"Your Majesty, are you saying that Grand Tutor Zeng is disloyal? There is indeed such a possibility. If our conjecture is correct, the people left behind by the previous Emperor are for Grand Tutor Zeng to order around. For a person who has always been in charge of his own affairs to suddenly hand over the power in his hands, he definitely wouldn't be so willing. "
Shen Yu thought of the mysterious force that appeared beside King Yue in his previous life. He used to think that the force helped King Yue because he saved Young Master He. It seemed that he was wrong from the beginning.
The force helped because Shang Junyue was King Yue. Young Master He was just an excuse to fool them and even King Yue.
In his previous life, he had been by King Yue's side, dealing with all kinds of matters for him. He was sure that the mysterious faction had never revealed themselves, and the person behind the scenes had never appeared. Moreover, from King Yue's attitude, it was not hard to see that he was extremely respectful to that person, and there was even a trace of undetectable fear.
Shen Yu felt that King Yue might not know who the real master of the mysterious force that helped him was until the end.
"If you want to confirm it, you will know when you see the person." Shang Junlin said lightly.
The date of going to the Ministry of Justice was three days later. These days, Shen Yu had asked the people of Ying Huo to pay attention to the movements of Count North's residence, especially Shen Qingran. As the "protagonist" of the story, Shen Yu would not take it lightly.
There was nothing unusual in Count North's residence for the time being.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Shen Yu changed into casual clothes and got on the carriage to the Ministry of Justice with Shang Junlin.
This trip was light and not many people knew about it. The Minister of Justice had prepared in advance. When they arrived, he directly led the carriage to the prison.
"Who's the person sitting in the carriage? Why is the Minister personally leading the carriage? "Under the eaves, several low-ranking officials saw this scene and were curious.
"No matter who it is, you and I can't casually talk about him."
Shen Yu sat in the carriage. The Minister of Justice reported the progress of the case to Shang Junlin outside the carriage.
Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand and whispered in his ear, "Today, I will vent your anger for you."
"What?" Shen Yu did not react for a while.
"Will A Yu be afraid?" Shang Junlin did not answer Shen Yu's question.
Shen Yu was even more confused, "Afraid of what? Your Majesty is talking about what will happen later? "
"Yes, interrogation of the prisoner may be tortured."
"Your Majesty, do you think I'm such a coward?" Shen Yu pressed his finger against the man's broad palm. "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about me."
Shen Yu's heart. "Shang Junlin's palm. Shen Yu's hand. Shen Yu's hand touched... Shen Yu's hand's palm's hand's hand.
Shen Yu's hand was itchy. He withdrew his hand, "Your Majesty can do whatever you want. I didn't come with Your Majesty to restrict Your Majesty's actions."
"I know. No matter what happens later, A Yu can't be afraid of me." Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand tightly.
"I won't."
Not long after, the carriage stopped. As before, Shang Junlin got off the carriage first, followed by Shen Yu.
Shang Junlin carried Shen Yu out. He ignored the Minister of Justice's stunned gaze and said, "Take me there."
The Minister of Justice quickly restrained his expression, "Yes."
He knew that His Majesty would come, but he did not expect that His Majesty would bring His Majesty with him. When he saw Shen Yu coming out of the carriage, his first reaction was shock.
Why did His Majesty bring His Majesty with him?
At present, everyone in the court knew that the Emperor doted on His Majesty and discussed important matters of court with him. It wasn't that the officials didn't want to object, but Shen Yu had grasped the degree so well that they couldn't find a reasonable place to refute.
If His Majesty brought His Majesty to other places, the Minister of Justice could understand. But why did His Majesty bring His Majesty to the prison of the Ministry of Justice?
Suppressing the various thoughts in his heart, the Minister of Justice obediently led the way with his head lowered. He was just curious, but he did not dare to ask.
The structure of the prison of the Ministry of Justice was different from that of the secret prison. The Minister of Justice led the two through the prison cells and came to the innermost part. The criminals who had committed capital crimes were locked up here.
The jailers who guarded here were selected in advance. They knew Shang Junlin's identity and did not dare to neglect him. They took out the key to open the door and brought the prisoner to the interrogation room.
