Chapter 21: Deceiving the public with lies

Concubine Shu also knelt down and said, "Then I will go back first."

Before she could turn around, Wei Weiran called her.

"Concubine Shu, the emperor said that only you can go in."

Just now, the emperor heard the conversation between the empress and Concubine Shu outside, and directly ordered that only Concubine Shu could go in. With

such a will, even if the person in front of him was the empress in the palace, he could only refuse.

Concubine Shu looked back at the empress's back.

She lowered her eyes and thought.

Their Emperor Qingling really knows how to make enemies for her.

Now even the empress has become her opponent. I'm afraid that the road in the palace will be even more difficult in the future.

Nanny Chen raised her hand and handed the ginger soup to Wei Weiran, saying gently, "Then I will wait for you at the door, please be careful."

After she finished speaking, Concubine Shu looked at Nanny Chen meaningfully.

Wei Weiran pretended not to notice the interaction between the master and servant, and stepped aside, bowing and saying, "Please, please."

Concubine Shu walked towards the study room, and Nanny Chen stood guard outside the door.

When the empress got on the sedan chair, she looked back.

Outside the study room, Concubine Shu was no longer there.

The maid next to her said, "After being in the cold palace, how come Concubine Shu still hasn't learned to keep a low profile? She is still so arrogant and presumptuous. She is a concubine, but she actually went to see the emperor before you. She is really a foxy woman who seduces the emperor!"

The queen glanced to the side and the maid immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I

spoke without thinking. Please forgive me." The queen turned her cold face towards the door of the study and looked at Nanny Chen from a distance. Then she looked away and said coldly, "Nanny Gui is gossiping and guessing the emperor's intentions. You are misleading people with your lies. You deserve to die."

Nanny Gui was in a panic and kowtowed desperately, one after another .

The queen said coldly: "Clean up the dirt on the ground, so that the emperor won't see it and it will bring bad luck." The chief eunuch in Jingren Palace immediately responded: " Yes, Your Majesty, come, take Nanny Gui

down to the study. How can you, a mean slave, be so presumptuous!"

Nanny Gui was placed at the end of the sedan chair. The eunuchs cleaned up the blood on the ground as quickly as possible. The queen said solemnly : "Go to Chengqian Palace."

The chief eunuch said: "Chengqian Palace, let's go."

The queen's sedan chair gradually went away, but the air was filled with a murderous aura.

When Concubine Shu entered Yu's study, she saw the Fourteenth Master standing in front of Yu. He had a straight face, cold and calm, like the stars in the sky. Next to the bright moon of the emperor, he did not seem to be overshadowed, but had his own light.

She stepped forward and knelt down to salute: "Your Majesty, I have seen you and pay my respects to you."

Emperor Qingling raised his head and saw Concubine Shu. His originally frowned brows relaxed a little, and he opened his lips and said: "Get up."

Concubine Shu raised her eyes and exchanged a glance with Emperor Qingling, which was quite seductive.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The two interacted frequently, and the Fourteenth Master on the side coughed dryly, as if to resolve the embarrassment.

"I have finished my report. My Royal Highness, please consider it. If it is possible, I will do it right away. If not, I will come to the palace to see you next time."

After he finished speaking, he bowed and prepared to leave.

Emperor Qingling's voice was even colder and bloody: "Xuezhen, are you threatening me?" The

Fourteenth Master bowed his head even lower: "I dare not. I just want to help you, my Royal Highness, and go to the south to inspect the salt industry and investigate the matter of the rebel party."

Emperor Qingling directly picked up the calligraphy at hand and smashed it down, the dirt was scattered all over the floor, and the expensive ink was broken into several petals: "Are you helping me or helping the Prime Minister?"

Hearing the name of the Prime Minister, the face of Concubine Shu who was waiting on the side changed drastically. Why did she

feel like she had run into a sword on this trip?

The Emperor and the Fourteenth Master were playing a game for the salt inspection?

It sounded like the Emperor still preferred his father to go, but the Fourteenth Master wanted to take all the responsibility for this matter? How could she be so unlucky! She had originally wanted to ask the Emperor to change the bedroom for Ying'an, but she didn't expect to run into this kind of thing. The current situation is really unfavorable for her! But before she could come up with a countermeasure, the Fourteenth Master immediately knelt down and said solemnly: "Royal brother, you should know what kind of character I am. I hate to be in the whirlpool of public opinion the most. Now there are rumors about me in the palace. They all say that I have..." He couldn't even bite the rumors inside and outside the palace. It was really insulting. Upon hearing this, Emperor Qingling coughed, looked at Concubine Shu, and changed the subject: "Concubine Shu, come here, I have something to ask you." Concubine Shu walked over with her legs raised and lotus-like steps, and waved to Wei Weiran to come forward as well. "Your Majesty, this is the ginger soup I prepared for you. I also added some supplements. I specially asked the imperial physician, and he said it is good for Your Majesty's health and can warm you up." The emperor took the ginger soup, glanced at the Fourteenth Master with a reproachful look, and sneered: "Shufei is still good to me, unlike Xuezhen, who only knows how to make me angry!" Shufei pretended to laugh, covering her lips with a smile: "Your Majesty and the prince are so old, and they still have such a deep brotherly love. It really makes you envious. Isn't this a kind of pleasure?" Emperor Qingling smiled and patted Shufei's hand: "Shufei still understands my heart the best." Shufei lowered her eyes and smiled without saying a word. Emperor Qing Ling said, "Xue Zhen insisted on hiding from the capital and asked to inspect the salt industry. I know that he is on good terms with the prime minister and wanted to take the blame for the prime minister. He said that there were rumors that he had... This is clearly to prevent me from suspecting that he has selfish motives, so he came up with such a high-sounding reason. Concubine Shu, what do you think, should I let Xue Zhen inspect the salt industry?" Concubine Shu's heart jumped to her throat. The emperor's words undoubtedly put her on the fire. She was wrong to say whether she should or not. To say that she should was to admit that the Fourteenth Prince was on good terms with the prime minister. The most taboo thing in the previous dynasty was to form a clique for personal gain. It was absolutely unacceptable for the prince to form a clique with the prime minister of the current dynasty. If it is said that it should not be done, it would be offending the Fourteenth Master and openly moving the Prime Minister's Mansion to the opposite side of the Fourteenth Master, and even causing a rift between the two families.

Furthermore, if you say it, it will be considered as making irresponsible comments on state affairs, and in more serious cases, it will be a serious crime punishable by death.

Concubine Shu put down the ginger soup in her hand, walked around the table, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "I am a concubine in the harem. The affairs of the previous dynasty have nothing to do with me. The things on my shoulders are nothing more than serving the emperor well and bringing him up."

Emperor Qingling seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate. He walked around the table and helped Concubine Shu up, saying softly: "I just said it casually. Why did you react so strongly? Since you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

Concubine Shu lowered her head and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I am really afraid of losing you and returning to that dark place again, so I always want to give my heart to Your Majesty. As for the affairs of my family, Your Majesty only needs to handle them impartially and don't need to consider me."