Chapter 115 Only Jing Yin can call me like this
"Even?" Zhao Yun stared at Shen Shuwei and sighed softly, "How can the young lady and I be even? The young lady painstakingly collected the prescription for me, and I haven't repaid the young lady yet."
Shen Shuwei was stunned. Only she and Doctor Yun knew about collecting prescriptions. Even the other people in the Shen family didn't know. How did Zhao Yun know about it?
Zhao Yun saw Shen Shuwei's reaction, smiled slightly, and suddenly reached out to grab her wrist and pulled her into his arms. He raised his hand to turn her face and looked at her with dark eyes.
"So, how can the young lady and I be even?"
"You and I will never be even."
The last sentence sounded like a low, muffled curse as it reached Shen Shuwei's ears. Shen Shuwei shuddered slightly and was about to push the person away.
But Zhao Yun's hand around her waist was like an iron clamp, and Shen Shuwei couldn't break free at all.
"Zhao Yun! Let me go!" Shen Shuwei could only glare at him.
Zhao Yun smiled and lowered his head to kiss her eyelids, holding her hands tightly, "Don't look at me like that."
Just as Zhao Yun's warm kiss spread down the bridge of his nose and was about to land on Shen Shuwei's lips, the carriage suddenly stopped. Cheng Feng's weak voice came from outside, "Prince, we have arrived at the Shen Mansion."
Zhao Yun exhaled lightly, turned his face away, and rubbed Chen Shuwei's earlobe with his fingertips. His voice was casual but revealed an oppressive tone that did not allow for questioning. "Miss, remember to be obedient and don't try to get rid of me."
"Otherwise, next time, it won't be the Shen Mansion that sends the young lady back, but the—" Zhao Yun lowered his head and kissed Shen Shuwei's earlobe, "The cage I carefully prepared for the young lady."
The moment Zhao Yun released Shen Shuwei from his shackles, he slapped him in the face.
The crisp sound of slapping startled Chengfeng, who was about to come in to urge them to hurry up, and he turned his head away silently.
Zhao Yun turned his face to the right, and his white cheek instantly became red.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, sat up straight and looked at Shen Shuwei, his eyes full of tenderness, "I have a lot of things to do when I go back, I'm afraid I won't have time to see the young lady."
"If you still have any grievances, please come out now."
Shen Shuwei pursed his lips and said, "Don't call me Miss."
"The only one who can call me that is Jing Yin, right? Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Zhao Yun readily changed his words and said, "Ah Yuan."
Chen Shuwei's eyes suddenly changed, and he looked at him with almost shock and astonishment.
This was her nickname, but few people knew it. Even Ji Jinglan only called her that before she was five years old, and never called her that again after that. How did Zhao Yun know it?
Zhao Yun stood up, casting a shadow over Shen Shuwei's figure. He smiled at her with the corners of his lips raised. "Why are you so surprised? If you like someone, shouldn't you know everything about her?"
"I think I'm quite qualified in this area." Zhao Yun leaned over and whispered to the crook of Chen Shuwei's neck.
Shen Shuwei felt a chill inexplicably in his heart, but it quickly disappeared.
She pursed her lips and got off the carriage without saying a word.
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In the imperial study, Xiao Chengming was summoned by the emperor. When he heard the order to release Chen Heng, his face darkened.
"Father, I understand that Chen Heng's old manuscripts are circulating. Many people praise his literary talent. Even Grand Tutor Sun has spoken out in his favor, saying that he would never cheat in the imperial examinations."
"But the Dali Temple has irrefutable evidence. Since Chen Heng is implicated in the sale of exam questions, he should be rigorously interrogated. How can we release him just because of some rumors?"
Xiao Chengming spoke with great righteousness and a fair and strict attitude that the law cannot be violated.
The emperor, sitting at the head of the table, looked down at him and after a long pause said, "Really?"
Xiao Chengming nodded and was about to continue his long speech when the door of the imperial study was pushed open. Princess Rongyang walked over quickly, bowed, and glanced at Xiao Chengming. "Your Highness, your words are premature."
After saying this, she presented a policy paper and documents to the imperial desk, "Royal brother, this is the policy paper that Chen Heng wrote about the flood in Yuzhou over a month ago."
"The other is the results of the flood control efforts of Yuzhou officials based on this policy."
The emperor took the two documents, flipped through them hastily, and his expression became stern. His eyes, full of intimidation, instantly fell on Princess Rongyang.
"Rongyang, since you got this policy paper so early, why didn't you hand it to me, but sent it to Yuzhou first?" The emperor threw down two things without much force, but everyone in the imperial study was startled.
The emperor is angry.
Princess Rongyang anticipated this and spoke calmly, "As soon as I received this policy paper, I wanted to send it to you, my brother. But the Third Prince beat me to it and delivered the policy paper from the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion. I had no intention of competing with him for this credit, so I put it aside."
"Who would have thought that the flooding in Yuzhou would not improve under the Third Prince's governance, but instead worsen. I know that my brother is concerned about the people of Yuzhou, but I'm also afraid that this policy proposal will be useless and cause criticism from both the court and the public, so I sent it to Yuzhou first, and will present it to my brother once it has achieved some success."
Princess Rongyang spoke respectfully, and her words revealed her intention to give this great achievement to the emperor.
The emperor stared at her quietly for a long while, then moved the corners of his lips and said, "Not bad."
It is not known whether this sentence is praising Princess Rongyang or Chen Heng who wrote this policy paper.
When Xiao Chengming heard the emperor's praise, his face changed.
Sure enough, the next second he heard the emperor's order for him to release Shen Heng, "Alright, Prince, let that kid from the Shen family go."
"Since he has made such a great contribution, how can I punish him instead of rewarding him?"
Xiao Chengming glared at Princess Rongyang angrily and retorted through gritted teeth, "Father, merits are merits, and faults are faults. Chen Heng's contribution to resolving the flood in Yuzhou is indeed great, but the imperial examination cheating scandal caused a sensation throughout the court and even among the people."
"How can the emperor, if he lets him go like this, reassure the officials and the people?"
Hearing Xiao Chengming making a big fuss about court officials and common people, Princess Rongyang sneered and turned to look at him. "This fraud case is still under review by the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate. Why does the Crown Prince sound like he's convicting Chen Heng?"
Xiao Chengming frowned, "I'm also thinking about the overall situation. Aunt Rongyang, you have a close personal relationship with the Shen family. By sending this policy paper and document at this time, aren't you deliberately trying to exonerate the Shen family?"
Princess Rongyang narrowed her eyes and looked at Xiao Chengming, who was about to speak when a eunuch hurried through the door and said in a shrill voice, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Jing requests an audience."
Prince Jing? Zhao Yun?
Princess Rongyang and Xiao Chengming both changed their expressions and looked outside the palace. They didn't understand why Zhao Yun came here at this time.
The emperor listened to the two arguing for a long time. He was now leaning his head and rubbing his brows, his tone somewhat impatient. "What is he doing here? Is it for the title of King Jing?"
When Xiao Chengming heard the word "King Jing", his eyebrows jumped.
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