Sir Zhenbei did not expect to see a stranger as soon as he arrived at the study.
The man stood in front of the desk with his back to him and seemed to be looking at something on it. Hearing the footsteps, the man turned back.
For a moment, Sir Zhenbei's mind went blank.
The memory hidden in the depths of his heart was evoked. Suddenly, he seemed to see the woman standing under the peach tree and smiling at him again.
The man was obviously a man, but his face was too similar to the one in his memory. Even the curve of his lips was exactly the same. He blurted out, "Who are you?"
"How did you get in?" Sir Zhenbei barely suppressed all kinds of emotions in his heart and asked.
The study was an important place and was more strictly guarded than other places. The man's face was covered with white silk, but he could walk freely in the mansion without being discovered by anyone. It was enough to show that he was powerful and Sir Zhenbei would not take him lightly.
"Of course I walked in." The man in white chuckled.
"Who are you?" Sir Zhenbei frowned and asked.
"Seeing my face, you can still ask this question. I think you don't have any feelings for your wife who died young."
"Don't slander me!" Sir Zhenbei said fiercely.
The man in white put away the smile on his face and said coldly, "If you have feelings for her, why did you let her child enter the harem?"
"I …" Sir Zhenbei stammered and could not speak.
No matter how he found excuses for himself afterwards, it was true that he sent his son into the harem with his own hands.
"Isn't he living a good life now? Who in the world can treat him like His Majesty? " Count North Marquis told himself for the umpteenth time that he had facilitated this matter, which was beneficial to Shen Yu.
"No matter how he's doing now, you can't deny your selfishness in doing those things. Seeing that he's doing well now, I won't fuss over this matter with you. Why don't we talk about everything that happened to him before he entered the palace in Count North's residence?"
"Are you here to fight for justice for him? Where were you in the early years? Where were you when he was chased when he was young? Don't you think it's too late to talk about this now? Why don't you ask him if he owes you a favor? "
"This is between me and him. You don't have to worry about it. Since I'm here now, I won't let anyone have the chance to hurt him again. As for those who hurt him before, I'll remember it. Wait! Slow! Forget it! "
Why did they only come now? Because that person had hidden him well, he only found out about his whereabouts a few days ago. After he found out, he immediately dealt with the matters of the clan and rushed here.
The man in white left as quietly as he came. Duke Zhenbei sat on the chair, his whole body weak. He never knew that there was such a terrible person behind Shen Yu's mother.
Just by simply standing in front of him, he gave off an extremely oppressive feeling, making people unable to raise any thoughts of resistance.
Does Shen Yu know about this person's arrival?
Moreover, the words he said made the Residence of Northern Marquis on the verge of collapse. If the other party really wanted to do something, they would definitely not be able to resist.
Cold sweat slid down from his forehead. Duke Zhenbei had all kinds of thoughts in his mind. He couldn't let everything in the Residence of Northern Marquis be destroyed in his own hands. The only way now was to find Shen Yu and strike first.
No matter whether that person stood on Shen Yu's side or on his opposite side, he couldn't let the two people easily unite. Otherwise, everything he had would be finished.
"Why did the scholar come here specially to scare Duke Zhenbei?" The man in black, who had always been silent, suddenly spoke. He originally thought that the scholar would do something to them when he went to the Residence of Northern Marquis, but he just said a few words.
His scholar was never a kind person. If he was, he would have been swallowed by that place and not even his bones would be left. But the scholar didn't uphold the style of the Residence of Northern Marquis, who had abused Shen Yu before. He didn't make people beg for death.
"If I don't scare him, how can he tell my brother about me with exaggerated details? He refused to come out of the palace to see me, so I had to think of other ways. "The man in white said in a careless tone.
"Aren't you worried that Duke Zhenbei will deliberately distort the facts?"
"My brother can't be so stupid to believe what others say." If Shen Yu was really stupid, why did he have to go through so much trouble? He would have already fished him out of the palace.
"As for the chase that Duke Zhenbei said, I don't know. They still dared to do such a thing. It seems that my warning was too light."
After saying this, the white-clothed man fell silent. The black-clothed man silently stood behind him, like a shadow that would never leave.
After the man in white left, Duke Zhenbei tossed and turned. He felt that he shouldn't just wait for death. If he hadn't been punished, he could have handed in a memorial and entered the palace. Now the Emperor said that he didn't want him to enter the palace and make the nobles unhappy, so he took away his right to enter the palace.
Duke Zhenbei didn't expect that one day, it would be so difficult to see his own son.
He wrote a memorial and asked a familiar official to find a way to send it to the Emperor.
Because the memorial was about the nobles, the Cabinet ministers didn't dare to act rashly and sent it to the palace.
After Shang Junlin saw it, he told Shen Yu.
"Duke Zhenbei said that he has something to tell you about your mother. Does A Yu want to see him?"
Shen Yu thought about it. Since he was punished last time, Duke Zhenbei hadn't bothered him for a long time. Since he said that he wanted to talk to him about his mother in the memorial, he should more or less tell him a little.
