Shen Qingwan's matter seemed to have taken root in his heart, and he felt an unconscious pain in his heart, but he couldn't figure out why, and could only attribute it to boredom.
After separating from her, he went to the Imperial Garden, where he was able to calm down a little.
On the small path beside, two palace maids did not notice his figure and talked to each other.
"There are not many people coming and going here. Now the two of us are sent here to take care of it. We may make some maid unhappy or something." The palace maid took a bucket and poured clean water on the cut flowers and plants.
"Just accept it. After all, once you enter the palace, you have to obey your master in everything." The palace maid who was cutting the branches with scissors answered her nonchalantly.
"Yeah, that's true." She muttered a few words softly, and seemed to have thought of something, her eyes lit up, "Hey, have you heard about it?" She took the water to water the flowers and plants, and called another palace maid who was trimming branches and leaves.
"What did you hear?" The maid paused with the scissors in her hand, stopped what she was doing, turned around and looked at her with a puzzled expression, as if she had missed something.
"You remember Noble Lady Liu who pushed Concubine Qi into the water, causing her to lose the baby in her belly. In the end, she was demoted from a noble concubine to a noble lady?" The palace maid was so excited that she simply put down the basin of water in her hand and ran to her side to continue talking.
"I heard that she was wrongly accused..." The palace maid who was watering the plants came close to her, seemingly whispering something that others could not hear, but her voice was so loud that everyone within a few feet could hear it. She did not notice at all that the palace maid next to her had a slightly changed expression.
After saying this proudly, he realized that her face looked a little unnatural. He patted the maid who was cutting flowers and plants, and couldn't help but frowned slightly, "What's wrong with you? You look weird, are you feeling unwell?"
But the maid suddenly knelt on the ground, speaking tremblingly, her head fixed on the ground, not daring to look up. "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
After she finished speaking, there was another muffled sound, and the palace maid who was just talking to her knelt on the ground, "Your servant... Your servant... pays homage to the emperor." She was timid and hesitant. What she just said might have been heard by the emperor. If the emperor blamed her, she might be dead.
"What were you talking about just now?" Fu Yuheng had no expression on his face, but his voice was so cold that it made people shiver. He was still angry from before, and now he was even more unhappy.
The two palace maids kneeling on the ground didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that a single word from this cold man in front of them would cost them their lives.
"Raise your heads and look at me, and repeat what you just said." He looked at the two people kneeling on the ground. Although his tone was less cold, his intimidating aura still made the two palace maids tremble with fear. However, they dared not disobey, so they had to raise their heads and look at him obediently.
"Your Majesty, we were just saying that Concubine Liu was wrongly accused." The maid who was cutting flowers and plants still spoke tremblingly.
"What?" Fu Yuheng glanced at them, making them feel that they had reached the end of their lives. "I will investigate this matter myself. I will not bother with you today. If you spread rumors in this palace again, watch out for your heads."
Fu Yuheng waved his sleeves, indicating that he did not want to bother about this matter, but he was puzzled about it in his heart, "Forget it, just go and take the punishment yourself." There were too many things going on today, and he had no intention of dwelling on these two palace maids.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty!" After kneeling several times, the two palace maids almost crawled away from the spot.
Liu Churong was demoted to a noble lady because she pushed Concubine Qi to have a miscarriage and lost her unborn child. After that, he seldom visited her. If he remembered correctly, her courtyard should have been renovated some time ago, and she must have moved back from the Queen's place.
But why did the palace maids spread rumors that she was wrongly accused? Is there something fishy about this matter
Fu Yuheng shook his head and was about to turn back to his study to review the memorials, but after thinking about it, he went straight to Liu Churong.
"Phew... That was a close call. I almost thought I was dead just now." After Fu Yuheng left completely, the palace maid stroked her heaving chest and gasped heavily.
"You still say that! If you hadn't discussed that matter for no reason, how could we have offended the emperor!" The palace maid next to her glared at her, a little angry.
"Okay, don't be angry. Look, we are fine." She patted the maid's shoulder to comfort her, but a dark light flashed in her eyes. The task assigned by the master was finally completed, and the next thing was no longer within her scope of responsibility.
"We are lucky this time. Let's not discuss things we shouldn't discuss in the future." The maid's tone softened.
"Well, I won't do that again next time." As she said that, she took a step to catch up with the palace maid.
Liu Churong's yard was just renovated a few days ago, and the surroundings were relatively quiet. There were no signs of anyone having been around the corridor, but the surrounding flowers and plants had obviously been trimmed, and were lush but not messy.
No one knew where the servants had gone. Fu Yuheng walked into the yard but did not meet anyone. He walked straight to Liu Churong's window.
Because the window was open, he could see clearly that Liu Churong was sitting in front of the dressing table, dressing herself, and was exceptionally quiet.
The palace maid next to her stood by and waited quietly. She was slowly combing her long hair. Her face had not yet been made up, and she looked very pretty.
Without the arrogance and arrogance of the past, he was much calmer. Another figure appeared in his mind. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he shook his head, shaking off the figure in his mind. Looking at Liu Churong like this, he rarely saw her, and his heart was slightly touched.
Her pretty face was slightly pale, and her frail figure seemed to be a little unwell, looking much thinner. For a moment, I was stunned. But I couldn't bear to interrupt this scene, so I resisted the urge to go up and greet her. I retracted my gaze, turned away, and hurried back to my study.
After Fu Yuheng left, Liu Churong turned his head slightly with a smile on his face.
However, La Mei, who was watching from the side, felt somewhat puzzled by this action. If it was before, with her temper, she would have pulled the emperor's sleeve long ago, but why was he so quiet today? "Your Majesty, why don't you keep the emperor?"
"No need." Liu Churong replied indifferently, staring at her plain appearance in the dressing mirror, as if talking to herself.