Shen Yu let Shang Junlin hold him in his arms and did not speak. Strictly speaking, this was the first time they were so close to each other.
The man's arms were so strong that Shen Yu could even feel the pain from his waist. He was painfully aware that he was needed at this moment.
He couldn't tell what he was thinking, or maybe he wasn't thinking at all. The man's breath wrapped around him from all directions. Zhang Yang occupied all the gaps between him and the outside world. That moment was both long and short.
After an unknown period of time, Shang Junlin slowly released his arms. "I forgot myself."
Shen Yu didn't continue the previous topic. He knew that some things could only be slowly digested by himself. The forceful intervention of outsiders would only aggravate the pain.
"Your Majesty, you hurt me just now." Shen Yu half leaned on Shang Junlin and breathed slowly to ease the pain from his waist.
"… I'll apply medicine for you."
Shang Junlin was also familiar with this task. There was a small compartment at the head of the bed. It was full of medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, as well as some unknown ointment sent by the Imperial Hospital.
"It's not that serious." Shen Yu pressed down on Shang Junlin's hand. "Your Majesty, is there a result on Prince Huaiyu's matter?"
Shang Junlin: "He confessed very quickly, but I still feel that something is wrong."
Shen Yu: "Your Majesty and I have the same idea."
Shang Junlin: "Oh? What does Your Majesty think? "
"Doesn't Your Majesty think it's too easy?" Shen Yu pulled Shang Junlin to sit on the soft couch. "According to Your Majesty's original statement, Prince Huaiyu has been hiding in the palace for so long without being discovered. It doesn't make sense for him to be exposed so easily."
Shang Junlin nodded. "There are many doubts about Prince Huaiyu's matter, and the time span is also long. I haven't dealt with him yet."
Prince Huaiyu was locked up in a secret prison. Every day, there were special people to interrogate him. Unfortunately, no matter what method was used, the results were the same.
Either he admitted it easily, or he refused to admit it. The more he was interrogated, the more doubts and loopholes there were.
"What about those women? Did you get anything out of them?"
After discovering the existence of "Fei Meng", Shang Junlin had locked up the concubines of the previous Emperor and Empress who were originally placed in remote courtyards in Yuzhang Palace. Firstly, this was to prevent information from leaking out, and secondly, this was to cut off any opportunities for others to make a move.
"The answers are all about the same."
The matter seemed to have been resolved, but in reality, there was no progress.
"From the information I have found, Prince Huaiyu is indeed one of the masterminds. The former Emperor, the concubines, and some of the palace servants are indeed his spies in the palace, except for one person," Shang Junlin said, holding a teacup.
"Is it that little eunuch who attacked Concubine Yu?" Shen Yu guessed.
If it wasn't for that little eunuch making a move and scaring Lady Yu, Lady Yu wouldn't have asked him for help. Without Lady Yu's confession, they wouldn't have discovered Prince Huaiyu's existence so quickly.
Shang Junlin: "Yes, this is the only loophole. That little eunuch pretended to be one of Prince Huaiyu's men, but we later found out that he had never done anything for Prince Huaiyu. So there is only one possibility left, and that is that he deliberately said this."
Shen Yu: "He deliberately put all the blame on Prince Huaiyu so that the real mastermind behind the scenes can escape."
Shang Junlin: "Unfortunately, that little eunuch is dead and there is no evidence, so the clues are cut off."
When Shang Junlin's people found that something was wrong and wanted to interrogate the little eunuch again, they found that he was already dead. He had committed suicide. This result confirmed Shang Junlin's thoughts.
Prince Huaiyu's arrest caused quite a stir, and all the ministers and the imperial family heard the news. When they went to court, some ministers directly asked about it. Shang Junlin didn't intend to hide it and directly told them. He even sent a special official to take charge of this matter.
Seeing that the matter was about to be solved, but turned into a dead end, the minister in charge of this case was so anxious that he had several bubbles in his mouth.
The end of the year was approaching, and at this time, everyone should be on holiday at home. Now, let alone on holiday, everyone was afraid that they would be implicated in the matter in the palace.
Didn't they see that several officials were implicated and lost their official titles?
Count Zhenbei had always wanted to see Shen Yu, alone, without Shang Junlin by Shen Yu's side.
Finally, he found an opportunity.
It was at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve.
With the previous example, no one dared to offend Shen Yu at the palace banquet this time. It was just that the palace banquet was long and boring. After the necessary procedures were completed, Shen Yu and Shang Junlin said goodbye and sneaked out.
Shen Yu took Mu Xi and walked for a while. Seeing a figure in front of them, they stopped.
"Your Highness." The person came and saluted.
"Your Highness Prince An," Shen Yu was surprised, "Why is Prince An here?"
Shen Yu deliberately walked further away. There was a distance from the hall where the palace banquet was held, and it was relatively close to the harem. If Prince An wanted to take a breather, he shouldn't come here.
"It's not easy for me to come to the palace, so I want to see the place where I used to play when I was young." Prince An explained calmly.
"It seems that someone is looking for you, so I won't disturb you." Prince An nodded and left.
Shen Yu turned back and saw a man dressed as a servant walking towards him.
"Your Highness, the Marquis asked if you can see him." The servant had always been serving Count Zhenbei, and his attitude towards Shen Yu was very respectful.
"Father wants to see me?" Shen Yu was bored and didn't want to go back to the hall for a while, "Where is father?"
