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He said he wanted Shen Qing to accompany him, but in fact, it was just a swap. Xuanyuan Ling still had memorials to read and could not take care of Shen Qing for the time being. He also did not want to ask her to go back and worry about it. In the end, he showed that he did not particularly blame Shen Zhizhuo for this matter and asked her to relax.
Xuanyuan Ling really didn't think that Shen Zhizhuo could do such a thing for no reason. There must be a reason. He would not believe King Huai's one-sided words. But even if there was a reason, Shen Zhizhuo secretly stole King Huai's seal, which was a serious crime. It was like violating military orders on the battlefield. No matter what your reason was, you had to be punished, otherwise there would be no law and order.
Xuanyuan Ling read the memorial for a while and then turned to look at Chen Qing. Coincidentally, Chen Qing was also looking at him. When they looked at each other, the corners of their mouths curled up. They didn't say anything, but the atmosphere was very good.
Xuanyuan Ling said that he would give the order naturally.
Not long after, King Huai received the decree from Xuanyuan Ling, asking him to bring Shen Zhizhuo back for trial. Xuanyuan Ling did not mention the other corrupt officials who had been involved in the Jinzhou incident, but only mentioned Shen Zhizhuo. King Huai naturally understood what this meant.
King Huai was angry. Shen Zhizhuo was just relying on his father's appreciation. How much of this was because of Consort Xian? If he was just an outsider, would his father care so much?
But after Xuanyuan Ling mentioned this, he really didn't dare to treat Shen Zhizhuo harshly.
Shen Zhizhuo was imprisoned in the same cell with Lord Wang. He had been eating porridge with bran for several days without a single vegetable stalk. It was because he was young, otherwise he would not have been able to bear it. Now that Xuanyuan Ling had this idea, he could at least have a good meal.
Lord Wang has been eating with Shen Zhizhuo for several days. Today, he was shocked to see chicken legs in Shen Zhizhuo's rice.
Chen Zhizhuo looked at the obvious contrast, then at Lord Wang's eyes that were about to pop out: "Give it to you?"
Lord Wang hurriedly said, "I dare not."
This was really subconscious. He looked at the rice with chicken legs in it from Shen Zhizhuo. He had been an official for so many years and had been in prison before. That is to say, prisoners usually have such good last meals before execution, right?
After Lord Wang refused, he felt frightened and lowered his voice: "Prince Huai is not going to..." He made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Seeing him like that, Shen Zhizhuo thought that Lord Wang hadn't complained about anything in the past few days, but Lord Wang's words were sometimes... How to put it, Shen Zhizhuo didn't know how to describe it. Anyway, seeing him like this, he suddenly thought of Xu at home.
It’s not that Lord Wang is like Xu, but he can’t understand this aspect. Lord Wang reminds him of Xu, and sometimes he can’t understand Xu’s thoughts, and now he can’t understand Lord Wang either.
What was he thinking? King Huai would never dare to kill him in private. If he really did it in private, it would be an accident. How could he still think of sending him a chicken leg rice? Looking at the chicken leg rice, Shen Zhizhuo thought, I'm afraid the emperor must have been alarmed. Isn't it only the emperor who can make King Huai suddenly change his attitude?
But seeing Lord Wang like this, he was thinking of Xu, and suddenly he sighed heavily: "Lord Wang, I am really sorry for causing you trouble this time."
Lord Wang originally thought it was impossible, and he was distracted and ran ahead. After he finished speaking, he thought that the Emperor might have found out. To put it bluntly, the Concubine Xian might have already rescued the person. But Shen Zhizhuo suddenly said this, and he was really scared. Just when he was about to say something, he saw Shen Zhizhuo looking at him and wanted to laugh.
Lord Wang: "...Lord Shen, could you please stop scaring me at this time?"
It shortens your life.
Why didn’t I notice before that Lord Shen looks righteous, but he is actually a mean person at heart?
Shen Zhizhuo really laughed. He still shared his meal with Lord Wang. After finishing his meal, he looked up at the skylight and thought that he might be leaving soon. He hadn't seen Xu for a long time. He didn't feel that way before, but now that he was out, he really missed her. However, Xu's temper...
