Princess, please respect yourself!

Chapter 41
Luojing Shangchunfang.

Shen family.

Although the Shen family is not in the imperial court, it is one of the four major families in Luojing. Apart from the royal family, there are also the Lu family where Zhong Shuling (Prime Minister) resides, and the Cai family in the Grand Master's Mansion.

The Cai family is a relative, and the empress of Emperor Yongxi belongs to the Cai family.

In addition to these four families, there are also ten powerful families, which constitute the most powerful aristocratic families in Luojing City.

The head of the ten noble families is the Pei family where Marquis Pei Hao of Wu Ning belongs. The Pei family is a family of military generals. It used to be a family of three gentlemen. It was extremely prominent. Although it is a bit declining now, it is still the top nobleman in Luojing City.

Where there are established nobles, there are upstarts.

Among the upstarts are the Su, Liu, Cao, and Gao families, all of which emerged within a hundred years, and some even within the past few decades.

Some rise and some fall, and the transition between the old and the new will inevitably lead to struggles. In addition to the political disputes and standing in the court, the competition between the shopping malls and the younger generation has never stopped.

Especially in Zhenwu Academy.

All kinds of open and secret battles have never stopped for almost a day.

The Great Zhou established the country with martial arts, and the whole world respects martial arts. Whether it is a civil servant or a general, if he is not good at martial arts, he will be looked down upon by others.

And in the officialdom, you can't just start a fight if you don't agree with each other, you must always pay attention to the teacher's reputation.

But in Zhenwu Academy, there are not so many scruples. As long as you don’t like it, you can initiate a challenge. Counsel, but also very despised.

For this kind of benign competition among students under their names, the upper echelons of the Zhenwu Academy allow and even encourage them, but they forbid killing them.

Once a life is lost, it is a big deal.

Members of the Shen family do not serve as officials, but they have hereditary titles. The Shen family has made great achievements in the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, because the Shen family once spent all their wealth and recruited soldiers from the royal family Ye family. If you confer the title of a duke, you will not want any other positions in the court.

As long as there is a tax-free privilege to do business within a big week, but the Shen family has never exercised this privilege for a day, the tax that should be paid is not a lot, and it has never been in arrears.

In addition, the Shen family runs "Huitong", the largest bank in Dazhou, and even the tax settlement of the imperial court is done in "Huitong".

To put it bluntly, the Shen family is the manager of Da Zhou's money bag.

How much money Da Zhou has, the household department may not know, but the Shen family knows it clearly.

The imperial concubine of the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty was born in the Shen family, and the third generation of emperors also had the blood of the Shen family. The royal family and the Shen family had marriages in almost every generation.

Therefore, the relationship between the Shen family and the royal family is the closest.

The current head of the Shen family, Cheng Guogong Shen Zhuang, does not need to report to Emperor Yongxi, but can directly enter the South Study Room of the Dazheng Hall.

But now, Shen Zhuang, who was in his prime, turned gray overnight, and his favorite fourth son, Shen Zhiyuan, was assassinated and killed.

And Shen Zhiyuan's mother, Shen Zhuang's concubine Liu Zhimei, had already passed out from crying when she heard the news.

When Shen Zhuang was young, he was unrestrained. He lived among thousands of flowers without a single leaf touching his body. After meeting Liu Zhimei, he felt that he had met true love and accepted his heart.

Liu Zhimei came from a humble background, so naturally it is impossible to be the wife of the Duke, so Shen Zhuang's wife is someone else, but Liu Zhimei is his favorite.

Liu Zhimei bore him a son and another daughter, the fourth son Shen Zhiyuan and the sixth miss Shen Meier.

"Notice, the whole house will mourn the Fourth Young Master!" Shen Zhuang sat blankly on the stone steps in the courtyard, his eyes were red, he called the butler to him, and gave an order.

"My lord, I'm sorry."

"Compare the prince's specifications!"

"Grandpa, madam..." the steward reminded, after all, the fourth son of Shen came from a concubine's house, no matter how much you love him, you can't break the rules and the laws of the country.

"Everyone is dead, she still cares about this, can I still be the master of this family?" Shen Zhuang roared, the veins on his neck and forehead were exposed.

……

"Your Highness, we are still a step late." Seeing the white plain at the entrance of Shen's residence, and the red lanterns replaced with white ones, Qing Yi couldn't help but take a breath and said.

How Ye Liuli didn't know.

The first time she returned to Nanya, she went to the Zhenwu Academy. It was only when she arrived at the Zhenwu Academy that she found out that Fourth Young Master Shen didn't live in the Zhenwu Academy on weekdays, but went home.

For such students who have a residence in Luojing, the Zhenwu Academy does not require them to live in the Zhenwu Academy, especially for senior students like Mr. Shen who are not low in talent.

If they want to graduate from Zhenwu Academy, they can do it anytime.

The students of Zhenwu Academy, as long as they can reach the fourth rank, can graduate and leave at any time, while the students who have not reached the fourth rank at the age of 30 are forced to leave.

Shen Zhiyuan is smart and talented, but he doesn't practice martial arts very often. Even so, he has broken through the fourth rank casually, and has already reached the graduation standard. .

