The imperial concubine bows down to me

After saying goodbye to Shen Tianhe in the imperial garden, Shen Zhi didn't go straight back to the East Palace, but instead slowed down and walked back and forth several times on some remote and quiet paths in the palace.

It's not because she's really too busy, it's just that Liu Shuyan was usually waiting for her in the East Palace at this time some time ago.Now that Shen Tianhe has come back, she doesn't know if Liu Shuyan will continue to come and give lectures to her like in the past.

If Liu Shuyan didn't come after returning to the palace, she would inevitably feel a little bit disappointed; but if she really came, with what happened last night, Shen Zhi didn't know how to face Liu Shuyan, and She is alone.

But hiding like this is still not an option.Shen Tianhe just came back, she still has a lot of things to explain to him, not to mention, she and Liu Shuyan both live in this palace, and they will see each other if they look down and see each other, it will only be a matter of time before they meet again.After dawdling for a long time, Shen Zhi finally let out a long breath, quickened his pace, and rushed back.

Before stepping into the palace gate, Cao Min saw her coming back, and immediately went up to greet her, and reported to her: "Your Highness, the imperial concubine just sent someone to tell her that she will come back later today."

"Understood," Shen Zhi responded, sighed, thought for a while, and then ordered, "You first send someone to sort out the memorials that were picked out by the orphan in the Lizheng Hall and send them to the father, and then go to the Du Mansion for a while. Come on, invite Qin Ning over here."

Now that Liu Shuyan has been dismissed from the position of prince and grand teacher, it may be more inappropriate for her to meet Shen Zhi alone in the East Palace than before. It would be better if Du Qinning was there.What's more, Shen Zhi still hasn't figured out how to deal with his relationship with Liu Shuyan. With Du Qinning around, Liu Shuyan can at most talk to her about some business matters, so she won't seem very unfamiliar and abrupt when dealing with it.

After staying in the hall for a while, Du Qinning rushed over.It was probably because Shen Zhi didn't make it too clear, and Cao Min's inadvertent "adding fuel and vinegar", Du Qinning thought that Shen Zhi had something important to ask her, so he came over in a hurry.

"It's okay, Qinning sit down first." Although it's really not a big deal, Shen Zhi couldn't tell Du Qinning that he pulled her over as a shield, so he decided to find something to tell her, and said, "Father Huang just Back in Beijing, there are many things that need to be dealt with in the court. Gu has already sent someone to send the memorials that are more difficult to choose in the past few days to the father. The rest can be handled by himself, so he wants to find Qin Ning to discuss and discuss. "

As soon as Shen Zhi said this, Du Qinning immediately saw some clues.Except for the content related to her job as a servant or her own private affairs, Shen Zhi hadn't discussed any other government affairs with her for a long time. These things were mentioned by Liu Shuyan with Shen Zhi by his side in the past.Seeing that Shen Zhi's complexion is not as good as before, and her mood is not so good today, Du Qinning guessed that she might have some conflict with Liu Shuyan.

But she couldn't directly break this point, so she could only follow Shen Zhi's words and sit down opposite her, and make plans when she wanted to find an opportunity.

As soon as the discussion was over, Cao Min came to report outside, saying that Liu Shuyan had come.Shen Zhi responded lightly, and asked Cao Min to invite people into the hall. He didn't go out to greet everyone this time like in the past.

Du Qinning saw Shen Zhi's not-so-enthusiastic performance in his eyes, and he was even more sure that what he guessed in his heart should be the same.

A moment later, Liu Shuyan was led into the hall by Cao Min.She heard that Shen Zhi and Du Qinning were discussing political affairs, so she didn't intend to disturb, but just sat beside her silently and listened quietly.

After saying another thing, Wei Wei glanced at Liu Shuyan, but Shen Zhi finally couldn't calm down enough to ignore her completely.She felt that Liu Shuyan was so smart, even if it was only for a short while, she should have been able to see that she was different from usual, if she went too far, Liu Shuyan would be extremely sad.

After all, no matter what the reason is, she still paid a lot for Shen Zhi, I'm afraid there is no one who will not feel uncomfortable with such a sudden and unreasonable alienation.

"Imperial Concubine." Shen Zhi called her, and nodded to her as a courtesy, but he didn't say anything, and didn't know what to say.

"Well," Liu Shuyan smiled. Although Shen Zhi was indifferent to her today, she still smiled gently at Shen Zhi as in the past, and asked, "Your Highness is going to court today, is it going well?"

Hearing this, Shen Zhi nodded again: "Well, it's nothing serious. Father has transferred some officials' positions, and asked about what happened in Beijing in the past few months, and then he went down."

