Shen Wanzhen returned to the palace the next day, and as soon as she entered the house to change her clothes, Xiuju came in and said, "Concubine Han came to ask the princess for her guilt."

"Please, please, please?"

Xiuju held the coat that the master had changed in her hand, and said: "Concubine Han came to ask the master for guilt yesterday, and the master disposed of two spies in the palace yesterday, including Zhao Quan, who took the door of Concubine Han and came out, and worked in the room with Concubine Han. ”

"Okay, let's just say that I know in my heart, nothing is wrong with her, let her go back!" Xiuju agreed, handed the master's clothes to Qiao Shan and received them in the rosewood standing wardrobe in the western room, and went out to learn the master's words from Concubine Han.

Concubine Han did her part, and Shanshan left.

Xiuju saw that she was even walking with a posture, she was born in a university scholar's mansion, as if she was very noble, that arrogant, but the prince didn't even sweep the corners of his eyes, this is really blind to this kung fu.

Xiuju entered the house, and Shen Wanzhen asked idly, "Are people gone?" ”

"Let's go" Xiuju learned that Concubine Han pulled out her small waist board, held the frame, and walked a few steps, Shen Wanzhen and Mo He couldn't hold back their laughter, Shen Wanzhen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled: "Your little hoof has also learned badly, dare to learn to walk with a side concubine, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

Xiuju stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "The slave maid is not in her own house, I really can't help but want to laugh when I saw her back just now, Concubine Han must have done a lot of homework before leaving the pavilion." ”

Shen Wanzhen pointed at her and said with a smile: "You maid also learned Qiaoshan, how can you marry someone like this in the future?" ”

"Does the master mean that no one wants slaves and maids?" Qiao Shan happened to enter the door and heard it, pouting Lao Gao, pretending that the boss was unhappy.

Xiuju made fun of her, and said: "Sister Qiaoshan will have no one to want, and Xiao Gongzi's little shunzi is willing to marry her."

Qiao Shan was immediately embarrassed to chase after her, "I'll let you chew your tongue and arrange me." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled at the two girls who were playing, and couldn't help but think, if the two brothers King Ping and King An can release their suspicions, if Qiaoshan is willing, marry Xiao Shunzi, it is not unsuccessful, and suddenly remembered what King Ping was doing in the coastal area at that time, traveling through the mountains and rivers, it is not like at all, what is it going to do? Could it be that he has an important position in the imperial court and his identity cannot be disclosed, or does he have other secrets, to be precise, it is no wonder that his pseudonym and surname Xiao at that time turned out to be his mother's surname.

In the evening, Xiuju served her wide clothes and said: "This time the master disposed of a few people, everyone in the house was in danger, and they all said that the princess was usually good-natured, and she was not soft at all when she killed people, and even Concubine Han was afraid, and she came twice in a row to ask for guilt." ”

Shen Wanzhen wore a middle coat, climbed onto the kang, and said, "Do you think she is really scared?" She is not from a small family, she has never seen the world, she is acting, she took the initiative to ask me to say anything, if she shrinks her head and does not say anything, I am afraid that I will take advantage of this incident to catch her little handle, therefore, to retreat as advance, take the initiative, even if the prince sees her like this, it is not easy to blame her. ”

Xiuju suddenly realized, and took off the gauze tent from the gilded crane hooks on both sides, "It turns out that she has such a heart, but her appearance is slightly inferior, otherwise she can't say, she can become a climate." ”

"In this princess's one-third of an acre of land, don't even think about it." Shen Wanzhen said quite confidently.

"The slave said the wrong thing, but it's a pity that she met the master," Xiuju said with a smile.

In the afternoon of this day, Shen Wanzhen was holding the book in her hand to read, Mo He lifted the curtain, and said, "Master, there is a eunuch in the palace, who was sent by the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace."

Shen Wanzhen waited for the news in the palace, thinking that she would have to wait for two more days, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to be quick and do things simply.

