"My Lady..."
Lianyun pushed open the door and walked in from outside. Her tone seemed to be hesitant, her brows were furrowed, and her eyes were full of deep worry.
Yesterday, Shen Qingwan began to worry about her father's affairs. Border affairs, marching and fighting are no joke. She was worried, so she called Lianyun to ask about her father's affairs.
Now, seeing her hesitant look, I'm afraid she has guessed correctly what she is worried about.
"What's wrong?" Shen Qingwan glanced at it and spoke slowly, trying to make her expression calm and natural. Her frown exposed her inner anxiety, "Just tell me."
"Your Majesty's guess was correct... General Shen went to the border, but I didn't expect that Deputy General Liu Yangao was a spy and leaked the strategy, which led to the defeat. The general was seriously injured and stripped of his military power."
Lianyun stood aside and began to tell the information she had discovered.
Sitting on the wooden bench, Shen Qingwan couldn't help but frown as she listened. Sure enough, her father was still...
"Okay, I got it. Get ready, I'll go to the emperor later." Shen Qingwan's tightly furrowed brows never relaxed. She stood up from the wooden stool, walked to the dressing table and sat down, whispering to Lianyun.
"Yes." Lianyun responded, walked up to Shen Qingwan and began to dress her.
Looking at herself in the dressing mirror with a sad face, she put her hands on her face. The cold touch from her hands made her heart tremble slightly. When she put her hands back, her face had returned to calm.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian requests to see you." Sun Ning walked up to Fu Yuheng, bowed respectfully and whispered in his ear.
"Oh?" Fu Yuheng raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and then said: "Let her in."
"Yes." After receiving the order, Sun Ning walked out of the hall and said respectfully to Shen Qingwan who was standing and waiting at the door: "Empress Xianfei, the emperor summons you, please come in."
He waved his sleeves, made a "please" gesture, and silently retreated to the door beside the hall to wait. It would be better to say less today.
"Yes, thank you, eunuch." Shen Qingwan nodded gently, stepped into the hall, bowed slightly, responded to the greeting, and lowered her head slightly, making it difficult to tell her emotions. "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
"Yes." Fu Yuheng replied calmly and glanced at her, "What do you want from me, my beloved concubine?"
"I learned that my father was defeated and seriously injured at the border, and was stripped of his military power. I want to go home to check on my father's condition."
Shen Qingwan still lowered her head, her tone neither humble nor arrogant, but Fu Yuheng sensed a hint of request in her tone.
She knew that Fu Yuheng had no choice but to strip her father of his military power, but her father's condition made her start to worry.
After a long while, seeing that no answer came into his ears, he slowly raised his head and looked upwards.
She happened to meet Fu Yuheng's eyes that were examining her, and her heart couldn't help but tremble slightly. The things hidden in the depth of his eyes were beyond her understanding.
"I was very worried when I learned that my father was seriously injured. I hope the emperor will allow me to go back and visit him." Shen Qingwan half-knelt on the ground with a serious expression.
"Yes. I agree. Go away." Fu Yuheng's irresistible voice came into her ears like an order.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission." Shen Qingwan stood up and slowly walked out of the hall.
She paused slightly at the entrance of the hall and couldn't help but slowly exhale a breath. She knew he would definitely agree.
The sycamore tree in the yard is lush and green, standing tall in the left corner of the yard, which is particularly eye-catching.
Many flying birds choose to stay here, standing on the branches, making clear and melodious bird calls.
In General Shen's mansion, the atmosphere in the living room was a little too quiet.
"Father, are you okay?" Shen Qingwan walked into the living room of General Shen's mansion and saw her father sitting in the front of the living room with a calm face.
He seemed to be a little more haggard than before. Although he pretended to be serious, his pale face still made Shen Qingwan see through a lot.
She hurried forward and approached her father. Just as she was about to check on her father's injuries, General Shen waved his hand and asked her to stop.
"It's nothing serious. Although the injury is a bit serious, it doesn't affect the bones. It will heal after resting for a while."
After hearing her father say this, Shen Qingwan's tense nerves loosened a little, "The border issue..."
"The incident at the border was ambush by someone, it was my own carelessness, I'd rather not mention it, it'll be a lesson for myself...hiss...." Perhaps his words pulled at his wound, causing him to take a deep breath.
"You said it was okay. Look, the wound is involved again." Shen Qingwan blamed him a little, but she was also relieved.
Fortunately, my father was not so depressed because of the border incident. I guess I was thinking too seriously about it.
Who was my father? Would he be so depressed because of a defeat at the border
"This injury is nothing. It is inevitable to get injured while marching and fighting. But my military power has been stripped away, and I'm afraid someone will take advantage of it." General Shen sighed slightly, obviously feeling a little regretful about being stripped of his military power.
However, since he was deprived of his military power due to the defeat in the border war, General Shen had nothing to say and could only respond in silence.
"Father, now that you are injured and your military power has been taken away, you should stay at home to recuperate and stay out of the spotlight for the time being." Shen Qingwan paused, and then said, "As for other matters, we are not in a hurry for the time being and will consider them in the long run."
"Well, okay." General Shen did not show any dissatisfaction with what Shen Qingwan said, and agreed directly and readily.
During this period, he should really stay out of the spotlight to avoid putting himself in the spotlight.
"Also... be careful of the Ninth Prince." Speaking of this, Shen Qingwan couldn't help but become serious and alert, "I think the border incident, the strategic leak was no accident, I suspect..."
"You mean, Ninth Prince..." General Shen frowned. He knew there must be something strange about her saying that.
"No." Shen Qingwan couldn't help but shook her head. "Liu Yangao is very likely his man. He is very ambitious. It's better not to get involved for the time being. In short, it's better to be careful."
"Hmm." General Shen responded with a slightly serious tone and let out a heavy breath, "If the strategy leak is really related to him..." Having said that, General Shen stopped talking. Saying more would only add to his troubles.
"Father should rest well recently. If he doesn't take good care of his injury, it won't heal in a short time." Shen Qingwan looked at the sky outside and said, "It's getting late. I'll take my leave now. If you have anything to say, please send someone to write to me."
"Yeah." General Shen responded and watched Shen Qingwan walk out of the living room. Then he leaned back in the wooden chair, slowly closed his eyes, and began to think.