"This was worn by His Majesty. Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will blame you for destroying it?" The woman didn't expect that Shen Yu would be so unreasonable. Her face changed greatly.
"If I fell, then so be it. His Majesty will only care about whether I fell to my heart's content."
Shen Yu turned around and said coldly, "Send this girl back."
How could the woman be willing to accept that her plan had failed before it could be implemented? She looked at the jade pendant that was broken by Shen Yu, and her eyes flashed with resentment.
What was worse than the thing that she wanted was easily taken away by others? She had waited for a long time for this opportunity, but it was easily destroyed by others. Moreover, it was in such a way.
How could she not see that Shen Yu was warning her not to touch something that she shouldn't covet? But why? Shen Yu was just luckier than her. He entered the palace one step ahead of her. Why did he put on such a high and mighty attitude?
"Guijun, does His Majesty know that you are so jealous? I just wanted to return His Majesty's jade pendant, but you directly broke it … "
Shen Yu stopped and looked at the woman coldly, "I thought everyone knew that I am a person who can't tolerate sand in my eyes. Don't let me know that you have ideas that you shouldn't have in the future, otherwise …"
The pressure in the young man's eyes was like a mountain. The woman had no doubt that if she really dared to do anything, her end would be the same as the jade pendant.
She was too careless. She almost forgot that there was a woman who deliberately fell on His Majesty and was still detained in Yuzhang Palace.
She began to feel fear in her heart. No matter how ambitious she was, she was just an unmarried woman. In terms of knowledge, how could she compare with Shen Yu?
"What's the noise?" A man's low voice sounded from behind.
Shen Yu tilted his head and saw Shang Junlin coming from another direction.
He was originally discussing things with the Prime Minister and several ministers. Suddenly, he received the news that a woman wanted to see him. She also said that she wanted to return his personal belongings. Shang Junlin directly sent the messenger away and didn't plan to come out to meet her. If he didn't hear that Shen Yu went out, he would never come out.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Everyone present bowed.
Shang Junlin excused their salutations. He didn't even look at the delicate woman who was about to cry and walked straight to Shen Yu.
"Is A Yu feeling better today?"
Ever since that night, Shen Yu had always been listless. Shang Junlin was extremely anxious. He only felt relieved after Imperial Physician Gu confirmed that Shen Yu was fine. For the next few days, he did not dare to cause trouble.
It was rare for Shen Yu to have a good rest for a few days. His spirit had also slowly recovered.
On the way here, Shang Junlin already had a rough idea of what had happened. She was just a stranger to him, so he was too lazy to waste his time on her.
Shen Yu snuggled into Shang Junlin's arms: "Your Majesty, I broke your jade pendant, you won't blame me, right?"
"A Yu doesn't like it. It's just a jade pendant." Shang Junlin held Shen Yu's hand and put it in front of his eyes, "Is A Yu injured?"
Shen Yu was a little unhappy at first, but she was amused by Shang Junlin's action: "It's just a jade pendant. How can I be injured?"
"Next time, if you don't like it, you can let the people around you break it. You don't have to do it yourself." Shang Junlin pinched Shen Yu's fingers.
"That woman …" Shen Yu looked sideways at the woman outside.
The woman finally met Shang Junlin. She originally wanted to do something. It would be better if she could plant the seed of Shen Yu in Shang Junlin's heart. However, she didn't expect that Shang Junlin didn't care about the others at all. He didn't even look at her.
The woman's face was pale and she was on the verge of collapse.
However, no one pitied her because of her weakness.
How many people from the palace were innocent? They could see the woman's true intentions at a glance. Now that she didn't achieve her goal and the Emperor didn't punish her, why did she pretend to be bullied?
"Someone, send her back. She will be punished by copying the Precepts for Women. Order the elders in her family to take good care of her. I don't want the same thing to happen again."
"Yes!"
"Also," Shang Junlin slowly rubbed Shen Yu's fingers, "Next time, don't let these people cause trouble in front of the Emperor. If they disturb the Emperor's mood, I will hold you responsible."
"Yes!"
"Your Majesty allowed these people to bring their family members here. It's a grace to them. Who would have thought that these people would have so many thoughts behind the scenes?"
Shen Yu certainly knew that the woman wasn't the only one with such thoughts. Whether it was for power or for other reasons, there would always be moths to a flame.
Shang Junlin was swift and decisive. He didn't leave any face for the woman. Not long after, everyone in the palace knew that the daughter of the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue had failed in her attempt to get close to the Emperor and had been disliked.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue flew into a rage, "Lock up this disgraceful thing. Without my permission, no one is allowed to let her out!"
He knew that his daughter had some thoughts. To be honest, he was also a bit moved. Looking at Shen Guijun's current treatment, he knew that if his daughter entered the palace and was favored, what kind of glory would it be?
Because of this, he didn't stop his daughter's actions. However, he didn't think that Shang Junlin would be so merciless.
Now, who didn't know what his daughter had done? She received mocking looks from others. Because the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue was born in an aristocratic family, his path had been paved by his elders. He was just waiting to be promoted to the Minister of Revenue. When had he ever encountered such a situation?
"Your Majesty is putting the face of the Tan family on the ground and stepping on it." The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue fiercely downed a cup of wine.
