Step on a branch

Chapter 408

The moment she realized that she had been cheated, the empress dowager felt a sharp pain in her chest.

It was as if there were hands pinching her heart.

Those were a pair of soft, boneless hands, white, clean, and soft, without any strength at all.

But it was such a pair of hands, holding her heart, giving her an unexpectedly heavy blow.

The strength was so great that she almost retched.

Reluctance to stabilize her figure, the Empress Dowager stood up straighter while leaning on the back of the chair, her eyes fixed on Concubine Shu.

Speaking of which, Concubine Shu has been in the palace for more than ten years, almost 20 years.

Her family background is neither high nor low, she looks very good, at least the Empress Dowager looks very comfortable, especially her temperament, she is sensible and considerate, she has a certain amount of advance and retreat, and is very measured.

The empress dowager was very satisfied with her.

Even if the emperor treats this woman indifferently, the empress dowager will talk about her whenever she is promoted in the harem.

In just a few years, she became Concubine Shu.

After becoming one of the four concubines, Concubine Shu is still the same.

Not being favored by the emperor, she neither fights nor grabs, just plainly, she only comes to the Palace of Compassion and Peace every day.

"Aijia asked himself, he treated you very kindly," the empress dowager's voice was trembling, "You actually eat the inside out?!"

When she asked the question, the empress dowager saw panic flashing in Concubine Shu's eyes, she didn't even stand still, and took a small step back.

"You," Concubine Shu pinched the veil in her hand, her guilt revealed from her smile, "What did you say? Why did I just..."

In the middle of the sentence, Concubine Shu avoided her eyes in the empress dowager's fire-breathing eyes.

Seeing Concubine Shu's reaction like this, the Empress Dowager became more and more sure of her judgment.

This woman is a traitor!
Who bribed Concubine Shu, was it Qin Luan?
The Empress Dowager remembered that it was she who arranged for Concubine Shu to contact Qin Luan. Qin Luan had been to Concubine Shu, but only two or three times.

With just a few times, Qin Luan was able to plot against Concubine Shu?

impossible!
In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, this is more like a fairy tale than Deng Guoshi's fabrication, that Qin Luan can fool Jin Shu'er by means of a demon.

When did Concubine Shu betray her, the emperor?
"You've always been pretending?" The empress dowager guessed and said, the more she said, the more frightened she became, "You are all pretending to be submissive, obedient, and sensible. You can pretend to be whatever kind of woman the Ai family likes." Sample.

Prescribing the right medicine, how could it be ineffective?
For so many years, I have deceived Aijia around!

Who is your master? "

"You've already asked that," Concubine Shu said, "Who else could it be? Who can know everything about your preferences?"

The empress dowager almost gritted her silver teeth.

Concubine Shu changed her usual gentle tone, her tone was full of mockery and complacency.

From the empress dowager's point of view, after being exposed by herself, concubine Shu broke the jar.

And the answer came out together.

Binh Duong.

Zhao Gui!

Only Zhao Gui was able to stuff people in according to the harem selection rules, without anyone noticing.

Only Zhao Gui, who knows all about her temper, can train people out.

Therefore, Concubine Shu would relax when she heard the servants report that Zhao Gui was leading people to attack the imperial city.

With the victory in her grasp, Concubine Shu did not hold back, showing her feet.

The empress dowager hated it more and more.

He hated himself for being toyed with by Zhao Gui and Concubine Shu, hated himself for not being aware of it, and still favored Concubine Shu for many years, hated himself for making one wrong step, one wrong step, and being tossed about by these two little hooves, losing everything!
Deng Guoshi is a traitor, so that everyone can see clearly.

But Concubine Shu hid it for more than ten or twenty years!

If it wasn't for Concubine Shu, Qin Du's family was detained, Qin Luan was captured, and all the people from the three mansions left in the capital were wiped out, and there might not be no chance to make a fuss afterwards.

The Empress Dowager squeezed the hairpin tightly in her hand.

Perhaps, Empress Cheng did nothing as she said.

Concubine Shu, who harbors evil intentions, plotted against their mother and child, but at the same time did not let the queen go.

"Be more steady, you really won a big victory!" After the empress dowager finished speaking, she stepped forward a few steps, raised her hand high, and pointed the hairpin straight at Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu came to her senses and turned her body sideways to avoid the thorn, but her face turned pale with fright.

She seemed to be too scared, she grabbed a teacup and threw it out.

This wasn't enough, with a push with both hands, all of them fell to the ground.

Porcelain shattered, wood smashed to the ground, and the sound came and went.

Concubine Shu was really in a hurry, with her palms up, she pressed a table hard, and the whole round table was overturned.

The tea utensils, fruit bowls, and vases on it all slid to the ground, breaking into pieces.

Not only the empress dowager had to avoid her sharp edge, but even the maids and nuns surrounding empress Cheng took two steps back.

The movement was too great.

Crackling, the explosion made people's foreheads hurt.

The empress dowager was too old to hear this kind of movement, so she couldn't help pressing her forehead.

"Take her down!" She was trembling with anger, "Take her down!"

Without the empress dowager speaking, the prince and the others who came back to their senses had already rushed towards Concubine Shu.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu stopped talking nonsense with the Empress Dowager, turned around and ran out of the hall.

Eunuch Wang led a few people to chase after her, and Nanny Xia came over to support the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager's blood surged, without thinking, she grabbed Nanny Xia's arm and rushed outside.

Soon, the people in the inner hall went to Qiqibaba.

The palace servants who remained did not care about Empress Cheng anymore.

Grandma Zhong saw the opportunity, kicked away the nanny who was holding her down, and cursed: "You have wronged our empress for no reason. If it weren't for that traitor who revealed his secrets, the empress dowager really wanted to kill the empress!"

While scolding, she protected the queen behind her back.

The two quickly exchanged a glance.

There is no doubt that Concubine Shu deliberately exposed her secrets in order to save Empress Cheng from the empress dowager's hairpin.

The army attacked the imperial city, which messed up the empress dowager's stitches. Concubine Shu aroused her suspicion. For a while, the empress dowager couldn't care about the distraction of empress Cheng.

Now that she is out of danger, she should find a way to help Concubine Shu.

Outside, Concubine Shu ran in a hurry.

There are not too many palace people in the Compassionate Ning Palace, but they were either busy surrounding Empress Cheng or doing things in the backyard, so there were not many people staying in the front yard.

Even after hearing such a big commotion, several people rushed to the front and were stunned when they saw Concubine Shu rushing out of the hall.

Concubine Shu rushed to the palace gate and slowed down a little.

Her purpose was not to escape for her life, but to transfer the empress dowager out so that the empress dowager would not hurt Empress Cheng.

In today's situation, the empress dowager is determined to attack.

Previously, because of the evidence, when they heard that the army was attacking the palace gate, they ignored it.

If you don't hurry up and pull Empress Cheng on her back, what else can she do when the emperor's grandson enters the palace?
It's just that the empress dowager moved too fast.

Almost instantly, Wang Gonggong and others surrounded Queen Cheng, without any time for Concubine Shu to react.

Facing the hairpin, Empress Cheng couldn't avoid it.

In order to break the situation, Concubine Shu was quick to gain wits and deliberately showed off her feet.

　Thanks to the book friend 121030193845947 for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)