Xie Li stared at him, then lowered his head and chuckled after a while, and his tone softened a bit, "I admire your honesty."
Shen Ji chuckled, modestly and gently, bending slightly and pressing the wound with his fingertips, "The fourth prince has a deep mind. If he doesn't take this step, he won't treat us sincerely."
When Xie Li heard this, he just sighed softly, "If the basic trust is not there, how can we talk about loyalty?"
"This matter needs to be done slowly." Shen Ji spoke slowly and comforted in a low voice, "The superiors are all suspicious. We have only been together for a short time, so it is normal for him to be like this."
Xie Li turned around, his eyebrows lowered, and he didn't answer again.
"The fourth prince must have seen the mystery of the arrow tail, and the next thing will naturally fall into place." Shen Ji bent his uninjured arm and cupped Xie Li with a gentle smile, "Speaking of which, we can be regarded as mutual friends. To take advantage, you don’t need to be pretentious.”
"Calm down your mentality and don't seek a response to everything. Remember, you are assisting you."
Xie Li nodded, with an indifferent expression, "The king and his ministers are different and have different thoughts. Of course I know that... I am afraid that my husband and I will be connected heart to heart, and your husband will play tricks with me."
Shen Ji couldn't help laughing, with a warm smile on his lips, "Do your part, and don't worry about the rest."
The door to the other courtyard was closed again, and no one knew what had just happened here.
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Yikun Palace
Queen Zhu was dressed plainly and elegantly, without a hairpin or a beaded crown on her head. She sat in front of the desk and fiddled with the ashes in the stove.
"The Queen." Aunt Chang walked in quickly with a smile on her face, "The Fourth Prince is here to see you."
"Chen'er?" Queen Zhu's hand holding the incense chopsticks paused, and she instantly raised her smile, "Let him come in quickly."
"yes."
Grandma Chang stepped back with a smile, and after a moment, she led the pale-faced Yuan Chen into the hall.
"My son, I have seen my mother." Yuan Chen knelt down and called in a deep voice.
"Get up." Empress Zhu put the incense chopsticks on the table, with a faint smile on her face, and looked at Yuan Chen with loving eyes, "It's not the time to say hello, why do you have the time to come to the Queen Mother?"
Queen Zhu asked him to stand up, but Yuan Chen remained motionless, still kneeling on the ground with a pale face. He looked up and whispered, "Empress... I have something to report to you."
Sensing something was wrong with him, Queen Zhu's smile softened a little, and she subconsciously looked at Aunt Chang standing aside.
Grandma Chang understood this and sent away all the eunuchs and maids serving in the palace, leaving only her and Lin Sheng serving in the house.
"What do you have to say?" Queen Zhu frowned, looked down at Yuan Chen, and asked in a low voice.
Yuan Chen lowered his head slightly, stared at the ground, and said calmly, "My son was attacked today and almost killed."
"Attack?"
When Queen Zhu heard this, she subconsciously squeezed the handle of the chair, her eyebrows twisted into a tight knot.
Next to them, Grandma Chang and Lin Sheng looked at each other with surprise.
"Do you know who shot you?"
Looking at Yuan Chen's expression, Queen Zhu's face completely darkened.
Yuan Chen has always been her proudest son, but now that someone wants to harm him, Queen Zhu naturally refuses to agree.
Yuan Chen's eyes moved, but he hesitated to speak, "I already have a suspicion in my mind, but..."
"But what?" Queen Zhu frowned and lowered her voice, "You can just say it, but since they have taken action against you, no matter who it is, the Queen Mother will not let it go."
Yuan Chen gritted his molar teeth and said lightly, "The tail of that arrow has scriptures engraved on it."
As soon as these words came out, Queen Zhu's face instantly lost all color, she looked at Yuan Chen helplessly, and murmured, "Scripture...you mean..."
Yuan Chen nodded slightly, a dark light flashed in his eyes, "My son and I have compared it, and it is indeed the arrow commonly used by my father."
Queen Zhu's expression changed again and again, and she couldn't calm down for a while, "How... is this possible?"
"Why not? There is nothing he can't do!" Yuan Chen raised his head slightly, his eyes met the Queen Zhu who was above him, and said in a deep voice, "Today's arrow was aimed at my heart. If it weren't for Mr. Shen, Risking one's life to save others, I'm afraid..."
"But... you are the emperor's biological son, and the direct descendant of the middle palace..."
"Mother!" Yuan Chen stood up angrily and looked directly at the woman above him. "Early when he doubted these sons because of a few words of a charlatan, I was already suspicious."
"Now... you are so determined to test like this!" Yuan Chen smiled bitterly, with indescribable disappointment in his eyes, "If you can't even trust your own son, why bother giving birth to us..."
Queen Zhu opened her mouth, wanting to comfort her, but she didn't know where to start.
After all, she watched with her own eyes when Sui Yin caused trouble in the court.
"Mother, my son had a lucky escape today, but in the future...will he escape again and again?"
Yuan Chen's words were like a sharp sword, piercing straight into Queen Zhu's heart, making her already pale face become even more livid.
Queen Zhu held her forehead, a trace of determination appeared in her eyes, "Then what do you want?"
Yuan Chen pursed his thin lips and only said, "If there is a next time, I won't bear it anymore."
After saying this, Yuan Chen turned and left, leaving only Queen Zhu and the two old servants beside her.
"The Queen..." Looking at Queen Zhu's vicissitudes of life, Grandma Chang felt extremely distressed, "You must take care of yourself..."
Queen Zhu let out a long sigh, slowly tightened her fingertips, and said in a bored tone, "Being born in this imperial family, I have seen too many scandalous things. Even if Chen'er doesn't fight for it, he can still be suspected by his own father..."
Queen Zhu smiled bitterly and said with regret, "This palace is really dirty."
"Empress, do you have any next plans?" Lin Sheng bent down and waited beside her, asking in a low voice.
"What other plans are there?" Queen Zhu's face was cold and her voice seemed to be frozen, "No matter what Chen'er wants to do, I will protect him."
"I have lost a son. Now, I can no longer sit still and wait for death."
After finishing her words, Queen Zhu looked sideways at Lin Sheng and lowered her voice, "Go and write a letter and deliver it to the Zhu family, saying that I want to see my mother."
"Yes." Lin Sheng agreed, turned and left.
"Queen, don't take it too seriously, it will hurt your body!" Grandma Chang stood behind her, put her hand on her neck, and squeezed it gently.
"Mommy, you have been standing by my side since I was young. I have had no desires and desires for so many years, and now I just want to work hard for my children."
Queen Zhu's face looked slightly tired, as if she had been drained of energy by the news brought by Yuan Chen.
"I know that your Majesty is not wrong." Grandma Chang's eyes were cloudy and tears welled up in her eyes. "My Majesty is so kind that she would..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Chang's thoughts moved. She knelt down beside Queen Zhu and whispered, "Why don't you... try to summon Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Yongcheng to enter the palace?" (End of this chapter)
