Shang Junlin's footsteps paused. Shen Yu could clearly feel that the man's body instantly tensed up. He leaned on the man's shoulder and chuckled.
Shang Junlin lightly said: "Don't make trouble."
The young man on the side opened his eyes wide and looked at the scene in front of him: "You are …"
Shen Yu remembered that he shouldn't teach children bad things. The words on the tip of his tongue turned a few times, but he didn't say it.
"Is your relationship the same as His Majesty's?" The young man didn't dare to keep staring at them. He lowered his head and walked forward. He was young and couldn't hide his curiosity. After walking for a while, he couldn't help but ask.
Shen Yu was interested. He leaned on the man's shoulder and turned to look at the young man: "Then tell me, what is the relationship between His Majesty and His Majesty?"
"It's … very loving. His Majesty doesn't want anyone else for His Majesty, and he doesn't allow anyone to bully His Majesty. When I grow up, I want to be like His Majesty, only marry the person I like, protect her well, and don't let anyone bully her." The young man said seriously.
"Good ambition," Shen Yu was amused, "You can definitely do it in the future."
The young man's idea was affirmed, and the joy in his eyes could no longer be hidden: "I also want to be like His Majesty, a great general, protect Dahuan, and beat back all the people who bully us."
"Then you will definitely become a great general in the future." Shen Yu said.
The young man opened his mouth and talked a lot about His Majesty's heroic deeds. He didn't know that His Majesty was beside him, and he was silently listening to the conversation between the two.
Shen Yu held back his laughter. Listening to the young man talk about His Majesty in his mind, if it wasn't for the circumstances, he would like to ask what the protagonist of this conversation was thinking.
The two kept talking, and unknowingly, they arrived at their destination. The young man stopped and pointed to the front: "It's there. We picked up the cup there."
In the forest in front, there were some messy mounds. The mounds had obvious traces of being moved.
Shen Yu patted Shang Junlin's shoulder: "A 'Lin, put me down first."
In front of outsiders, Shen Yu naturally would not address Shang Junlin as His Majesty. Along the way, they did not reveal their true identities.
Shang Junlin put Shen Yu down. The two of them approached the mound. Shen Yu broke a branch from the side and poked it in the soil.
"Everything that can be used has been taken back by the villagers. The rest are all broken and can't be used." The teenager saw Shen Yu's movements and explained.
After digging for a while, Shen Yu saw some broken porcelain inside.
"Is no one curious about where these things came from?" Shen Yu threw the branch aside and asked.
The conversation along the way made Shen Yu gain a good impression in the boy's heart. The boy told him everything he knew to this young brother who recognized his ambition.
"I'm curious. With so many good things, everyone is naturally curious. The village chief even specially organized people to go up the mountain to search for them. Unfortunately, they didn't find anything."
They walked around the vicinity but found nothing.
However, it was not normal for these imperial items to appear here. Hence, some of the Hidden Dragon Guards were left to continue searching. Shen Yu and Shang Junlin were led down the mountain by the teenager.
The round trip took a few hours. When they reached the foot of the mountain, the road was almost dry. At this time, Shen Yu and Shang Junlin should be on their way back to the capital. However, the two of them were more concerned about the imperial items that suddenly appeared. Hence, they did not leave immediately.
After going up the mountain, their clothes were dirty. The two of them changed their clothes and sat down in the house.
"Does this batch of imperial items have anything to do with what Grand Tutor Zeng mentioned before?" Shen Yu thought about it and felt that the imperial items shouldn't have suddenly appeared here.
This village was very normal. The answers given by the Hidden Dragon Guards would not be wrong. After the imperial items were filed, they would be properly stored. Even if they were given out as rewards, they would be recorded. After Shang Junlin ascended the throne, there was a special official in charge of this area. During the drought in the North, the Ministry of Revenue reorganized the items in the national treasury. If there were any missing items, they should have known.
Since there were no missing items, it meant that there was nothing wrong with the items in the national treasury. This batch of items could only have been leaked out before Shang Junlin ascended the throne.
"The imperial court has already found the whereabouts of the imperial items that Grand Tutor Zeng mentioned. According to him, there should be another batch of items that are wandering outside. Regardless of whether we met them here or not, we have to find out what is going on."
In order not to alarm others, Shang Junlin did not inform the local government. He left the investigation to the Hidden Dragon Guards.
Two days later, the Hidden Dragon Guards reported that they had found the whereabouts of the imperial items.
It was a cave hidden in the middle of the mountain. Perhaps it was because of the heavy rain all year round, the cave was damaged to a certain extent. Part of the cave that was hidden in the cave flowed out along with the soil and was coincidentally discovered by the villagers.
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin stood in the cave and were momentarily speechless.
In front of them were boxes of different sizes. Some of the boxes had already been opened by the Hidden Dragon Guards, revealing the items inside.
What came into view were boxes of jewelry. Most of them were gold and silver. Shen Yu casually picked up a gemstone and could tell that it was of high quality.
