Half an hour later, Princess Zhao and others left the Jiaofang Hall in despair.
Princess Zhao, her mother-in-law, and her daughter-in-law left the palace gate with ugly faces. Before they even got on the carriage, Princess Ning Hui came over quickly: "Third Sister-in-law, can't you just swallow your breath like this?"
Princess Zhao smiled bitterly: "What else can I do if I don't swallow it? The Queen has made it clear that she will protect Shen You to the end, what can we do? Our arms can't twist the thigh!"
He also advised Princess Ninghui: "It's no better than before. Just be patient!"
I just regret that Empress Dowager Cao left early. Empress Dowager Cao loves Princess Ninghui the most. If Empress Dowager Cao is still here, Princess Ninghui still has support. What can we do now?
From the day she married into the royal family, Empress Yuan has been favored and doted on by her husband-in-law, and has the support of her powerful natal family. Everyone respects her. She is not a master who will let others. Not to mention now, even now In the past, Princess Zhao did not dare to mess with this second sister-in-law.
Princess Zhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got into the carriage and left.
The livid-faced Princess Ninghui was left standing there. Princess Ninghui's chest was heaving, looking like she was about to explode with anger.
Prince Fu had no choice but to step forward to console him: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after we go back! This is the palace gate, attracting attention, so don't stand here."
Princess Ninghui gritted her teeth and turned around to get into the carriage.
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Half a day later, news from the palace reached Cui's house.
After Feng Shaojun read it, he gave the page to Shen You and laughed in a low voice: "The Queen's attack is really powerful."
Shen You looked at it carefully, a smile flashed in his eyes.
Although he is not afraid of these women, the feeling of being favored and protected by others is always particularly good.
Feng Shaojun asked him with a smile: "What do you think after reading this message?"
Shen You thought for a while and replied: "If we encounter such a situation again in the future, I will beat them up."
Feng Shaojun laughed dumbly: "Don't let aunt hear this. Otherwise, aunt will be so worried that she won't be able to sleep well for a few days."
Shen You also laughed and nodded.
"Dad! Dad!"
Brother Xu shouted loudly twice, and ran over with his little chubby legs. Shen You's eyebrows immediately softened a lot, and he responded twice, picked up Brother Xu, and threw Brother Xu away with a little force. into the air, then catch it in your arms, and then throw it into the air.
Brother Xu giggled excitedly.
Recently, the relationship between father and son has greatly improved, which is mostly attributed to this. Brother Xu is fat and heavy, and only Shen You has such strength and accuracy.
Feng Shaojun smiled and watched the father and son playing and having fun.
After a while, Jixiang quietly came over and handed a small and exquisite brocade box into Feng Shaojun's hands.
Feng Shaojun calmly took the brocade box into the house, closed the door, and opened the brocade box with a special technique.
Inside the brocade box is a piece of paper with a few lines of writing on it.
Feng Shaojun glanced at him and his expression darkened.
Someone secretly planted an informant in the Qiu family's inner house and used money to bribe the housekeeper who guards the gate of Jiang's courtyard...
Jiang has not been seen in public for a long time. He has been "recuperating" and has almost disappeared from everyone's mind. Who suddenly paid attention to Jiang and peeked into the Qiu family's inner house?
Thinking of the recent storm, Feng Shaojun thought of two people keenly.
King Zhao, Prince Fu.
It must be one of them.
Is this an attempt to exploit Shen You's weaknesses and collect information that is not good for Shen You? Or is there someone... doubting Shen You's life experience?
Could it be that the Yuan family had become suspicious and were secretly investigating? As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Feng Shaojun suddenly felt a chill in his heart and felt a chill on his back.
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Shen You walked in: "What happened?"
Feng Shaojun quickly came to his senses, put the note back into the box as if nothing had happened, and closed the box: "Nothing."
What Feng Shaojun did was not humane. Feng Shaojun was tight-lipped and rarely mentioned it in front of Shen You.
Shen You knew what was important, so Feng Shaojun didn't say anything, and he didn't ask. He smiled casually and said, "Brother Xu won't see you for a while, so he will look for you everywhere."
Feng Shaojun smiled sweetly: "Okay, I'll go now."
With that said, he got up and walked out.
Shen You subconsciously glanced at the box on the table, and a vague thought flashed through his mind. He quickly threw it away.
That night, Feng Shaojun quietly burned the note to ashes and sent an order to keep an eye on the Qiu family's inner house, especially the gatekeeper. If there was any abnormal movement, he could immediately take action to restrain the gatekeeper without reporting anything.
Originally, there were only two people arranged in the Qiu family's inner house, but now that I think about it, this manpower is really not enough. Feng Shaojun also ordered to allocate manpower and make arrangements. There is no need to go into details.
All this was done quietly without telling Shen You. Firstly, it was related to the whereabouts of the secret agent and it was not appropriate to leak the secret. Secondly, Feng Shaojun suspected that someone was trying to find out Shen You's true life experience.
She wanted to keep this secret and never wanted to be discovered by Shen You.
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Empress Yuan burst into anger, completely shocking everyone. For the courtiers, this was also a strong and clear signal. The emperor and empress were all protecting Shen You, and the memorials they presented could not impeach him at all.
Soon, the memorial to impeach Shen You disappeared.
Half a month later, Emperor Qing'an issued an imperial edict to Yuan's mansion. The edict commended Yuan Qing for his more than ten years of guarding the border and ordered Yuan Qing to stay in the capital for his retirement.
The imperial edict did not mention Yuan Qing's responsibility for losing the battle and losing territory, nor did it mention the death of General He and the injury of the prince. This was regarded as saving Yuan Qing's last dignity.
Yuan Qing knelt down, kowtowed, and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.
When the official who delivered the edict left, Yuan Qing's hands holding the edict kept shaking, and he burst into tears.
Being disarmed and returning home is the dream destination of all military generals. But for him, this imperial edict is too heavy. Decades of military camp life and more than ten years of serving as a frontier general must be left behind overnight.
Seeing his brother burst into tears, Yuan Hai felt pity in his heart and comforted him in a low voice: "Brother, don't be sad. This is the best result now."
Yes, the emperor did not punish him and allowed him to retire as a general, which saved the Yuan family's face and preserved his last dignity. He really had nothing to fault.
Yuan Qing wiped his tears and whispered: "The emperor's kindness is so great that he did not hold me accountable. I want to submit a memorial to express my gratitude."
Yuan Hai pondered for a while: "It would be better to go to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and thank him in person. I accompanied my eldest brother into the palace, and I happened to be on my way to visit His Highness the Crown Prince."
At the mention of His Highness the Crown Prince, Yuan Qing showed a look of shame on his face and couldn't help but sigh: "The sky has eyes, His Highness's life is safe. Otherwise, I will die."
Isn't that right? If the prince had not saved his life that day, Yuan Qing would have died, and the entire Yuan family would have suffered a heavy blow.
As long as the prince is safe and sound, it doesn't matter if the Yuan family remains silent for a while.