Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

With Fang Yao in charge, the atmosphere quickly changed from tense to relaxed.

Under Shen Li's emergency treatment, the emperor's breathing finally stabilized.

Mu Heng ordered people to bring the imperial sedan chair, helped the emperor sit down, and returned to the Purple Palace with Fu Lizhang as his guards.

Fang Yao told someone to inform the old prime minister about Xiao Zhao's breaking into Fengyi Palace at night, and ordered him to go to the palace at dawn and explain what happened to Xiao Zhao.

No one cared about Queen Guan, and Fengyi Palace was eerily quiet.

After an unknown amount of time, the nanny walked over and bent over to help. "Your Majesty, I'll help you wash up, and then you can rest."

The queen knelt on the ground in a daze, her eyes empty, not knowing where to look.

"Did the Emperor hear what she said?" she murmured. "Did he hear it? What do you think the Emperor would think? Ah? Would the Emperor believe it?"

The nanny lowered her head and dared not speak.

……

Shen House.

Before dawn, Shen Zhaojiang was awakened from his sleep by the housekeeper.

"Master, someone from the Yao family is here to say that our eldest son went berserk in the gambling house late last night and stabbed their master, who is seriously injured. Master Yao just woke up and ordered the family to report to the authorities, but was stopped by Second Madam Yao. She meant to come and ask you, Master, what our family's attitude is on this matter. If our family is reasonable, then everything will be easy to negotiate. If not, then we will have to leave it to the authorities."

Shen Zhaojiang was still dreaming. He suddenly heard the housekeeper's words and hadn't reacted yet. "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't Kun'er go to bed early last night? I'm afraid Master Yao is having hysterics, right?"

The housekeeper bent over and said cautiously, "This old servant also felt that something was amiss. While ordering someone to calm the Yao family's visitors, he also sent someone to the eldest young master's place. The servant said that the eldest young master had just fallen asleep and they didn't dare disturb him. This old servant asked if the eldest young master had gone out last night. The servant said that at first, the eldest young master went to bed early, and around midnight, the night watch girl was awakened by the eldest young master's cry. When she went in, she saw the eldest young master rolling around in bed, hugging his newly healed leg, and crying in pain."

"The girl screamed in fear and quickly called the palace doctor to treat her. I originally wanted to come and explain to you, Master, but the eldest master wouldn't let me. You've been in a bad mood these days, and he was afraid of being scolded. The servant asked the eldest master how he hurt his leg while sleeping, and he said it was the eldest girl who did it. He said that the eldest girl kidnapped him and his mother to a strange place, gave him medicine that made him crazy, and accidentally injured Master Yao..."

Originally, Shen Zhaojiang felt a little guilty when he heard the housekeeper say that his son was afraid to see him because he was in a bad mood recently.

As she listened, she realized that the bastard son was trying to cover up the fact that he had stabbed Mr. Yao in the gambling house and put the blame on Shen Li. She was so angry that her hair stood on end. She stood there for a long time before she suppressed the anger that was rushing to her head.

Shen Li hasn't been home for so many days, how dare he frame her.

Doesn't he know how protective Shen Li's uncle is of him? He can't go a day without causing some trouble for the family.

"Go tell the Yao family that the eldest son's leg was injured last night and he's receiving treatment. We'll give them an answer after we've learned the truth. Have him go back and tell his master that everything can be discussed. If the eldest son really hurts Master Yao, our Shen family will never protect him."

The butler nodded and hurried out.

The maid came in and helped Shen Zhaojiang get dressed and wash up. Just as she put her hand into her outer robe, Shen Zhaojiang paused and said anxiously, "Quick, tell the housekeeper to send someone to the Prime Minister's residence to repeat what the Yao family said to the old Prime Minister and ask him how to respond."

I almost forgot about the old prime minister.

The Yao family suddenly became a commoner from the famous Chongguo Mansion. Shen Zhaojiang no longer had to kowtow in front of the Yao family, but he still had to put on the necessary superficial work.

After all, the queen and the second prince are there.

If my son really hurt Mr. Yao, I really can't just not show any expression.

But this means that the decision cannot be left to the Yao family alone.

Bring up the father-in-law. With him around, the Queen and the Second Prince didn't dare to push too far.

The housekeeper hurried back and greeted the neatly dressed Shen Zhaojiang, bowing and saying, "Master, another group of people from the Yao family just arrived, saying that the Yao family master's injuries have worsened, and they insist on reporting it to the authorities. Otherwise, they will demand that the Shen family pay them 100,000 taels of silver before they will stop. What should we do? They are making a fuss outside now."

Shen Zhaojiang's eyebrows twitched.

What?

The lion's mouth is wide open?

I thought it was when the Chongguo Mansion existed?

"Go out and tell the person who came that it was me who said that. Our family doesn't have that much money and can't afford to pay. Let them report it to the authorities. Let the officers take the man away and put him in jail. Just treat it as if I didn't raise this son."

The housekeeper was stunned, "This..."

"Just do as I say."

After saying this, he rode off to court without caring about the attitude of the Yao family.

When I entered the palace, I heard that Xiao Zhao had hit the Empress last night and said a lot of things she shouldn't have said. The Emperor was so angry that he had a shortness of breath, so the morning court session was suspended.

Fang Yao also entered the palace at night and locked up Xiao Zhao.

The old prime minister also arrived as soon as the palace gate was opened. It was said that he was kneeling outside the emperor's bedroom, begging the emperor to atone for his sins.

Shen Zhaojiang didn't waste any time and hurried to where the old prime minister was kneeling. Just as he was about to lift his robe and kneel down, he was stopped by the old prime minister, "You are so stupid! Get out of here!"

"This..." Shen Zhaojiang bent over, not knowing whether to kneel or not. "My wife made a mistake, how can I trouble my father-in-law to kneel down and apologize here? It should be my son-in-law who should do it."

"Shut up right now!" The old prime minister wanted to get up and cover his mouth, his hair smoking with anxiety. "Who is your wife? You've already divorced her, have you forgotten? Now you don't want to distance yourself quickly so you can save your strength for the fight later, but you're rushing in. Do you have any brains?"

Shen Zhaojiang was stunned.

Only then did he remember that he and Xiao Zhao no longer had any relationship.

I breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then I started to worry again.

With a mournful face, he said to the old prime minister, "Last night, Kun'er stabbed the Empress's brother in a gambling house. It's said that the wound was quite serious. The Yao family wants 100,000 taels of silver, otherwise they will report him to the authorities. I have asked the housekeeper to report them. I beg my father-in-law to tell the subordinates that if Kun'er is arrested, please ask them to take good care of him and don't let the Yao family harm him..."

The old prime minister watched him chatter away, his heart as shocked as if it had been hit by a huge wave. He was stunned for a long time. "What did you say? Kun'er hurt Yao Xun?"

"Yes," Shen Zhaojiang said dejectedly, "The Yao family came to our house early in the morning. They said that Mr. Yao had just been rescued, otherwise they would have reported it to the police long ago. Sigh."