Chapter 456: Overthinking
Are her words and actions really just what they seem? Shen Chuliu gently turned the wine cup in her hand.
The emperor promoted so many people, but refused to promote Zhen Chongyi. Was Empress Dowager Li really willing to accept this? Although Lu was sentenced to death by the emperor for practicing witchcraft, what was the real story behind it? Zhen Chongyi was just a concubine. If it was for the sake of the empress dowager, what would it matter if she moved forward?
The emperor's decision not to promote her now seems intentional, which means that she must have done something to prevent her from being promoted.
After Empress Dowager Li acquiesced, could she really accept the slap the Emperor gave Zhen Chongyi?
You know, the Li family has always been low-key and never strong. If she, the queen mother, can't make a breakthrough, what can she do in the future? When Shen Chuliu was thinking about it, everyone was thinking about it, but there was no result.
Some people think deeply, some people think shallowly.
It was precisely because Zhen Chongyi was out of favor that Empress Dowager Li seemed to pay too much attention to Concubine Qian Shu and her son.
What does it mean? Is it because she thinks there is no hope for the Ninth Prince? The Feng family is now ruined. What if Empress Dowager Li really likes the Second Prince?
Even though the Second Prince had many faults, he himself had not done anything bad.
Even if there was an incident of pushing the Sixth Prince into the water, it can be easily explained away. One was young and the other was a mistake.
In other words, this is not a black spot that cannot be washed away.
This is the truth. Although it is cruel, the Sixth Prince is fine after all.
He is also the emperor's de facto eldest son. This aspect has won him a lot.
The day was over, and everyone had a lot on their mind.
However, after being busy for several days, everyone didn't have time to think too much.
Before the fifteenth, the female members of the harem entertained the guests, and Shen Chuliu was the first member of the Shen family to be met on the twelfth day.
The Pei family arranged for Thirteen.
She specially asked someone to open the Yufu Palace and receive guests there directly.
There are many female members of the Shen family coming in, and there is plenty of room to sit here.
After completely not caring about Shen Biyu anymore, Shen Chuliu instead asked people to come and see her.
Today in Yufu Palace, she was able to talk to Liang for a longer time.
The mother and daughter were talking in the side hall under the pretext of changing clothes, and Liang couldn't help crying.
Shen Biyu also cried.
The mother and daughter cried for a quarter of an hour before they stopped.
"Stop crying, it's not good if people see it." Liang sighed.
Bai Guo, Shen Gengyi's maid, and Huang Li, who served Shen Chuliu, came in together.
Huangli held the box and said, "Our queen was afraid that you didn't have the right rouge and powder, so she asked me to bring it here. Third Madam and Gengyi haven't seen each other for a while, so it's hard not to feel emotional when they meet. The main hall is not in a hurry to go back. I'll bring some more tea, it's not time to start the feast yet."
This means that you and your daughter can enjoy reminiscing about the past.
Liang hurriedly thanked her and stuffed some silver into her hand.
Huangli took it and went out.
Baiguo busily helped the mother and daughter wash their faces and put on makeup.
"Empress Jing takes good care of our daughter. Everything is fine." Shen Gengyi forced a smile.
After going through all these things, she has grown up after all.
Whether it is good or bad, both mother and daughter know it, but that's how people are.
How many people in this world can really live without caring about anything?
After all, everyone has weaknesses.
The cleverness of Concubine Jing lies in the fact that no matter what she does to Shen Biyu, she is the one who helps her.
Even if Shen Biyu wanted to hate, she couldn't do so as long as she didn't want to die.
Liang sighed that her daughter had grown up. If she had had the same personality as she has now when she first entered the palace, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way.
But I can’t say this anymore.
"After a few years, those things will fade away, and you may be able to get promoted." Liang comforted.
"It doesn't matter. As long as the queen can survive, I can survive too. I have given up. I just hope everything is well at home. I hope for my mother and my brother as well." Shen Gengyi smiled.
Her understanding made Liang feel even more uncomfortable, so she just lowered her head and dared not cry anymore.
"Mom, don't think I'm suffering. It's the same wherever I am. No one bothers me like this now. It's not bad like this." Shen Gengyi advised.
Liang nodded and stopped talking about these things, just agreed with her.
In the main hall, Qu sat at the top, on the same level as Shen Chuliu.
Although she refused, she was happy in her heart.
Next, there is Song, and there is Shen Qinghe’s legitimate wife Lan, illegitimate son Shen Qingyang’s legitimate wife Zhu, and Shen Qingling’s legitimate wife Li, who came to the palace to pay a visit for the first time this year.
Li had been following Shen Qingling in the Northern Frontier before, and this year was her first time to enter the palace to pay a visit to Concubine Jing.
There are also the two from the third branch who caused trouble as soon as they returned from the northern border, and the son and daughter left behind by the Shang family.
Bastard son Shen Qingyun and concubine daughter Shen Biling.
Then there are Shen Qinghe’s eldest son and daughter, Shen Qingyang’s eldest son, and Shen Qingling’s eldest daughter.
There were quite a few people sitting there.
Shen Chuliu rewarded the children early in the morning, and asked Chi Su and the others to bring some fruits and snacks, and fed the children first.
The Sixth Prince has also come. His study companions have all gone back to celebrate the New Year, so he is all alone today.
However, it was still easy for the children to play together, and the children of the Shen family all liked him, so they soon started playing in the yard.
Shen Chuliu specially asked people to find small fireworks, asked the eunuchs to watch them, and asked the children to play with them.
"Your Highness the Sixth Prince is really becoming more and more like the Emperor." Qu said in a low voice.
Shen Chuliu smiled and nodded: "At first it looked like me, but now its eyes are becoming more and more like the emperor's."
"Yes." Qu thought, this is a good thing, it is a good thing to be like the emperor.
Shen Chuliu looked at the little girl who was approaching the Sixth Prince intentionally or unintentionally. She was Shen Qinghe's legitimate daughter.
She smiled and said, "The girl in my eldest brother's family is pretty."
This sentence made Lan very happy.
The Qu family members also responded with a smile.
When the banquet was about to start, Liang came back, and there was not much expression on her face.
The eye circles are a little red, but that's understandable.
Just as the banquet started, someone from Taiji Palace came and served twelve dishes in succession, saying that they were rewards from the emperor to the wives of the Shen family.
Qu and others hurriedly expressed their gratitude.
This is a huge honor.
When I left the palace, it was already dark.
Shen Qinghe returned home and met everyone he was supposed to meet, so he went to the room of his favorite concubine, Zuo.
The Zuo family is now raising Shen Qinghe's third son.
The child was born to Shen Qinghe and a maidservant. After the child was born, Shen Qinghe spent money to send the woman away.
Zuo did not allow him to hurt the woman, and in the end he sent her away peacefully and freed her from slavery.
"Why is the eldest master here?" Zuo had just finished dinner and was about to go to bed.
"Tired. Is the third son asleep?" Because of Zuo Shi, Shen Qinghe loved this third son very much.
"I'm asleep. Why are you tired? It's not you who are going to the palace today." Zuo glanced at him.
"Hey, I'm not going to the palace. How can I not be tired of having banquets every day in the first month of the year?" Shen Qinghe went to Shangfeng's house to pay New Year's greetings today.
(End of this chapter)
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