"I'll see him."
Shen Yu didn't care about the real purpose of Duke Zhenbei. As long as he could get some information about his mother from Duke Zhenbei, this meeting was not a loss.
"I'll go with A Yu."
If he wasn't there, who knew what Duke Zhenbei would say to Shen Yu. If he was there, at least Duke Zhenbei would think about what to say and what not to say when he said something that would make Shen Yu unhappy.
"Your Majesty, are you worried about me?"
"I'm worried that Duke Zhenbei will make you unhappy."
Shen Yu didn't refuse. He wanted to see Duke Zhenbei to know more about his mother, not to listen to Duke Zhenbei's nonsense.
After the memorial was handed in, Duke Zhenbei was very nervous. Finally, on the third day, the official he asked brought him good news.
"His Majesty said that Marquis should come to the palace tomorrow afternoon. He also said that Marquis wanted to see him for something. When the time comes, you can just talk about this one thing. Don't waste His Majesty's time with other unimportant things."
After hearing this, Duke Zhenbei felt bitter in his heart. The Emperor was warning him not to make the nobles unhappy. When did he have to worry about this and that when talking to his own son?
"I understand."
Shen Yu's people paid attention to every move of Duke Zhenbei's Mansion. Naturally, they also saw this scene. After the news was sent to Yuzhang Palace, Shen Yu's expression was cold.
"Is there anything unusual in Duke Zhenbei's Mansion these days?" In the past, Shen Yu went to Duke Zhenbei's Mansion to ask about something that Duke Zhenbei refused to say. Why did he suddenly want to say it this time? No matter how he looked at it, this matter was not normal.
"We didn't find anything unusual. If you want to say, before handing in the memorial, Duke Zhenbei locked himself in the study for the whole afternoon. When he came out, he looked very bad." Mu Xi recalled the news that was handed in.
"Was there anyone else in the study at that time except him?"
"No, our people didn't see anyone go in. It's strange that after that day, Duke Zhenbei didn't go to the study for several days."
In the blink of an eye, it was the day for Duke Zhenbei to enter the palace.
When Duke Zhenbei came to Yuzhang Palace, the first thing he saw was the two people sitting side by side intimately.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Duke Zhenbei bowed respectfully. After getting permission, he stood up.
When he saw Shen Yu again, his mood was very complicated. This son of his had not been paid attention to since childhood and had quietly grown up in a place that he could not see. When he realized the mistakes he had made over the years and wanted to make up for them, he found that everything was too late.
"Duke Zhenbei, you can just tell me about my mother." Shen Yu looked at Duke Zhenbei and said lightly.
Duke Zhenbei came for this matter. He immediately said, "When your mother insisted on marrying me, she told me that her family didn't agree with this marriage. I haven't seen her family until we got married."
"What is the origin of my mother?"
"I don't know. She didn't tell me. She only said that she was in a deadlock with her family. If her whereabouts were discovered, she might be taken back. She was very reluctant to talk about her family, so I didn't want to force her. Before she died, she asked me to hide you well and not let her family find you. Otherwise, you might lose your life."
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin looked at each other. They both thought of the assassination that year. Until now, they still hadn't found out who did it. Could it be related to the family that Duke Zhenbei mentioned?
"Why didn't you say these words at that time?" Shen Yu asked about what happened when he went to Duke Zhenbei's Mansion.
"For so many years, it has been safe and sound. I thought these things had passed and the people over there would not do it again. But I didn't expect that a person who claimed to be Brother Guijun appeared in the capital. He came to me and said that he wanted to take you back to the family."
With the foreshadowing, when he heard this, he would most likely think that this brother who suddenly appeared had bad intentions. Why would he take him back? To kill him?
Until Duke Zhenbei left, Shang Junlin's aura was very low. He held Shen Yu in his arms and said in a low voice, "I won't let anyone take you away."
And I will never allow anyone to hurt you.
Even if that person is your blood-related relative.
"We can't believe all of Duke Zhenbei's words," Shen Yu patted Shang Junlin's back to comfort him. "What he said must be beneficial to him. No matter what, we have to find him first. After we find him, we will naturally know what his purpose is."
Shang Junlin held the young man in his arms tightly and calmed down the rolling killing intent in his heart. "Since this person appeared in the capital, we will find him. Even if we have to dig three feet under the ground, we will find him."
"Perhaps, we don't need to find him. He has already appeared by himself." Shen Yu thought of Yu who inexplicably appeared in his clothes and the note that Mu Xi received.
"He may be in Yingxing Tower."
This time, even if Shen Yu didn't want to, he had to go to Yingxing Tower.
"Your Majesty …"
As if he knew what Shen Yu was thinking, Shang Junlin interrupted him. "If A Yu wants to see him, he can only see him at the place we choose."
"I will listen to Your Majesty's arrangement." Now that there was someone he cared about, Shen Yu didn't want to be in danger because of him and the person he cared about.
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