The Jade Ruyi is an unsolvable trap set by Shen Xihe for his granddaughter Shi.
What was broken was not the real imperial gift. Shen Xihe deliberately punished his granddaughter Shi Shenjin by making her kneel for a night in order to drain her energy and prevent her from thinking too much.
The sign she saw was that Shen Xihe deliberately showed it to her and smashed it in front of her. If she did not respond, it would be tantamount to destroying the imperial gift and defying the imperial power. She would be punished with a beating at the very least and beheaded at the worst. It all depended on how Emperor Youning would deal with her.
If she responded, no matter how she responded, she would be unable to bear her punishment. She relied on the fact that she was a female historian sent by His Majesty to be disrespectful to Shen Xihe.
In fact, the most correct approach for Sun Nvshi was to let Shen Xihe slander them. Even though the evidence was irrefutable, everyone knew that how could Shen Xihe hand over the imperial gift to these people who were obviously sent by His Majesty and had only been there for a few days
Emperor Youning would show leniency to them because they had been slandered.
But she happened to make the most inappropriate response when she was tired, and was accused of disrespecting Shen Xihe by relying on His Majesty's face.
This was a heavy slap in the face of Emperor Youning, and was also the result that Shen Xihe wanted most.
"Your Majesty, Zhaoning is also my father's treasure in the northwest. My father is loyal to your Majesty and told Zhaoning that she doesn't need to be afraid in the capital. Even if she has no relatives, your Majesty will treat Zhaoning as her own daughter. Zhaoning took this seriously."
Shen Xihe said with a look of humiliation in his eyes: "But Zhaoning doesn't believe that the maids around the princesses serve like this."
The ministers lowered their heads. They had the illusion that they were being used. They thought that the princess had come to Your Majesty at the right time just to make them witnesses to Your Majesty's self-confrontation.
"It's my fault." What could Emperor Youning do? He was the one who suffered the loss, so he had to lower his posture and apologize to the girl. He used an indulgent and coaxing tone to resolve the embarrassment, "I didn't know people well, and Zhaoning was wronged."
"Your Majesty, how will you make it up to Zhaoning?" Shen Xihe asked expectantly with his eyes wide open.
Okay, since you want to use the tone of an elder to show your broad-mindedness in not arguing with the younger generation, then I will take advantage of the situation and respond to you with the attitude of an ignorant junior.
Since he was the one who started it, he had to keep pretending. He couldn't just turn hostile all of a sudden. Emperor Youning smiled cheerfully, "What does Zhaoning want?"
"You want anything?" Shen Xihe pretended to be cunning.
"As long as it does not violate the etiquette and laws and does not affect the foundation of the country, I will allow you to do so." Emperor Youning was very generous.
Shen Xihe's eyes turned and fell coldly on her granddaughter Shi: "Zhao Ning wants all the palace maids and eunuchs who are not on duty to see her being beaten to death with their own eyes!"
When these words came out, several quiet court officials gasped.
Sun Nv Shi was so frightened that her face was dazed, and Mistress Qian, who was kneeling beside her, was shaking like a sieve.
"This..." Emperor Youning did not expect Shen Xihe to make this request.
This move shocked the entire palace and was a permanent solution.
"Your Majesty agreed to Zhaoning first." Shen Xihe said sullenly, "Your Majesty sent two female historians to serve Zhaoning because someone repeatedly disrespected Zhaoning, but they bullied the master instead. If they are not severely punished, who will take Zhaoning seriously in the future?"