Imperial Capital, East Palace.
Mrs. Liu, who came here rarely, looked at Liu Ruoyu's face as pale as paper, and said distressedly: "Why is her complexion so bad?" Since they were the only two cousins in the inner room, Mrs. Liu also asked bluntly, "But the prince... Treating you badly again?"
Liu Ruoyu smiled faintly. When did the prince, who was known to the whole country as a coward and unscrupulous person, be kind to him? But she didn't really care about this. After more than ten years in her stepmother's hands, Zhang Shaoguang and her daughter were obsessed with torturing her, and their methods were much more ruthless than Shen Xun's. Liu Ruoyu didn't take Shen Xun's beatings and scoldings to heart at all, but even if she had to care about them, in her heart she ranked behind Zhang Shaoguang's mother and daughter.
She avoided the topic a little tiredly and said: "The lotus cake brought by Seventh Sister this time seems to be made by Seventh Sister, but upon closer inspection there are differences... Is it made by Jing'er? She has already started to learn to cook. Already?"
"Really?" Mrs. Liu saw that she didn't want to talk more about the prince, so she sighed inwardly, and stopped asking further - Liu Ruoyu didn't have a prince in her heart, and she couldn't bear to waste time on the prince, so she used all the methods to teach her how to win favors. When it comes to the queen... Besides, Prince Shen Xun is not someone who can win over easily by competing for his favor. No matter how much Mrs. Liu felt sorry for Liu Ruoyu about this matter, she was helpless.
At this moment, she had no choice but to follow Liu Ruoyu and change the subject, "Originally she wanted to come with me to see you this time, but you sent someone before to tell her not to come..."
"When there is a banquet at Weiyang Palace in the future, Sister Qi, you can bring her into the palace and meet her in front of the Queen. It will be the same." Liu Ruoyu responded calmly, "Jing'er has always been soft-hearted. Look at me being so sick all the time. If she sees the crooked look, it won't make her sad, so why bother?"
In fact, both sisters knew the real reason why she suggested not to bring Shen Shujing into the palace - the prince and his mother-in-law Zhang Shaoguang seemed to be interested, let alone others? Shen Shujing is already twelve years old, and she is dignified and beautiful. Neither Liu nor Liu Ruoyu want her to be seen by the prince and cause trouble.
Mrs. Liu felt even more uncomfortable when she thought that Liu Ruoyu had married such a person. She was silent for a while and said, "I heard that you were seriously ill again not long ago... Are you okay now?"
"I was very ill last time, and I was almost going to die." Hearing her ask about the "serious illness" she had suffered a few days ago, Liu Ruoyu's eyes twitched, and there seemed to be a tremor in her deliberately indifferent tone, "Thankfully... well, I'm fine."
Since Liu Ruoyu's temperament changed drastically, she has been unwilling to reveal any grievances to her cousin Liu Ruoyi. Now when she saw that she actually said that she was almost gone from her illness last time, Mrs. Liu's expression changed without noticing, and she said: "What? How could it be like this?"
Ms. Liu knew that Liu Ruoyu's so-called illness every three days was probably caused by being bullied by the prince. After hearing this, she suspected that Liu Ruoyu had been severely beaten by the prince - she took Liu Ruoyu's hand without saying a word. , pulled up his sleeves, and sure enough, he saw a series of pinch marks on his snow-white elbows, which were dark and purple, which was really scary.
Mrs. Liu was so angry that she almost burst into tears: "What about the prince? Our Donghu Liu family's legitimate daughter is so valuable, can he be treated like a slave and can be beaten and scolded at will? Even the Holy Emperor has never been so mean to the ministers!" Angry! From the bottom of her heart, Ms. Liu didn't care about anything else. She took Liu Ruoyu and got up to go to Weiyang Palace to argue with the queen, "You come with me to see the queen! I want to ask the queen, the majestic prince put the three royal matchmakers When Liu Zheng marries a concubine, she will be beaten all over. What kind of rules is this? Has your Majesty ever treated a queen like this?"
"Seventh sister, don't be anxious, the prince did not do this." Liu Ruoyu hurriedly broke away from her hand and reminded, "Seventh sister, look at the direction of the pinch mark, I did it myself..."
