Shen Xiang knew that he would definitely be left by the emperor for questioning, but he didn't expect it to be so early, seeing that the emperor wanted to convict his daughter and wanted to take control of the palace.

The emperor left only Shen Xiang alone in the imperial study, so he asked directly: "Since Princess Xian left Beijing, she disappeared in King Xian's mansion at the same time. ”

He guessed that Shen Xiang would not admit it, so naturally he would not say the matter of asking the guilt in advance, so he could only talk in a roundabout way first.

Shen Xiang was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Which villain is this person chewing the root of his tongue in front of the emperor?" It was a rumor that these things were false, the minister's daughter was because she missed King Xian so much, in order to let her pass the time, the minister sent her to her grandmother's house to honor the old man, and this waited until the prince came back before sending someone to take her back, where would she go to the border. ”

"Shen Xiang doesn't have to be afraid, I don't think there's anything wrong with my beloved daughter going to the border, in ancient times, Hua Mulan joined the army on behalf of her father, leaving a good name for a lifetime, I also heard that my beloved daughter also created a lot of heroic deeds on the battlefield, you don't have to be humble for her, I am ready to praise her!" The emperor continued to coax.

Shen Xiang refused to get up, and continued to be indignant: "This is really nonsense, how can a little girl have the heroic spirit of Mulan, she is the most squeamish girl, even if she has been riding a horse for a long time, she will also shout that she is tired, let alone go to the battlefield." ”

"The emperor's love should be the blessing of the little girl, but this is really a needless thing, the little girl naturally can't take the lead for the emperor's praise, this is really a big crime to bully the king, our Shen family has served the royal family for generations, how can we allow our children to sit down such a thing, and I hope that the emperor must severely punish the person who talks nonsense." What Shen Xiang said was called an impassioned one.

Seeing that the emperor still didn't believe it, Shen Xiang had no choice but to talk about other things: "The old minister has dedicated two sons to you for the emperor, and the Shen family is really conscientious for the emperor and does not dare to slack off, even my two sons are the same, and when the prince succeeds to the throne, the minister is also old, but the minister's two sons will continue to help the prince guard the Pei family." ”

At the end, Shen Xiang was already choked up: "Your Majesty, maybe there are villains who want to frame the old minister's family, or someone who wants to earn a reward for the old minister, but these old ministers will not look at it, the Shen family is loyal to the emperor, and they will never be framed by the villain behind them, and I hope the emperor will see it." ”

If he continued to talk about it, the emperor knew that he couldn't say anything useful, he made Shen Xiang's chatter dizzy, so he had to interrupt loudly: "Shen Xiang's family is honest and honest, and they don't want to take such military merits, I feel very gratified, the Shen family has paid a lot for my Pei family, and I am also inscribed." ”

"Boss, I got a good purple sand tea set the day before yesterday, so I will give it to Shen Xiang, it can be regarded as my heart for the Shen family, and I hope that Shen Xiang will continue to set an example for the hundred officials of the court in the future." The emperor tried his best to maintain the smile on his face.

Shen Xiang held the tea set given by the emperor, but there was no trace of joy in his heart, he returned to the Shen family with a solemn face, and told his wife and two sons in detail about the matter: "Although we are all mixed up today, we are afraid that our Prime Minister will be targeted by the emperor, and you must be more careful in your actions in the future." ”

And at the same time that Shen Xiang left the palace, Shen Jiahe was being questioned by the queen, and she received the queen's post in the palace early in the morning, so she couldn't avoid it, so she could only come to the meeting alone.

"You said you were going to visit your grandmother, Shen Jiahe, do you think this palace will believe this? Bengong had already asked Yang Shuo, but he had informed Bengong of everything you said and did on the border battlefield. The queen looked at Shen Jiahe coldly, no matter what she did today, she must be held accountable.

