Chapter 30

TRANSLATED BY MYPEN_22

Shen Shenbi said, "This husband and wife are not involved in party disputes."

"This Prince knows that Lord Zhang and Lord Shen are loyal only to His Majesty." Although Yan Shi's face still had a light smile on it, there was a majesty emanating from his body that made people want to submit to him. Yan Shi's eyes flickered slightly as he looked back and forth between the faces of Zhang Yuxin and Shen Shen Bi, and said without haste, "Then what is wrong with giving your allegiance to me in advance?"

Shen Shen Bi snorted, "Your Majesty is really joking, the current Emperor has not even created a crown prince." So how can you be sure that you will ascend to the supreme throne?

Zhang Yuxin frowned slightly, "Shen Shen Bi--"

Yan Shi asked instead of answering, "Then why does Lord Shen conclude that I cannot? In terms of rules, I am the eldest son; in terms of virtue, I am not inferior to any royal son. Lord Shen and Lord Zhang are both understanding people, so I don't need to tell you what is going on in the court now, do I?"

Zhang Shen has been in the imperial court for many years and has a very thorough understanding of the situation in the court. Among the imperial sons, the most likely to ascend to the throne are King Zhaoge, King Ding and King Mu. But these three sons were not the best choice for the throne. King Zhaoge is apparently courteous to his ministers and modest, but in fact he is too ruthless, and those who obey him will prosper and those who disobey him will perish.

Shen Shen Bi was choked by his words and said slowly after a long time: "Then how does the Prince think I will take the position of Minister of Justice instead? I am only the Minister of Penalties, and there is a Minister of Justice above me, so it is not my turn, is it?"

Yan Shi picked up his cup of tea and blew on the tea leaves floating on it: "This does not require Lord Shen's attention, Lord Shen only needs to tell the Prince whether you can sit well in the position of Minister of Justice?"

Shen Shen Bi turned his gaze to Zhang Yuxin, who placed a hand on the back of his and gently held it, giving him a solemn and slow nod.

Shen Shen Bi again placed his gaze on Yan Shi, the man was drinking tea, although it was such an ordinary action, he was doing it with such elegance and charm. There was a special aura about this man that made people want to get closer.

After Shen Shen Bi had made up his mind, he cupped his fist at Yan Shi: "I, Shen Shen Bi, am an official not for myself, but for the people of this Kingdom."

"Good," Yan Shi hooked out a smile, slowly got up and also towards Shen Shen Bi solemnly cupped his fist, "With Lord Shen's words, the Prince is relieved, then please Lord Shen must sit well for the people of this kingdom in the position of Minister of Justice."

When Zhang Yuxin and Shen Shen Bi saw Yan Shì and Hua Ling off and were about to reach the door, Hua Ling finally couldn't help but whisper, "Lord Shen, can I say a few words to you?"

Shen Shenbi and Zhang Yuxin looked at each other, "Your Highness, please follow me."

It was not known what the two said, and they returned within a few moments.

On the carriage, Yan Shi was curious: "What was said?"

Hua Ling blushed a little, as if he was a little shy: "I don't want to tell brother."

Seeing the shy look of his little princess, Yan Shi could not resist rubbing his head.

As soon as he stepped into the royal residence, he met Jiang Qingyue, who saw him with a spring in his step and knew that the matter had been settled, so he put his mind at ease.

"Is there any progress?" Yan Shi took Hua Ling with him to Jiang Qingyue's courtyard.

"Just now Sang Yu came back and said that someone did visit the Imperial Hospital last night, and it was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice's men." Jiang Qingyue said.

Although Yan Shi had withdrawn from the Imperial Hospital with the people from the Da Lisi, he had allowed Sang Yu to remain ambushed outside as originally planned.

Yan Shi rubbed his chin: "This Minister of the Ministry of Justice Wu Huai Shuo is one of King Ding's men, so the net is finally closing on a case that has been investigated for so long. Go tell Sang Yu to keep an eye on Wu Huai Shuo, and there's no need for him to guard the Tai Hospital himself anymore. I want to see what Wu Huai Shuo is up to now that he has made this disappearance case."

Jiang Qingyue said, "If he can risk stealing the Hidden Marrow Sand, it must be a big case. Wu Huai Shuo has always been timid and cautious, and he is a....

He wouldn't dare to do anything too big, so the Prince must be behind this."

Yan Shi nodded.

Hua Ling tugged at Yan Shi's broad sleeve, "Brother, can I ask a question?"

Yan Shi smiled and said, "Mingting, please ask."

"Yesterday, when we found some clues, Lord Zhao of the Ministry of Justice came here. I think he came too soon, probably because he was afraid that we might find something against him. So if you think so, the case of the disappearance in the Imperial City has something to do with Lord Zhao. Lord Zhao is also one of King Zhaoge's people, so shouldn't this disappearance case be related to King Zhaoge?" Hua Ling frowned slightly and spoke with a serious face, "Or does it mean that this case was done by both King Zhaoge and King Ding together?"

