Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

After hearing what the emperor said, Concubine Shu felt a pang of pain in her heart. When her elder sister was alive, she loved plum blossoms the most.

Whenever the plum blossoms were in full bloom, a plum blossom viewing banquet would be held in the palace, inviting ladies of honor and concubines to gather together and have fun for two days.

Since the passing of my sister, there has never been a plum blossom viewing banquet held in the palace.

Your Majesty must be missing his sister.

She lowered her eyes, but the sadness in her eyes could not escape the emperor's eyes, "Xiao Ge, it's been so many years since you entered the palace. I feel sorry for you and your son."

When Concubine Shu heard the emperor's words, she was shocked and knelt down immediately. "Your Majesty, you are too kind. I have been doing well in the palace these years."

The emperor quickly signaled Eunuch Chengping to help Concubine Shu up, and then said, "When I agreed to let you enter the palace, I also planned to let you accompany Ru'er. I didn't expect that she would not be able to escape the conspiracy and calculations in the palace. Alas..."

After hearing what the emperor said, Concubine Shu hid her fingers in her sleeves and clenched the handkerchief. A tear appeared in the corner of her eye and was about to fall.

"Father, the sun is shining brightly today. It's quite warm. Let's take a walk in the Imperial Garden and then return to the Imperial Study. No matter how warm it is, we can't stay here any longer."

When Li Junsheng saw that the two of them mentioned the late queen, he wanted to change the subject unconsciously.

The emperor still cast his gaze towards Concubine Shu, and murmured, "When Ru'er was alive, she treated you very well. She has been gone for several years. I wonder if she misses you, Xiaoge."

Shufei's eyes suddenly widened in horror. She looked at the emperor in disbelief, but after saying this, the emperor turned his gaze back to the plum tree that had not yet bloomed.

Then, he signaled to Eunuch Chengping behind him to push him away, saying, "Let's go. It's rare for the three of us to have this free time to walk around the garden together."

Li Junsheng naturally had no idea what the emperor meant, but he sensed something was amiss and looked at his mother with an inquiring look.

However, Concubine Shu had already calmed down her shocked expression and lowered her eyes again.

Li Junsheng didn't see any emotion and could only remind Concubine Shu to follow them.

They then walked around for a maximum of an incense stick of time before the emperor began to cough slightly due to health reasons. They had to stop and return to the Qianqing Palace.

Concubine Shu was absent-minded the whole time. She was unable to respond to the emperor's two questions in time. It was only after Li Junsheng reminded her that she quickly answered.

When they returned to the Qianqing Palace, Concubine Hui went there to attend to the illness not long after, and Concubine Shu finally found an excuse to return to her own Zhaoyang Palace.

As soon as she entered the gate of Zhaoyang Palace, Chuntao asked the nanny to help close the palace gate and declined all visitors.

The two of them quickly came to the inner hall, and Chuntao's face turned pale.

Naturally, she heard what the emperor said just now as she was following Concubine Shu. It was already her limit that she could hold on until now.

"Your Majesty, what should we do? The Emperor...is it possible that he..." The words that followed were so unbelievable that Chuntao didn't dare to say them out loud.

Concubine Shu was also sitting on the bed at this time, staring at her own cheek reflected in the bronze mirror with a puzzled look, "How did he find out? He shouldn't have found out..."

Chuntao's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Just as she had guessed, things were going to be terrible.

"Empress, then, what should we do?" Chuntao continued to ask nervously.

Shufei herself didn't know what to do. She thought she had been very careful and the emperor would never know about it, but now the situation has exceeded her expectations.

Her days in the palace were actually quite comfortable, but she had been living under the shadow of her sister for so many years that her psychology had long been distorted.

Before she got married, her elder sister was the most talented woman in the capital. Her parents were very proud of her, while she herself was a nobody. This was also the case after she entered the palace.

Fortunately, her belly was strong and she gave birth to Li Junsheng soon after.

It was at that time that she gradually became unwilling to accept the status quo, and she began to think about getting rid of her sister.

Because only when my sister is gone will I be better off, no longer living under her shadow, and my son will have better resources.

It was at that time that Yu Fei's actions were discovered by her.

When her sister fell ill, she went to take care of her first. She accidentally saw a little maid in her sister's palace secretly adding unknown ingredients to the medicine.

Then, she deliberately asked Chuntao to pay attention to the little maid's every move and found out that she was meeting in secret with someone from Yuchen Palace.

After discovering this, she thought about it again and again and decided to conceal it. The most crucial problem was that the medicine was tested for poison with silver needles every day, but there was nothing abnormal.

So she felt more at ease and pretended that she knew nothing about it. She watched her sister fall ill in front of her eyes little by little, and then died not long after.

She thought she had done it perfectly. The key was that she had done nothing. At most, she knew about it but kept it to herself. No one would find out about it.

Afterwards, she cared more about Li Junhao than before. She sent all the good things she had to his East Palace and never had any other thoughts. She thought she had disguised herself well.

But today, the emperor's words and the look in his eyes made Concubine Shu clearly feel that the emperor had actually known it for a long time.

He had known this for a long time, but still made his son the crown prince, and chose this time to point this out to me.

She closed her eyes in pain, "I'm a little tired, you go out first."

"My queen, Chuntao will not go out. Chuntao will stay here with you." Chuntao said in a low voice.

She was really worried about Concubine Shu right now. Something was not right with her.

Concubine Shu stood up and walked to the bronze mirror, and put her hand on her cheek. "If you don't want to go out, then don't go out. Please help me comb my hair again. Comb the side-moon bun that my sister and I used to like the most..."

When Chun Tao heard Concubine Shu say this, tears immediately welled up in her eyes. She knelt on the ground and tried to hold back her tears, "Your Highness, please don't do this. The Emperor might just be guessing. The Eleventh Prince is still so young. If you are gone, he will be so sad."

Chuntao had already guessed what Concubine Shu was thinking, and she combed her hair into a slanted moon-shaped bun, preparing to go meet the late queen.

"Chun Tao, you don't understand. The emperor said these words to me today to save my face. If I don't know what's good for me, I'm afraid Sheng'er will be implicated."

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