Shen Yuan looked at Shen Qing’s corpse indifferently. A moment later, he poked Shen Qing’s fingertip with the tip of the needle and wrote a line of words using her blood on the stone wall of the cell. Then, he took out Shen Qing’s belt and hung it up, putting Shen Qing’s head in.
After everything was done, he stood up and picked up the basket that Shen Qing had placed on the ground. He looked at the figure swaying in the cell one last time.
“Sister, you won’t die in vain. I will definitely avenge you,” he said softly.
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This winter in the capital seemed to be really a gloomy season with shocking events happening one after another. Everyone knew about the massacre of Prince Yu’s mansion. Although the people were secretly clapping their hands, they knew that the capital would now be in chaos. The only surviving new bride, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, was locked up. Everyone wanted to know the outcome if Shen Qing had confessed or revealed any detail about the massacre.
However, one day, there was suddenly a rumor spreading that the eldest daughter of the Shen family had committed suicide by hanging herself. Before she died, she left a letter written with her blood, saying that she was indeed unrelated to this matter. In addition, her husband was dead and she didn’t want to live in this world alone.
People found it strange that Shen Qing was, at the end, so much tolerant of Prince Yu who died. Previously, because Shen Qing got pregnant before marriage and married Prince Yu, she was called a slut. Now that she commited suicide for the sake of Prince Yu, it caused many people to sigh. They all praised her for having integrity and morals, but her life was ruined by Prince Yu.
With Shen QIng’s death, the previous rumors circulating in the capital naturally died down overnight. It was unimaginable for the commoners to figure out what could’ve driven Shen QIng, who was pregnant with a loyal child, to kill herself.
As a result, the Shen family and Shen Qing were not suspected anymore. Even Emperor Wen Hui did not say anything, but they still could not find out who the murderer was. The case was mostly going to become an unsolved case.
In the Shen family, everything seemed to be no different from before.
Shen Qing had already married Prince Yu, so she had to be buried with him as a princess consort. Old Madam Shen actually felt a little relieved to know that her granddaughter was dead.
Shen Wan and Chen Ruoqiu looked very sad. Shen Yue was crying uncontrollably. However, no matter how sad they were, they had never even gone to the prison to see Shen Qing. Therefore, no one knew if they were putting on an act or if they were sincere.
In comparison, Shen Gui was very indifferent. He did his job as usual and did not look sad. Perhaps to Shen Gui, Shen Qing’s suicide saved him a lot of trouble, so he was naturally happy. As for Shen Yuan, the responsibility of the entire second branch of the Shen family was now on him. Every day, he was out and about and was nowhere to be seen in the mansion. No one knew what he was busy with.
After Ren Wanyun found out that Shen Qing had committed suicide in prison, she fainted. When she woke up, she was a little delirious. She held Xianglan’s hand and said that she wanted to see Shen Qing return. Clearly, this matter had a huge impact on Ren Wanyun. In such a state, she naturally wasn’t qualified to manage the second branch. Shen Gui asked Concubine Wan to temporarily manage the second branch. Everyone in Rosy Cloud Garden thought to themselves that Concubine Wan was probably going to replace Ren Wanyun. Even Shen Dongling, who was invisible all year round, was going to make a comeback. On the other hand, Old Madam Shen was worried about Shen Yuanbai. In the end, she did not let Concubine Wan take care of her grandson. Instead, she brought Shen Yuanbai to Rongjing Hall to take care of him herself.
