"Changsun Shunde, although you and him are very careful in everything they do and don't attract anyone's attention, do you think..."

Changsun Shunde's heart tightened subconsciously.

He looked at Shen Lian, but was glanced at by Shen Lian, who looked at him with horror, as if everything about him had been seen through by Shen Lian.

At this time, Shen Lian's voice slowly sounded: "... your little trick can be hidden from other people, but can it be hidden from my eyes?"

"He, Zheng Qiang, actually..."

Shen Lian dropped a bombshell: "Is he your illegitimate son?"

"What!?"

As soon as Shen Lian finished speaking, extremely shocked voices suddenly sounded.

In the palace hall.

When Shen Lian dropped this bombshell, everyone was completely stunned.

With their eyes widened and shock on their faces, they all looked towards Changsun Shunde.

At this moment, their hearts were really extremely complicated.

At first, they were shocked by Zheng Qiang's identity as the illegitimate son of Changsun Shunde.

After all, Zheng Qiang is a military general who has been in the spotlight in recent years.

In just a few years, he rose from an ordinary soldier to a fourth-rank official position, which... was already a rank similar to that of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Although Shen Lian became an official, his starting point was higher than this.

But Shen Lian and Zheng Qiang are different.

On the one hand, before Shen Lian became a lord, he made a significant contribution to the Tang Dynasty and solved the eternal terminal disease smallpox.

He has gained extremely high popularity throughout Chang'an City, and is completely convinced by many people and soldiers.

Therefore, Shen Lian became a Duke at such a young age and now took over the Dali Temple for a short time. In the Dali Temple, he was not attacked and annihilated by other personnel of the Dali Temple... Otherwise, Shen Lian was airborne at such an age, and there had been no one before. Official positions and achievements... do you really think it is so easy to secure the position of taking over the Dali Temple?

On the other hand, everyone who cares basically knows that Shen Lian's wife is Her Royal Highness Princess Changle.

Shen Lian's wives were both princesses, and Li Shimin never skimped on taking care of Shen Lian, so Shen Lian was able to land in Dali Temple directly without any connection.

Here, strength, luck, origin...many things are indispensable!

And what about Zheng Qiang?

He is only a little over 20 years old now, and many people think that he climbed up on his own and relied on military merit. He has no background, so he has attracted much attention. Many people think that his future is limitless.

If Shen Lian is the number one person in the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty, then Zheng Qiang can at least be ranked in the top five of the younger generation in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, many people know Zheng Qiang.

And because of this, when they heard that Zheng Qiang, who was in the limelight and ranked among the top five young people in the Tang Dynasty, and the candidate for the future military boss of the Tang Dynasty... turned out to be the illegitimate son of the eldest grandson Shunde, they were shocked in their hearts. One can imagine.

This is really something no one expected.

But soon, their thoughts changed again.

Zheng Qiang is only in his early twenties.

The eldest grandson, Shunde, is over seventy years old.

So...this Zheng Qiang was born to Sun Shunde when he was over fifty?

Zhao Xianye and others looked wrong.

This eldest son Shunde is so old and dishonest!

Fifty years old in this era is equivalent to seventy or eighty years old in future generations.

And at this time, there was an illegitimate child, so one can imagine how he would be viewed.

Changsun Shunde also noticed the very complicated gazes of Zhao Xianye and others at this time, which made his old face turn red with anger.

He felt that his lifelong reputation would be completely ruined.

He clenched his hands into fists and said with a red face: "Shen Lian, you...you, what are you talking about?"

"Then Zheng Qiang is not my illegitimate son at all. Don't talk nonsense!"

Shen Lian looked at him sideways: "I'm not an illegitimate child, how can you take care of him like this?"

"That's because he was raised by me since he was a child and he is my adopted son..." Changsun Shunde said without thinking.

"Ouch."

Shen Lian nodded and said calmly: "So he is your adopted son. No wonder you take care of Zheng Qiang so much. I was indeed talking nonsense just now, but now..."

He laughed and said: "We are all not deaf, we understand everything. This Zheng Qiang is indeed the one you left in the army."

"..."

Changsun Shunde was stunned for a moment.

She didn't seem to understand what Shen Lian meant.

But soon, he understood everything and understood that he had been tricked by Shen Lian again!

At this moment, he felt as if his brain was about to burst and he was going crazy!

His eyes were red and his face was distorted.

At this time, everyone else looked at Changsun Shunde with some pity.

Meeting an opponent like Shen Lian was really the greatest misfortune of Changsun Shunde's life.

It is true that Shen Lian is too smart, and Shen Lian is also very good at lying.

It was impossible to judge whether what Shen Lian said was true or false!

Therefore, Changsun Shunde could not have imagined that what Shen Lian just said was just to deceive him.

And because she was too embarrassed and worried that her reputation would be ruined in one moment, she immediately fell into Shen Lian's plan without any surprise.

Shen Lian didn't have to do anything, he took care of everything himself.

Zheng Qiang is the deepest chess piece planted by Changsun Shunde. Even if he leaves the military, he is the biggest supporter who is not afraid of anyone.

Before he left the Ministry of War, he had already paved the way for Zheng Qiang.

As long as Zheng Qiang keeps his civilian background and climbs up step by step, he will definitely be able to occupy a place in the Ministry of War.

He knew Li Shimin very well, and he knew that Li Shimin was now leaning toward the poorer families and hoped to increase their power in the court. Therefore, a person like Zheng Qiang, who had no background and was taking steps one step at a time, would definitely be favored by Li Shimin.

But who would have thought...

I have done everything, prepared and perfected everything, and I am just waiting for the fruits to be harvested.

But who knew that at this moment, Shen Lian's words would directly expose his biggest secret.

This really drove him crazy.

"As you get older, it's best not to have too much emotional fluctuations, otherwise it will be bad if you accidentally fart." Shen Lian looked at the eldest grandson Shunde, whose face was ferocious and twisted, and said calmly.

"Shen Lian!"

Changsun Shunde now looked at Shen Lian with an expression that was angry and crazy, but also inevitably filled with tension and fear.

He really couldn't see through Shen Lian in front of him at all, and he had no idea what Shen Lian was thinking.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Why do you doubt the relationship between Zheng Qiang and me? Also, where is Zheng Qiang and others?"
Chapter completed!