Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Say anything else!" Wang Haiquan roared.

Shen Chengwu's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible sneer. He then slowly said, "Besides... Lord Wang may be a third-rank official today, but it's hard to say what he will be tomorrow."

Hearing this, Wang Haiquan was so angry that he trembled all over and shouted at the top of his voice: "Shen Chengwu, what do you mean?"

Facing Wang Haiquan's questioning, Shen Chengwu remained calm and unhurried, replying, "What do you mean? It means exactly what it says."

After hearing this, Wang Haiquan could no longer suppress his anger and threw his head back to burst into laughter. "Hahahaha, this is absolutely ridiculous! Just a greenhorn like you, you actually have the delusion of wanting to challenge my position? It's simply wishful thinking!"

However, Shen Chengwu was not intimidated by Wang Haiquan's aura. He responded calmly, "I truly do not have the ability to touch Lord Wang. However, what if His Majesty wanted to touch you? Lord Wang, you probably don't know this yet. His Majesty has long been dissatisfied with you, but simply lacks a suitable excuse. Unexpectedly, Lord Wang actually set a fire in his home. Doesn't this provide His Majesty with a perfect excuse to take action?"

As Shen Chengwu spoke, he secretly thought in his heart that the sudden fire was of great help.

Not only did it give them a reason to start investigating Wang Haiquan, but it also led Shen Chuning to unexpectedly discover the account book that Wang Haiquan had hidden under the floor of the study.

"You are talking nonsense! My daughter is going to enter the palace to become a concubine. How could His Majesty touch me so easily?" Wang Haiquan shouted angrily.

Lord Wu, the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Navy, had personally promised him that he would definitely send Wang Ruolan and Wang Ruoju into the palace.

The beloved concubine today was the one who was sent into the palace by Lord Wu.

In just a few years, Concubine Wei rose from a minor noble to the position of concubine.

His daughter came from a family of officials, and her status and position were many times higher than that of the concubine.

If they could enter the palace smoothly, now that the throne of queen is vacant, maybe he could also become the uncle of the emperor.

But all these plans came to nothing because of the Shen family.

Although he was still trying his best to argue, when Shen Chengwu mentioned the account book hidden under the floor tiles in his study, he suddenly became quiet as if he was under a spell, and could no longer make a sound.

At this moment, Wang Haiquan's mind began to quickly recall the scene after the fire.

After the fire was extinguished, he went to the study to check it carefully, but he saw that even the floor tiles were burned to pieces.

But at this moment, after Shen Chengwu mentioned this, Wang Haiquan suddenly realized that how could the marble floor tiles be burned into pieces so easily by fire?

The Shen family must have taken the account books from his study overnight and made it look like they were all burned.

After Wang Haiquan heard Shen Chengwu's words, his heart sank suddenly and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.

But he still forced himself to remain calm and tried to maintain a calm appearance.

His eyes were moving rapidly, as if he was thinking about how to respond.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his tense face relaxed instantly, revealing a barely perceptible smile. "Ledger? What ledger? I don't know what you're talking about. Shen Chengwu, it's not enough that you killed my son, now you even dare to fabricate evidence to frame me!"

Shen Chengwu slowly said, "Since Lord Wang has determined that this is forged evidence, then let's just assume it is. But just imagine, if the news of the existence of this account book were to leak out, how many people would wish you dead?"

At this point, Shen Chengwu paused deliberately, then continued, "For example, Lord Song, the Governor of the Grand Canal, is your father-in-law. I wonder if he is aware that you not only embezzled half of the relief grain he left in Shandong, but also pinned all the blame on him?"

"And the Minister of Personnel, Lord Cao, does he know that the money he used to buy an official position through you was all stolen?"

"Six years ago, Lord Liu was convicted of the Shandong imperial examination fraud case. Did you know that he took the blame for you?"

"And seven years ago..."

"Enough! Stop talking!" Shen Chengwu was rudely interrupted by Wang Haiquan before he could finish his words.

At this time, Wang Haiquan could no longer maintain his previous disguise. His face was full of fear and his body was trembling slightly.

Because he knew very well that once these things were exposed, a miserable end would be waiting for him.

Although he now knew that the situation was hopeless and there was no possibility of a comeback, deep in his heart he still burned with resentment towards the Shen family.

"I admit my guilt, but what did my Chang'er do wrong?" Wang Haiquan, standing opposite, glared at Shen Chengwu with gritted teeth and roared, "The crimes I committed will be decided by the emperor! And you actually used the death penalty without authorization and killed innocent people. Do you think you can escape responsibility?"

Hearing this, Shen Chengwu first laughed dryly twice. The laughter sounded particularly harsh, as if it came from hell.

Then, he looked at Wang Haiquan coldly and asked, "An innocent person? Humph, do you really think Wang Hongchang is innocent? Do you know the identity of the woman he intended to harm?"

Wang Haiquan remembered that Song had said that it was Prime Minister Su’s granddaughter who fell in love with Wang Hongchang, but even if it was Prime Minister Su’s granddaughter, so what? She would not lose anything.

He kept his lips tightly closed and said nothing.

Shen Chengwu leaned close to his ear and whispered two words: "Princess."

After saying these two words, Shen Chengwu straightened up and watched quietly the changes in Wang Haiquan's facial expression.