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After seeing off Xie Chenyan, Shen Menghan prepared to bring Chonghua into the palace.

In fact, he has been staying in the palace for the past few days, and he rushed back to the pavilion yesterday because of Miao Zhiguang's and Liang Yue's marriage.

Before leaving, Ruan Sha came over to check with him again.

Her expression was the same as before, but Shen Menghan was a little afraid to look at her expression.

Ruan Sha had never seen him look so blushed before, she cast a sideways glance at him, and said teasingly, "Now I'm ashamed, do you still dare to drink in the future?"

Shen Menghan forced a smile and said: "I made my sister laugh, I won't do it again."

Ruan Sha snorted softly, and Xie Chenyan brought back a bunch of medicinal materials, among which there were many precious and rare ones, Ruan Sha flipped through them while tutting: "Tibetan safflower, Tianshan snow lotus, southern Xinjiang's rosefinch, Changbai Mountain The old ginseng. Hey, it took a lot of effort."

She picked and picked, ordered Chonghua to adjust the medicine a little, and then let him go out.

Before leaving, Shen Menghan said to Liangyue: "Say to Cai Xing, the newcomer, don't touch the things in my room at will."

Since Liangyue is married, it is not easy for Shen Menghan to keep her in the outer hall to serve her. The new maids are always too diligent, after all, she is a young girl, so it is not easy for Shen Menghan to talk about her.

Liangyue was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "No wonder Xiaoxie was unhappy when he left. Don't worry, young master, when he comes back, he will return everything to its original place."

Approaching the city gate, Cheng Feng rode up and followed: "My lord, the black-clothed Yulin in Bazhou City reported that His Highness King An was not found. His navy only left a few ships in Bazhou and Keyue City, and the other ships But they all went eastward along the Yangtze River, and now they are close to Wangjiang City."

Shen Menghan's heart sinks, the Yangtze River is calm and calm, and the warships under King An's command have not been ordered to return to the east!

Cheng Feng knew what he was thinking, Xuan brows slightly frowned and said: "I have also inquired about it, but I have never heard that the Ministry of War has made a transfer order."

Shen Menghan's heart sank suddenly: "How many warships are there near Wangjiang City?"

"There are at least a hundred ships." Cheng Feng said: "The Yangtze River is busy, and warships are mixed with civilian ships and grain ships. It is difficult to check how many ships are sent by King An's command."

Shen Zhuo has been ill since Shen Zhang passed away, and many courtiers and virtuous kings have been appointed for state affairs. Although Shen Menghan does not lead the army and does not come to the court, but he serves the imperial court and gives orders to others. He is very sure that the military There is no order to change the defense of King An.

Shen Menghan asked Zhao Zhen again: "Does King Ding want to move?"

Ding Wang Shenyan and An Wang Shenchen are compatriots, if An Wang has the intention of misbehaving, Ding Wang can't hold his breath, but he may show his flaws first.

Zhao Zhen said, "No, everything along the southeast coast is as usual."

Shen Menghan pondered for a long while, then said to Zhao Zhen, "Follow me to Yanying Hall."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Young Master, come with me."

The Hall of Yanying is the place where the generals and the Ministry of War discuss matters. Although Shen Menghan has been in the palace for a long time and has handled many political affairs, he has never really appeared in the court. Although the courtiers have acquiesced in his existence, it is reasonable Still like a shadow.

Before he actually appeared in front of the courtiers, he still caused huge waves.

Kang Cheng, the deputy commander of the Yulin Army and the commander of the Guards Battalion, also happened to come to the Yanying Hall to report the value. He stopped at the entrance of the Yanying Hall by a wrong footstep, and said coldly: "The military department is an important place, and you are not allowed to enter if you have nothing to do."

That day when Shen Menghan brought the black-clothed Yulin to the palace, since the Commander Kang was on duty, even though he was only scolded by Emperor Yan afterwards and not punished, it did not prevent him from bearing a grudge against Shen Menghan. .

What's more, because of the incident of that day, Habayashi has not been able to explain the origin so far, and the army only speculates that there was a conflict between Emperor Yan and his son.

Shen Menghan didn't want to get entangled with him, so he showed the Habayashi order, and walked around him to the hall.

Kang Cheng refused, so Zhao Zhen strode forward and stopped in front of him.

Kang Cheng tightened his eyebrows and said sharply, "General Zhao!"

