Chapter 187 The plot failed
Shen Ruyu's heart skipped a beat, and she grabbed the emperor's clothes tightly. Under his unseen gaze, her pitiful eyes immediately became deep.
"What did your majesty hide from me?"
Her tone was calm and a little hoarse.
The emperor didn't hear a word. He patted her arm and said, "Your family is related to the family of the former prime minister Shen Qiantang, right?"
Hearing him say this, Shen Ruyu gradually smiled and returned to being the delicate and timid Concubine Li. She nodded with a guilty conscience and said anxiously, "Your Majesty! It's not that I deliberately hid it from you. It's because when I came to Beijing, I heard about the things that the prime minister's mansion did and the whole family was executed... I was afraid, so I didn't dare to mention it."
"Although I am related to his family, we have never had any contact with them! Your Majesty can check it out!"
The emperor touched the impatient man soothingly, and his expression softened. He smiled softly, "I know, I checked it out from the beginning, otherwise I wouldn't be so confident in you staying by my side."
Shen Ruyu lowered her head and twitched her lips sarcastically, not letting the emperor see.
She asked how the emperor could believe her so easily, and it turned out that he had sent people to secretly check her.
Fortunately, she had prepared for this.
"I know you have nothing to do with him, but I was afraid that others would cause trouble for you because of this, so I never mentioned it. I didn't expect it to be exposed now."
The emperor sighed.
"It doesn't matter, as long as Your Majesty believes in me." Shen Ruyu leaned in his arms and said softly.
After a while, she pretended to be wronged and said, "I don't know who spread the news that there was a mark on my chest. I don't even know the daughter of Shen Qiantang. She must want Your Majesty to be suspicious of me so that she can benefit herself..."
"Who would have thought that there would be such a big fuss that even Your Majesty was threatened by those ministers. I don't know what that person is thinking."
The speaker had intentions and the listener also had intentions. The emperor's eyes darkened when he heard the words, and became dark and unclear.
"You don't need to worry about this anymore. I'm here for everything."
Shen Ruyu nodded with satisfaction.
...
The fact that Concubine Li had no mark on her body shocked the whole court. The emperor also announced her life experience and said bluntly that this matter had nothing to do with her. His words were full of protection.
Various signals made those who knew the truth alarmed.
Lin Mansion, study.
"Didn't the princess personally check it at that time? There should be a mark, why is there no mark?"
Lin Qiming frowned, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and looked very unhappy.
Originally, they thought this was a good opportunity to make the emperor suspicious of Shen Ruyu, but who would have thought it would turn out like this. Not only did they fail to get rid of Shen Ruyu, but they also made the emperor trust her even more.
"We made a fuss." Lin Zhiyu sighed, his brows gloomy, "We thought that knowing that she had a mark on her chest was solid evidence, but after the incident, she was able to find a way to remove the mark on her body."
"And..."
Lin Zhiyu raised his eyes, "We all overlooked one thing."
"If Shen Ruyu really had a mark on her body, how could the emperor who was with her day and night not know about it?"
At the beginning, he protected her in front of everyone, even after hearing those rumors. I think he should have known that she didn't have the mark mentioned in the rumors, so he honestly let people check her body.
The results proved that it was true, Shen Ruyu had no problems.
"Shen Ruyu's life experience, she should have done something herself."
It seems that they have her handle, but in fact everything is under her control.
Lin Qiming pursed his lips and frowned, "What about what the princess saw before?"
Was there no mark originally, or has Shen Ruyu been hiding it every night since entering the palace?
If it was the latter, they were amazed at Shen Ruyu's foresight and caution.
"It's useless now whether it exists or not." Lin Zhiyu shook his head, "The most important chip now is the bottle that Baoer brought back."
As long as they can successfully replicate it, they can deal a fatal blow to Shen Ruyu.
At the same time, in Changqing Palace.
[Damn, it must have been covered up with that disguise thing! ]
When Lin Baoer heard the news, she almost jumped up.
How could she forget this thing!
It is said that things should be done in secrecy. It was her fault. She should not have revealed it to Concubine Yun first. She should have found a chance to strip Shen Ruyu's clothes and see how she could hide.
Lin Baoer patted her forehead in regret and kept walking back and forth on the bed.
[There is no problem with her background or birthmark. It seems that this trick is useless. She has dodged all of them. How can we catch her little braid in the future? ]
Lin Baoer frowned and thought, completely ignoring the green snake pretending to sleep beside the bed. She stepped on its tail with one foot, causing Xiaoqing to coil up in pain.
"Hiss!"
"Ah! Xiaoqing! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Lin Baoer hurried to check on Xiaoqing's condition, touched its snake tail guiltily, and said, "I accidentally... accidentally..."
Xiaoqing shook its tail aggrievedly, slapped Lin Baoer's hand, and climbed down from the bed.
Lin Baoer touched her hand awkwardly and followed her in a flattering manner.
"Xiaoqing~ I'm sorry~ I didn't mean it~"
"I was just thinking too much..."
Xiaoqing still ignored her and climbed onto the climbing frame, curled up on it, looking listless.
The climbing frame was a bit high, and Lin Baoer couldn't reach it at all. She had no choice but to continue apologizing from below.
"Can I ask someone to catch more frogs for you tomorrow?"
Perhaps the frogs in the palace tasted different, and the green snake has been eating them recently.
Unfortunately, due to the small quantity, it can only eat two a day.
Hearing this, the green snake raised its head, stared at her for a long time, and shook its tail.
Suddenly, Lin Baoer stretched out four fingers, "Four! How about giving you four?"
The green snake did not move.
Lin Baoer was helpless and stretched out another hand, "Six?"
"You won't be able to digest more."
Only then did the green snake climb down from the climbing frame with satisfaction and entangled on Lin Baoer's legs.
This was its way of showing affection.
Seeing this, Lin Baoer smiled helplessly and could only let it go.
But after entangled for a while, the green snake suddenly let it go and quickly crawled towards the door.
"What's the matter?"
Lin Baoer was puzzled, but still chose to follow it out.
The green snake usually does not go out at night unless Lin Baoer tells it to do something.
After following it to the outer hall and searching for a while, Lin Baoer finally saw it in a bush.
In an instant, her eyes widened, and then she took a step back.
What is this doing? !
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