In the second year of Yongyuan, May, spring.

The city of Luoyang is full of spring, and the Shen Mansion is full of flowers. The purple bamboo plum in the Shen courtyard is delicate in the wind. is so full of purple, just because the second lady likes purple very much.

People come and go in the courtyard, and everyone has a pot of hydrangeas, these flowers are the things that the old lady has newly given to the second lady, and they are placed in the small courtyard like hydrangea clusters.

Under the rhombic window of a boudoir, in front of the ivory bronze mirror, a maidservant girl gently combed the girl's hair and sideburns.

"Miss, you see that the old lady has rewarded things again, and the old lady really loves you."

The servant girl's cold tone was full of pride, and she smiled skillfully and pinned an indigo freshly cut bead flower for her master.

Shen Shuzhao still didn't show joy when she heard it, stretched out her hand to caress the bead flower, and said softly: "No matter how painful the old lady is, the eldest sister is always the closest to her, how dare I steal the limelight from the eldest sister." ”

Seeing such humble words from the master, Han Yan had to sigh that the second lady was really virtuous. Although she is a concubine of the famous Shen Mansion, who doesn't know that the Shen family has a beautiful lady in Luoyang, and a second lady who seems to be a living Bodhisattva?

A beautiful sheng, a virtuous pole, everyone says that Lord Shen is really a blessing.

Han Yan unconsciously said all the words of praise in his heart, but Shen Shuzhao on the side just listened and smiled faintly.

A living bodhisattva, doing a good deed every day, virtuous and virtuous, showing off wisdom?

Shen Shuzhao sneered at these words in his heart, remembering that in his previous life, in the evaluation of outsiders, he was jealous and childless, talentless and virtuous, infatuated with the posterior, and did not hesitate to be confused by witches, and finally fell to the unpopular.

The praise of beauty and talent will never appear in the eldest sister Shen Zhuangzhao in the previous life.

As soon as a discerning person looks at this name, regardless of temperament and morality, he will know who is the most precious eldest daughter of Shen Taishi of Shen Mansion.

Zhuang, respectfully Duansu said Zhuang; Zhao, Roude has light and Zhao.

Shen Zhuangzhao's name is poured into Shen Fu's comprehensive expectations for her, and her own name of Shen Shuzhao is only removed from "Shurou and virtuous", which is far less atmospheric than the eldest sister.

Why are girlfriend names so important? It is only because there is a saying of "four surnames and eight hopes" in this powerful family in Kyoto, and the "four surnames" are "Xiao Chen Shen Jiang", so the Shen family, which is in the ranks, adheres to the family motto of the clan, attaches great importance to the naming of their children, and also hopes to have a good omen for the Changxing family.

And that "Eight Hopes" are their branch families in different regions, whose history is so long and their identities are so prominent that even the royal Wei family cannot be listed.

It can be seen that even if a powerful person is, he may not be looked down upon by the four surnames and eight hopes, so sometimes the four surnames will also marry each other and form a strong party, just like the eldest lady who is now in charge of the Shen Mansion, who is from the surname Jiang among the four surnames.

Today's Shen family has a queen mother in the harem, not only the court has power, but also the harem is powerful, and the family is even more majestic for a while.

Shen Shuzhao reached out and gently stroked a pot of delicate and beautiful flowers placed next to the mirror, folded a flower from it, and put it under the tip of his nose to smell it carefully. The faint cold fragrance slowly wandered on the fingers, the fragrance was distant and cold, like being in a cold rain in March, and the slightest coolness made people feel chilly.

She will never forget this familiar incense, like the day she was sent to the palace by her family in her previous life, it was rainy, and the air was filled with the cool air of cold rain, the dampness of wilting grass and the smell of the dying tree.

So that she will never forget how terrible it is to be a doomed abandonment.

At that time, she was sitting in the car, carrying a silver-edged warm incense burner, but she was still shivering from the cold, and her nose was haunted by the damp and cold smell of heavy rain. The queen mother personally took a concubine for the emperor, which couldn't help but envy the red eyes of many people, but at that time she already knew that this was not just as simple as giving the emperor a concubine, there was another meaning...... The Empress Dowager was personally selecting the political weights to fight against Xiao Chen and the two powerful ministers.

And in the next two years, it was also a rainy night, and an urgent holy decree was sent from the emperor's palace, which was passed by the queen mother's personal eunuch to Shen Shuzhao, the wife who had been sealed in the palace.

Black clouds overwhelmed the city, and the wind was howling, announcing a bloody palace change. Seeing the arrival of the Queen Mother, everyone in the Weiyang Palace held their breath, and the crying palace maids stopped sobbing and did not dare to say more, waiting for the emperor's life and death will for this woman who was convicted of witchcraft, which was also their life and death sentence.

