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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

Hearing his words, Shen Ninghua wasn't too surprised. The Zhao Family had pushed the issue with the prescription onto the Shen Family, but everyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on. From Baili Qingyuan's attitude, it could be seen that the Emperor had always been angry at the Zhao Family. It would be strange if the Crown Prince was still unmoved.

Shen Ninghua nodded, "I know."

Chu Junyi smiled at her. "The second prince isn't that easy to get along with. Pay more attention."

"Yes, it's the same for you. The Xiao Clan can be considered to have achieved nothing this time. However, you must be careful not to enrage others."

"Thank you for your concern, Ning Hua."

Shen Ninghua glanced at his smiling face and slightly frowned as if she was not used to it, "Your original appearance is more pleasing to the eye."

Chu Junyi stroked her cheek, her smile deepening. "Does that mean I'm much better off than the Second Prince? At the very least, I can use my looks to please you."

Seeing that he was starting to become naughty, Shen Ninghua ignored her and walked towards the Western Palace. After walking for a short distance, he saw two humble palace maids waiting at the same place. When they saw her, they immediately knelt and greeted her, "Greetings, Your Highness. The Crown Prince has ordered two servants to wait here to guide the princess."

"No need, I can go back by myself." Leading the way for her, was probably just to see if she was drunk or not. Originally, he thought that Baili JinChuan was the most straightforward person who should be easy to get along with.

The citizens were happy with the return of Baili JinChuan's group from the disaster relief operation, but worried about the princes and the officials in the other teams. When it came to the day of rewards and punishments, the situation was reversed.

Outside the palace, the commoners were worried that the Second Prince and Shen Ninghua would be punished, but many officials were happy to see that happen.

Shen Dong, Shen Ling Han and their group were imprisoned for more than a month before coming out of the Sky Prison. They felt like they had seen the light of day again.

Mrs Zhao was even more anxious. Because she was pregnant, she was placed under house arrest in a remote palace. Every day, there was only one eunuch delivering some food to her. However, she couldn't eat a single bit. Coupled with her pregnancy reaction, it had caused her to suffer for over a month. When she saw Shen Ling Han being escorted over by the guards, she really wanted to jump onto her:

"Han'er?"

Shen Ling Han raised her head and saw the look of shock in Mrs Zhao's eyes, "Mother, your daughter has suffered a lot."

"Han'er, don't worry. Your sister will definitely save us."

Shen Ling Han nodded her head, but a strange light flashed in her lowered eyes as she smiled coldly, "Shen Ninghua, don't think that you can escape unscathed today."

Along with the quiet whip resounding throughout the palace, the attendant's loud and resonant voice resounded. "The Emperor has arrived."

"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor."

He looked down at the four rows of officials in the hall and said, "You should be clear about the main points of today's events. All you need to do is to reward Hundred Miles Jin Chuan, Shen Ning Hua and Xiao Jing Ran. If you have any objections, take it out and tell me. "

The hall was completely silent. None of the officials wanted to be the first one to take the lead.

After a long while, Chen Ying took the initiative to step forward. "Reporting to your majesty, in this humble subject's opinion, His Highness' means of relief for the calamity this time around were very courageous. His majesty's means of dealing with the plague and the calamity that befell upon our nation were not too harsh, but the urgency of the matter and the power to follow it is understandable.

As soon as his words fell, someone jumped out to object, "Sir Chen's words are wrong. His Imperial Highness the Second Prince has followed the orders of the Emperor to provide relief, so it is only right for him to complete the mission. However, he was in a hurry to succeed. He had actually killed thirty-two young officials of Jiangnan without reporting to the emperor, including some third rank officials of the imperial court. His actions are already against the conspiracy, and he's really bold and presumptuous.

"Your Majesty, this subject agrees with Sir Chen's view."

"The Second Prince is conspiring against us and deserves to be heavily punished."

"Your Majesty …"

It was as if a ladle of hot oil had been poured over the hall, and the noise reverberated to the heavens.

He waited until an hour later, the officials were sweating profusely. Then, he said, "Since you guys are unable to come up with a plan, then bring everyone involved here. Today, I will come here to properly end this matter."

The crowd unconsciously quieted down and gathered at the entrance. Second prince, Xiao family, Shen family, Zhao family … Anyone involved was called into the main hall.

After everyone had finished bowing, Baili Qingfeng called out to them, "I believe you all also know what's going on today. Let's talk about it together. We would like to hear what you all have to say."

Hearing this, Baili JinChuan immediately kneeled on the ground, "Father, this son is guilty, please punish me."

"What are you guilty of?" Baili Qingfeng had a serious look in his eyes as he spoke with an indiscernible tone of voice.

The attendant handed over the book. Baili Qingfeng opened it and took a look. His face instantly darkened, "Are you speaking the truth?"

"Reporting to royal father, this son's words are true. If you do not believe me, you can send officials to investigate."

Baili Qing Cang held onto the book tightly, and swept his gaze across the officials in the hall, "We will naturally investigate. Before we get to the bottom of this, you should close your doors and think about it."

"Yes, royal father." Baili JinChuan was overjoyed. That booklet recorded the evidence of Jiang Nan's corruption that he had sent people to investigate. As long as the emperor was willing to investigate, then he would be safe and sound.

