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Chapter 13 The poison of the stew pot four

Shen Xiao said calmly: "If you are unwilling, just go back to Yong'an Palace."

Xin Wei finally spoke, her voice very soft.

"Serving the Emperor is a blessing that I dare not imagine. How can I be reluctant?"

Only by leaving Yong'an Palace can she not do what the Queen wants her to do as a matter of course.How to attack Concubine Meng Hui and the emperor's heirs if they are not in Yong'an Palace?

If you do something like that, you don't have to offend the queen, but if you do it, you will commit a capital crime, and your head will fall to the ground if you are not careful.

Naturally, it is best to be a concubine.

Thinking of this, she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyelashes, her cheeks were slightly red, like the peach blossoms that bloomed in March, swaying on the branches like a spring breeze.

"it is good."

Shen Xiao moved his eyes away, his voice was warm and his eyes were dark.
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Outside Chengqian Palace, Liu Qingshu stood on the palace road, followed by a maid, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

He probably came to see the emperor.

Xin Wei bowed to her and saluted. Liu Qingshu helped her up and said solemnly, "Can I take a step to speak?"

After walking for a while, they reached a place where few people visited, and the green plants on both sides could bury the human figures. Liu Qingshu stopped and said, "Do you also think that being a concubine is a great prospect with unlimited glory?"

Xin Wei said: "It's just in line with the times."

Obviously, there is a big difference between a person with a humble position holding a candle in the wind and under the eaves of the hall, while a person with a high position is in a high position and only needs to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

What is the scenery?
She just wants an identity that can better protect her.

Liu Qingshu said slowly: "After meeting the emperor, I thought about it day and night to see him more often, and if I could get a little bit of happiness, I would be secretly happy for many days. But I also felt that Israel is a real person. I'm no different from a prostitute. I think I'm noble and I won't get along with those jealous concubines. Why am I like this now?"

Xin Wei thought about it and said softly: "The Emperor is indeed very kind to you, and it is reasonable for you to be tempted."

From the time Liu Qingshu was crowned a noble concubine, until she was crowned a concubine, everyone in the harem was envious of her. They all said that Concubine Liu was the most favored, even more so than Concubine Meng Hui.

Liu Qingshu smiled sadly, "Is he nice to me? He is just very gentle in front of others, but behind others..."

She seemed to feel that she shouldn't say this, so she stopped talking and changed the topic suddenly.

"Do you know whose face we are making as a substitute?"

Xin Wei shook her head.

Liu Qingshu said: "Her name is Jiang Qingyue, she is the daughter of the eunuch Jiang Liu and his wife before he entered the palace."

Xin Wei had a look of regret in her eyes.

"Is it the exiled eunuch?"

The late emperor's favored minister was a rootless eunuch who once covered the sky with one hand and arbitrarily determined the direction of the government.However, there was once an emperor and a courtier. After the current emperor ascended the throne, he abandoned the river to retain his official position and sentenced Yelang to exile.

In the past, everyone would flatter and dare not offend the powerful officials. After the house was confiscated, everyone would call him a treacherous eunuch.

Liu Qingshu nodded, approached Xin Wei, and said in her ear: "How can Jiang Liu, who was eradicated by the emperor himself, have any affection for Jiang Qingyue?"

Xin Wei's fingers clenched unconsciously, her knuckles turned white, and her heart was instantly frozen by ice and snow. She suppressed the grief in her heart, but said calmly on her face: "Who did you listen to?"

"An old nun in the palace... She said that Jiang Qingyue and the Emperor had been friends since childhood. To others, they were Tan Lang's daughter. They were a match made in heaven, waiting for the late Emperor to propose marriage. The Death of Jiang's Daughter , maybe he was forced by Concubine Meng Hui, or maybe it was related to the queen, but the emperor did not pursue it, let alone hold him accountable."

Liu Qingshu's eyebrows were furrowed and her expression was sad, probably because she was lamenting the emperor's ruthlessness.

Xin Wei smiled and said: "How can the emperor allow a eunuch's daughter to tarnish his eternal holy name?"

Eunuchs, after all, are eunuchs who are looked down upon and despised by others.