It was the queen mother's personal eunuch Cheng Gonggong, who entered the door and looked at the two compartments, Shen Wanzhen understood, and ordered Xiuju and others to retreat.

Cheng's father-in-law saw that everyone in the house was out of the house, and said in a low voice: "Concubine Xiao's matter, the Queen Mother found a person, that person happened to be the guard guarding Concubine Xiao's cold palace, he was young, just entered the palace, and he couldn't get a good errand, so he was assigned to guard the cold palace, and those who were with him are now dead, and he is the only one who stays in the palace to guard the gate in the cold place." According to him, on the night of Concubine Xiao's death, two groups of people came, after the first group of people entered, soon there was a short cry in the cold palace, and the guards were not summoned to enter, he kept an eye on it, squatted under the window, broke the paper on the window, and saw two eunuchs holding Concubine Xiao and pouring something into her mouth, waiting for them to come out, and soon three more eunuchs came, and then both groups of people left, he tiptoed in to see that Concubine Xiao's body had already been cold. ”

"Did the guard see who was going in?"

"The guard said it was dark and didn't see clearly."

After Cheng's father-in-law left, Shen Wanzhen thought about it before and after, but it also responded to the situation, after the group in front of him poisoned Concubine Xiao, the Queen Mother's people arrived and saw Concubine Xiao falling to the ground and dying, or it was possible that the maid in front of Concubine Xiao saw the people sent by the Queen Mother, but the people in front of them did not see it, so they thought that it was the Queen Mother's people.

This inference is reasonable, in addition to this guard, the person who told King Ping, indicating that there are eyewitnesses, the Queen Mother can find out that there should be no omission, with the Queen Mother's sharpness, will not let go of the suspicions, if the Queen Mother does not find others, to prove the events of the year, people in the know, only King Ping knows the way, it seems that he has to go to King Ping's Mansion to figure things out, persuade King Ping to tell the truth, and also visit secretly.

Shen Xuanzhen paid attention to it, and did not hesitate, and asked Xiuju to call Wang Wengui to come, why didn't she use her own people to go to King Ping's Mansion to send a post, with her considerations, Wang Wengui is the prince's person, so that Wang Wengui can know the Tao, indicating that she is not betraying people in this matter, otherwise, it is all her own people, and between King Ping

It's not clear.

When King Ping heard that Princess An was coming to visit him, he suddenly thought that he had heard it wrong, Wang Wengui was born as a eunuch, and what he practiced was the ability to observe words and colors. ”

King Ping's face changed instantly, he hid his emotions, and said calmly: "I said that this king is here to wait for Princess An." ”

Shen Wanzhen went to King Ping's Mansion for the second time, and unlike the previous time, King Ping stood at the head of the palace and waited.

When the bottom of the sedan curtain poked out of the clouds, smoke and water, red phoenix wings adorned with beads, and soft-soled embroidered shoes, and then faint as a misty thin sand blue skirt flickered, King Ping's breathing almost stopped, and his eyes looked straight at the delicate figure and got off the sedan chair.

Shen Xuanzhen glanced at the gate of the Ping Palace, and saw King Ping, who was dressed in royal blue silk and standing in front of the gate of the palace, this man who was like a breeze in the moon, who would have thought that killing people would be invisible, and he didn't even frown.

When the beautiful woman in the dream walked towards King Ping, he could almost hear his own heartbeat, and when she said in a warm voice like a spring breeze, "Hello fourth brother!" He seemed to have just come back to his senses, and bowed, "Little brother meets Princess An"

She called him the fourth brother, and according to common sense, he should call her the third sister-in-law, but he stubbornly resisted this title in his heart, and he was unwilling to admit it.

"Princess Ann inside please"

The two entered the gate of the palace, King Ping took a half step wrong, and Shen Wanzhen looked calm, "The fourth brother's palace is well repaired. ”

"It's a pity that there is no princess to preside over the feed." King Ping seemed to be passing a message to her, consciously or unconsciously, he waited for her, waiting for her to enter, and presided over the feed for him.

