Chapter 480 Surrender
Compared with the Xianwang Party where everyone was worried about their own safety, the Guangling Palace seemed to be at ease.
The Emperor of Northern Qi granted Zhao Yi the grace to not attend the morning court.
Even so, Zhao Yi still got up at dawn.
Shen Qingtan was awakened by the rustling noise and subconsciously moved back. Instead of leaning into the warm and broad chest as he wished, he fell into a soft quilt.
She drowsily opened her eyes and saw Zhao Yi standing by the bed, getting dressed. "Didn't His Majesty grant you a grace and exempt you from the morning court?"
Zhao Yi turned around and saw Shen Qingtan wearing only an underdress, her snow-white arms holding the quilt in her arms, her slender legs pressed on the quilt, looking charming and beautiful.
"It's cold at night." Zhao Yi pulled the quilt over her arms and legs, leaned over and kissed her forehead. "I have to go to the Heavenly Prison as soon as possible to interrogate the two ministers and close the case before the court is dismissed to prevent any further incidents."
Given the official positions of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, I am afraid that half of the officials in the court have close ties with them.
If all the people involved were punished one by one, the court would surely be in turmoil.
Besides, his main purpose was not this. It was enough to deal with a few people in the Sky Prison.
Shen Qingtan nodded lazily: "You should go soon." She yawned, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes: "I've been 'sick' for some time, and my health should be getting better. I plan to go to the shop today."
"Okay, you sleep a little longer." Zhao Yi instructed: "Take a few more people out of the house."
Shen Qingtan agreed and watched Zhao Yi leave.
She stayed in bed for a while longer before ringing the bedside bell.
Tingxue fetched some water and went into the house to help Shen Qingtan get up.
Liu Yue went to the kitchen to serve the food.
After breakfast, Shen Qingtan sat in the front hall, called a few people to accompany him, and prepared to leave the house.
At this time, the doorman came over with a visiting card box in his hand: "Princess, the old lady from the Minister of Personnel's residence sent someone to deliver a visiting card to you."
Shen Qingtan frowned slightly. The Minister of Personnel was from the Xianwang camp and was opposed to the position of their palace. What was his intention in visiting him at such a sensitive time?
She gestured to Tingxue to get the visiting card box.
Tingxue took the visiting card box, opened the lid, and handed it respectfully to Shen Qingtan.
Shen Qingtan looked inside the box and saw that the visiting card was a small folding leaf made of silk.
She took out the visiting card and looked at the contents inside.
A line of small calligraphy with hairpin flowers comes into view. The brushwork is simple and solemn, which shows that it was written by the old lady herself.
But given the old lady's status and age, she most likely asked her maid to write for her.
From this point, we can see that the old lady attaches great importance to this visit, and it is definitely not as simple as coming to visit a patient.
Shen Qingtan accepted the invitation and said, "I am free now and can meet the old lady."
The servant immediately went to pass on the message.
Shen Qingtan ordered Tingxue to go to the door to greet the old lady.
In just a quarter of an hour, Tingxue brought the old lady to the front hall.
The old lady leaned on her cane and saluted Shen Qingtan: "I pay my respects to the princess, and I wish the princess good health and happiness."
Shen Qingtan helped the old lady up and gave her a seat.
The old lady sat down and signaled the maid to hand the blood ganoderma to Liu Yue. "I heard that the princess has been ill for some time, and I have been worried about you. I happened to find a blood ganoderma these past two days, and I thought it would be of some benefit to the princess, so I brought it to you."
Shen Qingtan told Liu Yue to accept it: "You are so thoughtful."
When the old lady saw that Shen Qingtan accepted it, she felt a little moved and wanted to say something to test Shen Qingtan's attitude, but she was afraid of offending her.
Last night, my wife came back from Prince Xian's Mansion, looking worried.
She then asked, "Isn't the situation optimistic?"
Her husband said to her, "Madam Lian came to me today and asked me to help her intercede for Lian Yanqing in front of the virtuous king and save his life."
"However, the virtuous king, pursuing his own great cause, completely disregarded the lives of his colleagues. Not only that, he also used their deaths to smear the King of Guangling."
"Although the road to becoming an emperor is paved with blood and piled with bones, the wise king is too heartless."
"Although these colleagues may not be considered good people, they ultimately worked for the virtuous king, which led to their current fate. In the eyes of the virtuous king, everything we wholeheartedly supported him and did for him was nothing more than seeking benefits for the family."
"To put it bluntly, the relationship between us and him is nothing more than an exchange of interests. It's not worth him taking the risk to save people for us."
"I finally understand. Even if we support him to take that position, with his mean and ungrateful nature, he might kill us meritorious officials."
"After all, the wise king has already determined that he can sit in that position even without the help of us ministers. How can he remember our kindness?"
When she heard these words, she couldn't help but think of King Guangling, who never exploited the people and treated those who supported him well.
Prince Guangling is more flesh and blood than the virtuous king, and values friendship and loyalty.
So, she asked, "Should I visit Princess Guangling tomorrow?"
My wife made a decision: "If Prince Guangling can leave the palace safely, you can go visit Princess Guangling."
"I have a feeling that Northern Qi will fall into the hands of Prince Guangling. If my premonition comes true, I will take off my official uniform, confess my crime to Prince Guangling, and beg him to spare your lives."
As she listened to her husband's words, she felt as if a knife was cutting into her heart.
This person must not be too greedy. Once greed arises, it will be difficult to have a good ending.
They are just too greedy, that's why they are always trying to get personal gain.
If you behave yourself, you don't have to live in fear all day long.
The reason why they couldn't understand it before was that they imagined it too beautifully, as if everything in the world would happen according to their wishes.
Only when the time comes can you see clearly.
The old lady pulled herself out of her thoughts and looked up at Shen Qingtan who was sitting in the main seat. "I came here today for another matter. In half a month, it will be my seventieth birthday, and I would like to ask the princess to do me the honor of attending my birthday banquet."
Last night, after her husband had said these intimate words to her, he was invited away by his colleagues.
After that, he never came to the main courtyard, nor did he send anyone to deliver a message to her.
She came to visit Shen Qingtan today as agreed before.
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