Chapter 447: Urgently summoned to the palace, encountering the loyal and righteous marquis who apologized for his crime
The person who came looked hurried.
When he saw Shen Zhao, he saluted quickly and said anxiously:
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. His Majesty has learned of everything that has happened in the Beijing camp. He has ordered Your Highness to enter the palace immediately without delay!"
At this time, Shen Tianci came over from a distance.
He looked at Shen Zhao with a serious expression and said:
"General, please allow me to enter the palace with you."
"This matter was caused by my subordinates, and the consequences should be borne by them."
He should give an explanation to the soldiers who died in vain.
Shen Tianci had lived his life in vain, causing so many people to die.
Shen Zhao knew Shen Tianci's plan, and he was still determined to die!
Chen Zhao said with a dark face:
"Nonsense! It was me who was sent by His Majesty. What are you doing?"
"If you have the time, why don't you go to the camp and wait for any news from the team, to see if anyone has caught up with those bandits and rescued Pang Yunjin!"
"There are so many things to do, and you still want to follow me into the palace to slack off? Get back here right now!"
Shen Tianci's eyes turned red. He knew that the general was protecting him and keeping him safe.
But how could he push his own mistakes onto the general and let the general bear the emperor's wrath for him?
He can't do it!
"Your Majesty..."
"Shut up, don't force me to have you arrested. Go back now, and don't delay me from entering the palace."
After Shen Zhao finished speaking, he turned to the guards who came to deliver the oral instructions:
"Let's go, don't delay entering the palace."
After saying that, he glanced at Shen Tianci with a warning.
That look seemed to be saying, if you dare to say another word, I will sew your mouth shut.
Shen Tianci's eyesight was blurred by tears, and he just watched Shen Zhao's back completely disappear from his sight.
He took out a small ball of paper from his waist, called a carrier pigeon, and put the special paper inside.
"Go! Go back to the Shen family!" Shen Tianci threw the carrier pigeon away.
This was the first time he wrote a letter back to the Shen family after leaving for many years.
And it was a letter asking for help.
He hoped that his father could persuade everyone in the Shen family to help the general and defend the Southern Chu Dynasty!
Nowadays, most of the aristocratic families are self-protective. They don’t care who ascends the throne, they only protect their own interests.
Shen Zhao sat in the carriage entering the palace.
The carriage was moving at a very fast speed, which showed how anxious the driver was.
The carriage sped all the way into the palace, and when it reached the palace gate, it did not stop, but drove straight onto the official road.
We arrived at the door of Lu's study without any obstruction.
Shen Zhao was helped down from the carriage.
Looking at the tightly closed door, she entered Lu's study for the second time that day.
The eunuch guarding the gate saw Shen Zhao and sang loudly:
"Your Majesty, Prince Zhong requests an audience..."
A majestic and angry voice came from Lu's study.
"Come in quickly!"
The young eunuch hurried forward to open the door, and Shen Zhao walked in quickly.
She knew what she was about to face.
The Jingzhong Camp is the only army that the emperor can control. Now is such an urgent moment. If something happens to the Jingzhong Camp, how can the emperor sit still?
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty."
The old emperor looked very sad. "How many soldiers died in the Jingzhong Camp?"
"Five thousand six hundred people." Shen Zhao said solemnly.
More than a hundred of them killed a total of 5,600 people.
In two hours, 5,600 lives were lost.
"Find out who those people belong to!" The old emperor's voice was a little heavier than before.
"They are from Linhai. They were sent out from the Northwest Army when the Shen family father and son were exiled." Shen Zhao spoke the truth. In fact, she was a little skeptical.
If it was really the Chen family who did it, would they take such a big risk and expose themselves to disrupt the Beijing camp?
And why did Chen Dingtian let his men kidnap Pang Yunjin?
Pang Yunjin is only the eldest son of Master Pang’s family, and is not noble enough to be a hostage.
These were the things she had been thinking about on her way to the palace. Many things did not make sense, which made her very confused.
This is more like a frame-up.
Who is the mastermind behind this? Who is trying to muddy the waters?
"How dare Chen Dingtian, that old bastard!"
The old emperor slammed the desk in front of him with a "bang".
After a long while, he said, "Since he is disloyal, don't blame me for not remembering the long-standing relationship between the monarch and his subjects. Pass on my order."
"Duke Chen is plotting rebellion. His title will be stripped away, and all members of the Chen family will be imprisoned."
"Yes, I obey your order."
At this time, not only Shen Zhao but also Xie Guogong and Xie Yuheng were in the study.
At this moment, both of them had heavy expressions.
"Damn it! How dare they kill so many soldiers..." Xie Yuheng wiped his eyes.
"I summoned you here to ask if you have sent anyone to chase those thieves?"
The old emperor did not blame Shen Zhao, nor did he hold Shen Tianci responsible.
The news about the Beijing camp had already reached his ears just now, and he also knew who had let those thieves in.
However, now is not the time to assign blame, but an important moment to unite and face the outside world in a unified manner.
Shen Zhao explained everything about her and the Ninth Prince’s arrangements.
The old emperor nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, the eunuch's report was heard again outside the study.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Loyalty requests an audience."
Shen Zhao thought to himself that it came quite quickly.
The Marquis of Zhongyi is quicker to learn than his wife.
While Shen Zhao was still sighing, Marquis Zhongyi was carried in.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, is greeted by your Majesty."
Wu Zheng, the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, struggled to fall off the shelf.
He fell to his knees with a thud.
The old emperor quickly stood up and asked, "Wu Zheng, what are you doing? Are you hurt?"
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and help the Marquis of Loyalty up!"
The eunuchs who carried Wu Zheng in were already pale with shock, and two of them hurried forward to support the Marquis of Zhongyi.
Wu Zheng waved away the eunuch who came forward.
He raised his head and looked at the old emperor. "I am here to apologize for my crime. I am here to be punished together with my unfilial son, Sun Wuyunfeng. Your Majesty, please allow me to kneel like this."
Shen Zhao was stunned.
Could this be the method used by Marquis Zhongyi to plead for Wu Yunfeng?
Why does she feel weird?
On this side of the palace road, Concubine Hui hurried towards the study room at the speed of wind.
Following closely behind her was the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty.
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty had a sad face and she was about to vomit to death.
Concubine Hui in front also looked unhappy. She scolded Madam Wu as she walked.
"What can I say about you? My eldest brother is just stubborn and stubborn. And his mother... Bah, bah, bah, his ancestors' foolish filial piety."
"Why are you touching that old thing? She's an old thief who refuses to die. She's become a spirit. Can you really defeat her?"
"Now it's all right, brother, he doesn't believe a word he said to you."
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty feels wronged.
When she returned home, she ordered people to take care of the old man, and hurried to the Marquis's courtyard to tell him that Yunfeng was their biological child.
Let the Marquis go to the palace quickly and ask the emperor to release Yunfeng.
Unexpectedly, the old man's men arrived at the Marquis's courtyard before her, and no one knew what those people said to the Marquis.
Before she could speak, the Marquis slapped her in the face and called her a vicious woman.
Her face still feels hot and painful.
The Marquis ignored her and immediately ordered his servants to prepare a carriage to go to the palace.
She knew that the Marquis's hasty entry into the palace must be for no good reason, and that he might even be used as a pawn by that old man.
She hurried into the palace to ask for an audience with the Imperial Concubine and told her the whole truth.
The atmosphere in the study was particularly strange. When the Marquis of Loyalty once again spoke to "plead" for Wu Yunfeng, Chen Zhao could not help but interrupt him and said:
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