However, he is unwilling to leave the Zhenwu Academy. Firstly, the atmosphere of the Zhenwu Academy is free, and he has not had enough fun. Secondly, the people selected for the Zhenwu Academy are all talented elites, especially girls, and none of them are ugly. For the fourth son of Shen who inherited his father Shen Zhuang's excellent genes, this is his paradise. How could he be willing to graduate and go home to work as a cow or a horse?

"Your Highness, do you want to come in?"

"It's all here, so it's natural to enter." Ye Liuli said, some things still need to be known to the Shen family, and it's best to directly kill the source of some conflicts.

"Send a message, Ye Li, Counselor of the Jing'an Department of Nan Ya, is asking to see Lord Shen!"

"Yes."

When the porter saw Nanya's token, he naturally didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly turned around and went in to report.

"Nanya Counselor, I don't see you!" Shen Zhuang's eyes were bloodshot, and he was in an extremely bad mood. He was in a state of sadness at this moment, how could he be in the mood to see a guest?
"My lord, there seems to be Miss Qingyi among the people who came." The concierge of the Shen family must be smart and knows most of the dignitaries in the capital.

Qingyi is Ye Hongyi's disciple and a celebrity in Luojing, if the concierge doesn't know him, he will be negligent in his duty.

"What is she here for?" When Shen Zhuang heard that it was Qingyi, his attitude changed immediately, which was naturally due to Qingyi's identity.

"The old slave doesn't know."

"Wait for me to tidy up a bit, and you take him to the side hall." Shen Zhuang ordered, with his current appearance, he really couldn't see guests.

A while later, Ye Liuli and Qingyi met Cheng Guogong Shen Zhuang in the side hall of Shen Mansion.

"I took the liberty to visit, Mr. Shen forgive me."

"Officer Ye asked to see the old man, what do you mean?" Shen Zhuang was also the master of the flowers who did not touch himself, so he naturally saw Ye Li's daughter at a glance, but he didn't want to delve into it, and he didn't want to tell the truth.

"I'm here because of the assassination case of Fourth Young Master Shen."

"What do you mean?" Shen Zhuang raised his brows, and a powerful power emanated from him. The whole side hall was filled with a domineering pressure, and even the two Molan plants at the door were affected. , the leaves are bent down.

Such a strong cultivation base.

It was rumored that Shen Zhuang indulged in sensuality, his body had been hollowed out long ago, and although his talent was extremely high, he could only be a second-rank Wuzong. Now it seems that the rumors are just rumors.

Shen Zhuang's pressure on Ye Liuli is definitely a first-rank grand master.

In desperation, Shen Zhuang lost control, exposing his cultivation, he immediately realized it, quickly withdrew the coercion, and instantly became that gentle and refined Lord Shen again.

It can be retracted freely, it is clear that the cultivation base has reached a very high level.

Everyone underestimated the head of the Shen family.

"Did Mr. Shen check the cause of Mr. Shen's death?" Ye Liuli asked.

"Naturally, the wound is in the heart, and it's hard for ordinary people to notice it. It's the Nether Rainbow Art of Xirong Puppet Shadow Hall." Shen Zhuang said.

"Master Shen, are you sure?"

"Lord Ye, my eyesight isn't that bad." Shen Zhuang said displeasedly with a slightly dark face.

"Because of the news I got, the death of Fourth Young Master Shen was not done by Xirong Puppet Shadow Hall, but because someone secretly plotted against His Excellency Seven Stars and asked to use Puppet Shadow Hall to assassinate him." Ye Liuli said.

"Is the news true?" Shen Zhuang stood up in horror, "My son has not forged a life-and-death enmity with anyone, who bought the murderer in Seven Star Pavilion?"

"Master Shen once entangled with the students of Zhenwu Academy to interrupt five Xirong wolf riders in the street, is there such a thing?" Ye Liuli asked.

"Isn't there no evidence that the child did this?" Shen Zhuang frowned slightly. As a father, how could he not know the absurd things his son did?
"Evidence is for the weak to the strong, and the strong to the weak. There is no need for evidence at all. As long as he believes that you did it, what can you do?"

"So, my son's death is really related to the Xirong people?"

"If the Xirong people want to attack Fourth Young Master Shen, why do they need to go to the Seven Star Pavilion, and even specify to use the technique of the Puppet Shadow Hall? Isn't it unnecessary?"

"Perhaps this is the cunning of the Xirong people. If they do the opposite, it will make people feel that they are not them." Shen Zhuang retorted.

"It's not impossible, but at this moment, they have no reason to do so. Although Da Zhou is troubled internally and externally, he has not yet reached that point. Although the Xirong people are barbaric, they are not stupid." Ye Liuli explained and analyzed.

"I don't care who it is, if I kill my son, I will never let him go!" A murderous look flashed in Shen Zhuang's eyes, and the pain of losing his son pierced his heart.

"Fourth Young Master Shen has to avenge his revenge, but my father-in-law shouldn't be tricked by others and use a knife to kill someone!" Ye Liuli solemnly reminded.

"Of course I know, there is no need for Master Ye to remind me to see off the guests!"

　Ask for collection!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)