"You are wrong," Shang Junlin looked at him condescendingly as if he was looking at an ant, "A Yu is a person, not an object that can be measured. I respect his every choice."
But he would never let go.
The laughter stopped abruptly. King Yue stared at Shang Junlin, "Do you believe these words yourself? You summoned the Shen family into the palace, isn't it because of the fate they bear? "
Shang Junlin suddenly reached out and grabbed King Yue's neck, lifting him up, "Don't think that everyone is as dirty as you. You believe in these things, but it doesn't mean that I also believe in them. If I really believed in fate, how could I sit in this position?"
"Cough, cough." Because he was suffocating, King Yue's face was abnormally red. Other than coughing, he couldn't say a word.
Shang Junlin frowned and released his hand. King Yue fell to the ground, clutching his neck and coughing violently.
Eunuch Meng carefully handed over the handkerchief. Shang Junlin wiped his five fingers one by one, as if he was wiping away the contaminants.
"You called me here just to tell me this?"
"I met Shen Yu outside the palace. If I didn't get close to Shen Qingran and touch his bottom line, do you think he would choose to enter the palace in a fit of pique? If he really doesn't care about me at all, why would he act in a fit of pique? He even gave up his bright future to enter the palace? "
Every word of King Yue was like a thorn in Shang Junlin's heart.
The man's eyes deepened, rolling with unfathomable emotions.
Eunuch Meng was close and could clearly feel the oppressive aura coming from the man's body. He couldn't help but secretly sweat. Would Prince Yue's words have a bad influence on His Majesty?
Eunuch Meng knew better than anyone else how much Shang Junlin cared about Shen Yu. The more you cared about someone, the more you couldn't tolerate a little betrayal, especially when Shang Junlin was the Emperor. If he really thought that Shen Yu had old feelings for King Yue...
Eunuch Meng didn't dare to think about the consequences.
Before leaving, Shang Junlin instructed the prison guards to "entertain" the Prince of Yue. Eunuch Meng followed behind him, trembling with fear.
He could feel that His Majesty was in a bad mood.
No matter what he said, it was impossible for him to not hold any grudges in his heart.
Just as Eunuch Meng was about to say a few words of advice, he heard Shang Junlin say in a very low voice, "If we kill the King of Yue, will A Yu be unhappy?"
Eunuch Meng was stunned. He swallowed the words he was about to say. Things seemed to be a little different from what he had expected.
Shang Junlin only said this one sentence. He didn't expect anyone to answer him. On the way back to the palace, he remained silent. No one knew what he was thinking.
Suddenly, Shang Junlin said, "Let's go to the secret prison."
Eunuch Meng did not dare to disobey and hurriedly ordered the carriage to turn around.
When they arrived at the secret prison, Eunuch Meng subconsciously followed them but was stopped by Shang Junlin. "You stay here. I will go in alone."
Eunuch Meng didn't know why Shang Junlin wanted to go to the secret prison at this time, but he couldn't disobey Shang Junlin's orders. He could only stand outside and wait.
Shang Junlin's state was obviously not right. He was worried that something had happened and anxiously paced back and forth.
After some time, Shang Junlin came out with a cold aura.
Eunuch Meng greeted him. "Your Majesty?"
"Return to the palace."
This sentence seemed to have exhausted all the man's strength. On the way back to the palace, there was silence.
Eunuch Meng didn't know what happened to Shang Junlin in the secret prison. He only felt that Shang Junlin's aura was even colder when he came out of the secret prison.
The moon was dark and the wind was strong. The night sky was dotted with stars. The cold wind was bone-chilling and penetrated into the marrow.
Yuzhang Palace was brightly lit and lively.
Shen Yu sat on the soft couch and watched Mu Xi instruct the young eunuchs to paste the written couplets and the word "fortune". The clever palace maids cut many window flowers and pasted them on the window.
Out of the corner of his eyes, Shen Yu glanced at the person outside the room. He stood up and walked out.
"Your Majesty, why don't you come in?"
The person standing outside was Shang Junlin.
Shang Junlin was still wearing a black robe. Shen Yu rarely saw him wearing other colors. When he got closer, he could feel the coldness from the man.
Shen Yu reached out and held Shang Junlin's hand that was hanging by his side. He was slightly surprised.
The man's hand was very cold.
In Shen Yu's memory, Shang Junlin's hand had always been warm. When the weather was cold, he would wrap his hand in his palm and slowly warm it.
"Your Majesty, how long have you been standing outside? Your hand is cold. Come in and warm it up." Shen Yu pulled Shang Junlin's hand and walked into the room.
The man stood in the shadows. Shen Yu couldn't see the expression on his face. He only felt that Shang Junlin was unusually quiet today.
Shang Junlin followed Shen Yu into the room.
Shen Yu pushed Shang Junlin to sit on the soft couch. He ordered Mu Xi to bring hot tea to the man's mouth. "Your Majesty, drink some to warm your body."
Shang Junlin stared at Shen Yu without blinking.
Shen Yu moved the cup in his hand forward.
His long eyelashes drooped. The man drank the water in the cup with Shen Yu's hand.
Shen Yu took the empty cup and turned around. He wanted to put the cup on a small table. Before he leaned over, he found that his sleeve was pulled.
He turned around and saw Shang Junlin holding his sleeve with one hand and speaking for the first time today.
"Don't go."
