Shocking! The Crown Prince and the Grand Tutor Got Together! – Chapter 02

Chapter 2 I’m Going Too

Han Zitang was a close friend and classmate of Shen Zhejiang, and served as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. They were very close friends in private and behaved intimately. Those who didn’t know would think that they had been having an affair.

Therefore, Xiao Zhinian was particularly unhappy with them staying together, and he had to follow them no matter how hard he tried.

“I am going too.”

Shen Zhejiang pursed his lips and said, “I am meeting a friend, and it would be beneath your dignity if Your Highness went with me. It is getting late, so I will take my leave first.”

He walked quickly towards the door.

Xiao Zhinian followed his pace, folded his hands and rested them on the back of his head, and said leisurely: “Wherever you go, sir, I will go there too. I have nothing to do anyway.”

He had to follow him closely.

At last, he muttered sourly: “I want to see if there is anything you say that I cannot bear to hear?”

But at this moment, Shen Zhejiang suddenly stopped, his eyes flashed with an ambiguous complexity, and he was a little impatient.

“Your Highness, why do you have to interfere in my affairs?”

Xiao Zhinian was stunned for a moment. Shen Zhejiang had never spoken to him in such a tone.

Just like this moment of distraction, Chen Zhejiang had already drifted away on his own, without stopping for him.

Ah…

why did he feel that the gentleman was more impatient than usual?

-In

the carriage, Shen Zhejiang sat on the edge with his eyes closed to rest, the bustling shouts outside continued to pour into his ears, like the buzzing of the tide.

There was a voice that was extremely clear.

“I have already investigated for you the injustice suffered by the Shen family. There are many people talking about it. You can choose a day to come to my house and I will tell you in detail.”

Shen Zhejiang opened his eyes.

The darkness dissipated.

After ten years, he was finally able to clear the Shen family’s grievances.

The bloody scenes of those years are still vivid in his mind. The Shen family was ransacked, his father died tragically in prison, his mother died suddenly on the way to exile, and there were more than a hundred people in his family, but no one survived except him.

I have been carrying the label of a descendant of a traitor and have been living in such a miserable state until now.

The goal is to let this case see the light of day one day and tell the world that their Shen family is not criminals of the court.

He had waited too long for this day.

“Dad, Mom, I can finally vindicate the Shen family for you,” Shen Zhejiang muttered to himself with a dry throat, “I will be able to reunite with you soon, wait for me.”

Xiao Zhinian involuntarily emerged in his mind. The boy, who had not yet fully grown up, still had a gentle face, but already had signs of gradually becoming firm. He always had the habit of chasing after him, shouting “Sir” one after another.

My heart trembled slightly.

In fact, he had always known that Xiao Zhinian’s feelings for him were too passionate and too obvious for him to ignore.

However, he warned himself that it was impossible to be with Xiao Zhinian.

Not to mention the huge age difference, Xiao Zhinian is in the prime of his youth, while he is almost thirty years old, and has a very different attitude towards love matters.

No matter how excited you are, you can’t be impulsive.

Moreover, Xiao Zhinian was the crown prince, and he would succeed the Dayan Dynasty in the future. As the king of a country, the ministers in the court would never allow him to marry a man against etiquette and customs.

“Sir, we’re here.”

Shen Zhejiang suddenly came back to his senses, realized that he was daydreaming again, and mocked himself.

He has more important things to do.

After getting off the carriage, without waiting for the message, Shen Zhejiang hurried to the study room of the Han Mansion.

At that time, Han Zitang was puzzled by a case file. When the door was pushed open and he saw the person coming, his frown finally relaxed.

“You’re here. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.” Shen

Zhejiang was very anxious and asked straight to the point, “How did the Shen family get involved in the palace party dispute back then?”

Han Zitang asked him to sit down and sighed, “Your father was indeed involved in the power usurpation and rebellion planned by Prince Shen. Your father was involved in the Yingwu Gate Incident. I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

“…Impossible.”

Han Zitang had guessed that he would not believe it, and he took out an envelope hidden at the bottom of the pile of case files and handed it to him, “The one in your hand is the news I got from a small soldier who deserted from the battlefield under Prince Shen’s former subordinates. You can read it for yourself.” Shen

Zhejiang opened the envelope with trembling hands, took out a thick stack of papers inside, read it quickly, and then ground and swallowed each word carefully in disbelief.

The above content is nothing more than how Shen’s father colluded with King Shen and how he opened the palace gate, cooperating inside and outside, waiting for King Shen to attack the city.

One by one, every detail.

Chen Zhejiang felt as if his boiling blood had frozen into ice in an instant. Ten years of waiting and entanglement had resulted in an illusion that was completely shattered.

“How is it possible…”

“The person is gone, it’s time to let it go.”

Han Zitang knew that Shen Zhejiang had not lived a comfortable life in recent years. The knot in his heart was getting tighter and tighter, torturing him to the point of emaciating his body. He saw it with his own eyes, but didn’t know how to start persuading him.

Shen Zhejiang slowly tightened his finger joints, creating countless tiny wrinkles on the paper. He took a deep breath and stuffed it back into the envelope.

He lowered his eyes and said, “I will personally investigate what is said in the letter. No need to say more.”

Han Zitang asked in return, “Don’t you believe me?” Shen

Zhejiang shook his head and inadvertently looked up at the window. Coincidentally, at this moment, a returning black swallow flew past, making the window rustle.

A low and sad voice echoed in the study.

“Zitang, I don’t disbelieve you, but… I believe in my father’s character. He would never do such a treasonous thing. Someone must have interfered.” Shen Zhejiang put the envelope into his sleeve, straightened his collar, stood up and said to Han Zitang, “Anyway, this matter has been able to make some progress because of your help. I owe you a favor, and I, Shen Zhejiang, will repay you in the future.”

Han Zitang suddenly stood up, and the case file beside him fell to the ground with a bang. He ignored it and called out to Shen Zhejiang who was walking away with his back turned: “How long are you going to be stubborn? Knowing that His Majesty is watching you covetously, why do you keep taking risks?” Shen Zhejiang

caught the key point in his words and asked with a sidelong glance: “How did His Majesty realize that you were overturning the case?”

“My identity is sensitive to you. Your every move is under the surveillance of His Majesty, so am I?” Han Zitang stood one step behind Shen Zhejiang, his fingertips moved at his side but never raised them, “Please do me a favor and let’s put this case aside.”

The clues were interrupted many times, and accidents often happened at the most critical moment. Who would believe that there was no one secretly driving them?

Han Zitang is well aware of the intrigues in officialdom. Who else but the current emperor could stop the Shen family from changing their confession?

Yan Dynasty is the world of the Xiao family. How can Chen Zhejiang, with his mere three feet tall body, compete with them?

Shen Zhejiang understood the truth, but how could he give up so easily when his relatives died in vain? He was as stubborn as usual: “I have my own considerations, no need to persuade me, I will take care of the rest myself.”

“Shen Zhejiang!”

Han Zitang raised his voice.

Chen Zhejiang turned his head and said, “The same thing, Zitang, thank you.”

After leaving Han’s house, Chen Zhejiang did not take the carriage back home. The ice and snow melted, and pedestrians came and went on the road. He walked while thinking absentmindedly about where to start the investigation.

The crowds were crowded.

Shen Zhejiang suddenly felt someone pushing him hard from behind, and he staggered and fell to the side.

“Someone fell into the water! Save him!”