Chapter 36

Sinking into the lake

The late autumn sunshine was very warm, and the wind became looser, with a wisp or two blowing in from time to time, bringing the sunshine along with it to her face.

Jiang Zhaoying leaned back, wondering how she could settle the matter and help her brother get out of this situation.

I heard hurried running behind me, and then I heard someone shouting.

"Madam, please stay."

The carriage was stopped.

Shu Yu frowned, opened the curtain and was about to scold, but she found that the people who stopped the carriage had arrogant eyebrows and were dressed in the palace clothes of a senior palace maid. When they saw the carriage stop, they stepped forward and saluted.

"I am Rongyan, the senior maidservant of Empress Song in Zhaoxia Palace. Empress Song has ordered that the Crown Prince's wife should accompany me into the palace."

"Why are you here?"

Jiang Zhaoying frowned slightly. Normally, after the marriage, she should go to the palace with Song Chengyu to pay a visit to Empress Song, but Song Chengyu was in no condition to go. They had to wait until he recovered before going.

Since Empress Song urged her to enter the palace at this time, she was afraid that someone in the Song Mansion had filed a complaint and a trap had been set in the palace, waiting for her to fall into it.

My heart suddenly sank to the bottom and it was impossible not to go.

Turn your head.

She spoke softly to Shu Yu, who had a hotter temper.

"Go to Yuhua Tower and tell my brother that I won't be there until later."

"yes."

Shu Yu's eyes were filled with worry as she hurriedly got off the carriage. Jiang Zhaoying glanced at the two palace maids and gave instructions to the coachman.

"Let's go."

Seeing that Jiang Zhaoying did not dare to disobey, the two palace maids looked at each other with a hint of pride, and then signaled the people they brought to follow, lest Jiang Zhaoying use some tricks to escape.

"Miss, why would Empress Song take the initiative to summon you to the palace? What does she want to do?"

The young lady turned the Song Mansion upside down in one night and ruined her reputation. Since Empress Song sent someone to summon her, it means she already knew about it.

This time, it will definitely be dangerous.

Jiang Zhaoying had a cold look on her face.

"Whatever she wants to do, I'll do it."

Empress Song's name was Song Furong, and she was Song Chengyu's aunt. Under the empress, there were four concubines, namely, the noble concubine, the virtuous concubine, and the wise concubine. Empress Song was one of them, the wise concubine.

Seeing Shu Yun was fidgeting all the way, Jiang Zhaoying held her hand tightly and spoke softly.

"Don't worry, she doesn't dare to kill me for the time being."

It was very easy for the Imperial Observatory to predict good or bad luck and to arrange a dangerous hexagram. Moreover, over the years, she had taught her father to keep the Imperial Observatory firmly in his own hands.

After entering the palace.

Shu Yun stepped forward and said softly.

"Miss, how about I go to Madam Jiang's place?"

His aunt, Song Chengyu, was a palace concubine, and his young lady's aunt was also a palace concubine.

and.

She was ranked in the Liang rank, one rank higher than Empress Song.

If Madam Song is determined to make things difficult for the young lady, maybe Madam Jiang can come and help her?

"No."

Jiang Zhaoying's eyes darkened.

"Madam Song has been favored for many years, and her status has risen in the past two years. The emperor has agreed to all of Madam Song's requests. It's not all because of the pill, but because of my aunt, who has been living in seclusion for many years and has not been competing for favor or making a name for herself. Her situation is average, and we can't drag them down because of our own affairs."

Ever since her aunt gave birth to her cousin Sheng Hanyuan, she has devoted herself to protecting and raising him, and rarely appears in public. Now that her cousin has finally grown to be fourteen years old, she cannot disrupt this peace.

As they were talking, they arrived at the gate of Chaoxia Palace.

Two maids with cold brows were standing there waiting for her. When they saw her, they raised their hands to signal her.

"Madam Crown Prince, please!"

"kindness."

Jiang Zhaoying responded calmly, walked up the steps and entered Chaoxia Palace.

The two maids looked at Jiang Zhaoying, who was calm and at ease, knowing the place well and not panicking at all. A hint of surprise flashed in their eyes. In their memory, this should be Jiang Zhaoying's first time entering the palace.

After Chaoxia Palace was given to Empress Song, it underwent a major renovation. Most of the front halls are winding and secluded. It is difficult for first-time visitors to find the main hall without guidance.

But Jiang Zhaoying not only found it, but also found it accurately!

Arrived in the yard.

The nanny stepped forward and said.

"Madam, please wait a moment. I will go in and report to the Queen first."

"Thank you!"

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Jiang Zhaoying's eyes, and then she stood in the center of the yard, standing tall like a pine tree.

According to Empress Song's temper, the first way she showed her power was to stand in the yard for an hour or so. In her previous life, Madam Song always complained about everything, so she had stood in this position many times. She would not be let out of the palace until she was exhausted.

really.

The nanny went in and didn't come out for a long time. Jiang Zhaoying faced the breeze, motionless.

Inner hall.

Empress Song slowly tidied herself up, drank the bird's nest soup slowly, and after washing herself, she slowly walked to the soft couch in front of the window and sat down. Then she raised her long eyelashes and looked coldly at the incomparably beautiful Jiang Zhaoying in the warm sun.

A surge of anger began to spread in my chest.

"snort!"

"I thought she would go to Jiang Muqing to ask for help, so that I would have a reason to attack Yilan Palace. I didn't expect her to be so patient."

"Let her get in."

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly and looked at herself in the mirror. Although she was already 36 years old, she had always been obsessed with maintenance so her skin was still as soft as tofu. Even after giving birth to two children, her figure had not changed at all.

Her youngest daughter, Princess Le'an, put down the cake in her hand, walked forward, took Empress Song's arm, rubbed her face against her shoulder and giggled.

"Mother is so beautiful, your skin is even more tender than yours, no wonder father loves you the most."

"Your little mouth is the only one that can speak."

As soon as Empress Song saw her children, her eyes became gentle as water and she smiled. She hugged her daughter in her arms, gently stroked her little face, and the mother and daughter started talking and laughing.

When Jiang Zhaoying came in, she happened to see the deep love between mother and daughter.

In the eyes of outsiders, this must be a deep love between mother and daughter, but in her eyes, it was nothing more than a disgusting picture of hostility.

Empress Song, her son Sheng Bojian, also known as King of the Clouds, and her youngest daughter Sheng Fanghua, also known as Princess Le'an.

Previous life.

These three people were like man-eating beasts. They harmed her aunt Jiang Muqing and cousin Sheng Hanyuan so much that they had no place to appeal and no place to be buried after their death.

As I grew up.

My cousin began to show his advantages. He learned things very quickly and had unique insights. The teachers praised him highly. The emperor also began to notice them, and my aunt also favored him more.

About three months later.

King Yunzhong and Princess Le'an took the cousin to a secluded lake, stuffed his mouth, and held him in the water, choking him, freezing him, and suffocating him. The poor cousin was tortured by them for more than an hour. After he was dying, they tied a stone to his body and let him sink to the bottom of the lake.