Grand Tutor Zeng was tied up. Two jailers stood on either side of him. This was to prevent him from suddenly attacking people.
"There has been a lot of commotion in the prison these days. I was wondering what had happened. It turns out that His Majesty came personally." Grand Tutor Zeng raised his head and looked at the man sitting opposite him.
"Zhen didn't come here to reminisce about the past."
"I know," Grand Tutor Zeng nodded, "His Majesty is very busy every day. It is not easy for him to take time out to see me. But, His Majesty can come alone, but why did His Majesty bring the person sleeping next to him? The prison is not like other places. It would be bad if he was frightened. "
The Minister of Justice stood respectfully behind Shang Junlin. When he heard this, he was about to scold him for being rude when he heard His Majesty speak:
"You know my identity?"
Grand Tutor Zeng snorted, "Who doesn't know His Majesty Shen Guijun who is the most favored in the harem?"
Shen Yu, "It's good that you know. I don't have to introduce myself again. Since you know who I am, why don't you solve my doubts? Why did you attack me again and again?"
Grand Tutor Zeng, "Because His Majesty likes His Majesty."
Shen Yu, "Is this also the late Emperor's intention?"
Grand Tutor Zeng, "You can think of it that way."
Shen Yu, "Since you are so obedient to the late Emperor, why didn't you hand over the power left by the late Emperor to the King of Yue? When the late Emperor chose you, did he think that a loyal dog would betray its master one day? "
"His Majesty is really eloquent." Grand Tutor Zeng turned to look at Shang Junlin, "His Majesty just let him climb over your head like this?"
"There is no need for a prisoner like you to worry about the matters between Zhen and His Majesty. As long as His Majesty is happy, Zhen will let him do whatever he wants." Shang Junlin said indifferently.
"As long as His Majesty is happy." Seeing that his instigation was unsuccessful, Grand Tutor Zeng resentfully withdrew his gaze.
"He can't even protect himself. Why worry about other people's matters?" The Minister of Justice couldn't help but whisper.
Except for the beginning, Grand Tutor Zeng's attitude was still quite cooperative. He would answer all of Shang Junlin's questions. These were the results of Fang Jun's interrogation. Shang Junlin asked again to lower Grand Tutor Zeng's guard.
He wanted him to think that this was all they wanted to know.
In the end, Shang Junlin stood up: "Zhen has always been curious. When the late Emperor was alive, he didn't seem to care much about Shang Junyue. Why did he leave him so many things before his death? If he really wanted to make Shang Junyue the Emperor, he could have made Shang Junyue the Crown Prince. "
"Naturally, it's because the Prince of Yue is the late Emperor's son." Grand Tutor Zeng answered without hesitation.
"The late Emperor had so many princes. Why was the Prince of Yue the only exception?" If Shen Yu remembered correctly, other than Shang Junlin and Shang Junyue, there were other princes alive before the late Emperor died.
Shang Junlin only killed a few who were good at seizing power. He didn't touch those who weren't competitive or were too young.
"How can we, as subjects, guess the late Emperor's thoughts? I was just following the late Emperor's orders."
"Zhen will take it that you really don't know." Shang Junlin walked slowly to the rack where the instruments of torture were placed. He took a soft bone whip from the rack. "Now, zhen will ask you. Were you the one who gave the order to harm the noble Prince?"
"Don't use the late Emperor to fool zhen. The late Emperor is already dead. He couldn't have foreseen the noble Prince's existence. Zhen will only ask, were you the one who gave the order?"
"… Yes." Grand Tutor Zeng closed his eyes in the face of the imposing man.
"Very good."
As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp gust of wind swept past.
"Slap —"
The bone whip had barbs on it. With one lash, the skin and flesh were torn open.
No one expected Shang Junlin to suddenly make a move.
The Minister of Justice widened his eyes in shock as he looked at the man wielding the whip.
Shen Yu suddenly remembered that on the way here, Shang Junlin had said that he would avenge him.
The smell of blood spread. Big beads of sweat rolled down Grand Tutor Zeng's forehead. It was painful.
"Three times. Zhen will remember them all." Shang Junlin's tone was cold.
