"Shen Bining, do you really think that with the support of Prince Yi, you can not take the Xiangfu in your eyes? What kind of place is this, and you are allowed to be a little concubine here?" Zhou's tone was as contemptuous as ever, looking at Shen Bining, his eyes were full of disdain.

"Big lady, I just want to know where Shen Biting is, I just want to know, why did she give poisonous flowers to my mother, what is her intention?" asked Shen Biting without hesitation.

"This is not the place to talk, you come with me. The eldest lady heard Shen Bining's words, paused, and then spoke.

Shen Bining hesitated, but still followed. Her mother is dead, and even if she goes up the mountain now, she may not be able to see her mother for the last time, but she must figure things out today, otherwise she will not be able to sleep well.

Zhou took Shen Bining to the water pavilion where he lived, and asked all the maids and grandmothers to retreat and guard the door, and then said to Shen Bining:

"Your mother's matter, it's Biting's fault, but Biting didn't mean it, she sent your mother's flowers and herbs with good intentions, but those people were careless and sent the wrong flowers, and they let the poisonous poinsettia be placed in your mother's house, which caused your mother's tragic death. ”

"It turns out that you have long known that my mother was poisoned by poinsettias, so why do you say that she was infected with the epidemic? Why don't you let my mother be buried in the ground, and have to be transported to the mountains to be burned?" Shen Bining asked again.

"This is what the Queen Mother means. Zhou spoke, "Next month is the Queen Mother's birthday, Biting, as the only unmarried daughter of the Shen family, naturally wants to shine at the birthday banquet, if Biting's accidental killing of her mother spreads, it will not be good for her reputation." ”

"Just for the sake of Shen Biting's reputation, so my mother can't live in peace even if she dies? Not only can't she be buried in the ground, but even her body can't be preserved. Shen Bining asked, "In your eyes, a human life is more important than Shen Biting's reputation?"

"You are confused!" Zhou saw Shen Bining's attitude, knowing that if he was not tough, he would not be able to suppress this matter, so he spoke, "You have also seen the current situation, the emperor and the queen mother's mother and son have been separated, and the emperor's intention to move the Shen family is obvious, whether Biting's reputation can be maintained is related to whether Biting can have a good family business, only if Biting marries the right person, the power of the Shen family will be more consolidated, and the emperor will not dare to attack the Shen family easily." Only if the Shen family is still there, it will be of great benefit to the Queen Mother, and even to Bihuan and you. ”

"So, to conceal my mother's poisoning and say that all this is an infection of the epidemic, is the meaning of the Queen Mother's mother, just to let Shen Biting find a good mother-in-law to consolidate the power of the Shen family?"

"It's good that you understand, the more the Shen family is consolidated, the better Bihuan and you won't be bullied. Zhou nodded, "It's better for you to think it out yourself." What's more, your mother said that it was the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion if it sounded good, and if it was ugly, she was an aunt, if she delayed Biting and affected the Shen family, you would not have good fruit to eat. ”

"I see. Shen Bining nodded, turned around very indifferently, and left from Zhou's house, looking a little dazed.

Zhou looked at the back of Shen Bining leaving, and couldn't help sneering, Shen Bining has always been timid, and she can't make any big waves, she uses this trick with grace and power, presumably Shen Bining will definitely understand, she is the Shen family, and only by choosing to follow the wishes of the Shen family can she be better.

Shen Biting walked out of the Water Pavilion Hall, and Nuan Dong followed behind her, looking at her appearance, a little worried:

"Concubine Shen, do you want to go to the mountain to have a look?"

"No, no need to look, I want to remember that it's all because of them, I didn't even see my mother for the last time, it's because of them, that my mother didn't even have a stable grave after she died. Shen Bining said, his eyes were empty, and his voice was not shocked, as if he had accepted this fact.

Nuan Dong frowned, feeling that Shen Bining was very strange, but he couldn't say what was strange, he just accompanied Shen Bining out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, got into the carriage, and planned to return to Yiwang's Mansion.

"Concubine Shen, the prince hasn't come out yet. "Warm winter reminds.

Shen Bining came back to her senses a little, remembering that the person who accompanied her to the Prime Minister's Mansion was Xiao Yi, although she knew that Xiao Yi could not become the object of her life, but it was her only reliance at present. Her mother died, but she lived in this world as the concubine of King Yi, no matter what, she had to fulfill the vows she had made in the past.

Zhou's words are high-sounding, is she really Shen Bining a fool? In the past, she was indifferent and self-restrained for her mother, but now that her mother is dead, what is there to care about?

The Prime Minister burned to conceal his mother's poisoning, and burned his mother's body to cover up the truth and to protect Shen Biting's reputation, because they needed Shen Biting to find a suitable ally for them to consolidate the power of the Shen family. To put it bluntly, Shen Biting is also a chess piece in their calculations, just like her.

