The two left the palace and went to the secret prison.
A section of the road leading to the prison was paved with cement. When the carriage traveled on it, it was much smoother than other places.
Shen Yu lifted the curtain and looked outside: "When Dahuan is paved with such roads, it will be much more convenient to go back and forth."
"When there is a chance in the future, I will take you around Dahuan."
"Okay, Your Majesty, you can't go back on your words."
The secret prison was brightly lit and was surrounded by layers of imperial guards.
Shen Yu followed Shang Junlin out of the carriage and sighed: "This is probably the most lively time in the secret prison."
Wasn't it? In addition to the imperial guards, there were so many people who broke out of the prison. Shen Yu seriously doubted that the secret prison could hold all these people.
On the other side.
Knowing that the secret order and the people were taken away by Young Master He, Master He was furious: "Are you all idiots? You let him take them away?! Didn't I say that except for me, no one else can touch these things?! "
"Master, you really can't blame us," the servant wanted to cry but had no tears, "Young Master He took your letter and said that you ordered him to come. You also told us before that you would do something tonight and asked us to be alert. We thought it was really you who sent Young Master He."
It could only be said that Young Master He was too good at picking the time.
After all, he was his eldest son. Master He wouldn't deliberately hide things from him. Except for some things that he really couldn't let him know, he would more or less reveal a bit of other things to Young Master He.
This time, it was the same. Family Head He didn't have much vigilance against Eldest Young Master He, so he was easily tricked.
"Where is the letter? Show me."
The servant took out a letter with trembling hands.
Family Head He took the letter and read it. He was so angry that he wanted to laugh. The handwriting and tone of the letter were almost the same as what he wrote. No wonder the servants didn't suspect anything. Besides, Eldest Young Master He made use of the time difference to take the girl away without anyone being suspicious.
"Master, we, what should we do now?"
"That unfilial son most likely knows where his younger brother is and brought people to save him. See if you can bring him back. If you can, then there's still a chance of survival. If not …"
The servant didn't dare to delay and immediately left. However, before he could get far, he saw a group of Imperial Army soldiers surrounding him.
In front of the well-trained Imperial Army, the He family had no power to resist. Patriarch He gritted his teeth and retreated to the secret passage with a few of his trusted subordinates.
He had raised such a good son for nothing!
In the end, Patriarch He and his eldest son, whom he missed dearly, met in the dark prison.
By the time Shen Yu and Shang Junlin arrived, all of them had been caught.
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin walked into the dark prison. The dark prison was filled with torches, so it was as bright as day. Shen Yu looked at the dark prison under such light for the first time.
Patriarch He and Eldest Young Master He were locked up next to Youngest Young Master He. Prince Yue was locked up in another place. The rest of the prison breakers were either executed on the spot or locked up together.
Prince Yue had heard the movements in the dark prison. He thought that these people were here to save him. However, he didn't expect that these people didn't stop at the place where he was locked up. They went directly to another place and were caught by the Imperial Army soldiers who had been lying in ambush for a long time.
Prince Yue was stupefied from the beginning to the end. He had been in contact with the outside world these days. Those people also said that they would save him today. He waited and waited with full expectation. Finally, those people came. However, those people didn't even look at him.
There were special officials in charge of the interrogation. Shang Junlin brought Shen Yu here just to see the situation.
The leader of the Imperial Army followed beside the two of them and explained what happened that night.
"According to Your Majesty's order, I sent people to observe the eldest son of the He Family in secret while guarding all the entrances of the secret prison. As expected, a group of unknown people met with the eldest son of the He Family and headed straight for the secret prison …"
The rest of the matter was clear at a glance. Eldest Young Master He, who was eager to save his younger brother, didn't know that he had fallen into the hunter's trap from the beginning. He brought people in and was caught red-handed. He directly accompanied Youngest Young Master He.
After sending away the leader of the Imperial Army, Shang Junlin took Shen Yu to the place where Prince Yue was locked up.
"You have expected this, right? You allowed me to send messages to the outside world. You have been waiting for this moment for a long time, haven't you? "Prince Yue calmed down and thought of many details.
When he was first locked up in the dark prison, he couldn't get in touch with the outside world. Why did he suddenly get in touch with the outside world one day? In addition, there were many things that were wrong. At that time, he was in a hurry to get out. Even if he noticed it, he didn't take it seriously. Now that he thought about it, there were too many flaws.
"Prince Yue is smart this time. Unfortunately, even if they want to save you, they don't dare to show up in person. They only dare to send some people from afar and hand you over to the unreliable He family." Shang Junlin sneered.
Prince Yue was full of hatred. But now he was completely defeated. He could only watch as Shang Junlin stood in front of him with the posture of a winner.
Shang Junlin was a high and mighty emperor who looked down on everything. But he was a prisoner who was crushed into the mud. His future was unknown.
Shen Yu was also looking at Prince Yue. The difference between the current Prince Yue and the man in his previous life was too big. It was so big that he began to doubt whether they were really the same person.
It turned out that without the so-called protagonist's halo and the praise that was deliberately applied to him, he was just such an ordinary person.
Shang Junlin handed over the prison break to Official Fang, who had hurried over, and returned to the palace with Shen Yu.
Along the way, Shen Yu didn't speak. When they arrived at Yuzhang Palace, Shang Junlin directly carried him out of the carriage.
