Chapter 006 Punishment
The emperor was about to speak, but Su Qingqing took the lead and said, "I said before that you can come here anytime you want. So, what happened today, I can understand that you came here on your own initiative?"
Shen Ye didn't react to Su Qingqing's meaning for a moment, "Yes."
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "You came here on your own initiative. Why did you come here? Did you come here to see me? Or did you come here to scold me?"
Dou Ziruo panicked and fell to the ground.
The Duke of Zhenguo looked at her viciously.
Shen Ye glanced at Dou Ziruo and knelt there straight. "I am afraid that Your Highness will bully Miss Dou, so I came to Your Highness to make it clear that I like Miss Dou and do not want to marry Your Highness."
After hearing this, Concubine Rou finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Su Qingqing with a gloating look.
You deserve it!
Su Qingqing raised her hands and clapped three times, "So, is this why you call me by my name?"
Shen Ye said calmly, "It was Her Royal Highness the Princess who asked me to call her by her name, not my own will."
The emperor glared angrily.
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "I asked you to marry me before. Why, I asked you to marry me, but you couldn't do it. I asked you to be disrespectful to me, and you happily did it. Is that right?"
Shen Ye...
Now, he didn't know how to answer.
He couldn't answer, so Su Qingqing refused to do it.
"Sir Shen, why don't you answer this? Is this the rule of the Shen family? Do you look down on me or someone else? Why can he choose to execute my words? What's the logic behind this?"
Shen Ze...
Princess Rongyang's question was really tricky.
What's the reason? Of course my son doesn't want to marry you, but you keep pestering him and begging him.
Who can be blamed for this!
Of course you have to blame yourself. If you didn't beg or humble yourself, who forced you?
But the one above is a princess, so he can't say this.
He could only bow his head and say respectfully: "It is my fault that I did not teach my son well."
Su Qingqing said, "You admit that you didn't teach your son well? Well, this palace and my father are kind and will give you a chance to teach your son well. Now, you teach him what it means to distinguish between the superior and the inferior."
Shen Ze...
Startled, he looked towards the emperor.
The emperor said coldly, "I heard that the Shen family has strict rules. I also want to see them for myself."
Shen Ze...
Do you want a spanking?
Shen Ze didn't think that his son was wrong in this matter. It was Princess Rongyang's own fault.
She was a slut herself, and now that she failed to get married, she was so angry and humiliated that she actually asked him to punish her son.
With hatred in his heart, Shen Ze said: "In fact, my son has always loved the princess, but he has a weird personality and doesn't admit it."
Isn't it just for the marriage?
Just agree.
He has always said that since Princess Rongyang wants to get married, just marry her. Keeping her at home will also be beneficial to the Shen family.
But Shen Ye didn't listen.
It's ok now.
Shen Ze thought that saying this was a great favor to Princess Rongyang.
Su Qingqing laughed when she heard this.
Her sudden smile attracted everyone's attention.
The emperor's heart skipped a beat. Oh no! Could it be that his daughter was stimulated by these words and fell in love with Shen Ye again?
Just when the emperor was about to persuade him, Su Qingqing suddenly said to Shen Ze, "He loves me so much that he let Dou Ziruo get pregnant with his child. And he was afraid that I wouldn't know, so he specially let Dou Ziruo come to my house today to tell me, right?"
The Duke of Zhenguo was suddenly shocked and looked at Dou Ziruo in surprise.
"Are you pregnant with Shen Ye's child?"
Dou Ziruo was so frightened that she huddled up into a ball, crying desperately.
Shen Ye couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and straightened his back and said, "Princess, why do you have to interrogate a weak woman? It's because I like Ruoruo and I can't help myself. It has nothing to do with Ruoruo!"
Su Qingqing was waiting for Shen Ye to say this.
After talking for a long time, she felt thirsty.
Lazily yawned, "Father, this time, not only is Shen Ye disrespectful to me, but Lord Shen seems to be deceiving you as well. He just said that Shen Ye loves me. I'm tired and I want to go back to sleep for a while."
How can it be enough to just deal with Shen Ye?
How could Shen Ye dare to do that without the indulgence of the adults in his family!
Even if Shen Ze is not guilty of instigating the incident, he is guilty of condoning it.
Su Qingqing glanced at the astonished Shen Ze, stood up, saluted the emperor, and then went to the bedroom.
He had just taken two steps when he suddenly stopped and glanced at Concubine Rou.
This sight made Concubine Rou tremble with fear.
Su Qingqing smiled faintly, turned around and left.
It's so exciting to have more leverage over others!
As soon as Su Qingqing left, the emperor completely understood that his daughter no longer had any feelings for Shen Ye.
If that’s the case, then it’s easy.
The emperor was too lazy to even interrogate him.
"The crime of deceiving the emperor, Shen Ze, do you have any defense?"
Shen Ze...
What could he say? At this moment, he just wanted to crush his son to death.
This bastard, can't he just coax Princess Rongyang?
"Shen Ze deceived the emperor, his crime is unforgivable. Considering his hard work in government affairs, he will be fined ten years' salary."
ten years!
Shen Ze is already over 40 years old. If he is fined another ten years' salary, wouldn't that mean his entire political career will be in vain?
Moreover, once his salary is fined, he will not be able to accept bribes.
He has no salary but has more money than he can spend. It would be strange if .
Shen Ze had a mouthful of blood in his chest and almost vomited it.
Think about it, Shen Ze was a powerful figure in the officialdom for half his life, but in the end he was betrayed by his son?
"Shen Ye, you are disrespectful to the princess. You will be dismissed and will never be employed again."
After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced at the Duke of Zhenguo and walked away.
Shen Ye fell to the ground with a thud.
What?
Dismissal?
Never hire?
What did he do wrong?
Why should he be dismissed?
Why should I never be hired?
Shen Ze was so angry that he did not spit out blood, but Shen Ye vomited.
The Duke of Zhenguo broke out in a cold sweat and slowly got up.
Dou Ziruo hurried to help the Duke of Zhenguo, but he raised his hand and slapped her in the face, "You are pregnant before marriage, how can you do that!"
Dou Ziruo was nearly knocked down by a slap from the Duke of Zhenguo.
With blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, Dou Ziruo cried, "Father, I'm not really pregnant. It's..."
Dou Ziruo gritted her teeth and pointed at Shen Ye.
Shen Ye has been dismissed from his official position and will never be employed again.
She doesn't want to marry Shen Ye.
She is the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and she has a bright future.
"It was Shen Ye who coaxed me. He asked me to tell the princess this. He said that only in this way would the princess stop pestering her. Father can ask the doctor to check my pulse. I am really not pregnant. I was just... just Shen Ye..."
As she spoke, Dou Ziruo suddenly came up with a plan. She looked up at the Duke of Zhenguo with tears in her eyes.
"Shen Ye said that he had evidence against my father and asked me to cooperate with him. If I didn't, he would hand it over to Your Majesty. I was afraid that Shen Ye would harm my father, so I did this."
Dou Ziruo's words shocked Shen Ye.
When did he ever say such a thing!
