With Emperor Shunqing here, it was difficult to speak, so Shen Nanzhi just squeezed Ye Qingwan's hand.

In fact, Shen Nanzhi thinks that Uncle Ye is quite good.

Although he is indeed a bit vulgar, compared to a hypocritical gentleman like Jiang Shiyan, Uncle Ye is really interesting and can bend and stretch.

Jiang Shiyan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

He knelt on the ground, feeling aggrieved and angry, "Your Majesty! It was clearly Ye Kunshan, this rude man, who humiliated me in public. I couldn't argue with him, so I was so angry that I said something I shouldn't care about. Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me!"

Before Emperor Shunqing could speak, Ye Kunshan, who was standing beside him, said innocently, "I'm just asking you if you said that just now. The emperor heard it with his own ears. You can't quibble, right?"

Hearing this, Jiang Shiyan's face turned red with anger.

Fortunately, Emperor Shunqing spoke in time, and even reminded him awkwardly: "Lord Ye, I have been here for a while."

What he meant was that he had seen everything Ye Kunshan had just done.

Hearing this, everyone who was still kneeling and had not been allowed to stand up could not help but worry for Ye Kunshan.

But Ye Kunshan himself was not the least bit frightened or embarrassed. He raised his hand and rubbed the back of his head, grinning: "Ah! Your Majesty, I am thinking that civil servants like Lord Jiang are the most eloquent, and I, a rough man, can't argue with them. So I have to show weakness so that Your Majesty can help me a little and I won't be bullied."

But this wasn't him being bullied, it was clearly him bullying Jiang Shiyan!

Although the latter deserved it, Ye Kunshan, who had just arrived in the capital and had not yet made familiarity with the court officials, still greatly surprised everyone.

hiss……

As soon as the words fell, although everyone did not dare to gasp directly due to the emperor's majesty, their brows could not help but twitch. They all admired this man's shamelessness and calmness in turning the tables.

Even Emperor Shunqing couldn't help laughing and asked, "You? Being bullied?"

As he said this, he glanced at Jiang Shiyan, who was standing next to the burly Ye Kunshan. Jiang Shiyan, who was originally as slender as a bamboo, looked like a bamboo pole. Moreover, because of Ye Kunshan's saliva, Jiang Shiyan, who felt disgusted, kept wiping his forehead. Now, his forehead was red and swollen, and his originally handsome face now looked very funny.

Emperor Shunqing waved his hand and said, "It's just some verbal disputes. You are all important officials in the court. How can you make such a scene at the city gate? Go and reflect on yourselves."

This is what it means to no longer pursue the matter of handling with care.

Jiang Shiyan held his breath, but since Emperor Shunqing had said so, he had no place to complain, so he could only go forward with Ye Kunshan to accept the order.

But Emperor Shunqing did not ask them to stand up immediately, but looked at Shen Nanzhi: "Shen family girl."

Shen Nanzhi stepped out in response.

Emperor Shunqing raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's going on between you and the Jiang family?"

Shen Nanzhi bowed and was about to answer, but Jiang Shiyan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this rebellious girl..."

Before Jiang Shiyan could finish, Emperor Shunqing glanced over and asked, "Did I ask you?"

The suffocating pressure made Jiang Shiyan's legs weak. He lowered his head and said in fear: "I was impolite. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Shunqing said nothing, his eyes fixed on Shen Nanzhi.

Seeing this, Shen Nanzhi lowered her eyes and said, "Everything I said just now is true. Your Majesty can send someone to verify it. Since my parents divorced, there is no place for me in the Jiang family. Moreover, every time I go there, I am always ridiculed by my grandmother. As everyone knows, my father married into the Shen family, so I took my mother's surname. Maybe because of this, the Jiang family does not welcome me. I don't blame my father, but he can't put all the blame on me, just like my brother fell off his horse today."

At this point, Shen Nanzhi turned around and glanced at Ye Kunshan, then said, "Your Majesty, Lord Ye is wise. Although he likes to joke, he is also a warm-hearted person with justice. He just couldn't bear to see me being wronged, so he stood up to seek justice for me. This has nothing to do with him. If Your Majesty wants to blame someone, please put the blame on me."

Having said that, Shen Nanzhi knelt down directly, as if ready to be punished by Emperor Shunqing.

But in fact, Shen Nanzhi knew very well that Emperor Shunqing would not punish her.

After all, this was a matter between the Jiang and Shen families, and it happened at the time when the autumn hunting team was about to set out. It shouldn't have been brought to the public eye because of such a small matter. Emperor Shunqing dismissed Ye Kunshan and Jiang Shiyan lightly, and the matter should have been exposed, but it was not.

He took the initiative to ask about Shen Nanzhi.

What does this mean?

