The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 21 Helpless
To put it bluntly, he doesn't care too much about the intrigues in the harem, who dies and who lives, or who can give birth to an heir for him.Unless absolutely necessary, he will tolerate it and will never give up.

What's more, he had already intervened in this game.

Naturally, Xin Wei could not say these words, so she could only bury them deep in her heart.

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all for your kindness," Xin Wei took another mouthful of porridge and whispered, "Fortunately, I have the eldest princess."

Liu Qingshu echoed: "Yes, fortunately, I have the eldest princess. If it were not for the eldest princess, I would have died on the guillotine. When my legs heal someday, I will have to go and thank the eldest princess in person."

After a pause, Liu Qingshu said again: "Could it be Chu Ying who begged the eldest princess on my behalf?"

Xin Wei frowned invisibly: "Maybe...or maybe it's just that the eldest princess has a kind heart and is so righteous that she can't bear to see injustice."

"The eldest princess has never asked about the affairs of the palace, but now she frequently appears in the harem, protecting Chu Ying, and taking care of our troublesome affairs...it must be for Chu Ying." Liu Qingshu said very firmly.

Xin Wei didn't know what to say.

"Why don't you ask Chu Ying?"

Liu Qingshu nodded: "Ask her another day."

"You must ask."

"Okay, I must ask," Liu Qingshu nodded again, with great interest, and lowered her voice and said, "Do you know about the eldest princess?"

"what?"

Xin Wei put down the remaining bowl and moved her buttocks closer to her.

"The eldest princess, she originally went to the Xisheng Kingdom to get married, but she killed her husband for some reason," Liu Qingshu said as if she were a thief, with a twinkling light in her eyes, "That was the king of the Xisheng Kingdom, and she killed the king. Not only can she escape unscathed, but she can also get the new monarch to promise not to invade Daxia for decades. The eldest princess is truly amazing, unprecedented!"

She speaks from the bottom of her heart and truly admires her words.

Xin Wei raised the corners of her mouth: "That's natural."

Liu Qingshu admired and sighed: "Chu Ying is really lucky. She has the protection of the eldest princess. Unlike us, we are like duckweeds. Not to mention honor and disgrace, even our lives may be taken away at any time."

Xin Wei opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.

"I really didn't expect Chu Ying to save me," Liu Qingshu said with tears in her eyes, "You and she came out to testify for me today. I can't believe that she is such a timid girl. A person who is usually afraid of bugs actually risked his life for me and was not even afraid of death. And you, Weiwei, I misunderstood you before and spoke a little too much to you. It's my fault."

Xin Wei chuckled: "Stop saying these pretentious words, I don't know what to say anymore."

"Okay, okay, don't say anything," Liu Qingshu smiled faintly, then slowly, her eyes narrowed slightly, "I suddenly felt that it would be good to have the power to manage the harem."

She used to be the least interested in fighting for power or being jealous.

But this experience finally made her understand that powerful people can do evil, such as the queen.

It can also save people's lives, such as the eldest princess.

It turns out that many times, we have to move forward and cannot go back. One step back will lead to an abyss.

Without power, it is absolutely impossible.
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At the beginning of the Youshi period, Xin Wei just left Weiyang Palace and met the emperor who came to visit Concubine Liu.

Xin Wei bowed respectfully.

Shen Xiao paused for a moment in front of her and asked, "Have you had dinner?"

"Used."

"Then let's stay in Weiyang Palace for dinner," Shen Xiao seemed to have not heard her answer just now, and took it as a given, "Concubine Liu's cook is from Lin'an and is very famous in Lin'an." "Yes."

Xin Wei nodded and lowered her eyebrows in submission.

She couldn't see the emperor's expression, only saw his feet in black gold-embroidered dragon-patterned boots, which seemed to be welded to the ground. He stood in front of her for a long time, and then belatedly took steps towards Weiyang Palace.

Xin Wei felt a little helpless.

I just had dinner at Weiyang Palace, and I have already experienced the skills of Lin'an's famous chefs.It's just because of the hardships of those famous chefs that we have just made a large table. Now I am afraid that the dishes have not been washed yet and the stove has to be put on again.

Shen Xiao ordered Eunuch Xi to give the cook a few words, and then go to the bedroom to visit Liu Qingshu.

Xin Wei stopped at the door of the dormitory, but Shen Xiao said, "Let's go in together."

When the holy driver arrived, Liu Qingshu was about to get out of bed and salute, but Shen Xiao said warmly: "Don't bother, you are injured. Just lie down and recuperate. There is no need to salute."

So Liu Qingshu sat on the bed, bowed slightly and said calmly, "Why don't the emperor go to the queen? The queen has been wronged today, and the emperor should comfort her."

Shen Xiao was stunned, and Xin Wei was even more shocked, winking at her from behind.

After suffering such a terrible crime, why couldn't she bear her temper?
Liu Qingshu turned a blind eye and spoke coolly.

"My concubine is injured and cannot serve the emperor recently. The emperor's trip was in vain."

Shen Xiao thought to himself, could he be a breeding pig in the eyes of others, so eager to be cared for by an injured person?
When did he become such a beast?
Thinking of this, he frowned slightly and said calmly: "It's okay, I'm here to see you. You're suffering."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

When she said thank you, there was no gratitude at all on her face, and she was cold and indifferent, so that her words seemed perfunctory and sarcastic.

Shen Xiao sat down beside her bed, looked at her warmly, and said calmly: "Before the queen was poisoned, you sent someone to check the oleander poison outside the palace."

Liu Qingshu's expression paused and she raised her head.

Shen Xiao continued: "You gave yourself the antidote, but something was smeared on the queen's spoon. This thing is Gelsemium elegans, which can make the poison of oleander more intense. The queen narrowly escaped death, and she was only able to survive lucky."

Liu Qingshu couldn't help but clutch the silk quilt in her hand, and looked at the emperor in panic, then at Xin Wei behind him, and then at the empty bedroom behind them.

Shen Xiao said: "Everyone has moved away. Don't worry too much. I have never thought of punishing you."

Liu Qingshu's arrogance just now disappeared. She bit her pale lips and said hoarsely: "The queen forced the concubine to do unjust things. The concubine did not want to be left alone for the rest of her life, so she began to think of harming others."

She risked her life to win, and expected two endings.

One is that the queen passed away, and the other is that the queen is lucky to be alive, which also proves what she said that the poison will not lead to death.

In any case, she was not responsible for the poison. Oleander had never been in or out of her Weiyang Palace. She was innocent, and there were always clues that could lead to Concubine Hui.

"In the disputes in Jinling City, most of them are helpless actions. I have experienced it."

Shen Xiao moved his eyes away from her face and cast his eyes towards the dark and dim corner by the wall. His tone gradually became lower and lower, "It's not like I have done many things out of necessity."

Liu Qingshu thought about his words carefully and thought about it. His road to becoming an emperor had many unknown hardships and hardships, so much so that now he could look down upon them and tolerate them.

"The Emperor is now the lord of the world, and there will be no last resort."

Shen Xiao smiled bitterly: "Yes."

(End of this chapter)