Chapter 60 Sister...
After the morning meeting, Jiang Shuyi, Miao Wangshu, Feng Yiyue, and Roupin walked together on the palace road.
Miao Wangshu was wearing thin clothes, so Feng Yiyue took the cloak from Suli and put it on her. Miao Wangshu looked at her and said softly, "The weather is warm now, I'm not cold."
Feng Yiyue insisted: "Doctor Wang said that my sister's legs cannot be exposed to cold, otherwise it may relapse."
Miao Wangshu smiled and didn't refuse.
Jiang Shuyi rarely saw them so harmonious. She looked at Miao Wangshu's legs and asked, "Sister Miao, what did Imperial Doctor Wang say about your legs?"
Miao Wangshu was stunned for a moment, then flattered and said, "I am only a low-ranking concubine now, how can I be worthy of being called sister by the queen?"
"You were promoted from Zhaoyi to Mingying because of me. From now on, I will only regard you as my sister."
Being looked at seriously by Jiang Shuyi, Miao Wangshu lowered his head, feeling guilty.
In fact, even if I hadn't spoken up that day, given His Majesty's love for Her Majesty, he would not have let Her Majesty be punished.
The moment she chose to step forward, not only was it for the Empress' sake, but she actually had more of a selfish motive in mind, wanting to do the Empress a favor and ask the Empress to take care of Yi Yue, this fool, for the rest of her life.
"You don't have to worry about your position. When General Wen..." Jiang Shuyi almost blurted out the answer, she coughed lightly in time and changed the subject: "When His Majesty is happy, I will persuade him to restore your position. If you need anything now, just ask me and Concubine Rou. Don't endure the grievances."
Miao Wangshu looked at her and smiled softly: "Thank you, Madam."
Jiang Shuyi asked about her legs again and found out that she had finally developed a disease.
Seeing that Empress Jiang looked sad, Feng Yiyue hurried forward, took their hands and held them together, and said with a smile: "It's all in the past. I will take good care of Sister Miao, and the three of us will be fine in the future!"
Concubine Rou followed behind him, turning her head to look at the newly blooming apricot blossoms on the branches, not caring at all about being excluded.
At this moment, a soft voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Sister..."
Feng Yiyue was about to turn her head, but Jiang Shuyi had already recognized who it was. She frowned, held her back and said, "Let's go. Don't worry about her."
However, before the four of them had taken a few steps, Jiang Wanqing caught up with them, blocked them, and looked at Jiang Shuyi aggrievedly: "Sister, are you still angry with me?"
Jiang Wanqing specially changed into the dress that the rookie wore on the day she entered the palace. The material was given to her by her sister before she entered the palace. She hoped that Jiang Shuyi would remember their sisterly love when she saw it.
Feng Yiyue was so angry when she saw that it was her that she said to Madam Jiang, "Madam, ignore her! When you were under house arrest, she tried her best to please Concubine Qing and even said that she was not close to you at home. You deserved the house arrest!"
Concubine Rou glanced at Jiang Wanqing and echoed, "I can testify that Concubine Feng is right. Concubine Jiang said a lot of slanderous things about the queen in order to please Concubine Qing."
Jiang Wanqing looked a little hurt: "Sister, we are from the same mother. Would you rather listen to their one-sided words than listen to your own sister's defense?"
Jiang Shuyi felt as disgusted as if she had eaten a fly.
She sneered, "Jiang Wanqing, I forgot to punish you today."
Jiang Wanqing looked at her sister's cold eyes without any affection. Her heart trembled and she felt a little strange. She asked weakly, "Sister, I don't know what I did wrong. Since I entered the palace, you have always regarded me as an enemy. Are you still my sister?"
Jiang Shuyi stared at her, her mind filled with the suffocation and pain of dying: "Your sister has been killed by your own hands."
Jiang Wanqing was completely confused. She didn't know why her sister said such inexplicable words, and there was a hint of sadness in her eyes.
Jiang Shuyi quickly calmed down and frowned, saying, "Jiang Wanqing, I have already seen through your despicable thoughts. You are still pretending to be a clown and making things disgusting in front of me. Don't you think you are too shameless?"
Jiang Wanqing had never been addressed so harshly by her sister, and her face turned pale instantly.
"On the day you first entered the palace, I warned you that if you didn't stay away from me, I would kill you sooner or later, but you didn't seem to take it to heart."
Jiang Shuyi tilted her head and smiled: "Aren't you and I born of the same mother? We have a deep sisterly bond, right? I've helped you so many times that you can't even count them all. Help me this time too. Go back and commit suicide, so as not to dirty my hands and make me bear the blame."
Jiang Wanqing uttered two words with difficulty: "Sister..."
Jiang Shuyi was too lazy to pay attention to her and said to Fang Chu, "You saw it. Jiang Changzai blocked my way and didn't even bow. She also spoke rudely. I will complain to His Majesty later. You have to help speak a few fair words for her."
Fang Chu glanced at the shaky Jiang Wanqing and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Madam. I saw it."
Jiang Shuyi led everyone away, passing Jiang Wanqing and discussing what to eat for lunch.
Jiang Wanqing stared at their backs and listened to her sister's laughter, with a rare hint of confusion in her eyes.
Why, why is this happening?
From childhood to adulthood, she had some small thoughts in order to survive at home, but she never wanted to kill her sister. Her sister was clearly willing to do everything for her before...
“You deserve it.”
A mocking voice brought Jiang Wanqing back to her senses. Seeing that it was Concubine Jin, she didn't know how long she had been listening. At this moment, she looked very gloating: "You are two-faced. You were servile in front of Concubine Qing a few days ago. Now you deserve it, right?"
Jiang Wanqing gritted her teeth and looked at her. Concubine Jin couldn't believe it: "How dare you stare at me?!"
Jiang Wanqing quickly restrained her expression, bowed her head and said respectfully: "I dare not."
"You'd better not dare." Concubine Jin glared at her: "Who do you think you can rely on now? If you anger me, I will report to the Empress and have you moved to my palace to teach you the rules!"
No matter how angry Jiang Wanqing was, she didn't dare to say a word.
Only then did Concubine Jin leave with satisfaction.
*
Before returning to the Qianqing Palace, Jiang Shuyi went to the Chaoyang Palace and called Cheng Lu, who had already recovered from his injuries, and asked him slowly, "I'm going to ask you to do something now. You don't need to report to His Majesty, right?"
Cheng Lu said quickly: "I am already your Majesty's man, I dare not have any second thoughts!"
Jiang Shuyi smiled and said, "If you have to report to His Majesty, I can understand. At most, I won't let you do some things, and I won't embarrass you. But if you lie to me, I will settle accounts with you."
Cheng Lu knew that he was going to do something secretive, so he quickly tried to get the upper hand: "Since I left the Qianqing Palace, I have not had any connection with the imperial court. Your Majesty gave me this life. If I say something that will cost me my life, now that Your Majesty is asking you something, as long as Your Majesty doesn't allow me to say it, I will not reveal a single word even if I am tortured to death!"
"Okay, I will trust you this time. You have worked in the palace for many years and you are in the presence of the emperor. You should know how to make life difficult for a concubine who has no favor and no power. Jiang Changzai really annoys me. Go and take care of it and help me vent my anger."
Jiang Shuyi didn't know what kind of methods Cheng Lu had, so she didn't dare to assign him the task of killing people or setting fires right away. She could only test him with small things first.
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