Pei Yaowei remembered that the first time she saw Liang Yanyu, it was the twenty-first year of Wu Yao, late spring, a hazy day.

In the spring of that year, she was registered as the princess of Qin, and before long, the Empress Dowager Liang, who was still a concubine at the time, begged the first emperor to say something wrong, and named her niece Yanyu as the concubine of the king of Qin, and stuffed it into the hidden mansion.

From the first day they met, Pei Yaoyu knew that Liang Yanyu was jealous of herself.

Speaking of which, back then, Xiao Zhu reached the age of marriage, and his marriage was not as good as Xiao Di as the crown prince, which was a headache, and the first emperor almost didn't think much about it, so he chose Xiao Zhu's cousin, Liang Yanyu's half-sister, the girl whose name was Yanfei, to be his concubine.

Who would have expected that before the wedding, Liang Yanfei suddenly fell ill and died violently, and Xiao Zhu's marriage was also put on hold for a long time.

Pei Yaowei could understand where Liang Yanyu's hostility towards her came from. As early as after Liang Yanfei's death, Empress Dowager Liang intended to let Liang Yanyu take on her sister's lack of children and be Xiao Zhu's wife and concubine. For this reason, she had asked the first emperor for permission more than once, but at that time, the battle for the heir was raging, and the first emperor had no intention of dealing with her at all. Until later......

No one would have thought that current affairs would change like that, the princess who said that she would become the princess of Qin, and what Liang Yanyu missed was not just the position of a prince and concubine, but also the position of the queen of the middle palace.

After Xiao Chai ascended the throne, he sealed the harem, although Liang Yanyu said that the service time was still short, and the heirs of the family were not as good as the Qin side concubine who was born in the Gao Qin family and had given birth to Xiao Chai with her only daughter, Princess Fengyang, but in the end, she still relied on the insistence of the Empress Dowager Liang and won the position of the first concubine of the four concubines.

At the beginning, Xiao treated her very fondly. Perhaps it is precisely because of this pampering that she has become more and more indulgent in her heart of Longwangshu, a concubine is not enough, and she always looks forward to the day when she can get back what 'should' belong to her.

Pei Yaowei has never been a person who will intrigue with other women in order to compete for favor. From the Qin Palace, to the Changqiu Palace, in the face of Xiao Zhu's concubines, she always felt that she was more like a cold-eyed bystander, looking at those beautiful flowers, on the big stage of the imperial palace, you sang and I appeared on the stage, one by one, riveting her thoughts, towards a higher place, towards the position where she is the queen, exhausting her efforts. Coming and going, there's nothing new to come about.

Xiao Zhu once asked her why she never cared about the existence of other women, didn't care about their goodness, didn't care about their evil, and even calculated her for the sake of competing for favor, she never cared.

"Why should I care about them?" At that time, she asked Xiao Zhu, "I'm living with you, not with them, isn't it?" ”

It's a pity that Xiao Chai never felt that what she said made sense.

With such a mood, she never had the mind to deal with Liang Yanyu, or even Pan Ruohui and Yu Wenrou later.

Except, that time.

"Cousin, this person has all the evidence, don't you believe it?"

At the beginning of July of the third year of Yan Ping, in the Chongtian Palace, Liang Yanyu took the 'witnesses' found from Zhaoye Temple, stood in front of Xiao Zhu and the Sixth Palace, and pointed out that Empress Pei had a tryst with the King of Chu who secretly returned to Beijing without permission in Zhaoye Temple, and the palace was disturbed.

This is not the first time that Liang Yanyu framed her and murdered her, but this is the first time, when Pei Yaoyu looked at her, killing intent burst out in her indifferent eyebrows.

- She hates it very much, she hates it so much that someone dares to talk to her about Xiao Di, she hates Liang Yanyu for mentioning Xiao Di.

After a long time, Xiao Zhu, who was sitting on the high seat, suddenly said a word, and he asked Pei Yaowei: "What does the queen have to defend?" ”

His voice is slow, and the more he gets to the end, the softer the bite.

At that moment, Pei Yaowei couldn't tell how she felt.

"Confession?" She looked sideways at Xiao Zhu, looked at him fixedly for a moment, and suddenly chuckled, "Do you need me to confess?" ”

Xiao Chai looked at her and didn't speak.

That's what you need.

That is, suspicion.

Pei Yao stood up, lowering her eyes to hide the self-deprecation in her eyes. She walked in front of Xiao Zhu, her back straight, neither humble nor arrogant, and asked calmly: "The concubine said that the human and physical evidence are all there, this so-called 'human evidence', the concubine has seen it, but she doesn't know what the physical evidence is?" ”

Xiao Zhu's eyes deepened, and she knew that his anger was a little thicker.

He asked, "You still want to ask about physical evidence?" ”

"The concubine is curious!" Pei Yaowei smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, you won't be stingy with your concubines, right?" ”

Probably because her demeanor and tone were too ordinary, Xiao Zhu did not see her clear conscience from this, but his jealousy was burning, making him see all this as her arrogance.

