The imperial concubine bows down to me

It turned out that after Li Mi and his son fled to Xiliang, they slandered Shen Zhi and Shen Tianhe, bluntly saying that they would die anyway, and since they knew a lot about their army, it was better to give it a go and persuade them The king of Xiliang rebelled on the spot.

Although Xiliang is not a small place, compared to other territories, it is relatively more independent and has its own property and soldiers that can be fully controlled, but compared to the power of the entire Guo State, it is like an ant seeing an elephant's leg , not worth mentioning at all.Even with the help of Li Mi, with their military strength, they are completely unable to compete with Shen Tianhe.

Judging from the urgent battle reports from the frontline and the Xiliang information from the preliminary investigation, Liu Xiuyun and Wei Feng conservatively estimated that if nothing unexpected happens, no matter who leads the troops to go out, at most half a year, the counter-insurgency army will be able to suppress the rebellion in Xiliang. Flatten out completely.

Now although Shen Zhi showed something in the political affairs during the period of supervising the country, after all, it was only the first appearance. If he ascended to the throne based on this little achievement in the future, his subordinates might not say anything about it, but it is indeed difficult to convince the public.The battle of Xiliang is said to be the crown prince personally leading the battle, but it is better to say that Shen Tianhe gave Shen Zhi a good opportunity to make contributions, accompanied by Wei Feng, Du Qinning and other fierce generals who accompanied Shen Tian and Yujia personally. In the left and right, Shen Zhi will not have any surprises.

When she returns from victory in the future, Shen Zhi will be the first-class meritorious service, not to mention her ability to stabilize her position in the hearts of the courtiers, it will also be a deterrent to the surrounding countries.

Shen Zhi knew Shen Tianhe's intentions, and she felt a little uncomfortable to meet Liu Shuyan often when staying in the palace, so she agreed without much hesitation.Shen Tianhe gave her some time to prepare and count the troops, and the date of the expedition was set in three days.

Time passed quickly, because of the busy preparations before the expedition, two days passed quietly in a blink of an eye.On the eve of departure, Shen Zhi suffered from insomnia and couldn't fall asleep anyway. After thinking about it, she put on her clothes and mask again, and went to Du's mansion alone.

"His Royal Highness." The servant on duty at night saw that Shen Zhi had come over, so he immediately woke up and saluted her.

"Excuse me," helped the servant up, and seeing him turning his head to call out, Shen Zhi quickly stopped him, "Don't disturb others, I came here alone just to see if Qinning has fallen asleep."

Seeing what Shen Zhi said, the man also lowered his voice, and replied: "It should not be too late to return to His Royal Highness, Cao Min saw Lord Du in the study just now."

"Just go there by yourself, you can do your work first." Shen Zhi nodded to him, then stepped into Du's mansion and walked towards the study.

It was dark at night, but Shen Zhi came to this mansion many times, and walking in the dark was smooth.Through the window paper of the study room, one can vaguely see the flickering candles inside.It seemed that what the servant said was right, Du Qinning probably hadn't rested yet, or maybe she got up again after being unable to sleep like her.

Shen Zhi couldn't help speeding up his steps, but when he came to the door not far away, the door suddenly opened with a "creak".

"Your Highness?" Du Qinning was also a little surprised by Shen Zhi's sudden visit, but when she thought about tomorrow's expedition, she understood a little bit, and then asked, "Your Highness, can't sleep?"

"Well," Shen Zhi responded, and followed Du Qinning into the study. After the two of them sat down, she asked in turn, "Why hasn't Qinning rested yet?"

"Earlier, if Ruoyu went to Penglai Hall, I was worried, so I waited for her here." Although Du Qinning was smiling, Shen Zhi felt a feeling of uneasiness when he saw her frowning slightly. Good premonition, "She would come back when she came and went, but now she hasn't come back after so long, I am a little worried about her, so I just wanted to go out to find her."

After Du Qinning finished speaking, Shen Zhi felt even more uneasy. She hurriedly asked: "Ms. Xue told me why she went to Penglai Palace?" It would be a lie not to worry about Liu Shuyan's safety.

"The minister was worried that she would stay in the capital alone, so he planned to let her pretend to be a man so that he could take her to Xiliang, and she agreed. But she said, maybe she would never return to the capital after this trip." I'm here, I want to say goodbye to my husband, but I don't want the minister to go with me. The minister couldn't resist her, so he finally agreed and gave her the token to enter and leave the palace at any time..."

Hearing this, Shen Zhi suddenly stood up, and also frowned, with a troubled expression on his face, as if he was a little hesitant.After a long while, she finally said, "Go to the palace to have a look."

Shen Zhi's worry was indeed not unreasonable. As soon as she approached the Penglai Hall, she and Du Qinning saw the brightly lit candles in the hall, and vaguely heard the quarrels coming from there from time to time.

