Concubine Jin curled her lips and smiled, a hint of schadenfreude flashed in her eyes.
Shen Qingyi stood aside cautiously, thinking about the queen's intention of leaving her alone.
Not long ago, Concubine Qiao came to see me alone, hoping that she could surrender to the queen, but he rejected her at that time. Could it be that the queen now wants to settle the score with her queen?
Everyone had dispersed in twos and threes, and Fenxiang began to remove the hairpin for the queen.
Shen Qingyi knew that she couldn't just sit there dumbly, so she stepped forward, took the wooden comb from Fenxiang's hand, and said softly: "Queen, let the concubines come."
The queen glanced sideways at Shen Qingyi, obviously acquiescing.
Fennel retreats.
The queen looked at Shen Qingyi's face in the bronze mirror and sighed sincerely: "'Hibiscus comes out of clear water, and the carvings are naturally removed.' Shen Guiji, your appearance is indeed much more beautiful than when you first entered the palace."
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for the compliment. I am ashamed to say that I am not worthy of it."
"However, although the delicate flowers are beautiful, there must be people who can appreciate them. Otherwise, the flowers will wither and fall into mud, allowing others to trample on them. Shen Guiji, you said what I said, right?"
The queen's words obviously had a deep meaning.
Shen Qingyi hasn't figured out the Queen's purpose yet, so she naturally doesn't dare to respond casually: "I am stupid, please give me some advice from the Queen."
The queen suddenly turned around, grabbed Shen Qingyi's wrist, and said meaningfully: "Shen Guiji, I heard that your father has been appointed by the emperor as the envoy of the provinces and has been appointed as Tubo? Do you know that there are seventy-two small countries on the border? , the officers and soldiers originally stationed were my father’s disciples?”
"Queen!"
Shen Qingyi was horrified and hurriedly tried to withdraw her hand, but the queen squeezed it tightly.
"Shen Qingyi, you are a smart man. You naturally know what 'good birds choose trees to roost'! Your father is in Tubo. Whether he lives or dies depends on your choice. I believe that you will make the right decision." choose!"
Now that things have come to this, what else does Shen Qingyi not understand?
The seventy-two small kingdoms of Tubo are intertwined and have complex powers.
Shen Dingqian had just arrived and would definitely not be able to conquer all the officers and soldiers stationed there. If the Queen sent word at this time and asked his father, Grand Master Ye, to kill Shen Dingqian, Shen Dingqian would definitely die.
The queen is forcing Shen Qingyi to make a choice.
Either take refuge in her and live an ignoble existence.
Either reject her and your family will be ruined!
What a ruthless method!
Shen Qingyi was really panicked at this moment. After calming down, she wanted to plead for her father, but the queen directly summoned Fenxiang to come in.
Fenxiang bowed respectfully to Shen Qingyi: "Shen Guijie, please come this way."
Shen Qingyi looked at the queen and saw the indifferent expression on her face, so she closed her eyes deeply.
After Shen Qingyi left, Fenxiang curled up her lips and said, "I've always seen Shen Guiji with her sharp teeth and sharp mouth. I didn't expect that one day she would be scared."
The queen said calmly: "Anyone who has a weakness will be as afraid as her."
…
Shen Qingyi has been feeling depressed since she came out of Fengyi Palace.
Luluo didn't know what the queen said to Shen Qingyi, so she could only try to make Shen Qingyi happy: "My lord, you are now a noble concubine. As usual, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent us many maids and eunuchs. Let's go back to the palace together. Let’s take a pick, right?”
Shen Qingyi frowned and didn't seem to listen.
Seeing this, Luluo continued: "Little Master, I heard that as long as you are one of the nine concubines, you can become the master of the first palace. At that time, you can live in the main hall of Yufu Palace, and you can also add a small kitchen and provide food for others. Where is the concubine’s child..."
However, Shen Qingyi still seemed not interested in these words.
Luluo had no choice but to shake Shen Qingyi's arm: "Little Master..."
Shen Qingyi woke up from her thoughts and looked at Luluo: "Ah? What's wrong?"
Luluo pouted and said, "My dear master, what's wrong with you? You've always been worried."
If the news of the Queen threatening herself with her father's life leaks out, the Queen will definitely think that she did it on purpose. At that time, regardless of whether she surrenders to the Queen or not, the Queen will take action against her father...
Shen Qingyi sighed deeply, feeling that she was really alone this time.
"It's nothing, I just thought of something suddenly." Shen Qingyi pretended to laugh lightly: "By the way, Luluo, the weather is so nice today, let's go fly a kite!"
Seeing that Shen Qingyi finally cheered up, Luluo smiled and said, "Okay, okay! I made some kites with lotus root two days ago. I'll go get them now!"
Shen Qingyi looked at Lu Luo's cheerful figure and finally decided to remain silent.
…
In the evening, the Royal Garden.
Luluo held the butterfly kite and happily rushed in the direction of Shen Qingyi. However, at the end of the path, she suddenly heard a conversation involving "Shen Qingyi" and "Shen Family"... Luluo had a premonition that something was not good, He immediately squatted quietly behind the bushes and eavesdropped on the other party's conversation.
In the pavilion, the Queen Mother was holding Buddhist beads and reciting scriptures, but her expression was as ferocious as a ghost: "You mean, Shen Guiji is Mu Hongxiao's daughter? And the Ai family actually saved the daughter of their enemy last time? !”
Lu Luo, who was hiding in the dark and heard these words, covered her mouth in shock.
