When Shen Xingwan returned to Yannan with such great fanfare, Shengjing naturally received the news.
The emperor, who was very angry when everything went wrong today, threw another set of imperial tea cups.
Lin Zheng was used to it, and she was quick to deal with it, and immediately went to tell Duke Lu to enter the palace.
Several close aides headed by Duke Lu soon entered the palace, and the emperor said coldly, "Do you know all the news?"
"It's just a woman. Your Majesty doesn't need to take it to heart." A minister said.
Even if the emperor is angry and the border is unstable, a woman dares to defy the imperial power so blatantly.
The bachelor of the Hanlin Academy rolled his eyes, didn't the emperor just want to be angry? Then find him a doormat.
"Your Majesty, I remember that Shen Xingwan's brother Shen Yu is an official in the court, so why not call him here and ask."
Although it was said that Shen Xingwan became a fugitive after being named as a remnant of the previous dynasty.
But as the Lu family who were involved in this matter at the time and the emperor who was still the sixth prince at the time, they naturally knew better than anyone else that Shen Xingwan was the daughter of the Shen family.
Shen Yu usually has no sense of presence. In official circles, he is just a nobody.
It's so transparent that the emperor couldn't even remember that this person existed.
Hearing what the chief said, he immediately became interested, "Lin Zheng, go and summon him to the palace yourself."
Lin Zheng accepted the order and retreated. The emperor felt better now that he had a punching bag, and even gave meals to several of his ministers.
Lin Zheng was traveling with people in a fine carriage.
After wandering for a while, the carriage stopped in the busy city. Lin Zheng got off the car and found that this was the market on West Street, and this area was populated by ordinary people.
The young eunuch came up and said, "Father, the road ahead is too narrow and the carriage can't get in."
Lin Zheng was not a picky person, so he simply walked in with the person in person.
The narrow alley and the houses on both sides have poor living conditions.
When they arrived at a dilapidated wooden door, the guard knocked on the door. Soon the door was opened from the inside and it was Shen Yu who opened the door himself.
He looked gloomy, his eyes were gloomy, and even the clothes he was wearing were not of good quality.
"What's the matter with your father-in-law coming here in person?" Lin Zheng was a little flustered, seeing so many palace people at once.
Lin Zheng didn't say anything, but walked into the yard and took a look. There were several families living in the yard, and the yard was even more dilapidated.
He remembered that he had specifically investigated the Shen family. The Shen family had been living a good life in Jiangnan, and they had also lived a good life since entering Beijing.
I didn't expect it to be mixed up like this now.
Lin Zheng felt a little bored, "His Majesty summons you to the palace. Master Shen, please follow me."
Shen Yu got on Lin Zheng's carriage anxiously. He was extremely uneasy. His eyes turned to Lin Zheng's face and he lowered his voice and said, "Please give me some advice, considering our past friendship."
Lin Zheng's gaze suddenly became sharp, and Shen Yu broke into a cold sweat at the sight of him.
When something happened at home in the past, he did receive a meal from the Shen family. Lin Zheng's eyes turned cold and said, "After getting out of this carriage, please remember, Mr. Shen, that we have never known each other."
"Yes, I understand." Shen Yu responded with a dejected expression.
Lin Zheng took a sip of tea and then said slowly, "If you want to survive, no matter what His Majesty asks you, you will die and have no contact with Miss Shen. The family has already fallen out with her."
Shen Yu knew for sure that the reason why the prince summoned him was probably related to Shen Xingwan's incident.
He wanted to ask a few more questions, but Lin Zheng's cold eyes made him dare not say more.
The carriage was very stable, and there was good-smelling incense burning in it. Shen Yu couldn't help but become distracted.
After Shen Tang took Zhang away, his life became more and more difficult. The once high-spirited young man had all the edges worn away by life.
A few days ago, he received a letter from Shen Tang. They did not have a good life in Jiangnan. After returning to the countryside, they were ostracized and suppressed by the people in their old home.
This time, no one took them to escape from the old house, and no one was doing their best for them like Shen Xingwan. Zhang's health was getting worse and worse, and she was completely paralyzed on the boat.
Lin Zheng looked at the expression on his face and chuckled. This person sometimes doesn't know his blessings when he is in them, but only after he loses them does he know how to cherish them.
The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and Shen Yu got off the horse. The sun was shining brightly today, and he couldn't open his eyes.
He lowered his head and followed Lin Zheng to the imperial study, kneeling on the cold ground, "Wei Chen has met the emperor."
The emperor looked at him and felt a little bored, "Do you know that your sister Shen Xingwan has fled back to Yannan?"
Shen Yu looked stern, "I don't know, she has been adopted by the Shen clan and has severed ties with the family. I don't know anything about her..."
No matter what the emperor said later, Shen Yu always looked trembling. It was because Shen Xing had severed all ties with his family long ago.
Such a person is so timid and cowardly that even the emperor would find it meaningless to kill him.
I also remembered that it was the Shen family who came forward to frame Shen Xingwan in the first place, so it would be useless to threaten Shen Xingwan with them.
The emperor asked him about his family situation again, and Shen Yu told the truth.
The emperor was disgusted and issued an order, directly dismissing Shen Yu from his official position, and rewarded him with twenty pieces of gold for being lax in his role as the goddaughter of the Shen family.
Twenty hits can kill half a person's life.
Although Mrs. Zhang was a country woman back then, she had a good heart and was very helpful to the orphans and widowers of the Lin Zheng family.
Lin Zheng kept his hand in the end. The twenty shots were not realistic.
After the beating, they quietly sent him back to the yard. Shen Yu lay on the horse with his buttocks bloody and bloody.
It was a busy time outside, so Lin Zheng opened a corner of the car curtain to let in some air, and had a panoramic view of the bustling night market in Shengjing.
Lin Zheng's voice was a little ethereal, "Shengjing is prosperous and charming, Shen Yu, do you regret it?"
Shen Yu was sweating profusely in pain and did not answer him.
Lin Zheng sent him back to the courtyard and settled him down. He found a doctor to treat him and give him medicine, and even hired a little girl to take care of him.
When leaving, I looked up at the bright moon.
I was living in poverty in the countryside at that time, but now that I think about it, there is nothing wrong with it.
They were the best at that time.
At night, Shen Yu started to have a fever and began to dream in a daze.
I dreamed that they were still in the yard in Jiangnan. The yard was taken care of beautifully by Shen Xingwan, and the neighbors were envious of it.
He is still a high-spirited student in the academy, with loving parents. He can eat good snacks and hot meals every day when he goes home. Shen Xingwan always takes care of everything for him, and he is meticulous about everything he eats, wears, lives and travels.
At the time, I just thought it was ordinary, but looking back now, those few years are like a beautiful dream.
After a dream for two or three years, when I first woke up from the big dream, everything was gone. And those beautiful things were destroyed by their own choice.
The rooster crows next door, and Shen Yu wakes up from his dream, tears falling from the corners of his eyes.
Lin Zheng asked him if he regretted it?
He had long regretted it. But he also knew he could never go back.
The girl who once sweetly called him "brother" has reached a height beyond their reach, and she didn't even leave them a trace of her back.