Walking quickly and looking carefully, Shen Zhi discovered that Liu Shuyan was standing in front of the hall in good order, and Shen Tianhe was also there, but Xue Ruoyu was lying on the ground with messy clothes, with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, still sobbing.

"Come on, drag her out and kill her!" Shen Tianhe's expression didn't look very good, and there was some anger between his brows and eyes.Like Shen Zhi, he has always been kind and would never kill a person easily. Now that he is like this, he is afraid that Xue Ruoyu has really done something unforgivable.

Hearing this, Du Qinning couldn't care less, hurriedly stepped forward in two steps, and knelt down in front of Shen Tianhe with a "plop": "I hope the emperor will open the Internet and spare her." ..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Du Qinning said this, Shen Tianhe not only did not agree, but even reprimanded her: "I'm busy begging for mercy now, I haven't said anything about you yet, how can you just do it casually for such an important thing as a token?" Handed it over to someone else? You know, if she is replaced by someone who plots to do something wrong, I and the imperial concubine will probably die!"

Shen Zhi wanted to stop Du Qinning just now, but he couldn't stop him, so now he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk over after that, persuading him and asked, "Calm down, father, why did you get so angry?"

"Zhi'er, you don't need to worry about this matter. Father will explain to you some other day." Shen Tianhe didn't intend to spare Xue Ruoyu because of Shen Zhi and Du Qinning's interference. Fearing that something might happen, he repeated what he said just now, and said, "Come here, drag her down and kill her immediately!"

"Your Majesty!" "Father Emperor..." His face remained unchanged, and there was no room for discussion.

Knowing that there is no possibility of directly begging Shen Tianhe now, Du Qinning knelt to the side and moved two steps to the side, looking at Liu Shuyan, his eyes were full of pleading.

According to Xue Ruoyu's current "resentment" towards Shen Zhi, if Shen Zhi and Du Qinning hadn't appeared suddenly for the mistakes she made tonight, Liu Shuyan would probably not have saved her.But now that everyone has come and begged for mercy like this, it seems a little unreasonable for Liu Shuyan to refuse to help.

She looked at Du Qinning whose eyes were flushed with anxiety, then at Xue Ruoyu whose eyes were expressionless and expressionless, as if she could no longer hear what they were saying, and finally fixed her eyes on Shen Zhi. body.Sensing Liu Shuyan's gaze, Shen Zhi also pursed his lips slightly and raised his eyes to look at her.

Although he still doesn't know what Xue Ruoyu did tonight and whether it is really unforgivable, but no matter from his own point of view or from Du Qinning's point of view, Shen Zhi doesn't want Xue Ruoyu to die like this.So when the four eyes met, there was a pleading expression in his eyes, but Shen Zhi finally did not dodge.

"Your Majesty, Xue Ruoyu just stumbled into the Penglai Palace just for fun. Since the crown prince and servants are pleading for her, you should spare her life." Hearing Liu Shuyan speak, he was about to take her away. Xue Ruoyu's people stopped again.Seeing that Shen Tianhe still had no intention of easing up, she said again, "Furthermore, His Highness will lead the army tomorrow, and the eunuch will accompany him. If the emperor is stained with blood in the palace tonight, it will be the blood of someone the eunuch cares about." , I'm afraid it will be unlucky."

Liu Shuyan suppressed him with the matter of suppressing the rebellion, but Shen Tianhe couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while.It's just that although he doesn't know what ability Xue Ruoyu has to make these three plead for her one after another, but he believes in Liu Shuyan and knows that Liu Shuyan is not an unreasonable person. Since she pleads for mercy, Xue Ruoyu should also be able to leave a life alive. of.

It's just that the cruel words just now have been released, so he can't change his words suddenly, so he just let out a muffled "hum", glared at Xue Ruoyu who was on the ground, turned around and walked into the hall with his sleeves flicked.

As soon as Shen Tianhe left, Liu Shuyan immediately let all the unrelated people back down, helped Du Qinning up, and sighed: "She eavesdropped on the conversation between the palace and the emperor, and knew the identity of His Highness. I can't stay in the capital any longer. When Qinning goes out tomorrow, let's take her away with her."

Although Du Qinning had this plan long ago, when she heard Liu Shuyan's words, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

No wonder Shen Tianhe was so angry and wanted to kill her. At first, Liu Shuyan didn't even intend to intercede for her...

"Go back quickly, and take good care of her in the future." Du Qinning pulled Xue Ruoyu up from the ground, and listened to Liu Shuyan.

She wrapped Xue Ruoyu's arm around the back of her neck and put it on her shoulders. After stabilizing her body, she leaned slightly towards Liu Shuyan and said gratefully: "Thank you for your kindness, sir. If there is a chance in the future, Qin Ning I will do my best to repay you.”

Liu Shuyan responded, looked at Shen Zhi again, and said softly: "Your Highness... take care too."