The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 79 She's Not Dead

After returning to the Zhenguo Palace, Zhang Zhiye first went to his sister Zhang Shulan's house and gave Zhang Shulan a roast chicken.

Seeing Zhang Shulan enjoying the meal, Zhang Zhiye smiled and said, "I asked the chef of Xunfang Pavilion to cook it and bring it to you to eat."

As soon as Zhang Shulan heard about Xunfang Pavilion, she remembered that day when Liu Wenyu made her lose face in Xunfang Pavilion, and her face suddenly became unhappy.

"Second brother, did you go to Xunfang Pavilion again?"

"I went with my mother. She talked with the ladies about their children's marriage."

Zhang Shulan's face turned even paler.

The eldest brother is already married and has a lot of concubines. My mother doesn't care about the second brother's marriage, and the third sister doesn't have to worry about it when she is a concubine.

Then the topic of conversation was her marriage.

Originally, there were some well-matched families who were joking with her father about getting married, and her father and mother still had to think about it.But after being humiliated by Liu Wenyu, I was afraid that no good person would ever propose marriage to her again.

Who would want someone with a bad reputation if they couldn't marry someone with a better reputation?

I'm just afraid that if she can marry in the future, she will only marry some ordinary men from a small family.

"Second brother, what did they say?"

Zhang Zhiyi wanted to speak but stopped, pretending to be silent.

Zhang Shulan understood what he meant, and no matter how hard she swallowed the roast chicken in her hand, she silently shed two lines of tears.

Zhang Zhiye said hurriedly: "But I heard that there is a talent show. If you enter the palace and become a concubine, who will dare to discuss your rights and wrongs? Of course, no one dares to mention Liu Wenyu's matter anymore. As time goes by, they will all be forgotten. ”

"As a concubine?" Zhang Shulan blinked, "Everyone else said that I was secretly flirting with General Liu... Will the emperor still want me?"

Zhang Zhiye said: "How did those little things come to the ears of the emperor? Besides, the imperial concubine is your biological sister. She can't make the final decision on matters outside the palace. Doesn't she have the final say in the palace?"

He lowered his voice again: "You also know that Shuting is going to be the queen. If you enter the palace, she will definitely give you a good future."

Zhang Shulan thought: "But after my sister becomes the queen, can I have a better life outside the palace?"

"That's different," Zhang Zhiye said sadly, "Isn't the family background of our Zhenguo Palace high enough? But it's still..."

He said this, and finally took a deep look at his sister with regret and helplessness, and left her house.
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Sun Hongling personally went to the palace to discuss with the imperial concubine.

"Your sister participated in this draft. Can you make arrangements and give her a position score when the time comes?"

After Zhang Shuting heard this, her hands loosened from her mother's.

"The palace is not a good place, why do you want to bring her in?"

Sun Hongling said: "I thought you have a biological sister in the palace so that I can do things for you. Your biological sister is always more trustworthy than outsiders."

Zhang Shuling turned away, fiddled with the birds beside her, and said, "My sister has an unstable temper, and there is nothing she can do to help me."

Sun Hongling turned to her and said with a smile: "You also know her reputation. She can't marry into a good family. It's useless to marry someone from a poor family. Why not let her come into the palace? You are such a sister, you always have to Help her."

"Then she won't marry. Isn't it enough for her to live a good life with the appearance of the Zhenguo Palace?"

Sun Hongling was surprised: "Are you unwilling to help your sister?"

Zhang Shuting twisted her waist and sat down on the armchair beside her. Her slender golden armor tapped lightly on the document.

"Does my mother think I am useless, so she is anxious to send my sister to the palace?"

"How could it be? You were the one with the highest status in the harem when you were favored," Sun Hongling said in a flattering tone, "It was also thanks to you that my mother got the imperial title. You have brought honor to the family."

Zhang Shuting listened to these words, her expression relaxed a little, and she said in a reproachful tone: "You are too spoiled to your sister, and you made her do such things. Aren't you afraid that it will implicate me and be laughed at?" Sun Hongling sighed: " You and your sister are both good girls. Your sister can't do such a thing. It's because the Liu family sees us as a thorn in their side and deliberately throws dirty water on us."

Zhang Shuting immediately thought of Liu Qingshu.

The vacant position of queen is coveted by countless people, but the ones closest to this position are her and Liu Qingshu.

The Liu family will naturally target her family.

Zhang Shuting snorted coldly: "What the Liu family did is all in vain. Liu Qingshu has not been able to see the emperor for almost a year."

"What the imperial concubine said is true," Sun Hongling smiled and nodded, "Lan'er's matter is not urgent. Can you think about it again?"

Zhang Shuting rubbed her temples with her fingertips, closed her eyes, and looked tired.

"I am a little tired, mother, please go back first."

Seeing her attitude, Sun Hongling gritted her teeth and squeezed out tears, "You should have heard that Jiang Qingyue not only survived but also became Princess Xuan. Right now, the Liu family is not the only one targeting our Zhenguo Palace. And Jiang Qingyue. She hates us so much..."

Zhang Shuting disagreed: "In addition to glory and wealth, what else can she do to us when she marries King Xuan? What can she do to us?"

King Xuan had a good reputation, but no one knew that he did not do his job properly. He did not have any fiefdom or position compared to other princes. He had almost nothing, only money and a false reputation.

Sun Hongling asked back: "Isn't it the same in our Zhenguo Palace? Apart from wealth and fame, what else does it have?"

The only person with a position in the Zhenguo Palace was Zhang Zhishuo, the eldest son who was on duty at the Hanlin Academy, and he was just a scrivener.

Zhang Shuting raised her eyebrows and said lightly: "I am a noble concubine in the Zhenguo Palace. When I become the queen, I will ask my brother to be promoted to an official position..."

In just one sentence, Sun Hongling was struck like five thunderbolts.

"You have to be careful what you say!" Sun Hongling was angry and anxious, but she didn't dare to say harsh words to her daughter, "What about promotion? This is not something you can interfere with. Don't make preconditions on the emperor. Do you know?"

Zhang Shuting couldn't hear a word.

"Come on, I need to take a nap, you go back."
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When Shen Xiao had some free time, he wanted to take a walk in the palace. During this walk, he walked to Huguang Pavilion.

When he walked outside the Huguang Pavilion, he saw an unfamiliar palace maid standing guard outside the palace.

The palace maid knelt down in panic and was about to scream when Shen Xiao motioned her to shut up and keep quiet.

Walking inside, a woman dressed in white was sitting on the ground, with a brazier in front of her, and she was burning paper money one by one.

Seeing someone coming, she stopped what she was doing and turned around to salute.

"Get up." Shen Xiao said.

She didn't get up, she just moved her knees and turned around, continuing to burn paper money.

Shen Xiao said calmly: "Concubine Liu, are you sacrificing in the palace and don't want to die?"

Liu Qingshu looked at the brazier without stopping: "The emperor will come over, and he has not forgotten her, right?"

Shen Xiao pursed his lower lip and said nothing.

Liu Qingshu's face turned red from the light of the fire, and she continued: "You remember her in your heart, and I use paper money to sacrifice her. We are the same."

Shen Xiao stood for a while and said, "She's not dead."

Liu Qingshu paused: "What?"

(End of this chapter)