At the hour of Mao the next day, Shen Rou brought Wang Jian, Su Xin, Yang Qinghua and others to the gate of the palace. Wang Jian entered the palace smoothly with the token of Prince Mu's Mansion.

Arriving at the gate of Rende Hall where the emperor and his ministers were holding their morning court, Eunuch Chen saw them approaching and hurriedly said, "Miss Shen, you're here. The emperor ordered us to wait here."

"Please, Eunuch Chen, go in and report to the Emperor."

"it is good."

There was silence in the hall. Ever since Xue Zhong was imprisoned, the ministers were in a panic. Those ministers who had close contacts with him were even more trembling with fear, as if they were on the edge of an abyss.

They were all worried that they would be implicated, and they were suffering and feeling very uneasy.

Chen Fu came before the emperor and whispered a few words. The emperor said loudly: "Announce Shen Rou to see you."

When Wang Jian heard the emperor's words, he quickly said to Shen Rou, "Miss Shen, you go in, we'll wait here."

"it is good."

The ministers made way for them, their eyes focused on a girl and a man. The girl, dressed in a simple pleated skirt, had a graceful figure and a beautiful face, but she carried a cold and powerful aura that caught everyone's attention.

She walked calmly and steadily, each step appearing composed and composed, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her. It was rare to have such courage and strong aura at her age.

The man followed closely behind her, looking nervous and looking around from time to time.

Shen Rou came to the center of the hall under everyone's gaze. Her eyes were clear and firm, revealing a fearless courage.

The ministers were whispering to each other, full of curiosity and doubts about Shen Rou's identity.

Shen Rou and Yang Qinghua knelt down and said, "I, Shen Rou, pay my respects to the Emperor."

"Your humble servant, Yang Qinghua, pays respect to His Majesty."

"Tell me who you are one by one."

"I, Shen Rou, a commoner from Beizhou, am suing Jiang Zongwei, son-in-law of Xue Zhong, the Minister of Revenue. He abandoned his wife after high school and forced her to death. He and his new wife bribed a sorcerer to burn me to death and even sold my brothers and sisters."

The ministers were shocked when they heard this. How could there be such a cruel person? It would have been fine if he had just divorced his wife, but why did he force her to death and even cruelly sell his own flesh and blood? He was worse than pigs and dogs.

The emperor looked at Shen Rou seriously and said sternly: Shen Rou, this is in front of the emperor. If what you said is true, I will definitely give you justice. If it is false, I will not forgive you lightly.

"If there is any falsehood, I will leave it to the Emperor to deal with."

"Okay, bring Jiang Zongwei to see me."

Soon, the Imperial Guards dragged the wounded Jiang Zongwei to the main hall. He no longer had the high spirits he had before and lay on the ground like a stray dog.

"Jiang Zongwei, do you know the people around you?"

When Jiang Zongwei turned around and saw Shen Rou, his hands trembled with fear and he stammered, "You... aren't you dead?"

"God will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will he let off a wicked person who has committed countless evil deeds. I said I would go to the capital to file a complaint and bring disgrace upon you, to comfort my mother's spirit in heaven."

"You... you unfilial daughter. I have nothing to do with your mother's death. You are suing your own father before the emperor. This is treasonous."

"My father died when you forced my mother to death, tried to burn me to death, and sold my brothers and sisters. Now my surname is Shen, and yours is Jiang He. We have nothing to do with each other."

Jiang Zongwei said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, it was this girl who slandered me. She was possessed by a ghost, and I asked a wizard to exorcise her. It was my bride who sold them out without my knowledge, and I even sent people everywhere to look for them."

"Abandoning your wife is absurd. After I passed high school, I married the third daughter of the Xue family as my second wife with my parents' consent."

"I went back to my hometown to bring my whole family to settle down in the capital, but Shen was too overbearing and refused to accept Xue as my equal wife. She chose to commit suicide by hitting her head against the wall without me knowing. Her death has nothing to do with me."

"Jiang Rou saw her mother die and pushed all the blame onto me. She even beat me so badly that I was almost crippled. Your Majesty, please investigate this matter."

Shen Rou was almost laughing because of Jiang Zongwei. It would be a waste of Jiang Zongwei's talent if he didn't become a screenwriter.

Shen Rou took out the letter of severance from that time and said, "Your Majesty, this is the letter of severance written at that time, signed by Jiang Zongwei. Everyone in Jiangxing Village knows about this. Jiang Zongwei even threatened the village chief not to interfere in the affairs of the Jiang family, otherwise he would not let him go."

Jiang Zongwei didn't expect that Shen Rou was so scheming at such a young age. She came all the way to the capital to file a complaint to the emperor and even brought a letter of severance. She came prepared.

After reading the letter of severance, the Emperor angrily slammed the table and shouted, "Jiang Zongwei, do you acknowledge your guilt? As an official appointed by the court, you actually did such a heartless and cruel thing. You are not worthy of being a human being, let alone a father. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but you have killed your own flesh and blood. You are worse than an animal."

"Your wife has been with you through countless days and nights, bearing you children. But after you graduated from high school, you didn't appreciate her dedication and companionship, and instead married someone else to try to climb higher. You even forced your wife and daughter, who had silently devoted themselves to you, to death."

"This is intolerable. If I don't punish you, I will be betraying the laws of the Great Qi, and even more so, I will be betraying my wife and daughter who you have harmed."

"Come here, take Jiang Zongwei to the prison and execute him at noon tomorrow."

Shen Rou kowtowed in gratitude, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your insight and for giving my mother justice, and for comforting her soul in heaven."

Jiang Zongwei was trembling with fear and begged Shen Rou, "Xiao Rou, it was Daddy's fault. Please ask the Emperor for mercy. Daddy will treat you well in the future. Think about how your grandparents are so old. How can they bear such a blow?"

The Royal Guards responded and quickly took Jiang Zongwei away, and his voice of cursing was heard.

"Jiang Rou, I am your biological father. You will be punished for what you did to me sooner or later. I curse you to die a miserable death..."

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