C71 People pleading for mercy

General Shen just happened to be eating when he heard about Shen Qingwan's matter. The hand holding the chopsticks immediately lost all of its strength and fell onto the table, "Quick, prepare the palanquin." He hurriedly ordered some horses to enter the palace, afraid that there would be any delay.

Logically speaking, he knew that his own daughter would never do such a thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent her to the palace. Now that something had happened, it caused him to panic for a moment.

When Sun Ning saw him come over, he knew what was going on, but he still maintained a smile on his face and greeted him politely, "General Shen, why have you come to the palace in the middle of the night?"

"Eunuch, may I trouble you to inform me. Tell me that this old official has urgent matters to discuss with you." Right now, he couldn't care about anything else. His eyes were filled with panic.

"This, General Shen, look, aren't you making things difficult for this old servant!" Sun Ning already had a good face in the palace, the speed at which he changed his face was astonishing, from his previous flattering to a difficult situation, his sharp voice made people feel uncomfortable.

"My humble respect, Sun Gonggong, please accept it." He took out a silver note from his sleeve and stuffed it into General Shen's hand with a fawning smile.

Sun Ning smiled, then spoke out, "Look at what General Shen is doing, well, this old servant will inform you, this old servant does not know whether or not the Emperor sees this old servant." With a grin, he stuffed the banknotes back into his pocket and walked in unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, General Shen requests an audience!" Sun Ning walked in front of Fu Yuheng, his face full of smiles.

"Oh? "He came quite fast." Fu Yuheng knew this in his heart, but he did not say it out loud. "But why did you say it?" He asked the question knowing the answer, but he didn't show it on his face.

"This servant isn't sure, but this servant sees that General Shen is unsettled and is very anxious." Sun Ning did not make anymore guesses. After all, the emperor forbade guesses.

He did not make things difficult for him, but simply nodded his head, signalling for him to come in.

Even when General Shen walked into the study room, he did not raise his head to give him a single glance.

"This humble subject pays his respect to the Emperor." General Shen knelt in front of him, his voice was loud like a bell, carrying a bit of worry and anxiety.

"Oh? It's the General Shen! " Fu Yuheng raised his head slowly with an astonished expression. He sneered in his heart, This old fox was also knowledgeable about the matters in the palace. When he sent Shen Qingwan to prison, did he come all the way here to plead for leniency and to put pressure on her?

"What is General Shen doing here?" Putting down the pen in his hand, he raised his eyes and stared at him.

Your Majesty, this old subject has watched Concubine Xian grow up. This old subject knows that she has never been careful enough to even crush an ant, let alone kill them. General Shen looked down at the smile on Fu Yuheng's face. He knew that Fu Yuheng had always been ruthless in his actions.

"General Shen, your daughter has already married into the imperial harem, so naturally you don't need your General Shen to worry about her. I assume you've worked hard for the entire day, go back and rest, we won't give you any tea now."

Although Fu Yuheng appeared gentle on the surface, his words implied that he had crossed the line. With that, he flipped open the imperial report, looking at it as if no one was present.

"Your Majesty …" General Shen was ignored by him, and was momentarily at a loss. In his heart, he still wanted to plead for Shen Qing Wan.

"General Shen, I am free to make decisions now, so I won't say anything more. Furthermore, I am worried that I can understand my daughter, so I won't keep an eye on the movements of my imperial harem. Otherwise, I won't be able to rest easy here." He picked up the brush and wrote a few words on the imperial report. His voice was very calm, but it could not be ignored.

Fu Yuheng also wanted to use this matter to remind the General Shen not to do anything that would make him regret his actions.

"But, your majesty …" He was preoccupied with his daughter's safety, but he did not notice the displeasure in Fu Yuheng's words and was about to plead for mercy when he was interrupted.

"General Shen doesn't need to say too much. We have our own judgement. It's getting late, someone, send General Shen out of the palace." At this moment, his face was already gloomy, he did not expect that the General Shen would actually not know when to advance and when to retreat, and did not know what was good for them.

"What are you doing here!"

He squinted his eyes to examine Li Ruotong's purpose for coming here. Why would she come to serve him porridge?

"When chenqie heard that the emperor had given an entire night's worth of memorials, she was a bit worried, so she served a bowl of porridge to the emperor." When she heard that something had happened to her, she couldn't sit still. She remembered what she had said to Shen Qingwan when they were joking, and hurriedly ordered a bowl of porridge to be made before coming to the royal study. She hoped that the emperor would forgive her for their past relationship.

"Speak frankly if you have something to say. I don't have the time to accompany you here to do riddles." Fu Yuheng went straight to the point. After sending the General Shen away, he no longer had the mood to deal with anyone.

"When chenqie heard that the emperor had put the Elder Sister Consort Xian in prison, I wonder what mistake the Consort Xian has committed. I hope the emperor can forgive her on account of past friendships." Li Ruotong kneeled in front of Fu Yuheng, and said each word repeatedly in her heart, afraid that she would say something wrong.

"carrageenan, I hope that you will behave yourself and not forget your position. Don't ask about things that you shouldn't ask about, otherwise, not only you, even the people you desire will not be able to keep your life. Do you understand?"

Fu Yuheng felt an inexplicable panic in his heart when he heard about Shen Qingwan. It hadn't even been a day and there were already two people pleading on her behalf. Fu Yuheng was very curious, just what kind of ability did she have?

"Your Majesty …" Li Ruotong was unwilling, and wanted to say something.

Fu Yuheng's tone made Li Ruotong's face turn deathly white. She could ignore her own life, but Ye Feng …

"Chenqie will take her leave."

As he watched Li Ruotong walk out, Fu Yuheng turned his head to look at the porridge on the table again.

He remembered the last time when Shen Qingwan brought the porridge and asked him to make her a female official. That was the first time he saw her take the initiative to complain to him about a grievance.

Fu Yuheng blew on the porridge on the spoon and brought it to his own mouth.

"It doesn't seem to be that smell!" Shaking his head, he felt strange about his thoughts. He must have been tired from reading the imperial reports, so he thought this way.