The elder sister killed the whole family, and came back to be beaten to death

The Prince of Jingyang woke up and was fine, so Shen Tang's refusal to marry him in front of the bridal sedan was no big deal.

However, everyone was wondering how Shen Tang could be so sure that Prince Jingyang would not die. Shen Sui came to the ancestral hall to ask about this.

Shen Sui asked, "How do you know that Prince Jingyang will be fine?"

Shen Tang looked at his father and spoke slowly, "My daughter said that her mother told her in a dream. Do you believe it, father?"

In a dream?

Shen Sui frowned.

Shen Tang nodded and said, "Yesterday, my daughter dreamed of me. We talked a lot. She told me that Prince Jingyang would wake up today and asked me not to marry in his place, otherwise it would bring endless troubles."

"I was initially skeptical and didn't dare gamble the entire Pingyuan Marquisate, but this was the most insignificant of the things Mother said. I was even more afraid that other things would come true, so I took the risk and put my own life to the test."

Shen Sui's brows were already furrowed, and now they were furrowed even more. "What else did your mother say?"

Shen Tang said, "My eldest brother was lost at the Lantern Festival that year. It wasn't an accident, nor was it my uncle's negligence. It was planned by my second uncle."

Shen Sui's expression changed, and he blurted out, "Impossible, your second uncle would never do such a thing!"

"Father!"

Shen Tang's voice was heavy and contained a hint of anger.

Shen Tang knew that Shen Sui trusted the second master and would react strongly when she heard about this. She was mentally prepared, but she still couldn't help but feel angry.

Yun Xiu clenched her hands tightly, Shen Tang's eyes reddened as she said, "Father trusts Second Uncle and feels that he and Second Uncle have a deep brotherly bond. He won't harm you. But what about me and my eldest sister? Don't we have a good relationship as sisters?"

"But didn't my eldest sister push me, her own younger sister, into the fire pit just for her own sake?!"

The incident in which Shen Xi drugged herself and framed Shen Tang happened just yesterday, and Shen Sui had no way to refute it.

Shen Tang wiped away her tears and said, "Father doesn't believe that Second Uncle would harm Big Brother. I don't think he would believe that the Second Branch would have the guts and the ability to replace Second Brother right under Father's nose."

"Mother told me that my eldest brother is still alive and in Kyoto. Father doesn't believe what mother said, but I do. I will definitely find my eldest brother."

"I don't expect you to investigate my second uncle. I just hope you can be a little suspicious of him and be on guard against him..."

"My daughter already has no mother, and she doesn't want to be without a father anymore."

Shen Tang finished speaking with tears in his eyes, then turned and left, covering his injured arm.

After taking only two steps, he stopped again, but did not look back. "My mother also asked me to tell my father that you left the jade pendant in front of her grave."

After saying that, Shen Tang walked away without looking back, without noticing the shock on Shen Sui's face.

The reason Shen Tang knew that Shen Sui went to pay homage to Jiang yesterday was because of the jade pendant.

The jade pendant was given to Shen Sui by Jiang. He always wore it with him. After it was lost in his previous life, Shen Sui searched for it for a long time. Later, Shen Tang saw it at a stall while shopping and realized that it had fallen in front of Jiang's grave and was picked up and sold by someone.

Shen Tang mentioned that she had dreamed about her mother yesterday, which was just a prelude to today. Her rebirth after death was too bizarre. If she told her father directly, she was afraid that her father would not believe it and would think that she was possessed by evil spirits. She could only tell her father these things through her mother's dream.

Shen Tang regretted not asking Shen Xi who his eldest brother was before he died. Now he can only find out by himself.

Over the past two days, she had been chewing over the few words Shen Xi had revealed about her eldest brother, especially the one about how she wouldn't guess who he was—

The eldest brother must be someone she knows!

I'm afraid that not only do they know him, but his identity is also extraordinary, otherwise even Xie Guimo would not have fallen into their hands. The eldest brother is still alive and well, and it can be seen that he is someone who cannot be easily removed even though he sits in that position.

Ginkgo was guarding outside the ancestral hall. Seeing Shen Tang coming out enduring the pain in his knee, Ginkgo felt so distressed that he hurried over to help Shen Tang go back and apply medicine.

After walking a hundred steps, a maid came running over and said, "Second Miss, the old lady wants you to go to Songhe Hall."

If he went to her now, it was obvious that he wanted to ask her how she knew that Prince Jingyang would be fine.

Shen Tang said, "Help me go to Songhe Hall."

Ginkgo was so angry that she asked, "The young lady is injured like this, doesn't the old lady feel sorry for her at all?"

"It was the second wife who asked me to go," Shen Tang said.

Ginkgo was stunned and asked in confusion, "That girl is still going?"

Shen Tang didn't say anything and walked towards Songhe Hall. Ginkgo could only support her as she limped over.

Inside the room, the old lady sat on the Arhat couch, with the second and third wives sitting on her left and right respectively.

Shen Tang was still wearing her wedding gown, but not the phoenix crown. Because of her injury, she had been kneeling for a long time. She was not as energetic as before, and her beauty was even more broken and fragile, which made people feel pity for her from the bottom of their hearts.

Seeing her come in, the old lady was a little surprised, "Why are you still coming to Grandma's place when you are injured like this?"

Shen Tang wanted to speak, but she groaned in pain. After a moment's pause, she said, "I know that my refusal to marry today and the empty sedan chair at the Jingyang Palace have angered Grandmother. Grandmother sent the maid to call me, and I dared not refuse."

When the old lady heard this, she glanced at the second wife.

The Second Wife was a little restless and asked Shen Tang, "How can you be so sure that Prince Jingyang will be fine even without a wedding?"

Shen Tang said calmly, "My mother told me in my dream."

Just a few straightforward words almost angered the Second Wife to death.

The Second Wife's rage surged from every limb to the top of her head, her voice trembling with anger. "You believe something in a dream?! You're going to gamble the entire Pingyuan Marquis Mansion like this?!"

Shen Tang's face was covered with a layer of frost as he was scolded. "The one I trust is not someone else, but my own mother!"

"Even if you are no longer in this world, you will do everything you can to protect me!"

Thinking of his mother who died of depression after being murdered, Shen Tang had a knife in his eyes.

The Second Wife didn't expect Shen Tang to contradict her so loudly. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking, but she couldn't refute Shen Tang's words.

Jiang didn't love Shen Xi and even wanted to strangle her to death, but she loved Shen Tang very much. She held him in her arms and didn't allow anyone to touch him, not even the wet nurse, and she fed him herself until she passed away.

The old lady was deeply moved and said, "Your mother loved you the most when she was alive, so you should listen to her."

The Second Wife said, "But you should have said something instead of acting on your own."

Shen Tang scoffed, "I didn't even discuss this matter with me."

The second wife's face looked as ugly as if she had been slapped several times after being refuted with just one sentence.

Shen Tang didn't want to say more. She said to the old lady, "Nothing else, I'll go back first."

Shen Tang wanted to salute, but when her knees bent, she gasped in pain.

The old lady couldn't stand it any longer and ordered Hongxiu, "Help the second young lady go back quickly."

Shen Tang's body was staggering. With the help of Hongxiu and Ginkgo, he walked out of the door and out of the courtyard.

But when she went down the stairs, she fell forward.

"girl!"