The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 43 Spring Hunting Six

The queen sat steadily on the chair, looking stiff.

Although she had done dirty things, she was sure that the emperor would protect the royal family's face and would not tell the world what she had done.

Rumors are rumors. As long as the emperor doesn't deal with it openly, the best she can do is die on her own. Otherwise, it will affect the reputation of the female family members in the family.

After all, my father is the prime minister and cannot be easily touched, and the emperor is always kind.

But if her crime is to interfere with Chao Gang, and also involves her father...

"The Emperor is able to ascend to the [-]th Five-Year Plan, and my father is indispensable. He will never kill the donkey!" The queen's temples were soaked with cold sweat, and she comforted herself, "Thousands of mistakes are all my fault. My father will not do it!" Something will happen."

Xin Wei sighed in her heart that the cruel and vicious queen was so naive.

If Shen Xiao couldn't tolerate the Cao family, how could he use this method to kill her?
This is true for Concubine Hui and the Meng family, and it is also true for the Queen and the Cao family.

Cao Zhaoyi's father, Cao Shangshu, collected a lot of evidence of Prime Minister Cao's crimes for the sake of his daughter, secretly presented them to the Holy Emperor, and planned to attack him behind his back.

Today, the Cao family has collapsed into two factions after civil strife, and there is nothing to fear.

There is both glory and loss. The dignity of the queen has come to an end, and the Cao family's glory has also come to an end.

"So what if I helped the emperor get to the Ninth Five-Year Plan," Xin Wei said coldly, "If we say there is merit, Mr. Jiang Chang should have the greatest credit. He tried his best for the emperor and lost many of his subordinates. Xichang suffered a lot. What's the result? What will happen to him?"

"How dare you, Jieyu, talk about this? Jiang Liu, the eunuch, is the guilty minister, and you dare to say that he has merit!"

The queen suddenly noticed something, raised her head blankly, and pointed a finger at her hesitantly.

"You, who are you..."

The queen never left the house when she was in her boudoir. She only saw Jiang Qingyue from a distance sometimes. It was only now that she realized that Xin Jieyu and Jiang Qingyue were more than similar, they were almost the same.

"Who am I? Don't you recognize me?"

Xin Wei smiled and continued: "The Ninth Prince proclaimed himself emperor, and you resolutely turned your back on Prince Duan. In order for you to successfully ascend to the position of queen, Prime Minister Cao joined forces with Meng Da Sima to force Jiang Chang to admit his guilt."

The Queen swallowed her saliva and subconsciously shrank back, her lifeless eyes filled with overwhelming disbelief.

"You...can't be...you're already dead!"

Xin Wei approached her step by step: "Xichang was hit hard, and Prime Minister Cao had no intention of attacking again. It was you who told him that Jiang Qingyue must die. Only after Jiang Qingyue dies can you become the queen, and only when Mr. Jiang Chang is beyond redemption, Jiang Qingyue must die." This road will only work if the clear moon is gone."

The blood on the queen's face faded, as if she had seen a ghost.

The empty room without any furnishings was chilly, and the chill ran through my heart.

Xin Wei said: "You are very persistent. You will marry whoever becomes the emperor, and you became the queen as you wished. But Cao Qing, why do you treat the emperor as a fool who is at the mercy of others? You really think he has nothing. Know?"

They thought Shen Xiao was blind and couldn't understand the secrets, so they let them lead him by the nose.

Govern whoever you want to govern, and establish a queen if you want to.

And Shen Xiao was just enduring it, how could he be willing to endure it like this?
The queen's face was pale and she kept shaking her head: "Impossible, impossible... You died and were burned into a charred corpse. How could it be you..."

If Jiang Qingyue was not dead, she was even summoned into the palace and kept by her side...

Jiang Qingyue's death was a great blessing to her.

On the contrary, Jiang Qingyue is still alive, and all her calculations and luck seem so ridiculous.

Xin Wei waited for her to settle down a little, then said: "I'm just reminding you that Jiang Qingyue's position in his heart and Jiang Changgong's contribution to helping him become emperor have already ended up like this. What does the Cao family mean? I am absolutely dependent on you for blessing and misfortune, and I will suffer both losses."