"A Yu is still thinking about Prince Yue's matter?"
Shen Yu shook his head and nodded. He was thinking more about his previous life. He thought that what he saw with his own eyes in his previous life and the book he read after his death was the whole truth. At this moment, he suddenly realized that both of them were confusing.
Sure enough, he couldn't rely too much on the so-called world's plot.
Shang Junlin didn't put him down. He directly carried him and walked inside. Everywhere he passed, the palace servants lowered their heads.
Shen Yu fluttered: "Your Majesty, quickly put me down."
"I won't." Shang Junlin flatly refused.
"So many people are watching …"
"Isn't it right and proper for me to carry my noble husband? Not only can I carry you, I can also kiss you, I can … "
"Enough," Shen Yu didn't want him to continue, so he interrupted, "If Your Majesty wants to carry me, then carry me. As long as Your Majesty doesn't dislike me for being heavy."
"How can I dislike A Yu for being heavy? A Yu should be fatter. It's more comfortable to carry." Shang Junlin weighed the young man in his arms. To him, Shen Yu's weight was really nothing.
From a minor illness to a major one, Shen Yu's weight was still much lighter than a normal person's even though he had recovered a little during this time.
The He family was taken down in one fell swoop. Following the clues of the He family, they finally found traces of the mysterious power behind them.
Although they couldn't find the real mastermind, it was much better than before.
Shang Junlin arranged for the officials who were transferred back from other places one by one. The new officials who entered the imperial examination also gradually entered the imperial court. Everything seemed to be thriving.
The Grand Commandant who planned the fraud in the imperial examination was removed from his position, and the position of Grand Commandant was vacant.
The aristocratic families and the officials from poor families fought to the death in the imperial court for this position.
Especially the aristocratic families, they had already lost too much. If the person who took the position of Grand Commandant wasn't from their faction, it would be a huge blow to them.
As Shang Junlin promoted a group of new officials, the aristocratic families' monopoly of the imperial court was finally broken. Because of the aristocratic families' interference, the position of Grand Commandant was never decided.
These disputes temporarily didn't affect the peace of Hanlin Academy.
"The two of you came together again?"
Jiang Huaiqing smiled and greeted the person who spoke, replying, "I rode on brother Cheng Yu's carriage. You know, I'm a little embarrassed recently."
The reason was that Jiang Huaiqing took a fancy to a set of unique copies. He really wanted it and was worried that it would be bought by someone else if he was late, so he could only reluctantly buy it.
"I know, I know. When you finish copying, don't forget to lend it to us."
"I won't forget."
Jiang Huaiqing was on duty with He Chengyu. At first, Jiang Huaiqing had some misgivings and didn't want to get too close to him. Later, when he saw that his colleagues were easy to get along with, he acted much more casually.
He still lived with He Chengyu, and the two of them went in and out together. The people in Hanlin Academy knew that they had a good relationship and often joked about it.
Jiang Huaiqing went from being embarrassed at the beginning to being able to face it calmly, and only ten days had passed.
"That's right, I seem to have found one of the files you asked me to find last time. Do you want to take a look?"
"Thank you!" Jiang Huaiqing's eyes lit up.
"It's been a few decades. Why are you looking for these?" The person was curious.
"I admire the great scholars of the past and want to know more about them," Jiang Huaiqing explained with a smile.
"That's right. You are indeed interested in these. I will help you pay more attention to other things." He didn't suspect anything. After all, Jiang Huaiqing's hobby had been deeply rooted in the people of Hanlin Academy. It was normal for a person who could spend all his money to buy a unique book to be interested in the deeds of the great scholars of the past.
Fortunately, he had a good relationship with Scholar He, so he could be helped from time to time.
Shen Yu occasionally received letters from Jiang Huaiqing, and they were all about daily interesting things. Shen Yu also wrote a few letters in reply.
For some reason, Shen Yu found that Shang Junlin didn't seem to like to talk about Prince Yue in front of him recently. Even if he asked, the topic would be changed after two or three sentences.
"Why does Your Majesty suddenly not want to talk to me about Prince Yue?" After the topic was changed again, Shen Yu asked. He wanted to know if Shang Junlin simply didn't want him to know about Prince Yue, or did he not want him to know about other things as well?
Shang Junlin stroked Shen Yu's neck and said in a hoarse voice, "I brought you to the dark prison that day for selfish reasons."
"Huh?" Shen Yu was stunned.
"I know that when you were outside the palace, Prince Yue approached you. I wanted you to see Prince Yue …"
"Your Majesty," Shen Yu interrupted Shang Junlin, "Does Your Majesty care about these things?"
Shang Junlin looked at him with deep eyes.
The more you loved someone, the more you couldn't tolerate that person having any shadow of someone else. You could say that he was overbearing or paranoid, but he didn't want anyone else to occupy Shen Yu's eyes and mind. He brought Shen Yu to see Prince Yue because he wanted him to deeply understand that Prince Yue was not worthy of his love.
After a long while, Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand, "I thought that I could ignore A Yu's matters outside the palace, but I was wrong. I can't ignore it. Everything that happened to A Yu, I can't ignore it."
"Was what A Yu said to Prince Yue true? Did A Yu really just treat Prince Yue as my substitute? "
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