The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 36
Ten days later, the Queen Mother announced that Cao Zhaoyi fell into the water accidentally and that there was no culprit behind it.

When they learned the news, Xin Wei and Chu Ying were in the imperial garden together, and happened to meet Cao Zhaoyi, sitting together in the wind-watching pavilion.

As soon as the grandma who delivered the message left, Chu Ying blurted out: "Has the Queen Mother been deceived?!"

"It's hard to say," Xin Wei shook her head and looked at Cao Zhaoyi with complicated eyes, "could it be that Sister Zhaoyi made a mistake? In fact, she fell down accidentally."

After the rescue, Cao Zhaoyi changed his previous harsh attitude towards her and insisted on calling her sister, so Xin Wei also called her sister.

"Has anyone pushed me into the water? Can I still make a mistake?"

Cao Zhaoyi's thin body was trembling like a flower branch. She was shocked and aggrieved and said: "The Queen Mother, do you mean that I lied?"

Chu Ying did not dare to agree and said: "The Queen Mother and the Queen have contact from time to time. The Queen Mother will always tell her that the Queen Mother should be more concerned about sister Zhaoyi's affairs."

Cao Zhaoyi bit her lip hard.Yes, Queen, Queen!
Seeing that her body was crumbling, Xin Wei supported her and told her to sit down, and advised: "Let's forget it. There is no proof and no evidence. It will not be good for you to pursue it."

"The bad guys are at large, how should I deal with myself?!" Cao Zhaoyi tightly grasped the armrest of the armchair, as if it had fallen into an ice cellar, and her voice sounded like it was withered, "I'm lucky to have you this time... If there is a next time, can I survive by chance? ?!”

Xin Wei couldn't bear it and told her heart to heart: "As long as you don't fight for the emperor's favor, it will probably be fine. Look at Concubine Hui and Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu is almost doomed..."

Everyone knew very well that the incident in which Concubine Hui almost died, was it not the Queen's handiwork?
Cao Zhaoyi believed that this time, it was definitely because the queen could not tolerate her.

"Concubine Liu is fine... I'll go find Concubine Liu!"

Xin Wei pushed her rising body back to the chair and reminded: "Concubine Liu will be fine because the eldest princess is protecting her with all her strength."

Yes, it’s the eldest princess.

The person in the palace who can fight with the queen and manage the queen is none other than the eldest princess.

Cao Zhaoyi burst into tears: "But I offended the eldest princess on the first day of the new year..."

"Perhaps the eldest princess has forgotten that little incident," Xin Wei said, "Look at the day you fell into the water, the eldest princess fought hard for you and prevented the queen from coming to interrogate you for falling into the water, right?"

Cao Zhaoyi nodded, his pale eyes burning with hope.

"Yes, the eldest princess helped me with this matter."

If the queen were to try it, there's no telling what the outcome would be.

Cao Zhaoyi held Xin Wei's hand and said earnestly: "You have a good relationship with Chu Jieyu. Can you ask her to introduce you to me? I want to meet the eldest princess."

Afraid that she would not agree, Cao Zhaoyi pulled off the crystal clear jade bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into her hand. Feeling that it was not valuable enough, she took out the jade bracelet inlaid with gold and jade from her bun. , and stuffed them into her hands.

Xin Wei did not accept her gift.

"The eldest princess has been living in Fangfei Palace since the new year. Why don't you go to Fangfei Palace to ask for an audience?"

Cao Zhaoyi asked back: "I ask you to go directly to the eldest princess, do you dare?"

Xin Wei thought, the eldest princess is not a wolf, tiger or leopard, so why wouldn't she dare?Speaking of which, Cao Zhaoyi just wanted to hide it from the Queen. If she went to Fangfei Hall, it would definitely be reported to the Queen. She did not dare to let the Queen find out that her cousin had second thoughts.

She stuffed the jade bracelet and Bu Yao back into Cao Zhaoyi's hands.

"There is no shortage of treasures in the Weiyang Palace. I am afraid that Chu Jieyu has a grudge about what happened before and is unable to help her sincerely. Sister Zhaoyi had better come to Fangfei Palace in person to show her sincerity."
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"Your Majesty," Grandma Zhou hesitated for a while before speaking, "Cao Zhaoyi prepared a generous gift and went to Fangfei Hall."

