Shen Shuzhao's ears turned red when he heard this, and he asked rhetorically, "Mandarin ducks? ”

After the person on the other side reacted, the concubine blushed and explained: "The concubine body doesn't mean that!" Second Miss, don't think too much. The concubine just felt that the second young lady's mind was too delicate, so she couldn't help but think of this sentence......"

"I'm so embarrassed that you're doing that, but I'm so nice to everyone." Shen Shuzhao's hanging heart fell, it was good for the concubine to think like this, she thought that the matter between herself and Wei Yang had been discovered by a second person.

In the end, they took a long detour to the Yongshou Palace, the good concubine stayed outside the hall and waited for her, Shen Shuzhao walked in, the female imperial chief happened to be in the hall, she couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the injury on the forehead of Miss Shen, and blurted out and asked, "Second Miss, who are you?" ”

Shen Shuzhao didn't reply much, only said that the female imperial chief told the queen mother that she asked for an audience, at this time it was still early, and the female imperial chief came back again, saying that the queen mother was discussing secret matters with King Liang, and asked her to wait outside the door for a while, Shen Shuzhao felt that the wound hurt, but he also had to respond verbally.

She was waiting outside the corridor, so anxious that she couldn't help pacing back and forth, thinking about how the third sister had a private collusion with Queen Xiao, there were so many people inside and outside Changle Palace, and the Xiao family did this kind of thing under the noses of her and the Queen Mother, which was really a great shame. Third sister, how can she abandon the future of her family for the sake of her own future? What a madman!

It wasn't until a long time later that the Queen Mother passed her in.

As soon as King Liang left with his front foot, Shen Shuzhao walked in with his back foot, and she bowed her head and respectfully told what had happened. After hearing this, the Queen Mother flew coldly in an instant, her eyebrows were sharp, and the back of the hand holding the armrest of the phoenix chair was full of green tendons, and she said gloomily: "What a queen, this is my wife, the woman of the world beside the Son of Heaven!" Sow discord in the harem like this, do everything you can, can such a person be worthy of Wu'er? ”

But even if she said so, Empress Xiao was also selected by the first emperor, the queen mother wanted to let the eldest sister Shen Zhuangzhao be the mother of the country, but unfortunately Shen Zhuangzhao was too young that year, so in order to win the support of the new emperor, the first emperor set up the eldest daughter of the Xiao family as the queen, who knew that the Xiao family's sister-in-law Xiao Zhuru was more and more uneasy, and there was no one in his eyes but he had great achievements, and the queen mother had nothing to do with him.

"Someone came, locked Miss Shen San in the east wing, and strictly guarded her at all times. Summoning the Shen Mansion and the eldest lady into the palace to meet them, within half an hour, they must be allowed to appear in the Yongshou Hall of the mourning family! ”

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Shen Shuzhao already had a premonition of an imminent storm, but this time the conspiracy was no longer related to framing her, and it was the eldest lady who suffered! From Changle Palace to the capital, it took nearly an hour and a half just to carry the sedan chair, the Queen Mother was really annoyed, and Shen Fu naturally didn't dare to say anything, so after receiving the summons, he rode into the carriage and hurried over. Within half an hour, Taishi Shen really appeared outside the Yongshou Hall in a hurry with the eldest lady.

"Weichen/concubine to meet Niangniang, may the Queen Mother be happy."

The Queen Mother put the tea cup on the table, and Mrs. Shen and the eldest lady were terrified when they heard it. The eldest lady secretly glanced at Shen Shuzhao behind the Queen Mother, and saw the girl's pale and bloodless face staring at her coldly, and her worried heart became even more uneasy.

"This is the good daughter you taught? Sent to the mourning family music palace here to ruin the future? The Queen Mother reprimanded her fiercely, what a ridiculous thing it is for the people of the Shen family to collude with the Xiao family!

The more Taishi Shen listened, the more shameless he became, and he could only admit that he was unlucky. The queen mother especially bluntly said that there is a problem with the way the eldest lady educates her children, and women look at each other clearly, why is the eldest sister so dignified and intelligent, and the third sister has become a paranoid shrew? One is born, one is adopted, it couldn't be more obvious! Although the Queen Mother did not say it explicitly, the meaning was self-evident, and the eldest lady shrank her head and never dared to look at Master Shen again.

Shen Shuzhao heard the Queen Mother reproach the eldest lady from beginning to end, and her heart was really refreshed, she had long known that the eldest lady had no intention of teaching them these concubines well, and now that something happened, she finally tasted the bitter fruits planted for other people's lives and her own lives!