"That's not all. Your Majesty has his own ideas. Do you really think that he's only targeting the Tan family? He clearly wants to use this matter to make an example out of us and warn us not to have thoughts that we shouldn't have! "
"Your Majesty's prejudice against the aristocratic families isn't new. Originally, we planned to send more sensible aristocratic daughters into the palace to ease the tension between the two sides. Who would have thought that Your Majesty would be blinded by a man and not want anyone else? Our plan can only be put on hold."
Allowing those rumors to spread was also a form of probing. In the past, the Emperor lived in the depths of the palace and had almost no contact with the aristocratic daughters. In the palace, as long as the Emperor wanted, he could see the aristocratic daughters at any time. Perhaps the Emperor would change his mind after seeing how good the aristocratic daughters were.
The Emperor didn't care about those private rumors. Just when they thought they saw an opportunity, the Emperor's fierce attack directly shattered their fantasies.
The Emperor didn't tacitly agree. He clearly wanted to find an opportunity to deal with it once and for all.
After this, who would dare to have such thoughts? No matter what they thought, at least they wouldn't dare to show it. Every family would restrain their family and their subordinates. The aristocratic families couldn't afford to lose face.
After Shang Junlin's outburst, Shen Yu didn't encounter similar things again. Mu Xi also said that no one dared to talk about these things in private.
Shen Yu was quite satisfied with this result. No one would be happy if their own people were constantly being targeted by others.
Even during the hottest time of the year, the temperature in the palace wasn't too high. It was even a little cold at night. Finally, Shang Junlin wouldn't be despised when he hugged Shen Yu to sleep.
A batch of memorials was sent from the capital every three days. Today was the day to send memorials again. Shen Yu watched Eunuch Meng instruct a group of eunuchs to move the memorials into the study room. Then, he moved the memorials out and sent them back to the imperial city.
"Why are there so many memorials this time?" Shen Yu walked in and took a look. He was surprised.
"Those aristocratic families who stayed in the capital received news about the palace. Most of them are probably related to that incident."
After Shang Junlin finished reading the memorials in his hand, he put down his pen and instructed, "Meng Chang, sort these memorials and put the less important ones aside."
Eunuch Meng deftly went to sort the memorials. Shang Junlin led Shen Yu out of the study room.
"The people in the capital have already used ice. The Ministry of Works asked me for the recipe to make ice, but I haven't given it to them yet."
Now, the people who were arranged to make ice were all people from the imperial farmsteads. These farmsteads belonged to Shang Junlin. Shang Junlin had specially instructed them not to leak the recipe to make ice.
"Your Majesty, don't give it to them yet." Shen Yu suddenly thought of another use of saltpeter: to make weapons with great lethality.
"After the new department is established, I want to put the recipe there." Shang Junlin was talking about the Bureau of Natural Resources that was being prepared by the imperial court. It was independent of all the departments in the imperial court and directly under the Emperor.
At the beginning, it was agreed that the officials in the Bureau of Natural Resources would not have the same power as the Six Ministries. After this plan was put forward, not many people opposed it, except for the Minister of Revenue.
After the Bureau of Natural Resources was established, a lot of money was bound to be invested. The Minister of Revenue valued the money in the national treasury more than anyone else. He only wanted to spend every penny on the blade.
"I want the Bureau of Natural Resources to be completely separated from the imperial court. If the profits from the things made can be used as the cost of the next research, then we won't be restrained by any forces in the imperial court. I want a pure Bureau of Natural Resources that won't have too many entanglements with other officials." Shang Junlin explained his plan.
Shen Yu felt that this was quite good.
"Did the Minister of Revenue impeach me again?" Ever since that incident, the Minister of Revenue didn't like Shen Yu. He could find a reason to impeach Shen Yu no matter what he did. He also did a lot of things that deliberately distorted the facts.
"A Yu, don't worry. I will avenge you." Shang Junlin had also been eyeing the position of the Minister of Revenue for a long time.
The two strolled to the lake. The lotus flowers in the lake were growing well. An exquisite boat was parked on the shore. Shen Yu pulled Shang Junlin over: "Your Majesty, do you know how to row a boat?"
"A little."
Then he knew how to row a boat.
"Your Majesty, how about we row a boat?"
Seeing the interest in Shen Yu's eyes, Shang Junlin didn't refuse. Eunuch Meng wanted to call a few imperial bodyguards who knew how to row a boat over, but Shang Junlin refused.
He got off the boat first, then took Shen Yu.
The boat wasn't big, just enough to accommodate two people. Shang Junlin rowed the boat to the center of the lake and stopped.
Shen Yu reached out to the lotus heads not far away. He successfully plucked one, broke it open, and put one into his mouth.
It was so sweet.
Shang Junlin saw that Shen Yu liked it, so he rowed the boat closer. He plucked some and put it beside Shen Yu.
"A Yu likes it. When we go back, I'll ask the kitchen to make some lotus seed snacks for you."
"Do you have them in the palace?"
"Of course. There are many different kinds of lotus flowers in the palace."
The weather in the temporary imperial residence was cool. Even if the sun shone down, it wouldn't be too hot. Shang Junlin was afraid that Shen Yu would get sunburned, so he broke off a lotus leaf and held it above Shen Yu's head.
Shen Yu ate the lotus head. It was sweet in his mouth. He peeled one and put it beside Shang Junlin's mouth: "Your Majesty, have some too."
Shen Yu's hands were very white. Under the sunlight, his fingers became more lustrous. It was hard to tell whether the lotus seed or his fingers were more attractive.
Shang Junlin's Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
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