"Your Highness, please come with this servant."
Shen Yu walked a short distance with the servant and saw Count Zhenbei standing on the roadside.
"Father wants to see me?" Shen Yu didn't plan to completely break the relationship with Count Zhenbei for the time being.
"I never knew that it would be so difficult to see my own son." Count Zhenbei was a little angry when he didn't get a reply from the palace.
Shen Yu was puzzled, "Father, what are you talking about? Didn't I go to the Count Zhenbei's residence a while ago?"
"I want to see you alone, I don't want you to bring His Majesty with you." Count Zhenbei's face became ugly when he said this. Until now, there were still some people who didn't know the truth who thought that he was covering up for his son to meet his lover outside the palace.
He couldn't say that it was His Majesty who came to the residence with Shen Yu that day, and there was no lover at all, so he could only swallow it and bear it.
"What is His Majesty thinking? Now there are rumors outside the palace that you have other people outside and are disloyal to His Majesty. Don't you plan to care about this?"
"Huh? There's such a thing? " Shen Yu really didn't know. He thought that this matter was used by Prince Li to threaten him. Did it spread out?
"Public opinion can confuse gold," Count Zhenbei advised earnestly, "Rumors can destroy a person. Don't take it lightly."
"I know, I'll deal with it. Count Zhenbei came to me just for this?"
He almost said, "If there's nothing else, don't waste my time."
Shen Yu's indifferent tone almost made Count Zhenbei fall over in anger, "Did you listen to father's words? Now you can rely on His Majesty's favor and don't take these things seriously, but when His Majesty has a new person …"
"There's no such possibility as you said," Shen Yu glanced at him, "Instead of worrying about me, Count Zhenbei should worry about your own backyard. Your good concubine Ru seems to have a lot of tricks."
"You …" Count Zhenbei was speechless, "Okay, I won't talk about this. I came to ask you about Prince Huaiyu's matter and what His Majesty plans to do."
Originally, Prince Huaiyu should have been executed before the New Year, but Shang Junlin said that it was not appropriate to see blood before the New Year, so it was delayed until now.
Why didn't the Emperor give the order when the evidence was conclusive? Was it really as he said that it was not appropriate to see blood before the New Year, or was there something else hidden in the case? No one could guess.
"Do you think that I, as a concubine, can know His Majesty's decision?" Shen Yu looked at him and said seriously, "Since you're my father, I'll give you a reminder. If someone asked you to ask this question, you should try to stay away from that person in the future. If you want to ask it yourself, I can only warn you: If you have nothing to do with this matter, don't get involved."
"Whether you want to listen to me or not, father, you decide."
Count Zhenbei was shocked. He came to ask Shen Yu because someone had mentioned it to him. After listening to Shen Yu's words, he couldn't help but think carefully. Did that person deliberately say this to let him ask?
In the tense political situation, one wrong step could lead to the loss of the whole game. A little carelessness could lead to the loss of one's life. Count Zhenbei was not in the mood to continue talking with Shen Yu, so he hurriedly left.
On the way back, Mu Xi was puzzled, "Why did Guijun tell Count Zhenbei this?"
Having served Shen Yu for so many years, Mu Xi knew better than anyone that Shen Yu didn't have much fatherly affection for Count Zhenbei. Even if he had, it had been obliterated by big and small disappointments.
"Because my current identity is still the legitimate son of Count Zhenbei. If Count Zhenbei is too stupid and falls into someone else's trap, the first one to be implicated will be me."
Before he completely drew a line with Count Zhenbei's mansion, Shen Yu would never tolerate someone using Count Zhenbei to plot against him.
"Ask someone to keep an eye on Count Zhenbei's mansion." Shen Yu ordered lightly.
"Yes."
Now was not the best time to draw a line. He still had to wait. Shen Yu smiled. He was not in a hurry.
After the palace banquet, Shen Yu returned to Yuzhang Palace and changed into light clothes. Compared with the luxurious and cumbersome Guijun costume, Shen Yu preferred simple casual clothes.
"Guijun, Happy New Year." Shang Junlin took out the red envelope that he had already prepared.
"Is it for me?" Shen Yu's voice had a trace of uncertainty. He was stunned for a moment before he took it under Shang Junlin's affirmative gaze.
Shen Yu held the red envelope and only felt his palm was hot.
"I didn't prepare it for Your Majesty. What should I do?" Mu Xi was responsible for distributing the servants' gifts. Shen Yu didn't ask, so naturally, he didn't prepare anything for Shang Junlin.
"I'll give it to you. You don't have to give it to me."
"That won't do." Shen Yu thought for a moment. "I owe Your Majesty one. I'll make it up to Your Majesty next time."
"As you wish." Shang Junlin wasn't obsessed with gifts.
Seeing Shen Yu put away the red envelope, Shang Junlin asked, "There will be a fireworks festival today. Does Your Majesty want to go and take a look?"
Every year, Dahuan would hold a grand fireworks festival. On this day, the people of Dahuan would take their relatives and friends out to watch it.
Shen Yu's eyes lit up. "Can I go out of the palace?"
Shang Junlin, who originally planned to take Shen Yu to see on the city wall, was speechless. "You want to go out of the palace to play?"
"It is said that the fireworks festival outside the palace is very lively. Everyone will take their relatives and partners to watch it. Can Your Majesty accompany me?"
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