The person who spoke was none other than Concubine Li. As the mother of the Sixth Prince and the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Li and the Empress have always been at odds, this time when such a thing happened, Concubine Li would not let it go , Saying it out loud now, some people were muttering in their hearts just now, and now they are relieved.
"Empress Empress, this is your future. Empress Empress, does this have any dissatisfaction with Miss Cui? Even if you let the servant girl beside you kill Miss Cui, is Empress Empress afraid of meeting her own fate?" Smiling, Li Fei's eyes were full of complacency. These days, because the emperor came to her palace, the number of her palaces has been reduced, and the empress has been stumbling her a lot. If she can win the game today, she can't just let it go like that!
Queen, queen, you also have today
Since there was Concubine Li at the beginning, everyone also seemed to have some doubts. Looking at the queen, they were a little apprehensive, "Empress, what's going on? How could it be?"
Although there were some gossips in the crowd, they were still concerned about the status of the queen, and everyone was not stupid. Watching the theater was the most important thing at this moment, so naturally they would not get ahead easily. It's just that their faces are different, some are interesting, some are watching a good show, and naturally some are gloating.
The queen looked at these people's eyes, and knew that these people had been dissatisfied with her for a long time. Before, because the third prince was favored, and he was still a son, everyone was scrupulous. It's just that since the Jiangnan incident came out seven years ago, the third prince has also been jealous of the emperor, and he was severely punished back then. Seven years have passed, and the emperor has been lukewarm towards the third prince. It's all just respecting each other as guests, and it's even more so now.
"Empress, the servant is wronged. The servant was preparing snacks outside just now. I don't know why I came here. Miss Cui was not killed by the servant! The empress, please forgive me!" Yuzhu also fainted at this moment, she It never occurred to her that she was watching the situation inside, and suddenly fainted. When she woke up, she took the dagger, and the person in front of her was Cui Liu'er who died there. Yuzhu knew that if the queen didn't save her She, she is dead!
"Okay, you shut up first, this palace will naturally figure out this matter!" Looking at Yuzhu, and then at Cui Liu'er who was lying on the ground dead, the queen's eyes were full of coldness, and she directly He asked the nanny next to him, "Mommy, didn't you just say that Miss Cui and Miss Shen were changing clothes in the room? Why did you only see Miss Cui and not Miss Shen?" Shen Jingshu, you went where? Don't think it's okay if you're not around, I won't let you go easily!
"Madam, I don't know, I just let Miss Shen and Miss Cui change clothes inside, and I don't want to disturb this old slave, but for some reason, Miss Shen disappeared. Madam, this..." the old man Mammy naturally got the hint from the queen. Although there are no witnesses and evidences, so many of them can testify that it was Shen Jingshu who was with Cui Liuer just now, and they are all here. Shen Jingshu just ran away. , Could it be possible to put aside the relationship
"Yeah, ma'am, just now the servant was serving Miss Cui and Miss Shen. It's just that Miss Shen and Miss Cui had a conflict. The servant, the servant has been persuading her. Later, she was knocked out by Miss Shen and woke up. That's it, the empress is clearly aware, what happened to Miss Cui was really not done by a servant!" This Yuzhu is not stupid, the queen is so obvious that she wants to frame Shen Jingshu, Yuzhu naturally wants to follow the queen's words, Anyway, all of this is indeed echoing what she said just now. She did not accuse Shen Jingshu of killing Cui Liuer, but what she said is too much for people to think about.
"Is what you said true?" The queen saw Yuzhu like this, although the plan was somewhat incomplete, but the result was the same, so the queen didn't care about those processes.
"It's absolutely true, Empress Empress, I dare not lie! I just fainted and didn't know what happened. When I woke up, I was like this! I have no grievances with Miss Cui, how could it be?" What harmed Ms. Cui? Empress, slaves are not so stupid!" Yuzhu also knew how to measure, and did not directly testify against Shen Jingshu, but she guided it like this, so it is impossible for others to think that this matter has nothing to do with Shen Jingshu.
"Mother, do you know where Miss Shen is?" The empress was unwilling to give up on the game that was finally set up! Now I have to track down Shen Jingshu's whereabouts, so I hurriedly asked someone to check, but I didn't expect that the result of the investigation would be like this...
