Why did he hear that Concubine Shu just meant that... she didn't love the emperor at all, but to avenge the Wu family and to get the emperor to pardon the Wu family?
What if the emperor knew about this?
The entire palace will be blown up.
Jiang Xinyue also had fear on her face, and her hand holding the handkerchief was raised to her chest: "I...I...I just chatted with Sister Rong Bin at the banquet. Her tone was wrong, as if it was about her miscarriage. , I was worried that something might happen to her, so I wanted to follow her, but I was also afraid that I might misunderstand and make people laugh. So I wet my clothes on purpose and followed her. When we got here, we found that Concubine Shu was also there. I just thought that the two sisters would be easier to talk to, so... I planned to wait for them to finish talking before going out... I didn't expect..."
I didn't expect Concubine Shu to say such shocking words.
The expression on Wang Dequan's face was very ugly: "Ms. Zhenbi, otherwise, if you let Magpie and Shuangjiang lead you back to Xi Palace, then I would have nothing to do with the Emperor!"
"Why?"
Jiang Xinyue grabbed him with quick eyes and hands, and said hesitantly: "Eunuch Wang, this matter... This matter should not be known to me. You... If you want to tell the emperor, can you not let him know, and I will also listen. As for what Concubine Shu said? There is actually a concubine in the harem who doesn't like the emperor. She doesn't even like the emperor. I really don't know what kind of man Concubine Shu likes. I was already very angry when I heard it. How sad the emperor will be when he finds out! Your Majesty, please let me preserve some dignity for the emperor and pretend that you don’t know anything!"
If his concubines don't love him, what kind of unforgivable shame and humiliation would it be for an emperor?
And this shame and humiliation was heard by another concubine, and the shame was thrown into the Pacific Ocean. The emperor would also have a problem with Jiang Xinyue in his heart.
An emperor!
You will never feel that you are not good enough or that you are at fault. It is others who are at fault.
Concubine Shu didn't love him because Concubine Shu was blind. Concubine Zhen heard about his embarrassment and it was because Concubine Zhen ran around for no reason and didn't follow the rules.
In short, it was everyone else's fault for embarrassing him.
Jiang Xinyue didn't want to be the cannon fodder sacrificed to heaven in the relationship between Emperor Xuanwu and Concubine Shu.
At least Concubine Zhen's words made Wang Dequan feel that there was still someone in the palace who truly loved the emperor.
He smiled at Jiang Xinyue: "I know what to do."
The night is getting darker, and without the glass lamp, the palace road is still groggy.
Magpie helped Jiang Xinyue get on the chariot, looked up at his mother-in-law and said, "Is it true that the prince will not tell the emperor?"
"He will tell."
Jiang Xinyue smiled and supported her chin with her hand: "Wang Dequan is the emperor's confidant. He reports everything in the palace to the emperor. I am just a precious concubine. How can I instruct him?"
"Then why did you..."
Why bother saying those words?
"Because he will also tell the emperor exactly what I said."
In this way, Wang Dequan became the trigger she laid for Concubine Shu to fall out of favor.
Magpie thought of what his mother-in-law had just said: "There are actually concubines in this harem who don't like the emperor?" "She doesn't even like the emperor. I really don't know what kind of man Concubine Shu likes?"
Her eyes suddenly widened!
Concubine Shu doesn’t like the emperor, so who does she like? Did you already have a relationship outside the palace?
Think about it...Concubine Shu...did she cuckold the emperor?
Even a little palace maid like her thinks so, the emperor must be...
Magpie didn't dare to think about it, she just felt that the emperor's anger was something that her little palace maid could not bear.
After the palace banquet dispersed, Jiang Yankun was surrounded by several officials and prepared to go to the restaurant outside the palace for the second show.
His daughter is so favored that there are naturally many officials who want to flatter her.
Master Jiang, who had not found a chance to talk to his daughter all night, was a little depressed. He asked Ruan in the carriage: "Did you tell the queen about Da Lang?"
Ruan shook her head: "When I mentioned that Brother Ze would also attend the Qiu Wei Festival, the empress said that she was now on thin ice in the harem and would never allow Brother Ze to cheat or take bribes in her name. Don't look at her now She was favored because she had gone through many dangers and sacrificed her life for it. I thought, even if our Jiang family is soft-spoken and cannot be the queen's backing, at least we cannot be a drag on her. Regarding Da Lang's matter, I have no chance. Say it."
Jiang Yankun pondered for a moment and nodded: "You're right not to say it. Dalang... let's see his own fate! If not, I will arrange a false position for him in Honglu Temple and let him do it after three years. Fight again.”
If nothing unexpected happens, Sister Yue will definitely be one of the four concubines in three years. Even if she fails the imperial examination, the Jiang family will be in heaven. Anyway, Da Lang doesn't like studying, so let him be a rich and idle man with a little talent and fame. It’s not impossible for people.
It was the Zhou family who was very confused and wanted to put their children above the Ruan family's children.
She didn't even think about it. Sister Yue was now the emperor's favorite concubine. How could she compare with others?
I have to find a way to fool him.
There were no lamps lit in the Chengqian Palace. The glazed lamp that was intended to be given to Jiang Xinyue was broken at the foot of the steps. The maids and eunuchs in the palace, including Wang Dequan, who were serving the palace, knelt on the floor in the main hall.
In the darkness, the tired figure of Emperor Xuanwu came out with gloomy eyes: "Concubine Shu, did she really say that?"
Wang Dequan kowtowed his head to the ground: "I dare not deceive the emperor. Xiao Xiazi and Qiu Xin, who went with the servant to deliver the palace lanterns, saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears that Concubine Shu... Concubine Shu was indeed completely different from what she saw every day. It’s different. Concubine Rong was slapped twice, and she even mentioned the child who gave birth to a miscarriage. All of this... seems to be... Concubine Shu's doing."
"She was the one who murdered Concubine Zhen...?"
"Every word slave is true!"
Emperor Xuanwu thought that if it was confirmed again that Concubine Shu did not love him, he would be very angry, just like the first time he knew it, the flames of anger would almost burn him.
But this time, when he heard Wang Dequan say that Concubine Shu didn't love him, he didn't feel much at all.
Instead, something heavy in my heart was let go, and I felt more relaxed than ever before.
What really made him angry was that Wang Dequan said that Concubine Zhen was killed several times and Concubine Shu was behind the scenes.
"Wang Dequan!"
Emperor Xuanwu's eyes flashed with a cold light: "Arrange someone to go out of the palace to investigate. Did Concubine Shu have any close relationship with any man before entering the palace?"
Didn’t Concubine Zhen say that?
Concubine Shu doesn’t even like the emperor, so what kind of person does she like?
Maybe it's not necessarily because she already had a crush on a man before entering the palace.
He wanted to see what kind of man could conquer a snake-like woman like Concubine Shu.
