At the end, Shang Junlin's voice was filled with a deep chill.
Cold sweat broke out on King Li's forehead, he knelt down "Putong": "I dare not!"
"I think you are very daring! If I hadn't happened to meet you today, how would you plan to bully your lord?"
Shang Junlin walked behind Shen Yu in a few steps, and stretched out his hand to embrace him in his arms: "I don't know that King Li and King Yue are so concerned about my private affairs with your noble lord."
King Yue had already knelt down, under the pressure of the emperor, he only dared to look at depression from the corner of his eye.
Shen Yu leaned in the arms of the tall man, his posture was relaxed, and there was no trace of fear on his face.
He is really not afraid of Shang Junlin knowing what happened to them back then!
The king of Yue finally understood this.
Has Shang Junlin loved Shen Yu so much? There was darkness in King Yue's lowered eyes.
"Who gave you the guts to bully my lord, huh?"
The surrounding palace people had already knelt down, and Shang Junlin's slightly chilly voice sounded on the empty path, King Li buried his head firmly, and the clothes on his back were gradually soaked in cold sweat.
He couldn't figure out why Shang Junlin suddenly appeared here.
Obviously, the informant he placed in the palace said that the emperor was discussing matters in the imperial study room, whether he would come out in a while, and it happened that Shen Yu came out of Yuzhang Palace alone, so he came to block people.
King Li knew how difficult Shang Junlin was to deal with, so he wanted to attack Shen Yu. He never thought that Shang Junlin would catch him right away.
"Your Majesty, the subject is guilty."
Under Shang Junlin's rage, King Li didn't even dare to intercede to himself, let alone think about how much Shang Junlin listened to his threatening depression.
"My brother is guilty," said the king of Yue, who had been silent all the time, in a hoarse voice, "My brother just wanted to ask some questions for my friend, the noble king."
King Yue's words were also a reminder to Shen Yu not to talk nonsense about some things in front of the emperor.
Hearing this, Mu Xi glared at the King of Yue, he dared to act but dared not to be, what a scumbag.
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue is really close to the people. I just don't know what the relationship between that friend and the King of Yue is. Is it worth the King of Yue taking such a big risk to enter the palace for him?" Sullen glanced obliquely at the King of Yue who was kneeling on the ground, but he didn't like it.
"Chen..."
"The friend His Royal Highness is talking about is not yourself. If the King of Yue wants to ask me anything, just ask me directly, without beating around the bush." Shen Yu interrupted him.
The king of Yue was silent, and he was thinking about it gloomyly. He didn't dare to say those things in front of Shang Junlin.
Shang Junlin squeezed his gloomy hand, and deliberately asked in a low voice that both King Li and King Yue could hear: "Your Majesty knows what King Yue wants to ask you?"
His fingers curled up involuntarily, King Yue stared at the ground, his heart raised to his throat.
He was afraid of depression to speak out, but besides being afraid, he also had a bit of anticipation, expecting that depression would speak out and admit that unspoken relationship.
"Maybe they want to ask me why I agreed to enter the palace? Who knows." Shen Yu replied casually.
Taking a deep look at Shen Yu, Shang Junlin skipped the topic, "What about King Li, why is King Li looking for your lord?"
"Chen..."
"Of course it's because of the Queen's position."
The voices of the two sounded almost at the same time, and the gloomy words had already come out, King Li knew that it would be useless to cover up, so he simply shut up.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. In order to make me agree to persuade you to accept the concubine, King Li started to threaten me with the fact that you accompanied me to the Zhenbeihou Mansion."
"It's true that I misunderstood this matter, and I am willing to apologize to your lord." King Li had no other choice but to admit his guilt. His Majesty was willing to admit that the person who was in the Zhenbeihou's mansion that day was himself. If you don't let it go, you will only make yourself boring.
No matter who was the person who appeared with Shen Yu in Zhenbeihou's mansion that day, Shang Junlin opened his mouth, and it could only be him.
King Li couldn't figure out, what's so good about being depressed, let the emperor like him like this.
Shang Junlin condescended to look at the two of them for a while, then said in a low voice, "Come here, King Li and King Yue are disrespectful to the noble concubine, and they can stick one hundred."
"Your Majesty!" Li Wang raised his head in disbelief, "You want to blame your uncle for this demon concubine?!"
