After all, Danhong's princess Shen Shu is the one who can represent Danhong in Beijing, and now there are rumors that she is having an affair with Ji Ziqi, the current imperial examination champion, which is a slap in the face of Danhong and the Celestial Dynasty.

In Liang Ji's heart, the person who could come up with such a method was truly unimaginably sinister.

Now the rumors are spreading uncontrollably and are even worse than the plague at the beginning of the year.

The victims of this rumor can only be Shen Shu and Ji Ziqi.

In other words, someone knew about Shen Shu and Ji Ziqi, so they deliberately spread rumors. In order to prevent others from tracing her identity, they also pretended to be Shen Shu to deceive people's trust and gain attention with their self-reported tone.

Regardless of whether this incident is true or not, people will only believe what they want to believe. What's more, this incident will be used to involve government affairs.

Now I want to find out who that person is, and when I ask people who have seen her, they all say that she is covered with a veil and she looks slim. She is probably Empress Shen Shu.

People often occupy their thoughts with preconceived concepts. No matter whether the person is Shen Shu or not, they still don't know who it is, so they heard that her voice and tone sounded like a queen in the palace, so they decided that it was Mrs. Shen. Concubine.

There is no way to investigate something like this that is passed down to ten or hundreds of people.

Liang Ji told Shen Shu the rumors again. If these were not the truth, then just treat them as rumors and deal with the people who spread them.

But once this matter is true, the parties involved will not dare to do this at all, and they will always feel in their hearts that if I punish them at this time and prohibit the spread of rumors, it will be a manifestation of the thief shouting to catch the thief. In this way, This further confirmed the truth of the rumors.

The common people did not understand Shen Shu, and they would subconsciously think that even if Shen Shu left the palace that day, if something happened, like the current rumors, she would still deny it in front of everyone.

In addition, there is no platform that can clarify the truth of the matter for Shen Shu to tell everyone clearly.

"So, someone pretended to be me and used my identity to tell everyone about this, right?" Shen Shu calmed down and said.

Liang Ji and Liang Huanqing looked at each other, and then said seriously: "Su Shangqing's incident that day made everyone in the palace aware of it. Even if the emperor later issued an order not to talk about it again, there is no guarantee that someone would take advantage of it. .”

Liang Ji then said: "The affairs of the harem are closely related to the previous dynasty, which is not surprising. I think that person purposefully wanted to make this matter bigger, and the purpose was to block the negotiations between Danhong and the Celestial Dynasty."

Shen Shu felt a little panicked. After all, this matter related to herself and Ji Ziqi. If the emperor blamed it, the consequences would be disastrous.

At this time, she was more worried about Ji Ziqi. She was Princess Danlong, and the person who everyone would be more embarrassed to blame in the current situation would be Ji Ziqi.

But Shen Shu was in the harem and could not hear those rumors and discussions. Ji Ziqi was outside the palace. If someone did it deliberately, Ji Ziqi would be more likely to be harmed.

Shen Shu frowned and said: "There is no way to find that person now, is there? Now the whole city is talking about me and Ji Ziqi, what do they want to do?"

How did they know about this? Apart from the woman, are there others waiting for them to be exposed in secret? What is their purpose?

These are things they don't know. Shen Shu always feels that the purpose of that person is not to hinder the negotiation between Danlong and Tianchao. If this is really the case, why does it seem like he is only targeting himself and why does he have to let people To pretend to be yourself?

This is obviously to make the people believe that Shen Shu is a woman who is a licentious woman, and Ji Ziqi is the kind of traitor and traitor who commits crimes below.

But is the true purpose so simple?

Shen Shu's mind is in confusion now. If this matter is made a big deal, it will be a very embarrassing thing for the Danxi envoy who is about to enter the capital. After all, most of the cholera harem will be blamed on women. On the head, now that Shen Shu is Princess Danlong, there may not be too much accountability, but the reputation is not good after all.

Liang Ji and Liang Huanqing looked at each other. This incident happened suddenly, and neither of them was prepared for this accident.

