Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 235 It’s My Father, I’m Sorry Your Aunt

"Xiao Feng, since it's already in the past, don't think about it anymore."

Mr. Shen also looked sad.

Concubine Xing said, "Yes, it's in the past, no need to think about it anymore."

After she finished speaking, she smiled with relief and said, "Now that the Xu family has a chance to overturn the verdict, our Shen family should naturally do something to help Xu Yuan."

"Of course." Mr. Shen nodded in agreement, "But the Xu family case has been over for nearly 20 years, and many of the evidence and witnesses are gone. It will be even more difficult to overturn the case."

"There is no evidence, but there are witnesses."

"how do I say this?"

"There are many students in the Xu family, and there were not a few people involved in the case. Therefore, someone counted the officials and students who spoke for the Xu family. This was originally intended to be a petition, but the Xu family case was never carefully examined. The list also changed from a petition to a list of the remnants of the Xu family."

"There is such a thing? How come I don't know about it?"

"I also learned about this matter by chance. After the Xu family was confiscated and exiled, the people on the list, those who were powerful, were executed, and those who held lower positions were demoted and left the capital. As long as we find this list, we will have a witness. As for the evidence... I think Xu Yuan should have some sense in his mind." Concubine Xing spoke carefully.

"I'll keep an eye on this matter, Xiao Feng, just don't worry about it."

"I know. I'll have to trouble you, brother." Concubine Xing nodded.

She was a concubine in the harem, and it was not easy for her to enter and leave the palace.

It would be best if Mr. Shen handles this matter.

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After leaving the pavilion, Shen Yichuan remained silent.

Xu Yuan walked behind Shen Yichuan and wanted to speak several times, but didn't know how to start.

As they were about to reach the men's room, Xu Yuan finally mustered up the courage to say, "Brother Shen, I didn't know that Concubine Xing would come today, let alone that she would introduce me to your father."

Xu Yuan wanted to say that she didn't want the Shen family to be involved, nor did she expect to meet Mr. Shen.

But Concubine Xing was a concubine in the harem. If she hadn't gone to find Concubine Xing, Concubine Xing would have had no idea of ​​her existence.

Xu Yuan didn't know how to explain the complicated reasons.

"I know you really have no intention of doing this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed to stop you. You would have gone to the Shen family to find my father on the first day of your arrival in Beijing."

Shen Yichuan said this and stopped.

He looked at the frozen lake and his tone became calmer: "I'm not angry with you. I'm just angry at myself for acting on my own initiative."

If he had known this day would happen, he should not have withheld the letter in the name of doing good for the Shen family.

But in this world, how can one know it in advance?

Shen Yichuan was the only one who was angry.

Xu Yuan didn't know what to say, so he could only stand quietly beside Shen Yichuan, looking at the frozen lake in front of him like him.

Shen Yichuan said, "The children of the Shen family are the most loyal. Once they decide on someone, they will be together for their whole life, just like my father. After my mother passed away, he never married. It's the same with my aunt. After the Xu family got into trouble, she wanted to shave her head and become a nun countless times. Even when she had to enter the palace, she never forgot your father."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan lowered his eyes and said, "It's my father. I'm sorry, your aunt."

"Actually, there's nothing to be sorry about. My aunt and father both know that under those circumstances, being able to survive was a blessing. The Shen family has no right to blame your father. I just hate myself for knowing that my aunt couldn't let go of the Xu family, but I still chose to hide it from her and not tell her."

Shen Yichuan held the railing, the coldness spread from the palm of his hand to his body, and his voice was also a little cold: "Auntie may hate me too."

"No, Concubine Xing is not someone who cannot tell right from wrong. If it were me, I would make the same choice as you. In this kind of situation, helping is a favor, and not helping is a duty. No one has the right to interfere."

Hearing these words, Shen Yichuan's heart moved slightly.

Few people said this to him anymore.

Everyone told him: You are the eldest son of the Shen family, and the honor and disgrace of the whole family depends on you. You should shoulder the responsibilities on your shoulders. You have enjoyed the fine clothes and delicious food that others have never had, and you cannot escape.

As if suddenly enlightened, Shen Yichuan said, "Thank you."

"Why thank me? I'm just telling the truth."

Xu Yuan lowered his head, looked at the frozen lake, and said, "This is my lifelong responsibility. I should bear it, not you. So, you don't need to blame yourself."

Shen Yichuan nodded.

He withdrew his hand, folded his hands together, felt the coldness of his fingers, and asked, "Is it very cold in Sishui County now?"

Hanzhou is in the north, and the further north you go, the colder the winter gets.

Therefore, it is called "Hanzhou".

The Xu family was exiled to Shuozhou that year. Shen Yichuan didn't know how Xu Yuan's father survived the pursuit of Zhuifengtang. He also didn't know how the young master of the Xu family, who was born with noble character, stayed in Sishui County year after year in such cold weather.

After hearing Shen Yichuan's words, Xu Yuan seemed to have returned to Sishui County.

She said, "Sishui County is in the northernmost part of Hanzhou. It's very cold in September. It snows earlier than in the capital, and it's colder. But once you get used to it, it's not that bad."

"So is your father's leg okay?"

"I don't know." Xuyuan shook his head, "But his legs always hurt on rainy days. They should hurt now too."

"Then do you want to go back?"

"To be honest with you, Brother Shen, since the day I entered the capital, I have never thought about going back."

Shen Yichuan turned around and looked at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan was smiling, with an expression that he couldn't understand.

"I want to overturn the verdict, and I also want to be filial to my parents, but one cannot be so selfish and always think that you can have the best of both worlds."

“It’s really hard to have the best of both worlds.”

Xu Yuan was originally feeling sorry for himself, but after hearing what Shen Yichuan said, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shen, are you also worried about something?"

After saying that, Xu Yuan remembered something and asked, "But do you have a lover?"

When a young person is young, the first thing he thinks about is his future, and the second is love.

Shen Yichuan is already quite old. If other young men of the same age have not married, they will have concubines. Only Shen Yichuan is still single.

In the previous life, I made a wish that I would never know who Shen Yichuan married until I died.

"How can I have a sweetheart? You know that if I were to marry, I would have to weigh countless pros and cons before getting married. Moreover, the Queen Mother took pity on me because I lost my mother at a young age, so she had already ordered that she alone could decide on my marriage."

When making a wish, he couldn't help but think of what Shen Yichuan said: people from the Shen family are loyal.

She asked, "If you can't be with the one you love, are you prepared to live like this for the rest of your life?"

"The future is long, let's take it one step at a time." Shen Yichuan smiled.

He turned around and walked towards the men's room, asking, "What about you? Do you have a girl you like? I heard that the Prime Minister's Mansion seems to be planning to marry Qi Shengzhu to you."

Xu Yuan was about to speak, but suddenly paused and reacted: "Brother Shen, the woman you like, could it be Miss Qi?"

Shen Yichuan paused, turned around and looked at Xu Yuan in surprise: "You..."