Listening to King Huaiyu's words, he looked at Shang Junlin sadly and worriedly.
Regardless of the relationship between the two, the first emperor was always Shang Junlin's father. In front of the child, it would definitely make people feel uncomfortable to talk about giving his father green hats.
Shang Junlin's expression didn't show any abnormality. Seeing him gloomyly looking at him, he whispered, "Ah Yu, don't worry. To be honest, I really want to see the scene described by King Huaiyu."
Shang Junlin really didn't have any father-son affection for the first emperor. Since ancient times, fathers were kind and filial to their sons. If a father gave his son not love but murderous intentions, no one would feel any humiliation towards such a father. Admiration.
What's more, Shang Junlin lowered his eyes to cover the roiling black emotions in his eyes, and there was still a blood feud of the entire mother clan between him and the late emperor!
King Huaiyu said enough, stopped slowly, and looked at Shen Yu with cloudy eyes, "Shang Junlin is the son of my good emperor brother, maybe he will be the same as my good emperor brother, you little baby, but Don't put all your heart on him."
Shen Yu didn't know why at this time, King Huaiyu still refused to give up persuading him, and was about to speak, but King Huaiyu had already spoken the next words.
"Don't take it seriously. When my good emperor brother was not enthroned, he also had a deep affection for Shang Junlin's mother. She must be her, but look at the result. No matter how many vows you make, they can't keep up with the rapid changes in people's hearts. The first emperor enthroned at the same time as the queen, and the empress's love envied so many others, but no matter how deep the love, it was no match for the passage of time. In just five years, the previous vows were completely forgotten and betrayed. With the first time, there will be countless times in the future.”
"I tried to persuade her at the time, but she didn't listen to my advice, and plunged into the carefully woven gentle trap, dragging down the whole family in vain."
"Has King Huaiyu said enough?" Shang Junlin's voice sounded chilling.
"Half of that person's blood is flowing in your bones. Do you really think you can escape the shackles of blood? Look at the children left by the late emperor, which one has not harmed one after another? Don't think I am scaremongering , Things like nature cannot be changed, and there is a kind of fickleness in the blood of the merchant."
"What about King Huaiyu, haven't you changed for so many years? The reason why people are human is because we can restrain our nature. A normal person knows what to do and what not to do, and he doesn't know how to be human. People don't have to use 'nature' as an excuse." Shen Yu disagreed with King Huaiyu's words.
"Your words are interesting, maybe." As if dissipating his last breath of anger, King Huaiyu became more depressed, "You don't need to waste your time with me, this matter ends here, don't continue to investigate gone."
After saying this, King Huaiyu closed his eyes, unwilling to speak again.
Shang Junlin let out his anger with gloom, and when he passed Mr. Fang, he ordered: "There is no need for interrogation."
Mr. Fang didn't know why, but he still respectfully replied: "Yes."
Walk out of the prison made of iron walls and walk towards the warm spring scene. The warmth brought by the sun dispels the coldness brought out by the prison.
Finally feeling the warmth, Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's still comfortable outside."
"I have already said that the prison is dark and cold, and I told you not to follow, you won't listen."
"If I don't go, King Huaiyu will definitely not say anything. Your Majesty, King Huaiyu seems to really know my mother." After finally getting a clue, Shen Yu didn't want to give up.
"The previous Shen Yue, I had someone check it out, but I didn't find much useful things. According to the palace people who knew her, she suddenly changed her temperament on a certain day. I don't know if it was because of some news. " Shang Junlin said.
The watershed must be the day when the current Shen Yue came here, the original Shen Yue might know something, but the current Shen Yue may not.
"Your Majesty, where is Shen Yue now?" The last time we met, Shen Yu agreed to rescue Shen Yue. In order not to break his promise, Shen Yu told Shang Junlin about it. As for where Shang Junlin arranged for her, Shen Yu No question.
Shang Junlin: "I sent him to the old concubine, she is too reckless, and it is easy to cause trouble if she is placed elsewhere."
Shen Yu: "Old concubine?"
Shang Junlin: "It's a concubine of the emperor's grandfather. I was favored by her when I was a child, so I found a secluded place in the palace for her to live in."
"Your Majesty, don't care about King Huaiyu's words." Shen Yu stopped and grabbed Shang Junlin's hand, "If it is true according to what King Huaiyu said, my father is still like the Marquis of Zhenbei. Look at me and Zhenbei. Hou is the same?"
"Ayu and Zhenbeihou are naturally different." Shang Junlin replied without thinking. In his eyes, Zhenbeihou is no more than a finger of depression.
"So, Your Majesty and the late Emperor are also different." Shen Yu didn't want Shang Junlin to leave a bad shadow because of King Huaiyu's words, "Your Majesty is just Your Majesty, and the late Emperor has nothing to do with Your Majesty."
"Ayu, are you worried about what I think?" Shang Junlin clasped his gloomy hand gently, "Don't worry, I already knew what kind of person the late emperor was, and I wouldn't allow myself to be like him."
After the efforts of Prime Minister Wang and Mr. Fang, the mighty King Huaiyu case finally came to an end. The ministers had a fierce quarrel over whether to announce the truth of the King Huaiyu case.