The eunuch Gao Dezhong unfolded the holy decree, and read it loudly with a sharp voice: "The pure concubine is out of order, jealous of the concubine, confused by the witch, her virtue is not enough to inherit the destiny of heaven, and her behavior is even more worthy of the wind of Huolu, I am determined to seize the title and give wine." ”

The woman who received the order on the other side laughed out loud after listening to it, and her tone contained a sense of expectation, and then she saw her face change suddenly, and she scolded angrily: "Is it the wind of Huo Lu in this palace, or the wind of Huo Lu in the Queen Mother?" The palace swept away most of the stumbling blocks for her, but it fell to this, the death of the former Empress Xiao back then, will it be copied to the palace now? ”

Gao Dezhong squinted slightly at the person in front of him, his shoulders were sharpened, his waist was like a vegetarian, and he was sitting on the seat with his back straight at the moment, completely undisturbed by the decadence of the palace, wearing a long skirt with purple epiphany and rain silk, and a piece of emerald green satin tied around the willow waist, which lined the scorching purple of its owner, which was very enchanting.

The cold beads on her temples told how proud their owners were in the spring breeze back then, and the tender ice muscles that were pale because of the cold wind told others that they were only eighteen years old.

"Niangniang, the emperor's will is so." Gao Dezhong waved his hand, and a maidservant beside him who was holding a white jade plate walked out, and the wine in the golden dragon peach wine pot on the plate made people unable to move as if they had been filled with iron and stone at a glance.

Shen Shuzhao glanced coldly, and his gaze fell directly on Gao Dezhong's eyes: "Dare to ask whether the noble person is the emperor's will or the queen mother's will?" ”

"The world is respected by the emperor, and the six palaces are headed by His Majesty, but Madame is questioning the authority of the emperor?"

Shen Shuzhao didn't want to talk to him more, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and forced her complaints and anger back, the more critical the situation, the more she needed reason.

"Niangniang," Gao Dezhong himself had a small face, his cold eyes were even more staring at people, and his tone was weird, making people stand up their hairs, "Let's go on the road well." ”

With a raised eyebrow, Shen Shuzhao's jade hand stretched out from the dark red silk sleeve of the dark purple Shu brocade, took the white jade wine jug, and put it heavily in front of him, making the crisp sound that made the servants behind him tremble.

She made a heartache: "The monarch wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, but the Ming Shi must know his capital crime before he can solve his head, the palace has not done anything to admit it, the witch Gu case is related to the family, the palace and the queen mother are the same family, adhering to the family motto, trembling, the emperor also thinks that the palace will forget the family law?" ”

"Rest assured, the new queen is the queen mother's personal choice, and Queen Shen will be able to uphold the family motto for her mother and glorify her ancestors."

Originally...... Shen Zhuangzhao is about to be sealed!

Shen Shuzhao's eyes seemed to contain layers of ice floes on the turbulent dark sea, and he suddenly cooled into the deepest part of his heart.

Oh, yes! If it weren't for Shen Zhuangzhao, at least his death would have left a reason for "death of illness" and "death of sorrow" in the annals of history! The mother can also live a little more peacefully in the Shen Courtyard, and now she is given death......

For a while, Shen Shuzhao's eyes were a little flustered, and the feelings of shock, distraction, grief, and chill poured into her eyes in an instant, and her black pupils were like a mirror to refract them out, this was the only time she had fully displayed her feelings so unreservedly since she entered the palace, but it was already close to death.

Her life! The high-ranking concubine, as if from birth, she will always live under the control of others.

So she wanted to be rich and noble, so that the cowardly mother in the mansion could live a more dignified life, but she still ended up like this.

The Queen Mother rescued her from the neglected environment, gave her wealth, gave her status, and suddenly the pheasant jumped on the high branches.

But this God-given good thing has a price, she has to fight with Queen Xiao and fight against the Xiao family forces above the court, for which she was calculated by the other party that she will not be able to get pregnant for the rest of her life.

But that's it, why does she need any children. The majestic and handsome man, sometimes the man who is as ruthless as a snake, every time he touches her hand, Shen Shuzhao feels that his skin is as greasy as a swimming snake. This shouldn't be, that man is the only person in heaven and earth who can wear Zhengming yellow, she should love him, but she can't eliminate this obvious physical disgust.

Over time, the emperor, who was already cold to her, no longer likes to step into this Weiyang Palace.

Later, slowly, she gradually found a warmth from a woman in this palace of warmth and self-awareness......

She was the most trusted confidant concubine under the command of the Queen Mother, she respected her as a sister, but the relationship was not like a complete friendship, she was often in direct and secret conflict with the queen, protected by that person, and then gradually became acquainted.

The peach blossom breeze was blowing, and the clouds and temples were scattered, and she knew that she would be disturbed by that person every time.

At the same time, Empress Xiao continued to be aggressive in the palace fight, coupled with the relationship between that person, Shen Shuzhao was even more subservient to the Queen Mother, so things in the future happened naturally, and she became one of the Queen Mother's most powerful minions.

What she wants now is not only power, but also to get that person, as if she can be qualified to have her as long as she has a higher status than that person.

The Xiao family lost power, the queen fell, the private party collapsed, and the military power stationed in the north returned to the hands of the emperor and the queen mother, and the status and glory seemed to be rising step by step.

