Chapter 252 Gambling
After Xuanyuan Ling finished dealing with the matter, the Queen naturally took her leave. After leaving the house, the Queen's face became bad. When she returned to Fengyi Palace, she smashed the teacup: "What a coincidence, she was frightened by the fireworks and sprained her ankle, and it happened to involve Concubine Yi."
If she hadn't done this matter cleanly, I'm afraid that if Shen Qing hadn't been eliminated, she would have been in big trouble just because of the matter of Lady Yi.
Jinzhi said, "The servants who were originally arranged to take back the concubine secretly sent someone to order them to leave when they saw Concubine Xi sprained her ankle. But if they had sent her back before the servants who were guarding Concubine Wang found out, they might have been able to find her. So Concubine Wang was left alone. Who knew that the servants who were guarding Concubine Wang were so negligent in their duties that they didn't bring her back for so long. Concubine Yi was harmed by mistake. It was also Concubine Yi's bad luck."
"The emperor has made the decision on this matter. Fortunately, the emperor has seen what I have done these days, but he did not reprimand me today, so I just kept it to myself."
"Then Concubine Xi..." Jinzhi said, "I'm afraid she won't be able to move for a short time."
How could the Queen not know this: "Yes."
Having missed the Lantern Festival and the incident with Concubine Yi, the emperor must be suspicious again. Naturally, he cannot touch Shen Qing in the short term, otherwise, the frequent incidents will make things problematic no matter how you look at it.
If it wasn't for this, why would she be so angry?
She was angry because the longer time dragged on, the more Shen Qing would notice it in his heart. If she didn't notice it, he would have to hold her in his arms and take it slow in the future.
The queen took a deep breath and said, "Just pretend you don't know. All we can do is ask her to let down her guard and look for another opportunity."
Fortunately, there may be opportunities in the future. Now that two children have been lost in a row, it is better to keep quiet. There are not many children in the palace now, and it would be conspicuous if one is missing.
The Queen was planning to keep quiet, and after Chen Qing was done, she asked someone to send her back, and Xuanyuan Ling actually followed.
Xuanyuan Ling shouldn't have come today, but he had doubts in his mind just now, so he followed anyway.
When the two entered the inner room, Chen Qing sat on the bed. She was injured, and she looked at Xuanyuan Ling seriously and said, "I won't serve the emperor today."
Xuanyuan Ling was suspicious at first, but after hearing her words, he almost wanted to complain about her, as if she was serving him like this on a daily basis.
But the question still needs to be asked: "You are usually quite brave, why are you so afraid of fireworks?"
Shen Qing thought he was going to laugh at her for falling, and thought that the dog emperor would not go out of his way to laugh at her like this.
"It was my carelessness."
"Today exactly?"
There is something wrong with this.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at Chen Qing and said, "It just so happened that you injured your foot and didn't return to Zhaohua Palace after watching the fireworks. Concubine Wang had a grudge against you, so she sneaked out and caused Concubine Yi to lose her child?"
Shen Qing reacted when he heard this. Xuanyuan Ling actually saw that her injury was too coincidental, and the incident with Concubine Wang was too coincidental. However, he should not be suspicious of him, otherwise he would not have tested him like this at this moment. I'm afraid he would really be angry.
Her mind raced. He actually noticed it. Should she pretend or confess?
Shen Qing's heart skipped a beat and she exploded on the spot: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I did hurt myself on purpose today."
When Xuanyuan Ling heard her admit it, his face darkened: “Chen Qing.”
"I didn't know Lady Wang would come after me. I was just on guard."
"Why be on guard!"
She really knew this would happen in advance.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't expect that Shen Qing actually had something to deceive him. Since he had doted on her, she had always been relatively stable. He had been with Shen Qing for so long that it was impossible for him not to understand her temper. But now the harem was so calculating that he had finally gotten involved.
Shen Qing paused before saying, "Because I sensed that something might be happening today that was directed at me, but I'm not sure, I'm just guessing, I don't have any evidence and I dare not tell the emperor, so I can only choose this stupid method, thinking that if it was coming at me today, then I would be injured, with the emperor taking care of me, others wouldn't dare to do anything, and I would escape. If nothing happened, it would just be a sprained ankle, not serious."
Well, it would have been fine if he hadn’t mentioned that he had sprained his ankle. Now that he did, Xuanyuan Ling felt even more upset.
"Did you know in advance that it was Lady Wang who did it?"
This question is not harsh.
Shen Qing shook her head: "Of course I don't know. If I knew, I would naturally tell the emperor and ask him to keep a close watch on Lady Wang."
This was true. She had completely forgotten about Concubine Wang. It was amazing that the Queen still remembered her.
Shen Qing had been weighing his expression and tone since he asked the question just now. In fact, she and Xuanyuan Ling were getting along more and more naturally, and now she rarely tried to guess his expression and tone as she did at the beginning, but now she was trying to guess it again.
He wasn't even angry with her for implicating Yi Meiren, which showed that he wasn't asking because of that.
So now there are a few options.
First, all the arrangements in her palace now were given to Zhao Hai by Xuanyuan Ling, but he was unaware of this kind of thing. He was afraid of her.
Second, he wanted to protect her, but she actually hurt herself to avoid the conspiracy of the harem, and he felt that his self-esteem was hurt.
Thinking of Shen Qing pursing her lips and lowering her head, she looked a little reluctant, and then she was about to kneel down, but Xuanyuan Ling held her up: "Why are you kneeling? Your foot injury hasn't healed yet."
Shen Qing knew what was going on in his mind. He was not afraid of her, but he felt sorry for her. That was the second one.
Shen Qing did guess right.
Xuanyuan Ling was not doubting Chen Qing, she was talking about being on guard. And if it wasn't a precaution, but she wanted to harm someone, she wouldn't have to make such a gesture. He certainly knew that Chen Qing couldn't help but get involved in these things since she was in the harem, but he openly protected her, and now he wanted her to hurt herself to guard against others' sneak attacks?
This is simply stepping on Xuanyuan Ling's dignity.
He felt angry and irritated that Shen Qing didn't tell him, but Shen Qing's words were quite reasonable and well-founded. He didn't tell her because he had no evidence, so he couldn't even blame Shen Qing.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at Chen Qing: "Since you didn't know it was Lady Wang, then you noticed something in advance, so you hurt yourself."
In this situation, Yi Meiren lost her child, so he really didn't doubt her? And he was mad at himself for not protecting her?
Then, she suddenly made a decision in her heart, and Shen Qing's mood fluctuated greatly. If she won the bet, then she might not be afraid of anything in the future, but if she lost the bet, she was afraid that she would be sent to the cold palace.
Shen Qing took a deep breath and said, "I have been holding something in my heart for a long time. I am afraid that after I tell it... the emperor will no longer like me."
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