Night. Changle Palace.

Shen Taisheng hurriedly came to the cabinet, "The minister visits the Queen Mother, and wishes the Queen Mother a thousand years old." ”

"No need to be polite." The Queen Mother turned around and frowned, "It's good for you to say something." ”

"As Wei Chen saw, although the emperor and Xiao Chen were unstoppable in suppression, there was still a comprehensive way. The Queen Mother should temporarily avoid the limelight and retreat to the harem, so that the emperor understands that you have no desire to fight for power. ”

"To put it lightly, how could the emperor not know that the mourning family is just making compromises?"

"Today's Wei Dynasty regards filial piety as the sky, and there are people in front of everyone, and the emperor will not really take the queen mother well."

"Okay, I summoned you here to discuss the marriage with the Jiang family."

Hearing this, Shen Taisheng's heart trembled, although he had already guessed, "The Queen Mother said." ”

"The mourning family thinks that the Jiang family's sisters-in-law are very good, if they marry the mourning family's Kunyi, it is actually the icing on the cake, but it's a pity that Kunyi still wants to make a difference on the battlefield, Nandan Yu provokes a war at any time, the mourning family can't wronged her, and the rest is to choose from the Shen family's descendants. The mourning family respects you as the eldest brother, so I want to choose from your lineage. ”

"Thanks to the Queen Mother." Shen Taisheng hurriedly bowed.

"It's just a pity that the third daughter raised by your eldest lady has been abolished, and the youngest one is only eleven years old, and the mourning family still hopes that the Jiang family's marriage can be completed."

"What does the Queen Mother mean ......"

The Queen Mother turned around and fixed her eyes, "What do you think of Shen Shuzhao?" ”

"This ......" Shen Taisheng was a little embarrassed when he thought of the eldest lady's dislike of her, "The second daughter is very good, but she is married to the Jiang family as a concubine, which is probably a little inappropriate." ”

"The mourning family knew that something was wrong, so they called you over."

So Shen Taisheng immediately understood what she meant.

"She is the lord of Weng, and her status is noble enough to be more noble than ordinary concubines, if you can send her to the name of the eldest lady, this matter is all right."

"I understand." Shen Taisheng gave up his hand, but in fact, when he thought of the attitude of the eldest lady in the future, he couldn't help but feel bored.

"That's it."

"The minister has no extra words about this, it is her blessing to have the mercy of the queen mother and the Jiang family."

"Marrying into the Jiang clan with her mind, you must control the bloodline of the descendants, Shuzhao, she is the most outstanding candidate." The Queen Mother said.

Time flashed, and the news quickly spread all over the world. The Jiang family began to take their second son in and out of the Shen Mansion frequently, intending to marry each other, and outsiders all said that Shen Xiaozhao, the third lady, might want to marry, but only the people in the inner mansion understood that the third miss was a waste chess, and it might be the second lady who was going to marry in the past.

Among the forces of all parties, especially the Xiao Mansion, after learning the news, naturally they also discussed it secretly.

"The third lady wants to marry the second son of the Jiang family, and it is really a family headed by a woman, and the only way I can think of is marriage." General Sima Xiao Zhuru mocked.

His father spoke up at this time, "Son, do you remember what you said after the ceremony?" ”

Xiao Zhuru thought carefully for a moment and replied, "About what?" ”

"The new celebrity around the Queen Mother."

Xiao Zhuru immediately reacted, "Second Miss? ”

"Hmm." Prime Minister Xiao stroked his beard and looked at the front of the case, "She is now qualified to be worthy of you, the contemporary lord of Weng, it is okay to be a noble concubine." ”

"My son just mentioned it casually." Xiao Zhuru said nervously.