The Queen Mother pulled Shen Shuzhao and said distressed in front of the eldest lady: "Look at it, what kind of person has Shuzhao been injured by the three girls?" Looks are so important to a woman, how could she do such a thing. ”

Calling a Shuzhao and a third girl, the status is completely different, just like when Shen Shuzhao first entered the palace in this life, the Queen Mother revealed who was more favored from the title.

Shen Shuzhao knew that the Queen Mother was giving her a long face, so that she would be treated better even if she returned to the Shen Mansion in the future, so she pushed the boat down the river and said: "The courtier's belief that the third sister is an unintentional mistake, not that she deliberately wants to ruin the courtier's appearance. ”

When the eldest lady heard this, she was immediately furious, and the queen mother only said that it was a matter of □□ dispute, and as soon as she came up and opened her mouth, she raised this matter to the level of deliberate disfigurement, which is really ill-intentioned! "Queen Mother," the eldest lady put down her figure and said humbly, "This matter is the fault of the concubine, and the concubine is willing to be punished." ”

The Queen Mother said: "This is your responsibility, and you should be responsible." Although she is about to die, you still have to be well-educated before that. ”

The eldest lady is full of grievances, these three concubines have been obedient since they were children, not to mention what a person who is about to be sheng wants to do, where can she control it?

Speaking of Hesheng...... The mourning family originally wanted to marry her to the concubine of the Jiang family after that day and be an upright lady, but now that she is here, what should the mourning family do? ”

Shen Taishi twisted his beard silently, carefully pondering the words of the Queen Mother, he didn't say anything on his face, but the eldest lady had thousands of words to say in her heart, the eldest daughter of the Shen family is the imperial concubine, and the Shen family has another daughter to marry the Jiang family, which is determined in the family. What the eldest lady didn't know was that Shen Shuzhao almost married the second son of the Jiang family as his wife because he was overappreciated by the Queen Mother, but Shen Shuzhao resigned, so it fell on the third sister's head, as for what the Queen Mother used to make the third lady and the third prince approach, this is purely a casual mention.

In the eyes of the eldest lady, she only knew that if the third lady was stained because of this matter, then the second one would become Shen Shuzhao if she married well. This is a situation she never wants to see!

"Queen Mother, the concubine feels guilty, which is caused by not being good at teaching her daughter, and she is really shameless to see the ancestors of the Shen Mansion, and the concubine is willing to kneel in front of the Shen Mansion tablet to ask for her guilt."

The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows, and the female imperial chief fanned her on the side, and then the Queen Mother said in a calm tone: "Okay, I'm glad that this matter was discovered early and didn't make a big mistake." ”

"The concubine is ashamed, if the third lady really provokes the queen mother's eyes, the concubine will take the third lady and the second miss back to the house now, leaving Zhuang Zhao in the palace to accept the queen mother's teaching. This wedding day is approaching, and it is really inconvenient for the second daughter of the concubine to disturb the queen mother in Changle Palace...... Therefore, the concubine asked the queen mother for permission to take the second daughter back to the house. The eldest lady said as a mother without humility or arrogance.

How dare she say that!

After hearing this, Shen Shuzhao only felt that there was an air knot in her chest, and she couldn't get angry-the eldest lady couldn't see her well at all, and maybe she secretly suspected that she deliberately framed Shen Xiaozhao to do such a thing!

She believed that at this time, it was the time to overthrow the Xiao family, and the Queen Mother would not let her go. She has in her hands the secrets of the literati of the Yanhan Mountain North School, and the eldest lady will not succeed.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother only agreed to let the third lady go back, in this way, Shen Shuzhao's status in the Queen Mother's heart was more prominent, and Master Shen looked at his daughter again incredibly, but she didn't expect that she would even need her to choose a concubine, which is not just as simple as a smooth progress.

The eldest lady showed a slightly disappointed look, she didn't expect Shen Shuzhao's identity to be so important on the Queen Mother's side, so she had to take a step back: "Then Shuzhao will come back on the same day as Zhuang Zhao." ”

The same day refers to the day before the wedding, Shen Zhuangzhao returned to the Shen Mansion after learning the etiquette from the palace, and then waited for a day, the palace would send someone to take her into the palace again with a concubine's honor team.

But—before the eldest lady returns, who knows what will happen in vain? The eldest lady looked at Shen Shuzhao coldly, if someone wanted to replace him in the process, it would not be necessary.

The two people looked at each other, there was temptation and coldness between them, and their complex meaning was clear in each center.

