"That naughty slave first deceived the young lady, and then seriously injured the queen. The slave took care of the princess just now, and has checked carefully. The princess has been ill for a long time, but no one came to treat her. Finally, a young man came to treat the princess, but the queen and her people were not there. He sent people to capture the young lady when he found out the truth, and he was determined to use lynching. Please make the decision for the young lady!"
The emperor turned to look at Queen Jiang. Queen Jiang shook her head with a pale face. The emperor then looked at Grandma Cui who was kneeling on the ground, "Pull her out and beat her to death with a stick!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare your life!" Aunt Cui stammered, tears fell from her cheeks, and her buns were scattered around, but no matter how hard she struggled, she could not escape death.
"Your Majesty! Although this naughty slave deserves to die, what should I do if Miss Shen brings a foreign man to the princess's bedroom?" Empress Jiang still did not give up. It didn't matter if she gave up Aunt Cui, but today she must be buried with Shen.
"Breaking in privately?" Shangguan Qi saw that there was almost noisy outside, so he came out waving his fan, looked at the arrogant Queen Jiang, and smiled slightly, "could it be that the queen is talking about me? I am serving your majesty. The imperial order came to treat the princess, but why did it turn into a trespassing when he came to the queen's place? Could it be that the people who blocked my son just now were all your subordinates, the queen?"
Shangguan Qi's words hit the nail on the head. Your Majesty is most tired of people in the palace forming cliques, especially Jiang, who is the mother of a country. This is what Your Majesty is most afraid of.
"It's you." Queen Jiang was startled, her chest heaved up and down, and a few tears fell from her eyes. She turned to face Shen Zi and said, "Miss Shen, I am reckless. I am also worried about Yongning. You also know that, Concern leads to chaos, Miss Shen should not be offended."
Empress Jiang's words were just right. What is meant by caring is chaos, which means that she had no intention of slandering her, but she only cared about Yongning and tortured her in a panic. Shen Zi would not buy Empress Jiang's fault.
"Concern leads to chaos? The queen is quite clean! Your Majesty, I have something to say." Shen Zi knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor, and then said with firm eyes, "That naughty slave really deserves to die, but if there is no one to support him, , how dare she, a first-class nun, act so recklessly in Princess Yongning’s palace! As a result, the princess has no one to take care of her.
The naughty slave just now admitted that he obeyed the queen in everything, but then the queen turned around and falsely accused her of being in contact with her foreign husband, causing chaos in the harem, kidnapping her personal maid, and openly lynching her without giving her any explanation. Opportunity.
The queen said she was concerned? But the queen never ordered anyone to diagnose and treat the princess from beginning to end. Instead, she clung to her daughter's affairs and did not ask her who the person was. She concluded that her daughter had made a mistake.
Yongning is in bed with her life and death uncertain, and she needs someone to take care of her. Is the Queen's move really worthy of being the mother of a country?"
Shen Zi burst into tears when she said she was so excited. She held Ling Shuang's hand tightly, her eyes full of concern for Yongning, "Your Majesty, Yongning is the one you have watched since you were a child. He is clearly a murderous demon, and the queen is the mastermind behind that unruly slave. I hope Your Majesty will do justice to Yongning and give an explanation to Concubine Jia. Otherwise, how can we reassure the soldiers on the border of southern Xinjiang?"
"Miss Shen! Don't talk nonsense here. Although Aunt Cui is a member of this palace, I have never done these things!" Empress Jiang suddenly became furious. She knew that she had fallen into Shen Zi's trick and could only do this today. Let Aunt Cui stop all the blame.
"Your Majesty." Shen Zi tensed up and said coldly, "The entire harem is under the control of the Queen. The Queen says that Aunt Cui is hers, but she doesn't know about it. Does the Queen think it is credible?"
Queen Jiang was already irritated, "Miss Shen, what do you mean? I said I didn't know about this. Does Miss Shen think I am lying?"
"That's nonsense!" Queen Jiang was so angry that her face turned livid.
"It's nonsense for the queen to call her a minister, but she dares to swear to your majesty on her son's life? She said she never asked Aunt Cui to poison Yongning, she said she never instigated Aunt Cui to not declare an imperial doctor to treat Yongning, and she said she never wanted to seduce Yongning. "Female in the water." Shen Zi spoke slowly and slowly, her scorching eyes facing Queen Shangjiang's cannibalistic eyes, her aura becoming more and more threatening, "I dare you to swear on your life that I never wanted to send anyone to stop the Shangguan sent by His Majesty. If you make false claims that the whole family will not die a good death, you will not die a good death yourself?"
Empress Jiang was frightened by the hatred in Shen Zi's body. She held the hand of the nanny who was close to her and squeezed it tightly, "You, you."
"How dare the queen? If the queen dares to say the word "dare" today, the entire Shen family will drink poisoned wine at the gate of the palace to apologize."
