Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 44 Who wants to harm me?

Yan Qingshu seemed to have just reacted, blushing and looking a little at a loss.

"Did I say the wrong thing? I'm used to speaking without restraint. The Queen Mother and the Emperor's brother also always say that I offend people with my words. But the Queen knows what kind of person I am, and I don't know much about it even if I think about it. I thought." A bright smile appeared on her face again.

Zhu Ci looked at her calmly, only smiled faintly, turned around and met Cao Wenxi's gaze.

Cao Wenxi smiled and said, "Yan Baolin is innocent and innocent. He always has something to say and doesn't have so many twists and turns like others. When I am with Yan Baolin, my body and mind are relaxed and I don't have to be wary of others at all times."

Zhu Ci looked back and forth between the two of them. The two of them also met once when they were greeting the queen at Zhaoyang Palace that day. When did they become so familiar?

"Why did you two come here together?"

Cao Wenxi's smile continued, "I had nothing to do in the palace, so I wanted to talk to my sister. I happened to bump into Yan Baolin on the way, so we came together."

Just as he was talking, Zhuying walked in gracefully carrying tea.

"Try the newly made hazelnut cakes and eight-treasure wishful cake, please."

Zhuying picked up one of the cups of tea and placed it in front of Cao Wenxi. She smiled slightly and said, "I heard that Cao Baolin kept coughing, so I specially added tangerine peel to the black tea. It is best for moistening the lungs and relieving cough."

Cao Wenxi was very surprised. He didn't expect that a small problem he had had for many years would be remembered by Zhuying.

"Thank you, Miss Zhuying."

"Cao Baolin and my master are like sisters, how dare I not be careful?" Zhuying said as she stepped aside and stood with her hands down.

Cao Wenxi held the hot tea, and the heat slowly flowed through her body along her cold fingertips, heating up her internal organs as well.

She turned to look at Zhu Ci, with glistening tears in her eyes.

"The people who serve my sister are as considerate and observant as my sister."

Zhu Ci saw it and didn't understand why a cup of hot tea moved her so much. Recalling what Zhuying had said to her, she was a commoner in her family. Her father had not liked her since she was a child, and she only depended on her aunt.

Thinking about it, I was so ignored and never taken seriously by others that I cried over a cup of tea. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little more sympathy and sadness.

"This girl Zhuying has always been as meticulous as a hair. I can't compare to her."

Yan Qingshu's eyes lit up when she saw the delicious food, and she kept swallowing her saliva. She couldn't wait to pick up a piece of Eight Treasures Ruyi Cake and bit off most of it in one bite.

"Well, it's so delicious. Sister Zhu, how do you think I know where you live?"

Yan Qingshu just had "Ask me, ask me, ask me" written on her face, and Zhu Ci's eyes became more helpless.

"How did you know?"

"Hehe, of course I'm asking about Brother Emperor! Yesterday Brother Emperor went to visit the Queen Mother, and I asked, 'Brother Emperor, where does your new fairy sister live?' Brother Emperor said she lived in Qifeng Palace, and asked Why do I call Fairy Sister?"

Yan Qingshu shook her head, imitating Shen Que's tone.

"I said I wish my sister an unrivaled beauty. Only the fairies in the sky can compare with it. It's not an exaggeration to call her a fairy sister. What do you think the emperor brother said?"

Cao Wenxi also became interested and urged, "Yan Baolin, please stop being so secretive. If you have anything to say, just say it quickly."

"Of course Brother Emperor said that I have great taste!" Yan Qingshu smiled as brightly as a spring flower in March. After finishing one piece of pastry, she took another one in her hand. Zhu Ci was afraid that she would choke after eating too quickly, so he handed the tea over to her, "The queen's country is beautiful and fragrant, the imperial concubine is graceful and luxurious, I'm just pretty pretty."

"Sister, please stop being modest. Even I was fascinated when I saw your picture, let alone the emperor." Cao Wenxi joked.

Zhu Ci glared at her angrily, turned away and stopped talking.

Yan Qingshu propped up her cheeks and sighed with contentment, "Sister Zhu, Sister Cao, I think you have all heard about the fact that the imperial concubine was frightened by a wild cat and got pregnant, right?"

Cao Wenxi nodded, "The palace was so noisy that it was difficult not to know. I don't know where the wild cat came from. I have been in the palace for two or three years, and I have never heard of any wild cats in the palace. "

"That's the weird part of the matter. Someone must be jealous that the imperial concubine is pregnant and wants to kill the child in her belly."

Yan Qingshu looked back at the courtyard. The palace people stood far away and stared intently. She was still not at ease, covering her lips with her hands and keeping her voice very low.

"Last night, the Queen Mother and I went to Zhaoyang Palace to visit the Queen, and we overheard a few words."

Zhu Ci and Cao Wenxi looked at each other and listened quietly to Yan Qingshu's words.

Yan Qingshu said mysteriously: "It is said that the beast was found near Weiyang Palace. It was killed immediately after being caught. Some water bowls for cats and the like were also found around it. I think it must have lived there. The people in that area have really vicious hearts.”

Cao Wenxi, who was drinking tea, shook his hand. The teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Brown tea splashed all over himself.

Yan Qingshu was startled and hurriedly wiped the tea stains on her body with a handkerchief.

"Are you okay, Sister Cao? Did you get burned? I'll ask someone to clean this place up."

Turning to leave, Cao Wenxi grabbed Yan Qingshu's wrist and said, "I'm fine, don't bother them."

Zhu Ci was also shocked. She had no grievances against the imperial concubine and had never met her several times. How could she risk harming the imperial heir in the imperial concubine's womb? "

Even if she wanted to do it, she wouldn't be able to leave such an obvious clue. Then there is only one possibility, and that is that she was framed.

Yan Qingshu also noticed that something was wrong with Cao Wenxi's expression, and the hand holding her trembled slightly.

She was full of doubts, "Sister Cao, what's wrong with you?"

"The Weiyang Palace you just mentioned is exactly where I live."

Cao Wenxi's eyes were filled with fear, and tears seemed to be about to overflow from his eyes.

"Wen Meiren and I only live in Weiyang Palace, and there is no one who is the master of the palace. If the cat thing appears near Weiyang Palace, doesn't it mean that it tells others that it is the beast I raised and wants to harm the imperial concubine?" As he spoke, tears rolled down his face.

"Don't cry yet. It's just that the cat-raising object appeared near Weiyang Palace, and I didn't insist that it was you who did it. The queen and the emperor know everything clearly and will definitely not wrongly accuse you."

Zhu Ci took the handkerchief and asked Cao Wenxi to wipe her tears, but Cao Wenxi didn't take it and held her hand tightly.

"I really didn't raise that beast. I haven't met the imperial concubine even a few times. Why would I harm her and the child in her belly? Murdering the emperor's heir is a serious crime. I don't know, so how dare I do it?"

Cao Wenxi cried so hard that his teeth chattered, "Who is trying to harm me?"

(End of this chapter)