Shang Junlin lowered his eyes, and his voice was still unhurried: "You can also choose to enter the dark prison."
"Shen Yu, you demon concubine! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Don't be so confused, I am your uncle!" Li Wang struggled.
"Your Majesty is clearly the one who gave the order. Why did King Li blame me?" Feeling King Li's resentful eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up, "Since King Li was punished, he should reflect on himself."
"King Li, don't pretend to be stupid. No one is stupid. Do you really think I don't know the real purpose of your coming to me? You want me to make way for you and your good niece, and I don't want to look at you." Worthy or not." He smiled sarcastically.
"You...you..." King Li blushed with anger when he was talking about his thoughts. Seeing that King Yue had been silent, he couldn't help but say, "King Yue, do you have nothing to say? You just look so gloomy go down?"
"Uncle Emperor, it is true that we did something wrong, and we deserve to be punished." King Yue didn't know why Shen Yu didn't expose him directly in front of Shang Junlin, Shen Yu was too crazy, no one knew what he would do next .
Now it's not him who is holding on to depression, but depression is holding on to him, he dare not bet.
Shang Junlin embraced depression and walked to King Li, with a cold tone: "I have warned you a long time ago, don't fight what you shouldn't, and don't think that I can tolerate you for a lifetime."
King Li kept making small moves in private, and even tried to control him by interfering with the harem. Shang Junlin tolerated him for a long time.
The guards dragged the man away during King Li's struggle, and His Majesty personally ordered that even if it was the prince, the executioner would still beat him.
Shen Yu was taken to the imperial study by Shang Junlin.
"Have you been wronged?" Shang Junlin ordered someone to pour hot tea and urged him to drink it down.
Shen Yu didn't expect that Shang Junlin's first sentence would be this. He thought that Shang Junlin would ask him about King Yue, so he was stunned.
Then he smiled, "Your Majesty arrived in time, and I have not been wronged."
In terms of grievances, Shen Yu felt that King Li and King Yue might be even more wronged.
"Why did your majesty pass by suddenly?" Shen Yu remembered that in the past two days, some things were brought up in the local area, and Shang Junlin was a little busier than usual.
"I heard someone report that King Li and King Yue are staying in the palace, so I plan to see what they are doing."
In fact, in the middle of the government affairs, after listening to Yin Longwei's report, King Li and King Yue planned to make trouble for Shen Yu, so they hurried over.
"No matter what your majesty's reason is, I still want to thank your majesty for helping me out." Shen Yu curled up in the warm soft couch like a cat.
The soft couch was ordered by Shang Junlin to be placed in the imperial study, so that it is convenient to rest when depression comes over, and it is incompatible with the overall cold and hard style of the imperial study.
At the beginning, Shang Junlin occupied Shen Yu's soft couch for reading, and Shen Yu said casually, "Your Majesty took my place and should give me another one." On the second day, there was an extra soft couch in the imperial study.
Later, Shen Yu discovered that not only the imperial study room, but also wherever he might go, there is a comfortable and resting place specially arranged for him.
"How can my noble lord be bullied by others?" Shang Junlin sat in front of the throne and continued to read the scriptures.
Hearing Shang Junlin's words, there was a small ripple in the depressed heart. In two lifetimes, there is only one Shang Junlin who can stand in front of him unconditionally and shield him from all wind and rain.
"Your Majesty is so kind to me." It's not the first time for Shen Yu to say this, and every time he says it, he feels more deeply than the last time.
Maybe the first time was just to let the supreme man know that half of the meaning of pleasing him was in it, but every time after that, the irrelevant impurities were removed little by little, leaving only the purest feelings.
Eunuch Meng had already received the order to serve hot food in the imperial dining room. After sitting in depression for a long time, some palace servants came up with steaming hot food.
"It just so happens that it's time for dinner, so please stay and have dinner with me, Your Majesty."
With His Majesty's order in advance, the dishes served in the imperial dining room are all Shen Yu's favorite flavors, and there are a few snacks that suit Shen Yu's preferences, which Shen Yu has never eaten in Yuzhang Palace.
"Your Majesty, is there a new imperial chef in the imperial dining room?" Shen Yu put a piece of white glutinous pastry in his mouth, and squinted his eyes contentedly under the stimulation of sweetness.
"It's a new style they researched. If you like it, I'll let them serve in Yuzhang Palace." Shang Junlin didn't have much interest in sweets, and ate the dishes in the bowl in a regular manner.
