Emperor Shen's charming wife

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. Someone is framing me." The old minister cried out in despair. "Hmph, you still dare to quibble!" Shen Yu's voice was like thunder in his ears. "Come here, throw him into the prison and wait for his fate." "Your Majesty, I am innocent, I am innocent..." The old minister was dragged away roughly by the guards, and his voice gradually disappeared outside the hall. Shen Yu's face was so gloomy that it seemed that water could drip out. He glanced at the civil and military officials present, "My dear ministers, I hope you can learn from him and not do anything that will let down the court." "Your Majesty is wise, and we will obey your majesty's will." The civil and military officials knelt down and shouted in unison. Shen Yu's face eased a little, "Okay, let's stop here today and adjourn." "Long live your majesty." The civil and military officials knelt down and shouted long live. Shen Yu stood up and slowly left the hall with the careful support of the eunuchs. The old minister was roughly escorted by the guards and staggered into the palace hall. His face was as pale as paper, his eyes were full of despair and helplessness, and he seemed to have lost his soul. Emperor Shen Yu sat high on the magnificent dragon throne, his eyes were like two sharp swords shooting at him coldly. "Do you know your crime?" Shen Yu's voice was like thunder, booming in the empty hall, and the echo lingered. The old minister hung his head, his lips tightly closed, and remained silent. "Hmph, you still dare to quibble!" Shen Yu slammed the table, shaking the pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. "You secretly colluded with the enemy country and attempted to overthrow my court. This is a crime of treason!" The old minister's body trembled slightly involuntarily, but he still stiffened his neck and said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, someone is deliberately framing me. I am loyal to the court and have no second thoughts." Shen Yu smiled coldly, and that smile was like frost in winter. "Do you think I don't have evidence?" After saying that, he waved his hand, and a eunuch with a low brow and a pleasant look came over hurriedly with an exquisite brocade box. When he opened the brocade box, there was a wrinkled letter inside. "This is the correspondence between you and the enemy country. What else do you have to say?" Shen Yu's voice was as cold as ice. The old minister's face turned pale instantly, and his lips trembled more and more. "This... This is a forgery. Your Majesty, you must not believe it." Shen Yu's eyes slowly swept over the civil and military officials present, "My dear ministers, please take a look at this letter and see how he colluded with the enemy country and attempted to overthrow the court." The civil and military officials came forward and circulated the letter. They all showed shock on their faces, whispering to each other and accusing the old minister of his crimes. "Your Majesty, I am innocent. Someone is framing me." The old minister shouted at the top of his lungs. "Your Majesty, I am innocent, I am innocent..." The old minister was dragged away by the guards roughly, and his cries gradually disappeared outside the hall. Shen Yu's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out. He looked around at the civil and military officials present, "My dear ministers, I hope you can learn from him and never do anything to let down the court." Shen Yu stood up and slowly left the hall with the eunuch's careful support. In the face of solid evidence, the old minister finally collapsed, pleaded guilty in court, and revealed part of the unfinished conspiracy in an attempt to exchange for forgiveness. Seeing that the important minister he once trusted was now a prisoner, Shen Yu felt mixed emotions in his heart, but the law did not allow for personal feelings. He ordered severe punishment and also carried out a thorough cleansing of the court. Behind the dark and damp iron window, the old minister's tears rolled down like a broken dam. His eyes were dull, and memories came like a tide. The glory and grace of the past intertwined in his heart, and the emotion of regret almost swallowed him. Thinking back to the past, he was a close minister of the court, deeply trusted and valued by the emperor, and he was in the limelight in the court. However, greedy desires eroded his soul like a demon. In order to fill the endless gulf of selfish desires, he was obsessed with colluding with the enemy country in an attempt to overthrow the stable court. He thought his conspiracy was flawless, but he never expected that it would be discovered by the wise emperor in the end. "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong..." The old minister muttered to himself, his voice hoarse and trembling, full of endless regret and despair. Shen Yu stood with his hands behind his back, standing outside the cell, looking at the old minister with complicated eyes, with mixed feelings in his heart. Once, he trusted the person in front of him so much and regarded him as his confidant, but he did not expect to be betrayed like this. "Your Majesty, I deserve to die, please forgive me." The old minister fell to the ground, his forehead hit the hard ground heavily, again and again, with a dull sound. Shen Yu sighed, "Do you know you are wrong?" The old minister nodded repeatedly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been blinded by power, and I shouldn't have colluded with the enemy to try to overthrow the court." Shen Yu's eyes gradually softened, "It's good that you know you are wrong. I can give you a chance to make meritorious service while guilty." The old minister's face instantly showed a hint of surprise, as if he saw a ray of light in the darkness, "Your Majesty, are you really willing to give me a chance?" Shen Yu nodded slightly, "I can give you a chance to make meritorious service while guilty, but you must atone for your sins." The old minister nodded continuously, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely atone for my sins." Shen Yu patted the old minister on the shoulder, "Okay, I believe you." Ning Yao and Shen Yu had a closer relationship after the incident. They knew that this victory was only temporary, and there were more challenges waiting for them on the road ahead. After the old minister was imprisoned in the dark and damp iron window, tears rolled down like a broken dam. The glory and grace of the past intertwined in his heart. He pounded the ground in pain, and the regret almost swallowed him. He knew that the temptation of power was like the whisper of the devil, which made him lose himself until now he was in prison, but it was too late. He knew that the crime he committed was intolerable and could not be forgiven. He could only repent alone in this small cell, day after day, night after night. After experiencing this incident, Ning Yao and Shen Yu became closer. They clearly understood that this hard-won victory was only a short-lived peace, and the road ahead would be full of thorns, and there would be more unknown challenges waiting for them. They depended on each other, worked hand in hand, thought in one direction, and worked in one direction, preparing for the coming storm together. Just when everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief and take a breath, an urgent report from the border was like a thunder, suddenly breaking this short-lived calm. A new crisis appeared in the border area, and the tense situation seemed to foreshadow the coming of a bigger storm.