You're the one who wants to marry a mistress, and I'm marrying someone else, yet you still

So, Shen Yanzhi walked from the east gate to the west gate with a big gong and others helping him with the smaller ones. Everyone in Xuancheng knew that he was the son of the second son of the Shen family.

At first, everyone was just watching the spectacle, but given his age, people started to become suspicious.

Before long, someone in the crowd understood and said that the illegitimate son of the Shen family was so arrogant, showing off his shameful background. More and more people started to say this.

Shen Yanzhi hadn't expected this. Once he understood, there was no turning back, because he was surrounded by a crowd of people who were pushing him forward. He didn't even need to bang the gong anymore; plenty of people were making a big commotion for him.

He wanted to flee, but there was nowhere to hide.

People in the crowd felt indignant on Xie Wanru's behalf, saying that how could the legitimate daughter of the Grand General's Mansion, who was also specially granted the title of Princess Yongchang by His Majesty, be entangled with people from the Shen family?

Originally, Xie Wanru's divorce didn't cause such a commotion, but now that Shen Yanzhi has made a scene, the whole city knows about it.

Those who had received favors from the Xie family during the harsh winter were even more indignant. In their eyes, the Xie family was like a god, extending a helping hand to them in the cold winter.

If Xie Wanru hadn't set up soup kitchens, who knows how many people would have frozen to death.

"Bastard! Die!"

Someone in the crowd threw away a piece of vegetable leaf, and soon more and more people started throwing away all sorts of random things.

The crowd surrounding Shen Yanzhi dispersed, leaving him alone in the middle of the street to be mercilessly mocked. In the end, there were even incredibly rotten eggs thrown at him, which made Shen Yanzhi vomit.

In the corner, Lin Qing smiled. She was not a soft-hearted woman. Seeing this scene, she felt extremely happy and had no pity whatsoever.

“Miss, aren’t we going too far? And if the Shen family finds out it was us, the master will be furious.”

Green Willow said with some concern.

The Minister of Justice is strict in managing his subordinates and is upright and incorruptible. He is well-liked by His Majesty. Although he is very tolerant of his daughter Lin Qing, it does not mean that she can cause trouble at will.

This has caused quite a stir today.

"Don't worry, if Father knew I did this to get revenge for Wanwan, he would praise me." Lin Qing seemed completely unafraid. In the middle of the street, Shen Yanzhi was vomiting from the stench, and Lin Qing laughed even more happily.

Before they even reached the West Gate, they vomited so badly they nearly fainted, and it was the servants of the Shen family who came to take them back.

No one knows who informed Old Madam Shen, but she was so angry that she was trembling, and she was so weak that she could only have someone take her away to wash up.

"You're becoming increasingly unruly! You and your son will bring shame upon the Shen family sooner or later!"

Marquis Yong'an, Shen Zhan, was also quite angry, but he was used to not getting involved in anything. After scolding the kneeling Shen Nian'an, he turned and left.

Shen Nian'an didn't know why Shen Yanzhi had done such a thing. He looked up at his mother, Old Madam Shen, and said, "Mother, I have been busy with the shop's affairs lately and have neglected to discipline Yanzhi. It was my fault. However, Yanzhi has been staying in your courtyard lately. Do you know what he has been doing lately? Who has he been associating with?"

Perhaps it was the divorce from Xie Wanru that made Shen Nian'an realize her mistakes, because now Shen Nian'an actually seems to have some sense of responsibility.

Madam Shen was already quite angry, and when Shen Nian'an asked this question, she was so angry that she threw the teacup in her hand.

"How dare you ask me! It's all because of your mistress, the good son she raised! She's taught my grandson to be good-for-nothing all day long, and now he's made such a fool of himself, ruining the century-old reputation of our Shen family!" Old Madam Shen was furious, her face ashen, her chest heaving violently.

“I spotted Yan Zhi in front of the gambling den a few days ago. I finally managed to bring him back. I can’t control this kid anymore. You’ll have to figure it out yourself.”

Shen Nian'an quickly knelt down and picked up the broken teacup from the ground, not daring to utter another word.

He had no idea that Shen Yanzhi had become so unruly; at ten years old, he had no children and was actually going to that kind of place.

"Mother, please calm down. Your son will definitely discipline you strictly and never let such a thing happen again."

Shen Nian'an lowered her head, her tone firm, secretly plotting how to salvage the situation and at least preserve some dignity for the Shen family in the eyes of the world.

After his divorce from Xie Wanru, everything went wrong for him. Even though he had changed his ways and truly reformed, his life was getting worse day by day.

Shen Yanzhi probably hadn't rested well to begin with, and the stench made him dizzy and disoriented. He hadn't woken up since being carried back.

The physician prescribed medicine and instructed the servants to brew it for him to drink.

When Fu Rou heard about Shen Yanzhi's incident on the street, she was so anxious to see him that she forgot to pay her respects to the old lady first. This was seen by the old lady's maid.

She came to check on the situation so she could report back to the old lady. "Aunt Fu, you should go and pay your respects to the old lady first, and then come to see the young master."

Fu Rou's face paled, and she realized that she was in the Marquis's residence and that she had been impolite. She quickly bowed and said, "It was my oversight. I will go and pay my respects to the old lady now."

After saying that, she hurriedly straightened her clothes and rushed to Madam Shen's residence.

But she was filled with anxiety, worried that Old Madam Shen would take her anger out on her because of Shen Yanzhi's matter, and also concerned about Shen Yanzhi's condition.

When Fu Rou arrived at Madam Shen's residence, she cautiously went inside. She saw Madam Shen resting with her eyes closed, her face still ashen.

Even Shen Nian'an knelt properly on the ground.

She immediately knelt before the old lady and said softly, "I have come to pay my respects to the old lady and also to apologize on behalf of Yanzhi. It is all because I failed to discipline Yanzhi properly that he did such an absurd thing."

Old Madam Shen opened her eyes, looked coldly at Fu Rou, and after a long while spoke: "You really should discipline him properly. Our Shen family can't afford to lose face like this!"

Fu Rou's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly kowtowed: "This concubine will certainly remember the old lady's teachings and discipline Yan Zhi properly."

The two knelt in Madam Shen's courtyard for about half an hour before being allowed to leave. Fu Rou thought that Shen Nian'an would go with her to see her son.

But Shen Nian'an left without looking back.

"Nianlang..."

Fu Rou gently called Shen Nian'an's name as always, looking pitiful.

Shen Nian'an, who was walking ahead, stopped but did not turn around. With her back to Fu Rou, she said, "Go and see Yan Zhi. I want to investigate the source of this matter. It's suspicious that Yan Zhi did this for no reason."

After saying that, Shen Nian'an walked out.

It seems that after divorcing Xie Wanru, he became smarter and less impulsive.