Crown Prince
Inside the Eastern Palace, on Jiang Yunyan's bed.
Although Jiang Yunyan didn't seem to do anything too outrageous except for saying some disgusting things and touching his face in a disgusting way.
But these things alone were enough to raise Shen Wenqiu's vigilance.
Who knows if Jiang Yunyan isn't ready yet, or if she's brewing some wicked idea in her mind?
Even though the person had already been tied to the bed, Shen Wenqiu still couldn't afford to gamble on the unknown.
Shen Wenqiu opened his mouth, about to say something, when he heard a loud bang from outside.
The doors to the sleeping quarters were smashed open, and countless imperial guards rushed in, weapons in hand. The leader of the guards looked around.
"search!"
Shen Wenqiu stood there, bewildered, unable to understand why the Imperial Guards had come to search the Eastern Palace.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yunyan could not suppress his anger at all. Pointing at the imperial guards in front of him, he cursed, "How dare you! You actually search my Eastern Palace!"
The head of the imperial guards looked troubled and turned to Jiang Yunyan, saying, "Your Highness, I am only following orders."
Following orders?
Only the emperor himself could issue an order to search the Eastern Palace.
But what could possibly be so important that the emperor, who doted on Jiang Yunyan the most in the original story, would issue such an order?
Searching the Eastern Palace is no small matter; it will cause a sensation throughout the court and the country.
Moreover, this is so different from the original work! In the original work, no matter what mistakes Jiang Yunyan made, he never received any substantial punishment. There was never a time when the Imperial Guards brazenly came in to search the Eastern Palace.
Shen Wenqiu was puzzled and wondered if Jiang Yunyan's extraordinary luck as the protagonist was not working.
Otherwise, it would be really hard to explain why the East Palace where Jiang Yunyan lived was searched.
Jiang Yunyan was even more puzzled than Shen Wenqiu. He couldn't understand why his father, the emperor, had any complaints about him, even going so far as to search his Eastern Palace, when he was already under house arrest.
Such a commotion couldn't be kept secret anytime soon; it might not even take an hour for the entire court and the public to know about it.
Where would he, as the crown prince, put his face then?
Jiang Yunyan grew angrier the more he thought about it. Pointing at the leading imperial guard, he shouted, "Summon your commander here! I want to know what I did to displease the imperial guards and make you so audacious as to search the Eastern Palace!"
Just then, the commander of the Imperial Guards walked in from outside, his hand on the hilt of his sword. He stared intently at the furious Jiang Yunyan and sneered, "Does Your Highness not even know what you have done?"
Jiang Yunyan frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes and sized up the Imperial Guard commander in front of him, and said angrily, "Tell me, what have I done!"
Shen Wenqiu was also very curious about what Jiang Yunyan had done to warrant the Imperial Guards searching the Eastern Palace.
He cautiously observed the commander of the Imperial Guards, anticipating his next response.
Jiang Yunyan had a strong presence, and the commander of the Imperial Guards was no less formidable.
"His Highness the Crown Prince's dog killed the Emperor's confidant, and this person even had evidence of the Crown Prince's rebellion on his person. The Emperor was furious and ordered me to search the Eastern Palace!" The commander of the Imperial Guards was not afraid of Jiang Yunyan at all and coldly finished speaking these words.
"Treason?" Jiang Yunyan was stunned and stood there. He never expected to be associated with treason, a capital offense. He dared not delay and immediately retorted, "What treason! You must be mistaken! I, the Crown Prince, why would I commit treason!"
yes!
Jiang Yunyan is the crown prince, and everyone knows he will definitely ascend the throne. What is he trying to achieve by suddenly rebelling?
Shen Wenqiu also felt something was wrong; wasn't this obviously a frame-up?
At this moment, Shen Wenqiu did not think about Jiang Heng at all. He knew that someone might be trying to deal with the Crown Prince, but he did not expect that it was related to his own well-behaved little prince.
For a modern person like Shen Wenqiu, the Crown Prince's rebellion when his position was not under any major threat was extremely unwise.
If it succeeds, that's one thing, but if it fails, or if it gets discovered before it even starts, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
The commander of the Imperial Guards did not respond, but only stared coldly at Jiang Yunyan, waiting for the results of the Imperial Guards' search of the Eastern Palace.
Seeing this, Jiang Yunyan wanted to say something to argue, but then a member of the Imperial Guard rushed in, holding a dragon robe in his hand. He knelt down beside the commander of the Imperial Guard and reported, "Report! A dragon robe was found in the Crown Prince's private treasury!"
Dragon robe?
Upon hearing this, Shen Wenqiu looked at Jiang Yunyan in shock.
Seriously? You're really plotting a rebellion?
But something seems off.
It's a bit like framing someone.
However, such a blatant frame-up doesn't seem like a frame-up at all.
Jiang Yunyan stared at the dragon robe, unable to suppress the resentment in his heart. He gritted his teeth and cursed, "What is this! I have never seen it before! Someone must have framed me!"
