While Xiangming was changing Shen Huan's dressing, she peeked at her expression. Shen Huan's expression was always like this, with a slight frown, lips pursed, and a look of indifference in her eyes. Xiangming couldn't help but say: "Miss, if you feel pain, You might as well say it or call it out."
Shen Huan glanced at her and said, "Wouldn't it hurt if I screamed?"
Xiang Ming was speechless for a moment, and continued to wrap the gauze around the wound on Shen Huan's arm. After a while, she whispered: "Master Twelve asked his slave to send a message to the young lady, saying that what the young lady asked him to investigate has been implemented. It is indeed as good as what the young lady guessed. two"
Shen Huan said "Yes" expressionlessly, Xiang Ming paused her hand and asked uncertainly: "Is it really... her?"
Shen Huan said coldly: "It's her"
Xiangming helped her bandage up and asked, "Did the lady know about it from the beginning?"
Shen Wen shook his head: "No, there were many things that I couldn't figure out at the beginning. Later, Xia Wenze accidentally told me about the relationship between his lieutenant and their brother and sister. I finally figured out those things that I couldn't figure out."
"But she...why would she do this?"
"Because she hates me!" Shen Wen smiled mockingly to herself, "Which woman in this harem doesn't hate me? Concubine Pei, Concubine Qing, and even the Queen Mother, these people who hate me are all the same on the surface. I couldn't get through it, but she was the only one who stayed out of it. But she is clearly the one with the deepest affection. She cares so much about Chu Xichen, how could she tolerate me next to him?"
Shen Wen continued: "She is very smart and knows how to hide herself. If the harem situation is so chaotic now, I'm afraid I won't think it's a pity for her. There were too few women around Chu Xichen at that time." She paused , narrowed his eyes and said, "I fell into the water on the night of the Lantern Festival. After that, although Chu Xichen and I didn't say anything on the surface, we both thought that Concubine Qing was behind the scenes, so Xichen stayed away from Concubine Qing. Later, she got into trouble in court. Concubine Pei's palace servants were caught on the spot but committed suicide out of fear of crime! One of them committed suicide out of fear of crime! Concubine Pei was implicated and demoted to Zhaoyi, so both concubines were injured."
Xiangming said: "She was the only one who was unscathed."
"Yes, originally she might have wanted to get rid of me, so when she learned that Concubine Qing wanted to deal with me, she revealed the news to Concubine Pei. Therefore, the little eunuch who pushed me into the water failed and fled to Concubine Pei's palace. It's not surprising at all, but she knew that Xia Wenze was ordered to protect me. If I died, Xia Wenze would definitely be severely punished, and he might even lose his life. So after I was imprisoned in the Si Guo Hall, Concubine Pei wasted no time in setting a fire. The purpose is not to burn me to death, but to lure Xia Wenze to rescue me."
Xiangming sighed: "It's a good plan, but Concubine Pei became the scapegoat."
"Originally, I knew that Xia Wenze was secretly protecting me only because of the deputy general, but that deputy general had a close relationship with her, so I figured it out. Concubine Pei thought she had someone behind the scenes to help her, but she lost in the end but didn't know that person was Who, because from beginning to end, she—Xia Zhaoyi didn’t show up!"
Xiangming suddenly realized: "No wonder! I asked the maid who was cleaning the courtyard of Ruizhu Palace. During that time, people were always throwing things into it, but Concubine Pei wouldn't let her touch it."
Shen Wen twitched the corners of her lips, stroked her injured arm and said, "This time, she was too eager to protect her brother."
"Did the lady say that she begged the emperor to betroth the lady to General Xia? That veil was made on purpose by the lady..."
Shen Wen glanced at her and said, "I just wanted her to know Xia Wenze's feelings for me, but I didn't expect that she would be so eager to push me out of the palace." She smiled and said, "Maybe she cares too much about Chu Xi Chen Xichen, do you think that as long as I marry someone else, she will be in Chu Xichen’s eyes? She doesn’t know that that lunatic Chu Xichen will never let me marry anyone!”
Xiangming was stunned for a moment and said in a daze: "Why did the young lady say that about the emperor?"
Shen Huan snorted coldly: "He is just a madman!"
Xiangming opened her mouth and said, "What are the young lady's plans now?"
Shen Huan stood up and took two steps and said: "Now I can only deal with it more carefully. She must hate me even more now and wishes I died immediately."
Xiangming was shocked: "She wants to harm the young lady? Then let's go and tell the emperor!"
Shen Huan shook his head and said: "If I have evidence, why should I risk my life?"
Xiangming was stunned, Shen Huan smiled at her, took her hand and said: "You used to be a very old person, Shen, why are you in such chaos today? Remember, caring leads to chaos. Don't do it just because you care. If people get into trouble, I, Shen Huan, won’t be so useless that I will be killed by others, don’t worry.” After that, he patted the back of her hand again.
Xiang Ming sighed after a long while: "Miss, you are indeed the queen's sister. She looks like this just now, and you have some of the queen's past demeanor."
Shen Huan was silent for a moment and then said: "But my sister said that she does not want me to become the second her, she only wants me to live happily."
Both of them fell silent, silently listening to the distant chirping of cicadas outside.
In Yuping Palace, Xia Zhaoyi stood under the outer corridor. There was no one around her. After a while, she heard heavy footsteps approaching. She did not look back. The footsteps stopped behind her. It was a man, a man wearing armor. He He didn’t salute, but simply asked: “Why did you call me here?”
Xia Zhaoyi stretched out her hand, her sleeves covered the back of her hand, but she held a small porcelain bottle in her hand. She said slowly: "Put this in Shen Huan's tea."