The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 50
At this juncture, favoring someone and making her his concubine was definitely not the emperor's expectation for this person.

Chu Ying's eyes flashed with surprise, and then she was disappointed.

"Zhang Zhaoyi...I don't like her very much."

"Why don't you like her?" Liu Qingshu raised her eyes and looked at her, "I remember she didn't have anything to do with you."

"She likes to gossip and talk about people's rights and wrongs. She will criticize people when she gets the opportunity," Chu Ying said while eating apricot blossom cake in her mouth, "Fang Jieyu and the others also said that Zhang Zhaoyi is the most bully and afraid of the strong. It’s boring.”

After saying that, she asked Xin Wei: "Do you think so?"

Xin Wei and Xini: "I have never dealt with Zhang Zhaoyi, so I don't know for sure."

But she was thinking in her heart, why did the emperor intend to promote Zhang Zhaoyi? Zhang Zhaoyi's temperament was really not a candidate who could be a mother to the world.

In terms of family background and character, Liu Qingshu, Yu Zhaoyi and Yu Jin are both much better than Zhang Zhaoyi.

Liu Qingshu suddenly said: "The Empress Wei of the Han Dynasty, Empress Zhao who danced on the palms, and Empress Liu of Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty were not of high origin."

The implication is that as long as you are favored, anyone can become a queen, no matter what your family background is.

After hearing this, Chu Ying's eyes lit up and she looked at Xin Wei: "So, you also have hope."

Xin Wei shook her head subconsciously.

Impossible.

Moreover, although these three queens aspired to the throne from poor backgrounds and became legends among the people, all three queens died miserably.

Taking these three people as an example, she was increasingly ostracized by the word "lower position".

Besides, the emperor would never make her his queen.

It was almost noon, they were having dinner together, and the happy father-in-law came to deliver the message: "Your Majesty has made Zhang Zhaoyi your concubine, and has given her the title of An. I will choose an auspicious day to perform the canonization ceremony, and ask Concubine Liu to inform the Sixth Palace on your behalf."

After seeing off Eunuch Xi, Chu Ying looked sad and muttered: "No way, no way..."

She had been bullied by Concubine Hui, provoked by Cao Yan, and framed. However, if Concubine Liu was respected in the harem, her situation would be completely different, and she would no longer have to worry about her every day.

But if Zhang Zhaoyi is respected, life may not be easy in the future. Chu Ying is very upset and cannot be at peace.

Liu Qingshu noticed her anxiety and shook her hand.

"Based on the experience of Empress Hui and Concubine Cao Yan, even if she, Zhang Shuting, becomes the successor, she should think carefully about what she can and cannot do. What's more, she hasn't even written her horoscope yet."

Chu Ying's pretty face still looked sad.

"Okay, no matter what happens, I will still be there," Liu Qingshu comforted her, "Don't think so much."
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It was almost sunset when she left Concubine Liu's residence. Huaixi chatted with her wordlessly. When passing by a path covered with purple incense, she met Prince Xuan Shen Gu.

Xin Wei hurriedly nodded and stepped aside respectfully.

King Xuan stopped, put away the folding fan in his hand, looked at her wildly, and asked indifferently, "Is this Xin Jieyu who had an affair with the guard?"

Xin Wei frowned slightly.

"Right and wrong have been made clear for a long time. Why does His Highness Prince Xuan still use such insulting words?"

"I find it interesting," King Xuan stared at her and said, "You look a lot like an old friend of mine."

Xin Wei said without changing her expression: "After entering the palace, I often heard people say that I look very much like Concubine Liu."

King Xuan took a step closer to her, as if he wanted to take a closer look at her face.

Xin Wei lowered her head and quickly took a step back, "If someone sees me and His Highness Prince Xuan together, it will inevitably spread gossip and insult people's innocence."

"The last person who wronged you, Cao Yan, was killed. Does anyone else dare to follow suit?"

King Xuan said this, but he also stopped, his inquiring eyes slightly closed, and he muttered: "Jiang Qingyue..."

Xin Wei's breathing stopped and her fingers clenched unconsciously.

King Xuan smiled and said: "I heard that the queen found a few women who looked very much like Jiang Qingyue to enter the palace. When I met Concubine Liu, I thought how much they looked like her, but I didn't realize it until I met you. There are actually such similar people in the world." Xin Wei echoed: "The old lady in the palace also told me this."

King Xuan kept his distance from her and said abruptly: "Sixth Emperor Sister is going to Anhuai Kingdom to get married."

Hearing this, Xin Wei suddenly raised her head.

How could it be possible? Shen Shuning finally left Xiyue and returned to Daxia. How could he go to get married again?

King Xuan caught the astonishment in her eyes, and his heart was as clear as the sun turning away from the clouds, and a successful smile appeared on his lips.

Xin Wei knew that she had fallen into the trap, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and afraid. She lowered her eyebrows and said coldly: "The emperor has great talents and strategies in his mind, so he may not let the eldest princess go and get married."

After saying that, she turned around and left.

"Hey, don't say what I said," King Xuan said hurriedly, "I just said it casually, you don't have to believe it!"

The sky gradually turned dark, Xin Wei's expression was hidden in the shadows, and she walked very fast.

Huai Xi hurriedly followed behind and warned: "Little Master, this is not the way to go back."

Xin Wei stopped and said to her: "You go back first, I have to go somewhere."

"I'll go with the young master."

Xin Wei looked at the emperor's brightly lit bedroom in front and said to her again: "Go back."

……

in the bedroom.

Shen Xiao, wearing bright yellow pajamas, sat cross-legged in front of the chessboard, with her hair spread behind her, looking at the black and white endgame.

Seeing her coming in, he said casually: "I was about to go to bed, but my twelfth brother came to play chess with me, leaving me with this end game. Come and help me see how to break this game."

After he finished speaking, he smiled warmly and said, "I forgot that you dislike playing chess."

She is a person who refuses to use her thoughts. Playing chess is the most demanding thing on her brain. She once said that playing chess is not about having fun, but only causing trouble for herself.

Xin Wei walked up to him, looked at him and asked, "Did An Huaiguo ask Daxia to marry the princess?"

Shen Xiao twisted the black piece in his hand, his eyes fell on the chess game, and after a long while he said: "This has nothing to do with you."

Therefore, King Xuan is not just lying, it is indeed true.

Xin Wei said softly: "You didn't sleep well for a few nights before Shu Ning went to West Vietnam. When I saw you, do you still remember what you said to me?"

Back then, when he learned that the emperor's sister was going to marry Xiyue, Shen Xiao stayed in the house for several days and refused to see anyone. The food he brought in was only slightly touched.

She went to see Shen Xiao and saw him with a haggard face and unshaven beard, scribbling on the back of the document.

He refused to see anyone for several days, and only when his servants said that Jiang Qingyue was here, he stopped refusing.Seeing her, he was filled with unhappiness and had an outlet to vent his anger, writing and writing on the ground.

"Do we, Daxia, have to use the princess to exchange for the stability of the border!"

"Sending a concubine to live in peace, I don't know where to use the general!"

At that time, she hugged the out-of-control Shen Xiao tightly, exchanging joys and sorrows with him, comforting each other.

That was his only imperial sister from the same mother, and also her most cherished close friend...

The Shen Xiao in front of him is still as gentle as jade, but there is no trace of the past.

Hearing her ask about those years, a complex look surged in Shen Xiao's eyes, which gradually subsided, leaving no waves and only silence.

"What's the point of asking me?" Shen Xiao turned to look at her and said calmly, "Sister Huang wants to go on her own."

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