Chapter 393: Finding the Token
Shang Kelan was unmoved, looked at her lightly and said, "You don't have to bother talking any more, this palace will not be fooled, and outsiders are not allowed to put their beaks between this palace and Your Majesty." β
Zhao Kehan looked at her with a smile and said, "Concubine Chen, you don't have to pretend to be strong in front of this palace, if you want to cry, you can cry, after all, you are no longer the imperial concubine of the past...... Ah yes, this palace should call your name Shang Kelan now! β
As soon as these words came out, Shang Kelan looked stunned.
What does Zhao Kehan mean? Why is she not the imperial concubine of the past? Could it be that His Majesty has demoted her to a concubine? Could it be this holy decree......
In an instant, Shang Kelan's eyes turned to look at Fupu, but she saw Fupu looking at her with a complicated expression, and suddenly, Shang Kelan vaguely understood something in her heart.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the holy decree in her hand, and suddenly understood why Fupu didn't read it out in front of her, and also understood why Zhao Kehan had the confidence to say this.
But if she didn't see Jin Yantang, she wouldn't believe Zhao Kehan!
For a moment, Shang Kelan clenched the holy decree in her hand, then raised her eyes to look at Zhao Kehan, and said, "You said that Your Majesty canonized you?" Are you the imperial concubine or the queen? β
Zhao Kehan was disdainful, looked at her and said, "How can a mere imperial concubine be worthy of the identity of this palace?" If you want to do this palace, you can only be Your Majesty's wife! This is what Brother Jin personally promised to this palace! β
Shang Kelan shook her head and smiled, and said to her: "Concubine Jia, you don't have to provoke the feelings of this palace and Your Majesty, this palace will not believe you." β
Zhao Kehan suddenly looked at her with pity as if he had heard some joke: "Shang Kelan, you are really stupid, Your Majesty loves you, but you are just forced to put pressure on him by the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, and even the matter of your eldest brother going to Northern Xinjiang was designed by His Majesty, otherwise who do you think can bypass Zuo Xiang and present it to His Majesty?" β
Boom!
Shang Kelan's pupils shrank, and her heart sank suddenly.
Subconsciously, she raised her head and stared at Zhao Kehan tightly.
Zhao Kehan covered his lips and smiled, and continued: "Why do you think Your Majesty didn't picket the cause of Chen Zhaoyi's death, but directly punished you according to the words of this palace, without asking you the reason?" Naturally, because His Majesty knows that Chen Zhaoyi was killed by this palace, and the person he loves is this palace, and the person who wants to be crowned queen is also this palace, so he will sacrifice you, a useless chess piece, so as to ensure the integrity of this palace. β
Shang Kelan shook her head and said in a deep voice: "You lie to this palace, this palace will not believe you, the person who Your Majesty promised to have a pair for a lifetime is this palace!" β
Even though she knew that Zhao Kehan was provoking the feelings between her and Jin Yantang, every word she said was so convincing, and it sounded so heart-wrenching.
Zhao Kehan saw that Shang Kelan was no longer as calm as before, and a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
As soon as Shang Kelan's words fell, she sneered: "Don't be naΓ―ve, your eldest brother was sent to the north by His Majesty, and your father is now suppressed by His Majesty in the court, and your Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion is already crumbling and can no longer pose a threat to Your Majesty, so Your Majesty imprisoned you in the Zongren Mansion and imprisoned you for life!" β
"Say no more!"
Shang Kelan covered her ears and yelled at Zhao Kehan in pain.
Fupu's heart jumped, and he hurriedly helped her and said, "Niangniang, Niangniang, calm down!" β
Zhao Kehan hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "Okay, since you don't believe it, there is no need for this palace to tell you more, Xinrui, let's go." β
"Yes, sissy."
Xinrui helped Zhao Kehan to leave, just a few steps away, but Zhao Kehan stopped, looked back at Fupu, and said contemptuously: "By the way, Manager Fu, she is not Concubine Chen's mother now, don't scream, be careful that you don't have a tongue one day!" β
Fupu's face was ugly, and after Zhao Kehan finished speaking, he left here with Xinrui satisfied.
After they left, Fu Pu sighed, turned back to comfort Shang Kelan and said, "Niangniang, ...... you"7
But seeing that Shang Kelan, who was still in pain just now, had returned to normal, she stood in the seclusion room, opened the holy decree and looked at it faintly.
After seeing the words "degraded to a concubine" written on the holy decree, Shang Kelan's eyes moved slightly, and asked, "Chief Fu, do you believe that what is written on this holy decree is the meaning of His Majesty's heart?" β
This...... Judging from the performance of Jin Yantang in the Jinluan Palace, Fupu is really a little uncertain.
But for Shang Kelan, Fupu had nothing to hide, so he said truthfully: "Niangniang forgive the sin, the meaning of this holy decree, the slave really can't guess it." β
Shang Kelan put the holy decree into her sleeve, smiled at Fu Pu, and said, "I can't say for sure, Manager Fu, you can do me a favor." β
Fupp was stunned for a moment, looked at her and said, "Help?" How can it help? β
Shang Kelan blinked, leaned close to him and whispered, "Help me out, I want to see Your Majesty." β
Suddenly, the sound echoed in Forp's head like a firecracker, and he was so startled that he took several steps back and looked at her in amazement.
Then he couldn't help but say: "Niangniang, this is the Zongren Mansion!" What do you think this is a place that you can easily get in and out of? Outside are all first-class Praetorian Guards, and their eyes are all thieves, even if they are minions, they can't go out if they come in, you can spare the minions! β
With that, Fupp hurried out, and the chamberlain immediately came over and locked the door.
"Hey! Let's talk about it again! β
Shang Kelan hurriedly chased after her, but was stopped in the secluded room and couldn't move forward.
After Fupu ran, Shang Kelan put down his hand and sat back on the ground with a calm expression.
She leaned against the wall, took out the holy decree from her sleeve, looked at the words on it with deep eyes, and had only one thought in her heart: Your Majesty, I believe in you.
Before she knew it, Shang Kelan had been imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion for ten days.
The power of the harem fell into the hands of Zhao Kehan unexpectedly, Zhao Kehan had close contacts with the eldest princess, and he did not attach as much importance to the queen mother as before, which led to a stiff relationship between the queen mother and her, but the people in the harem were more in awe of Zhao Kehan, and no one dared to offend her.
On this day, after Zhao Kehan had just sent away the palace concubines who had come to ask for peace, not long after returning to the palace, Fu Qingxi walked in.
"Qi Yu Niangniang, Xiaohuan is back."
Zhao Kehan's eyes lit up, and he said to him: "Let her in, quickly!" β
Fu Qingxi nodded and retreated, and after a while, Xiaohuan came to the palace and knelt down to Zhao Kehan, and presented a purse, and said respectfully: "Qi Yu Niangniang, your identity token slave has been found." β
Zhao Kehan reached out and grabbed the purse, couldn't wait to open it, and poured out a token from it.
It's just that there are some cracked marks on this token, and even the color has changed from the original silver to black, which looks dirty, and only the words on it are still vaguely recognizable.
Suddenly, Zhao Kehan frowned, looked at Xiaohuan coldly, and said angrily: "How did it become like this?" β
Xiaohuan bowed his head respectfully and said, "Back to Niangniang, there was a fire in Xianya Palace that day, and this brand was found by the slave maid from under the ruins. β
It turned out that it was burned by the fire that it became like this.
But such a token is useless to keep, and you have to find a way to restore it.
So, Zhao Kehan lowered his eyes and looked at her, and said, "What did this brand look like when you took it, you can restore it to what it looks like, understand?" β