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When Shen Menghan arrived in Jinling City, the edict to abolish the crown prince was just issued.

The crown prince believed that the princess and concubine had no faults, and the husband and wife loved each other deeply, so he refused to abolish the concubine, and was demoted to common people along with the Yun family, and ordered him to leave Beijing immediately.

"Your Majesty ordered you to go and seal up the East Palace, and tomorrow I will personally send the common man Shen Jie out of Beijing." Zhao Zhen said.

"Then let's go now." Shen Menghan didn't care.

He and Zhao Zhen ordered a few words casually, their faces were as deep as water, and they were quite majestic. Xie Chenyan, who was used to his gentle treatment on weekdays, couldn't help feeling awe-inspiring.

The conversation between him and Zhao Zhen came to an end, and he beckoned Xie Chenyan to come over: "You go back to the Yin Pavilion with your breath first, and I will go to the city with this lord."

When he spoke to Xie Chenyan, his tone returned to his usual soft-spoken and unconscious indulgence.

So Xie Chenyan bargained: "Can't I go with you?"

Shen Menghan pondered for a while, then shook his head regretfully and said, "No."

It doesn't matter in other places, if Xie Chenyan causes trouble in the palace, he can't cover it up.

But...has Xie Chenyan really caused trouble?Shen Menghan asked himself.

Did he, because he listened too much to others, have prejudice against Xie Chenyan from the beginning to the end?

Xie Chenyan lowered his head and said in frustration, "Oh."

Unable to bear it, he relieved the siege and said: "I will take Xiaoxie to ask the Qulou, and the young master will let you know when he leaves the city, and I will send Xiaoxie back."

Shen Menghan thought for a while and said, "Okay."

Shen Menghan got on Zhao Zhenbei's frame, and asked casually, "What happened to what I told you three months ago?"

Zhao Zhen took out a document and handed it to Shen Menghan. Shen Menghan glanced at ten lines, then threw it back to him and said, "Ask the people left on Jingxiang Road to go to the junction of Jiangxia County, Jiangnan West Road and Jingxiang Road to check."

Zhao Zhen was obviously taken aback: "I still need to investigate?"

Shen Meng gave him a cold look: "Zhao Zhen, I told you to withdraw the investigator after three months?"

Zhao Zhen's knees touched the ground, dripping with cold sweat: "No."

Shen Menghan narrowed his eyes, and said coldly, "Make your own decision?"

Zhao Zhen searched his brains and thought about his words: "Young master, the crown prince has been deposed, and His Royal Highness King Su is now the most favored."

Shen Menghan smiled and said: "Are you trying to figure out the holy will?"

Zhao Zhen lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Don't dare."

He said he didn't dare to say it, but he didn't show the slightest respect in his actions.

Shen Menghan wiped his fingers and said softly: "How did you become the commander of the black-clothed Habayashi?"

Zhao Zhen remained silent.

Shen Menghan said softly: "Do you know why His Majesty handed over the black robed forest to me?"

"You can be the commander of the black-clothed feather forest, it must be because you are loyal, shrewd and capable, and share the worries for His Majesty." Shen Menghan said: "As the emperor, there are many things that His Majesty cannot do, which is inconvenient to do. You can’t open your mouth to ask your ministers to do it.”

"Your Majesty regards me as his mouthpiece to avoid the mouths of the ministers, and you are not doing things for me."

Shen Menghan's voice was barely audible: "Do you understand?"

The frame has already entered Miyagi, heading straight for the East Palace.

Sensing the holy will, Shen Menghan thought coolly, look at Shen Jie, how sensible he is.

After seven years of marriage, Yun's had nothing to do, so where did the husband and wife come from so deeply in love.

Shen Jie went down this step, and Emperor Yan would not chase him down too much in the future.

The relationship between father and son must always be preserved.

Shen Jie stood at the gate of the palace, his posture was still the same as before, neither humble nor overbearing, when he saw Shen Menghan, he called from afar: "Xiao Yin."

Compared with King Su's Kong Wu's strength and King An's calmness, Shen Jie is indeed a bit less dignified as a prince.

The two brothers crossed the high doorsteps of the East Palace together, and they have never been so harmonious in this life.

Shen Menghan said: "Master Zhao, go check it yourself."

Zhao Zhen said, "Yes."

Shen Menghan turned sideways: "Your Highness seems to have something to say to me."

"Just talk casually." Shen Jie said with a smile: "Now I am also a commoner."

Shen Menghan said kindly: "Second brother."

Shen Jie laughed: "It's really worth hearing your call before leaving."

Shen Menghan pondered for a long time, then said softly: "Thank you for what happened back then."

Shen Jie raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Shen Menghan smiled without saying a word.

Shen Jie frowned and said, "Xiao Yin, I'm scared if you half-spoken."

He stopped and said, "Don't harm me."

Zhao Zhen happened to have something to report, and walked to the side, just in time to hear this sentence.

Shen Menghan saw him standing aside with a pensive look on his face, he must have lost his mind, and without explaining, he beckoned him over: "What's the matter?"

Zhao Zhen glanced at Shen Jie, wondering: "Other things are fine, but there is a box of calligraphy and painting..."

In the palace, there are many rare paintings and masterpieces. If the former prince took them out of the palace, it would be difficult for the nobles in the palace to think about it one day.

Shen Jie said with a smile: "Master Zhao just open it and have a look, it's not a treasure in the palace."

Shen Menghan followed, glanced casually, and recognized the full box, most of which were fine silk tribute papers for internal use, some new and some old, but probably no more than two or thirty years old.

Looking at it broadly, it is mostly children's plays, and some serious works are far from being good works. Most of the seals come from various palaces, and occasionally there are a few different ones, which are read by the princes.

