Grace Yue's Silent Strength: The Pillar of Henry Yuan's Guar Chapter 232

Luo Wen's case was quickly resolved. Emperor Zhaowu spared Luo Wen's death sentence because of his family's loyalty and military achievements, but sentenced him to five years of corvée labor without pardon. As for Luo Ruoxin's failure to educate his son and manage his subordinates, which led to the theft of the armory, this crime would be settled after the Battle of Taiyuan.

This corvée labor was such a hard job that the pampered Young Master Luo would definitely not be able to endure it. But Emperor Zhaowu probably knew that Shen Hexuan was not easy to deal with, so he played tricks here and did not mention where he would be sent to perform the corvée labor. If he was exiled to a bitter and cold place, he would probably die there for the rest of his life. Leo Yuan almost died in a quarry in the northwest back then. But since he did not say where he was going, it would be fine for him to stay in Taiyuan and perform the corvée labor. In this way, when the storm passed, with Luo Ruoxin's protection, he would be able to hide the truth.

Shen Hexuan was not satisfied with the result, and he knew that the emperor was trying to smooth things over. He could not openly disobey the emperor's will, but he also could not tolerate the matter letting go. He naturally knew what the final result would be if he performed corvee labor under Luo Ruoxin's nose, so he proposed that as a military supervisor, he would personally watch over Luo Wen, who stole military weapons, and obey the emperor's order and not forgive him for a day.

Luo Ruoxin could only watch her son crying and wailing as he did the menial work of ordinary people, being ordered around by the official servants and exhausted every day. She felt distressed and resentful, and hated Shen Hexuan with a vengeance.

The case seemed to be gradually settled, but Luo Ruoxin's dissatisfaction with Shen Hexuan began to intensify. He knew that as long as Shen Hexuan did not leave, he would be constrained and his every move would be under the surveillance of others. Not only could he not save his son, but he even found it difficult to control the troops in Taiyuan. So he began to oppose Shen Hexuan everywhere.