The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

"Prime Minister Shang, what do you think about the missing ring?" After breakfast, Emperor Tianshun took the towel held by the palace maid to wipe his mouth, and glanced coldly at Shangnian who was standing beside him: "I heard that your concubine's daughter is very capable. In my opinion, the He family is living a more comfortable life in exile than in the capital."

Shangnian knelt on the ground immediately after hearing this and said, "Your Majesty, I know nothing about my concubine's daughter. As you know, my wife manages all the affairs in the mansion, and my concubine's daughter is taken care of by her biological mother. She should have been taught by my concubine. I really don't know anything, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Tianshun said nothing, did not rebuke him, and did not ask him to stand up. He walked to the table and reviewed memorials for a while. Then the eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has come to pay his respects to you."

"Announce." After saying that, he continued to review the memorials with his head down, without even glancing at Shangnian who was kneeling.

Shangnian wiped the sweat from his head, his heart beating like a drum. It seemed that the emperor was really angry with him this time. It was all because of Shang Ruoyi, the unfilial daughter, who had secretly hidden so many abilities from him for so many years.

If I had known this earlier, I would have found a way to let someone else marry her and leave her to the prince. With her ability, she can at least be a concubine, which will also be helpful to the Shang family, and Shang Yufu can also sit firmly on the position of the crown princess. When the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, their two daughters will be the queen and the imperial concubine. Then, wouldn't the harem be in the hands of his Shang family?

Just one step away from winning in chess!

At this time, He Lingsheng walked in. The first thing he saw was Shangnian, who was kneeling on the ground and wiping his sweat. He retracted his gaze and walked straight to the emperor's desk: "Your son greets you, father."

Emperor Tianshun raised his hand holding the beads and motioned him to stand up.

"Thank you, Father."

"Have you heard?" Emperor Tianshun said in a deep voice, "The He family's ring was stolen."

"I heard about it on the way here just now." In fact, He Lingsheng had received the news a long time ago, but such a thing could not be revealed in front of Emperor Tianshun.

After all, the mind of a monarch is unpredictable. The emperor is like this. He wants his son to be strong, but not too strong. If he is not strong enough, he will feel that he is not capable of sitting on this position, but if he is too strong, he will worry that he will covet his throne.

He Lingsheng understood the emperor's mind well, so in front of Emperor Tianshun, he was always an excellent prince without too much ambition.

"what do you think?"

He Lingsheng whispered, "I think this is a rumor deliberately spread by the He family in order to make Father lower his guard against them."

Emperor Tianshun nodded, he thought so too.

"Father, what should we do now?"

"What can we do? Can we punish them for losing the ring?" Emperor Tianshun snorted coldly: "Let's wait and see what happens!"

The father and son exchanged a few irrelevant words, and He Lingsheng shifted his gaze to Shangnian who was kneeling there.

"What happened to Lord Shang?"

Emperor Tianshun glanced at him and said coldly, "Prime Minister Shang has taught his daughter well. I was thinking about how to reward him and forgot to ask him to stand up."

"Your Majesty... I don't deserve it. It's because I didn't educate my daughter well. It's bad enough that I couldn't share the worries of the emperor. I also kept causing trouble and making the emperor worried. I deserve to die."

"You really deserve to die." Emperor Tianshun gritted his teeth and spoke word by word, frightening Shangnian so much that he knelt on the ground trembling.

Originally, when dealing with the Dingguo Palace, he thought it would be better to behead them all, so that he could sit firmly on the throne. However, the Dingguo Palace had made such great contributions to Tianshun over the years and was deeply loved by the people. If they were really beheaded, it was afraid that it would shake the people's hearts. So he thought of exiling them. If they were injured or died on the way to exile, no one would be able to say anything. However, he did not expect that they not only arrived at the bitter and cold land in the far north unscathed, but also lived a prosperous life. All this was thanks to Shang Ruoyi.

Without her, let alone others, how could the old princess endure the hardships of exile?

Thinking of this, he became even angrier.

He felt more and more annoyed looking at Shangnian who was kneeling there.

He Lingsheng pretended not to understand what Emperor Tianshun said, and smiled, "I didn't expect that Lord Shang, who has devoted himself to the court, still has the energy to teach his children when he returns to the mansion. He is truly a model for our court officials."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you are too kind to me. I am unworthy of your praise." Shangnian was sweating even more.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Tianshun's anger subsided a little. He looked at Shangnian and said calmly, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." He stood up slowly. Having been kneeling for too long, his legs trembled when he stood up.

Emperor Tianshun looked at him and said coldly, "Go down."

Shangnian felt as if he had been pardoned and hurriedly retreated.

After being disturbed by him, Emperor Tianshun was in a bad mood and said to He Lingsheng: "It's getting late, go and pay your respects to your mother!"

"My son, please retire."

Watching him leave, Emperor Tianshun put down the memorial in his hand. Judging from his attitude towards Shangnian today, the two of them did not seem to be in collusion.

Of course, he had known about Shang Yufu's entry into the palace a long time ago.

What he feared most was collusion between the former dynasty and the harem.

Ever since He Lingsheng was made the crown prince, he had known about Concubine Zhao's overt and covert actions and had acquiesced to them.

But if she covets this position too early, she will have to be careful.

However, judging from today's situation, he was quite satisfied with He Lingsheng's attitude. He knew when to advance and when to retreat, and he was worthy of being reused.

Before He Lingsheng arrived at Lanqing Palace, he saw Bixi coming out of a corner door in a panic.

If he remembered correctly, it was a dead end.

Just then, a man came out and walked in the opposite direction.

The secret transactions between palace maids and guards happened in every palace, and most of the masters turned a blind eye and pretended not to know. As a grown man, He Lingsheng naturally didn't want to get involved in these matters, but he had never seen that man in the palace.

"Your Highness, I have seen this man outside the palace." The guard beside him stepped forward and said softly, "He is the leader of a gang. The name seems to be the Qinglong Gang."

Qinglong Gang?

How could the leader of a gang appear here?

The palace was not like other places where one could not enter without being summoned. He didn't think Bixi was capable of sneaking him into the palace.

Then there is only one answer, that is, this man entered the palace at the order of his mother.

"Send someone to follow." He said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

When Shangnian returned home, the eldest lady came up to him with a look of joy on her face: "Master! Happy news! Such great joy! Have you heard about it?"

Shangnian looked constipated: "What's the good news?"

"Of course it's the emperor's praise!" The eldest lady pulled him to the main hall and pointed to a pearl sent from the palace and said, "Look, a eunuch just sent it here, saying that the emperor gave it to our family because you raised your daughter well."