A vicious light flashed across Baili Jinze's eyes. Father only let Baili Jinchuan think about it? He did not want to see his second imperial brother escape death so easily. He wanted to use his gaze to look at Left Censor-in-Chief, and slightly signal to him.

The Left Censorate, Xu Feng, immediately stood up and said tearfully,

"Your Majesty, it is not reasonable to do this. The Second Prince innocently killed an imperial court official and completely trampled on the laws of the Great An Dynasty, isn't this a joke for the people of the world? As an official, how can this humble subject watch such a thing happen?" Your Majesty, it is illogical for the Second Prince to kill an imperial court official and completely trample over the laws of the Great An Dynasty.

Baili Qingfeng frowned as a trace of anger flashed through his heart. This Xu Feng was actually forcing him to do so.

Under Xu Feng's lead, many officials who received the hints kneeled on the ground and requested for Baili Qingfeng to retract his order.

The officials who were secretly supporting the second prince were extremely anxious. Unfortunately, their numbers were small and they did not have the advantage.

The great hall suddenly became quiet. The crowd looked towards Shen Ninghua, who was laughing out loud.

The Left Censor-in-Chief shouted in a stern voice, "Princess Ningxia is too disrespectful. How dare she be so impudent in the great hall!"

Shen Ninghua had a smile on his face as he stepped forward and bowed to Baili Qingfeng, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Ninghua just couldn't hold it in for a while."

The expression on Baili Qingfeng's face slowed down. He knew that she must have something to say, so he straightforwardly handed her the stairs, "Why are you laughing?" Shen Ninghua raised his eyes to look at the Left Censorate's Xu Feng and asked, "Sir Xu, I'm quite curious, what is your official rank?"

Xu Feng looked at her with disdain. "I am a government official who has gone from third rank to third rank."

"Oh, so you're a third rank Censor. Sorry for the disrespect." A look of realization appeared on Shen Ninghua's face. "I thought you were the one with the highest rank in the main hall."

Xu Feng was flustered and his expression changed, "Princess, what do you mean by this?"

"I don't mean anything either. I just saw Sir Xu call the prefecture lord 'second prince' and even threaten the emperor to retract his decree. He even threatened to force the emperor to punish his own son with death. His grandeur really covers up everyone in the hall."

Xu Feng was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Reporting to your majesty, this humble subject was just too agitated. Please forgive me, your majesty."

Shen Ninghua looked at him coldly and said, "Sir Xu, there's no need to panic. Although you openly contradict the emperor's decree and are disrespectful to the prefecture lord, in the end, it's all good intentions. There are quite a few lords in this hall who are just as kind as you are?" As she spoke, her gaze swept across the officials who had just agreed with Xu Xin.

Quite a number of undetermined officials immediately avoided Shen Ninghua's gaze.

Now that the situation had been messed up, the Third Prince was unwilling to give up, "Ning Hua, you're just a girl. You shouldn't interfere in matters between officials and the Imperial court like this."

Shen Ninghua restrained her smile and said, "Your Highness is right. Your majesty, please forgive us."

The Third Prince felt disdain in his heart. No matter how eloquent he was, he was still a woman. No matter how high his position was, this woman was not someone he could dictate to!

Baili Qing Cang narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across the complacent Third Prince, "It was I who spoke earlier. What do you think?"

The Third Prince was stunned for a moment, then quickly kneeled down and begged for forgiveness, "Royal Father, please forgive us."

Baili Qingfeng did not cry out, allowing him to kneel. He turned his head and looked at Xu Feng and the rest, "I had the Second Prince close his doors and think. Who else disagrees?"

If he disagreed, it would be a public rebuttal of the imperial edict. If he advised too much, it would be a threat to the emperor. With Shen Ninghua's words paving the way, who would dare to say another word?

Even though he knew that Shen Ninghua wasn't speaking up for his sake, Baili JinChuan still couldn't help but feel excited. The more he came into contact with Shen Ninghua, the more he couldn't control his heart.

Since they could not get any benefits from the Second Prince, everyone turned to look at Shen Dong. The Second Prince was the Emperor's blood and bone, and they had their reservations, but the Shen family was different.

Baili Qingfeng said, "Since the matter with the Second Prince has been resolved, let's talk about Shen Ninghua. Does anyone have any opinions on this matter?"

Chen Jun stepped forward. "Your Majesty, Princess Ninghua made a great contribution to the relief effort this time. This subject wishes to reward you handsomely."

"I second that." Both the imperial physician and Xiao Jingran, who had gone to relieve the disaster, agreed.

Baili Qingfeng nodded his head in satisfaction, "Ninghua, you helped to develop the prescription first, and then performed exceptionally well in the disaster relief process. What do you want?"

Shen Ninghua looked at Shen Dong, meeting his eager gaze.

Shen Dong didn't expect that one day the safety of the Shen family would be entrusted to his most unhappy daughter.

Shen Ninghua turned around and said, "Reporting to your majesty, there's nothing that Ning Hua wants."

Shen Dong's eyes widened, the bloodshot in his eyes was especially frightening. Why didn't she plead with the emperor to spare the Shen family? Could it be that she wanted to helplessly watch as the Shen family was destroyed?