The Queen Mother needs Shen Biting, and the Prime Minister also needs Shen Biting, but everything they did was not as Zhou said, making the Shen family the Queen Mother, Shen Bihuan and her backing. Because she is just a chess piece, and a chess piece does not need backing, if it has use value, she will coax it, and if it has no use value, she will abandon it.

The Shen family is powerful, what does it have to do with her being a concubine and a concubine of King Yi? It's just for the concubines in the palace to be able to smoothly walk towards the phoenix throne.

When Shen Bining came back to her senses, she found that Xiao Yi didn't know when she was already sitting beside her, and the carriage had slowly left the Prime Minister's Mansion, she covered her inner emotions and thanked Xiao Yi:

"Today's events are really annoying to the prince. ”

"Bining seems to be particularly fond of being polite to this king. Xiao Yi smiled and spoke, "You are the beauty given to this king by the emperor's brother, and you are the side concubine of the queen mother, this is a trivial matter, why should Bining care? Although this king can't give you what you want, but if you are in King Yi's mansion for a day, no one will give you grievances." ”

With the words of the prince, Bining is already content. After Shen Bining finished speaking, he stopped speaking.

Xiao Yi is right, as long as she is in King Yi's Mansion for a day, no one will give her grievances, but what about leaving King Yi's Mansion and entering the palace? She still has to face the Queen Mother's questioning, Shen Bihuan's oppression, she can't avenge her mother, but she still has to become their pawn.

But this time, it won't be again, because the person she wants to protect has completely left, and the Shen family no longer has anything to worry her about, so she doesn't need to be threatened by them anymore, and there is no need to do things she doesn't like anymore.

Since then, she Shen Bining has no relationship with the Shen family, and some of them are just severed.

After returning to King Yi's mansion, Xiao Yi only told Nuan Dong to take good care of Shen Bining, and let Shen Bining have a good rest, and then turned around and walked towards Lu Luoju.

Lu Luo Curie, Mu Qingchen was still dressed in plain clothes, with a light and breezy appearance, sitting in front of the desk, holding a pen and writing.

Once she was alive, she fell in love with writing. Because in the previous life, when the rivers and lakes were running around, the court was tossing and turning, and there was never peace, a pair of daughters' slender hands picked up not embroidery needles, but knives, guns, bows and arrows. Now that she finally has the opportunity to enjoy a moment of peace, how can she not cherish the opportunity?

Everything is fate, and nothing is up to anyone.

Mu Qingchen wrote down these words one by one, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but in that smile, there seemed to be an indescribable desolation, and a touch of irony about this troubled world.

When Xiao Yi came in, he happened to see this scene, walked to Mu Qingchen's side quietly, looked at the black and white words in front of Mu Qingchen, and said unexpectedly:

"Does the princess also believe in fate? This king thinks that the princess should be the one who controls the fate of others. ”

"The joys, sorrows, and sorrows in the world are fate, birth, old age, sickness and death are also fate, some people are lucky and control others, and some people are unlucky and are controlled by others. Mu Qingchen's expression was indifferent, "No matter what kind of person you are, it is your own choice, and your own choice is your own life." ”

"It's a good choice for yourself, it's your own life, but does Second Lady Shen have a choice?" Xiao Yi had a hint of coldness on his face, "Mu Qingchen, it turns out that you are also a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve your goals." ”

Qingchen heard Xiao Yi's words, the pen in his hand paused, slowly put it down, was silent for a moment, and spoke again: "The prince has something to say, why do you have to beat around the bush so much?"

"The matter of the Shen family, you designed it?" Although Xiao Yi asked, his tone was full of affirmation, "Shen Bining was poisoned and unconscious, but you were not surprised at all, which means that you already knew." In order to make Shen Bining feel cold to the Shen family, you did not hesitate to borrow a knife to kill people and kill her mother, because only in this way would Shen Bining not tell the Queen Mother what she saw in King Yi's mansion. ”

"So what?" Qingchen asked rhetorically.

"So what?" A sneer flashed in Xiao Yi's eyes, "Mu Qingchen, first Lu Xiangran the child in her belly, then the doctor Chen Bing, and now it's Shen Bining's mother's turn, you are really a femme fatale, no matter who it is, as long as it blocks your way, you will kill it." ”

"Lord Wang, no......" Zhanyu stood aside, listening to the conversation between Xiao Yi and Mu Qingchen, anxious, wanting to explain for Mu Qingchen.

"Am I a femme fatale, didn't the prince already know it?" Mu Qingchen sneered and interrupted Ji Yu's words, "I am even ruthless myself, let alone others? ”

"Haha, I've only seen through you today. I thought you were a little similar to Allure, so you should have that kindness in her. But I was wrong, you are just a demon who will do anything to achieve his end compared to Allure. The coldness in Xiao Yi's eyes almost overwhelmed Mu Qingchen, he looked at Mu Qingchen, as if he was looking at a person who was extremely disgusted.

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he turned around and left, without the slightest hesitation, and Mu Qingchen's body instantly softened, leaning back in the chair, and a trace of pain for unknown reasons crossed his heart.