Crying and making a fuss, sometimes even hurting yourself.
Although Shen Changshan's position is sinecure, he still has to work. Ever since Cui Niang fell ill, she had been trying to avoid doing her daily chores whenever possible.
Sometimes I come to work as soon as I show up, and I am often lazy.
It’s just that the people in the Dali Temple were afraid of Concubine Zhao behind him, so they turned a blind eye to his actions.
"My wife is ill at home, which has delayed my mission. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Shen Changshan kowtowed and knelt on the ground.
"Wife?" Xiao Yu sat on the chair, murderous intent already flashing in his eyes.
"As far as I know, hasn't Lord Shen's wife been married for many years?"
"Back then, Madam Gu gave birth to a legitimate daughter after a difficult birth. Did you do that? Could it be that I remembered it wrongly?"
"Or has Lord Shen remarried in a place unknown to me?"
Shen Changshan knelt on the ground, his face showing a bit of embarrassment.
"I was wrong. It was my concubine Cui Niang." From the moment he met Cui Niang, he always treated her as his wife.
But now he was using a concubine to humiliate Cui Niang, which really made Shen Changshan feel uncomfortable.
"My concubine has hysteria. Your Majesty has seen it before."
"She lost her daughter, she is really pitiful, she has no one to rely on, she doesn't trust anyone else except me, I am really worried about her."
Shen Changshan's words are full of love.
But he didn't know that the more he said this, the more angry Xiao Yu became towards him.
Here he is now, doing all this for a concubine.
But he was so cruel to his own daughter.
Whenever Xiao Yu thought of the letter in his dream, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
If it weren’t for that letter from Shen Changshan.
Shen Fu would not suffer such humiliation.
"Shut up!"
Xiao Yu slammed his palm on the table, and there was a loud thud. Everyone in the hall knelt down.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
"Someone, come and draft the decree!" Xiao Baozi bent over and stepped forward.
"Chen Changshan neglected his duties and was negligent in his work. I hereby remove him from his position as a warning to others."
Shen Changshan knelt on the ground and could no longer speak.
He stared blankly at the Emperor in front of him, as if he thought everything he heard was an illusion.
When he came, he thought it was just something small that couldn't get any smaller.
But His Majesty demoted him from his official position because of this?
"Please reconsider, Your Majesty." Shen Changshan was still surprised and knelt on the ground and kowtowed hard.
The little boy standing nearby was also shocked when he saw this.
The Shen family is not wealthy, and compared to other families in Kyoto, they are not considered prominent.
Although this Shen Da had no real power, he worked in the Dali Temple, and his official position was highly respected.
Now His Majesty wants to demote him...
I'm afraid the Shen family will have an even harder time in Kyoto in the future.
"Please think twice, Your Majesty." Shen Changshan also reacted quickly.
Kneeling on the ground and kowtowed continuously.
The Shen family had no roots in Kyoto to begin with, and they were able to gain a foothold only by relying on his sinecure.
If his position were abolished, the Shen family would probably no longer be able to gain a foothold in Kyoto.
"Your Majesty, although I haven't achieved great achievements over the years, I have worked diligently. Although I have been a little slack recently, I beg Your Majesty to take our previous friendship into consideration and grant me the order!"
Shen Changshan took a few steps forward and then kowtowed to the ground.
With that much force, Jian Qi was about to break his head.
Xiao Yu's eyes were colder than ever before.
His cold eyes fell to the ground: "I have made up my mind."
"My dear Shen, your beloved concubine is waiting for you at home. You'd better go home early so as not to make your beloved concubine worry."
When His Majesty said this, it was like an order to expel you.
Shen Changshan just felt cold all over.
He raised his head and glanced at His Majesty, but when his eyes met His Majesty's, he swallowed the next words.
"Your humble servant..." Shen Changshan raised his eyes and glanced at the little treasure behind His Majesty.
She looked at his hands for a long while before swallowing the words in her throat: "I'll take my leave."
Shen Changshan came out of the imperial study, his whole body was cold.
The cold wind blew on his body, but Shen Changshan could no longer feel the coldness.
The coldness all over the body is more obvious than the coldness in the heart.
After everyone left the imperial study, Shen Changshan felt a tearing pain in his heart.
The next moment he covered his chest and fell to the ground.
"My lord, please be careful." At this time, a little eunuch appeared from the corner, came forward quickly and held an umbrella for him.
"The roads are slippery on snowy days, and there's ice everywhere. My lord, you'd better be careful to avoid getting lost."
The wind and snow above his head were blocked, and Shen Changshan, who was about to fall, was helped up.
He glanced sideways at the little eunuch beside him, then looked up at the oil-paper fan above his head and couldn't help coughing.
"Thank...thank you very much."
"Your Excellency, you are too strict." The little eunuch holding an umbrella stood aside with a smile on his face.
He held up an umbrella and led Shen Changshan to the direction of leaving the palace: "Sir, I will take you out of the palace."
Shen Changshan's heart was hanging in the air, and he felt it was getting colder and colder.
Why would His Majesty demote him from his official position for no reason?
The entire Shen family, including his mother Cui, all depended on him.
If he doesn't even have an official position, what will happen to this family in the future?
Shen Changshan thought about it for a long time.
In the end, I could only sigh and let others suffer with me.
But he couldn't let Cui Niang down.
Cui Niang has suffered so much with me.
After getting to know her, he didn't even give her a name. She has already been so wronged. Now Cui Niang is ill, and the daily medicine expenses are not small. If he loses his official position, how many days can the Shen family's savings last?