After eating with Shang Junlin for so long, I found out the depression. Shang Junlin didn't pursue food at all, and he could eat whatever he gave, which was very easy to feed.
Shen Yu still remembers one time when he had a meal with Shang Junlin, the taste of a certain dish served in the imperial dining room was very indescribable, Shen Yu only took one bite and didn't want to force himself to continue eating, Shang Junlin could finish most of the dish without changing his face.
After that day, Shen Yu complained about Shang Junlin's taste for a long time, and since then, when the two dine together, they always serve dishes that suit Shen Yu's taste.
"Why does Your Majesty send all good things to Yuzhang Palace?" Shen Yu bit his chopsticks, "In the long run, wouldn't Yuzhang Palace become the richest palace in the palace?"
Shang Junlin: "The imperial palace belongs to me, and so does your lord. It's just that they put things in another place to make your lord happy, and they can play their role."
Shen Yu: "Your Majesty is really more and more good at talking about love."
Shang Junlin frowned: "I'm just telling the truth."
Sullen smiled without saying a word, so I said, sometimes casual words of love are the most touching.
After the meal, Shen Yu and Shang Junlin nestled on the soft couch, Shang Junlin sat upright, carefully reviewing the scriptures, and Shen Yu leaned on his shoulder, reading the script.
The story book was found in the Royal Library Pavilion, and it is not accurate to say that it is the story book. In fact, it tells the history of the relationship between the emperors of the past dynasties, and I read it with great interest.
The history of the relationship between the kings of the merchants is really rich, and there are many tricks, such as doubles, robbery, rivals into lovers... everything.
In comparison, Shang Junlin's relationship history is as clean as a blank sheet of paper. Compared with the kings of all dynasties, Shang Junlin is really out of place in terms of feelings.
If Shen Yu remembered correctly, there seemed to be no one in the harem of Shang Junlin in the previous life, except Shen Qingran who was tricked into the palace by him.
Even for Shen Qingran in the previous life, after entering the palace, the number of times he could see Shang Junlin was very few, let alone have physical contact with Shang Junlin.
It is said that tyrants do not like people to touch them. In his previous life, Shen Qingran complained after fleeing from the palace. Once he accidentally touched Shang Junlin's arm and was grounded for several days...
"What is your gentleman thinking?" Shang Junlin looked away from the booklet, and when he turned around, he saw Shen Yu staring at him in a daze.
"Thinking about Your Majesty..." After a moment of gloom, he glanced at the notebook in Shang Junlin's hand, "Is Your Majesty worrying about water control?"
"That's right," Shang Junlin didn't hide anything, and handed the memorial in his hand to the gloomy direction, so that he could see it more clearly, "Your gentleman, are you interested?"
The memorial was submitted from Linxian County, which is located in the south of Dahuan. Due to the terrain, it has been hit by floods every year since Dahuan was founded.
Dahuan invested countless manpower and material resources in front and back, but with little effect. Emperor Dahuan of all dynasties had worried about Linxian.
Shen Yu had witnessed the disaster in Lin County in his previous life, and knew how tragic it would be. Later, with Shen Qingran's help, King Yue made great achievements in water control. This was the beginning of King Yue's rise to the pinnacle of power.
Shen Yu had carefully studied the water control plan mentioned by Shen Qingran in his previous life, and it was indeed better than any of Dahuan's existing ones. Some time ago, when Shen Yu was thinking about what birthday gift to give to Shang Junlin, he suddenly thought of this.
He deliberately picked a day when Shang Junlin was not in Yuzhang Palace, and kept silent the plans he remembered one by one, intending to give them to Shang Junlin. If he had prepared in advance, perhaps such a tragic situation as in his previous life would not happen.
Today I came up with the Yuzhang Palace on a whim, and I also planned to give the things I had left silently to Shang Junlin.
"Your Majesty knows that I have been in poor health since I was a child, and I like to read miscellaneous books. A few days ago, I sorted out some useful things I read from books, thinking that Your Majesty might be able to use them."
Shen Yu took out a thin book from his arms, the book cover was blank, and Shen Yu handed the book to Shang Junlin: "Your Majesty, take a look?"
Shang Junlin took the book, opened it for a look, and stopped.
Without changing his face, he roughly read the content. The book is not long, and it didn't take long for Shang Junlin to finish flipping through it. He closed the book and grabbed Su Yu's arm with a slightly heavy movement.
