It was better to ask the person himself.
After returning to the palace, Shang Junlin brought Shen Yu to the palace where Zhu Wang was staying.
"How has Mister Zhu been these two days? The servants must have been serving you well, right? "Shen Yu saw Mister Zhu sitting in front of the stone table in the courtyard and walked over to sit down.
Shang Junlin sat beside him.
Mister Zhu looked at the two of them and mocked himself, "Shouldn't the two of you know better than anyone else how I have been?"
Shen Yu did not seem to understand the resentment in Mister Zhu's voice and said casually, "The servants in the palace were all carefully selected. It's good that they did not disappoint Mister Zhu."
"Why did you lock me up here?" Mister Zhu put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the two of them sharply.
"We just wanted to invite Mister Zhu to the palace as a guest. How can you say that we are locking you up? Are you complaining that the Emperor and I did not treat you well? "Shen Yu smiled, but it did not reach his eyes.
"If you are not satisfied with anything, you can tell us." Shang Junlin added.
"Do you really think that you are treating a guest?" Mister Zhu's eyes twitched. "Who would restrict their guest's freedom?"
"Since Mister Zhu was able to escape from the Hidden Dragon Guards, it shouldn't be a problem for you to enter the palace, right?" Shen Yu pretended to be confused. "The place that Mister Zhu escaped from was much more heavily guarded than this place, right?"
"What do you want?" Mister Zhu could tell that the two of them were doing this on purpose.
"Nothing much. I just wanted to see if Mister Zhu, who has been rumored to be a god, could really understand destiny and transcend mortals. Now that I think about it …" Shen Yu clicked his tongue lightly, his meaning self-evident.
"You are just going to let him do whatever he wants?" Mister Zhu turned to look at Shang Junlin and asked in disbelief.
"I also want to know what Mister Zhu is capable of as he was able to escape from the Hidden Dragon Guards."
Shang Junlin's words were a huge blow to Mister Zhu.
Mister Zhu relied on his identity as a talented person and was respected wherever he went. When had he ever been treated like this? For a moment, he was so angry that he couldn't even maintain his composure.
He sneered and decided not to pretend anymore. "Your Majesty, didn't you bring me to the capital for that proverb?"
When Shang Junlin sent people to King Yue's fief, Mister Zhu purposely let people leak the proverb. He knew that with the current relationship between Shang Junlin and Shen Yu, this proverb would definitely attract the other party's attention. This was also his goal.
Sure enough, not long after, he felt that someone was secretly looking for him. He purposely exposed himself and was brought to the capital. Then, he escaped under the watchful eyes of the public. All of this was planned long ago.
Everything was going according to plan until the moment before he took the initiative to appear in front of Shang Junlin. He did not understand what went wrong that caused the final outcome to deviate so much.
He had been in this line of work for many years. He knew that the higher a person was, the more they cared about these things. No one was exempt from this. Even Shang Junyue, a prince, was like this, let alone the Emperor, Shang Junlin.
If he really sneered at these things, why did he have to bring him to the capital from so far away?
"Zhen did have people bring you to the capital because of that proverb," Shang Junlin did not deny this point. "Because this proverb involves the Emperor. Zhen wants to know whether this proverb appeared accidentally or inevitably. Zhen wants to know whether it was intentional or not."
"Your Majesty doubts the authenticity of this proverb?"
Shang Junlin did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Why did you say that to King Yue?"
"Why? When this poor Daoist divines, he can tell whoever he wants. Does this poor Daoist need a reason? "Mister Zhu was furious and no longer acted like an expert.
"Was it really divined?" Shen Yu's voice was filled with suspicion.
Mister Zhu could not stand it when others did not believe him. "What benefits does this poor Daoist get by lying about this matter? If you want to talk about benefits, isn't it all for the two children of Duke Bei's family? They don't need to do anything to obtain the love of the Emperor. "
On the surface, there was nothing wrong with Mister Zhu's words. However, if one thought about it carefully, they would find that this was not the case.
"Does Mister Zhu really think that this proverb is a good thing for us? If so, why doesn't Mister Zhu say that you are the destined one? "Shen Yu's lips curved mockingly.
"How can it be the same?"
"How is it different?"
Mister Zhu was speechless.
"You know very well in your heart that this sentence seems to be very beneficial to me, but in fact, it has firmly imprisoned my life. Those who approach me are all people with impure intentions. Those who I like might be afraid of getting close to me because of the meaning behind this sentence. Compared to enjoying glory and wealth for nothing, the greater possibility is that I will become the target of those with ambition and will never be able to find peace."
Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand that was hanging by his side.
Shen Yu paused for a moment and held Shang Junlin's hand back. He continued, "It doesn't matter whether this proverb was divined by you or not. When you spread this proverb, you should have known what would happen to me and Shen Qingran because of this proverb. I am not curious about whether this proverb is true or not. I just want to know where your hostility towards me comes from."
Mister Zhu avoided his gaze and said, "This poor Daoist doesn't know what you are talking about."
"You have been planning this from the very beginning when you contacted Prince Yue. Now that you saw that Prince Yue could not achieve your goal, you set your sights on His Majesty. Let me guess, you will do what you did to Prince Yue in the past and find a way to make His Majesty believe in your words. Then you will propose to bring Shen Qingran closer to the palace, right?"
