Shen Nianci!
Shen Luoyan subconsciously looked at her niece.
This was the only blood descendant of her eldest brother.
Looking at Shen Nianci, who was so frightened that she was crying loudly, Shen Luoyan's heart suddenly softened.
Wei Shuang quickly ran over to pick up her daughter and pleaded with tears all over her face, "Luoyan, we can die, but Nianci is not even seven years old yet!"
Looking at her niece with tears all over her face, Shen Luoyan gradually loosened her clenched fists.
Bang!
Shen Luoyan knelt down, and two lines of sad and indignant tears streamed down her face.
"Your humble girl... receives the decree and expresses her gratitude!"
At the moment when she said these words, Shen Luoyan seemed to have been drained of all her strength.
It was only after Shen Luoyan received the decree that Mu Shun's face softened a little.
"Then this old servant will return to the palace to report back first. As for the wedding date, you will be notified separately."
As he spoke, Mu Shun looked at Yun Zheng again, "Your Highness the Sixth Prince, let's go back to the palace!"
"Chief Eunuch Mu, you can go back first. I'll have a chat with them."
Yun Zheng smiled slightly and then said, "Chief Eunuch Mu, Miss Shen was just impulsive. I hope you can put in a good word for her in front of Father Emperor regarding what happened today."
"I understand."
Mu Shun chuckled and then led the people away.
As soon as Mu Shun left, everyone's eyes fell on Yun Zheng again.
"Don't think that just because you said a few insincere words, I'll be grateful to you!"
Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng with disgust on her face, completely not giving this prince any face.
"I didn't expect you to be grateful to me either."
Yun Zheng shook his head with a smile, "If it weren't for the fact that your niece is too young, I would rather you disobeyed the imperial decree. In that case, I would go back and plead with Father Emperor to let you go to Shuobei with me to die."
"Who wants to die with you?"
Shen Luoyan snorted coldly, wiped the tears from her eyes randomly, and then suddenly stopped her movements, "Wait, what did you just say? You're going... to Shuobei to die?"
Madam Shen and her two daughters-in-law were also suddenly stunned and even forgot to look down on Yun Zheng.
"Yes!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly and said self-mockingly, "Father Emperor has already conferred the title of General Hu Lie on me. After we get married, I will go to Shuobei! I don't seek to make great contributions to the country, but I hope that with my death, I can boost the morale of the soldiers of our Great Qian Dynasty..."
What?
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, the expressions of all the women changed.
Madam Shen's body went limp and she sat blankly on the chair.
Yun Zheng was going to Shuobei to seek death?
Didn't that mean that Shen Luoyan was doomed to be a widow even before she got married?
Emperor Wen clearly sent this useless prince to boost the morale with his death, but still bestowed a marriage on him and Shen Luoyan?
Was Emperor Wen trying to make the Shen family full of widows?
Did he want the women of the Shen family to all become widows?
Suddenly, Madam Shen slapped the table hard.
Boom!
The originally intact wooden table was instantly shattered into pieces.
Seeing this scene, Yun Zheng was suddenly startled.
Damn it!
My nominal mother-in-law is still an expert?
Before Yun Zheng could react, Madam Shen suddenly stood up and looked at her daughter with grief and indignation and shouted, "Take your father's and brothers' memorial tablets and follow Mother to the palace to see the emperor!"
"Yes, go to the palace to see the emperor!"
Ye Zi, the second sister-in-law, also suddenly shouted angrily.
When she first got married to Shen Luoyan's second brother, before they even had their wedding night, her second brother had rushed to the battlefield in Shuobei.
He went there alive but came back dead.
She knew deeply how bitter it was to be a widow at a young age.
She definitely didn't want Shen Luoyan to follow in her footsteps.
She would do whatever it took to make the emperor take back his order.
"It's useless."
Wei Shuang shook her head gently and said with a bitter face, "Don't you understand? His Majesty clearly wants Luoyan to leave an heir for his son..."
"I'd rather bump my head to death than leave an heir for him!"
Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng furiously.
"Don't bother bumping your head to death!"
Yun Zheng shook his head gently and looked at Shen Luoyan seriously, "Anyway, since you want to die, just come with me to Shuobei to die. In the underworld, we'll also have company!"
"..."
Shen Luoyan's pretty face twitched continuously, and she shouted with disgust, "Who wants to keep you company? I'd rather die than die with you!"
Was it really necessary?
This silly girl!
I just teased her a little, and she took it seriously?
She didn't seem very smart, did she?
Yun Zheng secretly laughed in his heart and continued to tease, "Father Emperor has already bestowed the marriage. If we both die, I guess Father Emperor will order us to be buried together!"
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, Shen Luoyan's face twitched even more.
Couldn't she even escape from this useless wretch even after death?
"Alright."
Yun Zheng slowly stood up and earnestly advised, "Father Emperor has made up his mind, and our dynasty is currently in a troubled time. Don't go and ask for trouble."
After saying that, Yun Zheng left on his own.
Anyway, he had already reminded them.
If they didn't listen and insisted on going to see the emperor, they couldn't blame him for not having reminded them when they got into trouble!
...
After leaving the Shen family, Yun Zheng quickly returned to the Bibo Courtyard.
When he arrived at the entrance, he found that the guards at the entrance had been changed.
What was going on?
"Greetings, Your Highness the Sixth Prince!"
While Yun Zheng was in a daze, two guards saluted him.
Yun Zheng looked at them blankly, "Who are you..."
Zhou Mi bowed and said, "Your Highness, we were originally from the Imperial Guards. Starting from today, we are Your Highness's guards."
People from the Imperial Guards?
Yun Zheng's heart skipped a beat.
Were these spies arranged by Emperor Wen?
Or was Emperor Wen worried that Yun Li and Concubine Shu would harm him and specially arranged for people from the Imperial Guards to replace his original guards?
Or was it both?
"Oh."
Yun Zheng quickly regained his composure and asked, "What are your names?"
"Zhou Mi."
"Gao He!"
"Then I'll trouble you." Yun Zheng nodded slightly.
"Your Highness, you're too polite."
The two quickly shook their heads.
Seeing Yun Zheng enter the courtyard, several palace maids inside the courtyard looked at each other uneasily and then quickly trotted over to fawn on him.
"Get lost!"
Yun Zheng glared at the palace maids, with a frosty face, and said, "All kneel down and slap yourselves. Don't stop until I tell you to!"
He wasn't afraid that others would notice his abnormality.
Even a clay figurine has some temper, let alone a prince?
If he didn't deal with these traitors, that would be really strange.
No matter how lenient a person is, they couldn't be lenient to this extent.
However, he could only teach them a lesson and couldn't act too decisive in killing and punishing.
Otherwise, it would easily arouse suspicion.
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, the several palace maids were even more frightened and quickly knelt down with a "plop, plop".
"Your Highness, please forgive us. We were forced to do it!"
"Please forgive us, Your Highness!"
"Please have mercy on us..."
They were scared to death.
They knew very well what they had done.
It's just that they never expected that this useless wretch, after kicking the Third Prince like that, would come back unharmed.
Yun Zheng gave them a cold look and shouted loudly, "Gao He!"
"Yes!"
Gao He quickly ran in.
Yun Zheng glanced indifferently at the several palace maids and ordered, "Stay here and watch. If anyone doesn't slap themselves hard enough, you'll do it for them!"
"Yes!"
Gao He received the order.
The several palace maids were so scared that they didn't dare to plead anymore and quickly started slapping themselves hard on the face.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
For a while, the sound of slaps echoed throughout the Bibo Courtyard...