Time Travel: The actress's acting skills exploded, and she was favored by the harem

"Your Majesty, Empress, I do have evidence that cannot be faked." Shen Zhiyao responded calmly, "However, I still need Your Majesty to send a eunuch to go back to Cuiwei Palace with my personal maid to get some family letters that my father has written to me since I entered the palace. These are crucial evidence!"

"Lin'en, you go and do it yourself, and come back quickly." Bo Muxi nodded slightly.

"I obey your command." After paying his respects, Lin En immediately trotted to the outside of the palace gate to look for Qiuyue who had been waiting there.

"Your Majesty, all the letters between me and my father have been checked according to the rules of the Zhaoguo Palace. They are stamped with official seals and there is absolutely no way they could have been forged in advance." Shen Zhiyao explained seriously.

In order to prevent the concubines in the harem from having secret dealings with their families and harming the royal interests, the Zhao Kingdom would strictly check and control the letters sent and received by the concubines throughout the dynasties. Only those with no problems in the content would be stamped.

If letters without seals were found in a concubine's palace, she might be accused of plotting treason and be severely punished.

"Well, my beloved concubine is right. I am curious, how can the letters between my beloved concubine and General Shen be used as evidence?" Bo Muxi asked curiously.

"Because I discovered that there are some loopholes in these forged letters that are difficult for ordinary people to detect. These are some of my father's bad writing habits." Shen Zhiyao said with a smile.

"Oh? My beloved, please tell me first. Anyway, there is still some time before Lin'en comes back to get the letter." Bo Muxi asked with great interest.

The emperor and the empress stood up at the same time and walked to Shen Zhiyao to see how she would explain.

"First of all, the two characters that appear in this letter are completely different from my father's writing habits. For example, the character '翾' is a relatively uncommon character. Every time my father writes the lower left half, he habitually misses this stroke." Shen Zhiyao said, pointing at the letter.

"There is also the word 'compilation'. My father would habitually write it wrong, writing it as 'usurpation'. When I was young, I was severely punished by my teacher because my father taught me these two words incorrectly, so I have a deep impression of it. And these two words happen to be found in the family letters, which can confirm what I said." Shen Zhiyao bowed.

Ever since Shen Zhiyao heard from the noble that the emperor had intercepted the correspondence between Shen Li and Prince Rui, she has spent a lot of time studying the letters Shen Li wrote to the original owner. Finally, she discovered some problems and kept these points in mind.

Of course Shen Li had some other bad writing habits, but Shen Zhiyao would not reveal them all. First, because it was irrelevant to this incident, and second, she was afraid that if she told them, someone with ulterior motives would have a reference when forging a letter in the future, and would be able to forge it more perfectly. Wouldn't that be shooting oneself in the foot?

Shen Zhiyao is used to keeping everything in reserve and she doesn't trust anyone.

"Your Majesty, I am ashamed to say that I do have these two bad writing habits that I cannot change. However, I rarely have the opportunity to write these two words on a daily basis, so I think the forger would never have thought of them." Shen Li said excitedly. These two points can indeed fully prove that the letter was not written by him.

Although the emperor said verbally that he believed in himself, he couldn't help feeling uneasy in his heart. If Shen Li's innocence could be proved as soon as possible, it would naturally be a good thing for the Shen family.

The emperor and the empress looked at each other and understood. Since Shen Zhiyao had said this much, the evidence must be conclusive and Shen Li's innocence must be preserved.

Fortunately, this is Shen Li! If it were someone else, how could Bo Muxi have the patience to listen to his explanation? He would have probably already handed him over to the Ministry of Justice for punishment.

"Your Majesty, I do trust Concubine Jin very much. I happened to receive a letter this morning. It was a private letter between Concubine Jin and General Shen that was intercepted by the palace servants. I have carefully examined it and feel that it was forged maliciously by someone who wanted to frame Concubine Jin." The queen's tone was light, but it made everyone feel at ease and trustworthy.

The queen was so smart that she deliberately said that the letter was intercepted this morning to prevent the emperor from getting suspicious. She had received the letter a long time ago, but she waited until now, when Shen Zhiyao was almost successful in resolving the crisis, to throw it out. If Shen Zhiyao was unable to prove herself, this letter would probably never see the light of day.

The Queen is definitely a person who won't do anything until she sees the rabbit. She is unwilling to do anything without any effort.

"Oh? There is such a thing? Queen, please show me the letter as soon as possible." Bo Muxi raised his eyebrows.

The Queen gave a look and Shijin immediately handed the letter to the Emperor with both hands.

Bo Muxi read the letter carefully for a long time, and the queen whispered in his ear some of the more suspicious points.

Bo Muxi didn't say anything. He handed the letter to Shijin and motioned her to show it to Shen Zhiyao.

Shen Zhiyao took the letter and read it carefully, almost laughing out loud. Apart from the handwriting being the same as her own, the tone and writing had many loopholes. It was obvious that this letter was not written by the same person as Shen Li's.

Shen Zhiyao held back her laughter, pretending to be sad and wronged, and knelt down angrily and said, "Your Majesty, I have been in the palace for more than a year, and I have never sent a letter home privately. It is obvious that someone wants to harm me and my father. Please, Your Majesty, make a decision for me and my father!"

Shen Zhiyao's thin shoulders were trembling slightly. She looked at Bo Muxi with a sad look in her eyes. Her long eyelashes were also trembling slightly, which made her look very adorable.

"This time, General Shen and Jin Cairen have been wronged. I will arrange for someone to conduct a thorough investigation and will never let go of the sinister villain who framed the general! He who falsely accuses the meritorious officials of the current dynasty of treason is culpable and should be executed according to the law!" Bo Muxi slapped the dragon throne and said angrily.

Shen Li felt quite complicated. He felt relieved at first, after all, the emperor was willing to help him vent his anger, but he soon felt chilled.

He fought on the frontier for many years, and quelled countless wars. He also conquered three small countries and made great military achievements for the State of Zhao. However, he was still almost framed and lost his life.

In the early years, Shen Li was devoted to the country and even took the men of the Shen family to fight to the death. As a result, the Shen family lost a lot of power. Now he is over 40 and is not afraid of life and death, but he has to consider his two sons and two daughters, as well as the remaining descendants of the Shen family.

Shen Li knew that he had gained too many merits in the past few years, which would sooner or later become a concern for the emperor. It would be difficult for him to gain his absolute trust, and he felt even more disheartened.

"Your Majesty, I have an unreasonable request. I hope Your Majesty will grant it." Shen Li said while kneeling.

"General Shen, please stand up quickly." Bo Muxi personally helped Shen Li stand up.

"I have been fighting in the wars for many years and I owe a lot to my family. Also, I am getting older and it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to command troops. I beg Your Majesty to allow me to hand over my military power and return to Dadu to take an idle official position!" Shen Li requested with his head down.

What Shen Li meant by this was that he wanted to go home and enjoy his retirement in peace, preparing to be an idle, non-staff employee who didn't care about worldly affairs.

Bo Muxi felt that if Shen Li had not been afraid that quitting his post completely might anger him, he might have resigned directly.

The emperor thought: Is Shen Li going to give up his position?