Shen Yu looked at the distance between himself and the man who was stubbornly holding his sleeve. He sat back helplessly.
Mu Xi came over and took the cup in Shen Yu's hand.
Shen Yu finally realized that something was wrong with Shang Junlin.
Shen Yu reached out and held Shang Junlin's face. "Your Majesty, what happened? Why do you look so distracted? "
He knew that Shang Junlin was very busy recently. But no matter how busy he was, he shouldn't be like today. He looked like he was in a daze.
He stared at Shang Junlin's eyes. His figure was clearly reflected in the man's dark eyes.
Suddenly, the man reached out and wrapped his arms around his waist, pressing him tightly into his arms. "I went to see Prince Yue today."
"Why did Your Majesty go to see him?"
Seeing that Shen Yu's tone was normal, Shang Junlin's heart calmed down a little. In a place where Shen Yu couldn't see, his eyes showed a complicated expression.
"He said something to me. He said that you chose to enter the palace because you were angry with him."
When he said this, Shang Junlin didn't know what he was thinking. Maybe he was thinking about something, or maybe he wasn't thinking about anything. He originally wanted to hide this matter in his heart and never say it out loud.
No matter why Shen Yu entered the palace, it was fine as long as he had him in his heart. He didn't participate in Shen Yu's previous life, and he didn't have the right to care about it. He thought that he could do it, but at this moment, he found that he couldn't.
Whether it was before or after he met Shen Yu, he couldn't ignore everything that happened to him.
He longed for an answer, but he was also afraid of getting an answer.
He told himself over and over again that he didn't have the time to participate in the past. He shouldn't take it to heart. But Prince Yue's words were like gangrene attached to the bone. The more he didn't want to care about it, the more it kept echoing in his mind.
He asked himself: Can I really not care about it?
The answer was no. He couldn't. He didn't blame Shen Yu for anything. He only hated Prince Yue for deliberately getting close to Shen Yu for a maxim.
Shen Yu felt a strong sense of uneasiness from Shang Junlin. He wanted to look up at him, but he was held tightly in his arms. He could only maintain this posture.
After a deep sigh, Shen Yu put his hands around the man's thin waist: "Your Majesty, why do you care about what Prince Yue said? He is now a prisoner. He knows that he can't change the situation. What he said is nothing more than to make Your Majesty unhappy. When I entered the palace, I did have a little relationship with Prince Yue. Hiss — —"
The man's arms suddenly tightened, and a pain came from his waist. Shen Yu patted his back and comforted him: "Listen to me first."
The man's arms loosened a little, but he still confined Shen Yu, not giving him any chance to leave.
Shen Yu didn't care and continued: "Although it was related to Prince Yue, it was different from what he said. If I was angry, I had thousands of ways. Why did I choose to enter the palace, which was the most unpleasant way? I entered the palace for Your Majesty. I heard a lot about Your Majesty from others. In fact, I wanted to see what Your Majesty was like. If I wasn't detained in the palace by Count Zhenbei, maybe I could have seen Your Majesty long ago. "
Shen Yu said half-jokingly: "If I saw Your Majesty first, there would be no Prince Yue. Every part of Your Majesty is in my heart."
The heavy fog in Shang Junlin's heart dispersed with Shen Yu's words. He lowered his head and rubbed Shen Yu's face.
"As for Prince Yue, he was really annoying. He thought that I didn't know anything and pretended to appear in front of me. I only felt that it was fake and didn't want to see him act at all. Your Majesty should have investigated the matter between me and Prince Yue. When I was with him, I was always cold. After knowing his true identity, I thought that entering the palace was a good way to get rid of him."
Shen Yu didn't lie. Before his rebirth, he didn't know the true identity of Prince Yue, but this matter couldn't be verified. After his rebirth, he didn't want to have any entanglement with Prince Yue, so he simply chose a path that was completely different from his previous life.
Didn't Prince Yue like Shen Qingran? He would help them.
"Your Majesty, don't think too much because of Prince Yue's words. If Your Majesty wants to know about me, you can ask me directly."
The closer they got, the more Shen Yu felt Shang Junlin's uneasiness. He didn't know why Shang Junlin was uneasy, but he was willing to do his best to make him feel at ease.
Shang Junlin quietly hugged the person in his arms. He wished that time could stop at this moment forever.
"A Yu will stay by my side forever, right?"
As his voice fell, a kiss was printed on her forehead.
"If I don't stay by Your Majesty's side, where else can I go?"
Shang Junlin's arms loosened a little. Shen Yu struggled to free himself from the man's arms. He hooked the man's neck and forced him to lower his head. He pressed his forehead against his: "I have to clear my name. I really, really don't like Prince Yue. No matter in the past, present, or future, I only like Your Majesty."
After saying that, he kissed the lips that were inches away.
"There are some things that I won't do with him if I don't really like him. Maybe Prince Yue said something to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty, don't believe him."
If it was only Prince Yue, Shang Junlin naturally wouldn't care as much as he did now. What really made him unable to let go was the words of the person he met in the secret prison.
He said that Shen Yu was destined to be on Prince Yue's side. Her fate was set and couldn't be changed. Even if the process was different, different roads led to the same destination.
At that moment, Shang Junlin's desire to kill Prince Yue reached its peak.
Shen Yu's initiative dispelled the uneasiness in Shang Junlin's heart. He hugged Shen Yu, turned the tables, and fiercely kissed back.
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