Shen Shuzhao only realized at this moment that the qiē he had done for that woman would soon come to naught, and whether he advanced or retreated, he would become a thorn in the side of the eldest lady of the Shen Mansion.

If the eldest daughter of the Shen family wants to enter the palace, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

She wanted to give up, or she wanted to fight for it, but she was gradually powerless in the competition with the Queen Mother, and she swept so many obstacles, and in the end she was just making a wedding dress for her.

What's even more tragic is that whoever did anything done today was done for whom, that person didn't know at all, and kept running away from wanting to know......

Shen Shuzhao's trembling hand picked up the pot of wine again, and the complicated feelings turned over in her heart, and a wisp of black silk slipped down to her ears, making her face even pale.

It was because she was too anxious that she didn't expect the Queen Mother to see through her ambition to break away from her wings and seek a rear position early, and she had made complete preparations.

A pawn that has gotten out of control is replaced by another obedient pawn.

The characters on the stage have always taken turns, and one side sings and the other appears, so she is the one who has been abandoned!

The maidservant beside her, Han Yan, cried and knelt on the ground, tugged at Shen Shuzhao's sleeve, and said, "Niangniang save the slaves and maids!" The emperor treats his mother well, doesn't the mother try to plead with the emperor? ”

Behind him, a large number of palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, and the voices of "save the slaves and maids" were heard for a while.

Shen Shuzhao smiled bitterly, stretched out his cold hand and stroked Han Yan's face, and said word by word: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die." ”

He is the emperor, and he is the king who used the power of the Queen Mother to bring down the powerful minister Xiao family, and now that the Queen Mother's backyard is on fire, he is watching the fire from the other side, how to help?

But after thinking about it, what appeared in front of her eyes was the appearance of that woman, and she suddenly became sad.

Just because of this deep and long-lasting love, she can be a red mole in her heart; If she had a different hope, why would she not give back a cemetery as others wished?

It was also a moment of figure-out, and he raised his head and drank the wine juice in one go, Shen Shuzhao then smashed the wine jug out with a "bang", and after the piercing cracking sound, there were white jade residues everywhere.

"She wants Hongu to drink! How can Hongu not drink it! You went back to her and the Queen Mother's words, if this palace is not bound to die, you will never cry and ripple to intercede! Queen Mother, if there is an afterlife, this palace will never lose so badly! ”

After speaking, Shen Shuzhao's eyes suddenly showed sadness, slowly slumped on the seat, and said weakly: "My mother is innocent, you don't want to implicate her...... She's getting old, let her finish the last journey with peace of mind. Mother, her daughter is not filial, only Huang Quanbi saw her. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out. It was recorded in the annals of the same day: In the fourth year of Yinchang, in the autumn, the criminal concubine Shen died, and his sister was appointed as the queen.

On the other side, when the Queen Mother listened to Gao Dezhong's reply, her fingers twisting the Buddha beads stopped slightly. "It's a pity, it's a pity......" The Queen Mother continued to twist the Buddha beads and said, "The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, if the power is not so important, the mourning family will keep her for a little longer......"

The concubines standing behind her buried their heads when they heard this, and their expressions were hidden in the darkness, and everyone was silent.

As if this is the end of the qiē process.

However, when the ignorant darkness in front of him was dispelled by the dazzling white light, Shen Shuzhao opened his heavy eyelids that seemed to be filled with lead, and what he saw was the layout of the Shen family's own room eight years ago, and he was lying on the bed he loved as a child.

The thin woman on the side looked worried, gently and carefully applied a wet towel for her to lower her high fever, and the maternal love that no one could pretend to be in her eyes revealed in her eyes.

That's A-Niang......

There is no one in the world who has more real feelings for her than her own mother.

A few years have passed in a flash, and the little maid who was buried in the Shen Mansion and didn't even care about the high fever is rewriting history step by step.

For the inside, Shen Shuzhao relied on those means of serving the queen mother in the palace, so that she was favored by the old lady in the Shen Mansion.

And externally, outsiders praise her bodhisattva heart, and because she likes purple very much, she is called "purple bodhisattva", Shen Fu since the world-famous Shen Zhuang Zhao, there is another Shen Shuzhao who serves the world with filial piety, and the face feels bright.

Looking out the window at the garden full of □□, Shen Shuzhao recalled all the past and the present, and sighed with emotion in his heart.

"Miss, the makeup is thin, it's time to go to the old lady." A reminder from the maidservant brought her ethereal thoughts back to reality.

With a sigh, Shen Shuzhao stood up, straightened her back, and the beads in her hair made a pleasant sound like a clear spring because of the collision, always telling her how rare it was to get something better.

The maidservant pushed the door open for her, and outside the door was a white light cast by the scorching sun, dazzling and dazzling, and then the white light reverted to the scorching purple of the garden next to the promenade, and between the light and shadow, only the hydrangea bloomed with immortal and classical beauty.

She is not afraid, if there are any difficulties in front of her, just come.

Shen Shuzhao raised her chin, like her proud appearance in front of all the concubines and ministers when she was in power in the Six Palaces.

"Let's go."

She said.