Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

Shen Gao is waiting in the courtroom right now.

Although his face was bruised and swollen, he looked extremely smug, as if he had won the battle with ease.

According to the laws of this dynasty, those who have no children can choose someone from their clan to adopt, and their family property will be inherited by the chosen adopted son.

Women have no right to inherit property.

Therefore, he will definitely win this time!

Besides the gold and silver from the restaurant, he also wanted to get the recipe for Four Happiness Meatballs, so that Shen's Restaurant's business would flourish.

At that time, he will be able to obtain a great deal of benefits from Shen Chengzong.

"Shen Gao, what are you doing? Why are you taking this Shen family matter to court?"

Shen De and Shen Mao rushed over, each grabbing one of Shen Gao's arms, trying to carry him away.

In truth, once the case goes to court, Shen Qing will have no chance of inheriting the family business.

Shen Chengzong is clearly inferior to Shen Qing.

At that time, their dream of bringing glory to the Shen family will be shattered.

"Get out of here, get out of here. You two are confused, but I'm not. The Shen family's assets will never be inherited by outsiders. Think about it, we'll win the lawsuit against Shen Qing and take over the recipe. Then we can eat as many Four Happiness Meatballs as we want."

"Either you come with me, or you go to the side. Don't try to stop me. Anyway, today I will make Shen Qing return the family property to Cheng Zong."

"And that big house they're living in now, it might have been left by Shen Qing's father, we can't let Shen Qing have it!"

Shen Gao shouted at the top of his lungs, even trying to claim the mansion that the system had awarded to Shen Qing, showing absolutely no shame.

Shen Mao was furious and couldn't control himself, so he slapped Shen Gao across the face: "You old man, are you blind? The recipe was researched by Qing'er herself, and that house was also saved up little by little by Qing'er through setting up a stall."

"As for the restaurant, it would be better to hand it over to Qingya. Then our Shen family will become famous. Shen Chengzong is a bad seed. If we give the family business to him, it will be squandered sooner or later."

If he had known Shen Chengzong's character beforehand, he would never have agreed to let Shen Chengzong inherit the family business.

"Shen Mao!!" Shen Gao was stunned by the blow. "You old bastard, how dare you hit me?!?"

The next moment, he realized what was happening and swung his fist to smash Shen Mao.

Shen De was stunned. He quickly pulled Shen Mao away and advised, "Calm down. The family business was left by Shen Qing's father. It's only reasonable for a father to give it to his own daughter. Besides, Shen Qing is indeed a more suitable candidate."

"Nonsense! That's unreasonable, illogical, and illegal! The Shen family's assets must never be given to outsiders!!" Shen Gao struggled to hit Shen Mao again.

He felt bad if he didn't retaliate after being slapped.

Just then, a reprimanding voice rang out: "Outrageous! Fighting in the courtroom, are you going to get punished?"

The voice was authoritative, and the three immediately stopped. Upon closer inspection, they saw that the person was none other than Magistrate Li Duan, who led a group of yamen runners armed with sticks into the room, looking quite menacing.

Li Duan strode forward and sat upright in the courtroom, his entire demeanor extremely solemn.

The constables stood on both sides, each with a fierce expression, looking like they were not to be trifled with.

"Your Excellency, you've finally arrived! I have a complaint to file! I have a complaint to file!!!" Shen Gao knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down his face, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"The Shen family's business should have been inherited by Shen Chengzong, a member of the clan. However, Shen Qing sabotaged it behind the scenes, rendering Shen Chengzong unable to leave his home. We beg the magistrate to do justice!"

"And those two old men, as clan elders, don't protect the clan's interests; they must have been bribed to help Shen Qing!"

"Your Honor, you must do me justice!"

Li sat there in silence for a long time.

He knew about beating Shen Chengzong; Xie Bantou confessed to him after he also fell in love with Shen Niangzi's cooking.

After that, he acquiesced.

After all, Shen Chengzong was truly despicable; he took over someone else's business and then bullied their wife and daughters, which was really excessive.

Xie Bantou was standing right next to him. When he heard Shen Gao's words, the corners of his mouth curved into a slight smile.

It was his men who did it.

However, he felt he did the right thing!

The constables who started it all weren't flustered at all. They were eager to try, holding their sticks, and even wanted to go up and beat Shen Gao.

That old man is meddling in other people's business!

"Since you want to sue Shen Qing, once Shen Qing arrives, I will uphold justice." After a long while, Li Duan finally spoke, appearing to be handling official business.

Upon hearing this, Shen Gao felt instantly relieved.

Although he felt a chill down his spine, these yamen runners were quite frightening.

Fortunately, the county magistrate was a good official who stood up for the people.

That's good, he'll definitely win!

Shen De and Shen Mao exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing worry.

Clearly, they all felt that this matter was difficult to handle, and that in court, the Shen family's assets would most likely be awarded to Shen Chengzong.

The two old men were both worried and disappointed.

"I wonder which wicked person dared to sue Madam Shen?"

"I've heard that it's related to Madam Shen's father's business; I reckon it's someone from the clan."

"Those people from the clan are really no good. In my opinion, this law is unreasonable, but unfortunately... sigh!"

"What if Madam Shen gets upset and stops selling food? It's driving me crazy..."

"..."

Suddenly, a noisy commotion came from outside. Turning around, he saw a group of people surrounding Shen Qing as they entered the courtroom.

It turned out that after hearing about this, the diners were all worried and afraid that something might happen, so they all came along.

You should know that Shen Qing's daily meals are their biggest hope.

When Shen Gao saw this scene, his pupils dilated in shock. He never expected that Shen Qing would have so many supporters.

But then I thought again, no problem, no matter how many supporters I have, it won't affect the law.

"My lord, Shen Qing has arrived! Please, please uphold justice for me!" Shen Gao pleaded repeatedly.

Once they acquire the family business and the recipe, these diners will naturally become customers of Shen's Restaurant sooner or later.

Li Duan had Shen Qing brought to the court and sent several constables out to appease the diners.

When he had waited long enough, he began to ask questions:

"Is the person below Shen Qing?"

"It is indeed I, Shen Qing." Shen Qing remained calm, showing no fear whatsoever.

"Someone has accused you of employing someone to beat your stepbrother and secretly seizing the Shen family's business. Is this true?"

"I have never done such a thing."

"You're talking nonsense!" Shen Gao shouted directly. "You still say you didn't do it? All the gold, silver, jewels, land deeds, and house deeds of the Shen family are in your hands, aren't they? You added that new lock to the Shen family's old mansion, didn't you? And the Shen's Restaurant, isn't that also in your hands?"