"Where did you see these contents?"
I have to say that the content in this book can play a great role. He talked about Lin County with Shen Yu, and he didn't intend to get any advice from Shen Yu. He didn't expect Shen Yu to give him such a big heart surprise.
"Can it help His Majesty?" Shen Yu didn't answer Shang Junlin's question. He couldn't tell Shang Junlin that this was what he got from Shen Qingran in his previous life, at least not now.
Looking at Shen Yu's expression, Shang Junlin knew that he would not tell if he continued to ask. There are not one or two secrets about Shen Yu, and it doesn't matter if there is one more.
Shang Junlin was not in a hurry, suppressed a rare gaffe, and let go of his gloomy arms: "Your Majesty has really helped me a lot."
"This is a gift for His Majesty, does Your Majesty like it?" Shang Junlin didn't pursue the source of the book, and heaved a sigh of relief. Although he had thousands of ways to hide it, he didn't want to deceive Shang on this matter Jun Lin.
"I like it very much." Shang Junlin's fingers holding the book kept tightening, the ink in his dark eyes rolled, and he quickly returned to calm.
"Your Majesty, I have another unfeeling request. When discussing with the ministers, may you not mention this book from me?" After thinking for a while, he made a request.
"You presented such a useful method, logically, you should be rewarded, really don't you want it?" Shang Junlin raised his eyebrows, is this the same Shen Guijun who asked him for a reward because the maid was frightened
"I said it was a birthday gift for His Majesty, so what's the point of asking for a reward?" Besides, the content written in the book did not come from him, and Shen Yu had no interest in pretending to be someone else's credit.
It was also said in that book that many of the things that Shen Qingran brought out were the condensed wisdom of generations to come. Shen Qingran was able to have the audacity to take these credits for himself, but it didn't mean that depression could do it.
Shen Yu never bothers to ask for things that are not her own.
"When your birthday comes, I will also give you a big gift."
On that day, Shang Junlin discussed matters in the imperial study until midnight, and when he returned to Yuzhang Palace, he was already fast asleep. He took off his coat and lay down on the bed. Not long after, Shen Yu searched for a source of heat and came over. Shang Junlin hugged him into his arms and slowly closed his eyes.
The story of King Li and King Yue leaving the palace dragging their wounds quickly spread among the upper circles in the capital. Being in the center of power and involving the two princes, the ministers privately speculated about what happened.
Without giving them too much time to guess, the palace issued an order the next day. Because of offending the emperor and nobles, King Li and King Yue were ordered to contemplate behind closed doors.
Those who heard the news looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Prince Li disrespected His Majesty and His Majesty at the palace banquet. At that time, I felt that I might suffer. I thought it was because His Majesty didn't make trouble on the spot. I thought it was out of respect for King Li. I didn't expect..."
"King Li still makes sense, but what about King Yue? King Yue has always been honest and responsible, so he won't run into a noble gentleman who is in the limelight, right?"
"Being punished with a cane and being punished to contemplate behind closed doors, I lost all face. Your Majesty really didn't save any sympathy."
"If you want me to say, King Li deserves what he deserves. He has been domineering for several years with a little power from the dragon. Who is His Majesty? Can he control it casually? Your Majesty did this to beat him."
"The king of Yue was also punished, which is really confusing."
"What can't be figured out? I heard that King Yue and King Li have met privately several times. Perhaps His Majesty noticed their secret plan."
In the capital, the most indispensable thing is to discuss these things. The voices from outside have reached the ears of King Li and King Yue through the mouths of those who care.
The two lost their temper a lot in the mansion, and the servants were trembling for several days, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
The matter of King Yue and King Li sounded the alarm to other royal families, and the vassal kings who returned to the capital pushed back the entertainment one by one, and stayed in the mansion honestly, praying that the day of returning to the fief would come soon.
Because of this incident, the last group of people who wanted to persuade Shang Junlin to accept the concubine after the election also stopped thinking. No one knew that King Li had an affair with Shen Guijun because he wanted to send his niece into the palace but failed.
How can the outside of the palace not affect the inside of the palace? After hearing Mu Xi's report on the situation outside the palace, Shen Yu casually looked away.
"How is Zhuangzi?" Shen Yu asked as he handed the picked flowers to the palace man behind him.