"Do you really think that the Queen Mother will be willing to give her to you?" Prime Minister Xiao shook his head, "Asking for marriage is just an excuse, if the Jiang family and us ask to marry at the same time, they agreed to the Jiang family and rejected us, isn't this a good excuse?" ”

Xiao Zhu nodded after hearing this, "I see, this strategy is acceptable." ”

Prime Minister Xiao Cheng raised his hand and poured tea into the teacup, pouring half of it, "The emperor only wants to do this Cheng dù." Then he poured it again, and the water was almost overflowing, "We have to force the emperor to do so much." ”

"This battle is either my death, or my death." Xiao Zhuru said viciously, "It's really embarrassing that my sister was suppressed by Concubine Xi in the palace." ”

"If you are wronged, you will be proud for a lifetime, and it is worth doing a qiē for the family." Prime Minister Xiao said.

So the next day, the Xiao family ordered someone to go to the government with the news to sue the Shen family.

Shen Taisheng was immediately annoyed when he learned about it, the Xiao family dared to marry her daughter with a shy face? So he was so angry that he slammed the table, and the eldest lady hurriedly comforted him: "This is all agitation, don't be angry, master." ”

"Shuzhao is going to make a marriage contract with Jiang Yan's second son, and the Xiao family is making trouble out of nothing!"

"Master, don't be angry, the Xiao family has the support of the emperor to get an inch, and there should be no chaos on the head."

"Madame...... Now it's time to wronged you. ”

"After the concubine marries into the Shen family, she is naturally a member of the Shen family, no matter what grievances she has, she should bear it, and Shuzhao is also the only person who can marry now, and it is natural to mention it to the name of the concubine."

Shen Taisheng patted the back of the eldest lady's hand, "It's good that you understand." Now the only way to let the second daughter hurry back home. ”

After finishing speaking, I was also depressed and stopped talking.

For the Shen family, the Xiao family's actions really made them extremely disgusting.

People in the capital are watching the news, Xiao's case because of Li Chong's widow and acquitted General Sima, and later Tingwei found out that the murderer was a thief along the way, after the emperor ordered Yan Qing, he stationed a part of the army here, it seems that it is going to be guarded, the direction of Jingzhou to Lingshan is very close to the capital, Jingzhou is another force of the Queen Mother, there is a great posture of wind and rain pressing the city.

The queen mother not only returned the jade seal sent by the emperor in the past, but also said that she was sick and withdrew from the stage of listening to the government, and ordered the cabinet to be rebuilt into a stage for the court servants to perform.

Half a month has passed, Changle Palace has refused many concubines who came to ask for peace because of the Queen Mother's illness, it seems very clean, and the ministers are no longer coming, and the palace people rarely come out to walk around, and they can feel the empty atmosphere when they walk on the corridor.

No one knows what has changed in Changle Palace for so long.

In the Qinglian Pavilion, several maids presented the meal very intimately, and said respectfully to Shen Shuzhao, "Please invite the second lady to eat." ”

Shen Shuzhao didn't even look at his pale face, and said weakly: "Take it back." ”

The maids didn't dare to move, and then Huizhuang couldn't help but kneel down first and said, "Second Miss, you haven't eaten well for a long time, and your body will be tired if you continue like this." ”

"Exhausted?" Shen Shuzhao sneered, "How could they ever care that I would be tired? ”

Wang Xian knelt down, "Second Miss, there is always a way out of everything, and the source of the solution is to take care of your body first." ”

Shen Shuzhao raised her hand, looking at the back of her hand that had burst out of green muscles, the green spring was surging, the snow was shaved to the bones, and she couldn't see a little bit of the aura that she had before, she looked at it for a long time, "This looks exactly the same as before." ”

Wang Xian was puzzled: "What is exactly the same?" ”

"It's the same as it was then, it's all the same." Shen Shuzhao muttered, "Even the palace people begged me to eat. Her eyes were blurred, and the moment of being sealed seemed to be in front of her, she returned to the snowy days, freezing the heartlessness of being ruthlessly abandoned by the family, and she could only wait for the Shen family to decide to send wine to relieve the torment of a hundred years, life is better than death.

"Second Miss......" Lu Rong looked at her worriedly.

