Shen is the prince's companion, and he is also on duty in the Hanlin Academy, but the actual official quality is not high, and if there is no special thing, there is generally no need to go to the early dynasty together.

On the Shen family's side, only Shen Zhongkang and Shen Zhengtian need to go to the court every day to discuss matters, and he entered the palace today more for the matter of Chengguo Gong and the third prince last night.

Jiang Cheng replied: "The master has already gotten up, and he is in the front hall with the uncle." ”

After Shen finished tidying up his clothes and washing, he went to the next bedroom, and after seeing that Xue Nuo was still sleeping peacefully, and his face was slightly more bloody than last night, he told Jin Feng to walk out with a few words.

The three members of the Shen family entered the palace in a carriage together.

Shen Zhongkang looked at Shen but frowned: "You haven't slept all night, your face is so ugly?" ”

Shen replied: "After I went back yesterday, I just thought about Chengguo Gong and the third prince. ”

Shen Zhengtian understood his son very well, and said on the side: "Don't say it's Changyuan, even I haven't slept all night since I went back yesterday." ”

"Father, you said that Your Majesty severely punished the Duke of Chengguo and the Third Prince in anger last night, but the matter of the Criminal Department has not yet been decided, and if someone pleads for mercy in the court later, will Your Majesty regret it again?"

The third prince is a descendant of the middle palace, and he has been pressing the prince for the past few years, and Cheng Guogong has also been operating in the court for many years, so he always feels that it is a bit like a dream to get them down so easily.

Shen Zhongkang knew what he was thinking, and said directly: "If it is something else, Your Majesty may repeat it, but Duke Cheng Guo and the third prince have committed a big taboo." ”

The wrongful murder of the prince is a small matter, and framing the criminal department is not a big deal, in the end, Emperor Tianqing is angry that they stretched out their hands towards Jin Linwei.

The place where the emperor is lying will never allow others to touch it, Chengguo Gong and the three princes have committed taboos, and Emperor Tianqing can't tolerate them.

Shen Zhengtian remembered what happened last night and couldn't help but say: "Speaking of which, thanks to Feng Yuan last night, if he hadn't involved Jin Linwei, Your Majesty might not have been so angry, but Feng Yuan has never been close to the prince, and he rarely interacts with us, why did he suddenly help the prince last night?" ”

At first, they didn't think much about it, but after thinking about it carefully, they were shocked to realize that Feng Yuan's men showed mercy to what happened last night.

The person sent by the East Palace to spy on the news in front of the Holy Saint was actually not secretive, and if Feng Yuan didn't want to leak the news, it would be impossible for the East Palace to know about Jin Linwei's transfer in advance.

Shen Zhongkang said lightly: "He may not be helping the prince. ”

"Your Majesty has been secretly searching for Xue Chen's whereabouts in the past few years, and news has also come back from Jiangnan, saying that they bumped into someone who investigated Xue Chen when they were investigating Xue Chen."

"It stands to reason that even if Xue Chen is still alive, His Majesty shouldn't keep chasing after so many years, I always feel that His Majesty's purpose in arresting him is not like for him as a person, but as if he wants to find something from him."

Shen Zhongkang folded his hands in front of him as he spoke, squinting slightly,

"Feng Yuan has been doing some shady things for His Majesty, and Xue Chen's affairs are estimated to have been done by him, this time Chengguo Gong pretended to use Xue Chen to blame the prince and the Shen family, if the prince is convicted, Feng Yuan will also not escape the name of dereliction of duty, Your Majesty will not let an incompetent person in charge of Jin Linwei stay by his side as his henchman."

"Feng Yuan is just helping himself, and by the way, he brought the prince a favor."

Shen Zhengtian was thoughtful.

Shen leaned against the wall of the car but suddenly lost his mind, and he remembered the first time he dreamed of Xue Nuo.

In that dream, the prince died, and the Shen family seemed to have a problem, far less stable than it is now, King Kang's mansion tore apart the surface and blended into the succession, and several princes were even more inseparable.

In that intermittent dream, Xue Nuo used the entire capital as a hunting ground, hiding in the shadows to stir up the storm, she seemed to be familiar with the details and weaknesses of everyone in the court, and she could easily manipulate others and instigate various forces in the court to fight with each other, and a large part of the reason why she did all this was Feng Yuan.

