RWNEFE -Chapter 65 Good Granddaughter, You Can’t Ignore Us~

The rest of the Shen family were stunned by Shen Congyi’s slap, silenced, leaving him to handle the situation.

Shen Lanxi gave a half-smile, one that didn’t reach her eyes: “Regarding the theft of the Wei family military funds—whether the Shen family had anything to do with it, we Shens know in our own hearts.”

“I only acted thinking that when the Shen family prospers, we all prosper, and when it suffers, we all suffer. I didn’t want you to be frightened along the way, so I quietly dealt with the assassins who were chasing the Shen family.”

Hearing this, every Shen family member’s eyes widened in shock!

“I went to great lengths to shake off the assassins. I changed our household registrations, gave Shen family members new names… and yet you went and made a fuss at the county office. When the officials found out you were Shens, they treated you like plague carriers and wanted to send the family away immediately. You all prided yourselves on being clever, but don’t you understand what that means?”

Once it clicked, the Shen family members trembled in fear.

“I spent so much effort hiding the Shen family’s whereabouts, and you went around shouting to everyone that you were Shens! Do you even know the consequences?”

Shen Lanxi’s cold, ruthless aura expanded, pressing down on the Shen family so heavily that none of them could breathe.

“Since you’re all Shens, behave from now on, and I’ll ensure your safe arrival in Beichuan!”

“But if you misbehave… the assassins we’ve been evading, the wandering refugees all around—any encounter could make a Shen family member vanish without a trace!”

The matriarch’s face went pale; she shuddered violently, her legs giving out as she collapsed.

The others didn’t fall, but they weren’t much better off—pale, sweating, unsteady on their feet, as if they’d just been pulled from drowning.

“Lanxi, good granddaughter, you can’t ignore us~” the matriarch crawled toward Shen Lanxi.

Shen Lanxi replied: “If I were ignoring you, I wouldn’t have followed you all the way here from the capital.”

“Go back and think carefully about what I said. Consider what you should do, what you shouldn’t. Weigh it yourself.”

The Shen family hurriedly helped the matriarch away, constantly speaking politely to Shen Lanxi as they went.

“Master, that felt so satisfying!” The two servants whispered to each other. When they had delivered items to the Shen family before, they had heard the family’s slanderous words but hadn’t told their mistress to avoid angering her.

Little did they expect the Shen family would only escalate. Thankfully, their mistress was formidable and unshaken—if she had been gentler, they would have bullied her mercilessly.

Shen Lanxi looked at the two: “From now on, you only need to follow my instructions. Ignore everyone else.”

“Yes!”

The mistress was firm, so the servants were firm too.

After the Shen family returned, they were silent for a long time.

“Do you think Lanxi really means there were assassins?” Shen Conglian asked.

No one answered. They knew that even if there were no assassins, none dared oppose Shen Lanxi.

Soon, Shen Congwen returned with the eldest branch—they had been helping the officials earlier.

Shen Conglian approached his eldest brother: “Brother, next time you go help the officials, take a few from our branch too.”

Shen Congyi looked surprised. What had happened? Weren’t they just refusing to help before?

“This is Mother’s order,” Shen Conglian muttered, leaving without further explanation.

As the sun set and they continued traveling, Liu Laohu didn’t even use the whip. The Shen family obediently followed the carriage.

After a while, the Shen family started reverting to their old ways, but this time they targeted Shen Yuanzhan with complaints and insults.

“Shen Yuanzhan, unfilial brat! My feet are cracked from walking, and you still won’t give up your seat!”

“Yuanzhan, your little brother is small. Give him the carriage for a while.”

“You little brat, all your acts of filial piety were just for show. Let’s see how you turn out~”

“Master, stop hitting him. Yuanzhan, do you want your mother to get hit? Give the seat to your father…”

Liu Laohu had been planning to let them ride the carriage when the road leveled out, but now it seemed they weren’t even tired.

“Grandmother, should we go beg Lanxi?”

“Shut up. You are not to approach Lanxi,” the patriarch said.

The Shen family hung their heads in dejection.

“If you must go, go ask your eldest brother!” the patriarch added, and the rest of the family’s eyes lit up.

Of course! Their eldest brother was obedient and filial; he would definitely give up his seat.

Soon, the rest of the Shen family was seated in the carriage.

Except for Zhou Xinrou, the eldest branch walked behind.

“You are the eldest, the family relies on you to support the Shens!”

“If you get tired, switch with them—take turns sitting.”

After saying this, the matriarch leaned on the food supplies and quickly fell asleep.

“Father, why must we give them the carriage?”

“Father, my feet hurt…”

“Shut up! Are your grandfather and grandmother not tired too? Consider this part of your martial training…”

They walked in intervals, and by the second evening, they finally caught up with the group of exiles ahead.

This time, Liu Yanhui returned at the forefront. The Wei family troops and officials acted as his guard; the rest were servants and attendants.

He had chosen the rear group of exiles, which had fifty fewer able-bodied men than the group ahead. It also had more women, children, and elderly.

“All of you, follow my command—get off the carriage and guard it!” Liu Yanhui ordered, exhaling deeply.

He never imagined he’d have such a commanding day.

They had rehearsed beforehand. On Liu Yanhui’s command, all the women with children, trained in advance, packed the children into the carriages.

Weak women also went up with the children.

The weak women and children were the team’s vulnerable points. These vulnerabilities had to be hidden from any evaluation by others.

Liu Yanhui, with his guards carrying bags of grain on their shoulders, waited for further orders.

The refugees in front saw them and relayed messages, and the leaders of the group stepped forward.

Liu Yanhui bowed respectfully: “Greetings. I come from Cangzhou and am traveling to Yicheng. The garrison in Yicheng is commanded by my brother-in-law.”

The village leaders immediately considered the proposal.

“I wish to travel with you. If you protect us safely to Yicheng, my brother-in-law will help you settle there. These two bags of grain are a deposit. Once there, you’ll receive further rewards!”

The four village leaders walked aside to confer.

“Maybe… but we have no extra food or water!”

Liu Yanhui relaxed slightly. “Don’t worry. We have two days’ worth of provisions. If rationed, it will last until Moon Lake.”

The leaders nodded.

“Good. Let your people follow us.”

Liu Yanhui immediately sent word back and displayed their strength to intimidate the refugees.

“I have forty-plus guards, all trained, all armed. If we encounter other groups of exiles along the way, we can help fend them off!”