bookcurios Chapter 583: Bull head? Even jumping into the Yellow River can’t wash it away
Chapter 583: Bull head? Even jumping into the Yellow River can’t wash it away
The residence of Minister Shen.
Shen Wenting was immersed in the joy of reuniting with his family, and was completely unaware of what was happening outside. Today was his day off, so he asked the kitchen to prepare everything well. The whole mansion celebrated the return of Miss Nianran together. He also called a few young ladies and close officials over, saying that he had bought a wild boar and invited everyone to come and try it. By the way, he also wanted to introduce his newly returned daughter to everyone.
Nianran is much more sensible than that naughty girl. After returning home, she calls her father "father" every day, which makes him feel sweet from the bottom of his heart. The old lady is also very satisfied with this granddaughter. She is well-behaved, sensible, and good at speaking to please people. She hasn't experienced this kind of happiness of being in the arms of a child for a long time. With Nianran by her side, she smiles all day long and looks much younger.
"Mr. Shen thanks everyone for coming. Today is a family dinner. Don't be shy. Just eat, drink and have fun. This meat is a fresh wild boar I bought from a hunter. Everyone, have a try."
"Mr. Shen is too polite."
Those who came today were those who usually tried to curry favor with Shen Wenting. They heard that he had set up a family dinner, so they came to show their support. For a while, the Shangshu Mansion was bustling with activity.
"This is my daughter, the eldest lady of our Shen family, Nianran. Nianran, come and meet all the uncles." Shen Wenting did this for one purpose to tell everyone that he had recognized his daughter, and secondly, he also wanted to find a marriage for Chen Nianran that would be helpful to him.
"Nianran greets all the uncles." Chen Nianran stepped forward and bowed politely.
"Oh, what a well-behaved and polite child."
Everyone in the capital knew about the past grievances between the Duke's Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion, so they all echoed the praises and did not mention those past events. After all, no one wanted to get into trouble. Now that the Duke's Mansion had been ransacked and accused of treason, it was a very sensitive word and most people did not dare to mention it easily for fear of being implicated.
Just as everyone was happily eating meat, Prince Hong suddenly broke in with his men.
Seeing Prince Hong coming, Shen Wenting hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Prince, why are you here?"
"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known what you did! Is my golden bull delicious?" Prince Hong glanced at the meat on the table, and angrily took out a whip, whipped Shen Wenting directly, and then overturned the table. Everyone stood up in fear and huddled aside.
Shen Wenting was still a little confused. He had no idea what was going on. What was going on? Was the golden bull delicious? What was going on? The prince came in and whipped him, and overturned the table. He knelt on the ground with a confused look on his face: "Prince, I don't know what I did wrong. Please tell me clearly?"
"What did you do wrong! Good! Shen Wenting, I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing!"
What's going on? Shen Wenting's mind was spinning rapidly. He hadn't done anything in the past two days, except for this family banquet. Could it be that the prince was dissatisfied with him for hosting this family banquet without inviting him?
But that's not right. Yesterday, Shen Wenting specially asked someone to invite Prince Hong to come over, thinking that if Prince Hong would come, he would have face. But his housekeeper said that the prince was busy and had important things to do, so he didn't care. Unexpectedly, the prince came over suddenly, which surprised him a little. But the prince's furious look made it seem like he had done something to anger him. Who can tell him what happened?
"The night before yesterday, my golden bull was lost!" Prince Hong glared angrily, and then continued: "I sent people to look for it, and in the end, I found the head of the golden bull in your backyard. Lord Shen, how do you explain it?"
"Prince! It's unfair! What cow head? I have no idea what's going on!" Shen Wenting knelt on the ground and trembled. Now he finally understood. It turned out that Prince Hong's cow was lost, and the cow head was found in his backyard. This... how could this be possible? Why didn't he hear any news at all?
"I don't know. What's on your table? Do you think I'm easy to fool?!" Prince Hong picked up the meat on the table and threw it in front of Shen Wenting.
"Prince, this is just ordinary wild boar meat. I bought it from a hunter yesterday. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to check. This golden bull is your treasure. Even if I have a hundred courages, I would not dare to do such a thing!" Shen Wenting wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Go to the backyard of the Shen Mansion and check!" Prince Hong asked the people around him to go to the backyard to check. If it was Taurus, there would definitely be clues left behind.
"Yes." Prince Hong's men went down.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the people invited by Shen Wenting said goodbye and left one after another, leaving only Shen Wenting and Prince Hong's people in the courtyard.
After a while, Prince Hong's men came back.
"Prince, we found uncooked meat in the kitchen and confirmed... it is the meat of the golden bull." The guard came back with a piece of beef with skin.
Shen Wenting slumped on the ground. This time, he really couldn’t wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
"What else do you have to say!" Seeing the meat of the golden bull, Prince Hong felt distressed and angry. This was the mount he had bought with a large sum of money, and it was killed like this. He must avenge the golden bull, and as he spoke, he whipped Shen Wenting again.
Shen Wenting didn't dare to utter a word, but soon he calmed down and analyzed the matter carefully. He endured the pain and said, "Prince, I swear to heaven that I definitely didn't do it! This matter is extremely strange. Let me explain. Yesterday I bought a wild boar, and today the head of the golden bull appeared in the backyard, as well as this piece of beef. Someone must be trying to frame me and sow discord between you and me."
"Prince, there is indeed wild boar meat on the table." Prince Hong's men said after a careful inspection.
"Right, Prince, I am loyal to you. Without you, I would not be where I am today. How could I do something that would let you down? It is obvious that someone is trying to frame me. I swear on my life that if I did this, I will not die a good death." Shen Wenting knelt on the ground and swore an oath.
Prince Hong also calmed down his anger at this time. If Shen Wenting had done this, he would not have left such obvious evidence. It seemed that someone did it on purpose.
However, although he was not necessarily the one who did it, he was also closely related to it. Therefore, Prince Hong asked Shen Wenting to investigate the matter and give him an explanation, otherwise, he would be in trouble, and then he left with his men.
Shen Wenting broke out in a cold sweat. He had finally come back and found Prince Hong as his backer. What happened today was bound to greatly reduce Prince Hong's impression of him. He had to get to the bottom of this matter and give the prince an explanation in order to regain the prince's trust in him.