Chapter 165: Shame on you
Shen Fu threw herself into the arms of His Majesty until she fell asleep from crying herself tired, her hands still tightly grasping His Majesty's clothes, unwilling to let go.
Xiao Yu looked at the person in his arms, then carried Chen Fu back to the bed.
"Take good care of your young master." Zi Su knelt beside the bed, nodding her head frantically.
Xiao Yu looked deeply at Chen Fu lying on the bed. Seeing her red and swollen face from crying, he couldn't help but gently stroke her cheek with his fingertips.
His fingertips lingered on her face for a long time before he slowly pried open his hand from her sleeve and stood up to leave.
"Where are the Shen family?"
His Majesty lowered the curtain and strode out of the inner room. Lin An followed behind him in small steps and answered hastily, "She is still with the Imperial Concubine."
The eunuch who was sent out just came back to report that the Shen family had not left at all.
And Shen Ronghua was naturally in one place.
Before, in order for Concubine Shen to see her family, His Majesty had sent him to the Imperial Concubine to give instructions countless times.
The purpose is to allow Concubine Shen to visit her relatives whenever she wants without being disturbed.
Now it’s good, Concubine Shen was angry and left, but Shen Ronghua is still there.
I got the benefit of Concubine Shen for no reason.
Thinking of this, Lin An couldn't help but remind him, "The visiting time has already passed. Shen Ronghua is not following the rules."
Xiao Yu raised his hand and poured himself a cup of cold tea, with a cold sneer in his throat.
Even if the Shen family didn’t understand the rules, Shen Ronghua couldn’t have been unaware of them after being in the palace for so many years.
It was obvious that Shen Ronghua relied on her big belly and no one dared to punish her, so she ignored the palace rules and refused to come out for a long time.
Lin An is the chief eunuch beside His Majesty and knows His Majesty's temper best.
Even if His Majesty didn't speak, he could sense how unhappy His Majesty was just by the slight silence around him for a moment.
Lin An was still trying to figure out the emperor's intention, so he raised his head tentatively and saw that the emperor was actually pouring cold tea.
"Your Majesty, I'm here to serve you." Lin An felt his skin tighten as he stepped forward to snatch the teacup from Your Majesty's hand, but Your Majesty raised his hand and lightly dodged it.
Xiao Yu drank a full cup of cold tea from Chen Fu's teacup. After putting the cup down, a sneer escaped from his throat:
"Go and pass on my order, asking Shen Ronghua to behave herself so that she can stay in the house to take care of the baby and not embarrass me there!"
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Inside the Palace
Ever since Shen Fu turned and left, it was very quiet for a while.
It was not until the door in front of her was closed that Old Lady Shen held her cane and angrily cursed at the door:
"Ginger-eyed wolf!"
As the well-deserved old lady of the Shen family, how could she not be praised by everyone on a daily basis?
Today, he coaxed and persuaded Chen Fu. But Shen Fu didn't give her any face at all.
He didn't even look at me and just walked away with a disapproving look on his face.
"Uneducated girl!" Old Mrs. Shen tapped her cane vigorously, and it was obvious that she was very angry.
"Grandma." Shen Qingru leaned over and hid in Aunt Cui's arms, crying like a pear blossom in the rain.
After hearing what Old Lady Shen said, her eyes flickered and she got up from Aunt Cui's arms, wiping her tears.
"Grandma, you don't know, she has always been like this in the palace." Shen Qingru held her belly and reached out to wipe her tears.
"She relies on her favor and never takes me seriously." Shen Qingru had always been worried before today.
Not to mention my father, he will naturally stand on my side in everything. But the only thing is that my grandmother’s thoughts are really hard to predict.
Although Chen Fu is far away in Suzhou and has no feelings for her family, she is also the blood of the family.
In addition, now that His Majesty is favoring her, it is inevitable that her family will abandon her and turn around to support Shen Fu.
This is the scene that Shen Qingru is most afraid of seeing.
Until now, when I saw this scene, I felt relieved: “Chen Fu has always been rude and has no respect for me in the palace.”
"She grew up in the countryside, so she must be used to the night. She doesn't know the difference between superiors and inferiors, and is just like a yellow-haired girl. Grandma, please don't be angry."
Shen Qingru walked forward and was about to hold Old Lady Shen's shoulders, but just as her palm landed on it, Old Lady Shen slapped it away.
"Don't try to flatter me, an old woman." How could Mrs. Shen, at her age, not see what was in Shen Qingru's mind?
She turned her head and glared at Shen Qingru as if warning: "I gave you the opportunity before, so that you could control her and use her for your own benefit before she entered the palace."