Liang Huanqing had long thought that it was difficult to stop Youyou's mouth now. Everyone would know about it that day. There might be some people in the palace who would secretly discuss it, but they could not leave the palace. As long as people outside the palace did not I know, it will be fine after the agreement between Danhong and Tianchao is completed.

But now it seems that someone deliberately inquired about this matter, with the purpose of forcing Shen Shu and Ji Ziqi to die from Youyou's mouth.

People's words are formidable. If they still want Danlong and Tianchao to reach an agreement, Ji Ziqi must die to apologize, or the two of them must find a way to prove their innocence.

Liang Ji said: "Now I have asked Wei Shen to deal with this matter, at least to stop the rumors and prevent more people from knowing about it."

Liang Huanqing frowned a little: "Most of the people outside the palace are unorganized and undisciplined. Is it appropriate to rely solely on the government to control it? In addition, when things have become like this, I still don't know what the emperor means?"

What Liang Huanqing is thinking now is that at first the emperor was unwilling to make this matter a big deal, that is, in order to be able to live in peace with Danrong until the negotiation, but now Danrong expressed his sincerity first, and Shen Shu appeared in the palace. Such things.

This was completely contrary to the emperor's original plan. What Liang Huanqing was thinking was, if this incident affected the emperor's plan, how would Shen Shu and Ji Ziqi be punished next?

Shen Shu shouldn't have anything going on at the moment, but Ji Ziqi might. In any case, once something that violates the imperial code happens, we always have to find a way to prove the innocence of the matter.

Now, the cholera harem incident has happened for the first time in the Celestial Dynasty. This incident may have happened in previous dynasties. One of the two people must have died...

When I think of this, I just don’t know what to do.

Judging from the current situation in China, if the emperor wants to protect the overall situation, he will definitely punish those who spread rumors, and then he will definitely let Ji Ziqi prove his innocence and die to apologize.

These are all possible.

The three of them looked at each other in confusion. From various angles, no one could figure out why this incident happened.

Liang Huanqing suddenly thought of another possibility, that is, Su Shangqing, who told this incident that day, was still angry after being punished, so he planned to tell them about it and make them die.

"I'll go out first." Liang Huanqing wanted to go to Su Shangqing in person to ask about this matter. However, this matter cannot be delayed any longer like this. There is no use in doing so.

Yuebai knew that the Queen was going out, so he hurriedly prepared the sedan for the Queen to go out.

Then Liang Huanqing looked at Shen Shu and said: "Ms. Concubine, don't be anxious. You go back to the palace and have a good rest. The pure will be clean. You didn't say those things yourself, and you didn't go out of the palace to find Ji Ziqi. They don't have any evidence. What's the matter? You can’t say it in vain.”

Shen Shu was very grateful to have a friend like Liang Huanqing by her side. Now her mind was in chaos, so she could only follow Liang Huanqing's arrangements.

Liang Huanqing looked at Liang Ji again and said, "Brother, try your best to suppress this matter when you leave the palace. No matter what, it won't be of any benefit to them if it gets bigger and the emperor knows about it."

Liang Ji also understood this in his heart. We can't say that the people don't love their country, but they just don't think about it at all, and they don't connect this gossip with the safety of the country.

However, there was no effective way of communication at that time. It would be difficult to promulgate the ban just by word of mouth. Rumors would only outpace them.

But as of now, everything can only be left to man-made decisions and left to fate.

They try their best to handle the matter as well as possible, and they can only leave it to fate if anything happens next.

Liang Ji knew what he should do, so he clasped his fists and accepted the order, then turned around and left the palace.

Shen Shu knew that she couldn't help her at all, and she felt very sorry when she saw everyone running around for her, so she said to the Queen: "Since I met the Queen, it's fine if I haven't been of any help. I'm really sorry for causing you trouble, so please accept my respect."

Kagamine behind him had already made a bow gesture, and Shen Shu also slightly bent her knees and lowered her eyebrows in salute.

Liang Huanqing hurriedly stepped forward to support her and said: "I will bear in mind the kindness you showed me to the Imperial Concubine. If you do this again, you will be out of touch."

At this time, there was some light rain outside. Liang Huanqing turned to Tang Xue and said, "Tang Xue, take an umbrella and take the Dowager Queen back to the palace."

