Shen Yu and Shang Jun were hugged in his arms and did not speak. Strictly speaking, this was the first time they were so close.

The man's arm is very strong, and Shen Yu can even feel the pain of being squeezed from his waist. He is sorely aware of the pain that he is being needed at the moment.

He couldn't tell what he was thinking, or he didn't think about anything, the man's breath came from all directions, and Zhang Yang occupied all the gaps between him and the outside world. That moment was long and short.

I don't know how long it took, Shang Junlin slowly let go of his arm: "I lost my way."

Shen Yu did not continue the topic just now, he knew that some things could only be digested by himself, and the forced intervention of outsiders would not help anything except aggravate the pain.

"Your Majesty, you hurt me just now." Shen Yu leaned on Shang Junlin and breathed slowly to ease the pain in his waist.

"...I'll give you medicine."

In doing this, Shang Junlin is also familiar with it. There is a small grid at the head of the bed, full of medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, as well as some unknown ointments sent by the Taiyuan Hospital.

"It's not that serious," Shen Yu held down Shang Junlin's hand holding the medicine, "Your Majesty, is there a result of what happened to Prince Huaiyu?"

Shang Junlin: "He confessed his guilt very quickly, but I always felt that something was wrong."

Shen Yu: "Your Majesty thinks the same as I do."

Shang Junlin: "Oh? What do you think?"

"Don't you think it's too easy, Your Majesty?" Shen Yu pulled Shang Junlin to sit on the soft couch, "According to His Majesty's original statement, King Huaiyu spent so long in the palace burying the hidden pile without being discovered, it makes no sense. It's easy to expose."

Shang Jun nodded: "There are many doubts about King Huaiyu, and the time line to cross is also long. I haven't dealt with him yet."

King Huaiyu was locked in a dark prison, and special people came to interrogate him every day. Unfortunately, no matter what method was used, the result of the trial was the same.

Either admit it easily, or bite it to death and refuse to let go. The more the trial, the more doubts and loopholes.

"What about those women, what did you ask?"

Since the discovery of the existence of "Scarlet Dream", the emperors and concubines who were originally housed in the remote courtyard of Yuzhang Palace have been detained by Shang Junlin in another place, firstly to prevent the news from being leaked, and secondly to cut off the chance of someone else attacking.

"The answers are pretty much the same."

Things appear to be resolved, but in reality there is no progress.

"From what I have found, King Huaiyu is indeed one of the people behind the scenes. Those emperors, concubines and some palace servants are indeed his eyeliners in the palace, except for one person." Shang Junlin said with a teacup.

"Is that the little eunuch who did something to Empress Yu?" Shen Yu guessed.

If the little eunuch hadn't acted and frightened Empress Yu, Empress Yu would not have asked him for help. Without Empress Yu's confession, they would not have discovered the existence of King Huaiyu so quickly.

Shang Junlin: "Yes, this is the only flaw, that little eunuch pretended to be King Huaiyu's person, but we found out later that he never did anything for King Huaiyu, so there is only one possibility left. He said that on purpose."

Shen Yu: "Deliberately put all the charges on King Huaiyu, so that the real mastermind behind the scenes can escape."

Shang Junlin: "It's a pity that the little eunuch died without evidence, and the clues were cut off."

When Shang Junlin's people found out that they were wrong and wanted to re-examine the little eunuch, they found that the person was dead and committed suicide. This result became more and more sure of what Shang Junlin was thinking.

The news of King Huaiyu's arrest is not small. All the ministers and the royal family have heard the news. During the previous dynasty, some ministers asked directly. Shang Junlin didn't intend to hide it, he said it directly, and sent special officials. responsible for this.

Seeing that the matter was about to be resolved, he turned into a dead end again, and the minister in charge of handling the case was so anxious that several bubbles appeared in his mouth.

The end of the year is approaching. At this time, everyone should have a holiday at home. Now let alone a holiday, everyone is afraid that the affairs in the palace will involve themselves.

Haven't you seen several officials get implicated and lost their black hats?

Zhenbeihou always wanted to see Shen Yu, alone, and Shen Yu was not accompanied by Shang Junlin.

Finally let him find a chance.

It was at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve.

With the lessons learned, no one dared to find Shen Yu unhappy at this palace banquet, but the palace banquet was long and boring. After going through the necessary procedures, Shen Yu spoke to Shang Junlin and sneaked out.

Shen Yu took Mu Xi casually for a while, saw a figure in front of him, and stopped.

"Your Majesty." The visitor saluted.

"Your Highness Prince An," Shen Yu was surprised, "Why did Prince An come here?"

Shen Yu deliberately walked a little farther. This place is quite far away from the hall where the palace banquet was held. It is a place closer to the harem. If King An came out to get some air, he shouldn't come here.

"I finally came to the palace once, so I wanted to visit the place I used to play when I was a child." King An explained in a hurry.

"It seems that someone has something to do with your lord, so I won't bother you." King An nodded and said goodbye.

Shen Yu turned around and saw a man dressed as a servant walking towards him.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hou asked if you could meet him." The servant was always by Zhenbei Hou's side, and he was very respectful towards Shen Yu.

