The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 191 What is True

what relationship?
If the Lin family had not been imprisoned, with Lin Yirou's reputation as the most talented woman in Sheng'an and her prominent family background, she would probably have been able to marry well.

If that was the case, if we were to be precise, Lin Mowan was the granddaughter of the Lin family and would probably be able to enjoy the same honor and pampering as Lin Yirou did in the first half of her life.

But now, listening to the Queen Mother's words, Lin Mowan just shook her head calmly: "I am just an orphan girl, I don't know any admiral, and I don't dare to make connections."

Hearing this, the empress dowager's expression seemed to ease a little, but she still hadn't dispelled her doubts. Perhaps it was because she looked too much like Lin Yirou when she was a girl. If they really were two unrelated people, how could they look so similar?

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, as if she was adjusting her mood. She sat up straight and looked at the girl in front of her with a suspicious look.

Seeing that she was calm, the Queen Mother did not ask any more questions and had to get back to the point, "Do you know why I called you here?"

"I don't know." Lin Mowan replied.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, seemingly not surprised by her answer, and only said to herself: "You are really surprising, good tricks, I am ashamed of myself."

Lin Mowan sneered in her heart. People really protect their own people regardless of class. She didn't believe that the old man didn't know about what Gongshu Tingyue had done in the past.

They could turn a blind eye to that, but when it came to her, they started to ridicule her methods.

Lin Mowan raised her head, lowered her eyes, and said in a calm voice as always: "Your Highness, if you have something to say, please speak directly. I really don't know what it is."

Either she confessed her crime or kept it to herself, but he would never say it himself.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's face immediately turned cold, and she stopped talking nonsense with Lin Mowan, "Someone come!" The palace servants waiting outside the palace pushed the door open and stood on both sides of Lin Mowan, "I want to see how hard you can talk!"

As she spoke, she looked determined to win, just like Gong Shu Tingyue when he was successful. She paused slightly and waved her hand: "Since you don't want to admit it, you must have a strong enough body! Drag her out and give her twenty lashes first!"

The palace servants nearby received the order and rushed forward in twos and threes to lift her up and drag her outside. Seeing that they were almost done, Lin Mowan frowned and shouted, "Madam, spare my life! I really don't know what I am doing."

At this moment, the eunuch outside came in hurriedly: "Empress Dowager, Master Shen is here to visit."

Before the Queen Mother could speak, a gentle voice rang out from the entrance outside: "The Queen Mother is well."

He came in from the entrance hall, but suddenly stopped. The position he stood in was just right to block the way of the palace servants who were going to drag Lin Mowan away to be beaten with a stick. Everyone who could work here was a shrewd person.

Seeing this, he calmly let go of Lin Mowan's arm. Lin Mowan knelt on the ground again, and she didn't know when her face was covered with tears.

Shen Weiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had rushed here. For him, entering and leaving the palace was not a difficult task. He hurried over after receiving a letter from Lin Mowan.

"Empress." Shen Weiyuan walked around Lin Mowan, took a few steps to the empress dowager, and nodded slightly.

The Queen Mother didn't say anything, but her gloomy expression eased a little. She glared at him with a reproachful look and said, "It's really strange. You haven't come to see me for ten days or half a month. What good day is today?"

Obviously, she understood Shen Weiyuan's intention, and she had probably heard the rumors outside the palace, but how credible they were depended on what the empress dowager thought. Shen Weiyuan smiled at her, neither humble nor arrogant, and raised his hand to take out a brocade box from his sleeve: "Yesterday I got a jade bracelet, which is the style that the empress dowager likes. I thought I would send it to you after I was done with my work, but I was so busy until now. Please don't blame me, empress dowager."

Regardless of why he came, just based on the thoughtfulness of him personally sending the bracelet, the empress dowager should give him the emperor's favor. After all, he is the emperor's sworn brother and he grew up under her care. The empress dowager can't afford to make a fuss about it.

She breathed a sigh of relief and motioned for him to bring it up. Shen Weiyuan nodded and walked forward to hand the bracelet to the maid beside her. The maid took the bracelet, took a handkerchief and carefully covered the empress dowager's hand, took out the bracelet and carefully helped the empress dowager put it on.

The Queen Mother looked at the bracelet on her hand and said, "Well, not bad." She was very satisfied, nodded, and allowed him to sit down.

The Queen Mother glanced at Lin Mowan, who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing, then raised her eyes to look at Shen Weiyuan, "Do you know him?"

This question was obviously addressed to Shen Weiyuan. Shen Weiyuan nodded, not hiding anything, but also not showing too much intimacy. He just said, "The adopted daughter of the Jiang family was recommended by me. She has no father or mother. At the beginning, we felt sorry for her, so we asked her to live with those orphans."

The Queen Mother nodded thoughtfully, her gaze slightly shifted, and fell on Lin Mowan again. Her mind was as clear as a mirror. If they were really an ordinary relationship, there would be no need for her to come to the palace in person so late at night.

Thinking about it, it was not easy to expose it. After a little consideration, the Queen Mother said: "Since she is the Second Master's man, I will not beat around the bush."

Shen Weiyuan lowered his eyes and waited quietly for the empress dowager's decision.

The Queen Mother frowned, her expression serious: "This vicious little woman secretly replaced the pregnancy-preserving medicine that the princess prepared for Miss Hanyan with abortion medicine, trying to frame the princess and sow discord between the Prime Minister and the princess. Her intentions are so vicious that they cannot be tolerated by Heaven!"

When she got angry, she slammed the table so hard that the teacups on the table shook, making a "clang" sound.

Shen Weiyuan nodded slightly, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Calm down?" The Queen Mother sneered, "Since he is your man, please give me some advice on how to deal with him."

Lin Mowan didn't say anything, she just knelt there with a wronged look on her face, her tears still wet, she had completely lost her previous calmness, making it hard to tell which one was the real her.

Shen Weiyuan sighed again, seeming to have a headache about this matter. In other words, to put it bluntly, the child is not his, but Lin Mowan is his, so of course he has to protect her.

After a moment's thought, he said, "Your Majesty, this matter has not been decided yet, and we cannot be sure whether what the princess said is true or not, or whether she was deceived. How can we be sure that she replaced the pregnancy-preserving medicine just based on the princess's one-sided statement?"

These words were obviously meant for Lin Mowan, and the Queen Mother was a little angry: "Second Master, do you mean that I am corrupt and partial to others?"

"I dare not." Shen Weiyuan nodded calmly.

The Queen Mother sneered: "Second Master is unwilling to give advice, what is he thinking? Is it as the rumors say?"

She glanced sideways, narrowing her eyes slightly, trying to see a hint of something different in Shen Weiyuan's expression, but unexpectedly, Shen Weiyuan remained silent for a few seconds, then replied calmly: "Rumors are both true and false, your majesty, you can't believe them all."

"Then what is true?"