Chapter 541 Shen Yuanxin's SOS!
Wow, truly amazing! Your Majesty is a genius!
Something suddenly flashed through Che Mingyuan's mind. Although he noticed it, he couldn't recall anything important and forgot about it as soon as he turned his head.
After leaving his post, he went to the palace library.
During the grand ceremony, he approached His Majesty, asking not for an official position or any rewards, but simply to be allowed to peruse the books sent by Guigu.
His Majesty agreed, but there was one condition: it could not be copied; it could only be viewed in the library.
Furthermore, there were time limits. For the first three years, one could only read the books on the first floor. In the fourth year, one could read the books on the second floor. Two years later, one could read the books on the third floor. After five years, one could read the books on the fourth floor.
That was a priceless treasure, the experience of all the disciples of Guigu. Che Mingyuan's first thought was that His Majesty was actually willing to let him see it all, and then he thought that it would take ten years to read all the books.
He's already reached middle age, and in ten years he'll be fifty. Even if he has rebellious intentions, he's powerless to carry them out.
When it comes to wisdom and strategy, Your Majesty is the best.
Although he knew His Majesty's calculations regarding the time limit, Che Mingyuan was still happy to accept it.
He preferred an emperor like the current one, who put everything out in the open, to one who smiled on the surface but stabbed behind the scenes!
"Strategist Che, come read a book." Song Daoxi's lazy voice rang out.
Che Mingyuan smiled and said, "Grand Preceptor, are you also studying this?"
Song Daoxi said irritably, "Others may not know, but you don't. I can't even recognize all the words on it."
Che Mingyuan smiled and picked up a book on policy essays from the bookshelf. He put on the silk gloves that had been sewn for him earlier and carefully flipped through the pages as he spoke.
"Grand Preceptor, you must cherish this opportunity. Being able to study here is a blessing that others couldn't attain even in three lifetimes. Even I traded my official position for this opportunity with His Majesty. You must study hard!"
Song Daoxi rolled over on the recliner, completely unconcerned.
"When will this end? We're such good friends, why don't you go to His Majesty and plead for me, and let me go out for a walk?"
"I'm just going out for some fresh air, I'll be back in two or three hours."
Che Mingyuan's gaze fell on the pages of the book.
"It's not that I don't want to help you; letting you stay here is helping you. If outsiders find out your identity, they will definitely use this to attack His Majesty, and then His Majesty will have no choice but to silence you."
"The fact that you are still alive and well is thanks to His Majesty's mercy!"
How could Song Daoxi not know?
I've heard you say that almost twenty times.
Che Mingyuan said without changing his expression, "You've been assassinated at least eighty or a hundred times, haven't you?"
Song Daoxi looked like she was choking.
Regardless of whether this descendant of Guigu is real or not, these books are definitely genuine.
This once again confirmed Che Mingyuan's guess: their emperor knew the descendants of Guigu.
That's enough.
Those who follow the right path receive much help, while those who stray from it receive little. Your Majesty's current position is entirely due to the will of the people!
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The Shen family received a letter from Jichuan Prefecture pleading for help, delivered by Shen Yuanxin.
The letter stated that Shen Yuanxin had given birth to two daughters and was being disliked and mistreated by her husband's family. Her husband favored his concubines over his wife, and even brought two concubines into the household, one of whom was already six months pregnant. All the people Shen Yuanxin brought with her were sold off, and her dowry was forcibly seized by her husband's family. This letter was delivered by a kind old woman. She herself was being kept under surveillance by her husband's family, who feared that they would secretly harm her and cause her to die of illness.
"What do you mean by death from illness? Her husband's family wanted to poison her!" Shen Yuantang, who had come to pay his respects, happened to witness this incident.
Shen Congwen was extremely annoyed: "Say less."
Liu said, "Let's bring them back first!"
Miao: "Second sister-in-law is right. Being alive is more important than anything else."
Shen Conglian had developed a rather bad temper while in the army, and he immediately slammed his fist on the table.
“What else is there to think about? Our lady is the current emperor, the true dragon emperor. That bastard bullied my daughter, which is to bully the princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty. That is to slap His Majesty in the face. I will immediately call men from the army to kill that beast and his whole family and bring our lady back!”
Each room had a maidservant, and they all nodded when they heard Shen Conglian say this.
Putting everything else aside, that family went too far in bullying people.
"To disregard our women is to look down on His Majesty."
"Our Shen family is united as one and will never tolerate such a thing happening."
"We must teach that beast's family a lesson they won't forget, and see if he dares to bully our women again."
All three members of the Shen family expressed their opinions, except for Shen Congwen, who remained silent.
"Big brother, Yuan Xin is your daughter. She and Lan Xi are blood relatives, please say something!" It's driving me crazy.
After thinking it over again and again, Shen Congwen still felt it was unacceptable.
“Since ancient times, it has been normal for men to have three wives and four concubines. Yuan Xin has given birth to two daughters in a row and has no sons. It is normal for her son-in-law’s family to have objections.”
Shen Yuantang was initially amused by her father's words, but she immediately realized that this was an opportunity.
"Father, don't forget who's sitting up there now."
"The fact that our daughters are being bullied is clearly because your good son-in-law looks down on His Majesty and deliberately uses the torment of Shen Yuanxin to humiliate His Majesty. Can't you understand that?"
Shen Congwen felt his authority had been challenged and immediately snapped at him, "Shut up! The elders are discussing matters; you have no right to speak."
Shen Yuantang didn't argue with him any further and got up to leave.
Shen Congwen was so angry that his face turned black. Since when have women been able to give men attitude?
It's all Shen Lanxi's fault; they've all learned to disobey their elders and turn the world upside down.
Although Shen Congwen was furious, he didn't dare to confront Shen Yuantang directly. Ever since she lost her child, her personality had become increasingly eccentric.
A short while later, Madam Shen was brought out.
"Mother, shouldn't you be praying at this hour? Why did you come out early?"
"Yuantang, how could you disturb your grandmother's quiet meditation?"
Shen Yuantang immediately replied, "My daughter has not only disturbed my grandmother, but also found my mother."
"Even though her mother was ill, she still supported her daughter in bringing Shen Yuanxin back."
Shen Congwen felt he had nowhere to vent his anger.
“Boss, Yuan Tang did the right thing this time. Look at our family’s status now, and look at that impoverished family from Jichuan. How could they treat Yuan Xin like this? They simply don’t respect our Shen family at all.”
Previously, the Shen family had kept a low profile and remained relatively unknown. This was a perfect opportunity for them to show off their power to the people of the capital.
“Mother, I also want to bring Yuan Xin back, but I don’t know how or what to do to bring her back.” Shen Congwen dared not contradict his mother.
Shen Conglian: "Mother, elder brother, just listen to me. Let's lead the men over there and teach that good-for-nothing a lesson."
Shen Congli and Shen Congyi nodded in agreement.
Madam Shen hesitated and said, "Should we tell Lan Xi?"
Shen Congwen said with a cold, hard face: "If we can't even handle such a small matter, what will Shen Lanxi think of us? Will she secretly call us useless?"
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