125Minister Feng, you've really put a lot of thought into this!
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Chapter 125 Minister Feng, you've really gone to great lengths!
Shen Yulou looked up and saw Dezhong standing beside Emperor Ren.
Where did He Shun go?
If He Shun were here, his words would carry a lot of weight.
Shen Yulou said, "Ever since Princess Na Xing went to the Imperial Medical Academy, Your humble servant has not seen her again. How can you say she was abducted?
If Princess Na Xing escaped, then that is the Imperial Medical Academy's responsibility."
Li Huai said, "Shen Yulou! The princess was clearly lost at the Princesss Residence entrance, and I personally saw you leading people to abduct the princess!
Why don't you admit it quickly? Do you still dare to quibble in front of His Majesty?"
Shen Yulou sneered, "Besides you, did anyone else see Princess Na Xing being abducted?"
"If no one else saw it, does that mean you can falsely accuse me based solely on your one-sided statement?"
"Then if I say you let Princess Na Xing go, how will you prove yourself?"
Li Huai gritted his teeth, "You're being unreasonable..."
Just then, Feng Yusi arrived at the main hall.
"Your Majesty, Your humble servant has an urgent matter to report!"
Emperor Ren frowned, "Enter!"
After Feng Yusi entered, he took out a letter and said.
"Today, Shen Yulou visited my residence. As he was leaving, he dropped a letter. Your humble servant opened it and found that it was correspondence between him and Yan State.
This person has been secretly plotting to rescue Princess Na Xing for a long time. I ask for Your Majesty's judgment."
Dezhong handed the letter up.
Emperor Ren glanced at it, then became furious.
"Shen Yulou, did you write this letter?"
He threw the letter in front of Shen Yulou.
Shen Yulou picked it up and looked at it, a cold sneer appearing on his face.
Earlier, Shen Yulou had written a prescription at Minister Feng's house, leaving his handwriting.
And this letter was a replica copied from that prescription.
Shen Yulou said, "Your Majesty, this letter was not written by Your humble servant."
Minister Feng said, "He's lying. Whether it was written by him can be determined by a simple comparison."
Emperor Ren thought for a moment and said.
"Dezhong, go to Shen Yulou's room in the Imperial Heirs Residence and search for everything he has written!"
"As you command!"
Soon, Dezhong returned, carrying a stack of papers, all of which were papers Shen Yulou used for writing daily.
After carefully comparing Shen Yulou's handwriting, everyone immediately noticed something was amiss.
The two handwritings differed greatly; they were not at all alike. How could it be said that Shen Yulou wrote them?
Minister Feng's expression changed slightly, "This is impossible! He wrote this!"
Shen Yulou said, "Minister Feng, you may not know, but Your humble servant has a habit when writing.
Writing words is one thing, prescriptions are another.
When prescribing medicine, Your humble servant is accustomed to being a bit sloppy."
This was a habit Shen Yulou had carried over from his previous life; when he worked in the hospital, his prescriptions were so illegible that no one but the nurses could understand them.
"And these are Your humble servant's normal handwriting."
"You tricked me into going to see your grandson, then had me write a prescription, and then you found someone to imitate my handwriting to forge this kind of letter. Minister Feng, you truly went to great lengths."
Emperor Ren's expression suddenly darkened.
The clearly different handwriting was enough to prove Shen Yulou's words were true.
How could Feng Yusi, the esteemed Minister of Revenue, falsely accuse Shen Yulou?
Feng Yusi immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, every word Your humble servant said is true, absolutely no falsehoods!"
At this moment, the Princess and Minister Hu arrived together. Seeing the situation in the hall, Minister Hu immediately spoke.
"Your Majesty, Minister Feng's household has a master forger named Zheng Ye. This person can imitate anyone's handwriting with just a few characters.
Zheng Ye even privately imitated Your Majesty's handwriting and sold it to merchants who opened shops, to be hung in their halls to attract customers.
Your humble servant has already sent people to surround Minister Feng's residence; not even a fly can escape.
Your Majesty only needs to issue an edict, and this person can be immediately found and interrogated!"
Feng Yusi's face changed drastically, "Hu Jianye, you're slandering me! By what right do you arrest people at my residence?"
Minister Hu snorted coldly, "Minister Feng, why are you so anxious? I have not arrested anyone, merely surrounded your residence to prevent anyone from escaping."
Emperor Ren said coldly, "As Minister Hu said, go search Feng Yusi's house and find this person named Zheng for me."
Feng Yusi's face immediately showed a difficult expression.
Consort Shu quickly said, "Your Majesty, the urgent matter at hand should be to severely interrogate Shen Yulou to make him reveal the princess's whereabouts, so we still have a chance to pursue her."
Shen Yulou glanced at Consort Shu. This woman was quite charming, a beautiful young matron, but her heart was extremely malicious.
Shen Yulou had no grievance with her, yet she targeted him so fiercely just because he treated Zhao Ying's leg.
If he had the chance, he would definitely give her a good beating.
Emperor Ren frowned, "Shen Yulou, did you or did you not let the princess go? As long as the princess is successfully found and brought back, This Emperor can let bygones be bygones!"
Shen Yulou said, "Your Majesty, the princess being let go has nothing to do with Your humble servant."
"However, after Your humble servant learned that the princess had been rescued, I immediately sent Song Hu to guard outside the city gate. I estimate she should have been caught by now."
"Your humble servant told him not to act rashly. Now, please, Your Majesty, give the order to bring the princess back."
Emperor Ren was overjoyed, "Good, as long as she hasn't run away, everything is fine."
"Li Hui, immediately take people outside the city and bring the princess back!"
Li Hui stepped forward, "Your humble servant obeys the imperial decree!"
After Li Hui left, the hall fell into a dead silence.
Everyone was extremely nervous.
Especially Consort Shu.
Shen Yulou actually sent someone to catch the princess?
He couldn't be that fast, could he?
If it weren't for He Shun's notification, Shen Yulou's actions wouldn't have been so quick.
Just as the atmosphere was very oppressive, the Empress Dowager suddenly walked in, supported by Consort Su.
"What are you all arguing about here?"
"Greetings to the Empress Dowager!"
Emperor Ren's expression also softened a little.
"Mother, why have you come?"
When Consort Su entered, she glanced at Shen Yulou, a hint of worry in her eyes.
Clearly, the Empress Dowager's arrival at this time was naturally brought about by Consort Su.
Seeing Shen Yulou, the Empress Dowager said.
"Why are you here? This consort is waiting for you to tell me stories. If I don't hear your stories for a day, This consort feels uncomfortable all over."
Shen Yulou said, "Empress Dowager, Your humble servant has some matters to attend to here. I will go tell stories to the Empress Dowager in a moment."
"Mm, that's very good. Don't make This consort wait too long."
Hearing the Empress Dowager say this, Emperor Ren's expression softened considerably.
At this time, Consort Qing, the Empress, and others also arrived in the hall. Hearing that such a big event had occurred, they shouldn't have been involved.
But hearing that Consort Shu was also there, they quickly came over.
Consort Qing spoke as soon as she entered.
"Sister Consort Shu, whether the princess was abducted or not should have nothing to do with you, right? Why are you targeting Minister Shen so much? Is it because you can't bear to see Minister Shen treat the Imperial Heirs? Is he getting in your way?"
Consort Shu's expression changed slightly.
"Consort Qing, don't talk nonsense."
"Princess Na Xing's safety is related to state affairs. This consort naturally wants to share His Majesty's worries."
Consort Qing sneered, "Share worries? How come I haven't seen you share any worries? I think you're deliberately causing trouble for His Majesty!