Shen Jiahe replied unhurriedly: "I heard that Yang Shuo had a conflict with our prince at the border, thinking that he has a grudge against the prince for a long time, but he can't find a way to deal with the prince, so he came up with such a ridiculous and lame lie to deal with me, will the queen mother even believe the words of such a villain?" ”

"If the queen doesn't believe it, she can also send someone to my grandmother's house to question, even if my grandmother will help me cover up, but there are so many maids and maids in her house, can't everyone cover it up for me." Shen Jiahe continued with a smile.

The queen snorted coldly: "As long as you work hard in advance, these are not difficult to do, or don't quibble with this palace anymore, if you admit it happily, maybe this palace will not let you suffer too much." ”

The smile on Shen Jiahe's face disappeared in an instant, and a coldness burst out of his eyes: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, the queen mother has just returned from the military merit of King Xian, and she has to find a way to punish his family, I don't know what the queen mother thinks." ”

The queen stood up, raised her hand and stroked the hair on her sideburns, and then spoke: "This palace has no intention of going around in circles with you, and you don't have to step on King Xian, Shen Jiahe, you should know that this palace has always wanted to deal with only you, you had the opportunity to become a family with this palace, but you yourself have to come this far." ”

Pei Shu looked at Manager Xu in front of him, and his face was a little unsightly: "Who did my queen mother meet?" You said that Shen Jiahe has left the palace? But the palace went to check the palace records, and her name was not at all. ”

Mr. Xu complained bitterly in his heart, why did he let him do this errand, but he still persuaded bitterly: "Prince, how dare the old slave favor you, Princess Xian really went out, maybe she was delayed in other places, in short, the queen mother was receiving important people at this time, and she had already ordered no one to disturb her." ”

Pei Shu snorted coldly, decided not to talk nonsense with this dog slave anymore, and directly stretched out a foot and kicked Manager Xu: "No one dares to block the way of the palace yet, let me go." ”

Stretching out his hand and pushing the door of the main hall slowly opened, the queen inside was instructing the palace people to take down Shen Jiahe, he was in a hurry and didn't care about saluting and shouted directly: "Stop it all for the palace." ”

Mr. Xu stumbled in with his heart covered, knelt down in front of the queen and said, "Queen Mother, the old slave really can't stop it!" ”

"What is the prince doing here?" A smile appeared on the queen's face, as if nothing had existed before.

Pei Shu looked sideways at Shen Jiahe beside her, she had lost a little weight, but her brilliance was still the same, and her face was still as cold as usual, with the same sense of alienation as Pei Yuan did to outsiders.

"When the son heard that Princess Xian had come to the queen mother, he came to take a look." Pei Shu retracted his gaze and lowered his head and replied.

The queen smiled: "The queen mother asked Princess Xian to come over to talk, it is important, the prince will go back first, don't disturb the queen mother and Princess Xian." ”

Pei Shu finally saw Shen Jiahe, but at this time, he hadn't seen enough of how to be willing to go, and coupled with the strangeness of Manager Xu before, how could he not understand that it was the queen mother who intended to trouble Shen Jiahe today, so he replied: "What else do the queen mother and Princess Xian need to discuss behind their backs?" If you don't speak here, you won't be disturbed. ”

After speaking, he sat on the chair prepared for Shen Jiahe before, and the tea next to him was not moved, Pei Shu directly picked it up and drank it, and looked at the queen with a smile: "Queen Mother, you talk, Erchen will never talk much." ”

In this way, the queen has no choice, she can't face Shen Jiahe in front of Pei Shu, which will not only not solve Shen Jiahe, but also destroy the mother-son relationship between him and herself.

The queen secretly gritted her teeth, but her face was still like a spring breeze: "Actually, the queen mother and Princess Xian have also said the same, let's stop here today, if Princess Xian has nothing else to do, go back first, otherwise I am afraid that King Xian will have to wait at home in a hurry." ”

Shen Jiahe breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that today's catastrophe was over, and the queen's hatred for herself was no longer concealed, and she was afraid that there would be other actions in the future.