"Empress, what happened? Did Miss Shen make any mistake?" What the queen didn't expect was that when Shen Jingshu appeared in front of her again, she was with Concubine Xian!
Concubine Xian has always been virtuous and is very favored by the emperor. Her position in this palace is only a little lower than that of the empress. Although she is on an equal footing with Concubine Li, the fifth prince is now deeply favored. The empress just wants not to fear each other. Will not work!
"Concubine Xian, aren't you sick? Why did you come out with leisure today?" In Qianqiu this time, the empress originally thought that Concubine Xian hadn't come, but she never thought that Concubine Xian would actually come!
"The Queen's Qianqiu, how could the concubine not come? It's just that he came a bit late, the Queen doesn't mind, right?"
"Of course I don't mind, but can Concubine Xian explain to Ben Gong why you are with Miss Shen?"
"It's a long story. When the concubine came here just now, she happened to pass by the empress's palace. She thought it would be better to deliver the gift first, but she never expected to see Miss Shen, so the concubine came here with her. Just now I heard that the empress is looking for Miss Shen, but what happened?"
"Well, I would like to ask Ms. Shen, just now you were changing clothes with Ms. Cui in the hall, why are you with the concubine Xian now instead?"
"Returning to the Empress, Minnv was with Miss Cui just now, but suddenly Miss Cui felt unwell, Minnv wanted to call the imperial doctor to take a look, but there was no one at the door, so Minnv had to go by herself." Shen Jing When Shu was talking, the queen noticed that there was an extra doctor beside Shen Jingshu. At this moment, Concubine Xian was holding Shen Jingshu's hand, her attitude was intimate, "Look, I forgot to say it just now, when I met Miss Shen on the road, Seeing her anxious appearance, the concubine couldn't bear to ask, and when she found out that Miss Cui was not feeling well, she called the imperial doctor to come with her, is Miss Cui much better now?"
"Concubine Xian is as enthusiastic as usual." Looking at Concubine Xian, the Empress felt a burst of anger, she knew that Concubine Xian was doing this on purpose to help Shen Jingshu, wasn't she deliberately against her
"Today's Empress Qianqiu, it would be bad if there was a mistake. This Miss Cui is the most beloved daughter of Marquis Pingyang, how could the concubine not care about it?" Smiling, Concubine Xian wanted the imperial physician to see her, The empress waved her hand, "No need."
"Ma'am, this is..."
"Miss Cui was assassinated."
"What? How did this happen?" With a look of surprise on her face, even Shen Jingshu who was beside her was also full of surprise, "Your Majesty, how could this be? Wasn't Ms. Cui still fine when the girl left? Who told her?" There is so much hatred? To assassinate her? " With an unbelievable expression on her face, Shen Jingshu's face was pale, as if she was frightened.
"This, I will naturally figure it out!" Seeing the surprised looks on the faces of Concubine Xian and Shen Jingshu, the Queen knew that the other party was acting, but with Concubine Xian testifying, Shen Jingshu would have proof of her alibi. But what to do
"Is the empress a suspect? Miss Cui is Pingyanghou's most beloved daughter. What should I do if such a big incident happened?"
"Who did it, I will naturally find out, so I won't bother you, Concubine Xian!"
"The Empress's words are wrong, and the Empress Xian is also worried. After such a big incident, you have to investigate carefully, Empress! This raindrop is the person closest to you, Empress, and now you have killed someone. Empress, are you trying to cover it up?" Concubine Li watched the empress and concubine Xian fighting in the ring, and she didn't mind getting involved, the empress looked at Concubine Li wishing she could kill each other, and she was just about to say something now, Pingyang Madam Hou got the news and rushed over, "Empress Empress, I heard that something happened to our Liu'er? Is it true?" Madam Hou of Pingyang had a stomachache just now, so she walked away, and when she came back, she heard that something had happened. , or has something to do with her daughter, why isn't she worried
"Mrs. Pingyanghou, Miss Cui has been assassinated now, you must be sorry!" Seeing Mrs. Pingyanghou's anxious look, Concubine Li felt complacent, knowing that Mrs. Pingyanghou had always been a domineering person, and now Fan will definitely not let it go easily!
