The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 20

After saying that, Shen Shuning looked at her sideways, with a deeper smile on his lips.

"You refuse to admit the testimony of Weiyang Palace and Yong'an Palace, but what about the people in Fengyi Palace? Cao Qing, you also know that the human heart is the most difficult to control, so how can you be sure that the person who works for you will not betray you? "

The queen forced herself to calm down, and after thinking about it carefully, she asked calmly: "What do you mean by this?"

Shen Shuning's mouth felt dry as he spoke, so he took the tea cup held by the maid and took a sip.

"The rumor is like a cloud!"

The name Ruyun made the queen startled.

The queen stood up without sitting down again, looking straight at the palace door.

The current situation is not good for her. If Ruyun betrays her, how should she defend herself?Ruyun has been working for her for a long time and knows too much.

If she had known this, she should have killed Ruyun long ago and told her not to speak again!
At the gate of the palace, Ruyun was not seen coming in for a long time.

"The emperor is here!"

The eunuch shouted, and Shen Shuning's expression changed.

She chose this moment today because she knew that Shen Xiao would be immersed in reading in the library at this moment, so she should have enough time to make a fuss in Fengyi Palace.

But Shen Xiao came when he shouldn't have appeared.

The concubines knelt on both sides to welcome the emperor respectfully.

Shen Xiao, dressed in black with gold embroidered dragon patterns, walked into the palace, stopped beside Liu Qingshu, frowned and looked at Liu Qingshu, and said lightly to the queen: "You can't punish the doctor, queen, how can you Abuse of lynching?”

Although the voice is light, it is extremely heavy.

The Queen knelt down in panic: "I was so anxious to find the culprit for the little princess that I made a mistake. I know I was wrong!"

Shen Xiao nodded, then turned to Shen Shuning and said warmly: "Sister Huang is tired, go back and rest, I will handle the rest."

Shen Shuning did not move, his eyebrows darkened.

"Is the queen's crime just abusing lynching?"

She knew Shen Xiao very well, but if she got the chance this time, she couldn't let him just perfunctory it.

"Of course there are other crimes." Shen Xiao said.

At Shen Xiao's signal, the guards escorted Ruyun into the palace: "This Ruyun used the name of the queen to lure Concubine Liu to the Zuiweng Terrace to murder Concubine Meng Hui and put the blame on Concubine Liu."

In the name of the queen?
In this way, the Queen's sins were forcibly erased.

When the queen saw what the emperor said, she suddenly became enlightened. She walked up to Ruyun and asked, "Did you use the name of this palace to deceive Concubine Hui and frame Concubine Liu?"

Ruyun lowered her head deeply and burst into tears. No one could see her face, only her shoulders shaking with fear of crime.

The queen said sternly: "You caused me to be misunderstood by the eldest princess and almost became a sinner! You really deserve to die!"

Shen Shuning sneered, and stared at Shen Xiao with his piercing eyes, as if a blazing fire was rolling in, or like ice hardening his bones and being frozen for thousands of miles.

For something with solid evidence, he actually asked Ruyun, an insignificant palace maid, to take the blame. How can he convince people?

Shen Xiaohun didn't care about her lustful eyes and continued: "Abuse of lynching is the first crime, and ignorance of people is the second crime. However, the queen has rarely made mistakes in managing the harem, so I will not pursue it."

The queen was horrified when she heard the last word he said. She breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness."

Shen Xiao added: "However, the queen is ill and needs to rest and recuperate. If you are powerless to deal with the affairs of the harem, you don't have to worry about it anymore."

The queen looked up suddenly.

If she can no longer take care of the affairs of the harem, won't she lose her real power as a queen?Throughout history, many times the empress has been deposed, starting with taking back the real power, then taking the phoenix seal, and finally deposing the throne to announce it to the world. Has she actually taken the first step?
Shen Shuning is still dissatisfied.It's just a temporary resumption of power, and there are many people who are making a comeback.

