After the replacement of the delicate imperial concubine, my emperor will never come to court again

Chapter 417: Ren's Mother's Identity Revealed
Upon hearing this, Concubine Qi's mother nodded with a determined look on her face, and said confidently, "Of course! Now that your father controls the military power and works hard outside, the position of queen will naturally belong to our family!"

On the third day, the ministers heard the news and began to discuss it.

In particular, the people from the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court were the most noisy, and they agreed to submit a petition to the court to thoroughly investigate the execution of the Ren family.

The prime minister made arrangements outside and ensured that Shen Yanzhi must make a decision on this matter today.

Shen Yanzhi was reading the letter sent back by Jia Bin. He was preparing to go to court today when Xiao Wu came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Luo from the Censorate sent a message."

"explain."

"Lord Luo said that we cannot attend court today."

Shen Yanzhi received Jia Bin's letter. Now that Jia Bin had arrived in Jiangnan, local officials and wealthy businessmen lined up to entertain him. Jia Bin attended one banquet every day and had too many to attend.

This is of course the local people's tactic of using courtesy before force.

As long as Jia Bin showed a greedy look, they would bribe him immediately, and the matter of smuggling salt could be reduced to a small matter or nothing at all.

Even if Jia Bin secretly sent people to investigate, it would be difficult to move forward. The people here seemed to be very scared, and ordinary people were unwilling to say a word.

Shen Yanzhi was in a bad mood. After hearing this message, he raised his head and asked, "What's the matter again?"

"All the details should be in this memorial."

Shen Yanzhi stretched out his hand and Xiaowu quickly handed it over.

Shen Yanzhi just took a glance and threw Zhou Zhe on the table.

"Let Luo Wei investigate and see where it came from!"

Xiaowu bowed and left.

Shen Yanzhi stood up and returned to the back hall of the imperial study and went down through the secret passage.

Defei was supposed to leave with Imperial Physician Xie and Chu Shu, but as luck would have it, Defei gave birth prematurely.

It's impossible to give birth on the road, so Concubine De is still staying in the secret passage.

Shen Yanzhi went to visit Concubine De, who was holding her daughter and rocking her to sleep.

"How is it?"

Shen Yanzhi asked while standing at the door. When Concubine De heard the question, she slowly turned her head and shook her head.

Shen Yanzhi sat down and waited.

When the child fell asleep, Concubine De put the child down and walked to the door, smiling softly: "Love to sleep."

Shen Yanzhi nodded and glanced at the child.

Concubine De also turned around and looked at the child gently.

"Before I gave birth to her, I was thinking about how to fight for her in the future. Now that she is born, I have no more thoughts. I just want her to be safe and happy. Your Majesty, I can stay down there forever, but please take my child out."

Shen Yanzhi nodded after hearing this. Perhaps because of living underground, the child was always in poor health.

"That's what I came here for."

When Concubine De heard this, she immediately asked nervously, "Can the child go out now?"

Shen Yanzhi nodded: "But this matter will take a few days. Wait for me in a few days, and I will send you and the child out together."

Upon hearing this, Concubine De knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty has been very kind to Concubine Xian and me in the past. I didn't understand it at the time, but it's not too late to understand it now."

Shen Yanzhi reached out and helped Concubine De up: "Don't mention the past. Get ready. You can leave at any time."

Defei nodded, watched Shen Yanzhi leave, and immediately returned to the bedside, looking at the sleeping baby, and smiled with tears in her eyes, "Okay, you can go out and see the sun soon. Light is the most beautiful thing in the world, and you will like it."

After Shen Yanzhi came up, he heard Xiaowu in the outer hall blocking the ministers from coming in. Shen Yanzhi went down to the secret passage and went out from another exit.

When they arrived at Yikun Palace, Ren Yuhuan was reading a book. He was startled to see Shen Yanzhi coming in alone.

"Your Majesty, why did you come here alone? Where are the guards? Where is Xiaowu?"

Shen Yanzhi waved his hand and sat down, and Ren Yuhuan immediately served him tea.

"Your mother's affair was exposed, and the ministers of the previous dynasty hoped that I would eliminate the remnants of the evil, so I hid away and did not even attend the morning court."

Ren Yuhuan felt as if her heartstrings had broken when she heard this. She immediately knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty, when they say eradicating the remaining evildoers, do they mean I am included in the list?"

Shen Yanzhi stretched out his hands to help Ren Yuhuan up, and pulled her to sit on the soft couch.

"I know their tricks well, and I will not let them succeed."

"only--"

Ren Yuhuan bit her lip and said reluctantly, "But my mother can no longer stay in the palace, right?"

Shen Yanzhi nodded.

"Exactly."

Ren Yuhuan knew that if the Queen Mother caught on to this matter, it would be too easy for her to make a fuss about it.

In addition, Ren's mother was very afraid of the Queen Mother and would definitely not allow her to be examined by her.

Ren Yuhuan knew in his heart that the Queen Mother was still investigating his mother, so it might not be a bad thing for her to go out. Besides, his mother seemed willing to go out too.

However, Ren Yuhuan did not agree immediately.

Instead, he sat down on the ground, silently weeping, and acted completely sad and helpless.

Seeing this, Shen Yanzhi felt very distressed and pulled Ren Yuhuan into his arms.

"I promise you, when I have solved all the problems in the future, I will definitely let your mother come back to the palace to accompany you!"

Ren Yuhuan followed up on this promise, nodded, and hugged Shen Yanzhi back: "I believe in your majesty!"

Shen Yanzhi felt a little better and pulled Ren Yuhuan to the back hall, where he told her about Concubine De.

Ren Yuhuan heard this and immediately said, "Your Majesty, do you want to take Concubine De and her daughter out of the palace when you send my mother out of the palace?"

Shen Yanzhi nodded: "I think this is probably the only chance at the moment. The child is living in the tunnel and is in very poor health. I can't take the imperial physician down to check on him."

Ren Yuhuan heard this and for the sake of the child's safety, he immediately said, "Since the matter has been settled, Your Majesty can send my mother out of the palace today to avoid any more trouble!"

While everyone is still here and the officials of the previous dynasty have not seen His Majesty, they will execute him first and report to His Majesty later.

When Ren's mother left the palace, the cause of everything was gone. How to trace it back?

Shen Yanzhi heard this, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon. He held Ren Yuhuan's hand with a distressed look and said, "I originally wanted you to spend a few days with mother. Now that you said so, I will arrange it right away."

Ren Yuhuan nodded, leaned on Shen Yanzhi's shoulder and shed tears, "Your Majesty can't stay away from court forever. The longer my mother stays in the palace, the more crisis there will be."

Shen Yanzhi immediately called Xiaowu to make arrangements.

"No mistakes allowed!"

After hearing this, Xiao Wu glanced at Ren Yuhuan and immediately went downstairs to make arrangements.

"Your Majesty, leaving the palace like this in public will easily give people a chance to talk about you."

"I remember that today is the day for the palace to buy vegetables. Your Majesty, please increase the purchase and send a carriage out of the city tonight."

Shen Yanzhi smiled and said, "My beloved concubine and I have the same idea. I have arranged a purchasing team. For today, I have arranged several purchasing teams. Let your mother and Concubine De and her daughter go separately so that they are not easily discovered."