How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Sheng Shihuai indeed sent someone to deliver the evidence to Shen Yuan.

The person who designed the poison was a eunuch lurking in the East Palace. The other party was a pawn planted in the East Palace by a minister who was beheaded for raising family soldiers. Because the minister had done a favor to the eunuch, the eunuch wanted to avenge the minister. So, he used the eldest prince and the second prince as a cover and bribed the palace maid to poison the crown prince.

"It's a pity that you were in prison at the time, otherwise I would have poisoned you to death as well!" After being arrested, the eunuch glared at Shen Yuan viciously, his eyes bloodshot, "It was you and the prince who killed the master!"

"Well, if you say so, then it is so." Shen Yuan went through the process absentmindedly and ordered his men to tie up the other party.

Before Xie Chengze set out for Liaozhou, he used the guise of him and the prince to clear out most of the ministers who maintained family soldiers. He knew about this and didn't care that Xie Chengze used him as a shield.

He had long been accustomed to being his shield, and was confident that he could handle all hidden attacks.

The only thing he cared about was that Xie Chengze was sometimes too bold and did things without consulting him. In his mind, Xie Chengze was like a rabbit that would bite people, but it would only bite people, and would only die when facing a ferocious beast.

Even if he has traceless and traceless protection, what if one day he is implicated by some villain who holds a grudge against him and poisons him?

"Send him to the Dali Temple." After handing the man over to his subordinates, Shen Yuan walked towards the imperial study, ready to pick up Xie Chengze who had just finished reviewing memorials and was leaving work.

Another thing that made him very unhappy was that Xie Chengze had been staying overnight in the Wude Hall in recent days.

I don’t know who is in the Wude Hall that makes him run back and forth so diligently.

"Oh, Lord Shen, you're here to pick up the Second Prince again."

At the door of the imperial study, Eunuch Zhao saw Shen Yuan and couldn't help but smile with narrowed eyes.

Shen Yuan nodded, "Eunuch Zhao, has the Second Prince had lunch?"

That guy tends to forget to eat when he's busy.

"Don't worry, Lord Shen. His Majesty is supervising us." Eunuch Zhao smiled kindly. "With the help of the Second Prince, His Majesty is much more relaxed. Besides, His Majesty also likes to tease the Second Prince the most."

Chasing after the Second Prince and urging him to eat was exactly the same as feeding him when he was a playful child.

Shen Yuan smiled and said, "That's right, but I'd like to trouble Eunuch Zhao to go in and report that the murderer who poisoned the prince has been caught."

"Hey." Eunuch Zhao turned and went into the inner room, and soon came out again, "Sir Shen, His Majesty wants you to come in."

Shen Yuan nodded and entered the inner room of the imperial study.

As soon as I entered, I saw Xie Chengze working hard in a pile of memorials. The memorials piled high on both sides were obviously his tasks for the past few days.

As the number of memorials on his desk increased, he looked as if he was about to cry but had no tears. He scratched his ears and cheeks, turning his pretty face into a red one, and there were cinnabar ink marks of varying shades everywhere.

Like a little cat.

Shen Yuan curled his lips almost imperceptibly, and then saluted Emperor Jian, who seemed to be reading a storybook on the tea table beside him, "Your Majesty, the person who poisoned has been brought to justice. He was an insider planted in the East Palace by my former minister Zhao Kun."

"Oh? It seems that the crown prince has been slacking off again." Emperor Jian responded calmly and continued to read the storybook. "Shen Yuan, you said that the crown prince is so useless. Should I consider deposing him?"

Shen Yuan's eyebrows twitched, and just as he was about to reply, Xie Chengze, who was buried in the memorials, suddenly raised his head and looked at Emperor Jian in surprise, "Hey, Lao Deng, have you finally come to your senses?"

Emperor Jian:?

What does Lao Deng mean?

Feeling that it was not a good thing, Emperor Jian could not help but put down the script and asked in confusion, "Didn't you support your third brother? Why are you saying that I have let it go now?"

Xie Chengze said with a look of disappointment, "What? I thought you had come to your senses and were planning to become the emperor emeritus, so you wanted to depose the crown prince and let my third brother become the emperor!"

Emperor Jian: ...

It’s so annoying. If I had known I wouldn’t have said I wanted to be the emperor!

"Father, it's time. Can I go now?" Xie Chengze looked at Emperor Jian pitifully. "My brother, the crown prince, has been poisoned and needs someone to take care of him. You don't want to have no successor, do you?"

Emperor Jian rubbed his brows with a headache and said, "Let's go."

Xie Chengze quickly put down his red brush and ran out of the inner room. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something and turned back, "That Lord Shen..."

"I still have something to discuss with Shen Yuan." After saying this, looking at Xie Chengze's visible disappointment, Emperor Jian felt much more relieved and deliberately said, "Well, I will keep him until late, you go back first!"

cut.

Xie Chengze cursed inwardly, then said reluctantly, "Okay."

"Alas, this child." Emperor Jian shook his head helplessly, "Shen Yuan, it must be difficult to be with Ze'er, right?"

That kid is also clingy. Shen Yuan is a promising young man, but he is favored by Ze'er. His future career may end here. The best he can do is become a minister.

Shen Yuan's eyes flashed.

Your Majesty, are you testing whether he wants to form a clique with Xie Chengze since he has such a good relationship with Xie Chengze?

We have to dispel your majesty's concerns.

So he replied in a deep voice, his face full of solemnity and decency, "I have always worked for Jian'an. I am with Your Highness only to make the people of Jian'an live a better life."

Emperor Jian couldn't help but sigh.

He was right about him. Shen Yuan inherited the Shen family's spirit of loyalty and was dedicated to serving the people and the royal family.

It was just a pity for him. For the sake of the people of Jian'an, he could only stay with Ze'er and endure the humiliation. He might even have to endure some of Ze'er's frivolous behavior...

Alas, I hope Ze'er won't let him down in the future.

Waving his hands, Emperor Jian said sympathetically, "Go down. If you are wronged in the future, just come and tell me. I will take care of it for you."

Shen Yuan looked up at Emperor Jian, thinking that he meant that if he was framed in the officialdom in the future, he could ask him for help.

So he said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Shen Yuan left the imperial study, he found that Xie Chengze was not waiting for him, so he walked towards the Wude Hall.

"You are such a heartless kid. I know His Majesty won't keep me for long..." He muttered as he walked away, "I have been waiting for him for so many days in vain - huh!"

"what!"

A small cat suddenly jumped out from the wall, pointed at him with a smug and malicious look, and said, "You said something bad about me! I caught you in the act!"

Shen Yuan took a step back and stroked his rapidly beating heart. He felt amused and helpless at the same time. "... childish."

He actually imitated a child, hiding by the wall and then jumping out to scare people.

"It's obvious that you don't know me well enough." Xie Chengze shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that Lord Shen could be frightened by such a simple trick. I will tell your descendants about it and let them laugh at you, hehe."

"Then Your Highness will probably be disappointed." Shen Yuan raised his hand to wipe away the cinnabar ink on the tip of his nose, and said calmly, "In order to prevent Your Highness from fulfilling his wish, I will have no choice but to remain single for the rest of my life."

Xie Chengze:?

So cruel?! He is indeed a powerful official!

"It seems that if someone asks me why I don't want to get married in the future, I can use Your Highness as a target. I think that I have been a target for Your Highness for so long, Your Highness will certainly not repay kindness with enmity and will not be willing to bear this crime, right?" The man continued to add fuel to the fire.

Xie Chengze: ...

Xie Chengze: Damn you!