Shen Zi spoke accurately and ruthlessly, clarifying the matter in just a few words.
"How can I explain that this young master has a belt? Those servants tried their best to block it as if they couldn't see it. It turned out to be the queen's signal. This young master has really gained his knowledge. After today, our Lotus Palace will not treat anyone with the surname Jiang." , to repay the queen for this great gift." Shangguan Qi said calmly.
As soon as she said these words, Empress Jiang felt even weaker. She knew Shangguan Qi. God knows how many treasures she sent to the Lotus Palace just to let him take care of her infertility. Now she is better. All were offended.
Jiang Guozhang, who came from the palace gate after hearing the news, saw countless people standing there from a distance, and happened to hear Shangguan Qi's words. His heart was beating fast and he stopped and did not dare to step forward.
Empress Jiang clenched her fists and gritted her back molars and said forcefully, "Miss Shen family is so proud of herself. She acts arrogantly in the Shen Mansion on weekdays and does not cultivate her moral character and abide by women's virtues! Today she actually extended her hand to the palace, Is this the upbringing of your Shen family to question the mother of the country and slander me in public?"
Ling Shuang was so angry that if Shen Zi hadn't held her down, she would have spoken out again.
Shen Zi looked at the emperor with a pair of calm and clear eyes, and said carefully, "Your Majesty, my Shen family has served Da Qi for many years, and I am loyal to your Majesty. And my mother, the daughter of the dean of Qingshan College, has read a lot since she was a child. She became famous all over the world for her poems and books at the age of fifteen. After she got married, she was praised by everyone as Mrs. Shen.
She even taught her daughter what she had learned throughout her life, but the daughter didn't know that such a person was considered a lack of education in the Queen's eyes?
Your Majesty, your Majesty, I acted recklessly today without considering everything. I only cared about the life of the princess and did not think about the Queen. Please forgive me, and all the blame will be borne by your Majesty!"
"What a courageous person! You really deserve the pride and integrity of a daughter of the Shen family."
"Your Majesty, I have not done this, I have never done this!" Empress Jiang still refused to give up. She gritted her teeth and turned blue with anger.
"Never done it? Then I would like to ask why Queen Yongning has no one to take care of her? Why has she been sleeping since I came here? If Master Shangguan hadn't found out that Yongning was poisoned, would you have continued to hide it? Yongning usually calls you "Mother", even if she Not born of you, nor should you be.”
"Poisoned? Are you asleep?" Empress Jiang looked surprised and turned to look at Aunt Cui, "But Aunt Cui clearly said that Yongning was just sleepy, not..."
"Queen!" Cai Cai was panicked and hurriedly spoke before Empress Jiang, "It's the old slave's fault. The queen is busy with affairs. The old slave wanted to take care of the queen's worries, so he recommended Cui from the same country to serve the princess. Unexpectedly, She is actually a person who works hard and goes against the will! It's all the old slave's fault. I didn't expect the princess's condition to be so serious. It's all the old slave's fault.
I thought that at the age of the princess, she might have caught a cold due to playing too much, and she would be fine in a few days. As for sending people to stop Mr. Shangguan, it was also the old slave's fault. The old slave thought about the princess's good reputation, how could she let others tarnish it? , so I ordered people to stop him." Aunt Cai blocked all the blame.
Shen Linkun, who was standing aside, had a cold look in his eyes, "Defiled? Without His Majesty's will, who would dare to openly bring people here? This is the first time I have seen a nanny with more power than the queen, and she actually became the queen. Lord."
Aunt Cai pursed her lips, her face became increasingly ugly, and the cold sweat on her back had already soaked her clothes.
She couldn't possibly say that the Queen came here just to pour all this dirty water on Miss Shen?
The emperor raised his eyes, showing murderous intent, "The queen has lost her virtue today, and she has been confined to Jingyang Palace, relinquishing the power to control the Sixth Palace. As for Miss Shen, she has contributed to saving Princess Yongning, and she has been canonized as the head of Shuhua County."
"Miss Shen, you have been wronged today."
"As for this unruly slave, let him be punished by being cut into pieces with a thousand knives!"
"Your Majesty, my concubine"
"Queen, you have said enough today." After saying that, the emperor left with Prince Ling without looking back.
Queen Jiang's face turned pale and she didn't dare to say anything. Your Majesty was giving her another warning. She was afraid that His Majesty would have thoughts that she shouldn't have and her Jiang family would be doomed.
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"Miss Shen is really eloquent!"
"You can't compare to Mr. Shangguan's ability to stir up troubled waters. My little girl has to learn from you." Shen Zi was not afraid of Shangguan Qi at all, and took a handkerchief to wipe the scars on her cheek carefully.
