Chapter 103 Another Love
Shen was imprisoned in Ningcui Pavilion to the east of the temporary palace, waiting to be escorted back to the capital when the emperor returned to the palace, and then imprisoned in Yihua Palace.
Ningcui Pavilion is located in a remote area. Apart from the palace servants who deliver meals on time every day, no one else comes in or out. There are guards outside the door. In the huge Ningcui Pavilion, there is not even a single person to talk to.
At first, Shen tried to remain calm. She was the only daughter of the Shen family sent to the palace. Her father loved her since she was a child and hoped that she could bring honor to the Shen family. They would not give up on her so easily.
And in the final analysis, Yue Li was not guilty of anything this time. As long as my father and his ministers plead for her in the court, His Majesty will give her a lighter sentence.
Shen comforted herself in this way, at least she had people behind her, and her family would definitely not give up on her like this.
She waited and waited, trying to remain calm at first, but as time went by, she received no news at all, which made her wonder if her father had actually pleaded for her? Or if He Yanchen had suppressed the matter and prevented any news from reaching her?
Shen gradually became impetuous. In just a few days, her face had become extremely haggard, and she walked back and forth in the palace, unable to calm down.
Suddenly, the palace door was pushed open from the outside with a creaky sound.
Since being imprisoned here, Shen Shi didn't like to open the windows or doors. She locked herself in the room every day. The sudden sunlight coming in made her subconsciously cover her eyes, and she opened them with difficulty after a while.
The person who came was the eunuch in front of the emperor, Ji Ming's godson Xiao Dezi. He was followed by two guards and held a porcelain bowl in his hand.
Shen's eyes fell on the porcelain bowl, and a sense of uneasiness suddenly arose in her heart.
"Eunuch De?" Shen unconsciously took two steps back, her lips curled up with a forced smile, "Eunuch De, what can I do for you?"
Xiao Dezi smiled and had the door closed. He personally walked over with a porcelain bowl in his hand: "Your Majesty heard that Shen Gengyi was ill, so he specially asked the servant to boil some medicine for you and bring it to you personally."
Shen's face turned pale, and she shouted, "What's wrong with me? I'm fine, I don't have any disease!"
Xiao Dezi had a childlike face and his smile was even more friendly. He waved his hand, and two guards came forward, grabbed Shen's arms, and made her kneel on the ground.
Xiao Dezi slowly approached: "Shen Gengyi is so sick that he is unconscious. How can he get better if he doesn't take medicine?"
No matter how dumb Shen was, she wouldn't really think that was some normal medicine. She wasn't sick! What medicine was she taking?
"Let me go!" Shen couldn't break free at all. She could only moan and keep her mouth tightly shut to prevent Xiao Dezi from pouring the medicine into her mouth.
"Your Majesty is compassionate to Shen Gengyi. Your father and brothers have been pleading for you in front of Your Majesty a few days ago. Your Majesty is kind and merciful. Even though you have committed a serious mistake, you have served the Holy Emperor for many years, and Your Majesty still cannot bear to sentence you to death."
"Well, when he heard you were ill, His Majesty immediately called the imperial physician to prepare medicine for your recovery. Why don't you appreciate it?"
Xiao Dezi said this with a smile. He looked young, but his hands were very strong. He pinched Shen's chin with one hand and forced her to open her mouth, so that she could drink all the black medicine.
The guard let go of her hand, and Shen lay on the ground coughing awkwardly, digging her fingers in her mouth in vain to spit out the medicine.
Xiao Dezi wiped his hands with a handkerchief, glanced down at her, and ordered the guards: "Keep an eye on her. Shen Gengyi has hysteria. She must take medicine every day and must be cured before returning to the palace."
"yes."
Xiao Dezi turned around and was about to leave. Shen glared at him with resentment from behind, "Your Majesty, are you treating me like this because you think I'm framing Concubine Yu? But Concubine Yu is no good at all. She's having an affair with someone else behind Your Majesty's back!"
Xiao Dezi frowned. Concubine Yu was the emperor's beloved, so how could he tolerate others slandering her?
"How dare you! How dare you frame Concubine Yu?" Xiao Dezi had been following He Yanchen all the time. How could His Majesty hide anything that happened in the palace from his eyes? Moreover, on the day when he first arrived at the palace, Concubine Yu and General Xiao met, and Concubine Yu herself told His Majesty that His Majesty and Concubine Yu were so loving and affectionate, how could anyone else have anything to do with it?
"Keep an eye on her. If she dares to talk nonsense again, I'll shut her up."
Xiao Dezi left this sentence and left with his men.
The palace door was closed again, and Shen heard the sound of it being locked.
She lay on the ground, her fingers digging into the ground, with an ambiguous smile on her face.
Xiao Mingcheng?
No, that bitch Yueli has someone else in her heart. She lied to His Majesty! She lied to everyone!
*
Hezheng Palace.
Xiao Dezi came back to report what had just happened, and relayed every word that Shen had said in detail.
He Yanchen looked at the memorial in his hand and listened expressionlessly until he heard Shen's slanderous words against Yue Li, at which point his eyes turned cold.
"She's so noisy, and it's annoying even if she keeps her tongue."
Ji Ming was listening at the side and instantly understood what he meant. He shook his head in his heart, thinking that Shen was really courting his own destruction.
His Majesty originally wanted her to die quietly in the palace, to make it look good and save some face for the Shen family, but Shen insisted on seeking death.
Now that’s good, I’ll have to suffer before I die.
"Everyone, please step back."
Ji Ming and Xiao Dezi retreated, and He Yanchen threw the memorial in his hand aside.
Although he was a little jealous occasionally, that was the fun between him and Yueli, and he never doubted Yueli's love for him.
Furthermore, when he and Yueli first met, Yueli wouldn't have followed him if he hadn't been the emperor, let alone a mere official. How could he afford Yueli's extravagance? He couldn't even provide her with the most basic financial support, and yet he still expected her affection?
Yue Li is just simple-minded, but not so stupid as to leave him alone and find someone who is inferior to him in every aspect.
He Yanchen just thought it was ridiculous.
He picked up the memorial again, and before he had even glanced at it, he heard a noise coming from the inner hall.
It was Yueli who woke up from her nap.
She walked around the screen and came out from the inner room, her eyes still sleepily closed. She walked behind He Yanchen by feeling, hugged his neck from behind, buried her head in his neck and sniffed it lightly.
"Have you slept enough?" He Yanchen held her hand and brought her into his arms.
Yueli buried her head sleepily in his arms. She was awake but not completely. It took her a long time to open her eyes.
"I'm so sleepy... It's so warm in the palace, I don't want to get up at all."
He Yanchen laughed and pinched her cheek: "No matter how sleepy you are, you can't sleep all day. If you sleep too much during the day, you will ask me to play with you at night."
Yueli grumbled, "That's because Your Majesty is too busy during the day, and I'm bored and can only fall asleep. At night, when Your Majesty is by my side, I don't want to sleep."
"Have you slept enough today?"
Yue Li rubbed her eyes. He Yanchen poured her a cup of tea. She took two sips from his hand and said, "I've slept enough."
The man patted her lower back and said, "The people from the Clothing Bureau have delivered the clothes. You've had enough rest. I'll take you out this afternoon."
Yueli jumped up immediately: "Really? Then I'll go back to sleep for a while and get some extra energy!"
He Yanchen held her hand and wouldn't let her leave: "Don't sleep anymore. Grind ink for me. I need to finish reading these memorials as soon as possible so that I can take you out."
"Yes, sir!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com