It turned out that it was the plays written by their princes in the inner study back then, but Shen Jie took good care of them. At this moment, they still want to take them out of Beijing.

Shen Jie randomly took a roll of fine tribute paper, but the paintings on it could only be regarded as graffiti, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Fortunately, no one is better than Xiaoyin, but no one is worse than Xiaozhang."

Shen Zhang is King Su.

Shen Menghan smiled, he had never been to the inner study, but in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, most of the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were invited by famous teachers, not bad, but those famous scholars with great literary talents and hairpin backgrounds were not. I can't see it at all.

When he arrived in Beizhao at the beginning of the year, even Zhou Qian corrected the promiscuous behaviors that he learned from restraint.

A child who is only seven years old, even if he grows up in a place of song, dance, and fireworks, how many dust marks can he leave behind?

However, Zhou Qian's attitude back then was that the scholars and courts looked sideways and looked down on him.

Even so, Zhao Zhen ordered his subordinates to take out the scrolls of calligraphy and painting for detailed inspection. In the middle of the box of calligraphy and painting, there was a stack wrapped in white silk, which was not quite the same as tribute paper and tribute silk. The paper was common among the people. The paper is naturally yellower and more fragile than other paintings.

Shen Jie took it with great interest, unfolded it and said with a smile: "Xiaoyin's childhood paintings are really hard to find nowadays."

Of course, money is hard to come by. Back then, Shen Zhuo wished he could raze the Wenqu Tower to the ground so that his past in Quzhong could be wiped clean without leaving any traces.Unexpectedly, Shen Jie still has his old practice of painting and learning books here.

Looking at the handwriting from that year now, Shen Menghan's face is still a little burned.

His calligraphy was taught by his elder sisters in Wenqu Building. When he was young, his muscles and bones were weak, and he was more than graceful. Now, it seems that there is indeed a hint of femininity.

He cleared his cough and said in disguise: "Second brother, these treasures, it's better to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces as soon as possible."

Shen Jie squinted at him and said: "I have to keep it well, take it out once in a while, so that I can see your embarrassment."

While putting away the paper book, he said slowly: "The roads are all made by people. When you look back occasionally, the roads you have traveled and the things you have experienced have slowly changed you into what you are today."

He sighed and said, "Human, she was cuter when she was young."

Shen Menghan was silent, he knew that the prince was benevolent, but he didn't expect to have such a sentimental and mother-in-law temperament. It is a miracle that an emperor like Shen Zhuo could endure until today to abolish the prince.

And Shen Jie, who is so nostalgic and affectionate, unexpectedly married Yun's for seven years and still has nothing to do.

His heart suddenly became clear, he thought that this time Shen Jie was abolished from the capital, then Yun Shi might be about to conceive.

Xinzi took Xie Chenyan back to the Wenqu Building. During the day, most of the sisters were resting, and the building was extremely quiet.

The Wenqu Building is also a simple and quiet place, with nothing to worry about, leading Xie Chenyan to walk around the building, Xie Chenyan said: "The layout here is similar to our Yin Pavilion."

Covering her lips with a smile, Xin Zi said: "It's all written by one person, so it's natural."

Xie Chenyan asked curiously, "Who?"

Xin Zi said: "Our landlord, Ran Ziyun."

As he talked, he walked into the garden, where the birds were singing on the treetops, and the spring water was quiet. Although the courtyard in the city was not spacious, the white walls and black tiles, and the flower windows hung down, showing the reserved beauty of the south of the Yangtze River.

Xie Chenyan looked at the pond water curiously, and asked, "Are there any koi in this pond? Can they be eaten?"

Xinzi smiled and said: "Why are you like your brother Menghan, thinking about eating the koi in other people's ponds all day long?"

Xie Chenyan suddenly turned to look at her: "Brother Menghan also likes to eat koi?"

Xinzi paused and said: "When he was young, the fish in the yard and the birds in the trees were often destroyed."

Xie Chenyan wondered: "Can he still catch fish and drive birds away?"

Xinzi smiled and said, "Of course, did you think he was not too young?"

"Can't figure it out." Xie Chenyan thought about it carefully, shook his head and asked, "Can he swim? Can he climb trees?"

The smile on Xinzi's face gradually faded: "Brother Menghan, I'm afraid he was more naughty than you when you were a child. At that time, martial arts were good, and the children in the whole street were afraid of him..."

Her heart choked, she hurriedly stopped talking and said, "Are you hungry? I'll call the kitchen to bring over some snacks."

Xie Chenyan said in surprise: "He knows martial arts."

Xinzi forced a smile: "That's all in the past."

Ahan, who grew up with her in the old Qinhuai opera 13 years ago, and Gong Ziyin, who returned from Beizhaonan 12 years later, are already very different people, and there is no trace of her familiar appearance.

In a few days, Shen Jie will be escorted out of the city. Shen Menghan and Zhao Zhen said: "You send a trustworthy person to Jingxiang Road, and report back anytime you find anything. Before the [-]th of each month, send the previous month's article to the Yin Pavilion. Do not return to Beijing without my order."

After a pause, he continued: "You personally followed Shen Shuren to Yuanzhou, and arranged for reliable people to come back. I will pay double the amount of money from me every month for Shen Shuren and Yun's, so you don't have to go to the inner government treasury."

Zhao Zhen did not dare to refute at this time, and saluted, "Yes."

Shen Menghan straightened his sleeves and said: "You go back earlier to prepare, I will go to the old courtyard, and you don't have to follow today."

Zhao Zhen was shocked, but he only respectfully responded.

Now who doesn't know, His Majesty is extremely annoyed at the people of the royal family and important ministers going in and out of the song, ranging from fines and demerits to demotions and demotions.

Among the famous people in Jinling City, Shen Menghan is the only one who dares to say these words lightly.