With nothing to do, Shen Huan was reciting sutras in the Qingxin Hall again. Although it was annoying, it seemed necessary for the dragon fetus? Shen Huan gently twitched the corner of his mouth. The eldest son of the emperor was too big and refused to be disciplined. He always felt that his mother was His death is related to his own, so the unborn baby can be used as a weight.
The scriptures had been turned and curled up a bit. Shen Huan put down the scriptures, bowed again and stood up.
Turning around and returning to her meditation room, she saw a serving maid walking up to her and saying awkwardly: "Your Majesty, there is someone outside the temple who has been stopped for a long time asking to see you, but that person refused to leave and must not see you until you see your Majesty."
Cui Shanggong frowned and scolded: "Nonsense, if someone of unknown origin collides with the empress, who can bear it?"
The palace maid hesitated to speak, and Shen Huan asked: "What kind of person is he?"
The palace maid replied: "He is... an older man, but... he doesn't have a beard... He asked the slave to tell the empress that he had brought her shoes before..."
Cui Shanggong looked worried and was about to scold, but Shen Huan seemed to understand and smiled and said: "I probably know who it is, please come in!"
The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went out to invite people in.
A gust of cold wind blew into the door, and the man wearing a bamboo hat and black clothes walked in along with the gust of wind. Shen Huan unconsciously wrapped her double-breasted gown tightly.
The visitor took off his bamboo hat, revealing his half-gray hair, which was meticulously combed without any mess. As soon as he came in, he bowed to Shen Huan and saluted, saying: "The Queen is a thousand years old!"
Shen Wen smiled and said: "I'm fine, Mr. An, please get up!"
Cui Shanggong and others were slightly startled. Eunuch An had already left the palace to retire, so why did he come back to see the queen at this time? Is there anything important? However, he, an old eunuch who had left the palace, would know something. what!
Shen Huan smiled at him again and said, "Eunuch An was originally retiring in the countryside, how come he has time to come here?"
Eunuch An smiled, and all the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together. When he was in the palace, there were many things that others paid homage to, so he took good care of himself. Now that he left the palace and went outside, it probably wasn't that luxurious anymore, let alone tea. Liang, who still remembers that he was once the general manager of Ouchi!
"Old slave used to farm in the countryside and lived an ordinary life, but he felt at ease. However, he recently discovered something on his body, which always disturbed his sleep. I heard that the empress was here to pray for blessings, so I wanted to dedicate this thing to him. To the Empress”
Shen Huan raised his chin and motioned for him to submit it
But Eunuch An smiled and said: "This old slave can only present this thing to Queen Yiren for inspection."
Cui Shanggong scolded: "Presumptuous!"
Eunuch An sighed and said: "If it wasn't a matter of great importance, how could the old slave withdraw from the palace and still risk his life to meet each other? If the empress didn't believe the old slave, the old slave would just say goodbye, but the empress... really didn't want to know about the late emperor. Where is the imperial edict?" He said the last sentence so lightly that if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't be able to hear it clearly. But Shen Huan wanted to know what he wanted to give her, so she listened particularly carefully. Plus he raised his head deliberately to let him know. Shen Huan saw her mouth shape, so Shen Huan heard it clearly
Shen Huan stared at Eunuch An for a while, then said to Cui Shanggong and others: "You all go down, I will reminisce with Eunuch An."
"Empress..." Cui Shanggong was worried about Shen Huan's safety and hesitated.
Shen Huan said: "It's okay, everyone gets down!"
Seeing Shen Huan's resolute attitude, Cui Shanggong had no choice but to wave everyone to leave. He was the last one to exit the meditation room and closed the door.
Mr. An looked back slightly and saw that the doors and windows were closed, so he took out a scroll from his clothes and handed it to Shen Huan.
Shen Huan pinched it and saw that there was nothing inside. When he opened the scroll, he discovered that there was a bright yellow imperial edict inside!
Could it be that the late emperor really left a legacy?
Taking a deep breath, he opened the imperial edict and first took a look at the final seal. It was indeed the late emperor's handwriting!
Then the content of this edict is - "By God's blessing, the emperor's edict says: The twelve sons I gave birth to, Xichao, are pure in nature and noble in character. They are deeply indebted to me. They will be able to inherit the throne and succeed me to the throne as emperor!"
After just a few words, Shen Huan looked at it for a long time. While looking at it, his hand holding the imperial edict was trembling slightly. Is the throne passed to Xichao? Is it really for Xichao? Not Chu Xichen, not Chu Xichen !
"Liar!" Shen Huan's eyes were red, and he threw my edict in his hand in front of Eunuch An.
Eunuch An sighed and said: "Does your Majesty not believe in this old slave, or does she not believe in this imperial edict? In fact, I know that this is true, but I just don't want to admit it, right? I am afraid, I don't dare to think about it. , If this imperial edict is true, then the current Holy One is treason and usurping the throne! If this imperial edict is true, then the empress will become the wife of the twelfth prince, and the empress’ family will not die, right?"
There were tears in Shen Huan's eyes, her eyes gradually became moist, her fists were clenched, and she was speechless.
Everything Eunuch An said was right! She couldn't believe it was true! However, it was clearly the late emperor's handwriting, and it was clearly the late emperor's seal, it was clearly all authentic!
"Where did you get it?" Shen Huan asked coldly.
Eunuch An sighed again and said: "Before the death of the late emperor, he gave this imperial edict to the old slave. It's a pity that... the old slave belongs to the emperor! But the old slave... did not hand over this imperial edict to the emperor. , just say it’s burned.”
Shen Huan snorted coldly and said: "With Chu Xichen's temper, he won't believe you! He will definitely kill you!"
Eunuch An said dejectedly: "Who says it's not the case! Thanks to the old slave's great fortune, it's really not easy for me to live to see my empress now!"
Shen Wen just looked at him coldly. Although she didn't know his true purpose, she could vaguely sense that he, who was despised by Chu Xichen, definitely didn't give this imperial edict to her out of guilt for the late emperor! She didn't want to Become a tool for others to use!
After calming down, Shen Huan said calmly: "I will ask someone to send you out. There are some things that we can't do. It's best to be safe. When you can't do anything, it's best to be calm!"
She asked Cui Shanggong to arrange for Eunuch An to go out. After a while, she asked again: "Is General Xia here?"
Xia Wenze was quickly invited in. Shen Huan did not raise his head to look at him. He only said: "I never want to see the person who went out just now, nor do I want anyone else to see him."
Xia Wenze was so smart that he quickly got up and chased him out. Not long after, he came back again.
"I met a strong man on the road and unfortunately died." He said calmly.
Shen Huan closed her eyes, nodded with satisfaction, and put her hands in her sleeves. Inside her sleeves was the edict. She tightly grasped the smooth silk surface, feeling that her heart was being whipped by a whip, one after another, slowly seeping out. The bright red of despair