"Your Majesty, are you going to let them bully you like this?" Lian Yun stuck her head out after everyone had left, her face full of dissatisfaction.
She picked up a fallen flower at hand and turned to look at her, "What do you want to do if it doesn't work?" She stood up and looked around. The whole yard was a mess. "It's such a pity, all the flowers in the garden." There was no other emotion on her face except regret.
Lianyun still seemed a little indignant, "Of course I'll bully back." She clenched her fists and punched forward as if there was someone in front of her.
Shen Qingwan felt helpless when she saw her like this, "That's the prince."
Hearing her say this, Lianyun was speechless, "Is the Queen so scared?" For the first time, she looked at her with some confusion, as if she had said something unbelievable.
"Have you ever seen me afraid?" She did not answer, but asked her back. In this palace, when has she ever been afraid of anyone? Even in front of Fu Yuheng, she has never been servile. Could it be that she is afraid of a half-grown child
"But there are some things that you don't have to bite back just because someone bites you." Besides, if the prince continues with his current temperament, he will probably be pulled down before long.
Of course, she didn't say the latter words, but in fact, the person who really made her feel concerned was not him, but his mother - Hsiao Shushen.
A dark look flashed across his eyes, but Lianyun who was standing beside him did not see it.
If someone really wants to kill her, she doesn't mind fighting to the end. She has never been someone who can be manipulated by others, not in the past and not in the future.
"Lianyun, take this letter to the general's mansion." He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lianyun, then went back to the house without looking back.
The news that Concubine Xian was bullied by the Crown Prince soon spread throughout the harem, and Fu Yuheng slammed the table in anger after hearing about it.
"What!" He didn't expect that Fu Mochen would cause trouble for him everywhere as soon as he returned to the palace. He didn't look like a prince at all.
He rubbed his eyebrows, stood up and walked out. Now he should ask Shen Qingwan for an explanation.
But when he arrived in front of Xiao Shushen's palace, he was stunned where he was. It was a scene of a loving mother and a filial son.
At this time, Xiao Shushen had shed her usual dignified and generous appearance, and instead was very gentle. With a benevolent smile on her face, she looked at Fu Mochen who was reading a book in her arms, as if she had not noticed his arrival at all.
This scene made the frown on his brow relax. He stared blankly forward with a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Finally, he shook his head and didn't bother him. After all, he was only a six-year-old child, and he was probably just playing around, so he was spared this time.
Thinking this in his mind, he turned back.
"What's the matter? Is there any news from the emperor?" Shen Qingwan looked at Lianyun with a book in one hand and her chin in the other. There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she had expected it and thought of something.
Seeing her dejected look, she must have received some unpleasant news.
Sure enough, she was soon heard to lament, "How could the emperor do this!" She looked heartbroken. If someone didn't know the truth, they would think that Fu Yuheng had bullied her.
But in fact, she was just angry for Shen Qingwan. She just heard from other palace maids that the emperor did not punish the prince at all, but went back with a smile on his face.
But seeing that she was not surprised at all, she felt a little discouraged, "My queen, aren't you angry?" She moved closer to her, held her cheeks with both hands, and looked at her eagerly, as if she wanted to get her confirmation.
Shen Qingwan couldn't help laughing. This little girl was really nosy and too irritable. Her master wasn't anxious at all, but she was extremely anxious.
"Why should I be angry?" He put down the book in his hand and looked at her with a smile on his face, as if what she said was unreasonable.
Lianyun wanted to say something, but when she thought of her temper, she shut up. Didn't she know her master? She really didn't know anything about love.
The moment she looked up, she saw Lianyun's troubled little face, staring at her as if to say that she was really hopeless.
"Has the letter been delivered to the general's mansion?" His eyes moved and he turned to ask about what he had told her before.
She did not dare to delay in doing what she had been instructed to do, and had already delivered it before she arrived.
After hearing what Lianyun said, Shen Qingwan felt relieved. After all, that letter was about the future of the Shen family.
"Come with me for a walk." She closed the book at hand, stood up and brushed off the non-existent dust on her skirt, looking out the window at the horizon. Although she didn't say it, she actually felt a little cold in her heart.
Well, since he can't let go, she won't force him. After all, he is just a man.
"Let's go." She turned around and walked towards the door with light steps, but her eyes had regained clarity.
"Empress..." Lian Yun naturally noticed her strange look, and there was some worry in her eyes. She muttered to herself, but when she saw that she had already walked out of the door, she hurriedly trotted a few steps to catch up with her.
No matter how much she loved her, she was just a servant and had no right to interfere in matters between her master and her master.
"Lianyun, do you feel envied by living in this palace?" Facing the pond, seeing the fishes swimming freely inside, he casually scattered some snack residues, and saw the surrounding fishes gathering and swimming over.
"I don't think so." She shook her head. Before, when she was in the general's mansion, although she didn't have such high power, Shen Qingwan often smiled at that time. But now, in this seemingly magnificent palace, she often looks worried, which makes her feel very distressed.
She reached out her hand and threw a stone into the water, only to hear a splash. "Why do all these people want to squeeze into this palace?" People often say that it's lonely at the top, but why do they have to squeeze into this high place? She shook her head and smiled bitterly, and then asked this question.
"This..." Lian Yun was obviously stumped by her question, and her face was a little at a loss, "I don't know."
"Well, I won't embarrass you. Ask Qing Ling when you go back. She should know the answer."
People often say that it’s lonely at the top, but it is at this high place that one finds the power and benefits that people yearn for.
He squatted down and lightly touched the water surface with his fingertips, creating ripples, which frightened the fish and made it run around in panic.