The Queen Mother's nails wearing pure gold inlaid coral armor tapped the armrest, making a crisp sound, her phoenix eyes swept over the kneeling crowd, and Yan sù reminded: "This is the ugly thing of the Shen family, and it has not happened in a hundred years to have such a fool!" Today, no one is allowed to say it, not even the ancestors. The injury on Shen Shuzhao's head was caused by herself, understand? ”

Shen Shuzhao originally ignored the headache because of her unstable feelings, but when she mentioned this, a tingling pain in her forehead came, and it was not until the Queen Mother said so that Taishi Shen and the doctor paid attention to her injury.

"How should the mourning family explain to the Jiang family?" The Queen Mother looked at Master Shen.

Taishi Shen shook his head and frowned.

"Then let's announce that the third miss is sick first." The Queen Mother said. Shen Shuzhao closed her eyes in disappointment after hearing this, even if the third sister did such a strict thing, she would still be protected by the family, but what about herself? In his previous life, he did everything for the Shen family, why could he leave her lightly?

The Queen Mother turned her head and told Shen Shuzhao: "The mourning family knows that you are wronged, but you must not let others know that this injury was done by your third sister, and externally, you can only say that you hit it yourself, understand?" As for Shen Xiaozhao, it's too obvious that you are taking her back, so let's stay here for now. ”

The corners of the eldest lady's lips showed a silent mockery at this time, Shen Taishi looked at Shen Shuzhao expressionlessly, in front of everyone's gaze, Shen Shuzhao suddenly felt that she was a person who was isolated by the family, in fact, this feeling of loneliness has been there for a long time, but when she forced herself to break off her feelings and face this situation again in order to survive, she still felt a trace of helplessness in her heart.

The blood on his forehead slowly stopped, Shen Shuzhao was silent for a moment, and finally spoke: "The courtier knows." ”

The last person came out of the cabinet in a daze, and the eldest lady's request for her to return to the house was still vivid, and the queen mother's current expression was only done because she was still useful.

No one in the Shen family is worthy of her trust.

No one.

As soon as Shen Shuzhao came out, the good concubine outside the hall walked over with joy and asked her, "Does the Queen Mother know?" How is Miss Shen San? ”

She saw that Shen Shuzhao walked over without answering, and hurriedly caught up with Shen Shuzhao, although she hesitated slightly, but half-chuckled: "The Queen Mother treats you so well, she should feel very sorry for you, the concubine saw that Lord Shen was also coming, they all knew that the third lady had done such a thing, and she would definitely not spare her." Everyone in the Shen family will know how ridiculous what she did today. You can rest assured that your affairs will be presided over by the Queen Mother. ”

Shen Shuzhao turned his back to her: "Don't say it." ”

"What's wrong?" The concubine was slightly stunned, "Did I say the wrong thing?" ”

"Well, it's not."

Concubine Liang gently tugged at Shen Shuzhao's cuffs, and the girl in front of her was so worried that she even changed her self-title, "Shuzhao ......"

Shen Shuzhao turned around, and the good concubine was stunned, she saw this young girl who had endured a qiē on her own, clenched her fists at this time, trembling slightly, and her eyes were filled with tears that no one could notice. Hearing Shen Shuzhao's unspeakable taste, he said to himself: "The third sister can't go out from today onwards, she has become a waste chess, and the Shen family doesn't need to raise waste." But the Queen Mother won't punish her too heavily, because she is the nominal concubine of the Shen Mansion, and you can only know that I hit my injury. ”

"No punishment at all?"

"Nope." Shen Shuzhao was gloomy, what the third sister did to the eldest sister had already been punished, but what about what she did to herself? I didn't even say sorry. If the eldest sister is injured, what will it be?

"How could she do this to you......"

Shen Shuzhao didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, took the hand of the concubine, looked at her eyes seriously, and said, "This harem is a place where there is no distinction between right and wrong, black and white. She is a concubine, I am a concubine, and she doesn't need to say sorry to me for her mistakes. You must remember today that only if you are strong, the wound will be noticed, if you are not strong enough, then the wound is just your own blood. ”

She tore off the white cloth and revealed the small wound, the blood had stopped scabbing, and the good concubine saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart, but she didn't know what to do.

"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has arrived—"

A sound came from a distance, and the eunuch in the inner hall heard it and said to the people inside: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has arrived!" ”

Shen Shuzhao and Concubine Liang stood at the door of the hall with their backs, she immediately covered her forehead with a cloth, and hurriedly walked outside. Wei Yang saw her in the car from afar, and usually Shen Shuzhao would come over happily when she heard that she was coming, and even took the initiative to follow her, but this time she turned around and left in front of her. Wei Yang frowned worriedly, what's wrong with her?