The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Shen Qionghua returned to the Shen Mansion, and Lin Wanru came out to greet her immediately after receiving the news.

"Sister Hua——"

"Mother." Shen Qionghua called softly.

Lin Wanru took her daughter's hand and looked Shen Qionghua up and down with her red and swollen eyes. Seeing that she was fine, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The panic and worry in my heart were relieved, and tears could not stop flowing out. I choked and said, "I was really scared today. If something happened to you, what would you let me do?"

Lin Wanru still feels scared when she thinks of the previous scene.

Although there have been times of crisis before, they have never been as serious as today and have never caused such a big commotion.

Even the Imperial Guards surrounded the Shen Mansion. In her limited knowledge, this was simply a sign of a confiscation of the property.

She took Shen Yi and hid in the courtyard, trembling with fear and worried about her daughter in the palace.

She didn't feel at ease until the imperial guards guarding the Shen Mansion withdrew.

Although it was only a few hours, Lin Wanru looked much more haggard due to the fear.

Shen Qionghua raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and sighed, "Mother, don't cry. I'm back, aren't I?"

Lin Wanru's eyes sparkled as she heard this. "Hua Jie'er, what's going on today? Is this related to the disaster relief money?"

Lin Wanru is not really brainless, she is just a bit naive.

The Shen family is just a merchant family, doing business in an honest and law-abiding manner. How big a mistake could they make to cause the Imperial Guards to surround them?

In addition, my daughter has been busy with the disaster relief silver issue recently. If this matter is related to the palace, it must be related to the disaster relief silver.

But Lin Wanru didn't understand either. How could the donation of silver be wrong?

Seeing Lin Wanru's puzzled expression, Shen Qionghua nodded gently and said, "Mother, I'll go in and tell you."

The mother and daughter walked into the house hand in hand, and Shaoyao immediately brought them a cup of tea.

Shen Qionghua took it and drank it all. Just as he was about to speak, Lin Wanru spoke first.

"Sister Hua, what's wrong with your leg? Are you injured?" Lin Wanru asked anxiously when she saw that Shen Qionghua was walking in a strange posture just now.

Shen Qionghua paused slightly, not wanting Lin Wanru to worry, and replied, "No."

After going through so many things, Lin Wanru also knew that her daughter was now opinionated and liked to show off, so she didn't believe what she said.

She sent the servants and most of the maids away, leaving only Shaoyao and a maidservant beside her. Then she looked at Shen Qionghua and said, "Then show it to me. Seeing is believing."

Shen Qionghua: “…”

When did A Niang become smart?

In the past, I just believed whatever others said and never doubted it.

Shen Qionghua knew that she couldn't hide it today, so she slowly lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing her fair and slender calves, and then slowly moved upwards...

Lin Wanru couldn't believe what she saw. Her daughter's slender and well-proportioned legs, whose skin was once as delicate as porcelain, were now bruised at the knees.

The four colors of red, purple, blue and black mixed together, against the backdrop of the surrounding fair skin, looked extremely terrifying, as if someone had been beaten up.

"How...how could this happen." Lin Wanru's lips trembled, hot tears rolled down the corners of her eyes, and she was so heartbroken that she couldn't control herself.

Shen Qionghua was also somewhat helpless. She had actually been kneeling for nearly two hours in the Taiji Hall. She was the emperor's main suspect, and she was busy clearing her grievances and confronting others. How could she care about the slight pain in her leg?

Logically speaking, this wound wouldn't be so scary, but she has always taken good care of herself and her skin is delicate, so it is a little more serious than others.

At least, when she saw the heads of the Ministry of Revenue retreating, they walked much more briskly than her, which showed that there was nothing serious.

"Mother, I'm fine. It's just some traces left when I kowtowed in the palace." Shen Qionghua comforted her.

Nonsense, if it was just kowtow, how could it be so scary? Lin Wanru didn't believe her nonsense. The first thing she did was to tell Shaoyao to go and call a doctor.

Shen Qionghua quickly stopped her, took out the ointment that King Rui had just given her, and asked Shaoyao to help her apply it.

When Lin Wanru heard Shen Qionghua say that it was an ointment from the Imperial Hospital, she no longer insisted. She just took the ointment and gently applied it to her daughter.

Hearing my daughter gasping in pain, my heart ached.

After the medicine was applied, Lin Wanru asked with a choked voice, "Hua Jie'er, what on earth is going on?"

Seeing that Lin Wanru was about to cry again, Shen Qionghua quickly told her the whole story.

Lin Wanru's eyes widened after hearing this, and she slammed her palm on the small table, gritting her teeth and saying, "Shameless bastard, this is too much!"

Disaster relief funds are related to the life and death of refugees displaced by disasters, yet they dare to stretch out their hands for them, not even afraid that the souls of those who died unjustly will come to claim their lives when they wake up in their dreams at midnight!

It would have been fine if they had just calculated the disaster relief money, but they even wanted to throw dirty water on the Shen family.

This is a crime of deceiving the emperor...

Once they succeed, they will put the blame of exchanging the disaster relief money on the Shen family.

At the very least, the emperor would take into consideration the additional one million taels of silver and revoke Hua Jie'er's status as the county lady and make up for the exchanged silver. At the worst, the entire family would be executed!

"This is an attempt to kill our entire family!" Lin Wanru said angrily, her face flushed with anger.

Shen Qionghua sneered and said, "Not only that, if the charges are proven, even if the emperor spares the Shen family's lives because of their contribution in donating silver, I'm afraid the Yongning Marquis will not let it go."

Seeing Lin Wanru looking at her doubtfully, Shen Qionghua explained, "Once this matter is confirmed, given the relationship between us and the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, the Yongning Marquis' Mansion will definitely make this matter known to everyone. Then we will become rats that everyone will shout and beat."

"If the Yongning Marquisate arranged for people to stir up emotions among the disaster victims at this time, those victims might just rush into the Shen Mansion and burn, kill, and loot in anger."

"If we were killed by the enraged victims during this chaotic situation, that would be exactly what Prince An and the others wanted."

Shen Qionghua never dared to underestimate the evil in people's hearts. In her previous life, she ended up like that because she was too unguarded towards others.

Although she felt sorry for the displaced refugees, she also knew what would happen if the Shen family really exchanged the disaster relief money and the news got to the victims' ears.

People can do anything when facing death. At that time, the victims will not be grateful because they know that it was the Shen family who donated money to save their lives. Instead, they will rush into the Shen Mansion and ask her why she wanted to exchange the disaster relief money. They can obviously live a better life.

This is human nature. If you help her, she may not be grateful to you. But if you hinder her, she will definitely hate you.

When Lin Wanru heard this, she imagined the scene in her mind and was immediately frightened.

The Shen family had only one male, Shen Yi, who was not yet an adult, and most of the servants in the mansion were maids. Those few servants alone would definitely not be able to stop the victims.

"It's really despicable, but after this incident of disaster relief silver, the emperor should punish the Yongning Marquis Mansion. It's what they deserve." Lin Wanru said hatefully.

After so many times of conspiracy, Lin Wanru really has no affection for the Lin family anymore. She wishes that the Yongning Marquisate would go to hell as soon as possible to prevent it from harming the Shen family.