Chapter 165 Negotiation

Chapter 165 Negotiation

Hearing the name Shen Xiuwen, the Duke of Zhenguo was shocked. He thought that after so many years, the events of the past should have been settled.

Unexpectedly, it was brought up again after many years.

He secretly clenched his hands, concealing his inner panic and asked, "What did your father say in his suicide note?"

"the truth."

Shen Linchuan stared at the Duke of Zhenguo's stiff face and said, "All the truth about the Huo family's treason case!"

The Duke of Zhenguo was horrified, but he calmed down and snorted with disdain: "The Huo family's rebellion is a fact, where is the truth?

If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you."

Shen Linchuan was a little unhappy to see that he was still acting so arrogantly. He stroked his sleeves casually and said, "I wonder if you can rest assured when you dream of the wealth and glory you gained by betraying your good brother?"

The Duke of Zhenguo stared at Shen Linchuan with wide eyes. In extreme anger, he drew the soft sword from his waist and put it across Shen Linchuan's neck and said, "Are you looking for death?"

"If the Duke of Zhenguo is not afraid of the world knowing the truth, he can just kill me."

Shen Linchuan raised his head and smiled, "As someone like me, with my life at the end of my rope, my reputation in disgrace, and my family destroyed, do you think I would be afraid of death?

I just want to seize an opportunity and work hard to climb up.

Miss Wen saved me, I am grateful and willing to take care of her for the rest of my life, I hope the Duke will fulfill my wish."

The Duke of Zhenguo gritted his teeth and said, "You are dreaming."

He went to great lengths to send his daughter to the position of Crown Princess, hoping that one day she would be able to rule the country and become the most noble woman in the world.

But now it's all ruined.

Shen Linchuan is a poisonous snake, and he wishes he could kill him.

but……

Since he dared to stand in front of him and say these words, how could he not have a backup plan?

Once what happened that year gets out, the entire Zhenguo Mansion will be overthrown.

The Duke of Zhenguo took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and looked at Shen Linchuan and said, "I heard that you have a younger sister who lives in this courtyard.

You are not afraid of death, but I wonder if your sister is afraid of death?"

He put away the sword in his hand, turned around, opened the door, and said to the guards outside: "Go and bring Shen Linchuan's sister to me."

Shen Linchuan's eyes flashed, as expected of the Duke of Zhenguo, he was cunning and resourceful. Compared to him, the prince was still too young.

The Duke of Zhenguo glanced at him, and sure enough, the man who had been calm and composed before was now a little nervous.

He sneered in his heart. How dare a green-eyed boy threaten him?

Do you really think that his title of Duke of Zhenguo is just an empty title?

If we didn't have some means, how could we have come this far?

Not long after, Shen Suyun was brought in. She looked displeased as the guards pushed her into the room so roughly.

She pouted, rubbed her wrist and said, "Second brother, these people are too rude. They have no respect for me at all."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a chill on her neck and a chill spread throughout her body.

Shen Suyun was so frightened that her neck froze and she dared not move. She shouted in a trembling voice, "Second... Second Brother, what's going on?"

The Duke of Zhenguo said, "Mr. Shen wants to marry my daughter, right? How about using your sister's head as a betrothal gift?"

Shen Suyun knew that this man was Wen Ruqing's father. He was probably looking down on his second brother and was unwilling to let him be the son-in-law of their Zhenguo Mansion.

She was so angry that she said, "Your daughter has already lost her virginity to my second brother, who else can she marry if not my second brother?

I tell you, I am the prince's woman and the future princess consort. You'd better let me go, otherwise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not let you go."

Upon hearing Shen Suyun claiming that she was the prince's woman and the future princess consort, the Duke of Zhenguo flew into a rage.

Without saying a word, he slashed her face with the sword in his hand, instantly tearing her skin and bleeding.

"what!"

Shen Suyun screamed and fell to the ground covering her face.

Seeing her hands covered in blood, her eyes widened in horror.

Her face is ruined!

"How dare you covet the position of Crown Princess? Why don't you take a look at yourself in the mirror?"

The Duke of Zhenguo was full of anger, and the fact that this unpresentable person had colluded with the Crown Prince was simply a slap in his face.

Didn't she want to marry the prince? So he destroyed her face. How could she get married?

The Duke of Zhenguo pointed the sword in his hand at Shen Suyun who was lying on the ground. He looked up at Shen Linchuan and said, "Now it's your turn to make a choice.

Will you climb up by stepping on your sister's blood, or will you exchange your life for your sister's life?"

Shen Linchuan clenched his hands, struggling internally.

Shen Suyun, who was lying on the ground, realized at this time that something was wrong. The Duke of Zhenguo asked the guards to bring her here because he wanted to use her to threaten his second brother.

She was afraid in her heart, and her urgent eyes fell on Shen Linchuan and said, "Second brother, save me."

Shen Linchuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He chuckled and asked the Duke of Zhenguo: "Your Majesty, you should know that I have an older brother, right?

He is a poor man. Do you know how his legs became disabled?"

The Duke of Zhenguo frowned, wondering why he suddenly mentioned his elder brother?

Shen Linchuan continued: "After my father died, my uncles seized my family's property and drove us out of the Shen family.

My mother was pregnant at the time. She took my older brother and I to various places and finally found a place to settle down.

Our lives were extremely hard and we wished we could break a copper coin into two halves to spend.

Since I was a child, I swore that I must stand out when I grow up, and the only way to stand out is to study.

But my mother really couldn't afford to send both my older brother and I to school, so after discussion, she decided that the one with the best academic performance would go.

My mother gave us a month, but when it came to the monthly exam, I lost to my eldest brother, which meant that I lost the opportunity to succeed.

I was unwilling to accept this, so on the way home I had a terrible idea: if my eldest brother died, I could continue my studies.

Shen Suyun, who was lying on the ground, was shocked when she heard this. She asked, "Second brother, what are you talking about?"

Shen Linchuan's face was terrifyingly calm. He walked over, squatted down, looked at his sister and said, "It's true that big brother's leg was injured while saving me, but I just crashed into the carriage on purpose.

Because I knew he would come to save me, I secretly pushed him.

It was this push that caused my eldest brother’s leg to be run over by the carriage.”

Shen Suyun shook her head in disbelief: "This is not true. How old were you at that time? How could you do such a thing? He is our eldest brother."

"Yes."

Shen Linchuan sighed and said, "I didn't expect that I would be so vicious, but I don't regret it, because everything I did was for our Shen family."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the golden hairpin that Shen Suyun had inserted in her hair.