Chapter 31: Be open and honest
Xin Wei and Chu Ying met the emperor on a narrow path.
"No courtesy."
Shen Xiao was only followed by one guard, and there were only four of them on this narrow sheep intestine path.
Xin Wei was surprised in her heart, the emperor should go to the Qianyuan Hall at this time, and should not have passed through this road and appeared here.
Thinking like this, Shen Xiao opened his mouth: "Are you ...... Xin Jieyu? ”
"Back to the emperor, yes."
With just these words, the attendants who followed Shen Xiao gave Chu Ying a look and told her to retreat with her.
Xin Wei lowered her eyes lightly, and the warm sun was blowing on her face, but she still couldn't dispel the winter chill. There was silence all around, and only the cats in the depths of the grass and trees could be heard, intermittently and repeatedly, making people upset.
It seems like a long time, a long time has passed, and it seems like it is only a short moment.
Shen Xiao opened his mouth and said, "After thinking about it, I still think I should tell you, in fact, Meng Zhen ......."
The words came to this, but there was no follow-up.
"I have always understood the emperor," Xin Wei said, "The emperor's ambition, the emperor's patience, and the concubines all understand." ”
Shen Xiao was silent for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Do you really understand? A few days ago, the imperial sister came to ask me, why didn't you tell her that you are still alive, I can't answer, can you understand? ”
"I don't understand this," Xin Wei said, "maybe it's for Shuning, maybe it's for me." ”
She knew in her heart that she would let her fake her death, send her to Gusu, and tell her that she would not have to go back to Jinling for the rest of her life...... It's just that he doesn't want to have anything to do with the eunuch party anymore, and he doesn't want the world to talk about how his throne came about.
He knew Shen Shuning's temperament, only Jiang Qingyue died, so she gave up.
She died, the suspect may be the Meng family, or it may be the Cao family, in any case, the combination of the Meng and Cao clans made Jiangchang Gong fall to the point of exile.
Therefore, Shen Shuning will become an emperor's knife with the hatred of losing his best friend.
Otherwise, how could the emperor tolerate a woman in the temple?
"It's not for you, and it's not for the imperial sister," Shen Xiao's voice was slightly hoarse, and he said frankly, "It's for myself." ”
Xin Wei looked up in surprise.
She didn't want to tell the truth, after three years, she thought very clearly, he was the emperor and her greatest help, she should bend her will to welcome her, and she must not tear her face.
But why did he confess?
Shen Xiao looked at her stunned eyes, and his voice was gloomy: "I don't want to have a weakness, I'm afraid that one day the imperial sister will turn against me for the sake of power and take you...... Threatens me. ”
Amusing.
Can the emperor's "fear" be worthy of his sister who has worked hard for him?
But today, he is willing to be open and honest, which is very rare.
Xin Wei smiled bitterly.
Shen Xiao choked in his throat and looked away.
She could be silent or angry, but she smiled, laughing helplessly and regretfully, with a faint sense of mockery.
Xin Wei noticed the gaffe, collected her thoughts, and was quiet in her heart, and said respectfully on her face: "It's not too early, today is the birthday of the little princess, and the emperor should go to the Qianyuan Palace." ”
"In the past, everything was because I was also controlled by others, so I had to think too much," Shen Xiao lowered his eyes slightly, and said to himself, "Qingyue, I have done it, now it is not what it used to be, I ......"
"The concubine is Xin Wei, Xin who endures hardship, and Wei who dyes dew with red myrtle." Xin Wei sincerely reminded him, "Jiang Qingyue is dead and can't be resurrected." ”
So it's true that this is not the past, and she has let go of everything in the past.
At this moment, as the emperor, he should not say too much to her.
Shen Xiao's peach blossom eyes were covered with a fog, and there were many emotions hidden in them, loss, regret, and heartache......
At the moment when she turned to leave, Shen Xiao couldn't help but say, "Since you are back, there is always something you want to do, you should understand who is your support." ”
The implication is that why not please him, not please him, in order to achieve her goals.
Xin Wei's eyes were a little sore, and she closed her eyes.
Three years ago, for the sake of her father, she begged Shen Xiao.
She put down her self-esteem and figure, and tried to use all her capital to make Shen Xiao change her mind.
Got through his bed, and knelt in front of his house until dawn.
Coaxing, begging, crying, making trouble, committing suicide, doing everything.
And now he seems to have forgotten how he insisted on rejecting her over and over again.
From his attitude of pity and guilt at first, to his later coldness, the only constant was his insistence on condemning his father.
He looked indifferent, she remembered it vividly, and she never forgot it.
"Jiang Qingyue, if you linger, you don't have to go back to Jinling."
He does what he says.
After she failed to commit suicide by hitting a wall, he fed her medicine himself, which made people drowsy, and then a fire burned her house, replacing her with a dead body.
She woke up and was already in Gusu. Shen Xiao let the little girl leave her in Gusu, and let her, a woman in her prime, fend for herself in Gusu.
also asked the little girl to leave a sentence, if you want to save your father's life, you must remember that there is no Jiang Qingyue in the world.
There is no more Jiang Qingyue in the world.
Therefore, when she came back this time, she was also gambling, and she was also afraid that the moment she appeared in front of the emperor, she would be killed soon.
Fortunately, this time there was no defeat.
Xin Wei saluted him respectfully and said, "The emperor is sage, and the concubines only want to live in peace." ”
Not far away, the guards hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, the eldest princess is coming here." ”
Shen Xiao glanced at her unsatisfactorily, left a sentence of "I'll talk about it another day", and left in a hurry.
In the past few days, Shen Shuning has come to menstruation, and his temper has become even more irritable, and it is estimated that he scolded him fiercely and told him to flee when he heard the wind.
After a while, Shen Shuning walked over here.
Looking left and right, he couldn't see Shen Xiaoren, so he gave up.
"What did he say to you?" Shen Shu looked at her with wide eyes, and asked tentatively, "You didn't say anything about me, did you?" ”
Xin Wei can guess a few points, a few days ago, the emperor said that she calculated herself, saying that she shouldn't come back, and today's attitude changed sharply, it is estimated that Shu Ning said something.
"Told me, told me everything."
Shen Shuning looked embarrassed and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean to talk nonsense, he had to ask me how your injuries came about, so I just said something to stimulate him." I guess it's nothing, it's good to make him feel guilty about you......"
That day, Shen Xiao asked casually, Sister Huang, do you know how her injuries came about.
Shen Shuning was so energetic that he made up nonsense: "Guess how it came about!" She made it with a knife herself! ”
"Every time she thinks of you, she'll give herself a knife!"
"You Feng Concubine Hui, she slashed a knife! Immediately and then make another cut! Concubine Hui is pregnant, you tell the world, she slashed herself several times! ”
"If your body hurts, your heart won't hurt, do you understand, this is a woman!"
"Of course it's true! Kiyotsuki cried and told me! ”
"You are worse than Chen Shimei! Do you know how deeply you hurt her! ”
"Why do you think she came back? I can't forget you! Women are so pure! ”
"You treat her like that, she still loves you with all her heart!"