Chapter 21: Lady Wang
The accident happened so quickly that no one expected it to happen.
Fengchun knelt on the ground with a thud, her forehead pressed against the ground, and kowtowed with a clacking sound: "This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die."
Shen Qingru stood in front of the piano table, tears in her eyes and looking disheveled. The guqin on the table had been destroyed, with drops of tea falling from the instrument and stains all over the floor.
I was originally looking forward to listening to the piano sound, but I didn't expect Shen Wanyi to burn her hand.
Lin An's eyelids twitched, and he was the first to react. He asked someone to get ice and to call the imperial physician.
The servants of the Qianqing Palace went to invite the people in person, and the Imperial Hospital did not dare to be careless, and all the people arrived in the blink of an eye.
Three or four imperial doctors were invited in succession, thinking that something serious had happened.
It wasn't until he saw Shen Wanyi's red and swollen hand that he felt relieved.
"Mrs. Shen's hand is only slightly burned. It will be fine after a few days of rest. It's not a big deal."
The imperial physician stood up from the ground, wiping the sweat off his face.
The young eunuch who came to call for help was so anxious, as if something big had happened. It's just a minor burn, there's really no need to ask them to come here.
The imperial physician left a few plasters, gave a few instructions, and then left.
Shen Wanyi sat on the chair with her red, scalded hands raised, facing His Majesty with tears in her eyes: "It's my fault that I'm useless. I can't even do such a small thing as playing a song for His Majesty."
She spoke so pitifully and her wrist was so burned red that no one had the heart to blame her.
Xiao Yu consoled him with a few words: "Don't even think about playing the piano at this time."
The interest that had just been aroused has now died down again, and His Majesty is certainly not in a good mood at the moment.
I didn't have much interest in this piano, but after not being able to listen to it again and again, the more this happened, the more I wanted to listen to it.
Xiao Yu held the teacup in his hand, his eyes fell on Fengchun who was kneeling and kowtowing, he stroked the teacup and said leisurely: "If you can't serve the master, drag him away and give him twenty lashes."
Fengchun raised his head in an instant and his eyes fell on his young master's face.
She didn't dare to struggle and followed the eunuch out the door.
After a while, the sound of beating was heard outside the yard.
Shen Qingru sat on the chair, listening to the miserable screams outside the house, and then looked down at her burned red palms.
Fengchun was sacrificed, and in order to make it look more realistic, the water was deliberately chosen to be 90% hot, for fear that the Emperor might become suspicious.
After applying the ointment, her palms felt burning with pain, but even so, she did not feel any regret at all.
She absolutely, absolutely could not let anyone know that she was just an adopted daughter, a daughter of humble origins who relied on the Shen family for everything.
Qin didn't hear it, and Shen Wanyi also injured her hand.
Xiao Yu naturally had no intention of staying overnight, so he just sat for a while and then left. Before leaving, he thought of something and looked deliberately at the group of palace maids.
Chen Fu stood among the palace maids with her head lowered, with only a part of her neck exposed from under her long black hair.
In the crowd, you can be seen at a glance, and it is eye-catching and unforgettable.
Shen Fu noticed the gaze from above her head falling on her, but she seemed not to notice it at all. She lowered her head and knelt on the ground obediently, kowtowed: "Your servant respectfully bids farewell to His Majesty."
On the sedan chair, Xiao Yu turned the jade ring in his hand and looked for a while before moving his eyes away from the delicate white neck.
As soon as the dragon chariot left, Shen Fu realized that the gaze above her head had disappeared.
She breathed a sigh of relief, and just as she turned around, she saw Shen Qingru's inquiring eyes falling on her.
Shen Fu had already prepared herself in her heart, and she smiled calmly: "Elder sister."
She blinked, walked forward coquettishly, pulled Shen Qingru's sleeve, and swayed back and forth a few times: "Eldest sister, look at how well I pretend."
Shen Qingru looked at Shen Fu a few more times with an inquiring gaze, and only smiled after seeing that she didn't see anything wrong.
She took Shen Fu's hand and sat down.
She said earnestly: "Eldest sister knows that you are good to me."
The man in front of her is her substitute. He can serve the Emperor on her behalf at night. Why can't he do something else for her?
Shen Qingru looked at the palm of her hand. She could find an excuse to escape once today, but she couldn't escape a second time.
If His Majesty asks her to play again… Shen Qingru looked at Shen Fu with a warm gaze: “There is something that I don’t know if I should mention.”
Shen Fu sighed in her heart at how thick-skinned Shen Qingru was: "As long as I can help my elder sister, A Fu is willing to do it."
"Look at His Majesty. Now that he has opened his mouth today, he will definitely let my eldest sister play it again someday." Shen Qingru blamed the Shen family for being partial and asked why they didn't force her to learn when she was young.
Now that it has come to this, I am asking others to do so.
She held Shen Fu's hand affectionately, and drew out the ending tone: "Can you... help my eldest sister?"
Chen Fu pretended to be stupid and deliberately opened her innocent eyes: "Eldest sister, do you want me to teach you to play the piano?"
Why can't she understand?
Shen Qingru was furious and wanted to lose her temper, but when she looked at Shen Fu's face, she suppressed her temper a little bit.
She lowered her head, looked at her burned palms, and her voice became pleading: "Afu, I know you are good at playing the piano."
