After a while, Concubine Shen Shu slowly arrived at Youzhi Palace with her maid Xiao Tao, accompanied by Zhao Hongrun, Princess Yulong and the Zongwei.
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun was not willing to come to congratulate him. After all, Chen Shu'ai of Youzhi Palace once bullied Concubine Shen Shu, and afterwards she accused Concubine Shen Shu in front of Emperor Wei. Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun had gradually achieved an achievement at that time.
, his status in the heart of his father is getting higher and higher. Otherwise, if he is still on the edge of the palace as before, it is possible that mother and son will be punished for this.
However, Concubine Shen Shu's heart is too soft. No matter in the past or now, she always looks harmonious and even aggrieved. She talks about peace being the most important thing and it is better to dissolve enemies than to marry them, which makes Zhao Hongrun feel unhappy.
, and could only agree to the request of the mother-in-law and come with her to greet Chen Shuai.
Of course, Zhao Hongrun sneered at this - three years ago he was not afraid of Chen Shuai, who was favored at that time, and he is even less afraid now. Even if Chen Shuai is unwilling to reconcile, so what? The status of both parties has long been on the same level.
Slowly arriving outside the garden of Youzhi Palace, Concubine Shen Shu faintly heard bursts of scolding and crying coming from the Youzhi Palace, with a look of confusion on her face.
"On this happy day, what happened to Youzhi Palace?" Concubine Shen Shu murmured doubtfully.
Hearing this, Concubine Shen Shu's personal maid Xiao Tao curled her lips and sneered: "You're just trying to show off your power. I once heard that Chen Shu'ai was mean to the maids around her. If she didn't agree with her, she'd be beaten and punished... Now she's back again
, maybe he is giving some rules to the palace ladies."
"Don't chew your tongue." Concubine Shen Shu frowned slightly and said reproachfully.
"You are so arrogant, this slave..." Xiao Tao pouted, but in the end she said nothing more.
Zhao Hongrun, on the other hand, spoke up and said, "I think Xiao Tao is right. Nature is easy to change but hard to change. When she was thrown into the cold palace, Chen Shuai was naturally honest, but now that she has been welcomed back to Youzhi Palace, she still hasn't changed her original shape."
Exposed?"
"Yeah!" Xiao Tao nodded repeatedly.
Seeing this, Concubine Shen Shu shook her head helplessly and scolded: "You two, please stop talking later."
Xiao Tao pouted rather dullly, while Zhao Hongrun shrugged. Neither of them resisted Shen Shufei's words.
At the same time, in the front hall of Youzhi Palace, Chen Shuai was sitting in the palace, staring at the palace maid kneeling in the center of the palace with a frosty expression.
On both sides, except for an older maid next to Chen Shuai and a few other people, the other young maids in Youzhi Palace were all as silent as cicadas. They lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. They only glanced at her with pity from time to time.
A glance at the palace maid who was being punished.
"...you still dare to be cunning?"
Looking at the palace maid kneeling on the ground in the palace, Chen Shuai's chest heaved with anger.
She was resentful in her heart - in her eyes, she had been away from Youzhi Palace for more than a year, and the maids in Youzhi Palace had turned upside down and dared to do such a thing.
Do you think she, the master of Youzhi Palace, does not exist?!
Just when Chen Shu'ai's complexion was getting worse and worse, a young eunuch hurried out of the palace, bowed and said to Chen Shu'ai: "Empress Shu'ai, Concubine Shen Shu'ai and His Highness Prince Su, Princess Yulong, are here to greet her."
Chen Shuai's face, which was originally flushed with anger, turned pale in an instant, and her eyes were inevitably a little panicked.
She is not afraid of Concubine Shen Shu. After all, Concubine Shen Shu has always been willing to be submissive in the palace. To put it bluntly, she is a doormat. In the past, anyone could step on her. No, it should be said that she was not even interested in stepping on her. After all, this woman is in the palace.
Her sense of existence is really low, she doesn't participate in anything, she just lives her own life in her Ningxiang Palace, and there is almost no threat.
But Concubine Shen Shu's eldest son Zhao Hongrun, who is now King Su and the Eighth Prince back then, is a person who cannot be offended.
Chen Shuai still remembered that when His Highness was still His Highness, he dared to smash her front hall of Youzhi Palace. She even complained in front of Emperor Wei later. Instead of punishing His Highness, Emperor Wei demoted her to the palace.
In the cold palace.
But now, His Highness has obtained the title of King Su, and has led his army on several expeditions to achieve great victories. It is said that the military power in his hands has reached 200,000.
To say who has the most power among the princes now, there is no doubt that it is His Highness Prince Su.
Whenever she thinks about this matter, Chen Shuai feels a little bitter in her heart: three years ago, she was Chen Shuai who was favored by Emperor Wei, while Zhao Hongrun was just a prince on the edge of power in the palace; and three years later, she was still the prince.
Chen Shuai back then, but the Eighth Prince, was already the commander-in-chief of the 200,000 Wei army.
That's 200,000 Wei troops...
There were some changes in Chen Shuai's eyes. She knew that she should go out to greet him immediately, but she was afraid in her heart, afraid of Zhao Hongrun, who was nominally her nephew.
And just when she was hesitating, a faint sneer came from the door of the palace: "Chen Shuai, you are so arrogant."
Chen Shuai's heart skipped a beat.
This voice was too familiar to her, because for a long time, she had hated the owner of this voice and gritted her teeth.