Mister Zhu avoided his gaze even more.
"Why do you know all this?" He had never told anyone about his plan. Those people worshipped him as a god. They only needed to obey his orders. They didn't need to know what he wanted to do.
"Why do I know?" Shen Yu lowered his eyes. He just thought of many suspicious points in his previous life. For example, Prince Yue sometimes favored him and sometimes Shen Qingran. If Prince Yue approached him with the purpose of conquering the world from the beginning, then Mister Zhu hid behind the scenes and manipulated everything. Those strange points could be explained.
"Now that I am suspicious of you, I will not let you go before I solve my doubts. If you take the initiative to tell me, you will suffer less."
"That proverb is true." Mister Zhu struggled for a while. He seemed to have figured something out. "It's just that the result of the divination only pointed to you. Your concubine-born brother was added by me out of selfishness. You are right. I really don't want you to have an easy time. After all, you are that person's child."
At the end, Mister Zhu smiled strangely.
"The debt she owes should be paid by you."
"Do you know my mother?" Shen Yu grasped Shang Junlin's hand tightly.
Unfortunately, no matter how Shen Yu asked, Mister Zhu refused to speak about his mother.
"Don't worry. Zhen will send people to investigate." Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand and walked back to Yuzhang Palace. "Zhen won't take Zhu Wang's words seriously."
"I'm very curious. What did Mother do that year to make everyone keep their mouths shut about her existence? No matter if they loved her or hated her, no one was willing to speak about her." Shen Yu couldn't figure it out.
"Maybe it wasn't that they didn't want to speak, but that they couldn't. Too many things happened that year. The former emperor was deposed and the power in the imperial court changed. Everything was mixed together." Shang Junlin looked at the clouds in the sky. It was also that year that his life underwent an earth-shattering change.
The death of the Duke of Zhenbei's wife was just a small splash in the rolling waves. Her presence among the nobles in the capital was not very high. After her death, the Duke of Zhenbei's mansion did not make a big deal out of it. When everything was settled, another woman appeared beside the Duke of Zhenbei.
Ru Yiniang's appearance covered all traces of Duke Bei's wife's existence in the shortest time possible.
"Duke Bei said that he didn't know the origin of Mother. I don't believe it." Shen Yu blinked and said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, I want to know what happened that year."
"You will know." Shang Junlin hugged Shen Yu tightly in his arms. "Zhen promises."
Shen Yu didn't want to know the truth out of kindness for his mother. Instead, he intuitively felt that there was a crucial secret related to him hidden in this matter.
Those people in his previous life didn't reveal themselves until his death. What would happen after his death? What would happen to the story?
Shen Yu had no way to know.
Shen Yu gave the perfume recipe he got from Shen Yue to Shopkeeper Xu. Shopkeeper Xu's shop expanded again. After discussing with Shen Yu, they opened a branch in Jiangnan.
The wealth of Jiangnan was not inferior to that of the capital. Long before the branch was opened, there were aristocratic families in Jiangnan who specially hired people to come to the capital to buy perfume.
Fang Jun returned to the capital before the start of the Autumn Hunt.
He also brought back the people from the Northern Desert who were caught in Subei with him.
Fang Jun made a great contribution this time. The courtiers also knew that the position in the Cabinet was reserved for him. When Shang Junlin issued the decree, they weren't surprised.
At this point, there were two courtiers in Dahuan's Cabinet who held the same position as Shang Junlin.
The day of the Autumn Hunt quietly arrived.
The Shangyi Bureau sent new clothes. Shang Junlin's clothes were still black with dragon patterns embroidered on them. Shen Yu's clothes were red and black.
The black was requested by Shen Yu, and the red was designated by Shang Junlin.
A group of people went to the location of the Autumn Hunt.
The area around Mount Qiyue had already been cleared. They were just waiting for the Emperor to bring the courtiers.
The founding Emperor of Dahuan attached great importance to "martial arts". The annual Autumn Hunt had been passed down since then and had never been interrupted.
"Isn't it said that His Majesty dotes on His Highness? Why don't I see His Highness's Honor Guard? "A courtier looked ahead curiously.
The higher the status, the more they cared about these formalities.
In the harem, the Empress, Imperial Concubine, Imperial Concubine … Different positions had different Honor Guards. At the front of the procession, there was only the Emperor's Honor Guard.
His Highness's Honor Guard was nowhere to be seen.
More than one courtier noticed this problem. Recently, because of the redistribution of power in the imperial court, the courtiers didn't pay attention to Shang Junlin's private affairs. They didn't pay attention to the harem.
The courtiers discussed in private. In the carriage at the front, Shen Yu lowered the curtain. "When they see me coming down from His Majesty's carriage, I don't know what they will say."
"They don't need to interfere in my affairs."
The carriage slowly came to a stop. Shang Junlin got off the carriage.
The courtiers were about to greet him when Shang Junlin turned to the carriage and stretched out his hand.
His slender white fingers stretched out and put on the Emperor's outstretched hand. The Emperor's arm exerted force and the person in the carriage was carried out.
The courtiers widened their eyes and watched Shen Yu being carried out of the Emperor's carriage.
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