Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 477

These words shocked everyone present!

Shen Lingjun was dumbfounded, his jaw almost dropping to the floor!

When did she get engaged to Mo Zhonggui?!

Normally, she would have jumped up long ago, but she immediately realized that Mo Zhonggui was helping her suppress public opinion, so she dared not show any surprise and had to maintain a calm "that's right" expression.

Shen Wei, who was standing next to him, reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward with a poker face to echo what Mo Chonggui had said.

"That's right, my third daughter is indeed engaged to Mo... Chonggui, just recently. The Crown Prince of Xiqi was unaware of this and asked for my daughter in marriage, so naturally I refused."

If you look closely, you'll see that his eyes are twitching wildly and veins are bulging on his forehead, clearly indicating that he is enduring a great deal of pain.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "You just say you're engaged, but where's the proof?"

Mo Chonggui immediately took out a marriage contract from his bosom and said to Shen Wei, "Marshal Shen, please take out your marriage certificate as well."

Shen Wei: "......" Where did he get the marriage certificate?

But he could only solemnly instruct a servant in the Shen household, saying, "Go and bring out the marriage certificate of the Third Miss from my study."

Servant: "..."

The servant walked back to the Shen residence with a bewildered look on his face. As soon as he entered, a master from the Eastern Depot was already waiting there and gave him a marriage certificate.

A moment later, a servant came out and handed the marriage certificate to Shen Wei. Shen Wei's eye twitched even more violently.

But he remained calm and faced the crowd, saying, "The marriage certificate from the Shen family is here, clearly written in black and white."

Then, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he said, "The Mo family sent a large number of gifts to the Shen family to propose marriage some time ago. If you still don't believe me, you can enter the Shen family now and see these marriage proposal gifts."

He had always wanted to return those betrothal gifts to Mo Zhonggui, but had never succeeded. Now, they could serve as proof.

After he said that, many people remembered that they had indeed seen a long procession carrying countless boxes into the Shen residence a while ago, but at the time no one knew what it was for.

So it seems that the engagement between the Shen and Mo families is indeed true.

Since the Shen family has already arranged a marriage, it is indeed impossible for them to go through a political marriage.

This widow married a eunuch, it's really...

Both sides were shocking and unconventional.

It's not unheard of for eunuchs to marry, but it's unheard of for one to marry a widow with two children.

It's not unheard of for a widow to remarry, but to marry a eunuch is unprecedented.

The common people looked at each other in bewilderment; at this point, they had no reason to attack the Shen family.

Some people hesitated, feeling that there was nothing left to stay, and wondered if they could go back.

Among the crowd were a few people with grim faces, clearly unwilling to give up, but unable to find any reason to cause further trouble, they could only watch helplessly as the crowd gradually dispersed.

Hidden in the shadows, the Eastern Depot's experts observed the crowd, taking in everyone's behavior, and had long since set their sights on the leaders.

Although these people look no different from ordinary citizens, they were the ones who shouted the loudest just now and stirred up the atmosphere. Most of them are probably Bei Yi's spies. We'll find as many as we can later.

The crowd at the entrance of the Shen residence dispersed, leaving only a mess. The servants hurriedly came out to clean up.

Mo Zhonggui led the way and entered the Shen residence uninvited, followed by Shen Lingjun and Shen Wei.

Upon reaching a side hall inside, Mo Zhonggui spoke seriously to Shen Wei:

"Marshal Shen, I acted on my own initiative just now, falsely claiming that Madam Shen was already engaged to me. Public opinion cannot be suppressed, and the Shen family cannot treat the people harshly. Being constantly vilified like this is not a solution. If we lose the hearts of the people, it will be very disadvantageous to lead troops in future wars. This is the easiest way I came up with, leaving everyone speechless."

Shen Wei nodded, understanding his meaning.