What did she hear?
The Queen Mother is actually the enemy of the young master's mother? And also want to put the little master to death? !
After realizing that she had heard the shocking secret, Luluo immediately covered her mouth, held her breath, and remained motionless.
Sensing the Queen Mother's anger, Aunt Zhuyu's face changed, and she said slowly: "I just found out about this today. I thought that Shen Guiji was just a gadget for the Emperor to relieve his boredom, so I didn't take it to heart. I didn’t expect that the emperor first promoted his father and then promoted her to a higher position, so I found it strange, and after checking, I found out that Shen Qingyi is actually Mu Hongxiao’s daughter!”
"Snapped--!!"
There was a crisp sound, and the Buddhist beads in the Queen Mother's hand were violently torn off.
Countless jade beads rolled to the ground like raindrops and flew away in all directions.
The fact that Shen Qingyi was a palace concubine really made the Queen Mother furious.
However, after the shock and anger, there was more fear.
You must know that the late emperor was obsessed with Mu Hongxiao's beauty and almost became a demon in the harem. In order to completely cut off the former emperor's idea, she betrothed Muhongxiao to Shen Dingqian, who had no hope of career, but she did not want Shen Dingqian to be a talented person. Yes, no matter how much Taishi Ye suppressed him, he still relied on his own ability to enter the court and become an official. However, with the big tree of the Ye family suppressing him, Shen Dingqian could only stop here, no matter how talented he was.
But the Queen Mother knew that this was not enough.
So when Mu Hongxiao was ten months pregnant, she deliberately pointed out the palace maid next to her to Shen Dingqian as her aunt, who is now Aunt Bai. The Queen Mother secretly told Aunt Bai to find ways to get rid of Mu Hong Xiao, completely cut off the idea of the late emperor.
Sure enough, shortly after Aunt Bai entered the palace, Mu Hongxiao disappeared; and Shen Dingqian also became depressed from then on. In addition, Grand Master Ye deliberately acted and demoted Shen Dingqian to Jingzhou.
More than ten years have passed since the incident. Originally, all this was about to be completely forgotten by the Queen Mother, but she did not expect that Mu Hongxiao's daughter would actually enter the palace.
How can you not hate the Queen Mother? Not afraid?
You must know that the Queen Mother was the instigator who killed Shen Qingyi's mother and forced Shen Qingyi's father.
If Shen Qingyi knew all this, then she would most likely enter the palace to seek revenge!
The Queen Mother's face was ashen and she said: "How did the Queen become the head of the middle palace? She even chose the daughter born by that cheap maid to be in the harem?!"
"I heard that it was not the Queen who let Shen Guiji enter the palace, but the Emperor. After all, the Queen is your niece, so how could she disobey you?"
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's face softened a little, but she was still angry: "As expected! It's either a seed crawling out of the Ai family's belly, or she can't rest assured. If Chen'er of the Ai family hadn't been assassinated by other princes and suffered from a secret disease, the Ai family would I won’t let Jamel Xiao ascend the throne! But I didn’t expect that after so many years, Jamel Xiao still doesn’t take the Ai family seriously and insists on going against the Ai family!”
The Queen Mother calmed her breathing, and when she opened her eyes again, her eyes were full of cruelty: "Okay, very good, anyway, the Ai family has killed a Mu Hongxiao, so her daughter, the Ai family will not let go!"
"Rust—"
Suddenly there was a strange noise in the grass.
Aunt Juyu looked behind the pavilion alertly and exclaimed: "Who?!"
However, Luluo ran very fast and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
When Aunt Juyu hurried over, she only saw a kite wet with sweat.
The Queen Mother stepped down from the pavilion and frowned when she saw the kite in Aunt Juyu's hand: "Who was here just now?"
Aunt Juyu shook her head, carefully looked at the kite in her hand, and said slowly: "The paper used to paste the kite seems to be the wood gauze paper distributed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to all palaces for window decoration. I will wait until I go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask. , which palace members have received it recently, and if we check again, we will definitely be able to find the person."
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and said sullenly: "After you find the person, deal with it directly. The Ai family doesn't like to leave harm behind!"
"Old slave knows!"
…
Luluo hurriedly ran all the way to Shen Qingyi.
Shen Qingyi was wondering why Lu Luo had been gone for so long, and when he saw her looking like she was about to cry, she couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Lu Luo, what's wrong with you?"
After Luluo calmed down, she told Shen Qingyi all the news she had just heard in the Royal Garden.
After learning that the Queen Mother was the culprit who killed her mother, Shen Qingyi was lost for a long time.
"My lord, my lord!"
Luluo looked at Shen Qingyi in horror, her heart trembling.
You know, she was the one who told Shen Qingyi the news just now. If Shen Qingyi is up to no good, then she will be guilty.
Shen Qingyi looked at Lu Luo's anxious look and suddenly smiled: "Lu Luo, thank you."
"Ah?" Luluo became more and more frightened.
Shen Qingyi patted Lu Luo's shoulder, with deep eyes: "If it weren't for you, how would I have known that the real murderer of my mother was not Aunt Bai, but the Queen Mother! And the Queen Mother was not enough to kill my mother. He actually wanted to kill me."
Seeing Shen Qingyi's expression of hatred, Lu Luo was frightened: "My lord, let's tell the emperor about this quickly. I believe that the emperor will be able to uphold justice for us."
"No!" Shen Qingyi held Luluo in his hand and said word for word: "No one can tell this matter, not even the emperor!"