"What? Why did my daughter die? Concubine Li, what's going on?" Mrs. Pingyang Hou has always been a domineering lady, and she dotes on her daughter very much. Now that she heard the news of her death, why not worry?
"Mrs. Pingyang Hou, this has nothing to do with this palace. The one who assassinated Miss Cui was the empress's personal maid. It's important that you ask the empress about this matter, right?"
"What? Empress Empress, why did you do this? How can our Cui family feel sorry for you? Are you going to kill the daughter of the minister?" Mrs. Pingyang Hou was also in a hurry at the moment, and she didn't pay attention to her words for a while. Seeing Concubine Li's complacent look, the queen felt anxious, "Mrs. Pingyanghou, you can't say such nonsense!"
"But empress, the minister's daughter died in your palace, and it was related to your personal maid, what are you going to do with it?" Your beloved daughter is gone? Mrs. Pingyang Hou looked at her daughter who was lying on the ground silently, thinking of how happy her daughter was before, her heart felt as if she had been pulled, and her heart ached!
"Everything has not been clarified yet, Mrs. Pingyang Hou, please be patient, I will definitely give you an explanation!" The moment the queen spoke, she seemed to have a look at Shen Jingshu. Mrs. Pingyanghou's personality will definitely be clung to. When Shen Jingshu kills someone, the emperor will definitely cancel the marriage between Shen's family and Duanwangfu. When the Shen family offended Marquis Pingyang, Marquis Pingyang would definitely not let it go. Marquis Pingyang's daughter died in the palace, so the emperor felt a little guilty towards Marquis Pingyang. The Marquis of Pingyang will definitely hold on to the Shen family and let the emperor deal with the Shen family, and the emperor will definitely not refuse, then when the time comes...
Thinking of the Shen family's destruction, the Queen's originally happy mood became even more heavy now. Concubine Xian suddenly appeared to disturb her layout, Mrs. Pingyang Hou appeared at the wrong time, and why did her personal maid appear here
Everything is out of control, and the Queen's mood at the moment is also a little worried. She always feels that this matter is beyond her control, and it is not that simple!
"Confession? Empress, the minister's daughters are all dead? It's also related to the queen's personal maid, what is the empress going to do?" Losing her beloved daughter, Mrs. Pingyang Hou can't care much now. She must seek justice!
Shen Jingshu looked at Mrs. Pingyanghou's appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little lucky. She knew that Mrs. Pingyanghou was not a character to be provoked. Otherwise, without that person's help in this matter just now, it would be herself who fell into such a state at the moment!
Queen, queen, you are really good at calculating, but you don't know that stealing a chicken will cost you a lot of money. Can you bear the consequences
"Okay, this palace will definitely investigate this matter, you can rest assured!" There was some helplessness in the eyebrows, the original good plan was messed up, and the empress felt a little uneasy at the moment. There is a decision. It's just how to do so that this matter will not involve her
Just thinking about how to solve this matter, there was a commotion outside the door. What the queen never expected was that the emperor came, "The emperor is here!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone did not expect that the emperor would also come, the empress only felt a severe headache at the moment, while Concubine Li had a gloating expression on her face, looking at the empress, she knew that the empress was going to be in trouble, Concubine Xian's face on the side was pale, she couldn't see any expression, she just stood there respectfully, Shen Jingshu saw everyone's faces in her eyes, and couldn't help showing more respect to Concubine Xian.
This virtuous concubine, who offered to help just now, seems to be kind to me. If it wasn't for her, I'm afraid I wouldn't have evidence of her alibi, right
But why did the emperor come at this time
Seeing the man next to the emperor gave herself a stable look, Shen Jingshu knew that it must be because of that man.
Since she was reborn, she has tried her best to protect herself. Today, the feeling of being protected by someone makes her feel very warm, and she has a layer of nostalgia for the tenderness and love of that man. In the past, she was always trying to protect the people she cared about and trying to make herself stronger, but it was only today that she realized that she was not omnipotent. All the fear and hesitation just now turned into smoke because of the appearance of this man. Shen Jingshu knew that she had completely fallen on this man.
Yu Wenjin, thank you.