Chapter 81: Pinch off the Queen Mother's Romance

People didn't know why the Queen Mother kept Shen Chaoyan alone.

Although she was curious, she still stood up and left.

Soon, everyone in the hall left, leaving only Shen Chaoyan sitting on the chair.

"Queen Mother, I wonder if you kept me here to tell me something?"

"Did the Emperor come to see you last night?" The

Queen Mother was worthy of being the Queen Mother. She saw through Sikong Yan's sudden favor to Shen Qingwan at a glance.

Shen Chaoyan did not hide it, "Yes."

"This child's loyalty to love is very much like the late emperor."

When her sister died, the late emperor made her the heir. Wasn't it because of her face that looked so similar to her sister?

Sikong Yan had always favored Shen Chaoyan, and it was impossible for him to suddenly fall in love with someone else.

The only explanation is that they had some ulterior motives.

The harem was originally a means to check and balance the previous dynasty.

The empress dowager did not care what tricks Sikong Yan and the others were playing.

However, she looked at Shen Chaoyan, changed the subject, and reminded, "The emperor too, since he is setting up a trap, don't let anyone catch him. Otherwise, he may get into trouble." "

I will remember the empress dowager's advice."

"Now that we have finished our business, I have a private matter to ask you."

The empress dowager suddenly changed her serious attitude. Shen Chaoyan was startled and said hurriedly, "I don't deserve your advice. Please tell me, empress dowager. As long as it is within my ability, I will do my best."

"Suqiu, bring me my beauty box."

"Yes."

Soon, Suqiu ordered two little palace maids to bring the beauty box that was given at Shen Chaoyan's birthday banquet last time.

The Queen Mother took out an eyeliner from inside and asked, "Last time, when you were talking about how to use it, I didn't listen carefully. Today, please tell me in detail how to use this eyeliner?"

Shen Chaoyan saw that the Queen Mother actually asked her for makeup skills, and immediately smelled a hint of unusual smell.

[Heavenly Book, what's going on with the Queen Mother? Why do you suddenly want to draw eyeliner?]

Heavenly Book: [Women dress to please themselves. Wei Daozhen will come to see the Queen Mother in the afternoon.]

Wei Daozhen?

Isn't he the old lover of the Queen Mother?

Shen Chaoyan: [He came to see the Queen Mother, it must be bad!]

Heavenly Book: [That's right. Before, Sikong Yu saw that Shen Qingwan had not been favored for a long time, so he discussed with Wei Daozhen to send another woman into the harem. Wei Daozhen came to discuss this matter with the Queen Mother today. When the time comes, the Queen Mother will come forward and use the reason of expanding the royal family as soon as possible, and the Emperor will naturally not be able to refuse. However, after a while, it will eventually affect the mother-son relationship between them.

Shen Chaoyan: [The Queen Mother sees other people's affairs very clearly, but when it comes to her own affairs, she is confused. This Wei Daozhen is also hateful. He uses the Queen Mother as a tool when there is something.

Sikong Yu deliberately used the Queen Mother's hand to put people in the harem. In addition to wanting to use women to do things for him, it is also to make the Queen Mother and the tyrant separate.

The intention is really vicious.

Just because the Queen Mother just reminded her, she can't watch the Queen Mother being used by Wei Daozhen.

Today, the Queen Mother's rotten peach blossom must be pinched!

Shen Chaoyan understood the stakes and agreed to teach the empress dowager how to draw eyeliner, but in her heart she was thinking about how to remind the empress dowager in a subtle way not to be used as a gun by the scumbag.

"There are three ways to draw eyeliner. One is to draw an extension line along the end of the eye, like this. The second is to set a point at the folds of the double eyelids, then draw a line from the end of the eye, connect the fixed point and fill the inside. The third is to extend from the end of the eye..."

Shen Chaoyan found three little palace maids and drew different eyeliners for them.

After the explanation, she personally re-applied makeup for the empress dowager, "Empress Dowager, look, this eyeliner is just right for your dress today. As for lip balm, you can use this bean paste color, which is more suitable for today's makeup."

