Because the empress approached the emperor to request a public hearing of the case, he went to see his son and asked him to come to the hall to observe and see what was going on.
Seeing how much he cared about Mingzhu, Shen Mingtang's grudge against him was much lessened. After all, as a high-ranking official, it was difficult to express his opinions too much in a case that the emperor and empress were overly concerned about, but Shen Can was still very sure. He expressed his vicious support for his daughter.
Shen Mingtang feels that his father is relatively good in this regard. Although he has done wrong things, at least he is doing well now.
Therefore, Shen Can asked him to come and he came.
Although Mingzhu said that she had arranged everything and asked him not to worry, she could handle it.
But he felt that Xiao Xian was not in the capital, and Mingzhu was still a girl, so now she had to rely on him as her brother.
If the older brother doesn't come out to support his younger sister, then everyone will want to bully her in the future.
Although Shen Mingzhu let her brother and Wen Songzhi perform their respective duties and did not have to interfere with the affairs here, she was still very happy that he could come.
Very late last night, Wen Songzhi asked his cronies to deliver the news from the palace. She got it in time and made arrangements overnight, so there was nothing to worry about when she came to the court today.
But it's really good that my brother can come. I feel like I'm not alone and I'm protected by someone.
Shen Mingtang had been listening for a while, and when he got the opportunity, he interrupted again and asked: "Sir, I have something unclear. Since it is said that the princess bribed Yuan Da and poisoned the prince to death, and then did not want to fulfill the promise to Yuan Da. He promised and threatened to kill his family and silence him. The official here felt very puzzled."
Yang Shaoqing's official position was higher than that of Shen Mingtang, but Shen Mingtang was the son of Prime Minister Shen Can. Naturally, he did not dare to express his superiority. He stood up and clasped his fists in salute, "I wonder what Mr. Shen has to say."
Shen Mingtang said: "As the Yuan family said before, the princess bribed Yuan Da and gave her two hundred taels of silver, but later she did not want to fulfill her promise and instead wanted to kill their whole family to silence them. Dare I ask, will the princess be short of two hundred taels of silver? One hundred taels of silver?"
Breaking a contract for two hundred taels of silver is possible for ordinary people, but for a princess who has already made a lot of money after holding a hairpin ceremony, what does two hundred taels of silver mean?
Maybe the girls and women around her can take it out casually.
Yang Shaoqing hummed and thought about how to word it. At this time, everyone in Yuan shouted: "Master Shen, didn't you hear clearly? Your sister's main purpose is to silence her, not because of the two hundred taels of silver. You don't want it." It’s confusing right and wrong.”
Hearing her aggressiveness, Shen Mingtang couldn't help frowning and asked: "Sister-in-law, I don't understand. Even if your man is dead, if you go by what you said, he will kill someone to pay for his life. There is nothing wrong with you here." What are you making a fuss about? Your man killed someone to pay for it with his own life, or he poisoned the king of the county. Then your whole family will probably go to jail, so how can you still be the mistress here? "
After saying that, he turned back and saluted Yang Shaoqing, "Sir, I think these people should be put in prison, otherwise, what if they escape."
Shen Mingtang believed that his sister would never kill Prince Yan. Besides, according to his understanding of his sister, if he could kill such a loser, would he need to bribe others?
As long as you use a strategy, you can kill any gangster on the street in the name of gambling.
