The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 28 Create something out of nothing

Huaixi added: "But it doesn't matter. There are many concubines in the palace who can't stand out. It's good to have a cousin of the queen leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade."

"What you are saying is that it is better not to stand out," Xin Wei paused and said meaningfully, "If one day Cao Zhaoyi slightly stands out, how can the Queen not attack Cao Zhaoyi with her methods? Concubine Hui is still awake. , Concubine Liu was beaten into submission in Fengyi Palace... What kind of person is the Queen..."

After Xin Wei left, Cao Zhaoyi still stood there for a long time, holding the maid's hand tightly, with an extremely ugly face.

Who is the queen?

The eldest princess clearly understood the truth in front of all the concubines. That day, she deceived Concubine Hui and Concubine Liu to go to the Zuiwengtai. When it was revealed that they were framed and framed, they almost got involved at the same time.

Isn't this the Queen's method?

The maid lowered her head, not daring to breathe.

After a long time, Cao Zhaoyi said coldly: "Let's go."
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The eldest princess claimed that on the night of the Lantern Festival, she saw a kind-hearted palace maid climbing up a tree and saving a bird. Two days later, she was still deeply moved when she thought of this scene and wanted to find her and reward her heavily.

So, all the maids in the palace were summoned to be identified one by one in Fangfei Hall.

Chu Ying stood next to the eldest princess, eyes wide open, looking over one by one.

"Still not?"

After looking at hundreds of palace maids, Shen Shuning asked: "It was already dark that day, are you sure you can see clearly?"

Chu Ying nodded: "You can see clearly, that palace maid has fox-like eyes, which is easy to recognize."

After all the maids looked at it, Shen Shuning asked Dan Hong: "Are they all here? Especially those from Fengyi Palace, and the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace cannot be left behind."

Dan Hong said: "Princess, all the maids are registered, and many of them have been counted."

This is true.

The iron cage of the palace wall is very tight. People from outside can't get in, and people inside have a hard time getting out. The number of palace ladies is strictly registered, and there is no mistake.

Xin Wei thought of something and reminded: "Princess, on the Lantern Festival, there are not only palace people, but those who dress up as palace maids may not necessarily be palace maids."

There are also several princesses and a group of dancers from Jiaofangsi.

The possibility of it being a princess is extremely slim. A princess dressed as a palace maid is still a bit ostentatious and can easily attract attention.

"Call all the actors from the Jiaofang Division," Shen Shuning said, "and get a copy of the portraits of the princesses."
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Then the dancers met one by one, and all the female relatives who might have appeared in the palace that day were checked. After two days of busy work, there was still no result and no clue.

Shen Shuning had a headache. After everyone retreated, he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and retreated: "I won't investigate anymore. Is there anything to investigate? Who else can we investigate other than the Queen's envoy? So what if we find out?" "

She thought to herself that the only person in the palace who had the motive and ability to do this, besides the queen, was Concubine Meng Hui. Concubine Meng Hui was still unconscious, so there was no doubt that she was the queen.

"Okay, let's not check anymore," Xin Wei stood behind her and gently rubbed her temples, "Meng Da Sima and Cao Xiang are still having a fierce quarrel in the temple?"

Thinking of this, Shen Shuning smiled: "It's so fierce."

Meng Da Sima was still the Da Sima, but under pressure from all parties, he first handed over the power of military entrustment, and then the left general Liu Cheng and the right general Zhao Qi left China and North Korea and were no longer under the jurisdiction of the Da Sima, and their military power was greatly inferior. forward.

He was unwilling to hand over power, but Liu Cheng had second thoughts, and his fight with Prime Minister Cao hurt each other's strength, and many officials openly and secretly impeached him.In order to appease his ministers, the emperor had to reduce the power of the chief minister, and he had to accept it.

Now that he had no power to discuss politics, he was dissatisfied and directed all his energy towards Prime Minister Cao.

From time to time, several crimes, both minor and minor, were revealed, all involving the disciples of Prime Minister Cao.

While Cao Xiang was worried about the queen's situation, he was also worried about Meng Dashima's targeting. Recently, he also had a headache and trouble sleeping and eating.

Shen Shuning thought of something and suddenly said, "I asked Shen Xiao yesterday, what do you think he said?" Xin Wei rubbed her temples with her hand and was confused.

"what's up?"

"I asked him why he called you to sleep with you that day and then sent you back. Was it playing hard to get?" Shen Shuning opened his eyes, turned to look into her eyes, and said, "He said that he would never call you to sleep with you. Because...one day you will leave the palace, go to the mountains, rivers and seas, and have your own vast life. Innocence is especially important to you, and he cannot destroy you."

Xin Wei felt nothing in her heart and smiled disapprovingly.

"Why do you think innocence is so important? You have to please men and be a chaste and fierce woman in their hearts?"

If you leave this four-dimensional prison one day, why do you have to go back to the house to trap yourself?There is a vast world out there, where is it not more interesting than raising a husband and raising children?
Now that we have traveled to mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, why do we still need men?

Shen Shuning was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "When I first returned to Daxia, some people laughed at me as a widow. I didn't take it seriously. I thought, what's wrong with being so comfortable now?"

She paused and then said: "In the past, when we were lawless in Jinling City, we were really comfortable. I was envious of you then..."

To say I'm envious is to speak from the bottom of my heart.

Mr. Jiang Changgong only had one daughter, whom he regarded as a treasure, and he pampered and favored her in every way.Everyone in the government and the public respected Jiang Changgong respectfully, and naturally they regarded her daughter as a pearl.

Shen Shuning had envied her. Her father only had one daughter, but his own father had countless daughters, so he would not take any of them too seriously.

"Nowadays, everyone is afraid of me, the eldest princess, but I don't know if I want to protect anyone," Shen Shuning shook his head helplessly and asked uncertainly: "Qingyue, do you think I'm terrible?"

Xin Wei also shook her head.

"You're not bad, you're the best."

She felt sorry for Shen Shuning.First-class women always take on a lot of responsibilities and bear a lot of infamy, but they always feel that they haven't done enough.

Shen Shuning looked at the five-legged and eight-sided iron heater not far away. The maid was adding charcoal to it. A beam of flame suddenly burst into flames. After burning for a while, it slowly extinguished, revealing red and hot golden charcoal.

"To deal with the Queen, we cannot take our time." Shen Shuning said thoughtfully, "The fire must be strong enough to burn her thoroughly at once."

"Yes, but there's no rush." ​​Xin Wei reminded.

Shen Shuning held her hand, pulled her to his side and sat down, looked into her eyes and asked:
"At that time, I really thought that the charred corpse was you. It wasn't until Meng Zhen brought me the map of Beiji Mountain...that I knew you were not dead. I have always wanted to ask you, since you are alive, why didn't you tell me earlier? I, you know those days..."

Shen Shuning stopped talking as he seemed pretentious again.

Xin Wei frowned and immediately asked, "Did Shen Xiao tell you?"

As she finished speaking, she realized that the title was wrong and changed her words.

"Why didn't the emperor tell you?"

She thought that the emperor would definitely tell Shu Ning, and she had always thought so.

Shen Shuning's eyes widened. After being stunned for a moment, he slapped the wide armrest of the sandalwood chair and straightened his back.

"He knew all along that you weren't dead?!"

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