This means that even if he doesn't care about his son Xiao Chuyun, he will still protect Shen Nanzhi for the sake of maintaining the reputation of the royal family.

After all, Shen Nanzhi is also the future daughter-in-law of Emperor Shunqing.

Being accused of being unfilial in public by Jiang Shiyan, if it were to get out, it would be a stain on Shen Nanzhi that would be difficult to remove and would damage the reputation of the royal family.

He took the initiative to ask Shen Nanzhi the reason, gave Shen Nanzhi the opportunity to explain himself, and directly stopped Jiang Shiyan from speaking with a cold eye, which was enough to make people see the clues.

Jiang Shiyan was originally a smart person who could read people's expressions, but at this moment, he was so angry at Shen Nanzhi and Ye Kunshan that he almost lost his mind and did not see the trick here.

He was so angry that his heart ached, but because of Emperor Shunqing's warning, he couldn't even open his mouth to defend himself and could only watch Shen Nanzhi "confuse right and wrong".

At this time, Emperor Shunqing said, "I have heard about this before, so there is no need to go to the Jiang family to verify it. How can the Jiang family not protect their own people? Since the Jiang family has no blood relationship with you, it is better to break off the relationship now. Don't cause trouble with this in the future."

As soon as Emperor Shunqing opened his mouth, he made a conclusion on the matter. Jiang Shiyan and Jiang Qingyuan had no way to defend themselves, and under the intimidation of Emperor Shunqing, they dared not to argue.

Especially the last sentence, which was clearly spoken by Emperor Shunqing to Jiang Shiyan.

Everyone present was a smart person, so they could understand what Emperor Shunqing meant. Someone immediately followed his words and said, "Your Majesty is right. I think Lord Ye is not very methodical, but as Miss Shen said, he is also kind-hearted. Please don't punish me. Miss Shen is innocent and Lord Jiang is taking out his anger on her. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

For a moment, people were everywhere trying to plead for Shen Nanzhi and Ye Kunshan, which made the Jiang family father and son even more embarrassed.

Emperor Shunqing nodded and said, "In this case, there is nothing for me to investigate. Let's leave it at that. It's time to set off. Don't waste time."

Everyone quickly took orders.

At this time, the imperial carriage, concubines, princes and princesses who had rushed over from the palace also left the city gate.

Emperor Shunqing stepped onto the dragon chariot, took two steps, and turned to look at Shen Nanzhi: "If anyone bothers you again in the future, just come to me. No matter if you are the granddaughter of the old Duke or the future daughter-in-law of the third son, I will take care of you and will not let you be bullied."

Shen Nanzhi quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Shunqing nodded and moved to the front.

Of course, Shen Nanzhi would not take his words seriously. He was not saying them to her, but to the court officials and the people of the world.

It is for his reputation to let people know that he did not neglect the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and was wholeheartedly protecting the children of meritorious service.

However, this sentence can indeed bring many benefits to Shen Nanzhi.

For example, even though Jiang Shiyan and Jiang Qingyuan, the father and son, hated her to the core, after what happened, they no longer dared to criticize her in public.

If they come out and make a fuss about something that has already been concluded by Emperor Shunqing, it would be tantamount to slapping Emperor Shunqing in the face, and many people would report them.

"Oh! Shen girl!"

Before Shen Nanzhi could come to her senses, she heard Ye Kunshan's voice as loud as a bell: "It's only been half a month since we last met, how come you're getting more and more beautiful! Compared to you, our Qingwan is like a fire-making girl who came out of the deep mountains to dig coal."

Ye Qingwan: “…”

Although the crowd of onlookers dispersed and returned to their own carriages one after another, almost all of them pricked up their ears to listen to the noise here.

Ye Kunshan's voice immediately attracted many people to turn around and look at Ye Qingwan who was standing next to Shen Nanzhi.

Ye Qingwan was so annoyed that she couldn't help stamping her feet and said, "Are you still my father? I am so dark because of you! Do you think I want to be a fire-making girl?"

In fact, Ye Qingwan is not dark, and she is smart and cute, a rare beauty. It is because Shen Nanzhi is too white that she looks a little dark, but not as exaggerated as Ye Kunshan said.

And, the most important thing is that Ye Qingwan's face is still covered with a veil today, with only a pair of eyes exposed. How can we compare her with Shen Nanzhi?

Ye Kunshan clearly did it on purpose.

Ye Qingwan gnashed her teeth in anger.

Seeing this, Ye Kunshan laughed and said, "I was fair when I was young. I got tanned in the army. How about you? You've been as dark as a sheep's dung since you were a child. You just got it from your mother."