After saluting the queen, Shen Jiahe said goodbye and walked out of Qiwu Palace, she knew that Pei Shu was following her, but the steps under her feet still did not stop, she was very grateful to Pei Shu for everything today, but she couldn't face Pei Shu, the relationship between them, Pei Shu's feelings for her, made them unable to become friends, nor family.

In that case, there is no need to give the other party any hope.

Pei Shu hurriedly said goodbye from the queen, and chased Shen Jiahe all the way, but the person in front of him didn't even look back along the way, just like there was a flood beast behind him.

Looking at Shen Jiahe, who got into the carriage, when he told the coachman to return to the palace quickly, Pei Shu smiled bitterly, and Alai stood not far away and looked at the situation of the two, and also sighed, and drove the carriage closer: "Prince, do you want to go back now?" ”

Pei Shu withdrew his gaze from afar, but after getting into the carriage, he ordered: "Don't go back to the East Palace." ”

Alai was puzzled: "Then where is the prince going?" ”

"Just go around."

Pei Yuan didn't see Shen Jiahe when he came back from the next court, and before he could ask, Gonggong Fu stepped forward to report: "The princess received an invitation from the queen mother early in the morning, and I am afraid that she is still in the palace." ”

Pei Yuan sighed in his heart, the emperor didn't dare to do anything to him in the court, and he couldn't play any tricks in front of the hundred officials, but the queen was different, the harem could make more means, and she didn't have to care about the reputation of killing, anyway, she could cover up the past in the end.

Thinking of this, Pei Yuan immediately went outside, and did not forget to instruct: "This king will take the princess back to the house, if you don't come back for an hour, you will go to Shen's house and invite Shen Xiang into the palace." ”

But as soon as he went out here, he saw his carriage running towards him, Pei Yuan turned over and dismounted and threw the reins to the side: "Lead the horse back." ”

"Why are you waiting outside," Shen Jiahe waited for the carriage to stop, and as soon as he lifted the curtain, he saw Pei Yuan standing outside, "Just came back from the court?" Didn't even change your court clothes? ”

Pei Yuan didn't speak, just waited for Shen Jiahe to get out of the carriage and hugged her: "I'm afraid I'll never see you again." ”

"Do you know about me going to the palace to see the queen?" Shen Jiahe snorted and laughed, "It's not as terrible as you think, the prince later went to Qiwu Palace for some reason, and disrupted the queen's original plan to deal with me." ”

Thinking of Pei Shu's state that night, Pei Yuan couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, he took Shen Jiahe's hand and walked to the mansion: "If there is no prince, wouldn't it be poisoned by the queen this time." ”

"I won't honestly stay there and let her bully, it's a big deal to fight in the end, but I don't want to rebel until the last step. But fortunately, it didn't come this far. In order to reassure Pei Yuan, Shen Jiahe said it very easily, but she also knew that if she was really alone in the palace and had a hard encounter with the queen, she was afraid that she would really die.

Pei Yuan looked at Shen Jiahe, who was pretending to be relaxed, and didn't say anything to debunk it, but he was still very self-blaming in the face of this matter, if he hadn't married Shen Jiahe and entered the door, the queen's hatred for her would probably be smaller, and he failed to protect her well when he put her in danger three times and twice, which was really a failure to do so.

After the two had lunch, Pei Yuan coaxed Shen Jiahe to take a nap: "It's good to sleep for half an hour, otherwise you won't be able to sleep at night." ”

Seeing Shen Jiahe fall asleep, Pei Yuan took out the token that had threatened Yang Shuo on the battlefield from the secret compartment of the room, and the effect of this token was greater than the gold medal for avoiding death.

He looked down at Shen Jiahe's sleeping face and smiled softly, he couldn't follow her all the time, so he had to minimize the damage value around her.