Chapter 11: The Emperor Summons

By the time they and Governor Ji Wei had finished explaining everything in the Governor's Mansion, it was already afternoon.

"Master Ji, this matter is entrusted to you, you must catch the person behind it."

At this time, Mrs. Shen had regained her usual dignified and steady, and she looked at Ji Weizheng with a calm face and said.

"Mrs. Shen, don't worry, dare to commit murder in the capital, and in such a large public, our Governor's Mansion will attach great importance to it, and we will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly to the end!"

Ji Weizheng replied solemnly.

Their governor's office was originally responsible for the security of the capital, and they have been diligent and have not made mistakes for many years, but now someone dares to commit murder in front of the public, which is to challenge them.

Whether it's for the people of the capital, or for the black gauze hat on his head, this matter can't be good.

Ji Wei saw that he had already walked to the door of the Governor's Mansion, so he stopped, looked at Mrs. Shen and the others and said:

"Mrs. Shen, Miss Shen, Prince Nanshang, Ji will send you here."

"Okay, thank you, Master Ji, go slowly."

Mrs. Shen nodded and spoke.

Seeing this, Ji Wei looked at everyone and nodded, and then turned around and walked into the Governor's Mansion, but after he entered, he also glanced back at Prince Nanshang thoughtfully.

"Prince Nanshang, thank you really today, if you need anything in the future, just come to me!"

After seeing that Ji Wei was leaving, Shen Jiayin looked at the prince of Nanshang beside him and said with a little shame.

I helped myself a lot when we met for the first time, although the prince of Nanshang spoke straightforwardly, but Shen Jiayin still had a very good impression of him.

After Prince Nanshang heard Shen Jiayin's words, he was originally a little irritable by Ji Weizheng's question, and his face immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and he grinned happily and said:

"Since that's the case, I heard that the bazaar in your capital is very lively and fun, so you can wait and accompany Prince Ben to have a look!"

???

Shen Jiayin didn't expect that this prince of Nanshang would be so energetic, and he would still be in the mood to play after such a toss, but once the words were spoken, he naturally couldn't break his word.

"Okay, when I send my mother back to the house, I'll take you to the market to have some fun."

"Okay, then I'll go with you!"

Prince Nanshang nodded happily.

It's just that the words of Prince Nanshang had just fallen, and a person who looked like a royal guard stopped in front of them on a horse, looked at Shen Jiayin condescendingly and said:

"Miss Shen, the emperor is urgently summoned."

If it weren't for an urgent matter, the emperor would rarely use the imperial guards to ride horses to summon urgently, let alone call her Shen Jiayin a boudoir woman.

"Lord Guard, did the emperor say why he summoned Yin'er?"

Madam Shen raised her head with some concern, looked at the imperial guard on horseback and asked.

The imperial guards are different from the eunuchs, basically giving a small favor to the eunuch can get some news, but the guards are not allowed to have these operations.

"You'll know when you enter the palace."

The imperial guard replied with a cold face.

There are three prohibitions for their imperial guards: first, they are not allowed to do anything other than the emperor's order, second, they are not allowed to disclose information in the palace to anyone, and third, they are not allowed to participate in anything in the court.

Seeing the expressions of the imperial guards, Shen Jiayin's heart was faintly uneasy, but seeing that her mother was even more nervous than herself, she had no choice but to sort out her mood, and turned to look at Mrs. Shen with a smile and said:

"Mother, it's good for me to enter the palace alone."

"The matter of Yuyuanzhai must have reached the ears of grandmother, you go back to the house first and explain it to your grandmother, so as not to worry grandmother."

"......"

Mrs. Shen wanted to speak and stopped, but after seeing Shen Jiayin gesture to the imperial guard next to her with her eyes, she immediately understood what her daughter meant, she had no choice but to nod and say:

"Okay, then you should be careful."

"Hmm."

Shen Jiayin also nodded.

"Let's go."

After the imperial guard saw that they had discussed, he lowered his eyes, looked at Shen Jiayin and said.

"Prince Nanshang, I'm afraid I'm going to break my promise......"

Shen Jiayin looked at the prince of Nanshang on the side, and the apology in her heart deepened, everything came by too much coincidence.

"It's okay, I'll go into the palace with you, it just so happens that I haven't gone to see your majesty today."

After Prince Nanshang finished speaking, his subordinates also brought two horses, and just when the imperial guards said that the emperor was urgently summoned, he asked his subordinates to bring the horses, and he was also curious about what the emperor was looking for Shen Jiayin for.

There is excitement, and he has to get together.

Prince Nanshang touched his exclusive horse, then looked at Shen Jiayin and asked:

"Do you know how to ride a horse?"

"Yes!"

She didn't know before, but she learned it in the three years since she left the capital, and she likes the feeling of galloping on horseback.

Prince Nanshang was not surprised by Shen Jiayin's answer, but also surprised by her answer, unexpectedly, how different she was from the women in the capital he had seen, and not surprisingly, such a maverick woman, she should be different from others!

"Then this horse is for you."

