Chapter 206: Offending the Emperor
After the Long Case, the emperor was commenting on memorials.
"Your Majesty." She knelt down and saluted politely.
After a long time, the man behind the dragon case did not respond. Shen Anan lowered her eyes, stroked her dress, and stood up.
The emperor then turned his sinister gaze towards her.
She did not speak either, but slightly lowered her eyes as if the sharp gaze above her head did not exist.
"You are really brave!"
His tone was deep and angry, "Killing the court officials and holding the prince hostage, Shen Anan, is there anything else you dare not do?"
"Daughter-in-law doesn't understand what father is saying?" She raised her eyes, her almond-shaped eyes were very clear.
He was the emperor just now, and now she is his daughter-in-law. The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at her coldly.
Was she mocking him?
"Cao Pei, how did he die?"
"Killed by bandits."
"Where is Chen Tian?"
"Dead."
As soon as these words came out, the emperor's pupils shrank suddenly, "What did you say?"
"Didn't the emperor ask about Chen Tian? Chen Tian is dead. He was assassinated in Langyue Lake."
Bang--
The emperor slammed the brush in his hand on the table, staring at the person below with an extremely cold gaze, "Why do you think you can return to the capital alive?"
"Chen An'an, without Ye'er as your life-saving talisman, not to mention you, even the Chen and Lin families will be in danger."
"Who is Ye'er?" Shen An'an looked confused, "Is it not the blessing of my father, the Emperor Long'en, that my daughter-in-law can return safely?"
There was innocence in her eyes. If the emperor didn't know the truth, he would have been fooled by her.
The emperor’s face turned livid, and he squinted at Shen An’an.
She still maintained her gentle and docile appearance.
"You are practicing Tai Chi with me to vent your anger for Yuan'er?"
"What are you angry about?" Shen An'an raised her eyebrows, "Doesn't the emperor know why I married the Fourth Prince? Otherwise, why would he set up this game?"
"Since I am ruthless to him, why should I vent my anger for him? After all, the emperor is willing to cuckold himself, isn't he?"
The emperor's eyes exuded an extremely dangerous dark light, "Do you think that I dare not kill you? If I kill you and search the Fourth Prince's Mansion and the Shen Mansion, I can still find the person I am looking for."
"Why?"
She looked at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne calmly, "Killing an official appointed by the imperial court? But everyone in the world knows that Cao Pei was killed by bandits. The people of Tianshui City respect me and are grateful to me. What reason does the emperor have to kill me?"
"Offending His Majesty? I came back from a long distance, but I didn't get any reward. Instead, I was punished. Isn't His Majesty worried that it will make the people and the civil and military officials feel disappointed?"
"If I want to execute someone, there are hundreds of ways. Do you think you can negotiate with me just because you have made such a small contribution?" The emperor said disdainfully.
"In terms of achievements, you are far behind your father!!"
Shen Anan nodded, "You are right, but the reason why my father allowed you to control him is because he is loyal and upright, loyal to the emperor and the country, but I am not."
"From the death of my grandmother to my marriage to Xiao Yuan and Cao Pei in Jiangnan, what have you done? When I die, someone will tell the world about it. You dare to do anything. You can kill all your sons for the sake of one son. Naturally, you are not afraid of being remembered for eternity, right?"
The veins on the emperor's forehead were throbbing.
No emperor would want history books to record not his achievements but his selfish schemes to disrupt the government!
He slowly calmed down and looked at Shen An'an, "Do you want to fight to the death with me?"
Shen Anan spread his hands and said, "You are wrong. My net was already broken. I don't care whether it will be broken or destroyed directly."
The emperor stared at her and slowly leaned back into the dragon throne.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"
Of course he wanted to take Ye'er back, but the emperor knew that the woman in front of him was as fearless as a dead pig and would not agree easily.
"State your terms."
"I want the emperor to issue an edict to acknowledge Xiao Yuan's identity to the whole world and clear Concubine Shu's grievances."
The emperor snorted, "After all, it's all for Yuan'er."
He originally thought that given Shen Anan's dislike for the Fourth Brother, coupled with the death of Old Madam Shen, she would be able to be used for his own purposes, but he never thought that she would actually fall in love with the Fourth Brother.
His son is indeed excellent.
"Your Majesty, just say it, and it's up to you to decide whether to respond or not."
She slowly closed her five fingers.
In the study that day, Xiao Yuan's lonely and desolate figure lingered in her mind for a long time. The sour and tingling pain made her very uncomfortable.
She couldn't tell whether it was heartache or something else.
But the nursery rhymes from the outside world and the public opinion in the teahouse were particularly harsh to her ears.
If she had to go to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion first, she would rush into the palace as soon as possible, threaten this dog emperor, and vent her anger.
She didn't know what Xiao Yuan was planning for by not taking action, but she couldn't swallow this.
"I can give your Shen family a chance to revive. As long as you work for me with peace of mind, I will restore your Shen family to its former glory."
He had gone to great lengths to force the fourth brother into a desperate situation, so how could he agree so easily?
Shen Anan's eyes were full of disdain.
Even if it meant working for dogs, her Shen family would not be loyal to such a shameless king.
The emperor understood the look in her eyes, and his anger surged out.
"Your father and brother are still serving in the court. I have a thousand ways to deal with them."
He knew that Shen Anan cared most about the Shen family.
"The emperor won't." Shen Anan was confident.
She didn't know when a piece of rice paper was caught between her fingertips. "On my way back to Beijing, I met a woman who said she was Cao Pei's wife..."
The emperor's face was visibly stiff and blue.
"Your Majesty, do you want to know what she said?"
The emperor winked at the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch immediately stepped forward to take the rice paper.
Shen Anan was also very generous and directly handed the rice paper to the eunuch.
The emperor took it and opened it, his already gloomy face becoming even more sinister.
Shen Anan, "She said that Cao Rou had already been in a relationship with Mr. Shen from the Hanlin Academy before she came to Beijing, and Chen Tian is the son of the emperor and Cao Rou."
"So, you have never given Cao Rou a title and have kept her in the palace because you don't dare let the civil and military officials or even the people of the world know that you have taken my wife, right?"
"What nonsense." The emperor slapped the dragon case, and the fierce pressure of the superior for several years suppressed Shen Anan.
It would be impossible to say that she wasn't nervous at all, but she tried her best to suppress it.
Today, she must seek justice for Xiao Yuan! ! ! !
"The one the emperor is holding is a copy. Cao Rou and Lord Shen had it stamped with an official document, and that document is now in Xiao Yuan's hands."
Her words were full of threats.
If she can leave the palace safely, then they will reach an agreement. If not, then both sides will perish together.
Of course the emperor understood what Shen Anan meant!
"You worked so hard and survived all the way back from Jiangnan, and in the end you took this, just to exchange for the fourth one?"
Shen Anan didn't know what was wrong with her. She had too many things she wanted to exchange with the emperor, but when she returned to the Fourth Prince's Mansion, she saw the decadent Xiao Yuan.
This was the only thought in her mind.
"yes."
A man as bright as the moon should not bear such a stigma!
The paper slowly tightened in the emperor's hand, and finally, he nodded slightly, "Okay, I promise you."
She let out a long sigh.
"But do you think that I can just issue an imperial decree? I can stop people from talking, but I can't influence what they think."
This incident will always be Lao Si's weak spot and attack point. He will live in doubt all his life and will not be able to clear his name.
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