Chapter XVIII

took advantage of the queen's mother to drive everyone out, so that Fang Siqi had time to tidy up his clothes. Fang Siqi looked at the man who sat up slowly and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The man replied a little nervously, "Shen Zhongchen." ”

The Shen family? Fang Siqi frowned, "The Shen family of the Hubu Shilang Mansion? ”

Shen Zhongchen shook his head, "The Captain's Mansion of the Western Regions." ”

"General?" Fang Siqi looked Shen Zhongchen up and down, and seeing that he looked sick, it was difficult to associate him with the generals.

Fang Siqi carefully searched for the name Shen Zhongchen in his mind, but it was blank. Although the current imperial court emphasizes literature over military force, five years later, the northwest has been in turmoil, and military generals have been valued again. It stands to reason that the people in the Captain's Mansion of the Western Regions will rise to the top, but the man in front of him is not ranked. He's so incompetent?

However, seeing his eyes that couldn't be dissolved like thick ink, Fang Siqi subconsciously felt that he was not incompetent.

Just as Fang Siqi wanted to ask him more, there was a knock on the door.

"Miss Siqi, have you sorted out your clothes?" The palace maid reminded, "The emperor and the queen have arrived at Shanghe Palace, so they will send you and the prince inside." ”

"Here we are." Fang Siqi didn't dare to delay any longer, and stepped forward to open the door of the side room, "Let's go." ”

Fang Siqi didn't take a few steps when he suddenly heard a sound behind him.

I saw Shen Zhongchen holding the table in a panic, his body was shaky, and he was very embarrassed.

Fang Siqi was stunned for a moment, turned her head sideways and said to the palace maid who came to look for her, "Go find a eunuch to help Shen Gongzi." ”

"This..."The palace maid looked embarrassed, "Back to Miss Siqi's words, the emperor and the queen mother are already in the Qianhe Palace, isn't it okay to let them wait for a long time?" ”

Fang Siqi: "It's just to find a eunuch, and it won't take much delay." Besides, how did Shen Gongzi go to Qianhe Hall like this? Isn't that even more time-consuming? ”

The palace maid saw that Fang Siqi had a tough attitude, so she had to trot to find the eunuch. There's no way, who let Miss Siqi be the darling of the queen since she was a child, she can't afford to offend.

Shen Zhongchen walked slowly from the table to the door like a child's toddler, he seemed to have exhausted his strength, and every step was very difficult, but his face was still light and light. Fang Siqi glanced at him in his heart, this person is a person who can endure.

Shen Zhongchen leaned on the door and smiled at Fang Siqi, "Thank you, girl." ”

The corners of Fang Siqi's mouth twitched, there is nothing wrong with this person, right? It's okay to laugh at anything, it's weird and ugly. And he also thanked himself, did he misunderstand something?

Fang Siqi turned around in embarrassment, she couldn't say that she didn't want to help him, but she just looked at his unsteady appearance, and thought of the days when she had just been reborn.

Fang Siqi didn't care about himself, and Shen Zhongchen was not much disappointed. Originally, he never thought that he would meet this girl again, let alone know her name. Miss Siqi, what a nice name.

It's just that Shen Zhongchen is a little regretful that he was calculated today, coupled with the outbreak of toxins accumulated in his body, which made him look too weak and failed to make a good impression on her.

Shen Zhongchen's heart was also so big, he seemed to have forgotten that not long ago, Fang Siqi's hand had already choked his throat, ready to strangle him.

The palace maid quickly found the eunuch, and Shen Zhongchen was supported and was finally able to step out of the door of the side room.

The Qianhe Hall was full of people, and almost all the nobles who participated in the lotus feast today were there.

The palace maid who took Fang Siyuan to Qingzhu Pavilion knelt on the ground, her body trembling, as if she had been tortured. And Fang Siyuan also knelt on the side, her eyes were red, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes.

Fang Siqi and Shen Zhongchen entered the palace, and they also knelt next to the palace maid very consciously, and greeted the emperor and the queen.

"Siqi, I heard the palace maid say that it should be Fang Siyuan who had a private meeting with a man in Qingzhu Pavilion, why did you appear there!" In order to clear up the relationship between Fang Siqi, the queen mother put all the sins on Fang Siyuan's body with one sentence.

Fang Siqi was stunned for a moment, "Back to the queen's mother, the eldest lady has always followed the rules and abided by her duties, and it is impossible to do such a thing as a private meeting with a foreign man." Today's events must have been a misunderstanding. ”

The queen mother was so angry by Fang Siqi's words that she vomited blood, she obviously only needed to answer a sentence that she didn't know about this matter today to clear up the relationship with her, she just wanted to jump in, "Misunderstanding? Where was the misunderstanding? The Qingzhu Pavilion was originally a wing room for foreign men to rest, but Fang Siyuan asked the palace maid to send her there to rest. Moreover, there was a foreign man inside, and she insisted on entering the house, and kept telling the palace maid to leave quickly. If it weren't for the palace maid who felt that this was inappropriate, and came back to tell the palace, the palace would not have found out that she was a quasi-Chu princess, and she was so debauched, it was simply a loss of royal face. Your Majesty, did you say that? ”

The emperor smiled at the queen's mother, "Queen, these are all harem matters, you can deal with them." You don't have to worry about me. ”

The queen curled the corners of her mouth slightly, turned her head, and the expression on her face immediately became stern, "Fang Siyuan, can you plead guilty?" ”

"Queen Mother, the story of this matter depends on the palace maid's mouth, and the courtiers think that her words are not to be believed." Before Fang Siyuan could speak, Fang Siqi hurriedly spoke.

"Oh?" The queen mother looked at Fang Siqi.

Fang Siqi's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at the queen.

The queen mother said disappointedly, "If the palace maid's words are not credible, then how do you explain this letter?" ”

The maid of the first palace spread a letter in front of Fang Siqi, and the content of the letter was a longing love poem. It was not written to anyone, and there was no payment.

"This letter was searched from Fang Siyuan's body," the queen mother said with contempt for all beings, "The man kneeling on the ground, look at this love letter, is it your handwriting." ”

Shen Zhongchen glanced at it, and his originally pale face turned even paler.

Without opening his mouth, his face said it all.

Fang Siqi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Back to the queen mother, this letter is Siqi's, not Fang Siyuan's." ”

"Fang Siqi!"

The queen's muscles burst out, and she scolded loudly uncontrollably.

Fang Siqi pursed his lips and seemed to have made up his mind, "Siqi fell in love with Shen Gongzi at first sight. Today, I heard that Shen Gongzi was going to enter the palace, so I wanted to meet Shen Gongzi. When the eldest lady found out, she felt that my behavior was inappropriate, so she did everything she could to stop it. Siqi thought that the eldest lady asked the palace maid to help her go to Qingzhu Pavilion, and she also wanted to send Shen Gongzi away for Siqi. Helplessly, Siqi was arrogant, and rushed to Qingzhu Pavilion to drive the eldest lady out. This letter is estimated to have been accidentally left on her body on the way to the eldest lady. ”

Fang Siqi straightened up, "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, Siqi loves Shen Gongzi, and asks the emperor and queen to give him a marriage." ”