Zhao Zhen asked: "Your Majesty has Habayashi's Order, and His Majesty's Imperial Order leads Habayashi in black. Why can't he enter the Yanying Hall?"

Kang Cheng said with a sneer: "Dare to ask my lord, do you have a fame and edict?"

Shen Menghan gave him a cold look, stretched out her hand and pushed open the main hall door of Yanying Hall.

Can not help but Kang Chengze and Zhao Zhen, and everyone in the hall is also shocked.

Except for festivals and grand ceremonies, the main entrance of Yanying Hall is not open. Even if the leading princes such as Su Wang and An Wang come to Yanying Hall to discuss affairs, they have to go through the gates of the side halls on both sides.

How bold and reckless this son of a bureaucrat is.

Dust rose from the long-locked palace door.

Shen Menghan walked into the Hall of Yanying.

The faces of the people in the hall were all different, Shen Menghan's eyes were slightly closed, and he had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions.

He came here, not sure.

It's just that Shen Zhuo has been in a coma for a long time, he couldn't ask for an imperial edict, so he had to shock him first.

He opened his mouth slowly, with a calm and composed voice: "His Royal Highness King An went to the ship owner to return, but has Jianghuai changed?"

Xu Yunchuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wen Feiran, Commander of Nanjing Jidao Bei, looked at each other with surprise.

Shen Menghan understood it, and said straight to Xu Yunchuan: "Since King An left the army, all the battle maps, military reports, and notes have been presented."

Xu Yunchuan wondered: "This..."

He cupped his hands and said, "...I'm afraid this is not in line with etiquette."

Shen Menghan raised his eyes and said coldly: "Your Majesty has clearly ordered me to serve the sick in the palace, why is it unreasonable?"

It is still an unspoken practice in the palace center that those who serve the sick have the right to make decisions on political affairs.

Wen Feiran said in a solemn voice from the side: "Dare to ask your son, is there a prince's festival talisman."

This question touched Shen Menghan's sore spot.

The military power of the prince is still granted by the clan, and there are festival symbols.

And Shen Menghan, of course, does not have this thing with him.

His eyelashes moved slightly, his gaze was as cold as a blade: "I don't transfer troops, I don't exercise power, I just read government orders, why use a talisman?"

There is no sound in Yanying Hall, and it is heard when a needle falls.

Shen Menghan folded his sleeves, with a very relaxed expression, and said in a warm voice: "Everyone, don't force me."

Juexuan's breath was heavy, and since entering the hall, Zhao Zhen's finger was on the hilt of the sword.

All of the black-clothed Habayashi's eyes were full of elites.

The situation is imminent.

The military officers did not wear armor when discussing matters, nor did they wear swords in the hall, but with so many generals gathered together, if they really wanted to fight, it was unpredictable who would win.

The atmosphere in Yanying Hall was as tense as an arrow stuck on a string.

The voice of the female official outside the palace came from afar: "The eldest princess is here."

The woman's voice trembled like a zither string, breaking the stagnant dullness in Yanying Hall.

Zhao Zhen and Juexuan looked at each other, both a little surprised, Shen Menghan glanced over, Juexuan mouthed to him: "Chonghua."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of wearing rings was approaching.

The first person to enter the Yanying Hall was Cheng Feng. He glanced at the crowd, he was obviously relieved, saluted the hall, and stood beside Shen Menghan.

Dressed in plain court attire, the eldest princess walked slowly into the hall, and all the generals knelt on the ground.

In terms of rituals, military commanders don't need to bow down to the princess, but the eldest princess sacrificed herself to guard the mausoleum of the late emperor and queen. She never married, has a holy title, and is different from ordinary princesses.

In the full hall, only Shen Menghan did not kneel.

He made a vain salute to Shen Bi, but because he had done nothing wrong, he didn't know what to call it.

Before he straightened up, the eldest princess had already walked towards him slowly, handing something with her plain hand.

Shen Menghan looked up in surprise: "This..."

Emperor's eldest son festival.

Shen Bi smiled at him without explaining.He only put the festival in his hands, and then slowly withdrew from Yanying Hall.

From beginning to end, not a single word was spoken.

Now that the prince's festival has been established, the Ministry of War is not too embarrassing, but it is not diligent.

Xu Yunchuan called people to take the documents neatly. From the 11th year of Zhengyun when King An went to Mingzhou to the current 26th year of Zhengyun, in the 15 years, there were dozens of bookcases, and several shelves were full. He said in no hurry: "Notes I won’t look through it in my spare time, so the Ministry of War received it on time without classifying it, and now I can only sort it out in the palace slowly, and send it to the young master in a few days.”

