Accompanied by the crisp sound of slapping against skin, Eunuch Yao began to read the imperial decree.
"Shen Qingrui, the adopted daughter of the General's Estate, incited Lord Cen of the Duke of Anguo Estate to conspire in the kidnapping of Shen Yiren, the biological daughter of General Shen. The verdict: both shall compensate Shen Yiren with one thousand taels of gold. The mastermind, Shen Qingrui, shall receive thirty strokes of the cane; the accomplice, Lord Cen, shall receive ten strokes and be stripped of his title as heir to the estate, as a warning to all others!"
"Stripped of his title?" Lu turned black in the face and fainted on the spot.
Chapter 24