Shen Shuzhao straightened her hair with ten fingers, and her demeanor was faintly charming, and her complexion was sick due to the pressure of being constantly forced to marry by the Shen family, which added a feeling of sick and weak Xizi at this time. She coughed lightly after not eating for a long time, which immediately attracted the attention of others, and Shen Shuzhao just stopped, "Let's all stand down, I really don't have an appetite." ”

The palace people took one look at each other, and finally they all walked out with their food and closed the door.

Shen Shuzhao gently leaned her head on the bedpost to support herself, she breathed a sigh of relief, she was really not in the mood to eat, and when she thought that the Shen family wanted her to marry the second son of the Jiang family, she felt nauseous in her stomach. No matter how many times I begged for love in the past half a month, it was useless! The Shen family was anxious to set up a family affair to urge Shen Shuzhao to return to the palace, but seeing that she had not returned for a long time, they thought that she had stayed in the palace in order to become the imperial concubine, which was even more terrible.

She wouldn't go back.

Never going back to that hell!

Thinking of this, Shen Shuzhao pushed down the vase on the bed table in annoyance, and after a "pounding", the residue was broken all over the ground. Has she not paid enough for the Shen family over the years? Even if she doesn't have the Shen family in her heart, can other people do as much as she does?

Why did you push her to a dead end every step of the way?

What kind of thing is she to the Shen family?

Shen Shuzhao thought powerlessly, and slowly sat back on the edge of the bed, she carefully considered the next move of the Shen family, not only will she get married, but there may also be a new family girl who will enter the palace to replace Shen Zhuangzhao, and the family behind them must be out of the support of the Queen Mother.

At that time, if there was a woman who was also smart and had a city government in it, would the Queen Mother still need her?

Shen Shuzhao's chest was beating violently, she couldn't bear it anymore, wasn't Li Chong's experience her own experience? She was wrong from the beginning, a woman like the Queen Mother didn't want to be a powerful Queen Mother, she wanted to be the emperor - to be a king who really controlled the defense of the dynasty! With the struggle between the queen mother and the emperor, it is impossible for her to live a good life.

Everyone has to fight for this woman's ambitions and pay the price!

Shen Shuzhao's eyes darkened, her body shook, and there was only one thought left in her heart, "What about Wei Yang?" ”

No one answered.

"Where's the eldest princess?"

Wang Xian came when he heard this, and was first surprised when he saw Shen Shuzhao's appearance and a fragment of land, and then replied: "Second Miss Hui, the eldest princess seems to be in the Eternal Longevity Hall at this time." ”

"How did she go there again?" Shen Shuzhao hurriedly said, "She can't always admonish the Queen Mother repeatedly for me!" What if the Queen Mother blames her? It will only make the misunderstanding deeper and deeper in the future! ”

The other side couldn't understand, Wang Xian asked, "What misunderstanding?" ”

Shen Shuzhao put on a white shawl and hurriedly walked out, and Wang Xian hurriedly followed behind and shouted, "Second Miss, wait."

In the cabinet, the scene that Shen Shuzhao could have expected is happening.

Wei Yang knelt down at the foot of the steps in heavy clothes, his forehead was on the ground, and he did not hide his determination, the Queen Mother was very incomprehensible, "Yang'er, what are you doing?" ”

"Ask your mother to take back the marriage order."

"Why do you always intercede for her three times and twice?"

"My cousin is the most important thing for my son, and her business is my son's business."

"But she is the only lady of the Shen family's eldest line, this is something that cannot be changed lightly, if she takes the side line to marry, it will seem that the mourning family is not enough."

"Marriage has a fate, life and death are in the sky, how can my cousin's major affairs be decided at will because of the situation, let alone ......"

"What?" The Queen Mother asked.

Wei Yang did not answer.

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "Could it be that she has a heart?" ”

The kneeling person confirmed the Queen Mother's speculation with silence, so the Queen Mother said helplessly: "Is it in the palace or outside the palace?" ”

"I don't know."

