The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 74: Either a knife or a fish

Shen Shuning said: "Father Jiang and Mother Jiang indulged Qingyue incomparably and gave her a lot of freedom. They tried their best to protect their daughter and almost never restrained her to help her get out of that nightmare."

"So the Jiang Qingyue you know is happy and at ease. She seems to be very strong and always seems to be happy."

"She told you that she didn't want to be a concubine, because the harem is a cage. She would never enter the cage unless she had to."

Jiang Qingyue would not mention to anyone how afraid she was of doors that couldn't be walked out and windows that couldn't be opened.

Shen Shuning also learned about it accidentally.

Many years ago, the two of them sneaked into the Imperial College to play. It was rumored that the library in the Imperial College was the largest library in Daxia. They tried their best to sneak in when no one was around, but they didn't expect that the door of the library was locked.

After they looked through many books inside, they realized that the door could not be opened.Jiang Qingyue pushed every window open, but to no avail.

Shen Shuning said disapprovingly: "It's noon now. They have to take a nap. Someone will come later. The most we can do is..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed that Jiang Qingyue looked very bad.

It was clearly late autumn, but Jiang Qingyue broke out in a lot of cold sweat, and her hair was wet. She sat in the corner holding her knees, staring at the locked door.

"What's wrong with you?" Shen Shuning hugged her and asked carefully, "What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Qingyue immediately hugged her tightly and buried his face in her shoulder.

"Shu Ning, will we be unable to get out..."

"Nope."

"Shu Ning, I never want to come here again."

"Okay, not coming."

Shen Shuning stroked her back gently and patiently comforted her for a long time.

It wasn't until she left the library an hour later, devouring sesame seed cakes, that she opened her heart: "Maybe it's because I was locked up in a yard for a long time when I was a child, so I'm afraid of being locked up."

Shen Shuning didn't ask in detail at that time, but later learned about what Yongchang Marquis had done, and she guessed that it probably originated from this.

……

"What did you think when you grounded her to punish her? Didn't you really think... that she might hate you as much as she hates Marquis Yongchang?"

Shen Xiao's mind went blank, and he suddenly remembered something.

In Jiu Ming Mountain, on the first day he ordered the grounding, she couldn't eat, but he didn't think so...

It was not a trick on her part, she was really afraid of being imprisoned and afraid of the darkness, so much so that she lost all her appetite.

Shen Shuning asked again: "How long did you lock her up, half a month, a month?"

His face became more and more ugly.

"...I didn't, I didn't think of it."

She was afraid of confinement, but why didn't she say a word to him about it?

Shen Shuning sighed again: "So what if you thought about it, would you let her bother you every day and force you to change your decision to get married? Grounding her is the easiest thing to do. You would do it again if you had to do it again."

Shen Xiao shook his head and denied: "No."

He would find another way and would never do it again.

Shen Shuning held his shoulders to prevent him from swaying.

"You are the emperor. If you want a woman, go to the harem to find her. You have Concubine Liu, Yu Zhaoyi, Chu Jieyu... There are many beauties in your harem."

She has dealt with those women, and their appearance and character are not bad. If she had not entered the palace, there would be an endless stream of people coming to propose marriage based on their conditions. It is not difficult to have a beautiful marriage.

It's a pity that he was wasted in the palace in vain.

Shen Xiao seemed to have heard the shocking words, and his drunken face was full of astonishment: "Are you really going to break us up? She doesn't like that I have another woman, and I want to keep my innocence...! How can you instigate me to find someone else!"

Shen Shuning was even more stunned.

She knew that Shen Xiao had never touched Meng Zhen and Cao Qing, but he had not touched the other concubines either, which she never expected.

"Are you sick, Shen Xiao? Can you figure it out? Even if you don't touch other women in this life, it's impossible for you!" If Shen Xiao wiped out the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion with a stroke of his pen, he would call Zhang Yunhui and Sun Hongling were cut into pieces by a thousand cuts and died a happy death, so maybe Qingyue can be somewhat grateful.

Or maybe the dead Lu Yunjin can be brought back to life.It is possible that Qingyue immediately agreed to marry her.

But all he can do is to keep his body as pure as jade... This is the thing Qingyue doesn't care about the least. It has long been worthless and out of sight to her.

Does this stupid brother really not understand?
Shen Shuning kindly advised: "If you want to be the emperor, do it well, and spread the branches and leaves as long as you want to spread the emperor's heirs!"

Shen Xiao covered his ears and shook his head like a rattle.

"I don't listen!"

Shen Shuning ignored him later.

When he fell asleep on the ground like a puddle of mud, she went out to call for someone to take the emperor back to Qianyuan Hall.

……

Shen Xiao woke up with a splitting headache.

He sat up with his head in one hand, only to find a woman lying next to him.

Yu Zhaoyi hid her head under the quilt, lifted the quilt a little to reveal a pair of eyes, and looked at him secretly.

Shen Xiao ignored it, got up and put it on while thinking, the emperor's sister did whatever she wanted and dared to put a woman on his bed.

God is not wise, and he failed to marry her off.

Shen Xiao glanced at the woman still in his quilt.

"Not leaving yet?"

No matter how dull Yu Zhaoyi was, she could still hear the coldness in his tone, so she rolled out of bed, put on her clothes and left hastily.

……

Liu Qingshu personally visited Fangfei Palace to bring a message to Shen Shuning.

"Concubine An has been named a noble concubine."

Hearing the sound, the bow and arrow in Shen Shuning's hand deflected slightly and only hit the ninth ring.

Shen Xiao clearly knew that it was wrong to coerce Qingyue in this way, but he still did it.

She gave the bow and arrow to the servant, cleaned her hands in the basin, and then turned away the servant. She said to Liu Qingshu: "The Duke of Zhenguo has a grudge against your Liu family."

Liu Qingshu said: "Princess, I have no other choice."

Shen Shuning looked at her face. Her profile was most similar to Qingyue's.Especially the moment when he closed his eyes sadly, it was as if he was carved from the same mold.

Chu Ying can't do it, but Liu Qingshu may not...

Thinking of this, Shen Shuning said softly: "The emperor once had expectations for you. You angered Tianyan because of Xin Jieyu, but he never punished you severely for this, but only accepted your right to co-manage the Sixth Palace. "

Liu Qingshu lowered her eyes and said, "At that time, I did have my own way of doing things."

"Have you ever regretted it?" Shen Shuning asked.

"Never."

Liu Qingshu did not hesitate.

Shen Shuning thought to himself that even though Concubine Liu was in the harem, her character had not been washed away by those intrigues.

No wonder Qingyue said that every member of the Liu family was a shining pearl, and no wonder Shen Xiao valued the Liu family so much.

Some loyalty and courage are indeed passed down from generation to generation in the clan.

Shen Shuning shook her hand and said sincerely: "In this harem, you are either a swordsman or a fish. If you don't fight, others will plot against you. You might as well do it for the Liu family and the people who rely on you. , go and compete?"

Liu Qingshu confessed: "Princess, that's what I have in mind."

That's why she came here.

(End of this chapter)