Therefore, in the former harem, few people know Jiang Qingyue's name, and no one dares to mention it.Liu Qingshu picked up her clenched hand and pulled out her fingers one by one to make her relax. Then she held her hand and said, "It's okay if Jiang's daughter dies. The emperor doesn't even care. Why does the queen want to summon us into the palace? What on earth does she want to do? "

Xin Wei shook her head and said: "The emperor just doesn't like the identity of the eunuch's daughter. He may not be disgusted with us."

At least for now, it doesn't.

He gave Liu Qingshu all kinds of special treatment, and he wanted to admit her Xinwei into the harem. This face could catch his eye.

Liu Qingshu lowered her eyes lightly, feeling tired and tired: "Since I became Concubine Liu, I have been worried about gains and losses, worried about everything, and feel very uncomfortable. Therefore, I want to wait until I can do it to help you leave the palace. Outside the palace, the sky is high and the sea is vast. , is where you should go, you should not be like a bird in a cage, trapped to death in this world."

Xin Wei had no way of knowing how sincere these words were, but Xin Wei felt the soft warmth in her palms.

After saying so much, Liu Qingshu just explained to her why she didn't help her meet the emperor.

Xin Wei said warmly: "I know it's not easy for you. Like you, I can't help but choose many things."

Liu Qingshu looked at her, her face slightly cold and her brows furrowed.

"So you still want to drive with the king?"

Xin Wei smiled: "It all depends on the emperor's will. If the emperor doesn't like me, what's the use of accompanying him? If the emperor wants to seal me, what if I don't want to?"

Liu Qingshu was silent, took back her hand, and sighed deeply.
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The next day, the canonization decree came, and Xin Wei accepted the decree to express her gratitude.

"Just Jieyu?" Concubine Meng Hui sneered and then said, "But Huguangxie is a good place to live."

Huguang Pavilion was built by the late emperor for Concubine Chen.

Concubine Chen especially loved going to the theater, so the late emperor ordered people to build Huguang Pavilion next to Ganquan Palace where Concubine Chen lived.

In the past, a group of actors lived in Huguang Pavilion, and a stage was set up inside to perform operas for Concubine Chen.

Xinwei went to pack her things.

Aunt Qin was ordered to give her a few words in private. At the end, she sighed: "How can the emperor give you an actor's residence? Wouldn't you be laughed at? The other concubines will have to look down on you."

Xin Wei said, "Aunt, I don't think so."

Is it good for Liu Qingshu to make her the target of public criticism and make her jealous?
It doesn't matter if you are looked down upon by others, the more inconspicuous you are, the safer you are.

Aunt Qin sent her away for a while. In a deserted place, she leaned into Xin Wei's ear and whispered softly: "Concubine Liu is also cruel, and she even asked the queen to test poison."

Xin Wei said: "Maybe she didn't know that the stew pot was poisonous, and it was just a coincidence that the queen was poisoned."

"Who can believe such a coincidence?"

Aunt Qin suddenly said: "The people in the harem are now talking about whether the Queen poisoned herself, or Concubine Liu framed her, or Concubine Hui was vicious. They accused and suspected each other, but no one thought it was you. They just thought you were a poor person. Handmaid, something happened and she was pushed out to ward off the crime."

Who could have discovered that no one, not the Queen, Concubine Liu, or Concubine Hui had benefited from this matter. The Queen and Concubine Liu were seriously ill and were ill, while Concubine Hui was treated so badly by the emperor even though she was pregnant, and she was full of injustice.

Only Xin Wei showed her face in front of the emperor, so she had to be granted the title of Jieyu?
No one doubted that a powerless maid dared to show off her schemes between Concubine Liu and Concubine Hui.

Xin Wei reminded: "Thank you, aunt, for preparing the poison. I can't do this alone."

She expected that Liu Qingshu would not be able to use the stew pot, and she also expected that the matter would be brought to the attention of the emperor. However, she did not expect that after Liu Qingshu discovered that the stew pot was poisonous, she took a dangerous step and asked the queen to test the poison.

Maybe Liu Qingshu designed the queen to be poisoned, or maybe after learning about the incident, the queen was willing to be poisoned herself in order to make the situation worse.

Anyway, this poison is not fatal.

At the fork in the road, Aunt Qin stopped, bowed and saluted: "I wish my little master a prosperous future."

Xin Wei returned the gift and said, "May all my wishes come true."

(End of this chapter)