Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

When Shen Yao saw that Shen Li had hit her brother's mouth until it was bleeding, she grabbed the teacup in anger and was about to throw it at Shen Li.

Banxia glared at Shen Yao, and she suddenly remembered that Banxia hit her head with a stone when they first met. Wen Wanying pressed her hand, and she put down the teacup.

Shen Shaokun covered his mouth. He wanted to curse but it hurt. He was so anxious and painful that tears came to his eyes.

Shen Li stood up coldly, smoothed her clothes, and glanced at the old lady. "Isn't it true that you want me to come and listen to your grandson scold my mother? In that case, let's ask my uncle to come to the mansion tomorrow to talk about it. By the way, calculate my mother's dowry and see what's missing. If there is anything missing, we can look for it. There will always be a source."

I really don’t know why my mother was so optimistic about Shen Zhaojiang at that time?

There is no good person in the family.

The accounts will have to be settled sooner or later, so let’s settle them sooner rather than later. No one can expect to live a peaceful life until they are settled.

After saying that, Shen Li went out.

Qiluo followed behind him. Banxia was not satisfied, so she turned around, spat, and followed him away.

Wen Wanying watched all this with great interest. Except for her, everyone else had a very ugly look on their faces.

Not to mention how furious Zhao and Shen Shaokun were, just Wan was upset when she heard that Shen Li wanted the general to personally calculate Fang's dowry.

She stole a lot back then, and even sent some of the stolen items back to her parents' home without Shen Zhaohe's knowledge.

It’s all Shen Shaokun’s fault. Why would you provoke that lunatic for no reason?

Didn’t Zhao tell him that Shen Yao was beaten by Shen Li for her bad mouth when they first met?

Fortunately, I reminded my son in advance, and thank God, my son didn't say anything and didn't get beaten.

Alas, what should I do with Fang's dowry...

As soon as Shen Zhaojiang returned home, Zhao called him over crying, "If you don't discipline her, the eldest girl will rebel in this family. Kun'er and Yao'er have been beaten by her, and she even threatens me and my mother-in-law. If this gets out, the elders of the family will be suppressed by a girl who just returned home and dare not say a word. It's a disgrace. How can we face people? Wuuwuwu."

"I was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion and have never seen such a family education. Those who know will say that her mother did not teach her well, while those who don't will say that the Shen family has too shallow roots and is vulgar at heart, and their children are no better. If she is allowed to continue like this, I will simply take my children back to the old courtyard and avoid being beaten here."

She sounded aggrieved, and Shen Zhaojiang was also angry.

But even when he was angry, he didn't lose his mind.

What Shen Li said was correct. The emperor had passed down her upbringing to the two elders of the Fang family. Questioning Shen Li was questioning the two elders of the Fang family, and was questioning Fang Yao.

As for Fang Yao's temper, the marks of the beating from last time were still there, and he didn't want to be beaten again.

Rubbing his forehead, Shen Zhaojiang said to the housekeeper, "Bring over the snake from last night."

Zhao was startled, stopped crying, and said in confusion, "What snake?"

The butler turned and ran out.

After a while, a servant came in dragging a sack and looked at Shen Zhaojiang.

"Open the sack and pour out the contents."

The servant did as he was told.

An ugly, thick orange snake fell out of the sack. Zhao screamed and jumped back, knocking over the chair. She almost fainted from fright.

"Pack it up and take it away. All of you can go down." Shen Zhaojiang said.

The servant used a stick to pick up the poisonous snake and put it into a sack, then went downstairs with the housekeeper.

Zhao was so frightened that she covered her chest and dared not move forward, as if the snake was still lying on the ground, waiting to scare her to death.

"This is the venomous snake that killed the secret guard in the Jiaojiao Courtyard last night," Shen Zhaojiang said, "I didn't tell you because I was afraid it would scare you. Since you want someone to deal with Shen Li, you have to think about whether you can afford the price."

"This is... Master is saying..." Zhao's voice was shaking: "Is it that she had someone release the poisonous snake? Or, or..."

"Who can say for sure if it was her, her uncle, or even the ghost of Fang you mentioned?" Shen Zhaojiang said in a low voice, "Anyway, two of the secret guards sent by my father-in-law were killed in the corner courtyard. I didn't even have a chance to tell my father-in-law today."

"Don't let Kun'er and Yao'er know about this. Remember to tell them not to provoke Shen Li. These two children are simple-minded and they are no match for Shen Li."

"I've been thinking about a question today. Before we went to the countryside to pick her up, was the person we sent to investigate the same person we brought back?"

Zhao stared at him suspiciously, "Master, are you saying that the eldest daughter has been replaced?"

After a moment's thought, he said, "That's not right. Look at her. She looks exactly like Fang when she was young. It must be her. Master must be mistaken."

"No," Shen Zhaojiang shook his head coldly. "I don't mean that she was replaced. I mean, we just thought she had no money and no one on the farm, and was lucky enough to have enough food to eat. We didn't consider the other possibility. She was actually living well and had learned a lot of skills."

Zhao stared at him blankly, shock and fear surging into her heart.

I can't imagine if this is true, then everything that happened from the time I picked her up to the time I came back...

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. A teenage girl, even if she had been learning since birth, couldn't possibly have such great abilities," Zhao shook her head vigorously, unwilling to believe it was true. "If it's really as Master said, only a god could have taught her to that level in ten years. I think Master is overthinking it. But Master must be right about the other thing he said. There are secret guards assigned by Fang Yao in the Jiaojiao Courtyard. Otherwise, where would the venomous snakes come from?"

Thinking about it, it made sense. Shen Zhaojiang nodded, his face gloomy as he said, "So, Fang Yao's men deliberately poisoned the two secret guards. Their purpose was to warn us that Shen Li has someone protecting her, so we should put away our thoughts that shouldn't be taken seriously."

The couple each had their own ulterior motives and fell silent for a moment.

Shen Zhaojiang suddenly looked up and said to Zhao, "Have you heard that the wife of the Marquis of Guanyong nearly lost her life while shopping the other day? She was later saved by a young girl. The Marquis of Guanyong's mansion has been searching for her for the past two days. Do you know whose shop the Marquis was in when she got into trouble?"

"Whose family?"

"The silk shop that Duke Wei gave to Shen Li is on Suzaku Street."

"Ah?" Zhao looked at Shen Zhaojiang in surprise, with a bad feeling in her heart. "Shen Li was taking someone out to look after the shop that day, and she was almost fined when she returned home. Could it be that she saved the person?"

"I don't know. I heard that the Guanyong Marquis's mansion has painted a portrait. Because the benefactor is young and a girl, it can't be posted everywhere. But it will be shown to those who secretly help find her. Tomorrow when I go to court, I will find a reason to take a look and I will know if it is true."

Zhao clenched her hands so tightly that she didn't even notice her nails digging into her flesh.

"If it's her, then wouldn't she be the Marquis's savior?"

Please don't let it be her.

If it was her, Shen Zhaojiang would have to wrong them and their son and put up with that little bitch.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Shen Zhaojiang's face darkened. "The Marquis's illness was caused by a frightened wild cat. Some people speculate that it was the work of the Northern Di spies. If it was Shen Li who saved her, how can we be sure that the Guanyong Marquisate would regard her as a savior? And it wasn't a deliberate trap set by the Northern Di spies?"