In Shen Changshan's mind, the Shen family and Cui Niang's coming were rolling in his mind.
Thinking about the expression of His Majesty in the palace just now.
He wanted so badly to get up and go.
"How long have you been waiting at the door, sir?" At this time, the young eunuch beside him suddenly spoke.
All the images in Shen Changshan’s mind were extinguished.
He turned his head and looked at the young eunuch beside him.
The young eunuch was neither humble nor arrogant to him. Seeing that he was looking at him, he smiled and explained: "I saw that your cloak was wet, and even your shoes were splashed with water."
Only then did Shen Changshan retract his gaze.
His Majesty is dissatisfied with him now, and any further action might bring even worse consequences.
The matter of his demotion from official position requires further consideration.
"Oh, I just dropped this." Shen Changshan was too disdainful to waste words with this little eunuch.
He patted the remaining snow on his cloak with a smug look.
"The roads in this palace are difficult to navigate. You just made a mistake and fell down." The young eunuch didn't care. Even when the remaining snow hit his face, he just smiled and raised the umbrella higher.
"If you continue to make mistakes, I'm afraid you'll lose more than just these."
Shen Changshan, who was still ahead, stopped.
He looked at the young eunuch beside him tentatively: "What do you mean, eunuch?"
Even if Shen Changshan had a heart, he had lost most of it in the imperial study just now.
However, he could still understand the hidden meaning of the little eunuch's words.
The young eunuch half bent over to hold the umbrella for him, with half of his body exposed to the wind and snow.
Hearing this, he just raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "What else does this mean? I just saw that you fell, so I kindly reminded you."
"It seems that your Excellency does not need it."
The young eunuch said, and then opened his eyes and looked at Shen Changshan: “Then my lord, the servant will send you here.”
Then, before Shen Changshan could react, the young eunuch left with his oil-paper fan.
Shen Changshan was left standing alone in the snow.
*******
After Shen Changshan left, there was no sound in the imperial study for a long time.
The emperor who had just smashed the opera piece was now lying on the ground.
Little Baozi stepped forward and bravely picked it up: "Your Highness, I think I saw someone from the Hehuan Palace coming just now."
As soon as he stood in front of the window, he saw Xiao Guizi beside Concubine Zhao holding a fan for Shen Changshan.
The two of them headed in the direction of leaving the palace.
I don’t know what this little Guizi will say then.
"She can see whoever she wants and say whatever she wants."
Xiao Yu was half leaning on the back of the chair, his eyes half closed.
There was a deep sense of powerlessness in his eyes.
He felt sick from the moment he saw Shen Changshan.
That feeling was much greater than when I first knew what Shen Changshan had done.
Perhaps it was because he saw Shen Fu’s helplessness and pleading in his dream.
Looking at Shen Changshan, he always had an urge to wonder why he hadn't gotten rid of him earlier.
"Then your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?" Little Baozi stepped forward tentatively: "Do you want me to ask Concubine Zhao to come over?"
"No need." Xiao Yu raised his hand and took a deep breath.
"I don't know how to see Shen Fu now." Even if it means demoting Shen Changshan's official position.
But he also felt that it was of no use.
Things that have been posted have been posted. How can we really treat them as if they have never been posted?
Even if it is too much to make up for, it is not enough.
Xiao Yu rubbed his eyebrows lightly with his fingertips, feeling that he was in a dilemma.
She was afraid of seeing Chen Fu, but she also wanted to see Chen Fu: "How do you think I handled this matter today?"
Little Baozi raised his head and looked at His Majesty's complicated face. After hesitating for a while, he still said, "Your Majesty has demoted Lord Shen from his position. I'm afraid someone will gossip about Concubine Zhao."
No matter how much they disliked each other, they were still a family. It was an indisputable fact that Concubine Zhao came from the Shen family.
If His Majesty does this, I'm afraid he will disregard the reputation of Concubine Zhao.
"Chen Fu is Shen Fu, and Shen Changshan is Shen Changshan." After seeing the letter from Shen Changshan, Xiao Yuyi no longer wanted Shen Fu to have any relationship with Shen Changshan.
"Lord Shen used to send petitions every day, hoping to divorce his wife." Xiao Baozi thought of how Shen Fu had taken care of him in the past, and couldn't help but say a few fair words for Shen Fu.
"Who in Kyoto doesn't know that Concubine Zhao was raised in Suzhou since she was young and has no relationship with the Shen family at all?"
"For more than ten years, they have ignored her, but the Shen family just wanted to catch Concubine Zhao just because of that little bloodline."
As Xiao Baozi spoke, he could not help but sigh: "If Empress Zhao can get rid of the Shen family, then everything will be fine."
“Chen Changshan still has the face to divorce his wife.”
Xiao Yu's fingers fell on the desk and he couldn't help tapping them.
The fingers tapped faster and faster.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but slap his palm on the table: "Send the order to the emperor, don't let Shen Changshan's memorials be sent to the emperor."
"I obey your command!" When Xiao Baozi heard this, he couldn't help but smile.
His Majesty is probably so angry that he is confused.
Shen Changshan had just been demoted from his official position. How could he have the chance to submit memorials to the emperor in the future?
I’m afraid the Shen family will no longer be able to stand in Kyoto from now on.
He abandoned his original wife and favored daughter, and instead was obsessed with the delicate and pitiful concubine.
Lord Shen is the first person in Kyoto who favors his concubine to such an extent as to sacrifice his wife.
Now he has offended His Majesty and lost his official position.
I don’t know whether Mr. Shen will regret it in the future!
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