Ms. Liu was startled and stopped to take a closer look. Sure enough, it didn't look like what an outsider had done. She was stunned and couldn't help but asked anxiously: "What do you mean?"
"I couldn't think about it last time when I was sick, so I pinched myself a few times." Liu Ruoyu sighed softly - of course the truth is not like this, and the truth cannot be told to Ms. Liu...
That day, after Liu Ruoyu received a letter from Wei Xinyong and learned that Wei Changjuan had been forcibly taken by the prince, she immediately rushed to Weiyang Palace to report to Queen Gu. Originally, she wanted to use the Queen's hands to seize this opportunity to eradicate the initiators Zhang Shaoguang and her daughter. However, Queen Gu was afraid that Zhang Shaoguang and her daughter were struggling to death, which would be detrimental to the prince. After weighing the balance, she still felt that Liu Ruoyu, who was not favored by her father, was easy to bully. He actually chose to force Liu Ruoyu to commit suicide to take responsibility for this matter.
Liu Ruoyu was naturally unwilling!
Let’s not talk about how she couldn’t swallow the breath of death before Zhang Shaoguang’s mother and daughter, but let’s talk about Queen Gu’s promise... Liu Ruoye dared to plot against the prince to seize Wei Changjuan—the queen chose not to follow Zhang Shaoguang at such a good opportunity. After falling out, Taiwei Liu Sihuai assisted the prince to ascend the throne and made great achievements. How could Queen Gu forget such a trivial matter? At that time, could Liu Ruoyu really turn into a ghost and run out of hell to strangle Empress Gu to death
If so, as early as when Zhang Shaoguang treated Liu Ruoyu badly, this stepmother and Liu Hai would have killed Zhang Shaoyang's evil spirit...
So Liu Ruoyu rejected Queen Gu's request without hesitation!
Of course, Empress Gu's request was not so easy to refuse. Seeing Liu Ruoyu's disobedience, Empress Gu immediately called in her confidants to "help the Crown Princess understand her righteousness."
At the critical moment, Liu Ruoyu didn't think too much and directly dragged Wei Xinyong into the water and made it clear that the letter was from Wei Xinyong. Moreover, she had been exchanging letters with Wei Xinyong for a long time. In order to make Empress Gu sufficiently fearful, Liu Ruoyu simply gave up her name and directly hinted to the empress that she had a close relationship with Wei Xinyong. If she was exposed in the palace, Damn it, Wei Xinyong won't make life easy for Queen Gu and her son!
If it was just such a threat, it was impossible for someone like Queen Gu to be easily intimidated. Even though she was frightened and angry, she still refused to change her mind and let her take the blame. But Liu Ruoyu sneered and told the queen that Wei Changjuan's suicide note was in Wei Xinyong's hands! It contains the details of how the prince took her and caused her to become pregnant out of wedlock!
The infighting within the Wei family was known to both the government and the public. Wei Xinyong originally belonged to Mrs. Song's faction, and would not be willing to rush into battle to promote such a major event as Yi Chu when Ruiyu Hall was still in decline. But after Wei Zhenghong recovered, Mrs. Song was already a person who was extremely partial to her own flesh and blood. She could not even look down upon her descendants, let alone Wei Xinyong, whose bloodline was far different from hers and Wei Huan's.
How could Wei Xinyong be willing to become Wei Zhenghong's foil when she was talented, beautiful and good at dancing
Didn’t this daring boy even seduce the princess? !
He took Wei Changjuan's suicide note. Who said he couldn't do it, reveal the truth, force Wei Huan to fight Empress Gu to the death, and profit from it
Anyway, it was not a burden for this man to be alone. As Queen Gu thought, Wei Xinyong was very ambitious, but no matter whether he was in Zhiben Hall or Ruiyu Hall, he had people like Jingcheng Hou and Chang Shanggong above him. Marquis Jingcheng and Duke Changshan both have children and grandchildren, and they don't have time to take care of their own children and grandchildren, so how can they cultivate them with all their heart? The better he is, the more these two elders might not have time to suppress him! After all, both sides have their own flesh and blood to rely on, and the Wei family is not like the Liu family of Donghu and the Shen family of Xiliang, who have Rong and Di people to help them test the abilities of the clan leader.
