"Your Majesty, you don't know that I have secretly asked people to investigate some of the things I have encountered before. Indistinctly, the figure of the Ninth Prince was lingering in these things. That's why I have become so concerned about him. I feel that this person is not simple and I have to be on guard against him." Shen Qingwan had expected that Fu Yuheng would be very surprised by this, and she didn't care too much about his stunned expression. If there weren't so many clues connecting together to point to Fu Huaiyu, she would not have suspected him.
"Is there such a situation? Why didn't I know about it?" Fu Yuheng was a little displeased. He felt like he was kept in the dark, which made him a little dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. After all, this concerns a prince. How dare I gossip about him without solid evidence? It's just that Your Majesty feels that I am not loyal, so he brought these things up. Please listen to me and I will tell you in detail..." Shen Qingwan comforted Fu Yuheng a little and told him what she had asked Ye Feng to find out before.
"Do you mean to find out that the spy is related to the Ninth Prince?" Fu Yuheng frowned, unable to understand why Fu Huaiyu would do this.
"That's right. The last time I went to the prince's mansion was to ask the Ninth Prince about this matter." Shen Qingwan said.
"It was I who misunderstood you and made you suffer." After hearing the whole story, Fu Yuheng felt a little guilty for having misunderstood Shen Qingwan because of this matter, and he couldn't help but become more gentle to her.
"It was my fault that I did not explain it clearly. How can you blame the emperor? I went out this time to investigate the Ninth Prince, but I found out that the border incident was related to the prince. This made me even more worried. It made people feel that I care about the prince very much." Shen Qingwan smiled gently, expressing her understanding, and continued to explain.
Fu Yuheng frowned even deeper, and after a long silence, he said, "It sounds very complicated. If Fu Huaiyu really did all these things, then he is very dangerous. My beloved concubine should not continue to contact him, and there is no need to investigate further. Now that I know about these things, I will naturally arrange for someone to deal with them."
Shen Qingwan agreed obediently. She couldn't offend the emperor. As for whether to continue or how to continue, she had to see the situation. It wasn't that she didn't trust Fu Yuheng, but it was the most reassuring thing to have the situation in her own hands.
Fu Yuheng looked at Shen Qingwan's obedient appearance. She usually showed a cold and indifferent expression, as if nothing could break her calmness. After the two of them cleared up their misunderstandings, Shen Qingwan also showed him more expressions, which were different from usual and attracted him.
"By the way, Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Various signs indicate that Fu Huaiyu is an extremely powerful martial artist. When Your Majesty sends someone to investigate him, or when you contact him in person, you must be extremely careful, lest you fall into the trap of someone with ulterior motives." Shen Qingwan couldn't help but remind him again.
"I know," Fu Yuheng was very touched to see Shen Qingwan was so concerned about him. He couldn't help but blame himself for suspecting Shen Qingwan of being unfaithful. "Xianfei, after all, you are the best at relieving my worries."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I just stumbled upon some useful information by accident." Shen Qingwan said.
"Not bad, not bad," Fu Yuheng patted Shen Qingwan's shoulder, his eyes full of relief, "Then my beloved concubine, please go back first. My mind is very confused now, and I need to calm down and sort out my thoughts."
"Yes. Your Majesty should not stay up too late and go to bed early." Shen Qingwan said softly, and left after he nodded.
After watching her walk out the door and disappear from sight, Fu Yuheng raised his hand and rubbed his temple. The amount of information he got today was too much. Before this, he had always been confused by Fu Huaiyu's disguise, and really believed that he was just an idle prince. It seems that you can't judge a person by his appearance.
In this complex network of royal relationships, it is really hard to distinguish between sincerity and falsehood, true nature and false masks. As an emperor, Fu Yuheng has met countless people, and there are days when he makes mistakes.
Since Fu Huaiyu has already made a lot of small moves behind the scenes, he can't just sit there and wait for death, so as not to be too passive.
"Someone come here." Fu Yuheng called softly into the air.
"I'm here." I could only hear the voice but not see the person.
"Investigate Fu Huaiyu carefully. He is not a simple person. Be careful and don't alert him."
"yes."
Fu Yuheng sighed, feeling quite helpless. Even if Fu Huaiyu really had ill intentions, he couldn't touch him now. Not only was the situation tense, it was not appropriate to tear his face with him, but the Queen Mother was still in power after all, and it would be difficult to explain to her.
He could only send someone to investigate temporarily, and then he would pay more attention to him. Prime Minister Liu now had the most power in the court. Those who used to challenge him gradually disappeared. Now no one refuted what he said in the court, which was a headache for Fu Yuheng.
If there is no one in the court to check and balance Prime Minister Liu, his position will inevitably be in danger. It seems that it is time for him to take some action.
On the other hand, the Queen Mother also got the news and learned that Shen Qingwan had disguised herself as a man and left the palace. She felt that her behavior was very impolite and angrily ordered someone to summon her to her palace immediately.
So after Shen Qingwan came out of the emperor's palace and before she had time to return to her own palace, she was taken to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace by Nanny Gui.
"Do you know why I asked you to come here?" The queen mother stared expressionlessly at Shen Qingwan who was handing her the luggage. She did not let her get up and talked to her while she was holding the luggage.
"I don't know." Shen Qingwan said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"How dare you!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she threw a cup at Shen Qingwan's feet. "You are the emperor's concubine and have been in the palace for a long time. Do I need to explain etiquette and shame to you one by one?!"
Shen Qingwan remained silent and did not speak, so as not to make the Queen Mother even angrier.
"How ridiculous! How ridiculous!" The Queen Mother was already angry, and now she was displeased no matter how she looked at Shen Qingwan. "Since you don't know and don't understand, I have plenty of ways to make you understand."
"Someone come!" the Queen Mother screamed, "Bring Consort Xian to the main gate of the Cining Palace and let me watch her kneel for two full hours. Not a moment less!"
Aunt Gui said to Shen Qingwan, "Madam, please."
Shen Qingwan understood at this moment that the Queen Mother was in a bad mood. She was afraid that she would be in trouble for disguising herself as a man and leaving the palace. She could only sigh inwardly that she was unlucky, and obediently followed Nanny Gui to the door, and knelt quietly facing inside.