Chapter 254 Tangled
Xuanyuan Ling Zhang Rijiu said: "The queen is not good at managing the harem. You go and ask the queen to reflect on herself and copy Buddhist scriptures in the palace, and let Concubine De handle the affairs of the harem."
Are you hitting the Queen again?
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment and then responded.
It's not surprising, since two children have died in the harem. But the next moment, Xuanyuan Ling said, "Have someone keep an eye on Fengyi Palace, and secretly check the servants around Concubine Xi. Anyone who has had contact with Fengyi Palace and is suspicious should be replaced."
There is one more thing: "Go and ask around..." He originally wanted to ask someone to find out whether any of the servants in Fengyi Palace had recently had contact with the servants who were guarding Concubine Wang.
But he had just given the order and everyone was gone.
Without Shen Qing's words, he would have made a prompt decision in order to ease Chu Linglong's grief over the loss of her son. Now that the person is gone, it would be difficult to investigate.
Zhao Hai was startled and completely confused.
He didn't understand, and Xuanyuan Ling was still confused.
For a moment, Xuanyuan Ling thought about letting the queen die of illness. Deposing her would be too troublesome, but she could die of illness.
But she immediately realized that she had lost her mind. After listening to Shen Qing's one-sided story, she actually directly pinned the matter of Concubine Wang on the Queen.
Shen Qing herself only said that it was a guess. She was just being cautious because she had the incident with the contraceptive pills before, so she was instinctively on guard against the Queen. It was not that she would be attacked. Although the matter of Concubine Wang was indeed strange, after listening to Shen Qing's words, he did feel that this matter might be related to the Queen, but it was just a guess. Now that the relevant people were gone, he could not just say that the Queen had died because of a guess.
After Xuanyuan Ling finished giving the order, he exhaled and said, "Return to Qianyuan Palace."
He realized that even if he was angry at this moment, he couldn't do anything. His emotions were disturbed by Shen Qing, and it was easy for him to do irrational things, but he couldn't be irrational.
The Empress of Fengyi Palace was frightened by this criticism. It was not the first time that Concubine De took charge of the affairs of the six palaces, but what was the etiquette of this Buddhist scripture?
The Queen herself was feeling guilty, and Concubine Yi was definitely related to her actions. The Emperor suddenly asked her to copy Buddhist scriptures. What was he implying?
"Jinzhi, tell me, has the emperor discovered something?" At that moment, she regretted it.
She was frightened for a moment that Shen Qing had been able to disguise himself in front of her for so long and felt apprehensive. She also thought that if Shen Qing's closeness to the Third Prince involved the Prince, then things would be different. She wanted to cut the Gordian knot while no one noticed.
As a result, she did it in one go, but now that it didn't work, she was scared.
Because Xuanyuan Ling clearly said there would be no next time, and he said it in front of her, and she felt scared every time she thought about it.
She was really afraid that he would depose the queen at any time.
Killing Shen Qing is naturally not comparable to the position of a queen. How can Shen Qing compare to her position as queen?
Jinzhi was also afraid, but she was a bystander after all. The emperor had warned her in person when Li Guiren happened before. Now, "I don't think it's true. If the emperor really has evidence, he will definitely not tolerate any sand in his eyes. Now he is just warning her, even if he has doubts and no evidence."
The Queen was also frightened by Xuanyuan Ling's attitude before, but now she thinks that what Jinzhi said is actually right.
But after this incident, she had originally thought of finding an opportunity to deal with Chen Qing, but now she has given up the idea, and even thought that as long as Chen Qing did not openly confront her, she would just leave it at that for now.
Xuanyuan Ling asked her to hand over power, and she did so obediently. Although she was unwilling in her heart, there was still a future. The emperor would not always let Concubine De be in charge of the six palaces. As long as she was not dead and was still the queen, the harem would be full of concubines, and they would all be concubines.
Zhao Hai had done this, so naturally he had to go find Xuanyuan Ling to report. He was feeling a little unsure at the moment, and when he saw the emperor, his mood suddenly became bad.
This time it was different from other times. This time it was unclear, and Zhao Hai didn't dare to find excuses on Shen Qing. He also felt that Shen Qing was not that stupid, but the emperor was like this, and he was afraid to serve him.
The replies were always given with caution.
Xuanyuan Ling should have gone to sleep. One thing after another had happened to him that night, and he should have had a good rest, but he just couldn't fall asleep.
It was really because of Shen Qing's words that he couldn't get out.
His mind was filled with Shen Qing's repeated words and expressions.
He always knew that she was smart. Before he doted on her so much, she was doing well in the harem and getting along well with the queen. But he never knew that she was actually worried about being deposed and left with her son.
What's worse, she had to take contraceptive pills every time she was with him. He wanted to be annoyed with her, but he didn't know how.
At the beginning, her status was low and she was easy to control. Her concerns were correct. If the queen was asked to kill the mother and leave the son behind, she might die without anyone knowing. It was right for her to want to live.
Chen Qing explained everything clearly and reasonably, and Xuanyuan Ling couldn't find a reason to be angry with her.
Why was she angry? If she was guilty of deceiving the emperor, she had no choice. The queen had a criminal record, which meant that her guess was correct. The queen showed kindness to her when she was of low status, which must have been because she wanted her child.
If you say that she was the one who caused her to lose her child, then it was Concubine Qin who made it difficult for her to have children. She just wanted to protect herself, but Concubine Qin beat her and made it difficult for her to have children.
It's not like he hasn't seen her sad face before. She must have wanted a child, but it was just because of a queen and a concubine Qin that she had reached this point.
As for the deliberate self-injury, she wasn't trying to hurt anyone, she was just being cautious.
To put it more deeply, whether it was the self-injury this time or the choice to use contraceptives for fear that the queen would die and keep the child, she was thinking about hurting herself and not hurting others. Otherwise, if she had relied on the queen to save her life and used other people's children to pave the way, she might not have died.
But she didn't. Xuanyuan Ling didn't believe that Shen Qing was so smart that she couldn't think of this. She was not soft-hearted, nor did she have no means. Xuanyuan Ling knew that she would use means since she deliberately turned her face away after he hurt her that day.
She has her own pride and would rather hurt herself than hurt others.
Well, as I thought about it, I discovered another advantage of her.
When he asked her to give him a cold shoulder, he thought she would use some tricks. Now she is using them, and she is using them openly in front of him.
But he had no intention of dealing with her at all.
But for more than two years, she had many times to tell it out. She could have told it when the Queen made a move on Li Guiren, but she didn't. She kept it from him. He was not worried about whether Shen Qing was scheming something, but he minded that she kept it from him.
He protected her so much, but she still hid something from him, even if it was hard to say. Did she think he didn't believe her, or would blame her? Or did she think he couldn't protect her?
Thinking of this, her self-esteem was even more hurt, because she really failed to protect her. She noticed that something was wrong with the Queen, but he couldn't be by her side all the time, and he couldn't notice anything was wrong with the Queen at the first moment, because after all, his attention was more on the previous dynasty.
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