"If she likes the emperor, the emperor won't like her. You have also seen the emperor's various blows to the Shen family, and even the world's alluring city like Concubine Yuan has not entered his eyes. ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, the people outside shouted in a low voice: "Outside the door, Miss Shen Er asks to see-"

"Xuan."

Not long after, Shen Shuzhao walked into the cabinet, and when she saw Wei Yang kneeling on the ground for a long time, she was distressed, and hurriedly walked over and knelt down beside her, "The courtiers pay their respects to the Queen Mother." ”

"Why are you here? Didn't you stay in Qinglian Pavilion these days and prepare to go home? ”

"The courtiers miss the Queen Mother, and the courtiers want to serve the Queen Mother all the time, and they don't want to go home."

"You've said that many times."

"The courtiers think that staying in the palace can better serve the queen mother."

"Even if you marry to Jiangfu, the mourning family can often announce you to the palace...... Alas," the Queen Mother said, "why are you so ignorant, the Shen family is in trouble, you should do some regression." ”

Shen Shuzhao looked at her unwillingly, "The courtiers have done enough to the Shen family, and the courtiers deeply understand that staying in the Jiang Mansion with peace of mind is not the destination of their lives, and the courtiers have found a destination that they can work." ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother's expression at this time was the same as when she speculated before, "What is your destination?" ”

"In the harem. The courtiers are willing to be female officials and serve the Queen Mother all their lives. ”

"Nonsense, how can the Shen family be a famous family that generally sends women into the palace as slaves. As a child of the Shen family, you are born to live a higher class than ordinary people, and even much higher than other families, the four major surnames give you unsurpassed glory, as well as the style of looking down on the world, you need to be a cow and a horse to give blood. In the harem, even Concubine Xi can't take your eldest sister, isn't it because she is from the four major surnames? Don't say it again, the sister-in-law of Jiangfu is also a handsome talent, and if you marry it, you will understand that the mourning family is good to you. Stand down. ”

Shen Shuzhao knelt down deeply, and after bowing, the Queen Mother turned her back, and then turned around and left here, leaving only Shen Shuzhao and Wei Yang kneeling.

After everyone in the house dispersed, Shen Shuzhao raised his head and looked at Wei Yang with pity, "Don't offend the Queen Mother because of me, don't do this again." ”

"It's something I have to do."

"But you know it won't work, do you?" After she said this, there was a moment of silence.

Shen Shuzhao stroked Wei Yang's side face, but the cold body temperature on Wei Yang's body gave her the greatest peace of mind in the world, "We will always have a way, I won't lose so lightly, you are the eldest princess in charge of the military, and you won't either." ”

Wei Yang's eyes fluttered, and she said slowly: "From now on, you will know that the queen mother is indeed not very persuasive, she has always insisted on doing everything she does, this is the case when she was in power, and it is still the same after her abdication." The emperor's every qiē is controlled by her, whether it is love or power, she wants to turn him into a puppet. I love my mother very much, but sometimes I really don't understand her very well. ”

"She's gone through the barrier and doesn't look like herself." Shen Shuzhao said weakly, "The emperor's new power has been in power for two years, and it is not very stable, and the queen mother has the opportunity to overthrow this young monarch at any time and choose a new emperor who suits her own wishes, or she herself will be the emperor." ”

"The harem has become no longer like my home."

"There's no home of mine anywhere here. Wei Yang, we are running out of time, and now there is only one way out. ”

Her hand slowly slid down Wei Yang's shoulder along her arm, and then gently interlocked her fingers, "The only way out, there is no choice." Shen Shuzhao's voice sounded firm.

Wei Yang smiled faintly, "I understand." ”

Shen Shuzhao hugged her and rested her head lightly, "If I go back to the place I know best, I won't lose." ”

"You won't. I'm sure I won't either. Wei Yang's voice sounded reassuring.

"Let's go there now. Look for him. Shen Shuzhao took a breath of cold air, and then said calmly, "I deserve to be chosen." ”