Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 157; Shen Huan questions

Listening to Emperor Zhaowu's angry voice, Shen Huan didn't feel scared at all.

Instead, he bowed respectfully before picking up the memorial from the ground.

As he flipped through the memorial, his complexion instantly turned black. After a while, he closed the memorial, then knelt down and cupped his hands and said, "I know that I am guilty, please punish me."

Although he confessed his crime very frankly, in his heart he scolded the prince bloody.

In the past few months, he has been teaching the prince, and it can be said that he has not tried his best, and the prince has also undergone obvious changes under his guidance.

At least he is no longer so impetuous in his work. The emperor even praised him for this some time ago.

But he never expected that the prince would actually do this because of his careless stall.

He actually wrote a letter to plead for the Zheng family. Although he had given up taking opportunities to target Duke Ji and Huo Junyao in accordance with his teachings during this period, the Zheng family's plea for mercy was a big problem.

Who among the civil and military officials in the dynasty didn't know that Emperor Zhaowu's greatest wish was to eliminate the noble clan?

Of course, it is impossible to completely eliminate them. After all, the court still needs the help of nobles to run, so more often, Emperor Zhaowu wants to suppress and control the nobles.

The Zheng family, as one of the top noble families, enjoyed the most joy. Emperor Zhaowu had murderous intentions for the Zheng family more than once. However, the noble family alliance repeatedly hindered him, so he could not do anything no matter how much he tried.

Now that we finally have the opportunity to defeat a top noble clan, all smart people will go out and beat the fallen dog hard at this time.

But what about the prince? He actually submitted a letter to plead for mercy at this time.

Isn't this clearly going against Emperor Zhaowu?

No wonder Emperor Zhaowu was so angry.

"Hmph, how could I have such a stupid son."

Emperor Zhaowu snorted angrily and did not continue to attack. After all, he could clearly see the change in Shen Huan's expression just now.

Knowing this, it's not Shen Huan's fault. I guess it's just that bastard who is being smart.

"Get up, I see everything you do during this period, and it's not your fault."

Shen Huan did not get up immediately, but still raised his hands and said, "As the Crown Prince and Grand Master, I still failed to do some things well."

"I will teach the prince more strictly in the future."

"Well, so good."

Emperor Zhaowu said nothing more and waved Shen Huan to leave.

At the same time, he did not forget to ask Shen Huan to take away the prince's plea memorial.

After leaving the imperial study, Shen Huan went directly to the East Palace with a gloomy expression.

At this time, the prince had not rested yet and was thinking about things in the study.

A knock on the door brought him back from his thoughts.

"Your Highness, Lord Shen, I would like to see you."

"uncle?"

The prince was slightly startled. Although Shen Huan had come to the East Palace to teach him every day in the past few months, hadn't today's lessons been completed?

Now that the palace door is about to be locked, why did he enter the palace again?

But even though he was confused, he quickly got up and walked outside.

During this period of time, under Shen Huan's guidance, he had grown a lot, and he had gained some understanding of his uncle's knowledge and abilities, and he admired him very much.

At the same time, because of the rectification during this period, he regained a lot of the confidence he had lost when facing Huo Junyao's repeated defeats.

"Uncle, why are you so late?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Shen Huan's face, which was so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water, and his heart skipped a beat. “I have met His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Shen Huan bowed his hands.

"Without any courtesy, uncle, come and sit in the study."

Hearing this, Shen Huan once again handed over his hand to thank him, and then followed the uneasy prince into the study.

At the same time, he didn't forget to close the study door.

"uncle."

As soon as the prince shouted, Shen Huan immediately waved his hand to interrupt, and then took out the memorial brought by Emperor Zhaowu.

As soon as he saw this memorial, the prince's heart skipped a beat.

I was a little surprised. Didn't someone send this thing to the Imperial Study Room? Why did it end up in Shen Huan's hands?

"His Majesty was very angry when he was summoned just now. Then he handed this thing over to me and asked me to bring it back to the prince. He also asked you to reconsider before submitting a letter."

Hearing this, the prince's face turned pale, and the emperor was furious. It was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the content of his memorial.

But he couldn't figure it out, why?

The Zheng family is a big family with a lot of talented people under it. I heard about the Zheng family during the day and learned from Shen Huan that the Zheng family was afraid that they would not be well off, so he thought about how to write a letter for him. The Zheng family begs for mercy.

It's good if it can succeed, but even if it doesn't, it's good to let the Zheng family remember this. Even if the Zheng family is affected a bit, for such a big family, the impact will definitely not be very big.

And with this good fortune, I will be able to make more friends when I participate in politics again in the future.

Although Shen Huan had already told him before that he was the prince, and even if he didn't have to deliberately win over him, there would be many nobles who would support him.

But who would object to having few useful people at his disposal?

Especially after the previous events, his supporters had significantly decreased, and he became even more eager to win over some people.

As a noble clan, the Zheng family is very powerful. I have wanted to contact him many times in the past, but never had a suitable opportunity.

This time is a good opportunity for him.

Only by forming a good relationship can we take the next step better, right?

"Uncle, is this Guma not doing the right thing?"

Hearing this, Shen Huan looked up at the prince and asked lightly, "His Royal Highness, do you think you have done the right thing?"

The prince was silent for a moment and then said, "Although it's no merit, it's still no fault, right?"

"Uncle, haven't you taught me that as a prince, you should show more kindness, so that you can better win over people's hearts?"

As soon as he said this, Shen Huan smiled.

Yes, he did teach him this way, but this thing also has a scoring situation.

"May I ask His Royal Highness, what is the influence of the Zheng family in the court?"

"Of course it's huge, otherwise Gu wouldn't have written a letter to plead for mercy. Moreover, Princess Zhaode went too far this time. Zheng Wengong is also an official of the imperial court. What she did was not just to fight against Zheng Wengong. The family’s face is also being slapped in the court’s face.”

"Gu Ke kept his uncle's words in mind and did not use them against Princess Zhaode."

This is true. After these few months of teaching, he has buried his hatred for Huo Junyao, the owner of Princess Zhaode, deep in his heart under Shen Huan's constant instructions.

Before he achieved absolute success, he had no intention of continuing to confront Princess Zhaode.

"Then what's the situation with the Zheng family and the royal family?"

Shen Huan continued to ask.

The prince was a little hesitant now, a little confused as to what Shen Huan meant.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Shen Huan continued; "The Zheng family has become more and more powerful in recent years. They have blatantly refused to give face to the royal members many times and even contradicted the emperor more than once in the court. Can you tell me about this?" Do you know?"

(End of this chapter)