This kind of person who has nothing but talent is the most likely to take risks in order to get ahead!
But Wei Xinyong dared to take risks, but Empress Gu did not - she only had the prince's son, and even though she already had several grandchildren, there were so many princes among the princes, and none of the prince's sons was particularly liked by the prince. Once the prince loses his throne, given the current unstable situation, how can the Holy Emperor establish a grandson
The most terrible thing is that, apart from the prince, the emperor's favorite one now is King Shenbo of Yi.
Shen Bo and Queen Gu have a grudge against their mother. If he succeeds to the throne, Queen Gu and her son will definitely not be well. Even the Gu family in Hongzhou may be implicated!
Thinking of Shenbo, Empress Gu couldn't help but think a little deeper: Shenbo had repeatedly asked to marry Wei Lingyue of Zhibentang as Queen Yi, but she had blocked it at that time. Although Wei Changjuan was born in Ruiyu Hall, she and Wei Lingyue were both daughters of the Wei family in Fengzhou. Even if Shen Bo couldn't think of it, Concubine Deng would not let go of this opportunity to remind the emperor whether the prince was deliberately trying to get into trouble with his younger brother, and ruined the future sister-in-law before the younger brother married the future Queen Wei. Is Shenbo shameless
Of course, the Holy Spirit himself is very lustful, so he may not take such a thing seriously. But this is an opportunity for both Shenbo and Deng Guifei to use the topic to their advantage...
The most important thing is Fengzhou Guard!
Since the Wei family allowed Wei Changjuan to die, she obviously did not want to cause any complications before Wei Zhenghong fully recovered and formally retired from office. This was also because Wei Changjuan was not favored by Mrs. Song in this room. Mrs. Song did not care about the life and death of this concubine's daughter, so she did not pursue the case. But if the matter is made public, the Wei family will have to ask the prince to give an explanation for the sake of face. Based on Queen Gu's understanding of the Wenyue family, she absolutely, absolutely does not want to compete with the Wei family like this!
Because this is a shame for the combined Wei family. Not only the Ruiyu Hall, but also Zhiben Hall and the large and small branches of the Wei family that have been separated for hundreds of years will all share the same hatred!
And other readers will not sit idly by.
Wei Changjuan is a decent daughter of Wenyue. She represents the dignity of a noble daughter, but she was trampled by the prince. No matter what the other five clans in the country think and whether they really agree with Yi Chu, they will not just watch the Wei family ask for an explanation from the royal family alone. At least they will support the Wei family on the scene - with such a momentum, Empress Gu will even bring down the Gu family in Hongzhou. Even if the Deng family becomes the most prosperous, it will definitely not be able to handle it.
Therefore, Queen Gu only has two choices: one is to silence Wei Xinyong together; the other is to endure it!
The Queen has been in the palace for many years and has defeated countless beloved concubines and concubines. She has been in charge of the Sixth Palace for a long time, so she naturally prefers the first choice.
However, Wei Xinyong had been dormant under Jingchenghou for many years, always preparing for Jingchenghou to discover his hatred and murderous intention towards Zhibentang and send someone to send him to see his father and sister. Therefore, Queen Gu sent him Instead of being able to capture him, the guards around him killed two of his confidants.
Moreover, after Wei Xinyong killed someone, he ordered someone to secretly dump the body not far from the back door of the Gu family's residence in Hongzhou in the imperial capital...
With such an obvious warning and such an unscrupulous threat, Queen Gu no longer had the courage to take action.
So she could only endure it.
Even if the Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu proudly told her that she did not like the Crown Prince at all, but she was very fond of the handsome and talented Wei Xinyong, both inside and outside her words were already in an affair, Empress Gu could only bear the thought - The scene where the always aloof queen was so angry that she pressed her chest with her hand and fell softly, but still grabbed An's hand and ordered her to return to the East Palace safely...
Liu Ruoyu couldn't help but smile slightly, and said to her cousin Liu, who was looking at her with a worried look: "It's just me who can't think about it for the moment. Sister Qi, don't worry. Look, am I not very good now?"
Simply wonderful. (To be continued)