Chapter 358: Achievement without a sense of accomplishment
At the end of the day, the sun was warm, and there was no longer the slightest chill.
Shen Shengxuan slowly walked into the Xuanwu Gate with the support of the palace maid, because the front was already full of officials from the previous dynasty, although her father was also among them, but as a concubine who had married into the harem, she was not qualified to get close to half a point, so she had to stay behind.
"Why did Concubine Shen come so late?" the queen, who had already arrived early, walked over slowly, with a slight unpredictable smile on her face.
"The concubine said hello to the queen. Shen Shengxuan first bent his knees, and then said, "It took some time to freshen up and dress up in the dormitory. β
"It's also excusable, after all, it's the prince who has returned to the palace...... Let's go. The queen smiled faintly, and suddenly raised her eyes to look around, "Why didn't the crown princess come with Concubine Shen......?" Concubine Shen and the crown princess have always been inseparable in this harem. β
Shen Shengxian did not shy away from it: "If you go back to the queen's mother, when the concubine went to find the crown princess, the princess just got up, and I'm afraid it will take a while to come over." β
The queen pursed her lips and smiled, no longer speaking, but did not leave, but stood silently beside Shen Shengxi, turned around and looked towards the palace gate.
Because of the turmoil in the city, the palace gate of the Emperor of Heaven was forced to be closed, only the Xuanwu Gate was forced to open today, looking out from the palace, the palace gate was densely packed with soldiers with weapons in hand.
The ministers standing on both sides were worried, although the prince's return to the palace was a happy event, they really couldn't laugh, because they were worried about Qitian City, and even more worried about the other countries that had reached an alliance with Qitian now.
But no matter how worried others were, the queen always stood calmly in place, with a casual smile on her cheeks with delicate makeup, and a pair of sharp eyes sparkling in the sun, no one knew what was hidden under the constantly flickering pupils.
Shen Shengxuan looked at the queen beside her slightly, this woman, no matter when and where, will always be glamorous, honorable and luxurious, but under the layers of clothes, in the thrilling skin, the beating heart is only inside, and the blood wrapped in it is bright red?
I don't know......
Shen Shengxi couldn't stop sighing in her heart, she really didn't know.
For this queen, she can't complain, she can't blame, she just can't understand, she can't understand, after all, Liu Mo is her biological son, but now she is smiling and holding a sharp knife, wanting to kill her own flesh and blood that she was pregnant with in October.
Everyone says that imperial power is supreme, but who would have known that the supremacy of imperial power is actually a dangerous mountain piled up with countless blood and bones?
Those who want to climb up must step on the flesh and blood of their loved ones, and those who stand on it do not have to look left and right carefully.
The first step is endless, and the next step is endless, is such supremacy really that good?
"The prince is hereββ!"
"I saw the prince's carriage!"
I don't know who suddenly opened his mouth in front of him, and as the entire quiet Xuanwu Gate boiled, everyone slowly bent their knees with a smile and knelt on the hard ground.
For the concubines, Liu Mo's return can temporarily give them safety, after all, when the prince returns to the palace, the queen will not be able to take power.
For the officials of the DPRK, Liu Mo's return has become the backbone of their urgency, after all, now the turmoil inside and outside the heavens is in turmoil, and the DPRK cannot be without a monarch for a day.
As the person in front of him slowly lowered his body, his vision slowly became clearer, and Shen Shengxuan subconsciously pinched his skirt, and his palms were covered with sweat.
She didn't know what Hua Yueman had done with Qiqiao, but she knew that until now, the queen was still standing by her side.
Seeing that the carriage, escorted by soldiers, was about to arrive at the city gates, she didn't even dare to think about what would happen if the queen was still here.
Liu Ran said, the prince ......
If Hua Yuewan didn't successfully take away the queen, the consequences would ......
A eunuch ran over in a panic, squeezed around the queen, didn't care about the people around her, and whispered to the queen: "The queen's mother is not good, Yonggu Palace is gone!"
The smile on the queen's face never disappeared, and she only responded without moving her lips: "When did it happen?"
The little eunuch replied: "Just now, the others have already gone to the Internal Affairs Office to get the water dragon, and the slave has come to tell the queen mother." β
"Are the other dormitories all right?"
"If you go back to the queen's mother, only our Yonggu Palace will go to the water. β
"Is the fire big?"
"Not big. β
The Yonggu Palace in broad daylight walks the water, and it is just the Yonggu Palace, which is now just the season of early spring, and it is not easy to catch fire at all......
The queen's sharp eyes turned and turned, and suddenly she turned around and followed the eunuch out of the crowd and left in the direction of the Yonggu Palace.
Shen Shengxuan looked at the back of the queen leaving, and the hand that had been quietly squeezing her skirt finally relaxed, she breathed a deep sigh of relief and laughed silently.
Although she didn't know what method Hua Yueman used, she thought she was too worried.
