Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 246 Shen Yijie

When we left Prince Cheng's Mansion, fireworks were set off everywhere on the streets.

The day before New Year's Eve is just as lively as New Year's Eve.

Therefore, Shen Yichuan's pace became slower and slower until the servant beside him reminded him. Then he quickly came to his senses and quickened his pace.

However, unlike the brightly lit streets outside, the Shen family was quiet.

Ever since Shen Yichuan could remember, the Shen family had never celebrated the New Year. Every year it was always deserted, and this year was no exception.

The servant pushed open the mahogany door. Shen Yichuan looked up and was about to step into the door when he saw the head of the Shen family, who was also his father, Shen Yijie, holding a ruler behind the door.

Shen Yijie is over fifty years old, but still in good health. He is the emperor's teacher. Although he has no real power, as a veteran of three dynasties, his voice in the court is second only to Qi Chengen.

Even Qi Chengen is not as good as Shen Yijie.

After all, the Shen family has been around for hundreds of years, and their foundation and connections are far beyond what the Qi family can compare to.

Shen Yijie has a gentle personality, and Shen Yichuan's personality is just like Shen Yijie.

But today is different, or rather, this moment is different.

Shen Yichuan was looking at the ruler, still wondering how many years ago this thing last appeared, when Shen Yiji spoke.

"Shen Yichuan, come in and kneel down."

It was just a simple sentence, but it made me angry without any authority.

Shen Yichuan was about to explain, but when he looked up and saw the tablet carried out by the servants in the mansion, all the words stopped on his lips.

He said nothing, and after entering the room, he knelt down silently.

The snow was all over the ground, and the ground was covered with deep snow, which soon soaked his clothes.

Shen Yijie asked: "Shen Yichuan, facing your mother's spirit tablet, tell me, do you know that you are wrong?"

Shen Yijie's words were very gentle. Even with the ruler in his hand, he did not hit or scold, nor did he reprimand. He only asked a calm question.

But in Shen Yichuan's heart, these words hurt more than the ruler in Shen Yijie's hand falling on him.

Because he disappointed his father, whom he respected the most.

But what did he do wrong?

He just wanted to protect his family.

He just wanted to protect the Shen family.

Shen Yichuan was slow to speak, and Shen Yijie suddenly felt angry, and his tone became heavier: "The Third Prince is a disobedient and unfilial person. You are on good terms with him, so have you also learned to be disobedient? I am asking you a question!"

The ruler fell in the snow.

Shen Yijie looked at Shen Yichuan, his eyes full of disappointment.

Shen Yichuan slowly raised his head, looking at Shen Yijie's disappointed face, and said slowly: "Ji Huai just wants to protect the Shen family. This matter has nothing to do with the third prince."

"Protecting the Shen family is my business, not yours."

Shen Yijie looked at Shen Yichuan, his voice even colder: "Have you forgotten everything I taught you since you were a child?"

"That's the Xu family. They have a hundred-year friendship with the Shen family. Do you know how many hardships they went through to survive? Why do you keep hiding it again and again?!"

Shen Yijie looked at Shen Yichuan and felt that the young man in front of him was particularly strange.

He taught Shen Yichuan to distinguish right from wrong, and did not allow Shen Yichuan to enter the court or have any concerns.

But he was wrong.

Shen Yiji turned around and looked at the tablet held in the servant's hand, tears gradually wet his eyes.

Heaven and earth are in silence.

He was a little exhausted, and then he knelt on the ground, mumbling: "I'm sorry for you."

"father!"

Shen Yichuan hurriedly got up from the ground and wanted to help Shen Yiji up.

But Shen Yijie only said coldly: "Shen Yichuan, kneel here in front of your mother's spirit tablet, think it through before you stand up. If you don't think it through, the Shen family will consider you as no descendant."

After saying that, Shen Yiji supported himself with the ruler, barely stood up, and walked away with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Shen Yichuan looked at Shen Yiji's receding figure and knelt down again.

Snowflakes were falling, but his back remained straight.

He is not wrong.

-

The snow that had been falling in the capital for several days finally stopped on New Year's Eve.