She subconsciously turned her head to look at the door of the palace, and then she saw an imposing young man standing there.
The four-clawed dragon-patterned silk robe and the four-clawed dragon-patterned jade belt can be said to be extremely noble. Looking at the entire Wei Kingdom, I am afraid that not many people can be singled out.
And this person is now the most valued son of Emperor Wei, King Su Zhao Hongrun.
"He...has grown up..."
Chen Shuai bit her lip and clenched her fists subconsciously.
In her eyes, the nephew she once hated was even more powerful than before. Even though he was just standing there, there seemed to be an inexplicable pressure coming over him, so oppressive that she couldn't even open her mouth.
At this moment, a gentle scolding came from outside the palace: "Run'er, why are you so unruly?"
Following this voice, Concubine Shen Shu'ai walked into the palace with the help of her maid Xiao Tao and her adopted daughter Princess Yulong, and said apologetically to Chen Shu'ai: "Sister, my Run'er has an impatient personality. He couldn't wait to rush in. What a shame.
It's rude, sister, please don't take it too seriously."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhao Hongrun curl his lips and say: "Is it my fault? After all, my mother is here to celebrate her. It's good for her to put on airs and leave us out."
"Shut up." Concubine Shen Shu glanced at Zhao Hongrun displeased. Zhao Hongrun curled his lips and stopped talking.
At this time, Chen Shuai came to her senses, stood up quickly, and came forward to greet her: "Sister, I'm rude. I really didn't know that I would come to congratulate you in person..."
Saying this, Chen Shuai was inevitably a little bitter in her heart. After all, when she was favored, the concubines in the palace did not dare to offend her, even the Queen Wang. But when she was demoted to Pingyang Palace, those who used to offend her would
All the people who were kind to her disappeared. Only Concubine Shen Shu, a person she once hated very much, would ask people to go to Pingyang Palace to give her things from time to time, or to take care of the little eunuchs in Pingyang Palace for her.
At first, Chen Shuai persisted in thinking that Concubine Shen Shu had some conspiracy or was simply trying to humiliate her, but later she slowly learned that it turned out that Concubine Shen just wanted to resolve the conflict with her.
"Such a gentle and kind woman should not stay in the palace..."
That's what Chen Shuai thought at that time.
In her opinion, with Concubine Shen Shu's temperament, such a woman in the palace would simply be a victim of overt and covert fighting. If she hadn't had two outstanding sons, she would have been eaten to pieces without leaving any bones.
Seeing that Chen Shuai was feeling sad for some reason, Concubine Shen Shu was puzzled. However, because the relationship between the two was not yet intimate, she did not ask further questions and said softly: "Sister learned that my sister returned to Youzhi Palace today, so she brought some
It’s a trivial gift, I came here to congratulate my sister. It’s a few worthless things, but I hope my sister won’t dislike it... Wei Jiao, bring the things over.”
"Yes!" Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao, Lu Mu, Zhou Pu and others came forward and placed the gifts in their hands on the table next to them.
A wooden box containing several pieces of jewelry, a can of tea, and a ginseng in the box.
It has to be said that these things are indeed not valuable, at least in terms of the palace. In the past, Chen Shuai would not take these gifts seriously at all, but now, looking at those things that she did not care about in the past, she
I was really touched in my heart.
"Sister, you are too kind."
Chen Shuai personally helped Concubine Shen Shu to one of the two chairs in the center, and explained to her apologetically: "Just now, my sister was teaching a maid in the palace, so she neglected her. Please don't blame your sister..."
Seeing Chen Shuai accept the gift and thank her, Concubine Shen Shuai showed a smile on her face. In fact, she also knew that Chen Shuai had been domineering and arrogant in the past and was not worthy of close friendship. However, her temperament made her unwilling to be an enemy of anyone.
Originally, she had just seen that Chen Shuai had not sent anyone to greet her outside the palace for a long time, and she thought that Chen Shuai still had resentment in her heart, so she was inevitably a little worried. But now that Chen Shuai explained the reason, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this the maid?" Concubine Shen Shu turned to look at the maid who was still kneeling in the center of the hall. She saw that the maid's clothes were messy, her hair was falling down, her face was full of tears, and her mouth was slightly red and swollen. She must have
He was punished.
Concubine Shen Shu couldn't bear it in her heart and tried to persuade her: "My sister returned to Youzhi Palace today. She should be celebrating happily. I wonder what this maid has done to make my sister so angry?"
Chen Shuai hesitated for a moment, but finally told the reason: "Sister, I don't know, this damn servant has dirty hands and feet, and dares to steal things from my Youzhi Palace."
Hearing this, Concubine Shen Shu opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
In fact, before asking, Concubine Shen Shuai also thought that this scene was because Chen Shuai wanted to establish her authority after returning to Youzhi Palace. Unexpectedly, the maid really committed a crime, and it was not a trivial matter.
"theft?"
Zhao Hongrun, who originally thought it was Chen Shuai who was showing off her power, frowned inadvertently.
In fact, he had some understanding of this. Certain maids, eunuchs, and guards in the palace were on guard, stealing items in the palace, hiding them themselves, or selling them outside the palace. Although the palace regulations prohibited this, it was inevitable that there would be some
The palace servants with unclean hands and feet are still doing this behind the scenes.
This made Zhao Hongrun, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to teach Chen Shuai a lesson, gave up this idea for the time being and stood aside to watch quietly.
Although he felt a little pity for this maid, stealing things from the palace was something that could not be tolerated.