Chapter 48
And Shen Zhuangzhao, who asked this amazing question, just looked at her expressionlessly, and when the atmosphere became more and more awkward, she was silent for a while, and only spoke after a while: "Are you ready for your birthday banquet?" β
Shen Zhuangzhao said directly: "It's all right." That's why I bumped into the ...... that day. What the hell is going on with you and the eldest princess? β
"Your beaded flowers can be exchanged for the peach-colored ones, the Son of Heaven likes things in the same color."
"Yes. What's going on with you and her? β
Shen Shuzhao: "......"
She felt that she couldn't continue to talk to Shen Zhuangzhao, "Then you can stay here and wait for the female imperial chief to come over." β
"Don't go."
Shen Zhuangzhao stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, and the bright coral hand shook on her white hand. Shen Shuzhao looked at the woman opposite in surprise, but saw that her cheeks were red, and she quickly withdrew her hand.
"You ......" Shen Shuzhao saw that if he didn't get rid of her, he would only make this matter more and more unclear, so he calmed down: "There is nothing between me and the eldest princess, it was just a child's play by the bedside that day." Tonight is the birthday party, you don't want to dress up, what are you still thinking? β
Shen Zhuangzhao: "I've already prepared, second sister, what are you nervous about?" After speaking, she stepped forward with a tall arrow step on her posture, and pushed the weak Shen Shuzhao against the wall, and then a sneer was fixed at the corner of her lips, and she said to Shen Shuzhao unexpectedly: "Do you really think I am blind?" I've seen you and her almost kiss ...... You're all women! ββHow can you do such a thing? β
Shen Zhuangzhao stared at her eyes, trying to find a trace of panic in them, but found that her eyes were so calm, and Shen Shuzhao asked indifferently, "Huh?" So? β
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Shen Shuzhao put his hand on the hand pressed on her shoulder, and his gaze was pressing, "So what?" Shen Zhuangzhao, what is the meaning of what you said, will the Queen Mother believe you? No. No one here believes your nonsense, the eldest princess and I are innocent, and you have lost your mind so mad that you speculate about the relationship between me and her. β
"I see...... She's, she's going to kiss you......"
"You see? I'm just close to her face to face, or do you ......" Shen Shuzhao stepped forward slightly, almost touching Shen Zhuangzhao's face, "As long as two women do this, you will think like this?" β
Hearing this, Shen Zhuangzhao's body trembled, and then Shen Shuzhao coldly pulled off the hand she put on her shoulder and said, "Eldest sister, I advise you to take care of your own affairs first. β
Shen Zhuangzhao was silent.
"You're paying too much attention to what is going on between two women, isn't it...... Do you have this tendency? β
"You!" Shen Zhuangzhao was so ashamed that his face turned crimson, and he looked annoyed and angry, "I can't." β
Shen Shuzhao glanced out the window lightly, in such a small place as the palace, she had seen countless lonely palace concubines or palace maids chatting with each other for spiritual comfort "good friendship", so she smiled mysteriously and said: "Not necessarily." β
This time it was Shen Zhuangzhao's turn to be speechless.
Shen Shuzhao left without looking back. Thinking of Shen Zhuangzhao's stunned appearance when she said that he didn't know how to talk back, his heart was very happy.
After going out, Wang Xian asked on the side, "Second Miss, are you ready?" β
Shen Shuzhao smiled: "Okay." β
Wang Xian said that after a while, the Queen Mother sent someone over, and Shen Shuzhao nodded in agreement. Within half an hour, the female imperial chief and other palace maids appeared. "The slaves have seen Miss Shen and the second miss, and this time I have been ordered by the Queen Mother to invite you to the Calyx Hall of Ganquan Palace for a banquet, as long as the young ladies sit on the pride and follow the slaves and maids."
Shen Shuzhao bowed her head and said, "Wait, there are still some things." After waiting for a while, it was already a little late, she began to feel puzzled, and when she wanted to call someone to Shen Zhuangzhao to leave, suddenly a small eunuch ran quickly into the Qinglian Pavilion, and she fixed her eyes to see that it was the eunuch who sent the wooden box before, and it was also the person personally selected by the Queen Mother and the newcomer recommended by Gao Dezhong. What about Concubine Xi? Shen Shuzhao asked. The little eunuch presented the wooden box and opened itβit was a rain-soaked irise, and she glanced at it lightly, "I didn't hit it." β
The wooden box turned out to be the empty box.