"Everything is business as usual," Mu Xi stepped forward a few steps closer to depression, and lowered his voice, "My lord, the servants and servants in the Zhuangzi have brought you a message, the Zhu Mian you want is open."
"Really? You tell them, and I'll check it out sometime."
Zhu Mian refers to what Shen Yu ordered before entering the palace, and the blooming of flowers means that what he ordered has been done.
If you want to talk about the only disadvantage of entering the palace, it is here. It is too inconvenient to contact outside the palace. His power has not yet developed, and it is always too much inconvenience not to be able to personally command.
It seems that I still have to find a way to go out of the palace alone, or take Shang Junlin to Zhuangzi for a walk.
"Your Majesty, it's not good," the palace attendant ran over in a panic, "Yu Niangniang committed suicide in the palace, so she insisted on seeing you."
"No one stopped her?" Shen Yu frowned. He didn't care about these concubines of the first emperor after he brought them back to Yuzhang Palace. Except that they were not allowed to step out of the room, and they were not allowed to contact outsiders. They were all the same as before. Why did they suddenly make trouble? up
"Stop it, the servants can't stop it." The palace man said anxiously.
"Do you know what happened?"
"I don't know, I don't know. Today, I went to deliver meals to a few empresses as usual, and I saw Empress Yu hanging her white silk on the beam..."
The palace man explained while walking to the destination with gloom.
Hearing noises in the yard before he got close, Shen Yu quickened his pace, frowning and looking at the messy little yard.
"Everyone stop! Your lord is here!" The little eunuch who followed behind Shen Yu took a step forward and yelled, "What are you doing? How is it proper to make such a mess?"
"Yu Niangniang, didn't you say that you want to see your lord? Your lord has already come." The palace servant who led the way for Shen Yu said loudly.
"My lord, I know I'm wrong, I'm willing to say anything, I beg you to let me go!" Yu Niangniang pushed away the palace man who was blocking her, walked up to Shen Yu, and knelt down.
"Oh? Is it possible that you collectively seduced His Majesty with something else hidden?" asked gloomyly and calmly.
"My lord, the concubine really didn't do it voluntarily!" Yu Niangniang kowtowed a few times, "The concubine is willing to say anything, I just ask you to save the concubine's life."
Shen Yu squinted his eyes, and ordered: "Mu Xi, clear out the irrelevant people in the courtyard, and send someone to invite His Majesty over here, remember, don't spread the news."
"The servant obeys."
In the blink of an eye, the yard was empty. When Shen Yu brought the people back, he arranged them in different places. It was originally to prevent these emperors and concubines from communicating with each other, but now it is cheaper for him.
"Go into the room and talk." Shen Yu walked into the room and sat on the main seat, with several palace officials standing beside him, and Mu Xi standing on his right.
"You said you wanted me to save your life, what happened?"
Yu Niangniang couldn't hide the panic on her face, she looked around nervously, and then whispered: "My lord, someone wants to kill me."
"Kill you?" Mu Xi was puzzled, "Yuzhang Palace is heavily guarded, it's much safer for you to live here than before, why would someone want to kill you?"
"Chen Qie dare not lie. Chen Qie woke up several times in the middle of the night, feeling someone standing by the bed, holding something in his hand, staring at Chen Qie coldly," Yu Niangniang swallowed, "Chen Qie is very scared , dare not open your eyes to see what happened.”
"Then how did you know someone was going to kill you?"
"It was the concubine who inadvertently saw that the man was holding a dagger." Yu Niangniang was almost frightened. Before entering the palace, she was at most an ordinary girl with a scheming heart. She had never seen such a battle before, and she was not sure. Whether that person is true or not, a scene broke out the next day.
She didn't know why that person didn't kill him a few times ago, and she didn't dare to bet on whether that person would kill him in the future. When she agreed to that matter, she knew that if she couldn't finish it or fell into the hands of the emperor, she would end badly. would be great.
Now, before her plan was implemented, she was accidentally imprisoned in Yuzhang Palace by Shen Yu. If there were no accidents, the mission would not be completed. She had every reason to believe that that person would solve her one step ahead of time because of her not to reveal the secret.
"My lord, my concubine really didn't lie!"
"I know." When Shen Yu was planning to bring everyone to Yuzhang Palace, he thought about what to do if the people behind the scenes directly attacked these people in order not to be exposed. Shang Junlin also asked Yinlongwei to pay attention to this side all the time If someone really wants to make a move, they will definitely be discovered immediately.