"what?"

The queen was drinking porridge, and she furrowed her eyebrows when she heard this, "Has her brain been eaten by a donkey? I wonder how the eldest princess treats our Cao family? She is always against my father, and also against me, so she has to catch up. Are you going to please me?"

Aunt Zhou said: "This second young lady's behavior is indeed incredible."

"She's just stupid."

"Your Majesty is right." "Isn't she so stupid that she can cause trouble everywhere and spread the word throughout the palace that the emperor gave her a cloak?"

The queen placed the celadon bowl heavily on the table, flicked the gilded armor, and sneered: "If she really fell in the emperor's eyes, wouldn't he ask her to sleep with him that night? It would be better for her. She would be hated by others for her publicity. He was pushed into the water."

"My lady is right."

The queen almost wanted to pick up the spoon, but she lost all her appetite. She threw the spoon into the bowl and said coldly: "A message to my father. Cao Yan hasn't been feeling well lately. Ask your uncle what's going on."
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Two family letters were placed in front of Shen Xiao.

A letter was sent to his father to bury his cousin Cao Yan, saying that Cao Yan had surrendered to the eldest princess without knowing what was right and wrong, and had brought shame on the Cao family.

He wrote a letter to his father accusing his cousin Cao Qing of being narrow-minded and treating her sisters as aliens. She actually designed to push her into trouble and get rid of her as soon as possible. She persuaded her father to also surrender to the eldest princess and abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

"The imperial sister looks down on the Cao family, why did she win over Cao Shangshu?"

Shen Shuning bared his teeth at Yingge and asked, "You don't despise Meng Zhen, why did you have a daughter with her?"

"I am shameless, and so is the imperial sister?"

Shen Xiao picked up Yingge's birdcage and placed it on the document, while he stood in front of the bird. "Unless it was Qingyue's idea, the imperial sister would never have sex with Mr. Cao."

After all, he was his biological brother, how could he not understand her temperament.

Shen Shuning stared at him: "You also hide something from me."

Shen Xiao avoided her gaze and rubbed the jade ring with his slender fingers.

"What is the princess talking about?"

"Little princess."

"Huh?" Shen Xiao paused, then turned around and hung the birdcage back to its original place, "Sister Huang, I'll give you my bird to play with. I still have some memorials that I haven't approved yet, so I won't..."

When Shen Xiao was about to leave, Shen Shuning pulled his arm back and asked straight to the point: "Who is the father of the little princess?"

Shen Xiao smiled: "Sister Huang, besides the emperor, who else can be the father of the princess?"

Shen Shuning released her grip on his arm, but the suspicion in her eyes did not let go.

"Sister Huang, what you mean is that Meng Zhen is cheating with others and she has betrayed me? Does Huang Jie have any evidence?"

Shen Shuning shook his head.

There are clues to be found, but no proof.

"Sister Huang, please don't say such insulting words. Meng Zhen is lying in bed and can no longer defend herself. Why should Sister Huang hold on to her?"

Shen Xiaoyun finished speaking calmly, turned around and left.

"You lied to me for three years." Shen Shuning sighed when he was three steps away.

Shen Xiao ignored him and walked out of the hall.

Shen Shuning continued: "You have been pretending to protect Meng Zhen and dote on Meng Zhen, but in fact you hate Meng Zhen as much as I hate you. You can dote on any woman in the world, but you will not touch Meng Zhen because you hate her so much. .”

Shen Xiao stopped and smiled bitterly: "Sister Huang, I will not deal with an unarmed woman."

"Yes, using this method on a woman would make you, the emperor, seem incompetent and despicable, so you don't want to admit it. But you also don't want to let her go."

Shen Shuning said: "Qin Zijin who is next to Meng Zhen told me that when you favored Meng Zhen, you were not allowed to light the lamp. From the time she entered the bedroom to the time she left, it must be completely dark, and you would not say a word to her."

"Sister Huang, you want to ask about my hobbies?" Shen Xiao said.

(End of this chapter)