Some people think it must be announced, and some people think it should not be announced. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than a matter of the royal family's face. After someone announces this, the deterrent power of the royal family will be greatly reduced. This is extremely detrimental to the stability of the royal family regime. of.
Shang Junlin was annoyed by their quarrel, so he simply announced his next court.
"Your Majesty," Prime Minister Wang begged to see him alone after he came down to court, "how should those men be dealt with?"
Shang Junlin: "What's the prime minister thinking?"
Prime Minister Wang: "I believe that these men deliberately confused the blood of the royal family, and their crime should be punished."
Shang Junlin: "Since the prime minister has an idea, just do as the prime minister says."
Prime Minister Wang: "Yes, there is one more thing. What should we do with the remaining people who are found not to be princes?"
Shang Junlin: "If you haven't committed any crimes, you will be deprived of your royal status and downgraded to white clothes, and you won't be able to be an official for three generations. Specifically, the prime minister can handle it as you see fit."
Prime Minister Wang took the order and left.
In any case, these non-first emperor's sons who occupy the royal status need to return the status that does not belong to them, and those princes who died also need to move out of the imperial tomb and be buried separately.
After explaining the matter, Shang Junlin stopped asking about it. He should not pay for the big mistakes made during the late emperor's time.
After some discussions, in the end, all the crimes of King Huaiyu were not announced to the public, and only some of the crimes that were conveniently disclosed were extracted and released to the public.
Especially about the heirs of the former emperor, they were completely concealed and were not announced to the public.
In the teahouse and tavern, countless people were talking about this matter.
"Have you heard? King Huaiyu, bah, what about the former King Huaiyu?"
"I heard that, but I never expected that King Huaiyu, who has always been indifferent to mountains and rivers, has been planning in private for decades. If it wasn't for your Majesty's wisdom to see through his scheme, something might happen."
"I don't want to go through that turmoil more than ten years ago again."
"That's right, it's better to be the current emperor. Do the math, how long have we lived a stable life since we are in power now, and we don't have to worry about the enemy coming down the city gate all the time."
"There is also the Qian family. The Qian family has been domineering in the capital before, and His Majesty also dealt with them. Didn't someone say before that if the Qian family clings to King Li, His Majesty will not deal with them? I see, it's just His Majesty." It’s not on their heads.”
"Exactly. I heard that King Li is having a hard time recently, and he was grounded during the Chinese New Year."
"That's right, no matter whether you are a relative of the emperor or not, as long as you commit a crime, His Majesty will punish you."
"Judging from these recent cases, His Majesty arrested people for a reason. Do you think the officials His Majesty dealt with before may have their own problems?"
"This... is not impossible. Think about it, before Zhang Yushi's incident was announced, didn't we all think that Zhang Yushi was innocent? As a result, no one is innocent!"
On the second floor of the teahouse, a young man in a light blue robe stood by the window, listening to the discussions of the people downstairs.
"Huaiqing, what are you looking at?" Another young man in a light blue robe came over and asked.
"Brother Chengyu, what kind of person does His Majesty think?"
"Your Majesty, it depends on which aspect you are asking about. If you look at Dahuan as a whole, His Majesty is a very qualified emperor. Under his rule, Dahuan Haiyan Heqing, foreign enemies dare not enter, are all The truth, but if you are His Majesty's courtier, I'm afraid it will be a bit of a headache."
"how do I say this?"
"You have also heard the discussion below. Before Zhang Yushi's incident, His Majesty arrested people and imprisoned them or dealt with ministers directly without giving any reason. Over time, some rumors of His Majesty's brutality and inhumanity spread outside. I don't know this time. Under whose influence, His Majesty will actually tell the world the truth."
"It seems that brother Chengyu has a good sense of His Majesty."
"That's natural, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way to the capital to catch up with the exam."
After the beginning of spring, candidates from other places went to Beijing to rush for the exam one after another, and the capital gradually became lively to welcome these candidates.
Shen Yu also heard the news from Shang Junlin.
"They came so early?" There is still a long time before Chunwei, and now someone has already arrived in the capital! Sullen felt a little surprised.
"It's like this every year. Some people will specially adapt to the environment in advance, so as not to perform abnormally because they are not used to it." Shang Junlin explained.
Shen Yu crawled out of Shang Junlin's arms, his eyes sparkling: "Then the capital will become more and more lively?"
"There will be many restaurants, teahouses, bookstores and so on specially prepared for students. Do you want to visit, Ayu?" Shang Junlin smiled at the gloomy and shining eyes.
Shen Yu hurriedly nodded: "If you miss this time, you will have to wait another three years for the next time, Your Majesty~~~"
Melancholy dragged out the long-tailed sound deliberately, hooking like a hook to tickle people's hearts.
Shang Junlin held down the messy hand on his shoulder, and squeezed it lightly: "I took the initiative to bring you up to take you out. Didn't you say you were going to Zhuangzi last time? Let Mu Xi pack a few sets of clothes. Live outside for two days."
The unexpected joy came too quickly, and the shock in the gloomy eyes was clear: "So His Majesty is busy with this matter these days? I blamed Your Majesty."
Shang Junlin approached with a smile: "Then how should Ayu express it? Why don't you give me a kiss?"