Shen Jun moved closer to Jiang Yi. He stretched out his hand and wanted to embrace Jiang Yi.
"We've been married for many years, but I've never had a good look at the Empress. Today I feel like I've missed something. I think the Empress must have felt very lonely when she was in the Shen family. Don't worry, I will love her well."
"My Lady, should you call me husband or uncle now?"
"If you beg me, I might let you go."
He approached Jiang Yi with a lewd smile, wanting to kiss her.
But before he could touch Jiang Yi at all, an arrow flew through the air and pierced his back.
Shen Jun looked back in surprise. The emperor was standing far away. He looked at Shen Jun coldly, then put another arrow on his head. Without any hesitation, he shot the arrow straight into Shen Jun's heart.
Shen Jun opened his eyes wide, unable to believe that the emperor would kill him just for a woman.
The moment Shen Jun fell to the ground, the emperor strode towards Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi acted frightened and threw himself into the emperor's arms.
The emperor comforted her and said, "Sister, it's okay."
Jiang Yi glanced at Shen Jun's body and shrank back in fear.
The emperor immediately ordered people to dispose of Shen Jun's body.
The emperor helped Jiang Yi to the couch. He observed the expression on Jiang Yi's face and saw that Jiang Yi's face was pale. He knew that Jiang Yi had not yet recovered from what had just happened.
Thinking that what he had just done might have left a shadow in Jiang Yi's heart, his eyes dimmed.
He looked at Jiang Yi and asked, "Are you afraid of me?"
Jiang Yi looked at him in a daze.
"I don't know what happened just now. When I saw him hurting my sister, I couldn't control my anger. I lost control and did something like this."
"I'm just afraid he'll hurt my sister."
"Sister, are you really scared by me?"
The emperor's voice trembled a little. "If sister doesn't like it, I won't do this again in the future, okay?"
"Sister, please speak."
Jiang Yi held the emperor in her arms and touched his head.
"What are you talking about, Aning? How could I blame you? I'm not afraid of you either. I'm just worried about you."
"Shen Jun is the Queen Mother's brother. If you kill Shen Jun, how are you going to explain to the Queen Mother and the Shen family?"
The emperor's originally gloomy heart suddenly became clear.
He even cried.
"I was so scared just now. I was so scared that my sister would not want me."
"Sister, why didn't you tell me earlier? You made me so scared."
Tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked like a child who had been wronged.
Jiang Yi wiped away all his tears bit by bit. She whispered in his ear: "Jiang Yi loves everything about Xie Ning, both the good and the bad."
Xie Ning only felt warm and sweet in his heart.
He had never thought that he would have such a happy day.
He feels extremely happy every day with Jiang Yi.
He then said to Jiang Yi, "Sister, don't worry about me. It was Shen Jun who was disrespectful to you first. He deserves death. Even if the Shen family comes looking for him, what can they say?"
The emperor ordered Shen Jun's body to be cremated.
The Shen family couldn't find Shen Jun, so they sent someone to tell the Queen Mother, wanting the palace guards to send someone to look for him.
The emperor easily sent someone to look for him.
However, after searching for three full days, there was still no sign of Shen Jun.
The Shen family began to suspect Jiang Yi.
After all, Shen Jun disappeared in the palace, and the only person who had a connection with Shen Jun was Jiang Yi.
In addition, Shen Jun had been depressed at the Shen family because Jiang Yi was named queen by the emperor. Sometimes after drinking, he would even shout that he wanted to kill Jiang Yi.
That day, Shen Jun drank at the banquet and then left.
It so happened that the Queen also left at that time.
Could it be this gap?
The Shen family told the Queen Mother about their suspicions. Shen Jun was the Queen Mother's youngest brother, and the Queen Mother always felt guilty towards this brother.
Upon hearing the Shen family's speculation, the empress dowager's eyes darkened.
"Jiang Yi is just a weak woman..."
The head of the Shen family said, "Although the queen is just a weak woman, she must have people arranged by the emperor around her. It is possible that the emperor also knows about this matter."
"After that, the emperor also disappeared for a while."
The Queen Mother's heart sank.
"If this matter is really related to the emperor, then the emperor is too disheartened."
"Our Shen family went through so much trouble to support the emperor to this position, not for him to turn his spearhead against us when he is fully grown."
"Today it's Shen Jun, who will it be tomorrow, your humble minister or the Queen Mother?"
The Queen Mother said sternly, "The Emperor would never do such a thing."
"Of course, this is just my speculation. I hope the relationship between the Shen family and the emperor won't become too strained."
"But if this is true, both the Queen Mother and I should think about what will happen to the Shen family in the future."
The head of the Shen family bowed and said, "Please investigate this matter carefully. I will take my leave."
When he turned his back, a sinister look flashed across the face of the head of the Shen family.
The head of the Shen family is different from the empress dowager. Although he and the emperor are uncle and nephew, they do not have much affection for each other.
The reason why he supported the emperor in the first place was naturally because the emperor had the blood of the Shen family and would patronize the Shen family when he ascended the throne in the future.
At first, the head of the Shen family was very satisfied.
But as the emperor has become more powerful recently and promoted his own people, the head of the Shen family has become very dissatisfied with the emperor.
This emperor is no longer in the interests of the Shen family, so it would be better to find someone else.
Shen Jun's death was just right. Regardless of whether he died because of the emperor and empress or not, he could only have died because of the emperor and empress.
In this way, he could also persuade the empress dowager to support someone else to be the emperor.
The Queen Mother had no idea what her brother was thinking, and she was very confused at the moment.
The relationship between her and the emperor had become very strained because of her previous desire to adopt a little prince.
Except for the celebration ceremony that day, the emperor did not even allow her to leave Rongshou Palace.
The Queen Mother didn't want to make the relationship between her and the Emperor worse, so she thought about it and asked someone to call Jiang Yi over.
She added, "Ask the Queen to bring the little prince and princess over as well."
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