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Chapter 73 Imprisonment of Aunt Xu
Song Tixing said sternly, "Lord Shen, this is not right. If the concubine of the Marquis' Mansion simply escaped, and you asked me to hand her over to you, then I would not make it difficult for the Marquis' Mansion. But now this Concubine Xu is still carrying a life. The murderer of the body that was sent to the Marquis' Mansion has not been found yet. Concubine Xu is the most suspicious, and I must bring her back to the government office for questioning."

This means that Xu Yan will be taken back for interrogation.

Although Lord Shen is a marquis, he only holds a sinecure and his rank is not as high as that of Song Tixing. Song Tixing is unwilling to give him this face, and he has no way out.

Lord Shen looked at Gu Nianchu, and at this time he was still trying to get Gu Nianchu to save her face: "Gu, Aunt Xu is the concubine of the Marquis's Mansion. If she goes to the government office for a trial, it will be bad for the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion."

He signaled Gu Nianchu to ask Song Tixing for help.

Gu Nianchu pretended not to hear it and said to Song Tixing, "Sir Song, Lord Shen is here too. Let's go in."

Song Tixing waved his hand, and several constables stepped forward and broke the door open.

A group of people rushed in.

The people inside heard the noise and rushed out. They were all stunned when they saw that it was the government officials who came.

"Who is this? How dare you break into a private house in broad daylight?"

Shen Ling's angry voice came out.

Lord Shen walked forward with a gloomy face and slapped Shen Ling hard: "Rebellious son, why are you here? If you found Aunt Xu, why didn't you take her back?"

Lord Shen passed the message to Shen Ling, asking him to continue speaking according to his words.

Shen Ling was slapped twice. He bowed and said to Lord Shen, "Father, I just found Aunt Xu and was asking about her situation. I didn't expect you and Lord Song to come."

After standing up, he pretended as if he had just seen Gu Nianchu, and walked forward to hold Gu Nianchu's hand, but Gu Nianchu dodged.

"Ma'am, why did I alarm you? It's so cold and you're wearing so little. Don't freeze to death."

Shen Ling reached out to take off his cloak and put it on Gu Nianchu. Gu Nianchu gave him a look, and Han Chan stepped forward and pushed Shen Ling away: "Shen Shizi, stay away from our young lady. You are stained with the cheap smell of Aunt Xu. Don't suffocate our young lady."

Shen Ling was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but he could only think about it.

"Master Shen, please ask Aunt Xu to come out for a moment."

Song Tixing reminded Shen Ling coldly, and Shen Ling pleaded with Song Tixing: "Sir Song, Aunt Xu is my concubine in the Marquis' Mansion. Please show mercy and let me take her back to the mansion to be punished according to the family rules."

Song Tixing sneered: "Master Shen, Aunt Xu is a fugitive slave, and she is responsible for a life."

This means you are unwilling to give face to the Marquis' Mansion.

Shen Ling's face turned very ugly. He glared at Gu Nianchu fiercely. He felt that it must be because Gu Nianchu asked Song Tixing to do this.

Shen Ling could only go in and ask Xu Yan to come out and go back to the government office with Song Tixing and the others for trial.

"Put him in the women's prison first."

Song Tixing's words shocked Shen Ling and Xu Yan at the same time. Shen Ling stepped forward and bowed deeply to Song Tixing: "Sir Song, please keep some dignity for the Marquis' Mansion. If the Marquis's concubine goes to prison, the reputation of the mansion will be ruined."

How will Xu Yan face people in the future?
"Sir Song, although Aunt Xu is only a concubine, she gave birth to the only child of our mansion. Sir Song, please show some mercy!"

Lord Shen also stepped forward and pleaded, "Sir, please bring him back to the government office and have him tried in court. After that, let him go home. If there is any mistake, the Marquis's Mansion will bear all the responsibility!"

This is to sacrifice the reputation of the Marquisate to protect Xu Yan's reputation. Song Tixing said with some disdain: "Lord Shen, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and you want my master to come to the court at this time? Even if it is a big matter, it has to be dealt with after the New Year. The emperor has sealed the jade seal, and Jingzhao Prefecture has also sealed the official seal. Lord Shen doesn't understand?"

Lord Shen was humiliated by Song Tixing, and Shen Ling next to him was at his wits' end. He wanted to ask Gu Nianchu to plead for him, but Gu Nianchu didn't even look at him from beginning to end.

At a command from Chief Justice Song, the police escorted Xu Yan along the street to Jingzhao Prefecture.

Although they gave face to the Marquis' Mansion and did not put shackles on Xu Yan, it was the time to prepare New Year's goods and there were many people on the street. Soon someone recognized that this was Aunt Xu, whom the Marquis' Mansion had married as a co-wife.

Soon the news spread to every household.

Shen Ling fell to his knees in front of Gu Nianchu with a thud: "Nianchu, please save my mansion!"

Gu Nianchu raised his eyebrows slightly: "My Lord, a man's knees are made of gold. You kneel down to me for a concubine. Do you want to ruin your own reputation or mine? Is a concubine worth your kneeling?"

Gu Nianchu's words made Shen Ling blush: "Nianchu, I'm not begging you for Yan'er. If Yan'er goes to jail, the face of the Marquis' Mansion will be lost."

Shen Ling wanted to convince Gu Nianchu that it was the Marquisate that was embarrassed by Xu Yan's imprisonment. Gu Nianchu laughed, "She's just a concubine. Can she represent the Marquisate? Besides, wouldn't the Marquisate lose all its face? When the prince stole the wife's dowry and sold it in order to marry a concubine, and when you plotted against me again and again, did the Marquisate still have any face to lose?"

"Sir, wake up. You have already disgraced the Marquis's family. Aunt Xu can no longer disgrace the Marquis's family."

Gu Nianchu continued to move forward as she spoke. She got on the carriage and returned to her own Begonia Garden.

She came here today specifically to see Xu Yan being arrested.

Gu Nianchu thought of her previous life, when the Gu family was imprisoned in the Sky Prison. She wanted to let the Shen family go in and try, but unfortunately she had no way to let the Shen family in for the time being.

The evidence that framed the General's Mansion for treason in the previous life was put into the Gu Mansion by Shen Shaobai, so let Xu Yan go in first.

Shen Ling actually went to Gu's house and wanted to ask Gu Nianping to ask Song Tixing to release Xu Yan to return home, but he was kicked out by Gu's servants.

The Shen family is destined to have a bad year.

Shen Jiao was trying to commit suicide and refused to marry Master Wang, while Shen Ling was racking his brains to think of how to get Xu Yan out.

This was accompanied by Shen Shaobai's howling, which was so loud that he cried out at the top of his lungs.

Gu Nianchu kindly told him that his mother was captured by the government, and if he didn't find a way to ask his grandfather and father to rescue his mother, he would be an orphan in the future.

How can a child get adults to help him?

Of course I just cried.

Adults will always feel heartbroken when a child cries until his voice becomes hoarse.

What could a child like him do? He just wanted to save his mother. This was a great act of filial piety.

Lord Shen and Shen Ling discussed the matter until midnight but could not think of any solution. Now the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion was ruined, and all the officials would take a detour when they saw them and would not meet them when they came.

Finally, Shen Ling planned to go to Prince Qi's Mansion. His Royal Highness Prince Qi still owed him a favor, and he wanted to find His Royal Highness Prince Qi to repay him.

(End of this chapter)