Before nightfall, Shen Xiao summoned her into the palace to reply.

Liu Qingshu fell at his feet.

"How could Xin Jieyu die violently in the lake pavilion for no reason! The day before the ban was lifted, and the day after that, he died violently for no reason, and there must be something strange in it, please let the emperor make a clear observation! ”

Shen Xiao stood in front of her, put one hand behind him, and said, "It's not that he died suddenly for no reason, but he died without timely treatment after being infected with wind and cold." ”

Liu Qingshu said: "So, why did she catch the wind and cold, and why didn't she treat it in time!" ”

Shen Xiao's tone was slightly cold: "Are you questioning me?" ”

Liu Qingshu looked at the dragon pattern embroidered with gold thread on the boots in front of her, and there was a little fear in her heart, but it was far from her obsession to get to the bottom of it, she raised her head and said word by word:

"Your Majesty, Xin Jieyu has always followed the rules and adhered to her part, and did not grudge with others, why was she grounded!"

Shen Xiao said: "I haven't told the Sixth Palace that she has made any mistakes, you should know that you can't ask." ”

"But I just want to ask." Liu Qingshu said lightly.

Based on Xin Wei's fact that she once stood up to testify for her as if she were dead, this time, even if she was punished by the emperor, she had to ask Xin Wei to understand.

She no longer called herself a concubine.

The big deal is death, she thought.

Shen Xiao said: "Everyone is gone, what's the point of pursuing it?" ”

She died so violently that everyone in the palace was talking about whether she had committed some unforgivable sin, or even something that was out of royal decency. She's gone, and I can't let her reputation be criticized behind her! ”

After speaking, Liu Qingshu kowtowed three times and said insistently: "Please ask the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly, and give Xin Jieyu justice!" ”

She touched the ground with her forehead, took off her hairpin and makeup, and was saint without makeup, and she really had the determination to be punished.

But "Xin Jieyu" is dead in her eyes, is it worth it for a dead person?

was so offended, but Shen Xiao couldn't be angry, and only sighed in his heart that Jiang Qingyue had never seen the wrong person. Such a woman deserves to be looked up to.

It's just that he can't let Liu Qingshu pursue this matter.

Shen Xiao said: "You should understand, you are the daughter of the Liu family, and your words and deeds implicate the glory of the family." ”

Liu Qingshu no longer has any hope for the emperor since the drunken Wengtai incident, but she can understand the meaning of the emperor's words, and she still can't help but feel cold.

"The concubine is speechless," she was speechless for a long time, and then said, "My father taught the concubine since she was a child, even if she is a woman, she should worry about the country and the people, be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and put the country before the family." The emperor is a Ming monarch, and concubines should not be disobeyed. ”

Liu Qingshu paused, and said: "However, my father also said that people must be affectionate and righteous in their lives, Xin Jieyu and the concubine are friends with necks, and the concubine should stick a knife in her ribs to live up to her deep affection." If she can't seek justice for her, the concubine will not be at ease in this life. ”

After speaking, she kowtowed deeply: "The act of the concubine, the concubine bears it alone, please the emperor for the sake of my father's loyalty and pure heart, don't implicate my people!" ”

Shen Xiao smiled.

What does a woman trapped in the palace talk about when she can't help herself, and what can she do?

"If you like to kneel, you can kneel with peace of mind, and I will arrange for others to take care of the affairs of the harem."

Shen Xiao walked around her and walked outside the hall.

It was already dusk, Shen Xiao looked at the fiery sunset on the horizon above the vermilion wall, his fists behind him were clenched, and his nails were deeply embedded in his palms.

At the bottom of his eyes was the impulse he was desperately suppressing to burn, burned to ashes and then rekindled......

Over and over again, struggling.

He stood for a long time, and his father-in-law waited tremblingly on the side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the eldest princess wanted to leave Jinling City, but she was stopped at the gate of the city. ”

Shen Xiao closed his eyes, "Send someone to keep an eye on her, don't let her act recklessly." ”

After a pause, he felt that it was not proper enough, and then said: "Grounded in the princess's mansion, you can't come out for half a month." ”

-

There are still hundreds of miles away from Anhuai, and the sky is getting dark, and the team of relatives stops at the nearest post station.

Xin Wei was helped into the wing, and the soldiers guarding outside the wingroom lined up from the door to the wooden ladder in three steps.

Pushing open the window, two people squatted on the tree directly in front of them, looking at this place without blinking.

Xin Wei closed the window, tore off the tassel red hijab embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, and poured tea from the pot and drank it slowly.

At the same time, with two crows, a strange fragrance wafted in, and the person squatting outside the window fell asleep in the same place with a sword.

The window was opened from the outside, and the two men in black easily climbed into the room, kneeling with fists in front of Xin Wei.

"The little one is on the orders of the lord to answer the young lady."

Xin Wei sat quietly at the table, looked at them and said, "Seven days later, when you come to the territory of Anhuai Kingdom, you can be sure that you will come to rob people again?" ”

The man in black was puzzled: "Miss, everything is ready outside, you leave at this moment without fail......"

"Leaving at this time means that the eldest princess has fled, and Anhuai Kingdom will not stop."

She will never go to make peace, but since Shuning agreed to make peace at the beginning, she always has the idea of promoting relations between the two countries, and she must not do the opposite.

"But you can enter Anhuai, and ...... in the country"

"So I want you to prepare well," Xin Wei said unhurriedly, "Emperor Anhuai has not been on the throne for a long time, and his foundation is unstable, and he is young and vigorous, and there are many people in the court who are not convinced, especially the one headed by King Zuoxian...... I want Emperor An Huai to think that the princess of Great Xia was taken captive by King Zuoxian. ”

As long as things are done well, King Anhuai will think that King Zuo Xian kidnapped the princess and deliberately hindered Daxia from befriending him, the new emperor.

Therefore, Emperor An Huai will do his best to suppress this matter, and the Xia Dynasty has lost the princess, and he has to try his best to appease.

The man in black didn't dare to disobey: "Obey Miss's order!" ”

-

A month later.

A secret report was passed to Shen Xiao, and after he finished reading it, he reread it word by word.

Princess Heqin was kidnapped by King Anhuai Zuoxian and killed. Emperor An Huai has found another woman to replace Daxia and Princess Qin, and this matter has not been publicized.

These words made him feel extremely absurd.

"Rubbish!" Shen Xiao slapped the paper on the table with his palm and said angrily, "An Huai's thousands of people can't protect a woman!" What a waste! ”

Shen Shuning scanned the contents of the paper, and then looked at him coldly.

"In this way, Qingyue died for me."

Shen Xiao crumpled the paper into a ball, threw it into the brazier, and watched the flames suddenly rise, and then slowly extinguished.

"She's not going to die."

It was as if the secret report had been burned to ashes, and the news had ceased to exist.

"She's dead," Shen Shuning said coldly, "You have to believe your spy, if you can't believe it, change people." ”

Shen Xiao turned around a little stiffly, looked at her and said, "Why are you so calm, she is not dead, you know right?" ”

Shen Shuning smiled, with tears in her eyes: "If she is humiliated alive, it is better to die happily, this is not necessarily a bad thing for her." What can't I calm down? ”

From the moment he stopped her out of the city to chase the sedan chair, he should have thought of it.

What makes him think that it is good to live?

"I don't believe it." He shook his head, still trying to overturn this fact, "Killing my princess of Great Xia is the enemy of my Great Xia, and King Zuo Xian of Anhuai should not make such a reckless move." ”