"I didn't expect that finding a random place to hide from the rain would yield such a harvest." Shen Yu put down the gemstone in his hand and sighed.
This matter was completely out of Shang Junlin's expectations. He had sent people to various places in Da Huan to search for the other batch of items that the late Emperor might have left behind. He did not expect that in the end, they would be the ones who found it by chance.
"Indeed, A Yu is my lucky star." Shang Junlin sighed softly.
"Your Majesty, why do you say so?"
Shang Junlin shook his head and did not reply.
If he was not worried about Shen Yu's health, even if it was raining, Shang Junlin would not have found a place to stay for the night. That way, he would have missed this village and missed out on everything that happened later.
As the weather cleared up, they still had important matters to attend to in the capital. They did not stay for long and left some Hidden Dragon Guards to guard the place. Shang Junlin and Shen Yu embarked on the journey back to the capital.
After settling the matters in the capital, they would send people to deal with these items.
"This time, the Minister of Revenue will be happy." In the carriage, Shen Yu opened the curtains and said.
The Minister of Revenue was excited for a few days when he collected the items from Grand Tutor Zeng. He generously gave out a lot of money. During that period of time, if the imperial court needed to spend money on anything, it would be very lively. The ministers lamented that it would be great if the Minister of Revenue could always be so easy-going.
Shang Junlin was thinking about something and did not respond immediately.
The carriage continued to move forward. This time, they did not stop halfway and directly arrived at a small town near the capital.
They had received news from the Prime Minister that a storm was brewing in the capital.
This time, even the people in the capital could faintly feel that something was wrong.
"The temperature has dropped. Has His Majesty and Guijun not returned to the capital yet?"
"Yes, in the past, they would not stay outside for so long. Counting the time, it has been almost three months."
"Could it be that His Majesty and Guijun are enjoying their time outside and have forgotten about home?"
"It would be the same if they returned to the capital. Life in the imperial palace would not be worse than in the temporary residence, right?"
"I have an uncle who works in Lord Fang's family. He said that Lord Fang has not contacted his family for a long time."
"Maybe something has delayed him."
"Not only that, but the other officials have also been worried recently. I don't know if you have noticed that the Prime Minister has been living in seclusion recently."
"I see that some of the officials are very active. Two days ago, there was a wedding banquet held by an official and many officials were invited. The Prime Minister also went."
If the people could feel it, the officials could feel it even more clearly. As the days passed, there was still no news from the temporary residence. Many people could not sit still.
"What is going on with His Majesty?"
"Is there any news?"
The more attentive officials found that some unknown changes had occurred. They did not know what exactly had happened, so they could only observe carefully.
The Prime Minister's presence had unknowingly begun to decrease. On the contrary, Lord Duan's presence had become stronger and stronger. The balance between the aristocratic officials and the humble officials that Shang Junlin had maintained in the imperial court was faintly being broken.
A few officials who had a good relationship with the Prime Minister came to the Prime Minister's residence to discuss countermeasures.
"Does Lord Duan also not know what has happened? What are these aristocratic officials led by Lord Duan trying to do? "
The elementary school that was in the process of being established was stopped. At the same time, other policies that were being implemented were also affected. The humble officials were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the aristocratic officials and gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.
"Are they not afraid that His Majesty will punish them when he returns to the capital? Or … "
He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present knew what he was trying to say.
The aristocratic officials were so fearless. Did they know some inside information that they did not know? What was His Majesty's state now? What happened in the imperial palace?
One question after another hovered in their minds. They could not figure out why there was a problem this time.
"If we had known this would happen, we would not have agreed to His Majesty's request to bring so few people to the imperial palace."
"Even if we did not agree, what can we do? How many times has His Majesty changed his decision? "
This sentence was the truth. The officials knew that until now, the only person who had the ability to persuade Shang Junlin to change his decision was probably Shen Yu.
"I don't know how His Majesty's situation is. Is there any movement in Count North's residence?"
"No. Speaking of which, isn't Count North too quiet during this period of time? Before, he was still interacting with many officials and wanted to return to the imperial court. Now it seems that there is no movement. "
"Count North's illegitimate son was convicted because he wanted to hurt His Majesty. I don't know how His Majesty plans to deal with Count North."
Count North was also very nervous about his own ending. He could see how much the Emperor valued his legitimate son. He also knew that this time, Shen Qingran wanted to hurt Shen Yu, and it would not be over so easily.
How many people could bear the Emperor's anger? As long as the knife hanging over his head did not fall, Count North would not be at ease.
In Count North's residence, Count North sat on the main seat in the study. Several people sitting below him were his confidants. One of them said, "Count North, you have to make a decision early."
"That's my only son …" Duke Zhenbei hesitated.
"If Eldest Young Master and Count North were of the same mind, Count North would naturally not need to consider this. But Eldest Young Master is obviously not. Count North should think more for yourself. This time, no one knows if the matter of Second Young Master will implicate Count North." His confidant advised.
"Count North, it is clear at a glance which is more important, the merit of supporting the Emperor and a legitimate son who is not on your side."
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