In this deep palace, although she is the number one person around His Majesty, she is quite favored by the Emperor and her favor never diminishes.
But as long as the person in front of her is still His Majesty and she is still a concubine, Shen Fu's anxious heart will never be at peace.
She is still a concubine.
There are also imperial concubines and queens above.
The turmoil in the harem was not going away. Shen Fu thought that she had to be completely in that high position.
Only then will she truly feel relieved.
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Xiao Yu coaxed Chen Fu to sleep before leaving.
As he walked out of the Hehuan Palace, Xiao Yu's brows were tightly furrowed.
There was a worrying look between his sharp brows, and even the little boy beside him didn't dare to speak.
The snow had stopped, and only the remaining snow on the ground had yet to be swept away.
His Majesty did not allow the dragon chariot to be called upon. The sound of the melting snow was particularly obvious as his long boots stepped on it.
"You said I was wrong about this?"
The robe on her shoulders was still tightly worn, but Xiao Yu could feel that Chen Fu's tears were still on it.
Thinking of how Shen Fu looked after she fell asleep just now.
The red eyes couldn't hide the grievance on his face.
When Xiao Yu thought of this, he couldn't stop regretting it.
If I knew it would make Shen Fu so uncomfortable. There were some things he wished he had never done.
Even the emperor began to hesitate and regret.
"I think Your Majesty is right." Xiao Baozi knew what Your Majesty wanted to say.
Although he could not understand His Majesty's thoughts, he felt that His Majesty did not need to worry so much about this matter.
"If His Majesty wants to save Concubine Zhao, he must not let the Shen family go."
Thinking of the old lady's expression, Xiao Baozi shook his head in disdain: "Everything Your Highness does is for Concubine Zhao. With Concubine Zhao's intelligence and talent, she will definitely understand."
yes.
To cut the grass, you must remove the roots.
He shouldn't hesitate about this.
After that, he issued two imperial edicts in succession.
One was for the Shen family, saying that the house the Shen family currently lived in was given by the government.
Now that Shen Changshan has been demoted to a commoner, the Shen family can no longer live in the house of the third-rank official.
He sent guards to ask Shen Changshan and his family to move out quickly.
The old lady of the Shen family had just woken up from the shock of hearing the news that Shen Changshan had been removed from his official position and demoted to a commoner.
After waking up, he heard this again and was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he fainted again.
The other imperial edict was for Shen Changshan’s concubine.
It is said that when Shen Changshan's concubine received the imperial edict that day, she fainted on the spot. Her behavior was extremely disrespectful, and the Emperor wanted to punish her with thirty strokes of the cane.
Shen Changshan, who had just been supporting Old Lady Shen, now felt that it was getting dark in front of him.
Sometimes, he wished he could faint too.
"Wenqing." Shen Changshan held his forehead and felt dizzy and dark.
Aunt Cui, who was standing by, was already frightened silly.
She is not stupid.
She understood what the Emperor's edict meant.
If those thirty strokes of the cane really knocked him down.
She's afraid her life will be ruined.
Aunt Cui's knees softened and she fell to the ground: "Wenqing, please save me, Wenqing."
"Wenqing, I don't want to die."
Aunt Cui knelt on the bluestone slab with her frail body.
She raised her eyes slightly, tears in her eyes.
Seeing Aunt Cui's weak appearance, Shen Changshan felt that his heart was about to break.
"Eunuch, please spare my wife." Shen Changshan looked at the young eunuch who came to convey the imperial eunuch's order, and only hated why he was not an official.
If it were in the past, why would he beg others so humbly?
"Master Shen, things are different now." The young eunuch held up the imperial edict with a sneer on his face.
"You are not the same Lord Shen as before. Besides, this imperial decree was issued by His Majesty. Are you trying to disobey the order by saying this?"
When Shen Changshan heard this, his heart had already sank.
Now he doesn't even have the chance to enter the palace to meet His Majesty.
How could I have the ability to meet His Majesty and beg him to give in?
"But, but my wife is weak." Shen Changshan stood in front of Aunt Cui.
His tall and straight body firmly blocked the view of the people in front of him, and he reached out and grasped the palm of Aunt Cui behind him.
"Could you please be flexible and let me take the place of my wife and suffer the punishment?"
Aunt Cui's eyes brightened slightly.
The pair of expectant eyes looked at Shen Changshan beside him gratefully: “Wenqing…”
Aunt Cui fell weakly on Shen Changshan's shoulder.
But before the two men were moved, the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict sneered and said, "You two, this cannot be considered as such."
"Isn't the Emperor's decree a joke?"
The young eunuch raised his eyebrows and his expression immediately turned cold.
"Whoever should be punished should be punished."
"Come here, drag these two men down!" As soon as the words fell, several guards came behind him.
The two men stepped forward and lifted Aunt Cui up, one on the left and one on the right.
“Wenqing…”
Aunt Cui hurriedly grabbed Shen Changshan's hand.
Now Shen Changshan is her only hope at this moment.
If even Shen Changshan couldn’t save himself.
Then there would really be no one to save her.
Aunt Cui grabbed Shen Changshan's sleeve tightly, and her fingertips refused to let go.
And Shen Changshan also hurriedly protected her: "Father-in-law, father-in-law, please be flexible."
Shen Changshan wanted to kneel on the ground.
