Inside the blue brick wall, on the steps in the courtyard, a beautiful woman with long hair draped over her shoulders sat, holding a wine jug in her hand.
Hua Xia came out with a soft cushion, "My lady, please sit on it, don't catch a cold."
Meixiang brought out a soft chair and said, "My lady, please sit on the soft chair."
Sheng Xiyan's eyes were red, but she smiled and said, "It feels better when I sit on the steps. You guys go to sleep. I want to look at the moon for a while."
Meixiang said, "Young Master, drinking too much alcohol will damage your stomach. I will go to the side room and get some fruit to go with your meal."
Hua Xia put a flowery brocade gown on Sheng Xiyan and said, "My lady, don't be sad. The Second Master has become a god in the paradise and will protect you and the young master."
Tears welled up in Sheng Xiyan's eyes. She was supposed to be sleeping with Jiang Jiang in her arms, but she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried toss and turn.
"Sit down and let me lean on you for a while."
Hua Xia sat down, Sheng Xiyan leaned on her shoulder, and cried silently.
In the side hall of Zhaochun Palace, separated by a wall.
Xuan Ling entered. Shen Wanrong struggled to get up from the couch and said tenderly, "Your Majesty..."
"No need to get up."
There was no expression on his face as he sat on the couch. "Why do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach? Has the imperial physician seen it?"
Shen Wanrong suddenly started sobbing, looking extremely aggrieved.
The palace maid Yue'e knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician came to see the young lady earlier and said that she had a miscarriage due to depression and needed to take medicine to preserve the pregnancy for a few days."
Feeling depressed? "What happened?"
Shen Wanrong stopped him and said, “Stop talking nonsense and go down quickly.”
Xuan Ling didn't ask, Yue'e spoke first, "Your Majesty, this afternoon, the young lady went to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace and was bumped into, which caused the miscarriage."
Isn't that where Sheng Xiyan lives? "Tell me in detail."
Yue'e added fuel to the fire, "We were moving today, and it was hard for the young lady to stand. It happened that Young Lady Sheng and Young Lady Min were passing by, so they asked if they could go to Chuxiu Palace to bother them."
Xuan Ling said solemnly, "Concubine Sheng is not a stingy person. What happened next?"
Yue'e continued, "Later, as soon as we entered the house, the young master ran over and bumped into the young lady's stomach, frightening her so much that she almost fell down. However, not only did Young Master Sheng ignore the young master, she even slapped me. The young lady immediately became uncomfortable in her stomach and had a miscarriage, and was then driven out by Young Master Sheng."
Xuan Ling pondered the truth of these words.
Shen Wanrong observed his expression and said softly, "Your Majesty, please do not blame Sister Sheng. She protects the young master out of a mother's heart. I completely understand. It's only because I am too weak that I got pregnant."
Yue'e took the opportunity to say, "It's obvious that the young master bumped into my lady's stomach. My lady, you..."
The emperor shouted, "Shut up!"
Shen Wanrong and Yue'e were so frightened that they trembled with fear, and felt even more guilty because of the nonsense they talked about.
Xuan Ling asked, "Who else was present at the time?"
Shen Wanrong said with a guilty conscience: “Also, there is also the beautiful Min.”
"Come here, go call Miss Min here, I want to question her."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Eunuch Fu sent someone to the back hall of Chuxiu Palace to call Concubine Min.
Shen Wanrong and Yue'e looked at each other nervously, but did not dare to speak at all.
Not long after, Lady Min arrived and said, "I pay my respects to the Emperor."
Xuan Ling asked, "What happened in the side hall of Chuxiu Palace at noon?"
Concubine Min was a timid person. Seeing the emperor's ugly face, she looked at Shen Wanrong and the palace maid Yue'e.
She guessed in her heart that it was Shen Wanrong who complained. She didn't know the content of Yue'e's nonsense, and thought that Sheng Xiyan had just beaten Yue'e and had an argument with Shen Wanrong.
"Your Majesty, Sister Sheng didn't mean it. She was just angry at the time."
What was originally a plea was understood as the fact that Yue'e had just said.
Shen Wanrong hurriedly seized the opportunity and cried, "Your Majesty, I don't blame Sister Sheng, please don't be angry."
The more she talks, the worse it gets. She even acts like she is particularly magnanimous. She was pushed in the belly by her child, but she didn't care. How magnanimous and kind she is.
Xuan Ling still didn't believe it. "The child is still young and doesn't know the seriousness of the matter. Perhaps it is possible, but Concubine Sheng is not such a bad-hearted person. Xiao Fuzi, go next door and call Concubine Sheng over. I want to ask her about this matter in person."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Shen Wanrong originally thought that it was a done deal, but she didn't expect the emperor to trust Sheng Xiyan so much. She was so nervous that she was sweating and kept twisting the silk handkerchief in her hands.
The door to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace was knocked open. Hua Xia saw that it was Eunuch Fu and asked with surprise and joy, "Eunuch, did the Emperor ask the young lady to go to the Yangxin Palace?"
Eunuch Fu said worriedly, "It was the Emperor who asked Miss Sheng to go there, but not to the Yangxin Palace."
When I walked into the yard, I saw a beautiful woman sitting on the steps drinking.
"Hey, Miss Sheng, why are you drunk? Are you still sober?"
Sheng Xiyan said with a smile: "Eunuch Fu, I am eight points drunk, and the remaining two points are sober!"
Eunuch Fu shook his head and said, "Then you must think carefully about your response to the Emperor later."
Sheng Xiyan thought Xuan Ling couldn't help but want to see her, and wanted to ask if she was interested in him, but she didn't expect to be led to the palace next door.
Hua Xia and Mei Xiang helped her in. Xuan Ling saw that she was not wearing palace clothes, but a thin green skirt. Her waist was as slender as a willow, and her black satin-like hair hung down behind her, making her figure sway gracefully.
Both of their faces were flushed and there was a smell of alcohol.
Sheng Xiyan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May you be blessed."
Xuan Ling stood up and walked closer to her, smelling a stronger smell of alcohol. "How much have you drunk?"
Sheng Xiyan was actually not drunk at this time. She guessed that Shen Wanrong had complained and was asking her to come and question him. Fortunately, the emperor still asked her to question him and did not make a final decision or believe the slander of others.
She pretended to sway her soft body and moaned charmingly, "I didn't drink much, just a little."
She deliberately fell into the man's arms, and Xuan Ling held her soft and slender waist.
He pushed her to sit on the soft chair next to him.
He asked, "Princess Sheng, what happened this afternoon?"
Sheng Xiyan glanced at Shen Wanrong and Yue'e, and then at Min Meiren, and knew that the false accusation must not be based on facts, but must have been exaggerated.
Pursing her lips, she hesitated to speak, and said timidly: "Your Majesty, Sister Shen is a fourth-rank official, and I am a sixth-rank official. I dare not say anything."
This statement implies that Shen Wanyi has a higher jade rank, so she, who has a lower jade rank, must be at a disadvantage.
Xuan Ling encouraged him, "Tell me the truth. I will handle this fairly and will never wrong you."
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