Grand Tutor Zeng, who was very close to Shang Junlin, could clearly feel the cold murderous intent from the man. It seemed that compared to the rebellion, Shang Junlin cared more about the fact that Shang Junlin had injured his noble Prince.
The bone spike was soaked in salt water. Under the piercing pain, all of his consciousness was used to resist the pain.
After being locked up in prison, those people had tortured him many times in order to get useful information out of him. However, none of them had caused him to suffer as much pain as today.
The wound was burning hot. Shang Junlin had used his skills and specifically chose the most painful place to strike. What he wanted was to make the other party feel unbearable pain.
"Your Majesty is really a sentimental person." Grand Tutor Zeng clenched his teeth. His voice trembled slightly.
"Zhen warned you before not to touch the noble Prince. It seems that Grand Tutor Zeng didn't take it to heart."
Grand Tutor Zeng thought of the miserable end of those people who had been arranged to deal with Shen Yu and fell silent.
"Noble Prince, this …" Wasn't he here to interrogate about the rebellion? Why didn't His Majesty care about this important matter at all? The Minister of Justice couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Shen Yu was only shocked for a moment. When he heard the Minister of Justice's question, he got up and walked to Shang Junlin's side. He hooked his finger and said, "Your Majesty."
Shang Junlin threw away the bone whip in disgust and held Shen Yu's hand.
His fingers were slightly cold.
Shang Junlin turned his head and looked at Shen Yu for a while. When he saw that there was no fear on his face, he was slightly relieved.
"You were ordered by the late Emperor to assist the King of Yue to ascend the throne. However, you, who had been in power for many years, changed your mind halfway. Instead of wholeheartedly serving the King of Yue, it's better to slightly change the situation. It's still you who helped the King of Yue to ascend the throne. However, the one who can really make the decision is you, who controls the forces left behind by the late Emperor."
Shen Yu's indifferent voice smashed into Grand Tutor Zeng's chest. Grand Tutor Zeng's mind was mostly occupied by the pain. He had no time to spare more energy to deal with Shen Yu's question.
"Yes, you're right. Obviously, those forces are in my hands. Why should I lower myself to the King of Yue? In fact, I don't mind telling you that the late Emperor chose me to do this because he thought that I wouldn't be tempted by power. However, he never asked me if I was willing or not! "
"I'm not willing. I have a bright future. Why should I be a dead person who can't see the light of day?"
Grand Tutor Zeng looked at Shang Junlin's face, which was somewhat similar to the late Emperor's, and almost couldn't control his emotions.
"If you really didn't want to, you could've refused at that time." Shen Yu's tone was calm. He wasn't affected by Grand Tutor Zeng's attitude.
"It's useless. Like I said, the late Emperor was the emperor, and I was the subject. If I didn't agree, then I would've really died. It's said that the late Emperor was angry because of my death. How many people know that the person who was sent to kill me wasn't some treacherous subject, but the late Emperor?"
"The late Emperor wanted his own bloodline to become the master of the Great Huan Country. I didn't want to. Unfortunately, he didn't completely let down his guard against me until he died. If not, why would I waste so much time on the King of Yue?"
"Now that the forces under my command have been almost wiped out, and I'm locked up in prison, I know that I can't escape this disaster. Perhaps I shouldn't have chosen this path in the first place. It's better to die cleanly than to die now."
Grand Tutor Zeng glanced at Shen Yu. The young man was dressed in white, and his temperament was like bamboo. Standing in the dark prison, he didn't fit in with his surroundings. He was just like the old him who was able to protect his own heart even when he was surrounded by treacherous people.
Grand Tutor Zeng lowered his head and looked at Shen Yu. He remembered that he used to be high-spirited and vigorous. He was able to form his own faction in the materialistic officialdom. He wasn't affected by external factors, and his reputation spread far and wide. Who wouldn't praise him for his strength of character? In the end, he became the kind of person that he used to hate the most.
"Don't you want to know about the late Emperor's other arrangements? I can tell you what I know. In exchange, I only ask one thing. The mistake I made was my own, and it has nothing to do with Grand Tutor Zeng. The dead shouldn't appear in this world again."
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