Shen Zhizhuo thought that if he did this, he would be punished if he returned to Beijing. Xu Shi usually didn't allow him to even carry a bucket of water at home, as if carrying a bucket would rub the skin on his hands. If she knew that he didn't have enough to eat here, she would probably cry.
King Huai was indeed preparing to take Shen Zhizhuo back to the capital. Once the vacant official position in Jinzhou was filled, he would not have to worry about it, so he would naturally take his men back to report.
It will be very quick when we really set off.
The group hurried back to report. After returning, King Huai naturally went to see Xuanyuan Ling. The others were sent to the Ministry of Justice. People like Shen Zhizhuo, who were personally assigned by Xuanyuan Ling but something went wrong, had to go before Xuanyuan Ling to be questioned.
Prince Huai's audience with Shen Zhizhuo was naturally not together. Xuanyuan Ling still had some fatherly feelings when Prince Huai came back. After all, he came back safely. This was the first time he encountered such an assignment, and he did a good job. He should be rewarded. So he praised him and rewarded him with a lot of things. This was all on the surface. Xuanyuan Ling also said: "Shun Fei has been worried about your illness for a long time. Now that you are back, go see her."
After receiving the praise, King Huai felt much better now, as he had been worried in Jinzhou before. He even felt that his mother was thinking about him after all, and he was grateful to Concubine Shun, whom he had not dealt with before.
Since Concubine Shun heard the news that Prince Huai was coming back, her illness has been getting better day by day. Now that Prince Huai came to pay his respects to her, she asked about him. Prince Huai was very happy and told her about it. Concubine Shun was very excited to hear it and said "good" several times in a row.
Shen Zhizhuo also went to Xuanyuan Ling to plead guilty. He didn't say bad things about King Huai. He was just upright, not stupid. There was no need to say anything. What good would it do to say bad things about a son in front of his father? It was not good for Shen Qing either. He just said that he and King Huai had different opinions on flood control. After two fruitless attempts, he took the risk and was willing to accept the punishment.
Xuanyuan Ling was silent after hearing this. Could he not hear Shen Zhizhuo's embellished words? He read the memorial of King Huai. Generally speaking, it was not done well, but it was handled well. After all, disaster relief was not without precedent. But Shen Zhizhuo's words, how could he not know why King Huai insisted on not blowing up the dam? He wanted to take care of both ends and add more achievements to make this job look better.
Xuanyuan Ling frowned, but Shen Zhizhuo was still waiting for the verdict. If he didn't, he would be demoted. It would be difficult for him to stay in the capital. "You blew up the dike, and most of the farmland and farmhouses were lost. The dike also needs to be rebuilt. Considering that you have extenuating circumstances and your crime is not punishable by death, I will demote you to be the magistrate of Jinzhou and leave today."
Tongpan was a sixth-rank official position, which could be considered a demotion, mainly because he could no longer stay in the capital.
Shen Zhizhuo listened and thanked him.
Xuanyuan Ling asked Shen Zhizhuo to leave. His face darkened when he thought about the matter of King Huai. He had praised him too much before and could not take it back now. He should give the reward, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart. He felt that the praise was wrong. He thought that King Huai was doing things in a proper manner and nothing would go wrong. There were so many officials watching and the people in charge of the work had been transferred down. He would not let King Huai do nothing and do things alone. But the incident of Shen Zhizhuo happened.
This matter is difficult to handle, but not to the extent that Shen Zhizhuo's work is obviously beneficial to the subsequent disaster relief, but he didn't even plead for mercy, not to mention the matter of Shen Zhizhuo stealing the seal. He really didn't believe that if King Huai could make sense, Shen Zhizhuo would go so far as to steal King Huai's seal.
Xuanyuan Ling felt worse and worse. He had thought that King Huai would do things in a proper manner. After all, he had watched King Huai grow up. However, when he started doing things, his faults became apparent. Granted, he was young and this was his first time doing something, but his attitude was very unpleasant.
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