In the dream, Xue Nuo recognized Feng Yuan as his father-in-law, colluded with him inside and outside to control the government, and even later took over the entire Jinlinwei from him, and even ripped off the royal family.

So Feng Yuan is also an old man of Yongzhao?

"Changyuan." Shen Zhongkang saw that Shen had a strange face, and couldn't help but call him.

Shen raised his eyes: "Grandfather." ”

"What's wrong with you, look at the gods who don't belong."

"I'm just thinking about Feng Yuan."

Shen hesitated and said, "Grandfather, I heard that Feng Yuan was not a person in the palace before, and he didn't look like those eunuchs who entered the palace since childhood?"

Shen Zhongkang said "um": "He really didn't enter the palace since he was a child, Feng Yuan's father was a speech official in the court, and when the first emperor was in power, he was convicted of words and affected the whole clan, Feng Yuan was very talented in reading poetry and books when he was young, and it stands to reason that after the family was convicted, he should be sent to the border with the clansmen, but later entered the palace for some reasons. ”

Feng's father was a speech official, and he offended many people in the court, so he naturally couldn't see his heirs well after being convicted.

Feng Yuan can almost be said to have been semi-forced into the palace, and after entering the palace, he has been suppressed, and has been staying with the imperial horse eunuch for several years as a sweeping eunuch with no sense of existence.

Until Emperor Tianqing ascended the throne, Princess Yongzhao dealt with a large number of courtiers, and even some of the eunuchs who colluded with the court in the twelve prisons were also disposed of.

At that time, Feng Yuan slowly emerged in the Imperial Horse Prison and became the head of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but he still had no sense of existence, and he had always stayed in the Imperial Horse Prison with peace of mind, and never appeared in the Twelve Eunuchs.

"It's strange to say, Feng Yuan has been in the Imperial Horse Prison for many years, and he has never fought or robbed."

"I've seen him talk to him a few times before, although he entered the inner palace, he is still gentle and polite and respectful to the reserve of the son of the family, and has never been stained with palace ambitions, but then I don't know why he suddenly seemed to change his mind, and in just a few years, he went all the way to the celebrant eunuch, stepping on Hu Zhiyi's bones and winning His Majesty's trust and power."

Hu Zhiyi has survived for more than 40 years and served three generations of emperors, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is comparable to Zaifu, but it is still folded in Feng Yuan's hands.

If it weren't for Shen Zhongkang seeing with his own eyes how Feng Yuan climbed up step by step, and seeing him unscrupulously clear all the obstacles in front of him, it would be difficult for him to treat the eunuch who now holds great power as one person with the Feng family's son who was still untainted even if he was in trouble.

Shen opened his mouth, wanting to ask Feng Yuan if he knew Princess Yongzhao? But when the words came to his lips, he stopped.

No, you can't ask grandfather.

Grandfather's mind was too sharp.

Although Feng Yuan seemed to help Xue Nuo in the dream, he never guided Xue Nuo, and he didn't seem to care at all what Xue Nuo would become afterwards, but seemed to be conniving at her killing, single-handedly sending her to a dead end with no turning back.

At least half of Xue Nuo's bloody and ruthless name came from Feng Yuan.

In the dream, Feng Yuan disappeared without a trace, the world was in chaos, Xue Nuo coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but the foundation of the Great Cause Dynasty had already been destroyed by her.

Xue Nuo killed too many people, acted too violently, and did too much to do without compromise, and not everyone left behind by Princess Yongzhao was a cruel person, and she betrayed her relatives.

Although he didn't see the ending in his dream, Shen knew it.

If the great cause is ruined, Xue Nuo will not end very well.

Shen always felt that this should not be the attitude of Yongzhao's old ministry towards her orphans.

He didn't dare to tell Shen Zhongkang of Xue Nuo's identity, let alone tell him about the dream, because he knew very well that what Shen Zhongkang cared about was the righteousness of the world and the people.

If he knew that Arno had ruined the cause in his dream, he would never have allowed her.

Shen Zhongkang couldn't help frowning when he saw that he was silent, and always felt that something was wrong with Shen, but now that the palace gate was imminent, he didn't say much, only admonished:

"Don't think too much about Feng Yuan's affairs, that person is deep in thought, and people have never been able to see what he wants, but he is not on the same path as the prince after all."

"Don't try to get too close to him, lest you get burned."

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