That person didn't kill Yu Niangniang for a long time, perhaps because he was scruples about this, and...
If that person has not been found, it is very likely that he was the person who was serving in the yard.
Shen Yu thought of the Yinlongwei that Shang Junlin ordered to follow him, and wondered if he could do it.
Tentatively, he yelled in the way Shang Junlin usually ordered Yinlongwei, and a man in a black suit quietly appeared in the room.
"What is your order?"
It seems that it can be used.
"You have people guard the courtyard, don't let anyone leave here, if anyone behaves abnormally, directly control them." Shen Yu ordered.
"Yes." After speaking, the man in black disappeared.
Yinlongwei's ability to be depressed is trustworthy, and he was a little relieved. If he doesn't handle it well this time, he might really startle the snake.
"Tell me everything you know." Shen Yu put one hand on the armrest and looked down calmly.
"It all started ten years ago..."
Ten years ago, the throne was changed and the new emperor came to power, which meant that the era of the previous emperors had completely passed. Not long after the new emperor came to the throne, the border was in an emergency. The new emperor led the cavalry to crush the invaders and regain the lost ground.
For a long time, the palace was unowned.
The new emperor left the court too quickly, and the transfer of power was not complete. The old forces and the new forces were fighting each other. The imperial palace, the largest power field, was the first to bear the brunt of the impact.
The sudden departure of the first emperor left behind a group of concubines and immature princes, and among them were many young girls like Yu Niangniang who had just entered the palace and had no power or influence.
Someone approached them secretly and asked them to find a way to stay in the palace.
"At the beginning, the man sent a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and gorgeous jewelry. He just said that he couldn't bear to see our miserable life in the palace. Later, he occasionally asked us to do some small things, or spread a little news outside the palace. It's a very small thing, even if it is discovered, it will not endanger life."
"A few years later, His Majesty returned to the court and spent more and more time in the palace. The man asked us to find a way to get close to His Majesty, saying that it is best to become His Majesty's people."
"He has a big appetite, how can you be sure that His Majesty will accept you?" The most incomprehensible thing about depression is here, no matter how beautiful or young these women are, they can't hide the fact that they are the former emperor's concubines.
"Maybe they think that I will be like the former emperor, and I don't care about meat and vegetables."
Shang Junlin's unsalty voice came from the door, and he looked up gloomyly, only to see a tall man wearing a black-bottomed gold-patterned dragon robe, walking in step by step against the light.
"Your Majesty came down really fast." Shen Yu got up to greet him.
"I saw that the person you sent to call me looked anxious, so he came over directly. What happened?" Shang Junlin led Shen Yu to the high seat.
Shen Yu told the news he just received one by one, "I'll just ask these for now."
Shang Junlin sat on the main seat, rubbed his gloomy wrist, and said lightly: "Continue."
The next thing was very simple, the man kept sending them things through the palace people, asked them to do some "insignificant things", and then ordered them to find a way to get close to the emperor.
"At first, that person was not so obsessed with letting us get close to His Majesty. Later, when Your Majesty entered the palace, that person was stimulated by some kind of stimulation, and gave us a death order, telling us to find a way to become His Majesty's people..."
"You don't know who gave you the order?" Shen Yu asked.
"I don't know, he has been sending us news through the palace people all the time, and has never seen us in person."
"Who are the palace people who passed the news to you?"
"Xiao Guizi, Aunt Fan, Magpie..."
Shen Yu wrote down these names silently, "Then do you know who else obeys his orders like you?"
Yu Niangniang reported several names.
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin looked at each other with serious eyes, Lin Zhilan was not among the people Yu Niangniang revealed.
"What do you think?" Shang Junlin asked after ordering someone to take Yu Niangniang down.
"Either Yu Niangniang didn't know about Lin Zhilan's existence, or it was not the same person who manipulated them behind the scenes." Shen Yu was more inclined towards the latter.
"Your Majesty's palace is really 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'." He said gloomily.
"Then I need you to take more care and give me a 'clean' palace." Shang Junlin pinched his gloomy cheeks.
Shen Yu covered his face, preventing Shang Junlin from succeeding, "Is there any progress, Your Majesty?"
