After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

What Shen Qingci said to Qiuniang at the time was that in order to find out the traitor in the Taiji Hall, Qiuniang was asked to deliberately spread the news that the female monarch was critically ill.

They are the only ones who know the real situation of the female monarch.

Except for Shen Qingci and Qiuniang, the other members of the inner hall, including the hidden guard and father, never left the inner hall for even half a step.

If Qiuniang had no problem, then according to the plan, the informant Xiao Wenyan had placed in the outer hall of the Taiji Hall would send back the news that the female monarch was critically ill.

Xiao Wenyan was already poisoned by Shen Qingci, and Shen Qingci went to the East Palace on purpose, with the attitude of shaking hands and making peace, if he received this news, he would definitely not act rashly.

After all, as long as the female monarch dies, as the crown prince, it is only natural for him to sit in that position, and it is expected by all.

And with Shen Qingci's own strength, it was too late and impossible to make any waves in a short period of time.

But if someone sends back the news that the queen is fine, but needs time to recuperate, the result will be quite different.

In Xiao Wenyan's eyes, Shen Qingci's move to the East Palace today turned out to be that she was deliberately delaying time in order to stabilize the situation before the queen recovered.

Knowing that the lady would be fine, Xiao Wenyan certainly couldn't sit still and wait for death.

The more he waited, when the female gentleman recovered a bit and could free up her energy, he must be the first to deal with.

He can't afford to wait, and won't wait.

Therefore, from Xiao Wenyan's reaction, we can see which clue he received.

Of course, before ordering Qiu Niang to release the news, Shen Qingci and A Niang had already become suspicious of her.

A Niang asked Shen Qing to resign from the bedside to talk before, and Qiu Niang, who was a personal maid, was at the door.

Nothing can escape her ears.

But fortunately, at that time, Auntie signaled Shen Qingci with her eyes.

The conversation between the mother and daughter both intentionally or unintentionally avoided some key points.

With the news from Qiuniang's side, Xiao Wenyan couldn't sit still, and then heard that Shen Qingci took the empress's jade pendant to meet Zhao Ji privately, how could Xiao Wenyan not be in a hurry.

The arrangement for Zhao Ji to meet Shen Qingci was also arranged by Qiuniang.

If she had no problem, then why did Shen Qingci and Sheng Tingye clearly throw off their tails after leaving the palace, but in the end Jing Zhaoyin led troops to surround Jinyi Lane and Baihualou?

Zhao Ji is not the only general available under A Niang's hands.

Not to mention the patrol battalion, even in the mansion of Old General Yang in Beijing, there are still thousands of soldiers and hidden guards available.

If the news hadn't been leaked, who would have thought that she would seek support from the patrol battalion outside the city, regardless of the forces that could be mobilized in Beijing?

The moment he knew that Baihualou was surrounded by Jing Zhaoyin's troops, Shen Qingci's heart seemed to be driven into the abyss.

Even though she had expected it, when the facts were in front of her eyes, she still felt uncomfortable and chilled.

And it was precisely because she and Sheng Tingye attracted Xiao Wenyan's attention in Baihualou, and made him use all his troops to catch them, that the soldiers and hidden guards of Old General Yang's mansion could take the opportunity to sneak into the Taiji Hall , killing Xiao Wenyan by surprise.

Of course, the premise is that the imperial guards guarding the north gate are also A Niang's cronies.

A Niang has been in power for so many years, how could Xiao Wenyan's power in this court be completely overwhelmed by Xiao Wenyan in a short period of time.

She could have purged the government and the public as soon as she woke up, and cleaned up Xiao Wenyan, but she also cooperated with Shen Qingci in acting, just to make Xiao Wenyan show all his cards.

For tonight's matter, Xiao Wenyan will definitely do his best.

Coupled with Sheng Tingye's observation and alienation by staying with Xiao Wenyan in the past few days, his large and small influence in the court has already been fully exposed.

The rest is uprooted.

All the maids and eunuchs in the side hall have retreated, and there are only three of them in the huge hall.

Shen Qingci stood aside, looking at Qiuniang coldly: "Why?"

Qiuniang was not Xiao Wenyan's person from the beginning.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Jiang Yuwan, who was completely kept in the dark, to live safely for so many years.

In the past, she was also the person Qiuniang would protect even if she risked her life.

Counting the time, Qiu Niang should have taken refuge in Xiao Wenyan and plotted against A Niang after returning to Chu State with Li Huo Zhu Remnant Zhu and her news.

Shen Qingci asked tremblingly: "I want to know why."

Why does a person change suddenly?
Why did she protect her and raise her before, and valued her more than her own life, but in the blink of an eye, she would go to kill her mother, kill her!

Compared to Shen Qingci whose emotions were almost out of control, Qiuniang looked calm.

With her hands tied behind her back, she knelt down straight on the ground. When she heard Shen Qingci's words, there was no wave in her eyes, and she said leisurely: "This is the end, I have nothing to say."

"If the girl can still take care of two points of the old friendship, leave me a whole body."

As she said that, she closed her eyes, as if she didn't want to confide a word.

Shen Qing was so angry that she suddenly bent down and grabbed Qiuniang's arm: "Do you think it's that easy to die? Qiuniang, you know me, I'm a person who will take revenge, I have plenty of ways to call You would rather die than live!"

But as soon as the words came out, Shen Qingci's eyes turned red.

Back then, Qiuniang suffered all kinds of torture at the hands of Gu Qiuli, but she never confessed her identity as the shell of rebirth.

If she doesn't want to say it, she really can't do anything about it.

Moreover, Shen Qingci cannot deny that even now, she cannot treat Qiuniang as indifferently as she treats other enemies.

So, in the end, it was Shen Qingci who was the first to lose.

She threw away Qiuniang's arm and took two steps back helplessly.

But when her inadvertent eyes glanced at Qiuniang, she saw at a glance that because of her tugging just now, Qiuniang's neckline exposed a piece of black fabric that did not match the color of her light blue dress.

Shen Qingci only glanced at it, and Qiuniang, who was indifferent to her question just now, subconsciously moved away.

Shen Qingci naturally did not miss the tension in Qiuniang's eyes at this moment.

She took a step forward and picked up the black cloth with two fingers.

"Don't move!"

Before Shen Qingci started, Qiuniang said coldly: "Give it back to me!"

The more she was like this, the more curious Shen Qingci became.

She took a quick step back holding the fabric, avoiding Qiuniang almost losing control of her hands and feet and crawling towards her body.

And at this time, Sheng Tingye, who had been silently following behind Shen Qingci, also stepped forward at the right time, and kicked Qiuniang over, telling her not to attack Shen Qingci at all.

Shen Qingci unfolded the black cloth at the other end.

It looked like a veil, made of high-quality cloud brocade, nothing special, except for a magnolia flower embroidered with gold thread on one corner of the veil.

However, the fabric was still folded in a corner, which looked more like a small swaddle than a handkerchief.

Shen Qingci turned his head and gave Qiuniang a puzzled look on the ground.

Qiuniang's eyes were reddened and she looked at Shen Qingci firmly, and saw that she acted as if she would not return the things to her if she refused to tell the whole story, so Qiuniang gritted her teeth and said in a trembling voice, "You still have to give up the things?" Do you remember my identity and origin when I came to you?"

Hearing this, a thought suddenly popped up in Shen Qingci's mind.