Then he turned to Shen Shu and said, "You have a good rest after you return to the palace. If anything happens, I will send someone to tell you. Don't worry."

Now that it's all said and done, if Shen Shu were to be any more cautious, she would really be out of touch.

So Shen Shu also nodded and said: "That's fine, I'll trouble the Queen. If there's anything you need me for, please feel free to ask. It's my business and I shouldn't shirk it."

Liang Huanqing nodded, then turned around and left.

Yuebai brought a large umbrella to Liang Huanqing from behind and held up the umbrella carefully.

It's early winter now, and the weather is not as warm as that time. The Queen is not in good health. She has to take medicine every day to maintain her current condition. If she gets sick again, she doesn't know what to do. That's it.

Liang Huanqing gathered her clothes, then sat on the sedan chair and walked to Ganquan Palace.

Liang Huanqing subconsciously felt that this matter must have something to do with Su Shangqing. Su Shangqing knew about this matter and was demoted by him as a promise that day. He was very different from the former Concubine Shu. It was inevitable that he would feel malicious. This matter If something cannot be discussed in the palace, then it will be spread outside the palace.

Liang Huanqing thought so, holding the rosary beads in his hand, he was very angry: This Su Shangqing can't calm down for a day, he is really angry!

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At this time, the weather in Ganquan Palace was getting colder and colder, and Su Shangqing's belly was getting bigger day by day.

Since that day when he was demoted to agree, he had never seen the emperor again. Fortunately, the queen exempted him from the punishment of copying. Otherwise, Su Shangqing would not be able to hold a pen in such a cold weather.

In such a cold weather, the Ministry of Internal Affairs naturally sent charcoal fire to Ganquan Palace. Even if Su Shangqing is not favored at all now, he is still a master. There are not many masters in the palace now. In addition, Su Shangqing still has

With the emperor's dragon seed, they didn't want to harm Su Shangqing's body because the daily necessities were not replenished. If something happened to the dragon seed in his belly, they couldn't afford it.

In addition to the empress's kindness, even if Su Shangqing and his subordinates committed great disrespect and devalued her status, she still ordered that the expenses of Ganquan Palace should not be reduced at all. This is the same as the emperor's idea. No matter what

He said that even if Su Shangqing made a huge mistake, she still had the emperor's heir in her belly.

Even for the sake of the emperor in her belly, she shouldn't be too harsh.

Su Shangqing hated Aunts Xiuyu and Yuying the most, so in this freezing weather, Aunts Xiuyu and Yuying were arranged to wait outside the palace.

In the warm spring-like hall, only Song Yun, a palace maid, was waiting for her.

Su Shangqing has disliked everyone recently, and only Songyun can catch her eye. In addition, there are not many palace servants in Ganquan Palace, so Songyun has become a hot celebrity in front of Su Shangqing.

Su Shangqing was not very willing to trust others after the incident with you, but Song Yun was different. Both of them believed that Su Shangqing could regain their favor because of this child.

"Liang Huanqing can regain her favor even if she can't have children, why can't I?" Su Shangqing always said this.

And Songyun also felt that Su Shangqing would definitely be able to regain his favor. She had the handle on the Empress in her hands, and she was waiting for a favorable opportunity to speak out about it and burn the Empress' absence from the Emperor.

Once the matter of Yichun Palace is revealed, let’s see how the emperor will make a decision.

In order to put filial piety first, Liang Huanqing burned down the Queen Mother's Yichun Palace. I don't know what the emperor and the princess thought at that time.

Of course, Song Yun had not told Su Shangqing about this matter. After all, Su Shangqing was a person who could not keep his temper. In order to take the overall situation into consideration, Song Yun had no choice but not to tell her yet.

The weather has been cold these days, and Su Shangqing gets tired easily, so he just lies in bed and sleeps, with Song Yun waiting on him.

"I don't know when the emperor will come back to see me... He has stopped coming since that incident." Su Shangqing said discouragedly.

Song Yun carefully picked up the charcoal fire and said, "My young master, please take good care of yourself first. As long as you give birth to the emperor's heir, you won't be afraid that the emperor will not come."
Chapter completed!