Xu Yuan originally wanted to send Bei Yao some gifts, but when he thought that Bei Yao had just left the palace and would have no shortage of people to give him gifts, he did not go out.

For several days, she was reviewing her lessons while thinking about Song Xiujing's matter.

To outsiders, she is a man and it is not convenient for her to meet Song Xiujing.

But she really had to see Song Xiujing.

Only by knowing what Song Xiujing was thinking could she plan what to do next.

However, compared to these, there is something more important about making a wish.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Chen Shan came with a gift box.

When he saw Xu Yuan, he smiled and said, "Master Xu, my prince asked me to bring a gift and a message."

Chen Shan deliberately kept the topic in suspense and didn't say what he was talking about.

Xu Yuan suppressed his curiosity, took the gift box, and felt that the weight of the wooden box was a little off.

Too light.

It doesn't seem like there's anything there.

Xuyuan frowned.

Chen Shan said: "Mr. Xu, please open it and take a look first."

When Wu Shiming saw it, he was afraid that there was something bad inside, so he held out his hand and said, "Make a wish, I'll open it."

"No need." Chen Shan stretched out his hand to stop Wu Shiming, still smiling, and said, "My prince has instructed that this gift can only be opened by Master Xu himself."

Chen Shan also felt that the weight of the gift box was a little off.

But Gongzi Qin reminded him.

Why bother with so many things?

The Third Master always has his own considerations when doing things, which they cannot guess.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and said, "I can do it myself."

The packaging of the gift box is not complicated, it is just tied with a knot.

Xu Yuan took the scissors and cut it off, but when he saw the letter lying in the wooden box, he was stunned.

Wu Shiming leaned over and read the contents of the letter: "Heavenly Prison?"

Heavenly prison?

Wu Shiming looked at Chen Shan in confusion: "What does this mean? Is it a threat to us?"

Not many people knew about the robbery of the Heavenly Prison, but quite a few did.

Beiyao is one of them.

Wu Shiming's eyes flickered, wondering if Bei Yao wanted to use this incident to threaten Xu Yuan.

Chen Shan heard this and said, "Your Majesty, you have one more thing to say, but I haven't said it yet."

After Chen Shan finished speaking, his voice became a little deeper, "The prince said, Master Xu, just go, I guarantee that your wish will come true."

If I didn’t understand before, now I understand everything after making a wish.

She handed the gift box to Wu Shiming and said, "I'm going out for a while and will be back soon."

"Oh, no..." Wu Shiming had just caught the gift box that came unexpectedly, and when he looked up, he saw Xu Yuan had run away, so he could only swallow his words.

Xuyuan left, but Chen Shan hasn't left yet.

Wu Shiming looked at Chen Shan and said unhappily, "Scholars are amazing, and Prince Cheng is even more amazing."

What's the matter? Why are you talking nonsense?

It's not tiring to keep people guessing.

Wu Shiming doesn't like it.

Chen Shan didn't want to pay attention to Wu Shiming either. If he hadn't come to deliver something to Xu Yuan, he wouldn't have wanted to see Wu Shiming at all.

In particular, this person also made a lot of money for the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

When Xu Yuan arrived at the Heavenly Prison, the Imperial Guards were just changing their guard.

Xu Yuan was stunned when she saw this. Just when she wanted to find someone to ask what was going on, Xie Xiaocheng strode out and greeted her, "Mr. Xu!"

"Thank you, General." Xu Yuan nodded.

"Prince Cheng said, let me take you in."

Xie Xiaocheng walked beside Xu Yuan. With him around, no one could stop him.

Xu Yuan followed Xie Xiaocheng without saying a word until they entered and there was no one around. Then she asked, "Why did they change to the Imperial Guards?"

"The emperor doesn't trust anyone else but the Imperial Guards. Naturally, he is worried about Wei Chenyi being held in prison today."

After Xie Xiaocheng said a few words, Xu Yuan understood.

The emperor's intention is to conduct a thorough investigation.

Perhaps the emperor had already thought of replacing the censor, but he just didn't find the opportunity. Now that a ready-made opportunity is in front of him, the emperor will naturally not let it go.