The queen knew that she had no way to survive and wanted to die. She would definitely die before returning to Jinling City.

Xin Wei didn't want her to die happily. She needed to know clearly that the Cao family was ruined and she had killed her, so she wouldn't be able to live in peace even if she died.

The queen was silent for a long time, and then looked up at her again.

"Your Majesty knows it's you, right?"

"Ah."

"If you hate me, it's better to hate the emperor. The emperor made the decree to convict your father." Xin Wei smiled faintly: "No, I won't hate you. I will stay by the emperor's side, be affectionate with him, and rely on his love for him." I feel guilty, enjoying all the glory and wealth, and then seeing the Cao family’s destruction with my own eyes.”

The Queen wanted to make her hate her, so the best thing to do was to crush her to pieces, even if she wanted to die, it wouldn't be easy for her.

Then Xin Wei refused to let her get her wish and wanted to make her angry to death.

Sure enough, some word irritated the queen, who screamed in horror and covered her ears with her hands.

Xin Wei left this lifeless room.

There was a lotus pond not far from the house. Xin Wei walked to the lotus pond and felt the cool breeze blowing on her face, which made her feel refreshed.

Shen Xiao came from behind and stopped beside her, looking at a lotus pond with her, the corners of his mouth raised.

"I heard you, do you want to be in love with me from now on?"

"The angry words used to anger the queen are nothing."

"Are you talking angrily?"

Shen Xiao didn't care, paused, and asked: "How did you learn about what Cao Qing did? The imperial sister was kept in the dark."

Shen Shuning devoted all her efforts to targeting Meng Da Sima and Meng Zhen. She thought that Meng was the culprit, and the others were accomplices. She also thought that the position of queen was just following the trend.

Shen Xiao never told her about the Queen's dirty thoughts.

Xin Wei said casually: "Guess."

She couldn't tell him that the people in Xichang were not dead, and there were always some dead people who could still provide her with some information.

The late emperor single-handedly cultivated Xichang, but before he died, he finally wanted to kill Xichang out of fear. There is no guarantee that the current emperor will not eradicate it, even if Xichang has fallen to this point.

Shen Xiao didn't ask any more questions, and looked at the crabapple tree with its graceful guanaco hanging beside him, with a hopeful light in his eyes.

"You see, after a cold winter, crabapples can still bloom next year."

Xin Wei followed his gaze and saw that it was the Silk Begonia.

You can always see a few weeping crabapples in the prince's courtyard. This kind of crabapple needs to be raised carefully and cannot tolerate severe cold. It can grow well in a sunny and leeward place.

But, so what if it has withered after experiencing wind and frost?
Things have turned around, and it’s spring again.

Shen Xiao looked at her profile. The eyes under her long eyelashes were finally no longer as gray as death, and now had little bits of light.
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As soon as Xin Wei returned to her residence, a guard caught up with her in front of the house and handed her a branch of crabapple.

The guard lowered his voice and said respectfully: "The emperor gave it to you, my young master."

Xin Wei took Xie En with both hands.

After entering the room, she put the begonia branches on the desk and rested on the sandalwood bed after washing.

I closed my eyes and vaguely recalled a certain peach blossom four years ago.

It was also the time when the flowers were in full bloom in the spring, and Shen Shuning asked her to have a chat in the Xunfang Pavilion.

After waiting for half a pot of tea, no one was seen. Bored, she leaned against the window and looked out.

Under the peach blossom tree not far away, Shen Xiao was holding a peach blossom in his hand and was refusing to leave. Shen Shuning kept pushing him behind.

He was a man after all. Shen Shuning got tired and annoyed and yelled.

"You've made an appointment but you don't dare to go. Why are you so shy? They've been waiting for a long time and you're still here. Otherwise, I'll push you away!"

She usually has a good temper, but she often can't help herself when facing this younger brother.

Shen Xiao said stubbornly: "I'm going!"

"You go!"

Shen Xiao couldn't pull his legs away again: "Wait a minute!"

(End of this chapter)