Prince Nanshang patted the other horse and drove it in front of Shen Jiayin.

Shen Jiayin raised her hand and smoothed the horse's sideburns to familiarize the horse with herself, then stretched out her foot and stepped on the horse's pedal, turned around in a chic way, and sat directly on the horse's back.

Crisp, neat and handsome.

Prince Nanshang was a little incredible, he actually saw handsomeness in a woman's body.

Even the imperial guards on the side looked at Shen Jiayin with a little more praise in their eyes.

Shen Jiayin pulled the horse rope to control the horse, looked back at Mrs. Shen and said:

"Mother, I'm leaving."

Mrs. Shen looked at Shen Jiayin in front of her and nodded with a little relief.

The midday sun was a little dazzling, but when I looked up, I saw that Yin'er was so tall in the sun, like a big tree that could shelter from the wind and rain.

Her Yin'er, she has really grown up in the past three years.

"Drive!"

Shen Jiayin took the lead in driving the horse and ran in the direction of the palace.

When the imperial guards saw this, they also followed closely on horseback.

He doesn't care if Prince Nanshang enters the palace or not, but Shen Jiayin is a close watcher.

"Shen Jiayin, you wait for me!"

In the blink of an eye, Shen Jiayin ran out of the distance, and the prince of Nanshang was not too familiar with this side, so he could only follow in a little panic.

The three people and three horses ran on the streets of the capital, and the people passing by avoided them one after another.

Soon, she and the others came to the door of the imperial study, and the eunuch who was waiting was not surprised to see Shen Jiayin, but when he saw the prince of Nanshang behind Shen Jiayin, he was slightly hesitant.

Although he was puzzled, the eunuch still obediently pulled his throat and reported loudly:

"Shen Jiayin, the daughter of Shen Guogong, asks to see~"

"Prince Nanshang asks to see ~"

Soon, a voice came from inside the imperial study:

"Xuan Shen Jiayin, Prince Nanshang Audience--"

After hearing the words inside, Shen Jiayin and Prince Nanshang started to walk inside.

As soon as Shen Jiayin walked into the study, he saw several eyes falling on him, some watching the play, some resentful, and the emperor's unfathomable.

"The courtier Shen Jiayin knocked on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live."

Shen Jiayin knelt on the ground and saluted uprightly.

No matter what the emperor summoned him today, he naturally wants to follow the rules and not leave others a handle.

"Your Majesty."

The princes of Nanshang just stood, bent down to the emperor, and saluted in the manner of their Nanshang Kingdom.

"Well, come on, give a seat to the prince of Nanshang."

The emperor ignored Shen Jiayin, but looked at Prince Nanshang and said to the people beside him.

At the emperor's command, a stool was brought over and set aside.

Prince Nanshang was not polite, and when he saw it, he sat down directly, then looked at the emperor and explained:

"Your Majesty, Prince Ben met Shen Jiayin on the street today, and saw that she was shot to death, so he saved her, and then I heard that you summoned her, thinking that Prince Ben hadn't come to see you today, so I followed."

Prince Nanshang paused, he looked at the people in the imperial study, and asked with some hesitation:

"I'll come now, won't it be the right time?"

After the emperor heard Prince Nanshang's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, looking at Prince Nanshang with a happy look, he felt like he was deliberately coming to see the excitement, where was he half embarrassed.

"No, the prince came just in time."

The emperor's eyes glanced at the concubine who was sitting on the side, and the concubine's mother, and finally took a deep look at the crown prince before withdrawing his gaze.

I hope he, the crown prince, can understand his intentions.

"Get up."

The emperor looked at Shen Jiayin, who was kneeling on the ground, and spoke.

"Your Majesty."

Shen Jiayin got up obediently.

The emperor deliberately ignored the prince of Nanshang first, and finally let himself get up, Shen Jiayin understood that the emperor was dissatisfied with himself.

"Shen Jiayin, Concubine Shu's mother Xu said that you whipped her son and Concubine Shu's younger brother Xu Zifeng yesterday, is there such a thing?"

The emperor pointed to Concubine Shu's mother, Xu, and asked with a calm face.

After returning to the mansion from Qinyue Tower last night, Yan Hong had already guessed through her own description that the person who was opened by herself with a whip was Xu Zifeng, and now when she heard the emperor ask this, Shen Jiayin also calmed down.

"Back to the emperor, the courtiers just returned to the capital yesterday, and then they were summoned into the palace by the queen's mother, and when they left the palace, it was getting late, and there was really no time to whip the younger brother of the concubine, and I hope the emperor will see it."

Shen Jiayin lowered her head and paused deliberately.

Sure enough, Concubine Shu's mother Xu immediately couldn't sit still, she stood up, stretched out her hand and pointed at Shen Jiayin and said:

"Your Majesty, the courtiers will not bully the king, it is she who whipped my son Zifeng in front of the public, and also beat up a group of small people in our house, and the people on the street have seen it with their own eyes, as long as you ask casually, you can know the scene at that time."

"Poor me, the one who was beaten was a man with open skin and blurred flesh!"

Xu held his chest and was heartbroken.