"Father wants to see me?" Shen Yu was bored and didn't want to go back to the main hall for a while, "Where is father?"

"Please come with your servants."

Shen Yu walked with the servant for a short distance and saw the Marquis of Zhenbei standing on the side of the road.

"Father wants to see me for something?" Shen Yu didn't plan to completely tear up the relationship with Zhenbeihou for the time being.

"Benhou never knew that it would be so difficult to meet his own son." There was no reply to the news delivered to the palace, and Zhenbeihou was a little angry.

Shen Yu seemed puzzled: "What did my father say, didn't I go to Zhenbei Hou's mansion on purpose some time ago?"

"Benhou wants to see you alone, not to bring your majesty with you." Speaking of this, Zhenbeihou's face became unsightly, and up to now, some people who don't know why think that he is covering up his son. Outside the palace and the lover's private meeting.

He couldn't clearly say that it was His Majesty who went to the mansion with Shen Yu that day, and there was no lover at all, so he had to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, forcibly enduring it.

"What on earth is your majesty thinking? It's rumored outside the palace that you have other people outside and are unfaithful to your majesty, so you don't plan to take care of them?"

"Huh? There's still this matter?" Shen Yu really didn't know, he thought that this matter was used by King Li to threaten him, but did it spread out?

"Everyone speaks of gold," Zhenbei Hou said bitterly, "Gossip can destroy a person, so don't take it seriously."

"I see, I'll deal with it, is the Duke of Zhenbei coming to me just for this?"

It's just that I didn't say it clearly, so I won't waste my time if I don't have anything else to do.

Shen Yu's indifferent tone almost made Zhenbei Hou annoyed, "Have you listened to your father's words, now you can rely on His Majesty to spoil you alone, don't take these matters seriously, and when His Majesty has someone by your side? newcomer..."

"There won't be such a possibility as you said," Shen Yu glanced at him, "Instead of worrying about me, the Marquis of Zhenbei might as well be worried about his own backyard. Your aunt seems to have made a lot of small moves."

"You..." Zhenbei Hou was irritated, "Okay, I won't talk about it, I'm here to ask you what your majesty's plan is about King Huaiyu."

Originally, King Huaiyu should have been executed years ago, but Shang Junlin said that it was not appropriate to see blood a year ago, but he just dragged it on to the present.

If the evidence is conclusive, why the emperor did not order, is it really as he said that it was not appropriate to see blood a few years ago, or there are other hidden details of the case, no one can guess.

"Your Majesty's decision, do you think a concubine of mine can know?" Shen Yu looked at him and said seriously, "For the sake of your being my father, I will warn you, if someone asked you to ask this question. If you want to ask yourself, I can only warn you: if you have nothing to do with this matter, don't get involved."

"Whether to listen to me or not, father, you decide."

Zhenbeihou was horrified. He came to ask Shen Yu. It was indeed someone else's thoughts that moved after hearing Shen Yu's words. Did he ask?

Under the situation of political tension, if you take a wrong step, you will lose the whole game, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life.

On the way back, Mu Xi was puzzled: "Why did your lord tell Hou Ye this?"

After serving by Shen Yu's side for so many years, Mu Xi knew better than anyone else that Shen Yu didn't have much father-son relationship with the Duke of Zhenbei at all.

"Because my current status is still the son of Zhenbei Hou. If Zhenbei Hou is too stupid to fall into someone else's scheme, the first person to be implicated will be me."

Before completely drawing a clear line with Zhenbei Hou's mansion, Shen Yu would never allow someone to design himself through Zhenbei Hou.

"Let people look at Zhenbei Hou's mansion." Shen Yu instructed lightly.

"Yes."

Now is not the best time to draw a line, we have to wait, Shen Yu smiled, he is not in a hurry.

At the end of the palace banquet, Shen Yu returned to the Yuzhang Palace and changed into light clothes. Compared with the luxurious and cumbersome clothes of the nobles, Shen Yu preferred the simpler style of regular clothes.

"Your Highness, Happy New Year." Shang Junlin took out the red seal that he had prepared.

"Is it for me?" There was a hint of uncertainty in Shen Yu's voice.

Shen Yu held the red seal and felt his palms get hot.

"I didn't prepare it for Your Majesty, what should I do?" Mu Xi was responsible for distributing the people's orders. Shen Yu didn't ask, and naturally he didn't prepare it for Shang Junlin.

"I just give it to you, you don't have to give it to me."

"That won't work," Shen Yu thought for a while, "just treat it as if I owe Your Majesty once, and make up for it next time."

"Your Majesty is free." Shang Junlin was not obsessed with gifts.

Seeing that Shen Yu had put away the red seal, Shang Jun asked: "There is a fireworks festival today, do you want to go and see it?"

Dahuan holds a grand firework party every year. Whenever this day comes, the people of Dahuan will take relatives and friends to go out to watch.

Shen Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Can I leave the palace?"

Originally, Shang Jun, who was just planning to show Shen Yu on the city wall, said dumbly, "Do you want to go out to the palace to play?"

"It is said that the fireworks festival outside the palace is very lively. Everyone will bring their relatives and partners to watch it together. Can your majesty accompany me?"

Shen Yu looked up at Shang Junlin, the expression on his face was irresistible.