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Chapter 31 Chapter 31

Shen Qinliu's words fell into Shen Luan's ears. Shen Luan was filled with shock and looked at his eldest daughter with a look of disbelief.

"It's my fault that my father has indulged you so much over the years. He has raised you two sisters who don't know how high the world is! You sisters will have to force your father to die one day so that you can live in peace!" Shen Luan became angry and cursed.

Hearing these words, Shen Qinliu, who was on the hospital bed, suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Shen Luan.

Forced to death?

Shen Luan will only die for his so-called loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Once chaos breaks out, he will not care about the lives of their sisters.

Shen Qinliu's eyes dimmed, thinking of the tragic situation of the Hou Mansion in his previous life.

On the day Jinling City was destroyed, Shen Qinliu begged Shen Luan over and over again, begging him to take everyone in the Hou Mansion away.

But he actually committed suicide by committing suicide for that ridiculous sacrifice.

If Shen Luan were not her father, Shen Qinliu thought, she would probably sigh at him, but it happened that he was her father, the support of all the female relatives of the Ning'an Hou Mansion in troubled times.

He died and fulfilled his legacy.

The meticulous history books all write that he was a martyr and a loyal minister.

Who remembers the misery of Ning'an Hou Mansion after his death?

The Marquis of Ning'an died right in front of her and her sister Linglong. In her previous life, Shen Qinliu had been raised in a boudoir, and the scene of him committing suicide was so horrifying that he fainted.

It was Linglong, who was pregnant, holding on to her weak body and collecting his body.

When Shen Qinliu woke up, her father committed suicide and her mother gave her sister to the Tatars while she was unconscious.

How could Shen Qinliu not blame her parents?

She lowered her eyes, hiding the tears in her eyes.

With a slight sob in her throat, she said: "Father, as long as my daughter is still breathing, she will not let Linglong get involved with the Daye royal family in the slightest!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Shen Luan, and said with a hint of hatred in his voice: "Father, my daughter would like to ask you, which is more important, your loyalty to the prince and the royal family, or Linglong's happiness?"

After hearing what she said, Shen Luan felt that her question was ridiculous and replied: "How can these be compared?"

Yes, they cannot be compared.

Shen Qinliu smiled, and that smile was very sad: "Father, my daughter tells you the truth, troubled times are coming, and you, I, and Linglong are all one of the countless poor people in Jinling City. You are loyal to the king, and my daughter can't I control your thoughts, and I know that I can’t persuade you, but Linglong, my daughter can’t just watch her being killed by things that shouldn’t have destroyed her in the first place!”

She meant her words from the bottom of her heart, but Shen Luan felt that his eldest daughter was probably sick and confused.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are not going to die. You are in good health and recuperating. You don't need to worry about Linglong's affairs." Shen Luan walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Shen Qinliu, who was lying on the hospital bed, looked at her father's retreating back, and couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes, one by one, flowing through her eyes.

In Shen Qinliu's heart, Shen Luan was once the best father.

He would take Shen Qin Liu to the hunting ground to enjoy the breeze, hold her hand and fly her a kite. His mother always taught Shen Qin over and over again that he should behave like a prince and a concubine, and should not be presumptuous or laugh in front of others. To be sensible and docile, to be obedient and to be discerning, only Shen Luan would tell her that it is best for children to be happy.

It was because of how well Shen Luan treated her when she was young that Shen Qinliu went to Yunzhou to take care of her sick sister for Shen Luan when she was twelve years old.

Until the death of Shen Luan in his previous life, Shen Qinliu thought that he was an excellent father.

It wasn't until he committed suicide that Shen Qinliu understood that even though he loved his daughter, this love was far less than the so-called loyalty to the emperor in his heart.

Just like many years ago, he was able to give up his beloved woman, stop his wife, and marry another for an opportunity to display his ambition and achieve success.

Personal feelings, whether it is the affection for his lover or the love for his daughter, are not as good as other things in his heart.

In the front yard of the Marquis of Ning'an Mansion, Shen Luan returned to his study filled with anxiety and boredom.

When the boy waiting in the study saw him coming back, he called out "Master Hou". Shen Luan nodded slightly, went to the bookcase, and took down the box of old things that had been dusty for several years on the high shelf of the bookcase.

The box that had not been opened for many years was covered with dust. Shen Luan raised his hand to brush off the dust and opened it.

After opening the box, the first thing that comes into view is a jade pendant, with many prescriptions pressed under the jade pendant.

The pages on which the prescriptions were written have turned yellow, and although the handwriting on them can still be read clearly, they have gradually become mottled.

Shen Luan sighed and looked at this stack of words. He had not seen them for a long time, but the familiar words in his memory seemed to be carved into his bones.

Shen Luan dug out the antidote that Qi Zhen needed inside.

He spread out the prescription, took out his pen and ink and copied it by himself.

The handwriting on the prescription is also Shen Luan's handwriting, but it was written more than ten years ago.

At that time, Linglong's mother loved making poisons, but did not like researching antidotes. Shen Luan laughed at her for not knowing how to deal with the consequences, and asked her to research antidotes, while he wrote a prescription on the side.

After he copied the prescription, he handed it to the boy waiting in the study and ordered: "Prepare all the medicinal materials according to the prescription."

The boy took the order and went out to do some work. Shen Luan leaned tiredly on the chair in the study, thinking about Qi Zhen's eye disease, and how frightened and worried he felt this time.

This time, Linglong acted really recklessly. Even if Qi Zhen didn't argue with her, if this matter were known to the emperor and empress, Linglong might not be able to gain a foothold with Qi Zhen even if she returned to the East Palace.

In the palace, the eunuch in charge of the East Palace has just arrived at the Middle Palace.

"His Highness was assassinated today. What exactly happened in the East Palace? There were heavy guards around Zhen'er. How did the assassin get into the study room of the East Palace? Who else was present in the study room besides His Highness when he was assassinated? You and I will tell you the truth one by one. "The queen sat upright, holding her forehead with her fingertips, her eyebrows still anxious.

Qi Zhen's eye disease still didn't know what to do, so the Queen naturally didn't feel at ease.

The eunuch in charge is not serving in the study room of the East Palace every day. He only has a partial knowledge of what happened in the study room today.

But he was someone sent from the Queen's Palace to the East Palace. Since the Queen asked, he naturally had to answer.

Then he replied: "My servant is not in the study today, and I don't know anything about this matter. His Highness's study is tightly guarded, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. In the past, in the East Palace, only His Highness's confidants and Miss Shen entered His Highness's study."

Miss Shen?

The queen frowned and asked: "Miss Shen Er? Has she been to the study today?"

The eunuch thought for a moment and replied, "I heard that Miss Shen went to the study to give His Highness a snack today."

The queen didn't think about Shen Linglong poisoning Qi Zhen. She just wanted to invite Shen Linglong into the palace and ask her in detail what happened in the East Palace today.
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