Capítulo 171: Chapter 169: The Reason

"Third Brother, seeing how your mother has been beaten, you just stand by and do nothing. Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?" Mrs. Shen, ignored by everyone else, expressed her frustration towards her own son.

She was not foolish and knew that her son was the only one in this room who would stand for her.

Of course, except for her son, everyone else in this room was, to her, an outsider.

"Mother, the rule of law comes first followed by filial duty. This has always been the case," Shen Chengyao found himself caught in a tough situation.

Being a man who was living in the era of feudalism, even though his heart ached as his mother was beaten until she looked like a battered swine, he didn't find anything particularly wrong with the situation.

The Empress' parents still had to pay their respects when they saw her. This was simply etiquette!