"Mingting's analysis is very sensible and reasonable," Yan Shi was full of smiles, "but King Zhaoge, King Ding and King Mu are eager to find out the faults of the others, so how could they cooperate with each other? As Qing Yue said earlier, if they dare to steal the hidden marrow sand and make this case of disappearance in the imperial city, it will be a big case that will shock the city. The most secure way to do this would be to have one of their own people do it. If word got out, it would only lead to trouble. Zhao Wenju is an eager and greedy man. The reason why he wants to take over the case of the disappearance in the Imperial City is because he thinks that the case is almost finished and he wants to wrap it up so that he can claim credit in front of King Zhaoge and Father."

Hua Ling nodded with seeming understanding, "Hey, it's brother who is the smartest."

"By the way, Your Highness," Jiang Qingyue said, "Jin came here this morning, but I calmed him down and he went back."

He didn't take Jin with him when he went to check on the Imperial Hospital yesterday. Jin was not an official, and although it was against the rules to take him in the past, it was fine to just walk around the Imperial City. But checking the Taiyuan Hospital is different, if he take him with him again, he was afraid that some people will do something to him. Therefore, he was sent back yesterday.

Yan Shi nodded and spoke to Jiang Qingyue a few more times before suddenly looking at Hua Ling and asking, "Does Mingting still have something to do this afternoon?"

Hua Ling subconsciously replied, "I haven't finished embroidering the lotus bag yet, so I plan to continue embroidering it."

Yan Shi smiled and said, "There's no hurry, since there's nothing important, why don't I show Mingting around the Imperial City?"

Since Yan Shi had promised to try to like Hua Ling, he naturally did what he said. In the past, he had been too busy investigating the case to care about anything else, but now that things had been assigned, and he was now on a break, he didn't have any other official duties to attend to. It was also time to have a good exchange of feelings with the young princess.

Hua Ling was very willing and almost jumped for joy, so he went to his room and changed his clothes before leaving with Yan Shi.

The two of them did not take a sedan chair or ride a horse, but walked side by side quietly, occasionally speaking a few words. Whenever they came across something that Hua Ling looked at, Yan Shi would immediately buy it.

In a short while, Yan Shi was already carrying a lot of things in his hands. It's not that he wanted to take them, but Yan Shi thought he had trained in martial arts, so it was no big deal to take some things. But the young princess was too weak and could not afford such a burden.

As he was walking forward, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him. At almost the same time, the man saw them and lowered his head, heading for the nearest shop.

"Second Brother!" Hua Ling shouted.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Hua Xu had to walk over stiffly, "I have met the Prince, Your Highness."

"Why is second brother so polite to me," Hua Ling was pleased to see Hua Xu, "We don't talk about this between brothers."

Hua Xu squeezed out an uncomfortable smile at him.

"Second brother, how are you these days? Home, how is home?" After his high spirits, Hua Ling was also slightly embarrassed by the mention of home.

"I'm fine, everything is fine at home, except for my third brother ..." Hua Xu said with a turn of phrase, "Third brother is also fine, father has found him a gentleman, he is now studying at home."

Hua Ling was silent for a moment, his eyes slightly reddened, sighing suddenly not knowing what to say.

"Big, big brother, don't be like this," seeing him like this, Hua Xu was a bit at a loss, "You're not to blame for that, really. I... I don't blame you either. Father wanted to find you that day.

I wanted to go along, but I didn't dare to go. I don't know why ... actually, actually I'm just a coward ..."

The more he said the more incoherent Hua Xu became, and his eyes were slightly red like Hua Ling's.

Yan Shi suddenly suggested, "I see a restaurant up ahead, why don't we talk while we eat?"

It was not the right time to eat, so there were not many people in the restaurant, so Yan Shi asked for a window room and the three of them sat in.

All the way, Hua Ling tugged his hand tightly on Yan Shi's sleeve and lowered his head, looking like an aggrieved daughter-in-law.

"Da, big brother, are you doing well now?" After saying this, Hua Xu looked at Yan Shi, who was sitting next to Hua Ling, and hated to swallow his own tongue.

Yan Shi didn't even lift his eyes, taking out a handkerchief and wiping the chopsticks carefully, placing them in front of Hua Ling. Hua Xu's mouth opened slightly.

As soon as Yan Shi had done this, a glow of happiness appeared on Hua Ling's face: "I am having a particularly happy time, really, don't worry about it, second brother."

Hua Xu murmured, "That's good, that's good."

"Second brother, don't be like that, you look so sad to me with that expression." Hua Ling's small face, which had just been happy for a moment, immediately fell again, "Actually, I was fine when I was in the Gongfu. At that time, I didn't understand anything, so I didn't feel sad. Later on, when I understood, Mother ... had nothing more to be sad about."

Hua Xu's eyes stared at him as if to see flowers on his face, "When I was little, I asked my mother, "Big brother has no real mother, so he is much more pitiful than me and my siblings, shouldn't we treat him better? Mother then said I didn't understand, yes, I really didn't understand, and I still don't."