The General is Pregnant: His Majesty Abstinence and Sexual Devotion Every Night

Chapter 114 Shen Yang

Shen Lianyu lowered her eyes and stared at the ground, as if she could see a flower on the ground. She paused for a few seconds and then spoke. Her tone was neither sad nor happy, as if she was just telling someone else's story.

Just listen to her say:

"A few years ago, Master Shen went to the Jiangnan water town to deal with the goods that were stuck in Jiangnan. When he was almost done, he met a girl on a bridge in Jiangnan. He fell in love with her at first sight and wanted to take her as his concubine. He asked someone to check and found out that the girl was actually the eldest daughter of a Jiangnan merchant family..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Junqing nodded and understood in his heart that the woman might be Shen Lianyu's aunt Liu.

Seeing her nod, Shen Lianyu knew who this woman was, so she stopped talking nonsense, lowered her head, and whispered, "The Shen family has three branches, and Duke Shen is the head of the family. The other two branches basically obey Duke Shen in all matters in the mansion. It's just that Shen Xing is a little arrogant and didn't listen to Duke Shen. He ignored Duke Shen's dissuasion and insisted on marrying my aunt, and promised that she would be the only one in the future... It's a pity that he fell out of favor within half a year and got another beautiful bride, huh..."

Shen Xing, the second master Shen, is the younger brother of the current Duke Shen. He is a sixth-rank reader in the Hanlin Academy. He is responsible for lecturing to the princes and organizing the published classics within the Hanlin Academy.

When Shen Lianyu said this, Gu Junqing was thinking about this matter in his mind, but after he finished thinking about it, when he heard Shen Lianyu's final sarcastic sneer, Gu Junqing blinked, and thought casually in his heart that in today's world, the old does not go and the new does not come, the old person falls out of favor and the new person takes the position, which is clearly a normal thing, but everyone is unwilling to accept it and thinks that they are the only one who has it.

She didn't know whether she should mock or sigh that the world and human hearts are so cold and heartless.

But I just thought about it in my mind. After all, I am the same, not a good person.

Gu Junqing lowered her eyes, her eyes dimmed slightly, ignoring the scoldings Shen Lianyu gave her in her ear. She asked:

"Then why did Liu die?"

Shen Lianyu, who was cursing Shen Xing's behavior, froze at the corners of her mouth when she heard this, as if she was stunned by this question. Then she lowered her head, and her voice was not as loud and aggressive as before. She said in a low voice:

"My aunt was beautiful. She was the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan back then. Later, when she was out for a walk, she met a man. The man fell in love with my aunt and sent people to inquire about her whereabouts. When he found out that she was Shen Xing's concubine, he didn't ask for her so quickly. Instead, he said some suggestive words to Shen Xing in the Hanlin Academy. The minister happened to be Shen Xing's superior in the Hanlin Academy. As long as he was willing to say a few good words for Shen Xing, Shen Xing's official position would naturally be promoted more easily..."

This is another case of abandoning a woman for power. Gu Junqing was indifferent, and she could almost guess what happened next. Shen Xing must have given Liu to someone else, but what kind of secrets are these? To put it bluntly, it can only drag Shen Xing into the water. What does it have to do with Duke Shen?

But she didn't say it out loud and listened patiently to what Shen Lianyu said.

"...My aunt is indeed favored by that man. It can be said that he can persuade her with his ear to the pillow. What's more, sometimes when he is in a good mood, he will tell my aunt about things in the court. One day, he let the cat out of the bag..."

Well, this turn made Gu Junqing raise her eyebrows. She looked at her and motioned her to continue.

Shen Lianyu lowered her eyes, knowing that she could no longer use any tricks, so she had to tell everything concisely and honestly.

That gentleman might have thought that since Liu was his woman, there was no chance that she would return to the Shen Mansion. In addition, he was indeed attracted by Liu's beauty. Therefore, he told Liu without much vigilance that all the evil things that the Second Master Shen had done in the past were found in the courtyard of Duke Shen. As long as they were found out, the Second Master Shen would be put to death and would never be able to turn over.

After Liu knew about this, she started thinking about how to drag the Second Master Shen into this trouble. After all, at this moment, she hated the man who abandoned her and made her someone else's undignified plaything.

So she finally found an opportunity. When Duke Shen held a banquet and invited people to attend the banquet, the man was also invited. Liu asked the man to let her dress up as a servant and follow him, watching him and serving him. The man didn't think too much about it and agreed.

After all, Liu had stayed in the Shen Mansion for more than ten years. She became Shen Xing's concubine and was favored for only half a year, but she got whatever she wanted during that half year. Shen Xing took her for a stroll around the mansion several times, so she still remembered the route to the Shen Mansion clearly. Liu also knew where Duke Shen's courtyard was.

Actually, Liu was also a very scheming woman. Shen Xing loved beautiful women, and he would have to get any woman he liked, so there were many women in Shen Xing's backyard who wanted to compete for his favor. However, Liu had long lost interest in Shen Xing, and only wanted to save her own life in Shen Xing's backyard, among a group of ambitious women who were vying for Shen Xing's little bit of favor like wolves and tigers.

After all, women have the most vicious hearts. The women there only want to make everyone disappear. They always think that they are the best and there is no innocence. Some women who are not interested in competing for favor like her still have to think of a lot of ways to save their lives and avoid the various open and covert attacks from the women who want to compete for favor.

Liu used her own scheming to avoid the guards around Duke Shen. She was wearing a maid's clothes, and those people would just think she was here to trim the flowers and plants in the yard or to sweep the floor.

However, based on the man's words alone, Liu didn't know where the man was exactly, so she thought of following the clues and her previous memories, and came to Duke Shen's study.

Duke Shen is not here. After all, he is entertaining ministers and guests in the front yard of the Shen Mansion.

Just as Liu was about to enter Duke Shen's courtyard, she was stopped by a female voice.

The female voice belonged to her daughter, Shen Lianyu.

She looked disheveled, as if she had been bullied.

Liu could naturally guess who those people were. They were just a few women and their daughters.

It's a pity that her daughter suffered so much during the time she was away.

So Liu tried to coax Shen Lianyu away, but in the end she failed to keep it a secret. After all, her behavior was too suspicious, and Shen Lianyu didn't believe it.

Liu finally told Shen Lianyu about her plan, and then she knew that her daughter wanted to help her drag Shen Xing into the water.

Liu naturally knew that Shen Lianyu hated her father in her heart, and she couldn't persuade her, so she had to agree.

After entering Duke Shen's study and finding the books about Shen Xing's crimes, the two of them didn't have a chance to escape because they were stopped by the secret guards who had discovered them early in the morning and had been observing Liu for a long time.

Then Duke Shen took some time off from the banquet to come and see them.

Shen Xing was also there at the time, but he was at the banquet, so Duke Shen did not tell him about these things.

The final result is predictable. Duke Shen appears to be elegant on the surface, but he is actually cruel and ruthless. Liu knew this. After all, she witnessed Duke Shen personally killing his wife Yang. At that time, she hid in the dark and was not discovered by Duke Shen's people.