The empress dowager accepted Shen Chaoyan's opinion, and after finishing her makeup, she took out a bronze mirror.

She looked at herself in the mirror, and her facial features were indeed more three-dimensional than usual.

She curled her red lips, very satisfied, "You are so skillful, you made me so beautiful."

"How could that be? The Queen Mother is naturally beautiful, and I am just the icing on the cake."

"You have such a sweet mouth, no wonder the Emperor likes you!" The Queen Mother was so flattered that she smiled from ear to ear, and looked at herself in the mirror again and again, becoming more and more satisfied, "I also like the color of the lipstick you chose for me."

"This product is very popular outside the palace. At the last birthday banquet, I saw a lady from an official family using this lip balm."

Shen Chaoyan paused and her eyes lit up. "I remember it. It was Madam Wei. I went to talk to my mother and saw her showing off her lip balm to a group of ladies. She said that her husband bought it for her. Although Madam Wei was very high-profile at the time, their relationship as an old couple is still so sweet. It's really enviable!" The queen mother's

eyelids jumped and she blurted out, "Which Madam Wei?"

"It's... it's that... Wei what?" Shen Chaoyan thought for a long time, but she couldn't seem to remember the name of the other party's husband. "I only remember that Madam Wei's husband's name is quite difficult to pronounce. Anyway, from the tone of Madam Wei's speech, her husband should be a high-ranking official. At that time, there were many ladies flattering her and praising their deep love for each other!"

In the entire court, there were not many officials with the surname Wei, and there was only one high-ranking official, Wei Daozheng.

Even if Shen Chaoyan didn't say Wei Daozheng's name, the Queen Mother knew it in her heart.

She held the jade comb tightly in her hand, "Madam Wei is so lucky."

"That's right! I was standing next to them at the time and heard them say that Lord Wei doted on Madam Wei very much. Although there were two concubines in the mansion, Lord Wei stayed in Madam Wei's room every day. Just based on this loyalty, it has made others envious."

Before she finished speaking, the queen mother put down the jade comb in her hand with a "pop", "Hua Pin, I'm tired, you should go back and rest."

Shen Chaoyan knew that the queen mother must have heard her words, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, have a good rest, I'll take my leave."

After she left, the queen mother ordered the people standing behind her, "Su Qiu, no matter who wants to see you this afternoon, don't let them in. Just say that I'm not feeling well and need to rest, and I won't see anyone during this period of time."

"Yes."

After leaving Shoukang Palace, Shen Chaoyan did not go back immediately, but led Lugua and the others to the Yu Garden. She

heard that the roses in the Yu Garden were in bloom, so she planned to let Lugua pick more and take them back, half of which would be dried for bathing, and the other half would be kept for making rose cakes. She

would make more and send them to Guiyun Palace.

When the time came, Lugua and the others went to pick roses, Shen Chaoyan sat in the pavilion by the lake to enjoy the breeze.

At this time, a little palace maid behind the rockery occasionally poked her head out and looked in the direction of Shen Chaoyan.

"Who are you, and why are you sneaking around here?"

The little palace maid was about to come to Shen Chaoyan, but was grabbed by Xiao Fuzi.

The young palace maid was so frightened that she fell to her knees. "My queen, I was asked to deliver a letter to you."

"Deliver a letter?"

Shen Chaoyan's face immediately showed a puzzled expression.

If there was a letter at home, there would be someone specially sent to the palace, and there was no need to hide it like this.

"What letter? Present it to me."

Xiao Fuzi took a sealed letter from the young palace maid and handed it to Shen Chaoyan.

Shen Chaoyan opened the letter, which only had two sentences written in it -

[Sister Yan, I will wait for you at the Bi Bo Pavilion in Yu Garden at midnight tonight. I have something important to tell you. If you don't come, I will go to Feiyan Palace to find you! As long as I can see you, I don't care even if I am arrested and imprisoned! ]

Even if there was no signature, just by looking at the title at the beginning, Shen Chaoyan knew which idiot wrote the letter to her!

Whether he dies or not is none of her business!

But! If he wants to die, don't drag her along!

Just now she complained that the queen mother had a bad love affair, but it turns out that hers is even worse!