"Lin Zhilan revealed part of the news, but based on these, it is not enough to catch the person behind the scenes." Because Shen Yu participated in this matter from the beginning, Shang Junlin did not intend to hide it from him.
"Catch the person identified by Yu Niangniang first, maybe there is some connection between the two." After thinking about it, Shen Yu proposed.
"Your Majesty is right."
Shang Junlin took out a waist token: "This is for your lord, if you have something to tell Yinlongwei, you can use this token."
The whole body of the token was pitch black, with a dark red pattern engraved on it, Shen Yu took it, touched it, and there were small uneven characters on the back, but he couldn't recognize the font.
"Why did His Majesty suddenly give me this?"
"Your Majesty helps me with things, and I have to express it anyway. At most, I can only mobilize a team of hidden dragon guards. Your Majesty can accept it with peace of mind."
Shang Junlin had other things to do, so he left after giving orders.
Back in the bedroom, Shen Yu took out the pitch-black token and looked it over carefully.
The token that can command Yinlongwei, unexpectedly, Shang Junlin gave it to him easily, and his depressed mood was a bit complicated.
But he didn't have much time to think about it, and he had to deal with the follow-up troubles caused by Yu Niangniang's incident.
According to the news about several other people that Yu Niangniang revealed, Shen Yu ordered Yin Longwei to investigate. The same thing as Yu Niangniang did not happen to these people.
This is good news, which means that the penetration of the people behind the scenes is much lower than he imagined.
Yinlongwei moved quickly, and it didn't take long to find out the suspicious person in Yu Niangniang's yard based on clues. As expected, it was a little eunuch who had been serving in the side yard.
Shen Yu didn't spend much time to meet this person, he has a specialization in art, he believes that Yinlongwei can get useful information from this person.
Everything was done in secret, and thanks to the courtyard where Yu Niangniang lived, not many people felt the shock, and no one dared to say a word after Shen Yu gave the order.
Since Shang Junlin's last major cleansing, many links between the palace and the outside of the palace have been cut off, such as the Zhang family who dared to reach out to the palace were dealt with, and the rest who were lucky enough not to be discovered shrank Get up, don't dare to stand up.
"If it hadn't been for your lord to imprison these manipulated emperors and concubines in Yuzhang Palace by surprise, the people behind the scenes would not show their feet." Shang Junlin held the black chess piece in his hand, blocking the way out for the white chess piece.
"Your Majesty has found out the clues?" After a moment of deep thought, he played the white chess piece.
"Your Majesty's chess skills really opened my eyes."
On the chessboard, the black chess pieces and the white chess pieces are fighting in the dark, Shang Junlin's chess moves are open and closed, and the gloomy ones are treacherous and unpredictable, with murderous intentions at every step. You will lose everything.
"I've done all the meritorious service, why doesn't Your Majesty know to let me go?" Shen Yu picked up the white chess piece, complaining.
The chess piece made of white jade was caught between the young man's slender fingers. It was hard to tell whether the jade was more beautiful or the hand was more beautiful. Shang Junlin's eyes moved with the movement of the young man's fingers, suddenly, as if he had become that chess piece …
"Your Majesty, you lost."
Qingyue's voice brought back Shang Junlin's thoughts. He watched the situation on the chessboard being turned around by Shen Yu with one move, and couldn't help laughing: "I admit defeat."
"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today." Shen Yu took the hot drink brought by Mu Xi, took a sip, and squinted his eyes comfortably.
"Why do you see that?" Shang Junlin looked away from the chessboard.
"Today I beat His Majesty by cheating, and I didn't see His Majesty get angry." Shen Yu held the small bowl, the rising heat filled his eyebrows and eyes, hazy and moving.
Shang Junlin laughed: "When was I angry with you?"
Thinking about it gloomyly, it seems that Shang Junlin really hasn't been angry with him since he entered the palace, so he changed the subject and said, "Mu Xi, bring a bowl of hot drink to His Majesty, and let His Majesty taste the tea from Yuzhang Palace. A new product developed in the kitchen."
Mu Xi quickly brought up a bowl, Shen Yu likes to drink this recently, and the small kitchen has always been prepared.
Shang Junlin was never picky about food, so he took a sip and commented, "Not bad."
"It seems really good to be rewarded by His Majesty." After finishing his drink, Shen Yu put the small bowl aside, "I will also prepare a copy for Your Majesty in the future."
Mu Xi wrote it down in response.
