The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 27 Create something out of nothing
The next morning.

Liu Qingshu was still worried about what happened at the Lantern Palace Banquet yesterday, and the dense numbers in the accounts gave her a headache. She closed her eyes to rest from time to time.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Zhang Zhaoyi coaxed her and said, "No one can compare to the empress' favor. Xin Jieyu was sent to bed last night and was sent out intact."

Liu Qingshu's first reaction was that Xin Wei had been tricked by some evil person, and the emperor could not deliberately humiliate her like this.

Zhang Zhaoyi covered her mouth and smiled, and then said flatteringly: "It doesn't matter if I look a little like you, the empress. Only the empress can catch the eye of the emperor."

Liu Qingshu became more and more upset after hearing this.

It doesn't matter whether she can be seen or not, or whether she can sleep with her. What's the difference between her and Xin Wei? Aren't they both substitutes for the same person?

If she had to compete, she just wanted to compete with Xin Wei to see who could play the pipa better.

"Okay, I want to take a rest for a while, so you can go back today."

Seeing her furrowed eyebrows, Zhang Zhaoyi expected that the flattery would be slapped on the horse's leg, so she quickly said: "What I said is wrong, Concubine Liu is so beautiful that no one can be even remotely like her."

Liu Qingshu was a little helpless and her tone was softer.

"I really don't have the strength today, please come back tomorrow."

Liu Qingshu asked people to collect the large and small account books, and lay on the concubine's couch in the Nuan Pavilion for a while with her eyes closed. The maid brought a hand warmer and handed it to her.

Feeling that something was wrong, Liu Qingshu suddenly opened her eyes and asked, "Where is Chu Jieyu? Why don't you see her today?"

"Little Master Chu doesn't seem to have gotten out of bed today," the maid said. "He came back very late last night."

There were so many things going on yesterday that Liu Qingshu didn't realize that the girl had never appeared at the palace banquet, and now she felt something was wrong.

Usually early in the morning, the girl would chatter endlessly. Although it was a bit noisy, she would not be used to it if it stopped making noise.

After much thought, Liu Qingshu got up and walked towards Chu Ying's side hall with a hand warmer in her arms.

The doors and windows of the side hall were closed. Liu Qingshu opened the door and saw Chu Ying sitting blankly in front of the sandalwood round table in pajamas, like a puppet. In front of her was the motionless apricot blossom cake and white fungus porridge.

Seeing someone coming in, Chu Ying came back to her senses and greeted her unnaturally: "Sister Liu, why are you here? Have you...had breakfast?"

Liu Qingshu sat next to her. Seeing her sad face and swollen eyes, she pinched her pale cheek and asked softly: "Who bullied you?"

Chu Ying suddenly couldn't hold back any longer, she cried loudly, her head fell into her arms, and her body was shaking from crying.

"Commander Zhang has wronged me! I didn't cut my dance clothes, I didn't! Why would I do such a thing..."

Dance clothes?

Liu Qingshu's heart skipped a beat, she hugged her, comforted her back, and said, "What's going on? Tell me slowly."

"I, I had a stomachache, so I went to the toilet. I didn't know where the toilet in Qianyuan Palace was, so it took me a long time to find it... Then I didn't know the way when I came out. It was dark, so a palace maid showed me the way. , and gave me a basket and asked me to help carry it... I walked to the back hall of Qianyuan Hall. Commander Zhang came. I said I was Chu Jieyu, but he didn't believe me and said I was a thief and insisted on searching. I carry the basket..."

The trembling in Chu Ying's cry became heavier and heavier: "There were scissors in the basket and a torn dance costume... They said I ruined the Lantern Palace Banquet and arrested me..."

Liu Qingshu seemed to be in a world of ice and snow, her whole body was frozen and she could not move her lips and teeth.

There was no way Chu Ying could have done this. She was so stupid that she cut off her dance clothes, put the evidence in a basket, and walked around the back hall waiting to be caught.What's ridiculous is that outsiders don't look at whether this matter is reasonable, but only look at the evidence.

Chu Ying cried over and over again.

"I didn't do it, I really didn't do it!"

She went out to use the toilet and was charged with a crime. Although she was released inexplicably and told not to mention the matter again, Chu Ying thought about it all night, and the more she thought about it, the more terrified she became.

Even though he did nothing, he was almost punished.

Liu Qingshu took a deep breath and said comfortingly: "I believe you didn't do it, I believe you."

Chu Ying would never do such a thing with her stupid mind.

What's more, Liu Qingshu had a similar experience. She was accused of pushing Concubine Hui into the drunken man's pedestal. Her crime of murdering the emperor's heir was so heinous that she almost died without a burial place.

Is that person repeating his old tricks?
Commander Zhang must report this matter to the emperor, and Chu Ying was able to escape unscathed. Could it be that the eldest princess raised her noble hand and fished the person out?

Chu Ying cried in her arms for a while, and then her mood stabilized a little. She raised her head and looked at Liu Qingshu with tears streaming down her face.

"My grandma once said that if I got married and was bullied by my husband's family, she would take me home no matter what the cost. I miss my grandma so much..."

Liu Qingshu's nose felt sore at what she said. She pinched her sleeves and wiped her tears and snot, and said warmly: "One day I can let you leave the palace and return to my mother-in-law. Do you believe me?" It might take a while, but we’ll take our time.”

Chu Ying looked at her with blurred eyes and nodded vigorously.
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Before lunch, Cao Zhaoyi always went to sit in a small pavilion in the Imperial Garden. Now she looked down from the pavilion and caught a glimpse of a figure.

"Xin Jieyu?" Cao Zhaoyi wanted to laugh when he saw her. "You were tough with me during the day, but at night the emperor returned it intact. It's really interesting."

The maid agreed: "This is what happens when you go against Empress Zhaoyi. Everyone in the palace is laughing at her these days."

"Go and have a look."

Cao Zhaoyi stretched out her green-white jade hand, and the maid immediately bowed to help her. With her support, Cao Zhaoyi twisted her waist and walked down the bluestone steps.

Through a clump of tall grass and trees, Cao Zhaoyi heard the conversation between Xin Wei and the maid.

Xin Wei sighed and said: "I finally understand the emperor's likes and dislikes, but I lost this great opportunity. I really can't live up to the queen's good intentions."

"The queen didn't give such a good opportunity to Cao Zhaoyi, but she gave it to you, my mistress?" Huaixi asked confused, "Isn't Cao Zhaoyi the queen's cousin? Shouldn't he help his family?"

Hearing this, Cao Zhaoyi stopped and stopped the maid behind him. He raised an index finger to his lips to remind her not to make any sound.

On the other side of the grass, Xin Wei said with a smile: "Fool, if Cao Zhaoyi gets the Sacred Heart, there is no guarantee that the Cao family will not give up on the queen. What good will this do to the queen?"

Cao Zhaoyi took a step back in confusion.

I see!I see!
No wonder the queen's cousin gave her the position of Zhaoyi, but never arranged for her to meet the emperor.Isn't Concubine Liu just the white-eyed wolf supported by the queen?The queen has the ability to make Concubine Liu favor her, and she has the ability to let Xin Jieyu perform at the palace banquet. Why can't she, her cousin, meet the emperor in private?
It turned out that the queen had never thought of supporting her, and even regarded her as a stepping stone, wishing that she did not exist.

Huaixi suddenly realized: "That means Cao Zhaoyi will not have a chance."

"Yes," Xin Wei said, "As long as the queen stays in this position, Cao Zhaoyi will never be able to get ahead."

(End of this chapter)