Ye Qingwan: “…”

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Qingwan lowered her voice and gritted her teeth, saying, "Ye Kunshan, if you don't want your daughter to be a nun for life, then just shout nonsense out loud!"

Ye Kunshan, who was called by Ye Qingwan without respect, did not seem angry. He just rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think I didn't hear you making up stories about me in front of the girl from the Shen family."

At that time, Ye Qingwan, who was so young, still heard what she said, "Misfortune in the family."

After saying that, before Ye Qingwan rushed over with her fists clenched, Ye Kunshan said with a click of his tongue, "I'm not talking nonsense, but you also want to be a nun, right? You don't want the son-in-law I like, and you don't like the one I showed you. What are you going to do to become a nun at Baiyun Temple?"

Seeing that the father and daughter were about to get angry, Shen Nanzhi hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "Uncle Ye, long time no see. The team is about to set off. Qingwan and I will go back to the car first. We will have a chance to catch up."

As soon as he saw Shen Nanzhi, Ye Kunshan immediately put on a loving face: "Okay, Shen girl, come to the Ye family if you have a chance. My old lady misses you very much."

Shen Nanzhi agreed with a smile, then pulled Ye Qingwan back to the carriage.

"How come I have such a father?"

Ye Qingwan was lying on the carriage with her arms and legs spread out, and she said faintly, "Why do I feel like you are his daughter and I am his enemy?"

This is how the father and daughter got along in the past, quarreling but always in jokes.

However, hearing what Ye Kunshan just said, could it be that he is still thinking of bringing my uncle and Ye Qingwan together?

Shen Nanzhi wanted to ask Ye Qingwan, but Ye Qingwan suddenly turned around and looked at Shen Nanzhi: "You don't know, ever since I told my mother that he should stop drinking, he didn't dare to complain to my mother, and could only deal with me. He looked at me as if my nose was not a nose and my eyes were not eyes, and found fault with me everywhere to complain to my mother, and even used me to tell your uncle about it. Especially now that my mother is not in the capital, no one is watching him, so he will bully me! Go back and ask Aunt Shen if she still needs a daughter. I will pack up and move over some other day to avoid being an eyesore at home."

Of course, this is just a joke.

Shen Nanzhi couldn't help laughing and said, "Uncle Ye is humorous and funny, and he's not an old-fashioned person who sticks to the rules. He really cares about you. Where can you find a father like him? Look at my father, and then look at Uncle Ye."

After hearing this, Ye Qingwan immediately calmed down.

"That's right. Although my father is rude and unreasonable and always bullies me at home, he always protects me in front of outsiders. He is nothing like Lord Jiang."

Not to mention protecting her, today he was going to embarrass Shen Nanzhi in public.

There is no such father in the world.

Shen Nanzhi was used to this and didn't want to say much. A horn was blown in front, indicating that the team was ready to set off.

Shen Changan and his two aunts, who had been squeezed apart at the city gate and left behind, just arrived at this moment.

The scene just now had been relayed to them by the servant. The two aunts asked someone to drive the carriage to Shen Nanzhi's side and comforted Shen Nanzhi with a few words.

Without saying a word, Shen Changan grabbed the reins, squeezed the horse's belly hard, and chased after the Minister of Rites' carriage in front.

No one knew what he said, but in less than a quarter of an hour, the Jiang family's team, which had been following the Shen family, was moved to other locations, far away from the Shen family.

Shen Changan then returned to the carriage and complained to Shen Nanzhi, "My grandfather was ill and didn't come. The old men in the Ministry of Rites are also very stupid. They don't have the slightest sense at all. They let a group of flies follow us and make people sick. I have to ask my young master to wake them up."

Shen Nanzhi: “…”

After all, those people were colleagues of his grandfather, and they were all from the Ministry of Rites, so they were all offended by what he said.

Only Shen Changan dared to say this.

Fortunately, my aunt is not here, otherwise I would have been hit by that shoe again.

Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but remind him, "Cousin Changan, be careful what you say and do outside, or I'll tell my aunt when I get back."

Even Ye Qingwan couldn't stand it anymore and joked, "Brother Changan, are you my father's student?"

Hearing this, Shen Changan's eyes lit up: "Now that you put it that way, I think it's feasible. Lord Ye is highly skilled in martial arts, and he does things in an unconventional way. Most importantly, he has a good heart and a strong temper, but he is not bound by convention. I respect him as a man, so why not be his student?"

Seeing that he looked serious, he was not joking. Although Ye Kunshan was indeed worthy of admiration, Shen Nanzhi's mind immediately emerged that Shen Changan was just like Ye Kunshan, always saying "fuck you" and "bullshit" and even spitting in people's faces.

Shen Nanzhi: …

This time it was Shen Nanzhi's turn to rub his forehead with a headache: "What a misfortune for our family!"

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