Then she looked back at the palace people outside the east wing: "Let her come out, let's go quickly." β
Then Shen Zhuangzhao's beautiful face appeared at the door, the soft peach and light green light lily skirt on her body was gorgeous and exquisite, her forehead and body were full of peach blossom-style accessories, and she couldn't make a mistake from head to toe on her body, like a jade craftsman's exquisitely carved work.
They sat on the lotus pride and went all the way to Ganquan Palace unimpeded. It was getting late, and in the gloomy Shen Shuzhao, she saw that the calyx hall in front of her was brightly lit, and she thought to herself, and finally came at this moment. The eldest princess Wei Yang should have arrived a long time ago...... When I think of her, my mood is much better.
As soon as the front foot left the Qinglian Pavilion, another eunuch hurriedly arrived on the back foot, he panted and looked at the already empty courtyard, and couldn't help but lose his complexion, "Little Lizi, what are you here for?" The palace maid who stayed outside the house asked. He wiped his sweat, "Grandma, now is not the time to ask about this, how long has Miss Shen been gone?" β
"It's not long before I get to the section of Changxin Palace."
"That's good, that's good." Xiao Lizi repeated with a sigh of relief, he squeezed the new box in his hand, and ran out without stopping.
This box is the old one I used to look at before, but the flowers inside have been replaced by new ones!
Shen Shuzhao and his party were rushing to Ganquan Palace, and there were bursts of shouting from behind, she lifted the jade curtain and raised her hand to signal the sedan chair to stop. Xiao Lizi limped after him, he had already run away and lost his soul, and then he took out the wooden box in his arms and presented it with trembling hands. Shen Shuzhao opened it and looked at it, and was suddenly shocked, seeing that there were clearly two pink acacia flowers inside, instead of the blue delphinium grass before!
"Concubine Xi!" She gritted her teeth, what was going on? Now it's time to start the banquet, why did she change her outfit temporarily? And those two pink flowers represent that most of Concubine Xi's jewelry and the like are pink. This is not an ordinary collision with Shen Zhuangzhao!
"Go back!" Shen Shuzhao said without hesitation.
Everyone else looked at her, not knowing what to do. Shen Shuzhao thought carefully about today's color, and felt that there was something strange in his heart, first the clothes that Concubine Xian had not decided for a long time, and then the color that Concubine Xi had temporarily changed, this qiΔ was a sign of something, this was the first time Shen Zhuangzhao had met the concubines at a banquet, and he couldn't make a little difference.
Shen Zhuangzhao poked his head out of the sedan chair behind him and asked, "What's wrong?" β
Shen Shuzhao: "Go back to Qinglian Pavilion to change clothes." β
"Why?"
"You collided with Concubine Xi." She said sadly.
Shen Zhuangzhao's face changed, and she immediately recalled the conflict at the gate of Changle Palace that day, Concubine Xi's arrogant aggressiveness made her feel uneasy when she thought of it.
When everyone was about to temporarily go home, they were blocked by the four large sedan chairs behind them. Shen Shuzhao quickly whispered to the people around him, "Who are the people behind?" β
After observing for a while, Huizhuang said: "It seems to be Yan Concubine, Ling Concubine, Qi Mei and Tao Cairen's car." β
Shen Shuzhao changed color almost instantly, and then smiled coldly: "Okay, good, it's fast enough." β
After Shen Zhuangzhao heard Huizhuang's words, she followed the Queen Mother for more than a month, and she also knew that these four people were all the queen's people, so she couldn't help but feel afraid. Shen Shuzhao turned around and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, if you can't go back, go forward." β
"......" Shen Zhuangzhao was silent and began to secretly think about the pros and cons. Shen Shuzhao said calmly: "Eldest sister, you are already a budding bird, so you don't have to be afraid of being more prominent." β
What she said was true, no matter how Shen Zhuangzhao entered the palace, she was out of the limelight, and the farce arranged by the queen for her to contrast with Concubine Xi was just to make other concubines who didn't know what to do feel funny. It's just that Concubine Xi was slapped in the face in public by this beautiful woman in the capital, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to get off the stage, so I can only endure it first.
She thought about it, she had already destroyed the other conspiracies of the Xiao family, and there was no suspense about Shen Zhuangzhao's entry into the palace for the time being! It's just that maybe the Xiao family saw that it was hopeless to choose a concubine, so the plan was transferred from the previous dynasty to the harem.
The queen is playing a conspiracy in public, even if she tells them clearly, she has to force them to jump!