mind being dirty. Second brother, why are you still standing there? Let's go."

Shen Junling interrupted Shen Junxing, walked up to him with a smile, took old Lord Shen's hand and walked away, not forgetting to turn around and greet Shen Junye.

"You naughty boy, how old are you? You are so unruly." Old Marquis Shen said this, but he still stood up.

Even the corners of Shen Junye's mouth curled up slightly. He quickly followed Shen Junling's obviously indulgent attitude.

"I'll give you an hour to think about it slowly. Later, you two will tell me what happened in these years." Old Marquis Shen said without turning his head, and followed Shen Junling to the backyard.

Looking at the old marquis and his two sons walking away talking and laughing, Old Lady Shen felt very uncomfortable.

Having been married to the old marquis for decades, the old marquis Shen's expression was obviously not right at this moment. It was a sign before he got angry.

Shen Junxing felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He sat in a chair in the hall in silence.

He couldn't understand why his father was so lenient to Shen Junling, a man who had accomplished nothing, and why he could get his father's attention without any effort.

No matter how hard I try, I am always a few points short in my father's eyes.

The mother and son each had their own thoughts and were feeling uneasy, but they both remained silent.

An hour later, Old Lord Shen and Ling Junye finished their bath and took a nap before returning to the front hall.

Seeing the expressions of old Marquis Shen, old Madam Shen and Shen Junxing felt their hearts tighten at the same time, and no one spoke first.

"What? Are you all mute?" Old Lord Shen could no longer suppress his anger and slammed the table heavily.

While he was taking a shower, Shen Junling had already told him everything that had happened during this period.

Although the father and son had kept in touch frequently before, some things could not be explained in letters.

When old Marquis Shen heard Shen Junling talking about what had happened in the Marquis' Mansion over the years, he was filled with anger.

When he learned that Shen Ruyi was missing, he and his second son were far away at the border. Returning to Beijing without permission would be a serious crime. He had to endure the heart-wrenching pain and asked his trusted friends in Beijing to help him secretly search for clues, but he found nothing.

Later, he finally found an opportunity and returned to the capital.

Only then did he discover that Madam Shen had taken it upon herself to arrange for Shen Junxing to marry Tang Qingmei, a scheming woman. Old Marquis Shen was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

But the matter was already done, and he had no choice but to accept this daughter-in-law.

At that time, the border was frequently invaded by enemy countries, and he had no time to take care of the capital. He only stayed there for a few days and then returned to the border again.

At that time, he gave Shen Junxing a death order, requiring him to find his sister.

Fortunately, his efforts paid off, and his daughter was found a few years later. Shen Junxing only said in the letter that he had found Ruyi, and did not mention the time when Ruyi disappeared or the Qin family's affairs.

When he returned to Beijing again, it was the fifth year since Shen Junxing found Shen Ruyi.

Old Marquis Shen was devoted to the safety of the people living in the border areas. He returned to Beijing on a mission and could not stay in the Marquis' Mansion for a few days.

At that time, my daughter behaved normally and never mentioned anything about the Qin family.

Old Marquis Shen had already made plans. During the years when his daughter was missing, the Marquis's Mansion claimed that she had gone to Ganzhou to pray for blessings in order to cover up the truth.

But which one of those meritorious and powerful people is not a shrewd human being?

Due to the prestige of the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion, although the atmosphere was still harmonious on the surface, rumors that the girls in the Marquis's Mansion were no longer innocent had already spread quietly.

Lord Shen was already very satisfied with his daughter being found again, and he had never thought of arranging a marriage for Shen Ruyi.

After this incident, he was even more afraid that his daughter would be disliked by her in-laws after she got married because of that incident and suffer a lot.

At worst, the Marquis' Mansion would support her for the rest of her life. He couldn't bear to send his beloved daughter to someone else's home to suffer.

This was what Old Marquis Shen thought at the time, and he treated his found daughter very carefully, for fear that Shen Ruyi would think too much.

If Shen Ruyi didn't want to mention it, Lord Shen wouldn't ask.

Just now, he learned that his daughter had gotten married and even had children during the years when she was missing.

And in the past ten years since he came back, he had been absurdly trapped in a villa by his own family and tortured. Old Marquis Shen was so heartbroken that he almost suffocated.

Especially knowing about Old Madam Shen and Shen Junxing, he even kept calculating about Shen Ruyi's children.

Old Marquis Shen felt that all the glory he had earned for the Marquisate in his life had been completely lost.

As soon as Old Marquis Shen came back, he lost his temper at her. Old Madam Shen felt wronged and humiliated.

She had worked hard for the Wu'an Marquis Mansion over the years, but when her husband came back, not only did he not ask about her well-being, but he came to blame her instead.

Old Madam Shen's eyes turned red and she turned her head away without saying anything.

Shen Junxing stood up and knelt down in front of Old Marquis Shen: "I was wrong to hide something from my father. If my father wants to punish me, I will take it."

"Hide? What do you mean by hide? Is it about trapping Ruyi in the other courtyard for ten years, or is it about trying every possible means to deal with Ruyi's children? Great! You two are really great, each one more capable than the other."

"One ignored all dissuasion and insisted on inviting the wolf into the house, turning the mansion upside down. The other was short-sighted, self-righteous, and disregarded the brotherhood, making things difficult for his sister's descendants. Do you think the Shen Mansion is so popular that everyone wants to take a bite?"

Old Madam Shen couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up suddenly and loudly refuted Old Marquis Shen.

"You came back to accuse me and Xing'er for a stranger of low birth and no connection with me. Are you crazy? What did this rebellious son tell you? You actually believed the words of a useless piece of mud?"

After saying this, Old Madam Shen glared fiercely at Shen Junling, who was standing aside with his arms folded as if watching a show.

Shen Junling remained unmoved. From the moment his reputation was ruined by Tang Qingmei, Old Madam Shen had said even worse things, and he had become accustomed to it.

Sometimes he even doubted whether he was Madam Shen’s biological son.

Even though Old Lord Shen had been through many battles and had long since developed a mentality that made him indifferent to fame and fortune, he was still trembling with anger at this moment.

A wife who is unreasonable and always blames others for her mistakes.

The eldest son admitted his mistake as soon as he opened his mouth but looked unconvinced. He was stubborn and self-willed. He felt that the Wu'an Marquis Mansion had become completely rotten.

Old Lord Shen covered his aching chest and shouted at Shen Junling, the words almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Someone, go open the ancestral hall and enforce the family law!"

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