"Now that this has happened, she has the opportunity to serve His Majesty. Who can be blamed for this?"
When Shen Qingru heard this, her face suddenly became extremely ugly: "Grandma, I have no choice."
Didn't she want to hold Shen Fu in her palm?
With Chen Fu's figure and face, if she could use them... no matter what happens in the future, even if she can't become a concubine, at least she will be able to become the noble concubine of the head of a palace.
It’s just a pity…
Surprisingly, His Majesty discovered the clue, and Chen Fu escaped from her grasp and could no longer be used by her.
Whenever Shen Qingru thought of this, he felt regretful to this day.
"Grandma, it's not that I don't want to..." If there was a chance, wouldn't she want to hold Shen Fu tightly in her palm?
"But how can this replacement be so easy to do?" Shen Qingru felt that it was easy for her grandmother to say:
"This is all true and false. No matter how disguised, she is still serving His Majesty. How could His Majesty not know that?"
"If you have the ability to win the heart of His Majesty, why would you let me spend so much time and effort to plan for you?"
Old Madam Shen looked gloomy and looked at Shen Qingru's face: "Isn't it because you are useless?"
At this point, Shen Qingru wanted to say: "The medicine my grandmother gave me is completely useless."
It worked fine the first two times I used it, but there was no reaction when I used it afterwards.
If the medicine hadn't worked, how could she have been exposed on the spot?
Shen Qingru acted as if it was a matter of course. When Old Lady Shen saw this, she rolled her eyes at her and said, "If you are useless, don't blame others for everything!"
"If you had such a face and figure, why would I do all this?" Old Mrs. Shen's eyes were like a knife, sweeping up and down Shen Qingru.
That look was so deep, like a knife, piercing Shen Qingru's body to pieces.
"Grandma..." Shen Qingru's face was pale. Old Lady Shen's gaze was too clear.
It is obvious that she is not good-looking enough, which is why she cannot attract the Emperor and cannot win his favor.
Even though she knew that her child was not as good as Shen Fu's, she was shocked to hear it said so blatantly. Shen Qingru still felt a burning pain on her face, as if she had been slapped in the face.
"Grandma, what you said is too harsh." Shen Qingru's eyes were red, and even her voice became a little choked.
"If you don't have any ability, don't blame grandma for speaking harshly." Old Mrs. Shen cast a cold gaze on her.
“How Shen Fu was born, how you were born, everyone has eyes and will see it naturally!”
"You!" Shen Qingru was shaking with anger. What her grandmother said was really too harsh.
She was trembling all over and wanted to say something, but Aunt Cui came up behind her and said, "Don't get excited, don't get excited."
Aunt Cui's voice was pure and elegant. As soon as she spoke, she sounded like a young girl, which made people feel relaxed and happy. "You are still pregnant with a dragon child. What if this excitement hurts the dragon child in your belly?"
While persuading her, Aunt Cui raised her hand and patted Shen Qingru lightly on the waist and abdomen.
Old Mrs. Shen lowered her head and drank tea. After hearing this, she raised her head and glanced at Shen Qingru's lower abdomen. The cold expression on her face looked much better.
"Hurry up and help her sit down." Old Mrs. Shen instructed Aunt Cui to help Shen Qingru over.
"Fortunately, your belly is doing well." There are few heirs in the palace, and only two princes.
Both the former dynasty and the harem were urging him, and His Majesty attached great importance to having offspring.
At this time, Shen Qingru became pregnant, which was an unprecedented happy event.
The Shen family can also take advantage of this opportunity to move up a level: "I just hope you can give birth to a son, a prince for His Majesty and the Shen family."
Only with a prince can I feel supported in this palace. In the future, the Shen family will be able to take advantage of this opportunity to rise to prominence.
Old Mrs. Shen had a calm expression on her face. After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes with a cold look on her face.
Shen Qingru sank into the chair, listening to Old Lady Shen's voice, and trembled with anger.
"Why do you have to be angry with your grandmother?" Aunt Cui sat beside her, patting her chest and admonishing her carefully.
"You know your grandmother's temper. The prosperity of the family is her top priority." They were far away from each other, and Aunt Cui lowered her voice on purpose, so Old Lady Shen couldn't hear a word.
"You are pregnant, and now you are a lucky charm. If you can give birth to a prince, you and I will have a firm foothold in the Shen family."
"Mother!" Aunt Cui had said this so many times that Shen Qingru felt like she was getting calluses from hearing it.
She stood up and shouted violently, then slammed back into the chair.
