After rebirth, the regent refused to divorce

Chapter 145: Invited by a Phoenix (2)

Her words are undoubtedly a double-edged sword.

If Shen Qingyi agrees, she must marry into the Eastern Palace as a concubine. From then on, she will be imprisoned in the palace, and she will have no fate with Chu Zhengyue, but if she does not agree, then Shen Qingyi will be tantamount to acquiescing in collusion with the King of Shu .

Stretching out the head thoroughly, and shrinking the head is also a knife.

In fact, if she had never had a love affair with Chu Zhengyue in this life because of his life-saving grace, in fact, marrying the prince would not be a bad destination for Shen Qingyi.

First of all, although the crown prince is the crown prince, the Sangong and Six Courts are inevitable, but the crown princess is the future queen. Shen Qingyi was a good empress for seven years in her previous life, and since she was able to assist the idiot King Liang, the loyal crown prince would naturally also assist her. up.

Secondly, although the crown prince is not as scheming as the king of Shu, he is backed by the Meng family and is a direct descendant. His birth mother, Empress Mingyao, is even more stable and has many supporters. many.

But the problem is also clear, once all the men in the world are ruthless, there is no guarantee that after the world is settled down, the crown prince will not be the second Zhao Xian. reason.

Secondly, Shen Qingyi now has Chu Zhengyue in her heart. Although she has not been engaged yet, she has fate in her past life and present life, and she has no reason to marry anyone else at will.

Therefore, she was naturally unwilling to speak to Empress Ming Yao.

But how to refuse without leaving any traces or excuses is a very difficult task.

Shen Qingyi turned her eyeballs through the cover of her eyelashes, and suddenly had an idea after a while.

She raised her head and said: "It is Qingyi's blessing in her previous life to be able to marry the Crown Prince at the discretion of the empress, but just now, the empress said that there are rumors of Qingyi and the king of Shu in Beijing. Although it is a lie, there is no wind without waves. , It is hard to guarantee that someone with a heart will take advantage of this matter to gossip.

"If Qingyi really made a marriage agreement with the prince, then no matter whether it is His Royal Highness, the King of Shu or the minister's daughter, I am afraid that they will be deeply involved in the rumors. Suspected by the prince.

"Thus considering the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince, even if the Empress wants to get married to the Crown Prince, she should wait for two years, and wait for the rumors to dissipate with time. At that time, the Empress will make a decree to marry him. Wouldn't it be a happy event for everyone? beautiful thing?"

She purposely did not refuse, instead, she spoke out of the consideration of the prince. Even though Empress Mingyao knew it was an expedient measure, she could not say anything. .

Empress Mingyao turned around and said: "Miss Shen is really beautiful and wise, but you are rejecting me in every sentence, and today in the hall you framed Liu Muzhi under the noses of everyone, if I want to If you want to pursue it, do you think that this palace can't really pursue you? Or, are you not afraid that this palace will punish you?"

Shen Qingyi smiled calmly and said: "The empress is the mother of the world, if she wants to punish the offenders of the ministers, she has nothing to say, but if the empress punishes the crimes of the ministers because of Liu Muzhi, the ministers will cry out for being wronged." .

"During the hunting ground, Liu Muzhi's younger sister, Liu Muyan, pretended to be his face to assassinate the minister's daughter, and even killed Uncle Meng Guo. He must know about the matter, and whether he participated in it is even more unknown! He owes an explanation to the Shen family, to Uncle Meng Guo, and to the people of the world!
"My elder brother's majestic fifth-rank magistrate can be treated like this, which shows how terrifying the eyes and ears of the Liu family have become. If I don't use Ji to fight him, I don't know how many lives will be lost in the future." In his hands, if the empress is like this, she still wants to punish the minister's daughter, and the minister has nothing to say, but I beg the empress to make decisions for my Shen family and Uncle Meng!"

With that said, Shen Qingyi raised her skirt and knelt down.

His head hit the ground heavily.

Empress Ming Yao didn't immediately wake her up, but she also didn't immediately drag her out to punish her.

It was only when Shen Qingyi fell on the ground that she realized that her back had been drenched with sweat at some point, it was cold, and it was slightly stained and itchy on the skin, but at this moment she had no time to take care of it.

She was betting, betting on the sister-sibling friendship between Empress Ming Yao and Meng Yi!

If the bet wins, the entire Liu family will collapse completely, and will be completely swallowed up by the Meng family who have been fighting secretly for several generations, which can be regarded as completely removing Liu Muzhi's thorn.

If she loses the bet, she will become a ray of wronged soul in the palace wall today, fall into hell, and never be reborn.

The empress of the seven years in her previous life taught her how to handle the weaknesses of others and how to judge people's hearts, but she would never be able to understand the saying that being with a king is like a tiger.

No matter how you try to figure out people's hearts, it is through the belly after all, whether it is red or black, no one can predict.

What's more, she had already shown her sharpness in front of Empress Ming Yao, but after she showed it, she made it clear that she didn't want to submit to their mother and son.

Whether to appreciate her thorny rose, or to pull out the whole plant, is all in Empress Mingyao's mind.

She kept lingering in her mind about the conversation just now, and kept thinking about what was wrong with her own words just now.

After an unknown amount of time, Empress Ming Yao spoke, and Shen Qingyi's heart couldn't help but tighten.

"Bengong was just joking with you, but you actually took it seriously. In your eyes, is this Gongong such a moody person?"

As soon as Empress Mingyao said this, Shen Qingyi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally said with a smile: "Your Majesty shows both kindness and majesty. It's because the ministers are really impressed by the Majesty's majesty, so they knelt down and bowed unconsciously. I don't want to let your Majesty not Yue, it's time to fight!"

As he spoke, he pretended to slap himself, which made the Queen of Ballads purse her lips into a smile, and said: "You are used to being likable, so you will often come into the palace to talk to Bengong from now on. , your luck is at the back."

She said and raised her voice, "Come here!"

Yan Xin heard the sound and came in with a brocade box, which was obviously prepared early in the morning. It can be seen that Empress Mingyao really appreciated her, so she prepared the reward early in the morning, and the conversation just now was indeed true. Tried it.

Shen Qingyi felt a little resentful.

The queen felt that it was just a few words of probing, but she felt that her neck was chilly, and her head seemed to fall to the ground at any moment, with the words "scratch the family and exterminate the family" attached to it.

A mere reward is nothing compared to the lives of the entire Shen family.

Empress Ming Yao pulled her to her and said with a smile: "This pair of jade bracelets was given to me by the Empress Dowager when I married into the East Palace. The Empress Dowager said that I am the Crown Princess and will be the only queen in the world in the future. , Now that I am old, wearing this green and tender jade bracelet is really out of character, I see your slender wrist, this bracelet is just right on your wrist."

(End of this chapter)