Shen Wenqiu sensed something was wrong, but there was no way he would speak up for Jiang Yunyan.
For him, the best outcome was that Jiang Yunyan was pulled down.
The original novel's story has been completely destroyed, so those who suffered because of Jiang Yunyan in the book can be saved.
Jiang Yunyan tried to say something to struggle, but the commander of the Imperial Guards didn't give him the chance. He directly ordered, "Take everyone from the Eastern Palace away!"
Upon hearing the order, the Imperial Guards immediately split up and arrested everyone in the Eastern Palace.
But on Shen Wenqiu's side...
The Imperial Guard Commander glanced at the shackles on Shen Wenqiu's feet, walked up to him step by step, and frowned as he spoke: "As for you..."
Shen Wenqiu looked pitifully at the commander of the Imperial Guards, cursing inwardly what an undeserved disaster this was, and then said, "I was captured, are you going to take me away too?"
After saying that, Shen Wenqiu shook his chained foot, making the gold chain rattle, to prove that he had indeed been captured by Jiang Yunyan.
The commander of the Imperial Guards also hesitated. If Shen Wenqiu had been captured, then he certainly couldn't be considered a member of the Eastern Palace.
Jiang Yunyan came to the Hanlin Academy under the guise of compiling books. Now, everyone else in the Hanlin Academy is in the side hall, but Shen Wenqiu is locked on Jiang Yunyan's bed, which is really strange.
The commander of the Imperial Guards, not wanting to make the decision on his own, said, "Remove his shackles and take him back to the Emperor."
Shen Wenqiu breathed a sigh of relief, but then became somewhat worried again.
The Emperor favors Jiang Yunyan the most. We should discuss this matter with the Emperor, lest it turn out to be his fault.
As it turns out, Shen Wenqiu's concerns were not unfounded.
After the commander of the Imperial Guards took Jiang Yunyan away, he brought Shen Wenqiu to report to the Emperor.
After finishing his business, he hesitated before looking at Shen Wenqiu kneeling beside him and said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen was brought to the Eastern Palace by His Highness the Crown Prince. When we entered, Lord Shen was still wearing shackles and was locked on His Highness the Crown Prince's bed."
The commander of the Imperial Guards was well aware that it was Jiang Yunyan who was in the wrong. As the Crown Prince, he had forcibly taken a minister to the Eastern Palace and locked him up.
It was so absurd that even these imperial guards couldn't help but pity Shen Wenqiu for his undeserved misfortune, and secretly cursed Jiang Yunyan in their hearts.
But the Emperor did not think so. After hearing the report from the commander of the Imperial Guards, the Emperor's first reaction was that Shen Wenqiu had seduced his son.
In the Emperor's heart, Jiang Yunyan was the child he placed the most hope in and loved the most.
The evidence for the treason was irrefutable, but the matter of arresting the minister, bringing him to the Eastern Palace, and locking him in bed...
The Emperor was unwilling to admit that Jiang Yunyan was at fault.
"Shen Wenqiu, do you know your crime?"
The Emperor mentally listed the crimes against Shen Wenqiu, with no intention of blaming Jiang Yunyan. He simply coldly convicted Shen Wenqiu.
The commander of the Imperial Guards was taken aback and was about to speak when Shen Wenqiu spoke first, saying, "Your Majesty, I was ordered to go to the Eastern Palace with my colleagues from the Hanlin Academy to revise books. Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived, His Highness the Crown Prince summoned me to his bedchamber and inexplicably said many things about my homosexual relationship with the Ninth Prince. Then, he inexplicably locked me up. I am completely baffled by all of this and have no idea what crime I have committed."
Shen Wenqiu understood that if he confessed to this crime, and the Emperor was unhappy because of Jiang Yunyan's matter, he would implicate him and severely punish him. In that case, even Aunt Qin, who was waiting for him to come home, would suffer.
"Hmph! You really have a silver tongue!" The Emperor sneered, his gaze on Shen Wenqiu becoming even more dangerous. "You bewitched the Emperor, causing the Crown Prince to turn against the officials in court, insisting on bringing you to his side! Now, in order to keep you by his side, he's using the pretext of writing a letter to lure you over! What else could this be but your seduction of the Crown Prince!"
ah?
Who seduced the Crown Prince?
Who is bewitching the master?
Shen Wenqiu felt that he was now being wronged to death.
"Your Majesty, I have absolutely not done anything to bewitch you!" Shen Wenqiu's voice trembled with anxiety as he hurriedly tried to explain further, but was interrupted by the Emperor.
"No need to say anything more! I feel disgusted just looking at a vixen like you! Guards! Drag this seductive vixen away and beat her to death with sticks!" The Emperor slammed his hand on the table, glared at Shen Wenqiu, and gave the order fiercely.
Upon hearing this, the eunuchs were about to step forward and pull Shen Wenqiu away.
Just then, the Grand Eunuch of the Imperial Household entered, bowed to the Emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince requests an audience, saying he has come to discuss the matter between His Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Shen."
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