As soon as Li Zian left, the palace guards and secret guards who were originally in Mingshui Garden also left. Mingshui Garden was mostly empty in an instant, leaving only the female relatives of various families who were detained here and had to stay for two nights.
When Shen Tianshu found Xu and Shen Yunhui in the garden, everyone was gathering together to talk about the false shooting incident.
"God bless, luckily it's not an epidemic, otherwise it would really scare people to death."
"Who says otherwise? I heard that during the epidemic, hundreds of people died, and no one buried them!"
"Oh, this is so scary. Stop talking about this."
"I said before that our Yongzhou is a geomantic treasure land. There has been no epidemic in the past years. It will definitely be fine this time. You still don't believe it!"
"I can finally go home now. It's so inconvenient to stay here for two days. If I don't let you go home, I won't have any clothes to change."
"Isn't that right? We all came here for the banquet. Who would have thought that we would still stay here? It's fine over there, but I don't even have a bed here. We just set it up temporarily to sleep."
Shen Tianshu listened to everyone's complaints and thought to himself, it can be seen that the statement that Li Zian asked Mingyu to convey that everyone was living in peace of mind was completely made up by him.
Logically speaking, at a time like this, Mrs. Xu would definitely be surrounded by a large group of people. Even if she didn't know what to say, it would be good to praise Shen Zhonglei for handling the situation properly and put everyone at ease so quickly.
But today everyone can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Because the notice posted by the government clearly stated that the culprit of this suspected epidemic disaster was Dr. Gong Lihuagong of Huaantang.
No one in Yongzhou Prefecture knows that the backer behind Hua'antang is the prefect's wife, Mrs. Xu.
Previously, after Gong Lihua was not good at medical skills and smashed the signboard of Hua Antang, everyone was already talking about it behind his back.
But poor medical skills and poisoning people are two completely different things.
Fortunately no one died this time, otherwise the crime would have been even greater.
Mrs. Xu felt extremely aggrieved at this time. The reason why she supported Gong Lihua was because Gong Lihua had treated her before. She believed in his medical skills and felt that he was underappreciated in his talent despite his age. Help.
If she had known that this person was so unreliable, how could she have helped him!
How come it now looks like she deliberately supported a bad guy to poison the people?
Mrs. Xu had a sullen face and was in a very unhappy mood.
Seeing Shen Tianshu coming over, his face suddenly turned dark again.
Shen Yunhui stood behind her and kept winking at Shen Tianshu, telling her to be careful.
Sure enough, as soon as Shen Tianshu approached, before she could say anything, Mrs. Xu couldn't help it anymore and started questioning her.
"Why did you go out and run around if you didn't stay in your room for lunch the day before yesterday? Do you know how worried Yunhui and the others were when they couldn't find you when the garden was closed?
"At that time, all the guards in the garden were replaced by people from the palace. I wanted to inquire about you, but I couldn't find anyone to ask.
"You are not a child anymore, and you are the eldest child in the family. Do you still need me to teach you these principles one by one?
"Fortunately, the rumors about the epidemic this time are just rumors among the people. Otherwise, if you have any bad intentions, how will I explain to your father!"
Shen Tianshu did not defend himself, but listened to Xu's reprimand honestly, and said in a sincere tone: "Mom, please calm down, this matter is all my fault.
"That day, someone came to report that someone came to Yulan Hall and disturbed the Prince Wang's lunch break. I was just afraid that outsiders would bump into the Prince, so I wanted to take a look at the situation.
"At that time, my sister, Miss Guo and Miss Song had already taken their lunch break, so I didn't disturb them.
"Unexpectedly, after handling this matter, the palace guards would not let me go back to Tanyingxuan, but found a nearby room for me to rest.
"It was only later that I learned that there was a suspected epidemic outbreak in the city. I was extremely worried. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm."
When she said this, Guo Xintong and Song Rongqian immediately spoke for her.
"Sister Shen has been taking great care of us that day, and she has to deal with things in the garden from time to time. It is inevitable that she will not think everything through for a while. I hope Mrs. Shen can calm down and don't blame Sister Shen."
"Actually, it's all our fault for being playful. I heard there was a Huxin Pavilion over there, so I wanted to go there. If we hadn't taken Sister Shen away and asked her to stay with Mrs. Shen all the time, you wouldn't be so worried about each other. It’s all our fault. I hope Mrs. Shen will calm down. If you want to blame, just blame us!"
Seeing this, other people also started to smooth things over. Some people praised Shen Tianshu for being able to help Mr. Xu with things and entertain guests at such a young age, which was really rare. They asked Ms. Xu not to be too strict with her children.
Everyone present knew that Shen Tianshu was not Xu's biological child. Everyone talked about it, which made it seem that Xu deliberately embarrassed the daughter of his first wife.
What else could she say?
I can only endure my depression by myself!
After Shen Tianshu thanked all the ladies who spoke for him, he added: "I heard from people that the reason why the prisoner was caught so quickly in this matter is thanks to all of you, regardless of the danger, taking the lead. Yongzhou is really lucky. , the blessing of the people."
One word of praise made several officials and wives burst into laughter.
"Isn't this all thanks to Mr. Shen's wise leadership? Having parents like Mr. Shen is truly a blessing to the people!"
"A single thread cannot make a thread, and a single tree cannot make a forest. Without the cooperation of all of you, even if my father is as busy as a top, he cannot handle so many things."
The meaning of Shen Tianshu's words was very clear. The purpose was to give some reassurance to the officials' wives. After the incident was over, everyone would definitely have a share in the merit-based rewards.
The reason why she dared to say this was because she knew Shen Zhonglei as a person, and he couldn't do anything to take all the credit on himself;
Secondly, it was because Shen Zhonglei did not investigate this matter clearly, but it was not convenient for Li Zian and her to intervene, so the credit was given to the prefect's Yamen.
Shen Zhonglei achieved such a great political achievement out of thin air, so naturally he couldn't just eat meat for himself and not give soup to his subordinates.
But after hearing Shen Tianshu's words, the expressions of several officials' wives were a little complicated.
Under normal circumstances, Xu would be the one to say this.
It just so happened that Mrs. Xu had been angry about Gong Lihua's incident and had never thought of what she should do in her own capacity.
Now that these words are spoken from Shen Tianshu's mouth, although she is also from the Shen family, she is a junior after all, so the weight of these words always feels a little less.
However, the officials' wives still smiled and thanked them, but what they were thinking in their hearts was that they would have to wait until they finally saw the results to know how much weight Shen Tianshu's words had.