Just as she was about to say something, Xin Wei shouted: "Your Majesty!"

Afterwards, the concubines also shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Shen Shuning couldn't help but glance at Xin Wei, a little ashamed, and also a little bit indescribable heartache.

The once high-spirited young man has become so profit-seeking that he confuses right and wrong. How disappointed is her "Emperor's Holy Wisdom"?

When he raised his eyes again, Shen Shuning half sighed and half mocked and echoed: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming."

Then, he strode past the kneeling crowd and walked towards the light outside the palace door.

After the eldest princess disappeared, the queen said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui is unconscious at the moment, Concubine Liu is injured, but my body is fine..."

She was never willing to let go of power.

A hoarse voice sounded quickly at this moment, like thunder across the sky.

"Ruyun is just a maidservant, how could he be so powerful to harm Concubine Hui, and why would he have the motive to frame me!"

Liu Qingshu screamed in grief, looking at the emperor with a pair of dark eyes, refusing to give up.

Even if the Queen loses the power to control the Sixth Palace, she is still the Queen. Now she cannot coexist with the Queen. If the Emperor insists on easily sparing the Queen, how will she live in the future?
What's more, her grievances have been exposed.

A little palace maid harmed the emperor's heir and two concubines. Without the queen's instructions, who could believe it? !

Shen Xiao was silent for a moment and said calmly: "Ruyun will be handed over to Dali Temple for trial. You don't have to worry and take good care of yourself. When you feel better, you will take care of the harem on behalf of the Queen."

The words "in charge of the harem on behalf of the queen" are very important.

Liu Qingshu stared up at him with a bloody face. For a long time, she smiled sadly and bowed her head.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."
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When Liu Qingshu was helped onto the sedan chair and driven out, she turned back to Xin Wei and said, "I want to drink red dates and bijing porridge."

When they were both in Biluo Hall, Liu Qingshu would just lie on the bed when her menstrual period came, her whole body weak and her face bloodless.

Eating red dates is good for the body, but Liu Qingshu doesn't like the sweet taste of red dates. Every time she eats them, it's like chewing wax and it's hard to swallow.

Xin Wei cooked the red dates into the Bijing porridge, which diluted the sweetness of the red dates and added the fragrance of the Bijing porridge.

After becoming a concubine, Liu Qingshu had a dazzling array of meals every day. She had never tasted any kind of delicacies from mountains and seas, but she always thought of the light red date and bijing porridge.

Xin Wei held the celadon bowl with a white background, blew the bijing porridge in the spoon to cool down, and fed it to Liu Qingshu's lips.

Liu Qingshu took a taste and signaled the servants around her to retreat. With tears in her eyes, she said: "Do you understand this time? This is why I advise you not to be a concubine. If you are jealous, I was framed, and the man I regarded as my husband could not give me justice, so I had to endure the injustice all my life."

Xin Wei reminded: "Now that you have saved your life and gained the right to manage the harem, you are very lucky. You must never say this again."

"Do I care about managing the harem?"

Liu Qingshu smiled sadly, "I have rarely seen him before, but I really can't figure it out. Why does he show partiality and condone the queen even though she knows that she has done many evil things?"

She was an ordinary woman, untouched, but the emperor had a clear and handsome face, and was different from ordinary men.

Faced with the tenderness he showed her, Liu Qingshu's heart would inevitably be moved, giving rise to a vague expectation.

But what she hoped for turned out to be wrong.

Xin Wei had long expected that the emperor would do this.

Unless the queen's crime is exposed to the public before he takes action to protect her, and there is no way to correct it, the emperor will inevitably protect the queen.

Keeping the queen means keeping the reputation of the royal family.

　Both Shen Shuning and Xin Wei knew that Liu Qingshu would not die even if this incident had not happened.

　　But whether the person was saved by them or the emperor saved the person, the meaning is very different.It is very important who Liu Qingshu's favor belongs to.

　　So this time, they didn't lose.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)