Shen Qingru took Aunt Cui's hand and placed it on her belly, saying silently: "How can I give birth?"
Her stomach was empty, with nothing in it except her internal organs.
Apart from her, only Aunt Cui knew the whole matter clearly.
Now you're asking her to give birth to the baby? How can she give birth? !
Shen Qingru was so anxious that sweat covered her forehead. Aunt Cui reached out and pressed her palm, implying that she should not act rashly.
"No one in this palace is as blessed as you. As long as you give birth to a prince safely, you will not only enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future, but more importantly, you can also help the Shen family."
Aunt Cui had just finished her words when Old Lady Shen put down the teacup in her hand.
"Your aunt is right." Old Mrs. Shen turned her head and looked at Aunt Cui behind her with disdain.
An orphan girl, no one knows what kind of love potion she gave her son. For so many years, she has been the only one he wants.
"If it weren't for your mother, our Shen family wouldn't have ended up in this situation today." Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the Gu family back then.
Even though the Gu family was just a merchant family, more than a dozen ships of dowry were shipped to Kyoto.
That scene and that posture are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
If it weren't for the woman in front of them, how could they have severed their ties with the Gu family back then?
And Chen Fu has grown into such a graceful and elegant lady, and now he will not neglect her at all.
Old Madam Shen thought about Shen Fu’s face and said, “Your sister is favored by His Majesty, and you will move around more than her in the future.”
"We are all family, don't make the relationship so ugly."
Shen Qingru felt her face become even more burning after she said this. She was shaking all over, trembling with anger.
Shen Fu had taken away her favor, stepped on her to get to the top, and even caused her this before.
Do all these not count?
She felt sick just looking at Chen Fu. How could they put aside their past hatred when they had such a deep hatred for each other?
If Aunt Cui hadn't held her tightly, Shen Qingru didn't know what she would have done.
"Grandma..." Shen Qingru took a deep breath. She would not do such a thing, nor did she want to do it!
"I feel uncomfortable in my stomach, so I'll go back first." Shen Qingru waved away Aunt Cui's hand, supported her lower abdomen and stood up from the chair.
When Mrs. Shen saw this, her brows furrowed. She felt that Shen Qingru was giving her a cold look.
"Is it true that grandma can't say anything about you now?"
Old Madam Shen had an icy expression on her face. Shen Qingru didn't dare to offend her, so she could only perfunctorily say, "Grandma, it's just that it's time for me to take the abortion-maintaining medicine, so I wanted to go back and take it."
Aunt Cui also stepped forward in time, her delicate and fragile face still looked as if she was crying anytime and anywhere: "After all, the baby in Ru'er's belly is a dragon descendant, so we can't be careless at all."
"Grandma, it's better to let Ruer go back as soon as possible. The medicine for preserving the pregnancy cannot be stopped at all." As she said this, she waved her hand secretly to let Shen Qingru leave.
Old Mrs. Shen was already concerned about the baby in Shen Qingru's belly, so she gave in when she saw this.
The hand holding the teacup was about to put down and let Shen Qingru leave. But before the words came out of his throat, there was a light knock at the door.
"My lady, Eunuch Lin An is here." The palace maid pushed open the door and whispered in Shen Qingru's ear.
"Lin An?" Shen Qingru finally felt confident. Lin An is the chief eunuch beside His Majesty. His arrival must be because His Majesty has some instructions.
But, what does His Majesty want to see me for now?
Shen Qingru glanced at the door, then looked at Old Mrs. Shen who was obviously frightened.
Although Old Madam Shen was not a member of the palace, as a relative of a court official, she had naturally heard of Lin An's name many times.
"Eunuch Lin is looking for you, but does that mean the Emperor is looking for you?" Old Mrs. Shen asked.
Not to mention meeting the Emperor, just the sight of a eunuch was enough to scare her.
Shen Qingru looked at her grandmother. I suddenly felt confident.
She is no longer Shen Qingru of the Shen family. She is now Shen Ronghua in the palace. Even her grandmother should be more polite when she sees her in the future.
"It's Lin An. His Majesty must be looking for me for something." Shen Qingru said calmly, "Let Eunuch Lin come in."
The palace maid nodded and went out immediately. After a while, Lin An came into the room.
"Eunuch Lin, what does His Majesty want to talk to me about?" Shen Qingru straightened her back the moment she saw the man. No matter what His Majesty wanted her to do, this gave her enough confidence.
"It's the order from His Majesty." Lin Anwei bent over with a smile on his face.
“Your Majesty orders Shen Ronghua to behave herself and go back to take care of the baby, and don’t embarrass herself here!”
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