My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 261 Secret Talk in the Cold Palace
For a long time, the "poisoning" incident that occurred at the Shen family's wedding banquet has been widely discussed by the people. Some storytellers even made up extremely outrageous stories and told them in teahouses, which led to Song Yunjin's "famous reputation." ", the popularity remains high in Beijing.

As for the other party involved, Shen Yuan, he was naturally the target of sympathy.

Even Shen Wei became the poor person in the eyes of the people who was involuntarily persecuted by the Ningcai people.

Speaking of Shen Wei, after she was pardoned, she did not return to the Shen family, but chose to become a nun in Cixin Temple.

The Shen family did not abandon her, and would go to the nunnery every month to add a sum of money for sesame oil as her settlement fee, and Shen Wei was enjoying himself there.

Before becoming a monk, Shen Wei went to Shen Yuan in private and formally apologized to her. He also told the story of his conspiracy with Song Yunjin to kill his father and make him disabled. It was obvious that he sincerely regretted it.

But Shen Yuan did not tell his parents the truth. After all, the damage had been done. If Mr. Shen knew that his legs were maimed by his daughter, it would undoubtedly add salt to his wounds again.

If it becomes a knot in his heart, he may not be able to get over this hurdle in his life, so Shen Yuan chose a white lie.

As things gradually calmed down, it was already halfway through July, and Qin He's letter from home finally arrived belatedly.

The date of signing in the letter was mid-June, so naturally it was talking about something that happened a month ago.

According to what Qin He said in his letter, he and his three hundred owl guards arrived in northern Xinjiang more than a month ago and had a great harvest, but they also faced great dangers.

In the process of collecting evidence, they were frequently intercepted and assassinated by masked dead men. Now, the three hundred owl guards have lost more than fifty people, which can be said to be a heavy loss.

Now they are on their way back to the capital. If nothing unexpected happens, they should return to the capital smoothly in one month. However, if the road ahead is difficult, the return date will be uncertain.

At the end of the letter, Qin He told Shen Yuan and his family not to worry, as he would definitely arrive in Beijing safely.

In just a few words, Shen Yuan felt the murderous intent coming towards him.

The return journey of Qin He and his party is destined to be uneventful. Those behind the scenes have already come to the point where their plans have been revealed. If they want to destroy the evidence, they must eradicate it.

Therefore, what Qin He and the others faced was the last counterattack of the desperadoes before they became desperate, and the dangers could be imagined.

After putting down the letter from home, Shen Yuan was filled with worries.

The work of the Xiaoyiwei is really not done by humans, it is all about offending people to death. It is no wonder that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were madly afraid of them and hated them to death.

It is now mid-July, and the return date mentioned in Qin He's letter has come. However, he still has not received any other letters from home, which means that Qin He and the others encountered obstacles on the road and did not even have time to visit.

Shen Yuan could only pray secretly, hoping that the gunpowder bombs he brought could help them break out of the siege and return safely.

The capital is calm on the surface, but turbulent in the dark.

In a remote corner of the northwest of the palace, there is a place that no one wants to set foot in, called the "Leng Palace".

Any concubine who was thrown into the cold palace either made a big mistake and lost the Sacred Heart, or was implicated in a crime in her family. Once she entered this place, it was as difficult as going to heaven to get out.

Therefore, since ancient times, the concubines who entered the cold palace were either dead or crazy.Today, a special guest came to the cold palace. This guest was the empress, the most noble empress in the harem.

Queen Song came here to visit Ningcai.

The cold palace was dark and cold, without a trace of popularity. Although the room where Ning Cairen lived alone was ordinary, it had everything.

This was also thanks to the queen's daily care for her, otherwise how could she live so comfortably in the cold palace.

Seeing the queen coming, Ning Cairen's gloomy face finally brightened up, and he asked eagerly: "Auntie, when will my grandfather and the others get me out of the cold palace? I don't want to stay in this ghost place for another day."

Empress Song looked at Ning Cairen, who had lost a lot of money, and felt a strangely happy and sad conflicting emotion in her heart.

The reason for being happy is naturally that Song Yunjin was too domineering in the past and even wanted to replace her as the queen. Now that the other party is in a state of embarrassment, she naturally feels bad breath in her heart.

The sadness is that I feel sorry for myself and Ning Cai as girls of the Song family. Their destiny seems to be to pave the way for the family, and they have no control over their honor, disgrace, wealth, and life.

Empress Song calmed herself down, put aside her thoughts, and said comfortingly: "Your incident has had a great impact on the court. Your Majesty's anger has not completely dissipated, and it is not yet time to rescue you. Father specially said I'm here to comfort you, please be patient for a little longer and don't be impatient, my family is already trying to find a way out for you."

Ning Cairen angrily threw away the handkerchief in his hand and said bitterly: "Wait, wait, wait... endure, endure, endure... When will I be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering? Auntie, see for yourself, this is Is it a place where people live? And the tea is always cold, all day long, and there is not even a palace maid or eunuch serving people. Look at my hands, they are almost calloused..."

Ning Cairen's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and she cried pitifully.

Empress Song glanced at the slender hand stretched out by the other party. It was indeed a bit rougher and duller than before.

It seems that life in the cold palace is indeed difficult. Even if he is secretly taking care of it, it is still a drop in the bucket.What's more, Ning Cairen, who has been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, has a delicate body and expensive body, such a life is really torture for her.

"I have come here today to tell you something important."

Regarding Ning Cairen's complaints, Empress Song had no emotions in her heart. If she hadn't wanted to care about the family's friendship, which meant both prosperity and loss, she really didn't want to pay attention to this brooding and vicious niece.

Ning Cairen suddenly realized that something was wrong and asked cautiously, "What's the matter? Did my grandfather ask auntie to tell Jin'er?"

"Of course it was my father's order." A hint of sarcasm flashed in Queen Song's eyes, and she said coldly: "The family has planned to send another beauty into the palace to serve His Majesty. During your absence, we cannot let the Song family's power in the harem slip. It’s empty, so you have to quickly find someone to replace you and fill this position.”

"What?" Ning Cairen said angrily: "Grandpa, are they planning to abandon me? Do they want to cross the river and burn the bridge?"

Song Yunjin was not only furious, but also felt chilled.

In order to revitalize the Song family, she worked as a concubine and worked hard in the palace for more than ten years. Even her attack on Shen Yuan was under her grandfather's instructions.

As a result, when she saw that she had lost power, her family turned around and wanted to abandon her and support a new person to take over. How could this make her feel embarrassed?How can we be willing to do so?
Want her, Song Yunjin, to make wedding clothes for others?

It’s impossible to even die!

(End of this chapter)