Chapter 299
"I have memorized the palace rules, please check them, Your Highness."
Xia Qianjun's tone was somewhat humble.
Shen Qingnian looked at her and said calmly, "What does the goddess want?"
Judging from the other party's attitude, it was clear that they needed something from her.
Sure enough, Xia Qianjun kowtowed upon hearing this: "Your Highness is kind and begs that I be allowed to serve you in bed. I do not ask for Your Majesty's pity, but only that I may have a place in the harem. I will take medicine and never have children."
She had already thought it all out; she was willing to exchange her offspring for a position.
"How dare you! Do you know what you're saying?" Xiaoju shouted angrily first.
This goddess is truly not one to stay still; she keeps making foolish moves. She should have been taught a lesson long ago!
A hint of coldness flashed in Shen Qingnian's eyes, but her words carried a touch of curiosity: "Goddess desires a place in the harem, so does the Third Prince hold a place in your heart?"
Her words directly revealed the secret relationship between Xia Qianjun and Meng Yun, without sparing any face.
Upon hearing this, Xia Qianjun abruptly looked up at Shen Qingnian, his expression filled with surprise and uncertainty.
She thought she had done a good job every time and that no one had noticed.
"You have already been presented to His Majesty by Chongmeng, yet you secretly colluded with Chongmeng's hostage. What is your crime?" Shen Qingnian's words were cold and solemn.
Xia Qianjun felt a chill in his heart, his face quickly turned pale, and his expression towards Shen Qingnian was filled with fear.
Xiaoju sneered and said fiercely, "If a concubine in the harem has an affair with a man outside the palace, according to the palace rules, both of them should be executed, and their bodies should be thrown into the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts."
Xia Qianjun's face turned even paler.
Shen Qingnian's lips curled into a cold smile: "Goddess, now that you have memorized the palace rules, do you have any objections to this method of extreme punishment?"
"Your Highness, there is no illicit affair between me and the Third Prince!" Xia Qianjun's voice trembled, but her words were weak and powerless.
She never expected that the Imperial Concubine would discover her little tricks, let alone accuse her of having an affair.
Shen Qingnian did not respond to Xia Qianjun's words, but instead picked up the jasmine tea on the table and took a sip.
Xiao Ju, standing beside her, spoke up for her: "Goddess, you are a dreamer. It is already difficult enough that His Majesty spared your life. Didn't you see clearly all those times before? What is not yours, do not covet."
Otherwise, if your affair with the hostage is exposed, not only will you both die without a burial place, but even your family, Goddess, will be implicated.
"I understand," the goddess replied tremblingly, feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cave; she had no other thoughts in her mind.
Shen Qingnian looked at her pale face and changed the subject: "The hostage has treated the goddess well. Although the eldest prince is using your little sister as a threat, you are not powerless to fight back."
Her words were very straightforward.
Xia Qianjun looked shocked, realizing that the letter had been exposed. His fear rose again, and he felt like he was in a wolf's den, being toyed with by the other party.
He clearly knew everything, yet he deliberately sent things to her palace every now and then, enticing her to give them to the Third Prince.
Her voice trembled as she asked, "What does Your Highness mean...?"
Shen Qingnian rested her chin on her hand and said in a relaxed tone: "As far as I know, Emperor Chongmeng indulges in revelry every night, and his body has long been hollowed out. The princes in the palace are vying for power and profit, and the entire Chongmeng is in chaos."
"And you, as the legitimate daughter of the general guarding the country, were sent to the Great Xuan as a goddess. This goddess was even coerced by the eldest prince using his own younger sister. In such a corrupt country, would the goddess still go without hesitation?"
This passage easily reveals Chongmeng's predicament and the hardships faced by the entire Xia family. Externally, the Great Xuan is eyeing them covetously, and internally, there is a struggle for the throne. The only general in the country is not respected, and the general's legitimate daughter is sent to the enemy country as an object by the eldest prince. The emperor not only does not stop it, but also fuels the flames.
Anyone who hears this will secretly curse him as 'incompetent'!
Xia Qianjun's expression was complex and difficult to decipher; besides fear, there was also a hint of regret. Three generations of her Xia family had been generals, and both sons and daughters of the Xia family were loyal to the emperor, but the current emperor...
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