To the Shen Family at this moment!
It was absolutely impossible for them to admit that Zhu Ying—the man who had been appointed commander of ten thousand and granted a noble title—was the very Zhu Ying they had harmed.
Aside from believing Zhu Ying incapable of anything, at the root of it, they simply did not want to believe it.
Even if it were true!
They still refused to believe it.
But at this moment!
Shen Wansan's expression was exceedingly grim.
He knew full well.
If this Zhu Ying truly was the Zhu Ying they knew, then the Shen Family would be in grave trouble.
If it really was him.
To have been made a general and granted a noble title through military merit at such a young age, his future prospects would surely be boundless.
And he had also won the deep regard of the Emperor of Yingtian—something even rarer still.
After all.
If one was merely made a general.
Military merit alone, assessed by the army and the Ministry of War, was enough for promotion.
But only the reigning Emperor could grant a noble title. A title was honor bestowed by imperial power, making one part of the nobility.
Watching his sons argue endlessly in the hall, all insisting that it could not be that Zhu Ying, Shen Wansan could nonetheless see their concern laid bare.
After pondering for a moment, Shen Wansan said, "It can't be such a coincidence."
"You all know what kind of person Zhu Ying is."
"He was mediocre in ability and knew no martial arts. There was no way he could have survived the battlefield."
"This Zhu Ying absolutely cannot be him."
"Besides, without someone paving the way for him, it would have been utterly impossible for him to rise so quickly. He