"Prime Minister Shang, what do you think about the missing ring?" After breakfast, Emperor Tianshun took the towel brought by the palace maid to wipe his mouth, and glanced coldly at Shangnian standing beside him: "I heard that your concubine's daughter is very troublesome. In my opinion, the He family is living a more comfortable life in exile than in the capital."
Upon hearing this, Shangnian hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I know nothing about my concubine's daughter. You know, I have left all the affairs in the palace to my wife, and this concubine's daughter was taken care of by her biological mother. She should have been taught by my aunt. I really didn't know anything, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Tianshun said nothing, did not rebuke him, and did not ask him to stand up. He walked to the table and reviewed memorials for a while. Then the eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has come to pay his respects to you."
"Announce." After saying that, he continued to review memorials with his head down, without even glancing at the kneeling 놅 Shangnian.
Shangnian wiped the sweat from his head, his heart beating like a drum. It seemed that the emperor was really angry with him this time. It was all because of Shang Ruoyi, the unfilial daughter, who had secretly hidden so many things from him for so many years.
If I had known this earlier, I would have found a way to let someone else marry her and leave her to the prince. According to her situation, she would at least be a concubine, which would also be helpful to the Shang family. Shang Yufu would also be able to firmly sit on the position of the crown princess. When the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, their two daughters would be the queen and the noble concubine. Then wouldn't the harem be controlled by his Shang family?
Just one step away from winning in chess!
At this time, He Lingsheng walked in. The first thing he saw was the young man who was kneeling on the ground and wiping his sweat. He retracted his gaze and walked straight to the emperor's desk: "Your Highness, your son greets you."
Emperor Tianshun held the beads and lifted them up slightly, motioning him to stand up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Have you heard?" Emperor Tianshun said in a deep voice: "The He family's ring was stolen."
"I heard about it on the way here." In fact, He Lingsheng had received the news a long time ago, but he didn't want to reveal it to Emperor Tianshun.
After all, the emperor's heart is hard to predict, and the emperor is like this. He hopes that his son is strong, but he doesn't want him to be too strong. If he is not strong, he will feel that he is not capable of sitting on this position, but if he is too strong, he will worry that he will covet his throne.
He Lingsheng understood the heart of the emperor very well, so in front of Emperor Tianshun, he was always an excellent prince without too much ambition.
"What do you think?"
He Lingsheng whispered: "I think that the He family deliberately spread the rumor in order to make the emperor lower his guard against them."
Emperor Tianshun nodded, he thought so too.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
"What do you think? Are you going to punish them for losing the ring?" Emperor Tianshun snorted coldly: "Let's wait and see what happens!"
The two of them exchanged a few irrelevant words, and He Lingsheng shifted his gaze to Shangnian who was kneeling there.
"What happened to Lord Shang?"
Emperor Tianshun glanced at him and said coldly, "Prince Shang has taught his daughter well. I was thinking about how to reward him and forgot to ask him to stand up."
"Your Majesty... I don't deserve it. It's because I didn't educate my daughter well. It would have been fine if I didn't share the worries of the emperor, but I kept causing trouble and making the emperor worried. I deserve to die."
"You really deserve to die." Emperor Tianshun gritted his teeth and spoke word by word, frightening Shangnian so much that he knelt down tremblingly.
Originally, when dealing with the Dingguo Palace, he thought that he should behead all of them, so that he could sit firmly on the throne. However, the Dingguo Palace had made too much contribution to Tianshun over the years and was deeply loved by the people. If he really beheaded them, he was afraid that it would shake the people's hearts, so he thought of exiling them. If they were injured or died on the way to exile, no one would be able to say anything. However, he did not expect that they not only arrived at the bitter cold of the extreme north unscathed, but also lived a prosperous life. All this was thanks to Shang Ruoyi.
Without her, let alone others, how could the old princess bear the hardships of exile?
Thinking of this, he became even angrier.
Looking at the kneeling there, Shangnian became more and more annoyed.
He Lingsheng pretended not to understand what Emperor Tianshun said, and smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Lord Shang, who has devoted himself to the court, still has the energy to teach his children after returning home. He is truly a model of ministers in our dynasty."
"Your Highness, you are too kind to me. I am unworthy of your praise." Shangnian was sweating even more.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Tianshun's anger subsided a little. He looked at Shangnian and said calmly, "Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." He stood up slowly. Because he had been kneeling for too long, his legs trembled when he stood up.
Emperor Tianshun looked at him and said coldly, "Go down."
Shangnian felt as if he had been pardoned, and he quickly retreated.
After being disturbed by him, Emperor Tianshun was in a bad mood and said to He Lingsheng: "It's getting late, go and pay your respects to your mother!"
"I'll take my leave."
Watching him leave, Emperor Tianshun put down the memorial. Judging from his attitude towards Shangnian today, the two did not seem to be in collusion.
Of course, he had known about Shang Yufu's entry into the palace a long time ago.
What he hated most was collusion between the former dynasty and the harem.
Ever since He Lingsheng was made the crown prince, he had known about Concubine Zhao's overt and covert actions, and he had acquiesced.
But if she covets this position too early, she will have to be careful.
However, judging from today's situation, he was very satisfied with He Lingsheng's attitude. He knew when to advance and when to retreat, and he was worthy of being reused.
Before He Lingsheng arrived at Lanqing Palace, he saw Bixi coming out of a corner gate in a panic.
If he remembered correctly, it was a dead end.
Just then, a man came out from inside and walked in the same direction.
The secret exchange of palace maids and guards happened in every palace, and most of the masters turned a blind eye and pretended not to know. As a man, He Lingsheng naturally didn't want to get involved in these things, but he had never seen that man in the palace.
"Your Highness, I, Gong, have seen this man." The guard beside him stepped forward and said softly, "He is the leader of a gang, and his name seems to be the Qinglong Gang."
Qinglong Gang?
How could a gang leader appear here?
The palace was not like other places where one could not enter without being summoned. He did not think that Bixi was such a big deal and secretly brought him into the palace.
Then there is only one answer, that is, this man entered the palace at the order of his mother, the Concubine.
"Send someone to follow." He said in a deep voice.
"yes."
When Shangnian returned home, Madam came up to him with a happy face: "Master! Happy event! Happy event from heaven! Have you already known about it?"
Shangnian looked constipated: "What's the good news?"
"Of course it's the emperor's praise!" Madam Wu pulled him to the main hall, pointed to a pearl sent from the palace and said, "Look, a eunuch just brought it in, saying that the emperor gave it to our family because you taught his daughter well."
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