Shen Mi looked at the young man in front of him. The young man was covered in dirt from being kicked by the older eunuchs.

Traces of torture can still be vaguely seen on the arms and face, which makes people feel a little distressed.

However, Su Rong's eyes were firm, and the stubbornness engraved in his bones was something that no one else possessed.

Shen Mi asked, "Do you want to see your brother?"

Su Rong's hand holding the painting was trembling slightly, and he looked up at Shen Mi with pleading eyes.

His eyes were red and he trembled as he said, "Of course I want to see my brother."

"My entire Su family was wiped out, leaving only my brother and I."

Shen Mi whispered: "If you want, just comprehend what is written on this piece of paper."

"If you have the chance, you can let others see that you can play chess, but you must never reveal what is on this paper to anyone else."

"The more people in the palace know that you can play Go, the better."

"Half a month later, if you want to survive, it all depends on you."

"During this period of time, if those eunuchs throw all the dirty work to you again, you must endure it and never conflict with them."

"If you want to leave this palace alive, you must learn to be patient and be able to bend and stretch."

Su Rong tightly grasped the picture in his hand and hid it in the most difficult-to-find place on his lapel.

"Thank you, my lady."

Shen Mi was almost amused by his words. Seeing that the boy was still shaking, Shen Mi said, "I will come to this place on time in the next two days. I have two more pictures to give you."

“During this time, you must learn these three pictures by heart and be able to reproduce them.”

"Yes."

After Shen Mi finished explaining his affairs, he left the side courtyard of the imperial palace.

Behind her, the young man's eyes followed her closely, unwilling to look away for a long time.

Perhaps it was because after all these years since his family was destroyed, he was abducted and sold, and finally he entered the palace, that someone actually remembered his name.

He is Su Rong from the Su family.

Or maybe, it was because he grasped at a lifeline.

After Shen Mi finished everything she wanted to do in the harem, she returned to the imperial garden.

At this point, the court was already in an uproar.

In the magnificent hall, the mighty and dignified Emperor Ren De sat on the dragon throne.

With a face full of anger, he smashed the memorial handed over by the Minister of War into the King of Qi's face.

"Come and explain to me, what is written in this memorial is true!"

The King of Qi was so frightened that he trembled all over and immediately knelt on the ground.

"Father, please calm down. Someone must have misinformed me about this."

"Your Highness, I have not embezzled the military pay allocated to the frontier soldiers!"

"I hope that Your Majesty will conduct a thorough investigation and clear your name!"

Emperor Ren De grinned coldly, his eyes were cold and sharp.

"I let you work in the Ministry of War, but you abused your power and even embezzled the wages of the soldiers on the frontier. You are so bold!"

"Yesterday, I received the news and asked the Imperial City Department to conduct a thorough investigation of the Ministry of War."

"Your subordinates have confessed, and you still refuse to admit it!"

"Mingzhe, Mingzhe, I trusted you so much that I appointed you to the Ministry of War, and now this is how you repay me, huh?"

"You only have one concubine in your house. Is it possible that the salary is not enough for you to spend? You actually have evil thoughts about the frontier soldiers!"

"If it weren't for the frontier soldiers guarding their homes and defending their country, you wouldn't have the peaceful life you have now!"

The King of Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, was completely confused. He did it so secretly, how could anyone notice him?

Moreover, even when Emperor Ren De ordered a thorough investigation of the Ministry of War, he was completely unaware of it.

This happened right after the morning court session today.

His voice trembled, "Father, this matter is not as you have investigated! Please re-investigate this matter!"

"Don't admit it yet!"

Emperor Ren De was furious. He stood up and threw another memorial in front of him hard in his face.

"The news from the border, take a good look, how many soldiers died!"

"Could it be that my Imperial City Police have found out that it is also fake? Believe it or not, I will chop off your head!"

The King of Qi was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling.

"Father, please spare my life. I was confused for a moment! Father!"

Murong Che, who was standing among the civil and military officials, had his eyes slightly changed. Was this the message that Shen Mi wanted Shi Yanqing to pass on to the Minister of War?

She is a girl who has not yet understood the affairs of the court. How does she know about the Ministry of War?

Moreover, the King of Qi was only the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, a third-rank official.

Things like embezzlement of military funds should be very secretive, so how did this little girl know about it?

Murong Che really couldn't figure it out, and his eyes fell on King Qi.

He mocked, "I didn't expect that a left assistant minister of the Ministry of War could embezzle such a huge amount of military pay."

"It's bitterly cold at the border, the soldiers don't have enough to eat, and they don't have warm clothes, but General Sima still managed to win. It's really not easy."

The court was silent. Although Murong Che was a man that the entire Yanjing could not afford to offend, he was a man with a bottom line.

The prince stood in the crowd, looked up at Emperor Ren De, and said slowly: "Father, how about we have someone conduct a thorough investigation of the Ministry of War to see if there are still people who have embezzled military pay."

"I have already checked. No need to check again."

Emperor Ren De looked at Prince Qi with a gloomy expression.

His voice was chilling and piercing: "The day before yesterday, you asked me to grant you a marriage. I gave you the eldest daughter of the Shen family for your mother's sake. Why are you doing this today?"

"I am truly disappointed!"

"If you really think I have wronged you, I have plenty of evidence in my hands."

Everyone in the court held their breath and remained silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Yuan Hou stood out from the crowd, raised the memorial in his hand, and looked at King Qi fiercely.

"Your Majesty, I want to report the King of Qi for doting on his concubine and killing my daughter Wen Wan!"

"The above is the evidence I had someone check overnight. I only ask Your Majesty to give my daughter justice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the court.

"Didn't the Princess of Qi die of illness? How could she have been murdered when it was announced to the public that she died of illness?"

"Yes, he has been dead for two or three years."

Ning Yuanhou gritted his teeth and said, "There is a concubine in the Prince of Qi's mansion, her name is Yuan Ji."

"This concubine lives an extravagant life. She soaks her feet with the finest ginseng every day and even embezzles the dowry my daughter brought."

"My daughter intended to advise him, but she was poisoned by the concubines in the mansion, and she became ill and weak."

"The King of Qi even indulged this concubine and used my daughter's flesh and blood as a medicine, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, please give my daughter justice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the noise from the court was heard again.

Emperor Ren De was furious. He stood up suddenly and threw the memorial in his hand fiercely into the hand of King Qi.

"You rebellious son, is what Ning Yuanhou said true?"

The King of Qi was stunned. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Emperor Ren De in disbelief.

"Father, Wen Wan died of illness. It was not caused by my concubine. I am innocent!"

"You don't want to admit it, right?" Emperor Ren De had a sinister look on his face.

"Someone, go and take the concubine in Prince Qi's mansion who eats human blood and put her in jail. I don't believe she won't confess!"

The King of Qi kowtowed quickly, "Father, no, Wan'er's death has nothing to do with Rou'er."

At this moment, Pingyang Hou saw the situation and walked out from the civil and military officials. He lifted his official robe and knelt down immediately.

"Your Majesty, my daughter, Shen Li, is weak and may not be suitable to go to Prince Qi's Mansion. Please cancel the engagement."

Zhang Huaian also stood out from among the civil and military officials.

"Your Majesty, during Miss Shen's coming-of-age ceremony, I also met Miss Shen. She was indeed very weak."

"If the former Princess of Qi was murdered as Lord Wen said, how could Miss Shen withstand such torture?"

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