Chapter 26: Slap Her in the Face for Me
It was a very ordinary green canvas carriage.
Mrs. Qin asked, "Han, what are you looking at?"
Shen Xinghan withdrew his gaze, thinking to himself that perhaps it was just passersby finding it novel to see the Crown Princess Consort entering the Government Office’s prison, thus sparing them a couple of glances.
He said, "Nothing. Xi’er, you’ve committed a serious mistake this time. When you return to the palace, you must voluntarily forfeit your salary and request self-confinement; only then can we silence the censors."
"Big Brother always bullies his own family!" Shen Yunxi pouted in discontent. "If it weren’t for that dog, Cui Ji, disregarding rank and dragging me into the Government Office, none of this mess would’ve happened! I don’t even know where he discovered that I was the mastermind behind this. That man doesn’t take me or Shen Guogong Mansion seriously at all. Big Brother, you must find a way to kill him and avenge me!"
Cui Ji...
Shen Xinghan thought of this man, his eyes deepening.
Cui Ji was last year’s third-place scholar and greatly favored by the Holy Emperor, who specifically kept him in the Capital to serve as an official.
His first position was as Minister of the Ministry of Justice, a post with substantial authority.
All civil and military officials could see that the Holy Emperor was grooming Cui Ji.