Shen Menghan touched a soft nail, but didn't feel annoyed, lifted his clothes and sat down in the hall, ordered Juexuan to light the brazier to smoke the stove, and called Chonghua to take people to the palace to get his usual bedding and other things.

All the generals couldn't help being in an uproar—is he planning to stay in the Yanying Hall?

Xu Yunchuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Han Jian in the hall, my lord..."

Shen Menghan said with a smile: "It's okay, since no one cleans it up, I'll do it myself."

He unceremoniously ordered a few scribes from the Ministry of War to come over, and ordered them softly, so they first sorted out King An's marching notes according to the latest timeline, and he took the military report first to read.

Xu Yunchuan and others looked at each other in blank dismay, but Shen Menghan had already ignored everyone, glanced at ten lines, and hurriedly scanned the military report submitted by King An.

Shen Chen joined the army at a young age like Shen Zhang, but he was not as powerful as Shen Zhang when he used soldiers.Thoughtful and thorough, it can be called prudent in using troops.

According to the military newspaper, there is no abnormality.

Shen Menghan gently pressed his forehead.

The night was getting darker and darker, and most of the generals who were on duty during the day had already dispersed.

Xu Yunchuan, Wen Feiran, Kang Chengze and others sat still.

If he didn't speak, the scribes didn't dare to leave.

Shen Menghan said in a warm voice: "Let's stop here today, and you can be on duty at Maoshi tomorrow."

All the scribes retreated, and Kang Cheng closed his eyes to rest his mind. Suddenly, a pile of notes was thrown on the desk in front of him. When he opened his eyes, Shen Menghan said with a smile, "Since the general is fine, why don't you come and take care of him?"

The candlelight was flickering, and he had a smile on his face, which was a bit touching.

Kang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and when he refused again, he was a little bit harsh, and said bluntly: "I don't know what the young master is looking for."

what are you looking for...

Shen Menghan was silent.

Looking for clues that do not belong to Shen Chen.

"Commander Kang." Shen Menghan said, "Did Shen Yu leave a single word before his death?"

Kang Cheng raised his head vigilantly, looked at him coldly for a while and said, "No."

Shen Menghan didn't move, and said softly: "Where are the bones buried?"

Kang Cheng said impatiently: "Your Majesty said that you will be ashamed, don't you understand what it means?"

Shen Menghan persisted: "Burn?"

Kang Cheng said coldly, "My lord thinks so."

Shen Menghan stopped answering, nodded slightly to him, turned back to his desk, and continued to read the military newspaper.

At daybreak, Shen Menghan stepped out of the Yanying Hall and went straight to the Xianwang Palace.

"Call the Ninth Prince and Shen Jie back to Beijing to serve the sick?" The virtuous king shook his head and said, "Little Jue is easy to handle, but Xiao Jie was deposed by His Majesty to leave Beijing as a commoner. Even if I nodded, Zong Zheng would be afraid." Yes, I will not agree."

Shen Menghan slightly lowered his head to look at the teacup in his hand, and said wearily: "Then please call the Ninth Prince back to the imperial capital first, Your Highness."

The Xian Wang put down his cup and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to call the Ninth Prince back to the capital? He is young and energetic, so I'm afraid he won't obey you."

He was already ambiguous, not only dissatisfied, if Shen Zhuo hadn't suppressed him, Shen Jue wished he could kill Shen Menghan quickly.

Shen Menghan said softly: "Your Majesty is dying, without the prince by his side, after all, it's not justified."

Shen Yu's incident was shocking, even if Shen Menghan told it, no one would trust him.

For the current plan, I only hope that Shen Zhuo can wake up as soon as possible and appoint the crown prince.

Calling Shen Jue back to Beijing was also to prepare for the worst.

Although he has Shen Jie's integrity, he has no soldiers to transfer except the black-clothed feather forest, and no one to use.

And although Shen Jue was young and stubborn, he had a better reputation than him.

Shen Menghan closed his eyes slightly, pulled himself together and said, "Please Your Highness."

Xian Wang looked at his complexion, frowned and said: "Why is your complexion so bad?"

Shen Menghan's eyes were dazzled, and the voice of King Xian was clearly in his ears, but it gradually faded away.

The participation of the two princesses in the ranking is a useless private setting.The eldest son of the emperor is the second elder brother, the deposed prince Shen Jie.