Shangguan Qi took a closer look and quickly took out a bottle of wound ointment from his arms. This was the first time he had seen such a girl who was not afraid of death. She even dared to set up a scheme with the Queen, and even got him involved. He didn't know what to say about her. Stupid or what to say.
He waved his fan and followed Shen Zi, and said lazily, "Here, this is a good thing. I wouldn't be willing to give it to an ordinary person, if it weren't for you."
"What are you looking at me for?" Shen Zi's gaze fell on Shangguan Qi calmly.
Shangguan Qi was horrified by her look, turned away his face, and handed the medicine to Ling Shuang.
"I thought Miss Shen was only talented and beautiful, a delicate greenhouse flower, but I didn't expect that she was such a powerful person. You are very good at this scene. If so, why would you risk your life like this? Is it worth it?”
"Is it worth it?" Shen Zi looked calm and calm, stopped and looked at Shangguan Qi, "If the person lying on the bed was the person you care about most, would you still ask this question? What's more, if it wasn't the case, How can you lure a snake out of its hole? If you want to ask for something, you must give something."
Shangguan Qi looked at Shen Zi walking away. For a moment, he seemed to be unable to see through her.
Shen Zi was helped onto the carriage by Ling Shuang and glanced at the carriage next to her.
Chen Xian, who was sent by his mother Xie to look after Shen Zi, calmly placed the car at Shen Zi's feet, bowed and stood aside respectfully, and warned, "Miss, be careful where you step."
Chen Xian is from Grandma Hua's husband's family. He has no other abilities but is a troublemaker in the three religions and nine schools. He is also loyal to the Shen family.
Mrs. Xie got the news early and personally led people to greet Shen Linkun at the gate of Shen Mansion.
While her mother's attention was on her father, Shen Zi called Chen Xian aside and explained a few words. Chen Xian nodded quickly and disappeared into the crowd.
Empress Jiang ignored the princess's orders and allowed her servants to do evil, causing Princess Yongning to fall into a coma. It was like growing wings, and within half an hour it became the most lively topic of conversation in Daqi.
But the most talked-about thing is that Empress Jiang was banned by the emperor and lost the power to manage the Sixth Palace.
"Bold, who is so bold as to spread this matter?" Jiang Guozhang sat on one side, his overwhelming hatred seemed to crush the tea cup in his hand.
Doctor Bai and Doctor Gao of the Taiyuan Hospital were outside the screen, discussing how to give Queen Jiang medicine.
Jiang Kaiyuan and Aunt Cai looked grave and stood in front of Queen Jiang's bed, waiting for the imperial doctor to discuss the outcome.
As soon as the palace maid Dong Qing looked at the bloodless Queen Jiang on the bed and opened the curtain to get some air, she saw the palace maid next to Noble Xi was talking in a lowered voice to the young eunuch outside the palace.
The palace maid saw someone coming out of the house out of the corner of her eye, she immediately stopped her voice and saluted respectfully to Dong Qing, "I've seen Sister Dong Qing!"
"What are you doing here?" Dong Qing asked.
Seeing that there was no one around, the palace maid walked up to Dong Qing and whispered a few words into Dong Qing's ear, and then left the Queen's Palace not long after.
Inside the Shen Mansion.
The servants and slaves were in good order, coming in and out through the corner door, lighting lanterns, and not daring to talk loudly.
Mrs. Xie stayed beside Shen Zi, holding the wound medicine in her hand, her tears flowing down like broken threads.
Upon seeing this, Grandma Hua took the medicine from Xie's hand, handed over the Shu brocade handkerchief, and comforted her softly, "Madam, please stop crying! If the young lady also cries too, I'm afraid there will be scars on her face!"
When Mrs. Xie heard this, she quickly wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief and coaxed Shen Zi, "It's my mother's fault! I didn't expect this. Aunt Hua, hurry up and order me to be stewed by Zi'er." Bring me the bird's nest."
Seeing that Mr. Xie had stopped crying, Aunt Hua hurriedly smiled and said, "I had known that Madam was making stew for Miss, so I asked someone to simmer the bird's nest on the small stove, so I will go get it now!"
Shen Zi looked at her busy mother, and felt warm in her heart. She hadn't been in her mother's arms for a long time and acted like a baby. She tilted her head and leaned against Xie, her little hands wrapped around Xie's waist, and said softly, " It’s great to have a mother!”
"Silly boy, you are talking nonsense. Please be careful and don't rub your cheeks. Be careful!" Although Ms. Xie said she was disgusted, in the end Shen Zi was a twelve-year-old child and he allowed her to hold him. , patting Shen Zi's back lovingly. This child has not acted coquettishly to her for a long time!
"Mother..." Shen Zi called softly, remembering that day when her mother resolutely followed her father, she felt a little more hatred in her heart. She couldn't tell whether she hated herself for being incompetent, Lu Li for being cunning, or the Gu family for their betrayal.