The wind was cold and biting. The strong wind blew on people, and the wind was so fine and dense that it seemed to drill into people's bones, making their whole body hurt.
At the entrance of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, there are carvings of floating dragons and phoenixes on the jade steps.
Behind the plaque "正大光明", Concubine Shu was kneeling on the steps with a straight figure.
The cold wind blew on his face, his complexion was pale, but his eyes were the only ones that were red from crying.
"I want to sue Concubine Zhao for murder and harming my sister."
The deafening voice was filled with resentment and the man knelt on the steps. The frost from last night turned into ice after one night.
Shu Guipin was kneeling on the ground, her thin figure shivering in the cold wind: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
Lin An in front of him couldn't help but sigh, raised his eyelids, and walked down the stairs again: "My queen, you should go back."
"Your Majesty is not available to see you now."
Shu Guipin never stopped since she started kneeling here. He tried to persuade her many times, but Concubine Shu Guipin refused to leave.
Not to mention not leaving, he refused to move even a step.
Thinking of this, Lin An kindly advised again: "Your Highness, His Majesty really doesn't want to see you."
"Your Majesty has handed this matter over to Concubine Zhao. Since Miss Fang has committed a crime and is being held in the Ministry of Punishment, if you have any questions, you should go to Concubine Zhao."
He had made it clear enough, but Concubine Shu still pretended not to hear.
She ignored Lin An in front of her, and instead, she trembled and cried out in an even more pitiful voice towards the tightly closed door in front of her.
"Please Your Majesty, please make the decision for me."
Stubborn and unyielding.
Lin An took a deep breath and stopped persuading him.
If you don't listen to the eunuchs, you will suffer the consequences.
He looked coldly at Concubine Shu who was kneeling on the ground, and secretly couldn't help shaking his head.
Some people just seek death.
Lin An, who had a smiling look in his eyes just now, raised his eyes and then closed them again.
Shu Guipin continued to shout in that miserable and pitiful voice.
This is what Shen Fu saw when she arrived.
It seemed that Concubine Shu had been kneeling for a long time, and her delicate flesh under her thin inner clothes had turned purple from the cold.
Crying and sobbing, feeling both pitiful and aggrieved.
If she hadn't been crying and shouting that every word she said was her fault, Shen Fu would have really shown some sympathy when she saw this scene.
"Empress Zhao?"
Chen Fu had just helped Xiao Guizi down when Lin An, with his sharp eyes, saw it immediately.
He hurried down and stepped forward to greet her: "Your servant greets the Empress Zhao."
Chen Fu glanced at Concubine Shu who was kneeling on the ground, then looked away.
"Your Majesty said he wants to see me for something?"
"Yes." Lin An said, opening his eyes and looking at Concubine Shu who was kneeling on the ground.
Then he stretched out his hand and welcomed Chen Fu in: "Your Majesty, please come in."
Shu Guipin knelt on the ground, watching Shen Fu's figure disappear from her sight.
A pair of eyes full of unwillingness.
In the end, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and continue to kneel on the ground and shout, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me."
Shen Fu ignored the noise behind her and walked into the house expressionlessly.
His Majesty has been waiting inside for a long time.
Behind the ebony dragon case, His Majesty was sitting at the back reading memorials.
But the hand did not move for a long time, and the eyes kept looking down from time to time.
It was not until he saw Chen Fu come in that Xiao Yu immediately put down the memorial in his hand.
"Coming?"
Xiao Yu's face was filled with joy. Chen Fu opened her eyes and glanced at His Majesty, but did not step forward.
Instead, she bent down and bowed respectfully: "Your Highness, your concubine is here to see you."
Xiao Yu stretched out his hand and paused, his eyes fell on Shen Fu and he was silent for a long while, his eyes were gloomy.
He took his hand back and leaned back: "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Shen Fu got up from the ground and remained standing there.
She stood in the center of the hall, facing each other, only two feet apart.
Yet it feels so far away.
Xiao Yu sat on the dragon chair, looking at Shen Fu's figure, a hint of displeasure flashed in his dark eyes.
He lowered his voice and asked her, "Do you know why I asked you to come here today?"
Chen Fu lowered her head, making it impossible to tell the expression on her face.
Hearing this, she just nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this must be for Concubine Shu."
She is smart and doesn't play dumb.
But these few words, "for Shu Guipin", made Xiao Yu's eyes flash with a hint of displeasure.
"What did you do for Concubine Shu?" He said calmly and put the memorial in his hand back on the table.
"Could it be because of you?"
Shen Fu raised her head and for the first time since she entered the room, she fixed her eyes on His Majesty.
The last time Concubine Shu had an affair, His Majesty had already suspected that Fang Jinlan was the one who instigated it.
Shen Fu understood this doubt, and so did His Majesty.
Even though they didn't reveal it, the two of them knew it tacitly.
Now that he said this, is he trying to play dumb?
Shen Fu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
When she raised her head, a look of confusion and doubt appeared on her face: "Didn't Your Majesty suspect that Concubine Shu Gui was framed by me?"
She raised her head, her eyes fell on Xiao Yu's eyes, and she looked directly into His Majesty's eyes.
"How can you say that it's because of me?"
Xiao Yu obviously didn't expect Chen Fu to be so straightforward.
Facing those distinct black eyes, for a moment he almost didn't dare to look directly at them.
Raising his hand and coughing lightly, Xiao Yu lowered his eyes, his eyes were full of embarrassment: "I..."
He had just opened his mouth to say a word, but he didn't know how to explain it next.
He said he never doubted Shen Fu?
At the flower-viewing banquet, Fang Jinlan kept looking at Chen Fu.
However, her own sisters testified against her for having an affair despite the risk of being beheaded.
All the evidence made him suspicious.
He clearly suspected Shen Fuyu, even if he didn't say it out loud.
But Shen Fu spoke out.
These words struck him directly in the heart, leaving him with no way to hide or avoid them.
There is not even any reason to justify it.
"I..." Xiao Yu pondered for a long time in the distance.
His throat was churning, but he finally admitted: "At that time, there was insufficient evidence, and I didn't dare to believe it."
"But His Majesty believed in Concubine Shu." Chen Fu pointed directly at Xiao Yu again.
Didn't give him any chance to explain.
"There is insufficient evidence. We can only prove that Concubine Shu is innocent, but how can we prove that these things were done by Concubine Shu?"
"Your Majesty is only willing to believe what he believes. Obviously, Your Majesty is only unwilling to believe this concubine."
Chen Fu laughed at herself: "Then today, Noble Concubine Shu pointed out the truth about me. What does His Majesty want me to do? To punish me for my crime?"
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