Shen Wanzhen was silent, no matter what she said, he had the ability to go around here, the two of them were silent, in the hall, King Ping invited her to sit on the top, Shen Wanzhen insisted on resigning, King Ping sat on the head, and Shen Wanzhen was a guest.

King Ping waved his hand, and the maids and eunuchs waiting beside him, after serving tea, all bowed their heads and slipped out of the house.

"It's an honor for this king to meet Miss Shen in two days." King Ping took out the real gold folding fan from his sleeve, and in autumn, he felt hot for no reason.

Shen Wanzhen lowered her eyes, raised her head for a moment, and without pretense, she went straight to the point: "The prince and King An are enemies, is it because of the queen mother's care?" The prince suspects that the person who murdered the princess and concubine is the queen mother? ”

King Ping's hand stopped waving his fan, smiled, and said, "Why did Princess An say this?" This king respects the queen mother and regards her as her biological mother, so Princess An should not speculate, so as not to cause unnecessary estrangement. ”

Shen Wanzhen was not in a hurry to distinguish, but said as if chatting: "When I first entered the palace to meet Concubine Xie, although Concubine Xie had a normal attitude, but my intuition she seemed to have a deep hidden disgust, and when I mentioned the Queen Mother, she was indifferent on the surface, according to my observation, she was indifferent and hostile, at that time I thought it was an illusion, it was my heart, but when I knew that the prince was raised by the concubine in the palace for a few years, and the prince decided that the enemy who killed his mother was the queen mother, I speculated that Concubine Xie must have played some role in it, openly and secretly influenced the prince's thoughts, and sure enough, as I expected, Concubine Xie once had a sister who was harmed by the Queen Mother. ”

When Shen Wanzhen said this, King Ping suddenly said; "Wait, what do you say? Concubine Xie's sister was harmed by the Queen Mother? Is this really the case? ”

Shen Wanzhen nodded, and did not hide it, "Yes, Concubine Xie's sister was pampered and disrespectful to the Queen Mother, and was dealt with by the Queen Mother with extreme means, and the Queen Mother probably felt guilty about Concubine Xie, so she let her go and let her go to the position of the Queen Mother today, presumably Concubine Xie hated the Queen Mother in her heart, and she was bitter in her heart, and the Queen Mother also knew the Tao in her heart." ”

King Ping was silent, Concubine Xie never said this, but often said that his mother-killing enemy was the Queen Mother, so it seems that Concubine Xie is also using herself, King Ping is bitter in his heart, I thought that Concubine Xie had a little nurturing affection for herself, but it was also to use herself to take revenge, it seems that the people in the palace, which one is credible?

King Ping's thoughts drifted away, but Shen Wanzhen suddenly asked: "Who did Prince Ping listen to, and concluded that the killing of Concubine Xiao was done by the Queen Mother, and he was convinced?" ”

Shen Xuanzhen's words pulled King Ping's thoughts back, and he sneered contemptuously, "Do you think I will be gullible in believing other people's words? Even those close to you in the palace can't be trusted, and who else can believe their words? ”

Shen Wanzhen was a little confused, reacted instantly, and asked tentatively: "Could it be you......"

"It's what I saw with my own eyes, that day, I slept until midnight, I don't know why I suddenly wanted to see my mother very much, maybe it was the mother and son heart, telepathy, my heart was very flustered, I always felt that something was happening, this feeling was particularly strong, I secretly went to the cold palace, bypassing the guards, I had gone to the cold palace more than once, the high walls of the cold palace could not stop me, it was very late, but there were lights in the cold palace, flickering and dimming, not very bright, I thought that the mother had not slept yet, lying under the window, just wanted to get up and go in, I saw three people coming out, late at night, the lights were out, A little light came out of the window in the house, and it happened to shine on the person's face for a moment, and I recognized it as the queen mother, the eunuch in the queen's palace at that time, the three of them were sneaky, and they did a good job, and they went out of the wall and went out, I knew that it was not good, and when a few people couldn't see it on the wall, I came out of hiding and ran into the house, and the mother fell to the ground and died. ”

When King Ping said this, his hands were clenched into fists, and his bones and joints turned white, showing that he was extremely resentful.