"The prince was assassinated on the way back to the palace, and the carriage will arrive directly at Muhua Palace after entering the palace. As soon as the queen's front foot left, Mrs. Shen's voice rang out on the back foot.
"How can this be good? Several countries at the border are ready to move, we can afford to wait, but I'm afraid that those innocent people can't afford to wait!"
"The people in the city are struggling to make a living, and now the city gate is closed again, and the people are miserable, you might as well ask the prince to solve the immediate trouble first!"
"Now pray for trouble inside and outside the sky, if the prince is fine, he should first focus on state affairs!"
As soon as the ministers heard that Liu Mo didn't even intend to show his face, they naturally whispered not their thoughts, but the good jade who drove the carriage was determined to do so, and under the leadership of Taiwei Shen, he drove the carriage past all the officials, and drove straight to Muhua Palace all the way.
Shen Shengqian saw that the carriage carrying Liu Mo finally left safely, and did not follow behind, but stood in place without moving for half a minute.
For Liu Mo......
She already knew what she wanted to know, in fact, she could have told Hua Yueman the truth directly in the morning or last night, but she chose to be silent.
Because the truth was too cruel, she didn't know how to say it to Hua Yueman.
Now that Liu Mo has returned to the palace, Hua Yueman has delayed the queen first, so it is inevitable that she will rush to Muhua Palace, anyway, there are still Xianyu and her father over there, so she still won't go......
After all, she couldn't do it at the moment when Hua Yueman was crying, and her heart didn't hurt or itch, so she would rather choose to stand behind Hua Yueman and help her share the trivialities of the harem for the time being.
"Concubine Shen, does the crown prince also want to expel us from the palace?"
"If the crown prince is still worried about our past affection, how can he not even look at us after entering the palace?"
Liu Mo's carriage left, but Liu Mo's beauties rushed up and surrounded Shen Shengxi, and they were all worried about their future.
In the final analysis, when the crown prince ascends the throne, those who can stay in the harem will be promoted to a higher level, and they will be prosperous and rich from now on, but if they are expelled from the palace, it will be a loss of face for the entire family, not to mention that they can have a good family affair in the future, maybe they will have to marry others for the sake of family interests.
In fact, they held back these words for a long time, and they originally wanted to ask the crown princess today, but they waited for a long time and didn't see the crown princess, and in the end they could only smash all their questions on Concubine Shen.
Shen Shengxuan has also been exhausted these days, but she knows that if she doesn't appease those beauties, those beauties will go to find Hua Yueman.
Strongly supported the spirit of twelve points, she smiled enthusiastically: "It's not convenient to talk here, you sisters might as well follow me back to the pavilion, I will ask the palace maid to make a pot of good tea for the sisters, and the sisters will say it slowly."
The beauties naturally have no objections, because now there are finally people who are willing to help them solve their problems, and listen to their bitter water.
Everyone first looked at me, and then I looked at you, and finally nodded in unison, and followed Shen Shengxuan out of Xuanwu Gate.
Shen Shengwen walked in the front, forcing herself not to look in the direction of Muhua Palace, she hoped, prayed, I hoped, Hua Yueman could be stronger, stronger, and must survive this catastrophe.
The moon is full, although the truth is often too cruel, but you must believe that you can keep the clouds open and see the moon, otherwise...... Even I don't know how to convince you to persevere......
"Sneeze ββ!"
After sending the Qiqiao flower moon full, a person quietly hid in the corner not far from the Yonggu Palace, his nose suddenly itched, and the sneezing was loud.
She rubbed her nose, and her right eyelid suddenly throbbed violently.
In the distance, the queen walked slowly under the support of the little eunuch, and when she saw the Yonggu Palace, which had been burned to the point that only an empty shelf remained, her face was as ugly as a purple eggplant.
"The Queen's Mother......"
"Slave, slave to the queen mother, please ......"
The palace people who had just extinguished the fire hurriedly knelt on the ground, their heads hanging low, and they didn't dare to come out.
The queen swept around the Yonggu Palace, which was still smoking, and stumbled under her feet, but fortunately, the little eunuch beside her supported her arm in time.
"Oh, the queen beware!"
The queen turned her eyes and looked at the little eunuch beside her, her gorgeous red lips trembling a little: "This, this is what you call ...... Fire...... Not big?"
The little eunuch was so frightened that he quickly knelt down: "The queen forgives her sins, and the slave remembers the fire...... It's not big!"
He was only scared, forgetting that the queen at this time had lost her balance, and the whole person needed to be supported by him, so he knelt down so nervously, and the queen swayed left and right in place and stepped on the front foot.
"Oops! Queen Motherββ!
"Queen Mother bewareββ!"
Seeing that the queen, who has always been solemn and elegant, is dangling in place like a tumbler at this moment, and the flower moon that is hiding not far away has long lost the heart that was gloating at the beginning.
She kept rubbing her right eyelid, but no matter how much she rubbed it, the damn eyelid was always jumping wildly.