The news that Jin Kingdom's Seventh Princess and Shao Pingbo would soon be wed had spread across the realm, and the wedding date was drawing near.
Although Shao Pingbo had already announced that Taishu Huan'er was innocent, how many people believed it?
Inside the Northern Province Governor's Office, Shao Dengyun shut himself in his room without a word.
The steward, Yang Shuang, stayed by his side. After a long silence, he cautiously asked, "Since it is inconvenient for Master to go, why not let this old servant deliver a congratulatory gift on Master's behalf?"
"A congratulatory gift? You still want to send a congratulatory gift? It would be good enough if I did not send them a coffin!" Shao Dengyun gave a cold laugh, then threw back his head with a long sigh. "What a disgrace! That wicked son has brought shame upon our ancestors!"
He was now considered a man of a prestigious household. What had happened to Taishu Huan'er was known by everyone, and rumors said that Shao Pingbo himself had harmed her. Shao Pingbo had lifted a stone only to smash his own foot, becoming the laughingstock of the world. To Shao Dengyun, having the Shao Family marry such a woman was a hurdle he simply could not get past in his heart. Once this news emerged, he no longer had the face to meet anyone.
Though father and son seemed to have severed their relationship long ago, this joke inevitably splashed onto Shao Dengyun as well, and there was no avoiding the gossip behind his back.
Likewise, Shao Liu'er could not avoid it either. Among the imperial womenfolk, many treated it as a joke and pointed fingers at her.
Shao Liu'er likewise sent no congratulatory gift. Never mind the state of her relationship with her brother—Jin