Shang Junlin finished his drink slowly, and said, "That little eunuch knows a lot."
Shen Yu: "Your Majesty, speak quickly."
Shang Junlin: "There is a huge network of relationships in the palace, which has existed since the reign of the former emperor. Up to now, there are many palace people involved, but most of them obey orders and do not know their allegiance. Who is that person, only a small number of people know the identity of that person, and the little eunuch caught in Yuzhang Palace just knows it."
Gloomy: "Is he a core member?"
Shang Junlin: "Not really, he knows this because his master told him."
Shen Yu: "Master? Who is his master?"
Shang Junlin: "It was the former eunuch in charge of Yuzhang Palace."
Shen Yu finally understood why the people behind the scenes wanted to choose this little eunuch. After being cleaned twice by Shang Junlin, Yuzhang Palace will only be more difficult to install people than other places. Maybe the little eunuch is the only choice.
"Has the eunuch been dealt with?"
"Yes, I found him the first time. He works for more than one person." It's just that Shang Junlin didn't expect that there was another person hiding in the dark.
"Your Majesty, who is it?"
"It's King Huaiyu." Shang Junlin's eyes darkened.
"King Huaiyu? The King Huaiyu who has been claiming to be sick after failing to compete with the first emperor for the throne?" Thinking back gloomyly, there is not much about this person in the memory of the previous life. In his own mansion, there was no movement.
"Yes," Shang Junlin frowned, "Before the first emperor ascended the throne, King Huaiyu was originally the most popular candidate for the new emperor, but for some reason, he chose to withdraw voluntarily. After the first emperor ascended the throne, he was allowed to stay in the capital for treatment."
Shen Yu: "This is understandable. Instead of letting the tiger go back to the mountain, it is better to watch it under your nose. After all, you are the one who almost got to that position."
"What do you think I should do?"
"Didn't Your Majesty make a decision long ago?" Shen Yu looked at him, and there was an unspoken tacit understanding in their eyes.
Huaiyu Palace.
The thin man was lying on the low table, facing a middle-aged man with white face and beardless, his voice was slightly shrill.
"Your Highness has been exposed, what's your plan next?"
"Isn't this what your master wants to see? Why are you asking me?" King Huaiyu's voice was hoarse, and he didn't like the person coming.
"The master asked me to give you this thing, saying that you will understand the master's intentions after seeing it."
A dark red box was placed on the table. Knowing that he was not welcome, the middle-aged man didn't stay long and got up to leave.
After a long time, hoarse laughter came from the room.
Not long after the middle-aged man left, a team of well-trained imperial troops surrounded the not-so-luxurious Huaiyu Palace.
In the evening, Shen Yu finished copying two pages of the book before waiting for Shang Junlin. The news from outside the palace had already spread to the inside of the palace, and the palace people involved were secretly taken away. Some people with keen political sense sensed that a storm was coming.
"Why hasn't your gentleman rested yet?" Shang Junlin came back late today, usually at this hour, depressed and lying on the bed early.
"Waiting for His Majesty."
After getting rid of the cold, Shang Junlin approached depression: "What are you doing?"
"Copy the book," Shen Yu moved a little to the side to make room for Shang Junlin, "Has Your Majesty finished the process?"
"It's almost there." Shang Junlin sat down next to Depression.
After finding out who was behind the scenes, Shang Junlin immediately controlled the palace people on the list to prevent them from spreading news to the outside world, and then ordered the imperial army to go to Huaiyu Palace to get them.
"After this time, those who want to send their own children into the palace, or give others to His Majesty, should calm down a bit." Thinking about the troubles these days, he sighed gloomily.
"There are always people who won't give up." Shang Junlin picked up the book he had copied in depression, and looked at it a few times. "Compared to honest promotion, there are more people who want to take shortcuts."
"Your Majesty is so charming."
"My lord is wrong, the most attractive thing is the power I represent."
"Even if His Majesty is not the Ninth Five-Year Lord, I believe that with His Majesty's charm, there are still many people who want to be with His Majesty." Shen Yu changed the subject and looked at Shang Junlin pretending to be sad, "Is Your Majesty really no one else but me? ?”
"Why doesn't your lord think about yourself?" Shang Junlin lifted his depressed chin, and said with deep meaning, "Young master, Mr. Xu... Your gentleman might as well tell me first, how many good sons does your gentleman have outside the palace? "