Shen Fu had already prepared herself mentally.
But when her eyes really fell on the paper, even Chen Fu had already understood what was written on it.
But when I saw it suddenly, I couldn't help but tremble in my heart.
"This...what is this?" Shen Fu pretended not to know and raised her trembling eyes slightly.
He looked in the direction of His Majesty in confusion, but the hand holding the paper was shaking constantly.
"Afu, it's what you see."
No matter how gentle Xiao Yu's voice was, it still couldn't heal the hurt Chen Fu had suffered.
His fingertips gently stroked Chen Fu's head: "Don't worry, I have already sent someone to clean it up."
After hearing what Chen Fu said, her heart, which had been hanging high, finally settled down.
Fortunately, there is still time.
She asked Xiaobaozi to remind her because she was afraid it would be too late, but fortunately she reminded her early.
The noise in Kyoto should have stopped.
Chen Fu heaved a sigh of relief, but the hand holding the paper was still shaking slightly: "Your Majesty, who wrote this?"
She opened her eyes wide and looked at it intently.
I tried to recognize the words above to see if I had read them wrong.
"Afu, this should be..." Xiao Yu paused, feeling a little reluctant, but still said: "This should be written by Shen Changshan."
Xiao Yu had naturally found out the origin of this thing and where it came from.
You can recognize whose handwriting it is at a glance.
Let me tell you more...
Who else would dare to publicly accuse Concubine Zhao of being unfilial, except for Shen Changshan, the nominal father?
Shen Fu bit her lip, her face full of disbelief.
Shen Fu's voice trembled as her trembling eyes fell on His Majesty.
"Why would he do that?"
When Shen Fu said this, she was also confused in her heart.
She still doesn't understand what the hatred is.
So much so that Shen Changshan did this.
"I don't know either." Xiao Yu stretched out his hand and his palm fell on Shen Fu's face.
"Anyway, you don't have to worry." If Shen Changshan dared to treat his Afu like this, he would make him pay a thousand times the price.
"I will definitely make him regret his decision today!"
Shen Fu heard the coldness in His Majesty's voice when he said this.
He must have known that His Majesty would not let Shen Changshan go.
To be honest, when this thought came to Shen Fu's mind, there was not even the slightest ripple in her heart.
Shen Changshan's move was really too vicious.
Not only did it ruin her reputation, it also directly implicated Tuan'er.
As for what his purpose is.
Shen Fu closed her eyes to hide the coldness in them.
It was just for his concubine.
"Chen Changshan's concubine Cui Niang." Shen Fu's voice rose slowly in the room.
"He didn't want my mother at that time because of Cui Niang." Her biological mother, Gu, should have been brought up in great pampering.
Although the Gu family was engaged in business, in the wealthy city of Suzhou, he had been treated like a pearl in the palm of his hand since he was young.
But her mother had been gone for just over a decade since she married into Kyoto. When Chen Fu was born, she didn't even get to see her biological mother.
Whenever she thought of it, Shen Fu felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife, and she hated both Shen Changshan and Aunt Cui.
"In Afu's heart, even though Shen Changshan had fulfilled his father's responsibilities for a day, he still gave Afu his life in the end."
"Afu never blamed him, but she never thought of harming him."
Chen Fu's hands were shaking as she held the things in her hand. "Now, he is framing me like this, and every word he says is a criticism of me."
She really didn't understand how deep the hatred and resentment was that made him want to force her to death.
But later, Shen Fu figured it out.
It was his concubine who was injured.
In Shen Changshan's heart, no one is as capable as his wife Cui Niang.
In his heart, everyone else is worthless, only his Cui Niang is a treasure.
Anyone who hurts his mother Cui will be killed.
Shen Fu didn't understand at first.
But if you think this way, then all the problems will be solved.
Even her own daughter could not withstand a single hair's breadth of love from his beloved Cui Niang.
Thinking in this way, everything Shen Changshan did was explained.
"I also guess that he is because of that woman." Xiao Yu didn't say it just now, but he was afraid that Chen Fu would be sad.
But since Shen Fu knew it herself, there was nothing to hide.
Xiao Yu stretched out his hand, and gently placed his fingertips on Shen Fu's cheek, stroking it gently with his calloused fingertips: "I will definitely give you an explanation."
"Those written here are not concubines, right?" Chen Fu raised her head with sobs, and her weak eyes fell on the face of His Majesty.
“These are all fake.”
"Of course it's fake." Xiao Yu was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so he took the thing from Chen Fu's hand, applied a little force with his fingertips, and immediately tore it into pieces.
"He's just talking nonsense to make you feel bad."
"If you really fall for it, then you've fallen into his trap."
It is obvious that His Majesty does not know how to comfort people.
His voice was low, but his eyes looking at Shen Fu were full of worry.
"I know." Shen Fu leaned her head on his shoulder tenderly.
She leaned weakly on his shoulder, her whole body was soft and compliant: "If it weren't for Your Majesty, I'm afraid I really don't know what to do."
