The sun was shining brightly outside, and cigarette smoke was curling inside.
Mrs. Shen Er stared blankly at the beautiful woman in the first place, she couldn't believe her ears.
"Empress, what did you just say?"
Could it be that she heard wrongly? How could the empress force her to recognize Lu'er? Absolutely ridiculous!
Your concubine gently put down the teacup, and her beautiful eyes fell on Mrs. Shen. She frowned slightly: "Ms. Shen, I know that you and Mr. Shen are deeply in love with each other. But Mr. Shen does not want to accept Lu'er for your own sake. Entering the mansion makes you unhappy, but why don't you think about him? How will others view Mr. Shen? "
"Everyone in the court, and even the entire capital, will accuse him of being cruel and ruthless."
"And you, Mrs. Shen, are an out-and-out jealous woman!"
"And your two children." Your concubine said in a deep tone, "It doesn't matter that your daughter is married, but her husband doesn't need to obtain a meritorious service and become an official in the court? And your son, I heard that you have just set a marriage for him. A girl from our family? With your Shen family acting so viciously, how can the Bai family feel free to marry their daughter over?"
Mrs. Shen Er: "..."
There was silence in the hall for a while.
The maids all looked at Mrs. Shen Er with contempt and disgust, as if they had discovered for the first time that she was such a person, and the whole family united to bully a weak woman.
Mrs. Shen Er was speechless and thought in a daze that she had indeed done something wrong and was a poisonous woman.
"certainly."
Your concubine took a breath.
"I am not forcing you to treat Lu'er as your own. All you need to do is give her a status. She is my son, the future princess, and she will be taken care of by my son. Your Shen family has a lot of money. There are only advantages and no disadvantages to Mr. Shen and your son to have a strong in-law."
She stared at Mrs. Shen Er with a majestic look: "Ms. Shen, please don't be confused."
She was very confident in her words, and she would give them benefits when they were needed. Shen would never dare to refute her words, but when she thought of the woman who obsessed her son, her heart sank. down.
Her son is destined to enter the East Palace, how can he be so affectionate?
Originally, she had already found a suitable marriage for her son. The legitimate daughter of the Taifu family was beautiful, well-educated, and had many disciples who could help her. If she could succeed, would she be afraid that the great treasure would be left behind?
But the son said that as long as he was married to the Shen family, the prime minister, who had always remained neutral, would support him and he would have a greater chance of winning.
Although she was unhappy, she felt that her son was right, so she recruited him into the palace.
Your concubine touched her nails and decided to finish this matter as soon as possible. I heard that Your Majesty hired another beautiful lady last night. This was the fifth time this month. She couldn't let it go anymore! If you get His Majesty's heart as a dragon, you'll get a few more points.
Your concubine looked at Mrs. Shen Er: "Ms. Shen, have you made your decision?"
Mrs. Shen Er's dazed mind finally came to her senses.
She looked at the concubine, who was above her, and shook her head slowly: "Your Majesty, Miss Lu'er is the daughter of Housekeeper Li and has nothing to do with the Shen family. I am sorry that I cannot agree to your request."
Your concubine was furious: "You!"
She pointed at Mrs. Shen Er, her face livid: "Didn't you hear clearly what I said? Do you really want to abandon Master Shen's reputation?"
Mrs. Shen Er still shook her head.
She knew that she was not good at words and had no ability to argue with your concubine, but her daughter had told her on the way that no matter what your concubine said, she would bite her to death and never let go, and she could not admit Lu'er's identity.
No matter how much your concubine said, her real intention was to win over the Shen family and become Prince Yu's people.
Her husband is not just himself, there are also the Prime Minister and ministers behind him. Prince Yu is very ambitious, but we also have to see if the Shen family is willing to take over his problem!
Mrs. Shen Er bowed respectfully: "If the empress insists, then let the master of Dali Temple investigate and find out whose daughter Lu'er is?"
The daughter said that since Princess Yu wanted to use her power to suppress others, they would simply make the matter bigger and let the emperor and Dali Temple investigate.
Anyway, the Shen family will never be afraid.
Ling Fei was shocked: "Are you crazy?"
She suddenly panicked. King Yu swore yesterday that Lu'er was Master Shen's daughter.
Lord Shen doesn't want to make his wife and children unhappy, so he doesn't want to recognize her! But now looking at the expressions of the Shen family's mother and daughter, they are not afraid of investigation at all... Your concubine suddenly clenched her fingertips.
She lowered her face and said, "Okay, since you are so stubborn, I have no choice but to inform Your Majesty of this situation."
If Your Majesty says to investigate, everyone will definitely make a fuss. It will be a lie then, but if it is indeed the child of the Shen family, Master Shen's career will be over.
Your concubine clenched her cheeks and stared at Mrs. Shen Er with lightning eyes.
Mrs. Shen Er knelt down and saluted: "Thank you, Madam."
Your concubine's heart sank instantly.
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Outside the palace gate, Xihe was sitting in a carriage, bored, when he suddenly heard the maid surprise, "Madam is back!"
She opened the curtain and saw Mrs. Shen walking out of the palace gate with sweat on her head. Her hair was messy and she was panting. Xihe quickly asked the maid to help her into the carriage: "Didn't the palace give you a soft sedan?"
Mrs. Shen Er gasped and fanned the flames: "My father-in-law said that there were many ladies entering the palace today and there were not enough sedan chairs, so he asked me to walk back."
Walking all the way from Xianfu Palace to the outside of the palace, her legs were sore and weak, she was covered in sweat, and her clothes were soaked through.
Xihe couldn't hold it back and sneered: "Your concubine and King Yu are indeed mother and son!"
They are all equally domineering and shameless.
Mrs. Shen Er quickly looked outside the car and saw that no one was paying attention. Then she patted her hand lightly and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense! What should I do if someone hears me?"
Xihe snorted coldly and signaled to the coachman to drive home quickly.
Now that the two sides were at odds with each other, it was impossible to make peace. On that day, Xihe sent his servants to the Yamen to report to the officials.
Originally, she had no intention of talking to them, but they still came to provoke her, so don't blame her for being rude!
In Prince Yu's Mansion, Prince Yu is still discussing countermeasures with his disciples. How can he drag the Shen family into the water so that he has to stand on the boat of Prince Yu's Mansion? I heard the concierge come to report that the official had arrived.
"Official official? What are you doing?"
"I told you to invite 'Miss Lu'er' to come."
Prince Yu paused and looked up at the concierge.
The concierge's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I will drive this person out right now!"
Prince Yu's Mansion took a deep breath and stood up: "I will go and see for myself."
When the officer saw it was the prince, he saluted quickly.
King Yu had no expression on his face: "I have no contact with Master Qian, and Lu'er is just an ordinary concubine beside me. What is Master Qian doing? Could it be that I have offended you?"
The official was suddenly embarrassed: "How can you do this, Your Majesty? It's just that the Shen family reported the case, which involved Miss Lu'er. I am just following your order to ask her to come and ask a few words..."
King Yu narrowed his eyes instantly: "The Shen family?"
The official nodded hurriedly: "That's right, I'm just asking a few questions and will never do anything else."
"My lord, look..."
Watch him carefully.
King Yu glanced at the housekeeper, who immediately said: "Young man, please go and invite Miss Lu'er."
