"Your Majesty, the Royal Concubine fainted while watching the execution today. She has woken up now and sent someone to say she wants to see you." Anshun reported respectfully.
An indescribable complex expression flashed across Jun Zechen's eyes, and then he said softly: "Let's go to Yikun Palace."
Some things really should be made clear.
When Jun Zechen arrived at Yikun Palace, the bloodstains outside the palace left by the caning had not yet been cleaned up.
Jun Zechen couldn't help but frowned slightly, then he raised his leg and stepped into the Yikun Palace.
He said in a deep voice: "Where is your master?"
"Your Majesty, the master is ill and is resting in the bedroom." A palace servant lowered his head and answered cautiously.
Upon hearing this, Jun Zechen walked straight towards the bedroom without saying a word.
When the imperial concubine saw Jun Zechen coming in, she quickly got up from the bed and said in a slightly weak voice, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Get up, you are not feeling well, sit down." Jun Zechen's voice was still faint.
After paying her respects, the imperial concubine sat on the bed, while Jun Zechen slowly sat down on the chair opposite.
Her face was extremely pale. She had never seen anyone die in front of her like this before, and had never witnessed such a bloody and cruel scene.
Even if she briefly recalled that scene at this moment, her stomach would churn and she would feel nauseous.
"Your Majesty...you know everything?" The imperial concubine asked carefully with a pale face.
"What do you think I know?" Jun Zechen's voice was still calm.
"Your Majesty, must you be so cold to me? Does Your Majesty hate me now..."
The imperial concubine lowered her head, her voice filled with endless paleness and loneliness.
"I can accept you scheming against those who hurt you, but why do you want to scheme against Concubine Chun Shu?" Jun Zechen asked in a cold and indifferent voice.
"So that's how it is. Your Majesty is so angry because I plotted against Concubine Chunshu?" the imperial concubine murmured.
Jun Zechen frowned tightly, and then asked: "Are you so jealous of Concubine Chun Shu? Even though she once saved you, even though you used to have such a close relationship?"
"When we were in the Eastern Palace, I asked you, it's hard to be my Crown Princess, but you chose to stay, so you should know that I will have more women in the future."
The imperial concubine's mood suddenly became a little unstable and her eyes became red.
Her voice trembled as she spoke, "But all the women who came after her were different from Concubine Chun Shu. Your Majesty, do you know how different you were to Concubine Chun Shu? It was she who snatched you away from me!"
Jun Zechen's face darkened instantly. He knew that his heart had indeed uncontrollably leaned towards someone else.
But this is definitely not an excuse for her to scheme against innocent people.
"My heart has changed. The one whom the Imperial Concubine hates should be me, not others. You should take care of yourself."
After saying that, Jun Zechen stood up and prepared to leave.
The imperial concubine's heart skipped a beat. No, she absolutely couldn't let him leave like this.
She hurriedly got off the bed, ran quickly behind Jun Zechen, and hugged his waist tightly.
She cried, "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I will never do such a thing again. I will not hurt Concubine Chun Shu again. I will be magnanimous. Please don't leave... Your Majesty, please give me another chance..."
Jun Zechen closed his eyes, then opened them with indifference in his eyes.
But in the end, he couldn't bear to be cruel to her, and his voice softened a little: "Go back and rest, I still have things to deal with, I will come to see you in the evening."
After saying that, he gently separated her hands that were around his waist, looked straight ahead, and walked out of Yikun Palace without any reluctance.
Cining Palace.
When the Queen Mother has nothing to do recently, she is always immersed in fiddling with flowers and plants.
She found a lot of books about flower arrangement and studied them carefully.
At this moment, the Queen Mother was concentrating on taking care of the various kinds of flowers that had just been delivered to the greenhouse. She carefully selected them, matched them into extremely harmonious colors, and then placed them in exquisite blue and white porcelain vases.
It is truly a delight to the eye when completed.
Aunt Jinhua stood quietly beside the Empress Dowager, reporting in a soft voice the details of the recent poisoning of the Imperial Concubine.
"Empress Dowager, the maids Qin'er and Ping'er who poisoned the Imperial Concubine have been sentenced to death by His Majesty. They were caned in the Yikun Palace."
The Queen Mother chuckled upon hearing this.
Then he said slowly: "Jinhua, tell me, is this Concubine Chun Shu quite smart?"
"When I first saw her, I thought she was weak and cowardly, but now it seems that her weakness is towards the emperor, and her cowardice is towards the enemy."
"When the Imperial Concubine deliberately framed her, Concubine Chun Shu took the initiative to stop investigating the case in order to show fairness. This really set an example for the entire harem. She is very clear-headed and smart, but she doesn't scheme against others."
Aunt Jinhua has followed the Empress Dowager for decades, so naturally she has her own set of standards for judging people.
"Yes, these women in the harem all wear masks just to survive better. As long as they don't hinder the interests of the royal family and don't hurt the emperor, I don't mind how they scheme."
The Empress Dowager had been in the harem for decades, but it was only in the last decade that she understood one thing: what one should calculate in the harem is the Emperor's heart, not the other concubines.
She didn't know whether Concubine Chun Shu was truly naive or just pretending to be, but she was a smart person, and everything she did was after the emperor's heart had already leaned towards her.
The Queen Mother seemed to suddenly remember something and asked again, "The Emperor punished someone in front of the Imperial Concubine, but the Imperial Concubine didn't make a scene?"
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