After Shen Zhi said this short sentence, he seemed to have no intention to speak again.In the end, it was Du Qinning who saw Liu Shuyan was a little bit embarrassed, so he opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere and broke the embarrassing deadlock.

"Mr. came at the right time. The student just discussed with His Royal Highness the matter that Jiangzhou Situ opened a warehouse to release grain to the victims without the permission of the court. Although Jiangzhou Situ used his power without authorization, he did a great job in saving the people. His Highness and the minister's thoughts are consistent. Is it possible to save him from the death penalty, but he still needs to be severely punished, so as not to lose the dignity of the royal family, I don’t know what you think about this matter?”

Hearing that Du Qinning changed the topic, and that this question happened to be what she wanted to know, Shen Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief.She looked at Liu Shuyan, and the moment her eyes met, she quickly lowered her head again, pretending to straighten her sleeves, pretending nothing happened.

Liu Shuyan also heard about the Jiangzhou Sima incident in the past two days, but there is a lot of backlog recently, and she has never found a chance to talk to Shen Zhi.Now that Du Qinning asked, it happened to be a chance to express his thoughts.She smiled lightly, and didn't say anything about Shen Zhi's seemingly silly actions, but responded to Du Qinning's words: "As Situ, he should know that if he does this, he will lose his head. But since he Knowing that doing so will put him in dire straits, but he is still willing to do so, this just shows that he is a good official who puts his own life and death aside and wholeheartedly serves the people. The concubine has long heard of Jiangzhou Situ Wentaowu It's just because he is too upright and doesn't understand the rules and regulations of the officialdom, so he has never been able to get the opportunity to show his ambitions. Now that he is over forty this year, he still stays in the small Jiangzhou as a Situ. Why don't you, Your Highness? Take advantage of this opportunity to get acquainted with Liangcai, thinking that you will pave the way in the future?"

Shen Zhiruo realized something, but she didn't fully understand it, but she was too embarrassed to ask questions at this time, so she could only look at Du Qinning secretly.Du Qinning understood, and after receiving Shen Zhi's hint, he immediately looked at Liu Shuyan again, and asked sincerely, "What do you mean, sir?"

"As Qin Ning said, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. Your Highness can ask the emperor to decree him to be dismissed and exiled, and his family will be settled in secret. When the limelight passes in the future, he can be recruited into the capital in the name of His Highness. Come, be a staff member of the Eastern Palace. If His Highness is so favored and appreciated, he will be loyal to His Highness in the future and become His Highness's powerful help."

"Mister really has a great plan, but a saint may not..." Du Qinning felt a little regretful at this point.Shen Zhi had already submitted the papers to Shen Tianhe about this matter, so it is still unknown how he will handle it.

Hearing this, Liu Shuyan smiled lightly, signaling that she didn't have to worry about it: "The emperor's side, I'll go and talk about it."

After talking about Situ in Jiangzhou that day, Shen Zhi said goodbye to Liu Shuyan on the grounds that he and Du Qinning would go back to Du Mansion to see Xue Ruoyu.Liu Shuyan saw a little bit of her thoughts, and didn't follow her, but agreed to come down, and after they left, he went back to Penglai Hall alone.

The sudden change in Shen Zhi's attitude towards her became obvious, which happened overnight.Later, when she heard that Shen Tianhe called Shen Zhi to speak alone after Xia Chao, and even turned away the servants, Liu Shuyan couldn't help wondering if what Shen Tianhe said to Shen Zhi at that time caused her to alienate herself .But she had a very unpleasant quarrel with Shen Tianhe that night, and she couldn't ask him directly, so she had to give it up for now, thinking that the situation would get better after a while.

But to her surprise, for half a month, Shen Zhi was evasive towards her.Although her attitude was not as indifferent as on the first day, she still found ways to avoid being alone with Liu Shuyan, even though sometimes those reasons sounded false.Anyway, now that Shen Tianhe has made Wei Feng her new grand teacher, and Du Qinning has a little free time these days, Shen knows that if he has something to do, he will run to these two, and he will spend less time in the East Palace than before. Not a lot.

Without the chance to be alone, Liu Shuyan also had no chance to ask Shen Zhi personally what was going on.Didn't you agree that no matter what happens, you will tell each other frankly not to be suspicious of each other?How could it be that such a short period of time has passed, she seems to have forgotten what she promised, and has been "playing crazy and acting stupid".

At the beginning of the next month, Liu Shuyan still did not wait for an explanation from Shen Zhi, but he did wait for an imperial edict for Shen Zhi to lead the expedition.