After a long time, he let go of his hand and said in a cold tone, "I didn't tell anyone, I went back to the dormitory, hid in the quilt late at night and wept quietly, and since that day, I have sworn to avenge my mother." ”

Shen Wanzhen didn't know what kind of mood a **-year-old child was in at that time, it was difficult for him to endure it for so many years, how could this hatred pressed in his heart not distort human nature, maybe he was originally kind, but seeing his mother's tragic death with his own eyes was such a cruel thing to a child.

Shen Wanzhen didn't speak, nor did she comfort him, she knew that any language was pale and weak, maybe this incident left an indelible imprint on his soul all his life, maybe the day he could let go of the burden in his heart and live a little easier.

For a long time, both of them were silent, no one spoke, until King Ping's mood calmed down, looked at her, and asked; "Do you think I'm going too far now?"

How does Shen Wanzhen want to answer, retribution, when is it, but she can't say this, she may be like him.

For a long time, Shen Wanzhen said; "The prince's life is miserable, and it is not wrong to avenge the murder of his mother, but has the prince ever thought about whether the object of revenge is the real enemy? If not, wouldn't it be wrong to innocent people and let those who really do evil go unpunished. ”

King Ping sneered and said disappointedly; "I thought you were upright and kind, but when things come to an end, you also protect your own people, is there anything wrong with what I saw with my own eyes?"

Shen Xuanzhen told him the results of the conversation with the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, and said that the guards who saw the scene that night.

King Ping squinted and looked at her for a moment, "How can I believe what you say?" ”

Shen Wanzhen is colorful; "You don't have to believe what I say, you can check it yourself, I believe that you are not willing to let go of the real murderer and kill innocents indiscriminately, and I believe that your mother does not want to see it."

King Ping pondered, as if thinking about what she had said.

"Some things are preconceived, but they are not necessarily right, you believe what you see, I believe what I see, the Queen Mother doesn't seem to be lying to me, otherwise, she won't investigate this matter, wouldn't it be better to kill people?"

"Okay, I believe you, I will re-investigate this matter, but if the results are the same as what I saw before, I'm sorry, Miss Shen, I won't hurt you, but it doesn't mean that for you, I can let the Queen Mother and King An go."

Coming out of the Pingwang Mansion, Shen Wanzhen was heavy-hearted, until she was on the street, seeing the bustling flow of people, her depressed mood was relieved, this story was too heavy, no wonder she saw him for the first time, the coldness on his body, the rejection of people thousands of miles away, suppressed since childhood, and full of hatred in his heart, caused irreparable defects to the formation of a child's character.

As soon as Shen Wanzhen's sedan chair entered the inner courtyard of Anwang's mansion, a group of maids and servants surrounded them, all of them were calm, and stood respectfully, Shen Wanzhen took the hand of embroidered chrysanthemum, stepped off the sedan chair, and there was a light fragrance of flowers and plants in the distance, raising his head, the autumn was high and refreshing, the sky was clear and clean, and the two lines of geese flew south.

Shen Wanzhen smiled at the corner of her lips, and said to Xiuju: "I haven't been to the garden for a few days, so I went to the garden for a walk." ”

The group entered the south gate of the garden, the autumn breeze was cool, and Shen Wanzhen walked along the winding path among the flower clusters.

Bypassing an old acacia, I suddenly felt open in front of me, only to see the waterfront, on a flat lawn, a few maids wearing red and green were kicking shuttlecocks, and Shen Wanzhen suddenly became interested.

Those little maids didn't know who said it, "The princess is coming", they all stopped, let them debut, and stood respectfully.

Shen Wanzhen smiled: "Why don't you kick it" said, walked over, picked up the shuttlecock made of colorful feathers on the grass, raised his hand upward, and kicked it briskly.