Xiao Zhu hadn't spoken yet, but Liang Yanyu, who was standing behind, said sarcastically: "Heh, the queen mother is too rampant!" At this point, instead of bowing your head and confessing your sins and begging for your cousin's forgiveness, you dare to ignore the monarchy so much and make such an arrogant attitude, you-"

"-Smack!"

Before Liang Yanyu finished speaking, he was slapped by Pei Yaoyu's backhand.

It was probably the harem concubine, and it was the first time I saw the queen angry at her. For the first time, she personally rewarded the concubine with a slap.

The slap mark remained on Liang Yanyu's face for more than half a month before it completely disappeared.

"Pei Yao, you ——!"

Liang Yanyu was slapped to the ground, she turned her head, covered her swollen cheeks, and stared at Pei Yaoyu in disbelief, and her first reaction when she came back to her senses was to pounce on Xiao Zhu's legs, and let him make the decision for herself.

Pei Yao stingily withdrew her gaze from her, and the cloud was light, as if the slap was not fanned by her at all.

"Queen!" Xiao Chai drank in a low voice, and his eyes were full of warnings.

"Physical evidence." Pei Yaowei was fearless, and only insisted on this one thing, "The concubine wants to take a look." ”

Xiao Zhu impatiently pushed away Liang Yanyu beside him and strode towards her, "The human witness is standing here, these sisters-in-law have all seen a man sneak into the queen's line late at night, and the queen still has to see the physical evidence?" Even if I show it to you, what can I change? ”

Pei Yaowei thought to herself, you can't change anything, there is no panacea in this world that can cure your suspicions, and your attitude towards me has always depended on others, not on me.

She smiled lightly, her gorgeous eyebrows brought out a charming wind, "I can't change anything," she leaned closer to Xiao Zhu, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "But if there is physical evidence that can prove his identity, of course I am reluctant to leave it in the hands of others, I have to collect it myself, so I can treasure it......

Before she finished speaking, Xiao Chai had already raised her hand.

"The Emperor's ——!"

Min Dai was so frightened that she rushed over to stop her without thinking.

Pan Ruohui, who was Shuyuan at the time, also trembled and persuaded from the side, carefully speaking for the queen.

Pei Yao raised his eyes, glanced at Xiao Zhu's palm that was full of strength, but had not fallen towards him for a long time, and smiled contemptuously.

"You're angry?" She asked, "Want to hit me?" ”

Xiao Zhu's cheeks tightened, as if his whole body was trembling.

He looked at her, with anger, disappointment, forbearance, and hatred in his eyes, but there was no tenderness.

Pei Yaowei stretched out his hand, grasped his raised palm, and brought it down little by little.

She clapped his hand gently, smiled and told him, "Actually, no. What you've done has already left me bruised all over my body - much worse than this slap. ”

Xiao Chai laughed bitterly, "Are you covered in bruises?" What about me? He grabbed her by the waist, grabbed her into his arms, and put it in her ear and asked, "I believe in you so much, I entrust you with the power of the Holy Lord, but what did you do?" ”

"You took advantage of my illness and insisted on appointing him as the commander, and you gave him military power, why didn't you give him my country and you, the queen? Yes? ”

"How about now? The front line was defeated, Liang Song's entire army was annihilated, and he sacrificed himself to martyrdom, your King of Chu, where is your Xiao Di? He actually ignored the front-line military and secretly returned to Beijing to ...... with you ...... with you"

He breathed heavily, and he couldn't say anything for a long time, I don't know if it was because he was extremely excited, or because he was too ashamed to say it.

Pei Yao listened to his accusations, but her heart gradually calmed down.

- It's extremely cold, it's not quiet, and it's impossible.

She nodded slightly, as if she was thinking of a solution, and finally said, "Since you think I'm so unbearable, it's better to abolish it." ”

Xiao Zhu pushed her away all at once—as if she was frightened by something.

But Pei Yaowei wasn't joking.

The two looked at each other silently for a long time in a short distance, Xiao Zhu saw a tenacity and determination from her calm and fearless gaze. But deep down, another voice told him that he couldn't speak.

She doesn't feel like she's angry. Perhaps she was waiting for herself to say those two words—as soon as those two words were spoken, she and she would be doomed.

"The concubines are tired, so I will go back to the palace." In the end, she broke the deadlock and said lightly: "If Your Majesty changes his mind when he changes his mind - either he makes an order, or he is willing to give the physical evidence to the concubine, please send someone to tell the concubine, otherwise...... If the concubine has nothing to do, she won't leave the Changqiu Palace. Save yourself from noticing, crashing into your eyes, and annoying you. ”

Order? What is the decree?

Oh, he remembered, the will of the abolished.

After Pei Yao finished speaking, he waited for his fellow maids to go out. Seeing this, Liang Yanyu hurriedly ran to Xiao Zhu's side, "Cousin! It's not over yet! How can you just let her go back to the palace! You have to call the shots of the rain! She-"

"Enough!"

When Pei Yaowei walked to the front of the hall, he heard Xiao Zhu's shouting.

Before this day, she may still want to see the scene where Xiao Chai scolded Liang Yanyu, but from now on, all this has nothing to do with her at all.