From the moment he was demoted, everything about him changed.
Now he has lost his official position, his mother is seriously ill, and he can't even protect the woman he loves.
Then what's the point of all this?
Shen Changshan caught Cui Niang.
"Sir, please have mercy on me." He tried hard to think of a solution.
I'm afraid I can't ask for help from His Majesty.
Then there is the Queen Mother. Yes, there is the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother had said before that he had met her.
Shen Changshan's mind was thinking quickly: "Eunuch, wait for me, wait for me to beg the Queen Mother."
Didn’t the Queen Mother ask him to divorce his wife?
Shen Changshan looked at Cui Niang, who was being held on a chair by two guards and about to be executed.
I just feel heartbroken.
It was all his fault. He hesitated and ended up getting Cui Niang into trouble.
If Cui Niang could be saved now.
He wished he could write a letter of divorce immediately!
"Eunuch, wait a minute. I'm going to beg the Empress Dowager now." Shen Changshan was about to go out immediately.
"Master Shen, please stop working." The young eunuch who delivered the imperial eunuch looked at him with a forced smile.
"The Queen Mother is seriously ill and cannot see anyone."
The young eunuch held the imperial edict in his hand and said solemnly, "If His Majesty says that the execution must be carried out, then it must be carried out immediately."
"Someone, come and fight me!"
As soon as the words came out, a large board that was raised high fell down.
What followed was Aunt Cui's wailing of pain.
"Help, Wenqing, save me..."
Aunt Cui has never suffered so much.
Aunt Cui was beaten with a big stick, and the pain was torn apart.
Tears just flowed down: "Save me, Wenqing, save me..."
"Mrs. Cui, please bear with it, please bear with it!"
Shen Changshan knew that he couldn't ask anyone for help now, so he rushed over desperately and stood in front of Aunt Cui.
"Madam Cui, Madam Cui, please bear with it." Shen Changshan wanted to stand in front of Aunt Cui to protect him, but he was lifted up from under the board again.
"Master Shen, please don't block the way."
The young eunuch walked forward with a smile and looked at Shen Changshan: “If you block it a little later, your wife will be executed one more time.”
"If you fight one more time, you will suffer one more time."
"Whether your beloved concubine can bear it by then is uncertain."
When Shen Changshan heard this, he involuntarily let go of Cui Niang's hand.
"Ah!!!" The sound of boards falling came one after another.
Aunt Cui was beaten so badly that she kept shouting, "Help, help Wenqing, save me..."
But it's of no use in the end.
The big boards fell one after another, landing heavily and dully on Aunt Cui.
Aunt Cui's voice soon became weak from fighting.
She lay on the board, with only a faint gasp coming from her mouth.
The thin clothes behind him were soon soaked with blood.
Compared to before, this time I am really weaker.
Shen Changshan felt cold all over when he saw his beloved woman like this.
For a moment, he wished he could just die.
"Twenty-five, twenty-seven. Twenty-seven..." The young eunuch behind him was still counting. Every time he counted a word, the young eunuch holding the board would hit him hard with the board.
And Shen Changshan had already collapsed to the ground with weak knees.
“Don’t count, don’t count…” Shen Changshan was shaking.
The person in his arms was probably going to die.
The smell of blood was all over the floor, and Aunt Cui in his arms was still crying.
At this moment, she fell into his arms, gasping for breath.
"Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine..."
The young eunuch squinted his eyes and continued counting until the last word: "Thirty..."
After it falls, the board that was lifted up is considered to have fallen.
"Mrs. Cui..."
Shen Changshan stepped forward and hugged the person on the board, but the person in his arms was completely wet.
He reached down and felt blood on his hands.
Shen Changshan looked at the blood under his palm, closed his eyes, and tears rolled down.
"Mrs. Cui!"
"Master Shen, don't worry..." The eunuch who delivered the decree stepped forward and looked at Shen Changshan's appearance, saying with a fake smile.
"This concubine of yours is your beloved flesh and blood. When His Majesty came, he told you not to beat her to death."
It was one thing for His Majesty to punish Shen Changshan, but it was another thing for Him to order his concubine to be beaten to death.
What's more, Shen Fu's identity is embarrassing.
If Aunt Cui were killed, the rumors would never be stopped in the future.
Therefore, His Majesty had no choice but to order Aunt Cui to be punished. But he didn't think of killing him.
Besides, even if he was beaten with thirty sticks, he wouldn't die.
But Shen Changshan seemed not to hear it.
He held the person in his arms tightly and refused to let go: "Don't worry, Cui Niang..."
Shen Changshan’s hands exerted force and clenched tightly.
Shen Changshan understood the whole story of the past two days.
How did he offend anyone?
It was obvious that he had offended his daughter.
Thinking of the pampered daughter in the deep palace.
Shen Changshan couldn't help but clench his hands.
The source of all the troubles today is all because of his daughter.
With all the wealth and splendor she enjoyed in the palace, how could she have encountered so many misfortunes?
If she hadn't nodded.
With His Majesty's love for her, she wouldn't be like this today.
It's her!
It’s all because of her!
If it weren't for her, would his Cui Niang be like this?
Shen Changshan held the person in his arms tightly.
She used so much force that her fingers were shaking: "Mother Cui, I will definitely avenge you!"
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