The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 33
As soon as Cao Zhaoyi left, he left a pile of tea sets to clean up.

Huaixi put away the tea bowl skillfully, sneered and muttered.

"Knowing that she has lost her decency, she can just take it off herself? She comes here wearing nothing but telling us not to tell anyone about it... Who cares to see it, and who cares not to tell it?"

Xin Wei covered her mouth with a yawn and said with a smile, "That's good."

Cao Zhaoyi actually wanted to show off.

Cao Zhaoyi thought this cloak was the emperor's warmth, but maybe it wasn't.

"What?" Huaixi didn't understand.

Xin Wei didn't explain too much and said to her: "Just throw away the tea bowl used by Cao Zhaoyi. Stop working and go to sleep."
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As winter turned to spring, Cao Zhaoyi was not only safe and sound, but also in great condition. She wandered around the imperial garden all day long, and would always mention her lively cloak-covered encounter with the emperor when she met everyone.

Everyone was tired of listening, but they still pretended to be interested and listened to her talk over and over again.

Shen Shuning stood on the wind-watching pavilion, looking at Cao Zhaoyi, whose face was full of spring among the flowers not far away, and wondered: "The Queen is quite calm?"

Xin Wei said: "Perhaps Cao Zhaoyi became more and more stupid, and the queen felt more and more that she did not need to pay attention to this person. Or maybe the queen also wanted to understand that only the prosperity of her mother's family could keep her crown, and internal strife would be faster than attacks from outside. To break up a family.”

This is exactly why Xin Wei insists on starting with Cao Zhaoyi.

The queen's father was the prime minister, and Cao Zhaoyi's father was the minister of household affairs. The Cao brothers complemented each other to achieve today's glory in the temple.

A united clan is indestructible, but if they are dissatisfied with each other and fight with each other, they can fall apart.

"So that's it?"

"Of course not," Xin Wei said with a smile, "Do you know what it means to make things out of nothing and frame someone up for trouble?"

"Fabricated out of thin air," Shen Shuning pondered for a moment, "The trick the Queen used...does it work?"
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"Your Majesty, Empress Cao Zhaoyi drowned!"

When Shen Xiao heard this report, he didn't even raise his head and continued to read the book in his hand: "Is he okay?"

Mr. Xi said, "Fortunately, Mr. Xin passed by and rescued Empress Zhaoyi."

Shen Xiao's eyes paused.

"Xin Jieyu?"

"Yes, if it hadn't been for Little Master Xin, Empress Zhaoyi would have been in danger... I heard that Little Master Xin has caught a cold, will you let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat her?"

"Why should the imperial doctor stay in the palace if he doesn't treat the illness? Why should you ask me about this?" Shen Xiao said impatiently.

Eunuch Xi said again: "Your Majesty, there is something fishy about falling into the water. The eldest princess and Her Royal Highness the Queen have both gone to Cuiwei Palace."

There must be something strange, there are not so many unprovoked disasters in the palace.

Shen Xiao put down the book, stood up and walked out, "Set up Cuiwei Palace."

In Cuiwei Palace, the eunuch announced loudly that "the emperor has arrived", everyone else knelt down in silence, Cao Zhaoyi was still crying on the bed.

Seeing the emperor walking into the palace, Cao Zhaoyi lifted up the quilt and got off the bed. With her hair disheveled, she knelt down on the glazed floor wearing only apricot red pajamas and bare feet.

"Your Majesty! I almost never see you again!"

She cried so hard that she trembled all over: "Your Majesty is aware that someone framed my concubine and pushed her into the water on purpose!"

Shen Shuning sat leisurely on an armchair nearby, crossed his legs, and said more jealously: "Somehow, most of the women in the palace don't know how to swim. This Cao Zhaoyi either died because no one saved her, or she was picked up by the guards and lost her reputation. It’s also a dead end.”

Cao Zhaoyi thought carefully about what the eldest princess said. It was very reasonable, but it was really scary to think about it carefully.

"If Xin Jieyu hadn't happened to pass by and save my concubine, I would have been doomed!" At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Xin Wei, who was wrapped in a sheet in the corner.

Xin Wei's hair was still wet and draped wetly over her shoulders. She huddled up and knelt on the ground wrapped in a tooth-white sheet.

Quiet and quiet, especially inconspicuous.

"Have you had the imperial doctor look at it?" Shen Xiao asked.

The imperial doctor took a step forward and said, "Back to the emperor, Empress Zhaoyi is fine. She was just frightened."

"Xin Jieyu, have you seen it too?"

"Little Master Xin has caught a cold. Wei Chen has already prescribed the medicine. You will be fine after taking a few doses."

Shen Xiao stopped asking, bowed and helped Cao Zhaoyi up, and said warmly: "It's cold on the ground, get under the covers."

Cao Zhaoyi cried and said: "Your Majesty, let me make the decision..."

"I will make the decision for you."

Shen Xiao sat down on the armchair brought by his servants, and quickly scanned everyone's faces with his faint eyes.

The emperor's sister, the queen, Xin Wei, and Liu Concubine were not many people present in the palace. It seemed that the emperor's sister did not intend to make the matter too big.

The queen was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, this matter concerns my concubine's cousin. I would like to request an order to investigate the matter thoroughly."

Concubine Liu was in charge of the affairs of the harem now, and it was up to Concubine Liu to investigate this matter, but it was reasonable and reasonable for the queen to request a decree for her cousin.

Concubine Liu stood quietly beside her, silent.

Shen Shuning cracked the melon seeds and said calmly: "The queen always likes to beat her up when trying cases. As for falling into the water, if after the queen's first trial, Cheng Cao Zhaoyi commits suicide by jumping into the water, what should we do?"

When Cao Zhaoyi heard this, he remembered the conversation he overheard that day. He was so enlightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

If the queen's cousin did this, it would definitely be detrimental to him after the queen's first trial!
"Sister Queen!" Cao Zhaoyi said anxiously, "My sister knows that Sister Queen has good intentions, but the harem Youyou has a hard time keeping her mouth shut. I don't want to cause trouble for Sister Queen anymore, so I won't bother Sister Queen with this matter."

The queen thought that the eldest princess would obstruct it, and that Concubine Liu would be reluctant, but unexpectedly her cousin Cao Zhaoyi also told her not to interfere in the matter, which made her a little angry.

But since the emperor was here, she couldn't get angry, so she could only say: "Yan'er, you don't have to think too much, I don't care what others say, I just want to seek justice for you, so that the bad guys can't go unpunished. "

Shen Shuning asked abruptly: "I don't see you interacting with this cousin on weekdays, but this time you are very considerate?"

The queen blushed in anger, but endured it.

"Why is the eldest princess so concerned about my concubine's cousin? Didn't the eldest princess punish her on the first day of the new year?"

Shen Shuning said with a smile: "Today is different from the past. The woman the emperor likes is my princess's good sister. Naturally, I will be concerned about her."

Hearing this, Cao Zhaoyi blushed, suppressed her excitement, and looked away shyly.

The eldest princess said personally that the emperor liked her, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

Shen Xiao glanced at Shen Shuning speechlessly, twitching the corners of his mouth without making any rebuttal.

The queen had heard about the cloak, but didn't take it to heart.She had always thought that this cousin was worthless. The emperor always treated people gently, so giving him a cloak was not a special thing.

But now, the eldest princess said that the emperor liked Cao Yan.

The queen was shocked. Could it be that the emperor was blind?

Liu Qingshu, who seems to be perfect and elegant, doesn't like the dignified and generous Yu Zhaoyi, but she prefers this empty-handed Cao Yan?
(End of this chapter)