There were tears in her soft voice, and she was so delicate that she wished someone could hold her in their arms.
Xiao Yu's spine trembled, and he reached out his hand as he wished, hooked the person, and gently held the person in his arms.
"You don't need anyone else. You only need me." He didn't know how many times he had said this to Shen Fu.
But each time is more determined than the last.
"As long as I am by your side, no one will dare to bully you!"
When Xiao Yu said this, his eyes were full of coldness.
Shen Changshan!
Xiao Yu clenched his back teeth tightly and muttered silently in his heart.
Shen Changshan, he will make him pay the price!
"I only have His Majesty." Chen Fu's chin fell on His Majesty's shoulder, and there was a trace of tenderness under her red eyes.
Those eyes were like gurgling water, and when they fell on people, they felt their hearts aching.
"If Your Majesty doesn't want me anymore, I'm afraid I'll just die."
Shen Fu bit her lip, her trembling voice full of worry.
But just these few short words made Xiao Yu's heart melt.
"How can I bear to let you die?"
Xiao Yu's fingers fell on Shen Fu's head, and his palm stroked the back of Shen Fu's head again and again.
When he uttered the word death, his heart skipped a beat.
Xiao Yu couldn't help thinking.
If someone really died, he would rather it was himself than Shen Fu.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu turned his head and gently kissed Chen Fu's cheek: "Don't talk nonsense, I won't let you get into any danger."
"But..." Shen Fu bit her teeth slightly, and looked at Xiao Yu with worry in her eyes.
"But everything I have was given by His Majesty. What if one day His Majesty doesn't want to give me anything anymore?"
This was her deepest worry.
I don’t know if it was because I felt too aggrieved, but Shen Fu said these words unconsciously.
“If there is no Your Majesty, what will Shen Fu do?”
How is that possible?
Xiao Yu subconsciously wanted to explain, but before he could say it, he swallowed his words.
He looked at the timid person in his arms.
Knowing that Shen Fu is insecure.
: "Wait for me for a moment." Xiao Yu stroked Chen Fu's forehead.
Then he went out to give some instructions and came back soon.
"What is your Majesty doing?" Shen Fu asked, looking at the person beside her.
Xiao Yu's fingertips fell on Shen Fu's cheek: "You will know after a while."
Shen Fu didn't have to wait long before she heard footsteps coming from outside.
Then they saw Xiao Baozi holding the brocade box and walking towards them.
Qi Lai: "Your Majesty, the things are here."
Xiao Yu took the brocade box and moved it towards Chen Fu without permission.
"What is this?" Shen Fu asked.
He didn't hear what Chen Fu said, but just handed the brocade box to Chen Fu with both hands: "Open it yourself and take a look."
Chen Fu half-knelt on the couch, looking at the red sandalwood brocade box in front of her, which was carved with dragons and phoenixes.
She opened it carefully, but when she saw what was inside, Shen Fu was stunned.
What was placed inside was none other than the imperial concubine's seal.
“This is the Imperial Concubine’s Seal” Shen Fu raised her head.
But he saw Xiao Yu in front of him looking at him with a smile in his eyes.
His narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes were full of doting when he looked at Chen Fu: "It's the Imperial Concubine."
Without waiting for Shen Fu to speak, he took the seal out of the brocade box.
He held it in his palm, then pulled Chen Fu's hand over and touched it and put it in Chen Fu's hand.
"Now, it's yours, my Imperial Consort Zhao."
The treasure seal in her hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Shen Fu hugged the seal tightly in her arms, still in a daze.
At this time, Xiao Baozi laughed softly a few times, raised his hands and clapped his palms toward the outside.
"Congratulations, Imperial Noble Consort. Congratulations, Imperial Noble Consort." A few people, led by Zi Su, Xiao Gui Zi and others, entered the room, knelt on the ground and saluted Chen Fu one after another.
"Congratulations to the Imperial Concubine on her promotion. May she be blessed with good health and longevity."
Chen Fu listened to these words, lowered her head and silently looked at the seal of Concubine Huang in her arms.
The trembling heart beats.
From today on, she was one step closer to the unattainable throne.
***********
In a small courtyard in Kyoto.
The wind was strong at night, and the snow was fluttering and soon accumulated on the branches.
In the wind and snow, Shen Changshan's thin body was lying in the snow.
He looked like he had just returned from a night out, and his clothes were already covered with a thick layer of ice.
After wearing the boots all night, the soles of the feet were already covered with mud, and walking on the white snow in this icy place left a trail of dirty footprints.
Even so, Shen Changshan still held up the oil-paper fan, and with his other hand he tightly protected the medicine bag in his arms.
That is the medicine for Cui Niang!
After thirty lashes of the cane, Cui Niang's delicate body could not bear it any longer.
You only need a little ginseng and deer antler to nourish your body every day, but the cost of the medicine is at least three taels per pack.
This was what Shen Changshan had just bought with the silver.