It was handed over to her by the old man of the Gu family. Chen Fu has been playing the zither since she was three or four years old and has been learning it for more than ten years. How could her skills be bad?
Shen Qingru was jealous and embarrassed, but she had to fawn on Shen Fu and beg, "Can you play for my elder sister next time?"
"But elder sister." Shen Fu raised her peach blossom eyes, and her curled eyelashes trembled slightly: "Fake is fake after all."
She looked at Shen Qingru's discolored face and chuckled, "No matter how well you cover it up, it will be discovered one day."
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Shen Fu left Shen Qingru's room. Thinking of Shen Qingru's wonderful face before she left, she felt happy!
Zi Su followed her girl. Although she didn't know what the girl was happy about, she felt happy when the girl was happy.
But Chen Fu's happiness disappeared completely after she arrived at the Chuxiu Palace.
Chuxiu Palace was bustling with activity, and the house was packed inside and outside.
Shen Fu blinked, not knowing what was happening.
Zi Su beside her also didn't know: "What's going on?" Why are all the concubines and maids gathered in their room?
"Make way, make way." Zi Su wanted to reach out and squeeze in, but was pushed away by someone.
Chen Fu immediately supported Zi Su and was relieved only after making sure that Zi Su was not injured. But even so, her face had already darkened.
“Get out of the way!”
Chen Fu spoke to the concubine who was blocking her way. The room was so lively that she probably guessed what was going on.
I'm afraid that Zhou Shuyun has met the Emperor, and just like in her previous life, she has obtained a position before the election.
Chen Fu tried hard to recall what kind of favor Zhou Shuyun had received in her previous life.
Before I could figure it out, the noisy sounds around me suddenly quieted down.
The crowd blocking the way gradually dispersed, and Wang Ruer walked out from the crowd amidst everyone's admiration.
"Chen Fu." Wang Ruer raised her chin high and looked at Chen Fu with a proud and contemptuous look: "Why don't you kneel down?"
"Why should I kneel?" Shen Fu straightened her back.
When she saw Wang Ruer so proud, she had already guessed something in her mind.
As expected, Wang Ruer smiled coldly, and the pride in her eyes and eyebrows was so strong that she almost flew up: "I am now a beauty personally appointed by His Majesty, and you are just a little showgirl. If I ask you to kneel, do you dare not kneel?"
"Beauty?" Shen Fu raised her eyebrows.
The beauty was of the sixth rank, which was not a high position, but considering Wang Ruer's family background, it was really too high for her to be given the position of beauty.
What's more, she remembered that in her previous life, when Zhou Shuyun was first canonized, she was just a beauty.
"Today, the Emperor saw me playing the piano in the Imperial Garden and was so pleased that he specially conferred a title on me." Wang Ruru adjusted the golden hairpin on her head and felt that God was on her side.
Today, she was in the Imperial Garden with Zhou Shuyun. She was bored so she just played a song casually. Unexpectedly, she attracted the Emperor.
God knows that she really just played it casually and did not know the whereabouts of the Emperor in advance.
The Emperor conferred a title on himself before the song was even finished. Isn't that a sign of love?
Thinking of His Majesty's heroic and extraordinary appearance, my heart still trembles slightly. But it was really a good thing for Zhou Shuyun, as she was also canonized as a beauty.
Wang Ruer glanced at Zhou Shuyun behind her with disdain, and when her eyes fell on Shen Fu, she felt even more proud.
Ever since Shen Fu slapped her last time, she has been holding a grudge and thinking about revenge all the time.
But she didn't expect that no matter what she did, it didn't hurt at all, and she felt as if all five forces were exerting their influence.
But only today, when she stood in front of Shen Fu, she felt superior. She is different from before, she is a beauty personally appointed by His Majesty, so teaching Shen Fu a lesson is no different from an ant.
"Are you going to kneel or not?"
Chen Fu knew that Wang Ruer would definitely not let her go today, so she raised her chin and said coldly: "No kneeling!"
With a "pop" sound, Wang Ruer raised her hand triumphantly and brought it down towards Chen Fu's face.
"I will return to you today all that you gave me."
After giving Wang Ruer the slap, she accepted the imperial decree, thanked the emperor, and moved out of the Chuxiu Palace. Zhou Shuyun was also named a beauty and moved out together.
When the room quieted down, Shen Fu looked at the empty room, her face had already turned red after the veil was taken off.
Wang Ruer slapped her so hard that finger marks were visible on her red and swollen face.
Shen Fu looked at the face in the bronze mirror expressionlessly.
"Miss." Zi Su was so anxious that she shed tears: "Miss Wang is too bullying."
Shen Fu shook her head: "As expected."
She slapped Wang Ruer in the face. Wang Ruer had a vengeful character and she would definitely take revenge on her.
But what Shen Fu didn't expect was that Wang Ruer would be favored so quickly.
This is really different from the previous life.
Shen Fu reached out and rubbed her brows. What she didn't expect was that Wang Ruer would sleep with her for three consecutive days in the next few days.
The news that Concubine Wang was favored gradually spread throughout the harem, and everyone in the Chuxiu Palace envied the beautiful women.
On the fourth day, the sky was just beginning to get foggy.
Chen Fu changed into the pink and green skirt of a palace maid and walked into the bamboo forest with the guqin in her arms.
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