Wanshou Palace
The diamond-shaped window was half open, and the setting sun outside shone into the house through the gap in the window.
The house was quiet, with only the sound of wooden fish coming from in front of the Buddhist hall.
"I will only give you one last chance." The Queen Mother knelt on the cushion, lighting sandalwood in her hand.
The flames had just started when a puff of smoke rose from his hands. She stood up carefully and inserted the sandalwood in her hand into the incense burner:
"If you dare to make up stories again, I will send you back to the Qing Palace!"
It was clearly just a simple sentence, and even the tone of voice didn't change, but it made people feel a chill in their hearts.
"Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager, what we just said is true."
Little eunuch... no... Meng Siyao raised her head and looked in the direction of the empress dowager with horror.
It was not easy for me to escape from the Palace of Heavenly Purity, so how could I be willing to go there again?
Thinking of living in the Qing Palace, Meng Siyao could hardly hold back and trembled all over.
No...she didn't want to continue to work in the Qing Palace.
She had long been fed up with the dark and gloomy days in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and now she didn't want to leave for a moment!
Meng Siyao shivered as she crawled forward, reaching out to grab the hem of the empress dowager's clothes: "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, what I just said was true."
"If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, go ask her!"
Meng Siyao turned around and pointed behind her.
Zhou Shuyun, who was pointed at from behind, felt everything go dark before her eyes.
If the Queen Mother hadn't been there, she would have slapped Meng Siyao in the face.
idiot!
The Queen Mother hadn't said anything yet, but she couldn't wait to start talking.
Zhou Shuyun gritted her teeth, wishing she could slap her hard in the face.
"You?" The Queen Mother gave a look and Madam Hu beside her immediately stepped forward and pulled Meng Siyao away.
The Queen Mother then turned her eyes to Zhou Shuyun.
"I know you."
Just these two words made Zhou Shuyun's originally cold heart feel as if it had fallen into an icy cave.
She had imagined so much, but she never thought that the Queen Mother even knew her whole life.
"Since the Empress Dowager said she knows, I will." Zhou Shuyun's throat was dry and her Adam's apple couldn't help but roll.
"Then why don't you tell me, Queen Mother?"
"Lady Zhou." The empress dowager sneered, stood up from the futon, and reached out to pat the non-existent dust off her robe.
"Since I know your background, I also know what happened to you after you entered the palace."
The Queen Mother smiled and looked at Zhou Shuyun, saying calmly, "I know that you have never received the Emperor's favor since you entered the palace."
The Queen Mother said this with a smile on her face, but when these words were spoken to the two of them, it was different.
Meng Siyao looked at Zhou Shuyun beside her in disbelief.
"You...you actually..." Meng Siyao looked at Zhou Shuyun, her eyes full of shock.
But if you look closely, there is a bit of contempt in it.
Not only was he shocked by Concubine Zhou Shuyun's identity, but he was even more shocked by the fact that Concubine Zhou had been in the palace for such a long time but had never served the Emperor once.
How disliked she must be by His Majesty.
His Majesty refused to touch her even once!
The look in Meng Siyao's eyes was too obvious.
Zhou Shuyun saw this and found it extremely ugly.
It’s okay if others look down on me!
Why does she look down on herself?
Zhou Shuyun clenched her palms so tightly that they were shaking uncontrollably.
Even though she knew in her heart that this would be a great shame and humiliation for any concubine.
But it happened to me.
What's more crucial is that the Queen Mother actually said such a thing so lightly.
"The Queen Mother is right."
Zhou Shuyun knew that she had never been favored by the Emperor since she entered the palace through the selection process.
If this matter were to be made public, I'm afraid the entire harem would be shocked.
This incident was a great humiliation to me.
Be it the Queen Mother or Meng Siyao, she had seen all these looks of contempt from people or friends who looked down on her.
Even the servants in her own palace looked down on her before, what else could she not bear?
Whenever she thought about this, Zhou Shuyun felt extremely distressed.
Naturally, she hated Chen Fu even more.
If it weren’t for her! How could I end up in this state today?
If Shen Fu had not taken away her favor, she would have definitely moved towards the position of imperial concubine step by step, just like in her previous life.
It’s all because of Shen Fu!
It's all because of her that I've ended up in this situation!
Zhou Shuyun trembled all over: "Since the Queen Mother has investigated me thoroughly, why did she tie me up and bring me to the Wanshou Palace?"
She clenched her palms and looked up at the Empress Dowager: "I'm afraid that no matter how much the Empress Dowager investigates, she still won't know what happened to me and others in the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
The Queen Mother wanted to know why His Majesty wanted to trap them in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhou Shuyun was confident: "What happened is what the Queen Mother cares about."
"You are quite clever." The Queen Mother sneered, "But you seem to have forgotten that this is my Wanshou Palace."
"You are trapped here by me now, and naturally I am the only one who can save your life." The Queen Mother raised her hand holding the teacup and blew gently.
Then he lowered his head and took a sip.
"It's you who are begging me, not me begging you." As the empress dowager finished speaking, she placed the teacup in her hand on the table.
There was a loud 'dong' sound, which frightened Meng Siyao so much that she shivered all over. But she saw the empress dowager turned her head and looked at Zhou Shuyun.
"You must answer clearly. If I knew that you were hiding something, what awaits you might be more than just being exiled to the Qing Palace."
The Queen Mother's words were full of threats.
Zhou Shuyun understood the meaning after listening.
She has now fallen into the Queen Mother's clutches and is afraid that she will not be able to escape no matter what.
Even if she didn't want to say it, the Queen Mother would not let her go.
As for His Majesty, she had no way out at all.
As long as she is caught by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor knows about it, he will probably kill her regardless of whether she says it or not.
Death is the only option, and confessing to the Queen Mother seems to be her only chance.
“My concubine Tanyi…” Zhou Shuyun knocked her head to the ground and told the story word by word.
Not only did they have a child in their previous life, but the Emperor has also been keeping them trapped in the Qing Palace for some time.
She followed the Empress Dowager in all these actions, even when His Majesty asked her questions, she told them everything.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
The Queen Mother raised her hand and threw the teacup off the table: "Do you think I am lying?"
"What's the matter with the heavy one? What's the matter with the substitute? Why are you making up a story with me here?!"
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll have your tongue ripped out!"
The Queen Mother's tone was full of anger!
Zhou Shuyun was so frightened that her whole body trembled. She knelt on the ground and crawled towards the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, everything I said is true!"
"There is really not a single falsehood in my mouth."
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