The man took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Qingge.
"Miss Qingge, this handkerchief is new. I haven't used it before. Please wipe your face with it."
Qingge was stunned for a moment and took it.
Shen Yanzhi and Shen Jianshan had agreed that Shen Jianshan would go to the East Palace to see Shen Jing first. Murong Zhi didn't know his intention and would definitely try to stop him.
He went to the palace to meet the emperor.
Shen Jianshan hadn't seen Chen Jing for a long time. When he saw Chen Jing fiddling with the flowers and plants in the yard in a depressed mood, he realized that life is really unpredictable.
"Zhao Xun, the general is here to see you." Qinghe reminded softly.
When Shen Jing heard the word "general" for the first time, she felt as if she were in another world. She slowly turned her head and when she saw Shen Jianshan, she also felt incredible.
"Father...why is the general here?" Shen Jing did not stand up and still sat there.
"The prince lets you live in a place like this?" Shen Jianshan looked around the courtyard where Shen Jing lived, which was not even as good as the courtyard of the general's mansion.
"General, if you want to talk to me, just tell me directly." Shen Jing took a pair of scissors and trimmed the branches. "Isn't it just what the general wants if I don't live well?"
Shen Jianshan didn't show much emotion when he heard this. He just sat down casually at the stone table and said, "I brought back the things you sent to the General's Mansion a few days ago."
Shen Jing turned to look at Shen Jianshan, her eyes seemed to want to see through his thoughts.
“General, I have called you father for more than ten years, but for Shen Qing, you don’t give me any leeway at all?”
Murong Zhi had asked her to deliver those things. Originally, because Cheng Xue accepted those things, Murong Zhi's attitude towards her became better.
Now he has sent her back. Is it because he can't bear to see her?
"I originally wanted to send someone back that day, but those things were too valuable, so I had to find time to deliver them myself."
"General, I don't understand why you refuse to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? If you had agreed to let me marry Murong Zhi as the Crown Princess from the beginning, how could I have ended up like this?"
"A tall tree attracts the wind, and even the most prosperous will inevitably decline. When I taught Yanzhi these principles, I asked you to listen alongside me. Do you know how great a threat this marriage between the General's Mansion and the Crown Prince poses to the imperial power?"
Shen Jing was speechless.
She didn't believe it at the time. She didn't believe that the emperor would really be suspicious of his own son.
"Will there be no suspicion if the General's Mansion marries the Prime Minister's Mansion?" she shouted. "Are you afraid that marrying the Crown Prince will lead to suspicion, or are you biased towards Chen Qing?"
"Don't you really know how biased your mother is towards you? You've used her to repeatedly try to get your lover, even putting the General's Mansion in dire straits. When did you ever truly consider her your mother? She was just a springboard for your own schemes."
"I didn't! Everything I did was for the good of the General's Mansion."
"For the General's Mansion? You designed to drug the Crown Prince, was it for the General's Mansion? You used your mother to marry Qingqing to Qin Wanming, was it for the General's Mansion? You helped the Crown Prince to persuade your mother to go to my study to get something for you, was it also for the General's Mansion?"
Shen Jing clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
How did Shen Jianshan know this? Didn’t she tell Cheng Xue not to tell anyone?
"Now that Qingqing has been arrested for no reason, how could Murong Zhi not be behind this? Are you helping Murong Zhi get rid of the General's Mansion?"
Shen Jing was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.
"Chen Qing was arrested? Hahaha, I knew that His Highness would not let Chen Qing have an easy time!"
Shen Jianshan was horrified when he saw Shen Jing's crazy look. But he was more concerned about whether Murong Zhi would come!
Just as I was thinking about it, the door of the courtyard was pushed open.
Murong Zhi walked in with his men.
"General, you came to look for Shen Zhaoxun, why didn't you send a message?"
Shen Jianshan stood up and bowed to Murong Zhi, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"I only came to visit Zhaoxun to deliver some gifts and exchange a few words. I will return to the palace to meet Your Majesty later. The Crown Prince is busy with official duties, so I did not bother him too much."
Murong Zhi looked at Shen Jianshan thoughtfully, then looked at the box on the table.
"Shen Zhaoxun has everything he needs in the East Palace. Besides, hasn't Jing'er severed ties with the General's Mansion? What is there for the General to worry about?"
Shouldn't he go to the palace to see the emperor for Shen Qing first? Why did he come to see Shen Jing first?
Could it be that Shen Jing was lying to him? Shen Jianshan's determination towards her was just a show for outsiders to see!
"These were sent to the General's Mansion by Zhao Xun a few days ago. However, they are so valuable that we are worried. Please, Your Highness, take them back."
He asked why he felt these boxes looked familiar, it turned out that he had asked Shen Jing to pick them and send them to the general's mansion!
He thought that Shen Jianshan didn't send it back at that time because he had thought it through, but it turned out that he just didn't have the time!
This Shen Jianshan rejected his advances time and time again, and even though he married his daughter, he never considered supporting him to ascend the throne.
Could it be that he still wants to support that reckless man Murong Yu?
"Since Your Highness has received it, I will take my leave..."
"Since the general is here, why not try the tea from the East Palace?" Murong Zhi said, his tone holding a hint of undisturbedness.
"Well, I have to go to the palace as soon as possible..."
"No hurry, General. Can't even I, the Crown Prince, invite you?"
Shen Jianshan was embarrassed, but he had to stay. In his heart, he was relieved and hoped that Yanzhi could see the emperor soon.
As soon as Shen Qing was brought back to the Ministry of Justice, he was tortured.
She was convicted without even seeing the so-called witnesses.
She didn't struggle and cooperated obediently, which moved the jailer's sympathy. The torture was just a simple flogging, and he didn't use any harsh force.
I don’t know how long it took, but the Minister of Justice Chu Ting came in.
He pinched his mustache and looked at Shen Qing, feeling suspicious.
How powerful could she be? She actually ordered His Royal Highness to show no mercy and make her sign within three days.
"Princess, this doesn't feel good, does it?"
"Sir Shangshu, I am a princess personally appointed by the Emperor. If you follow the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and arrest me, the Emperor will punish you if he finds out!"
Shen Qing felt her arms go numb, and the damp and cold in prison made her feel a little hypothermic.
How did she know that the emperor didn't know about this?
Chu Ting was startled, but then returned to normal.
Anyway, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he would take full responsibility for the Emperor's side.
"As long as you, my lady, are confirmed guilty, I have the duty to rid the people of this evil."
"I am not guilty."
Chu Ting frowned. He still refused to admit it even after being beaten like this?
Suddenly, a jailer came running over.
"Sir, the eunuch Qiufu who is with the emperor is here!"
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