Thinking of Cui Niang, Shen Changshan felt a sharp pain in his heart.
Although Cui Niang's life was not in danger, she was injured. Her back was covered with bruises and her clothes were torn.
Every time Shen Changshan took a look, he felt a tightening in his heart.
Why does Cui Niang have to suffer so much? It's because of my uselessness that Cui Niang suffers.
He felt sorry for Cui Niang and wished he could suffer all these hardships instead of Cui Niang.
Shen Changshan was so distressed that he didn’t even dare to look closely.
If he had a choice, he would wish he could take her place. It would be better than the pain that Cui Niang is feeling now, and the pain that is also in his heart.
Shen Changshan felt guilty towards Cui Niang all the way, and the palm on his chest pressed even tighter.
There must be no mistake in Cui Niang's medicine.
After passing the long street and turning into a small road, he finally arrived at the gate of a narrow courtyard, and Shen Changshan pushed the door open.
With a creak, the dilapidated door swayed in the wind.
"Master, you're here." The nanny who was boiling water at the door saw him and spoke hurriedly.
"How is your aunt today?" Shen Changshan asked with concern as he walked inside.
He was demoted and even forced to move out of the Shen residence. Now all the Shen family, young and old, live in this small house, with only this nanny to serve them.
Hearing the master talking about his aunt, a trace of hope appeared on the nanny's face.
The old lady also fell ill.
But the master's attention was entirely on Aunt Cui, and he never cared about the old lady at all.
Mammy couldn't help but sigh. Then he said, "Aunt Cui is fine and just fell asleep."
"Don't worry, sir."
"How can I not worry?" Shen Changshan was worried about Cui every time he went out.
She is so fragile and now she is injured. My whole heart is on her.
How can I help but not worry.
: "This is the medicine I just brought. Remember to boil it and send it over later."
Shen Changshan sighed and gave the medicine in his arms to the nanny. He pushed open the door and walked into the house.
It was cold outside, but the charcoal fire in the hall was bright enough.
As soon as I entered the room, I could feel the warmth inside.
Shen Changshan looked at the burning silver charcoal at the corner with satisfaction, and then he continued to move towards Li Qian cautiously.
Inside the palace, Aunt Cui was lying on the bed with her stomach spread out.
There was a smell of herbs in the room, and also a faint smell of blood.
When Shen Changshan heard this, he felt his heart ache.
Cui Niang has really suffered too much with me.
"Mother Cui." Shen Changshan's hand tentatively touched the person on the bed, but he didn't expect that as soon as he stretched out his hand, his palm was grasped by someone.
: "Wenqing."
Aunt Cui was lying on the bed, and her voice became sad and lingering when she said these words.
"Wenqing, please save me. I'm in so much pain."
Aunt Cui still doesn't understand what happened.
After only a few days of marriage, her life changed drastically.
The good life before was broken.
Now I can only live in this small place.
When Aunt Cui thought of this, she felt filled with grievance.
"Where does it hurt? Aunt Cui, where do you feel uncomfortable?" Shen Changshan heard it and carefully examined Aunt Cui from head to toe.
Even the smallest scar on her back was not missed.
"Let me apply the medicine for you." Seeing her crying out in pain, Shen Changshan hurriedly took the ointment beside him and applied it to her carefully.
Aunt Cui gritted her teeth and suppressed the dissatisfaction in her throat: "How long will we stay here?"
Her hand gently grasped Shen Changshan’s wrist: “Didn’t you say you would find a way to take me away from here?”
The place is small, the house is old, and it's drafty all around, and there are no servants to serve me.
Ever since she followed Shen Changshan, she has never suffered a bit.
All the food, clothing and other expenses are the best, how could I have lived in such a bad house?
What's more, she is still injured.
After only a few days of moving in, Aunt Cui felt that she could no longer bear it.
Can't wait to say: "Wenqing, I don't want to live here."
The wound was both painful and itchy, but Aunt Cui tried hard not to scratch it with her hands.
"You said before that you would find a way to get Cui Niang out of here. Have you thought about it?"
"Just bear with it for a while." Shen Changshan felt very sad when he saw his beloved woman like this.
"Mrs. Cui, I know you are not used to living here."
Even if it was him, how could he live there normally? There is still no way to deal with this matter.
“I also know that you are uncomfortable here.” Shen Changshan’s hand gently fell on Cui Niang’s shoulder.
"I'm thinking of another way. Please wait a moment, I will definitely find a way to make you happy." As he said this, he took out the thing in his arms.
"I just bought you some pastries from the Rong family on Zhuque Street." Shen Changshan walked all the way here, guarding the things in his arms tightly.
When the oil paper package was opened, the cake inside was still warm: "This is the medicine for our Cui Niang. After Cui Niang took the medicine, her mouth felt bitter. She just wanted to eat a piece of cake to sweeten her mouth."
Shen Changshan carefully took a piece of the cake in his hand and handed it to her: "Niang Cui, have a try."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
