RWNEFE -Chapter 195 The Pacification Army Is Shen’s—If Anyone Changes Command, It Should Be a Shen Man!

The others were used to it, but this was Ban Sicao’s first time seeing it.

“Has our General always been like this?” Ban Sicao asked in disbelief.

Cheng Zheng nodded, then wrote: “You’ll get used to it eventually.”

Ban Sicao looked at Shen Lanxi’s back thoughtfully. Gradually, his disbelief transformed into admiration.

“One day… if I could be like her, dealing with my father like that would be perfect!”

Cheng Zheng hurried forward, silently putting distance between himself and Ban Sicao.

Old Madam Shen had been shouting all the way, and seeing that no one helped her, the soldiers brought her back into the courtyard and sealed it off.

She was so furious she could almost spit blood, and immediately vented her anger on her three daughters-in-law: “What use are you? When my sons return, I’ll make sure you’re all dismissed from the family!”

“You just stood there and watched while I was treated like that. All of you are spineless cowards—what use are you?”

Madam Liu, Madam Miao, and Madam Tian didn’t even dare to breathe under her scolding.

How could they help? Weren’t they afraid too?

They just hoped the men of the family would return quickly to deal with that insolent little brat!

When the Shen men learned of the news that evening, they rushed home immediately.

They had intended to go straight to their grandparents’ courtyard to mediate, but the guards wouldn’t let them in.

Madam Liu, wondering if her son could come back that night, happened to see him and the others blocked outside.

“What are you doing? My son is the vanguard! How dare you stop him?” Madam Liu exclaimed, hands on her hips.

“Yuanxu, wait here. I’ll go fetch your grandmother!”

She didn’t give the Shen men a chance to reply, rushing off to call Old Madam Shen.

Old Madam Shen waited left and right until her grandchildren arrived.

“My grandchildren, Shen Lanxi is a shameless troublemaker. Your grandfather and I have decided—she must be punished severely!”

Originally, she had wanted to expel her from the family, but then she remembered that Lanxi was the Emperor’s officially appointed Lady Lanxi and changed her mind.

She hoped Shen Lanxi would remember this lesson, reform herself, and properly respect her elders in the future.

Hearing Old Madam Shen, Shen Yuanjing, Shen Yuanxu, and the others felt powerless and helpless.

“Grandmother, are you really going out despite warnings?” Shen Yuanjing spoke first.

Old Madam Shen assumed her grandson would side with his full-blooded sister and scowled sharply. “Yuanjing, if you intend to plead for your sister, don’t even speak!”

Shen Yuanjing quickly looked to his brothers for support.

Shen Yuanxu said, “Grandmother, the General is right. It’s very dangerous for you to go out now!”

Madam Liu scowled. “Yuanxu, she’s been stripped of her command—she’s no longer a General. Why do you still call her that?”

She thought her eldest son should naturally inherit the role of Great General of the Pacification Army once Shen Lanxi was dismissed. To her, it was just a matter of time.

Hearing his mother, Shen Yuanxu panicked and hurried to explain: “Mother, the edict has been issued. Previously, Peng Rong faked an imperial edict and drove the General out of the camp. Now the entire Peng family has been executed!”

Hearing that the entire family was executed, Madam Liu’s face turned pale. She could no longer bear to hear words like “executed” or “exiled.”

Madam Miao, after some calculation, said to her son, “But the edict didn’t say she had to return to the camp!”

Previously, the old lady had analyzed it for them—the Emperor wanted to use this opportunity to remove Shen Lanxi from command so a man could take over.

No one would accept a woman commanding the army. Word would spread, and neighboring countries and foreign powers would laugh at them.

“Mother, stop talking!” Shen Yuanpeng warned.

Others might not know, but they did—they received daily updates from their eldest sister on the army’s affairs.

Old Madam Shen saw that her grandchildren were all siding with Shen Lanxi and her face darkened.

Her grandchildren were all honest and righteous, gradually won over by Shen Lanxi’s small favors.

But she would not allow these small favors to cover up the fact that she was unfilial and rebellious.

In the Shen family, such behavior was absolutely intolerable!

“I’ve already discussed it with your grandfather. You are not to plead for her.”

“Yuanjing, Yuanxu, have the guards surrounding the courtyard replaced with your own guards!” Shen Lanxi, counting on the few soldiers she had, thought she could restrict their movements?

Not a chance!

Her grandchildren had far more authority in the army, with countless troops under their command. A few guards? They had just dared to offend her—she would not let it go!

“Two guards tried to lay hands on me earlier. Break their legs and send them to the army as slaves!” Old Madam Shen raged.

“And Shen Lanxi, tie her up! Five days of solitary reflection behind closed doors. Without my order, no one is to give her food!”

With each order she issued, her sense of satisfaction grew.

She wanted to straighten Shen Lanxi out before she returned to the capital.

However, she waited and waited, and none of her grandchildren acted.

“Yuanjing, Yuanxu, what are you doing? Why haven’t you sent orders yet?”

The Shen grandchildren exchanged helpless smiles.

How could they explain? The Pacification Army only obeyed their eldest sister.

Even if they went to speak, someone would have to listen!

“Yuanjing, Yuanxu, issue the orders now!”

The two named, Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanxu, slowly lowered their heads.

“Grandmother… we can’t!”

Old Madam Shen stared at them, unable to believe what she was hearing.

“What do you mean you can’t?”

Shen Yuanjing forced a smile. “Grandmother, do you know that the Vice-Inspector sent by the Emperor has come five times to ask our eldest sister to return? Each time, he was refused!”

Old Madam Shen, having let her imagination run wild, didn’t think before she asked: “What did he come for?”

“To ask our eldest sister to return and take command of the army,” Shen Yuanjing explained.

Old Madam Shen didn’t believe it.

“Without your eldest sister, aren’t there still you?”

Shen Yuanxu and the others were speechless.

“How could it fall to us? Grandmother, don’t forget—we were trained by whom? Master Hu, Xiao Fang, Qian Feng, Feng Wu, Shi Da, Wei San—each of them is stronger than us!”

Old Madam Shen scowled: “The Pacification Army was organized by Shen Lanxi. It carries the Shen name. Even if someone else is to take command, it should be a Shen family member!”

The faces of all the Shen grandchildren changed.

“Grandmother, be careful what you say. The Pacification Army belongs to the Empire, not our family!” Shen Yuanxu immediately corrected her.

Old Madam Shen realized she misspoke and panicked slightly, but regarding the General’s position, she would not bow.

She wasn’t wrong—other armies could be inherited, so why couldn’t theirs?

Without the Shen family, this Pacification Army might not even exist.

“In any case, the General’s position cannot be given to outsiders. It must go to a Shen!” Old Madam Shen said firmly.

Shen Yuanjing and the others felt helpless—they realized there was no way to reason with their grandmother.

Now, they secretly admired their eldest sister’s decisiveness and began to understand why she had confronted their grandmother so boldly.

“Grandmother, I just remembered some matters at the camp. I’ll head back first!” Shen Yuanjing turned and left.

Seeing him leave, Shen Yuanxu and the others also wanted to go.

Madam Liu and the others quickly tried to stop them.

“Yuanxu, Yuanpeng, you can’t leave…”