At this time, dozens of horses galloped to King An's mansion, grabbed the reins in unison, and stopped in front of the mansion gate.

Chen Fu heard the news that the prince was back, and hurriedly stepped forward, Zhao Shijiao did not stop, and asked eagerly: "Where is the princess?" ”

The prince's hurried questioning made Chen Fu a little confused, and he didn't know what was important to the prince, so he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "The princess went to the garden."

Zhao Shijiao threw off his big stride, left everyone behind, went straight to the garden, entered the garden, he looked around blankly, and did not see Shen Wanzhen, at this time, a maid walked to the garden with a tea cup, Zhao Shijiao hurriedly stopped and asked, "Have you seen the princess?" ”

The maid walked with her head down, and when she looked up, she saw that it was the prince, she was startled, and hurriedly pointed forward.

Zhao Shijiao bypassed a flower tree, fascinated by the scene in front of him, only to see the clear lake, green grass, a group of maids in red clothes and green skirts are kicking shuttlecocks, a woman in the middle is kicking happily, she is wearing a thin sand and blue skirt, and the light blue sky, integrated into one, the woman's body is light, the sand blue skirt is fluttering, the posture is flexible and good-looking, like a beautiful picture.

Zhao Shijiao's blood was boiling, and he stepped forward, all the maids saw him, laughed, and they all flashed away, Shen Wanzhen saw that under the bright sun, a dazzling man walked towards her, stupidly stunned on the ground, and the shuttlecock fell lightly on the grass.

Shen Wanzhen only felt that her body was floating, and the person had been picked up by Zhao Shijiao, and when she heard the laughter of the maid behind her, Shen Wanzhen buried her face in his chest shyly, and whispered angrily: "Everyone looks at us"

Zhao Shijiao's footsteps were a little anxious, and he went straight to the upper room, listened to her whispers, lowered his head and pasted her powder, and said loudly: "What are you afraid of, we are husband and wife, and we are not cheating, dodging." ”

Shen Wanzhen blushed and whispered, "You be quieter"

At this time, the maids who walked by him, all stopped, lowered their heads, peeked at the prince and the princess, and couldn't hold back their fun.

Shen Wanzhen was so anxious that she whispered; "Lord, let me down, I'll go by myself"

"You are used to grinding, and this king can't wait." The voice was louder, and the two married servants were embarrassed to listen.

Shen Wanzhen didn't dare to speak, she didn't have to listen to the corner, and the words of the embarrassed people were all listened to.

The little maid guarding the door of the upper room saw the princess carrying the princess into the courtyard, and hurriedly opened the curtain with a look in her eyes.

Zhao Shijiao took her to the inner room, put her on the kang, and forcibly took off the dress on her body, when the snow-white jade-like ketone body appeared in front of him, Zhao Shijiao was like a person who had been in drought for a long time, he couldn't wait for a moment, so he pounced on it directly, omitted the foreshadowing, and went straight to the topic.

After a long time, the room stopped, Shen Wanzhen's naked body was soft, she couldn't move, and she couldn't even climb up.

Zhao Shizhen was still unsatisfied, stroking her smooth satin-like skin, her eyes were obsessed and thirsty, Shen Wanzhen's face was hot, and she cried, "I can't make it, I don't have any strength." ”

Zhao Shijiao leaned up, wrapped her small mouth, the tip of his tongue slid in her mouth, and his hand reached out to her...

Shen Wanzhen made a soft low. Moaning, but the sound was blocked by him, and she tightened her strands, but was invaded domineeringly by his hand.

In the courtyard, back and forth, embroidered chrysanthemum and Qiaoshan, Mohe, auspicious, Fusheng a few carrying water, overheard the princess entangled. Mian was slightly crying and chirping, and he was embarrassed to look up, Jixiang and Fusheng said in their hearts, this time the princess was cleaned up miserably, and the prince was finally happy after holding it for so long.