The imperial concubine bows down to me

"Oh." Shen Zhi replied indifferently, without much reaction, but her steps gradually slowed down unconsciously.

She finally stopped moving forward, froze in place, wanted to say something, but didn't know how to speak.Cao Min also looked at her nervously, worried that Shen knew that she was not feeling well, but he didn't dare to ask questions.

In fact, since Du Qinning moved out of the East Palace, apart from Liu Shuyan, Cao Min, who took care of her daily life, had the most contact with Shen Zhi.In addition, the subordinates also talked a lot about this matter in private, how could he not guess why Shen Zhi was suffering right now.

"Gu suddenly remembered that there is still an important matter that I haven't explained to my father," Shen Zhi said, then turned his head and walked back along the way he came, "Go to Penglai Hall alone, you don't have to follow Alone, go and come back."

"Hey, Your Highness...Your Highness?!" The pain was all pain, but Cao Min never expected that Shen Zhi would really rush to the Penglai Palace.Now he was in a hurry. Although Shen Zhi refused to let him follow, he was not at ease. Shen Zhi, who had already had a drink tonight, went by alone, so he had to drop a little distance and silently followed her and looked at her. .

Xu Shi was anxious, and his feet were a little erratic, the journey to Penglai Hall seemed to be a little longer than usual.

It was already dark at this time, when Shen Zhi arrived at the entrance of the Penglai Hall, the maid who happened to meet looked at her intently for a long time before she recognized her identity, she quickly knelt down, her expression unavoidably panicked: "Your Majesty sees His Highness the Prince. "

Although the number of times Shen Zhi came to Penglai Palace was not infrequent on weekdays, Shen Zhi was usually the largest in this palace, and no one dared to say anything openly no matter what she did.But today when Shen Tianhe came back, the palace people thought that Shen Zhi would restrain himself a little bit, but they didn't expect that she would bite the bullet and come, and the maid couldn't help but worry that things would become serious.

"You don't need to be too polite. Go and do your work, and you don't need to tell others. I just came to discuss some things with my father." Perhaps he knew the palace maid's faint worry, or he hadn't figured out whether he couldn't make it through, and didn't want to. If someone disturbed her, Shen Zhi signaled the maid to step back temporarily and keep silent.

"Yes."

After the maid left, Shen Zhi practiced lightness kung fu, tried to make his walking sound softer and quieter, and tiptoed to the side door of the main hall.Now she is cautious, just like when Shen Tianhe just left Beijing, she pretended to be Liu Shuyan's so-called "lover" to have a night party with her.But for some reason, Shen Zhi felt that her heart was beating faster than before.

Regardless of whether it was to Cao Min or the maid she met on the road just now, what Shen Zhi said was that she came to find Shen Tianhe and had something to discuss, but in fact she didn't have anything to say to Shen Tianhe. She who was already standing at the door didn't know how to go there.

The lights in the hall were still on, but it was really quiet. If he didn't say anything, Shen Zhi would never have imagined that both Shen Tian and Liu Shuyan were inside.

I don't know what they are doing in there now?Is it like what Liu Shuyan said to her in the past, the two of them are just doing their own things when they are in the same room, at most they play chess together, or is it like what Shen Zhi worried about today, the two of them are separated because of Shen Tai's matter. There is some discord, so even though they stay together, they are still cold to each other.

Just when Shen Zhi was still hesitating whether to take a peek at the situation inside through the crack of the window before leaving, or to find a suitable reason to knock on the door and take a look, suddenly there was a sound from the other side of the palace door. Not a pleasant voice: "Ayan, I still can't figure it out, why are you so determined to do this?"

"Why did the concubine do this, isn't the emperor very clear in his heart?" Liu Shuyan put down the book that he hadn't read for a long time, stood up and faced Shen Tianhe, and responded lightly, "Anyway, the boat is now done, and the emperor has returned victorious." Now, if you are dissatisfied with what the courtiers and concubines have done, you can take advantage of this to demote the courtiers and concubines as ordinary people and drive them out of the palace, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

"I know that you have always cared about Tai'er's participation in the incident that was found out later, and I hate it too, and my heart is bleeding, but..." When he said this with a little excitement, Shen Tianhe obviously After a pause and silence for a long while, he tried to calm himself down, and his tone eased, "But Ah Yan also knows that Brother Huang has always been kind to me when he was alive. He is my savior, and it is also because I just... The emperor treats Tai'er like his own son. After Yue'er left, Tai'er was the only incense stick left for him to be King Jin. If you do this now, how will I be able to meet the emperor in a hundred years? ah?"

Liu Shuyan, who never liked to lose her temper, heard Shen Tianhe's words, and she, who was already very unhappy about this matter, became even more irritable, and even felt that Shen Tianhe was a little noisy and cowardly at this time.She rarely retorted bluntly: "Leaving aside whether Shen Tai is the flesh and blood of King Jin, even if he is the emperor's nephew, so what? If he hadn't been behind the scenes to fuel the flames, the queen might still have a chance. At only fifteen or sixteen years old, his mind is already so vicious. Does the emperor still expect him to be an eternal emperor who treats the people kindly? You keep saying that you love the queen...so favoritism to protect her murderer, this is what you do to him Is it her love? If Shen Tai really becomes the emperor in the future, why would you have the face to meet her under the Nine Springs?"

"You..." Shen Tianhe was a little embarrassed by what Liu Shuyan said, but everything she said was true, making it impossible for him to refute.

Seeing that Shen Tian was at a loss for words, Liu Shuyan did not forget to add another sentence: "Since the emperor won't let go, why not the concubine acting as the 'wicked person' on behalf of the emperor? If it wasn't for the sake of the emperor and King Jin , Shen Tai's life is probably gone long ago."

After a moment of silence, Shen Tianhe frowned slightly and closed his eyes. Although he couldn't bear it, he still acquiesced to Liu Shuyan's words.He nodded helplessly: "Yes, but Ah Yan knows Zhi'er's identity, and Tai'er should not be the emperor. Who can pass on my throne in the future?"

As soon as Shen Tianhe's voice fell, Liu Shuyan took over the words: "The emperor wouldn't really think that the concubine entered the palace just to help the emperor hide his eyes and assist the six palaces? If it wasn't for trying his best to help the emperor She removes the obstacles on the road and protects her well. The emperor thinks that the concubine will waste all his years and trap himself in this deep palace? As for the identity of his highness, since the emperor thinks that this dragon chair is a person with no blood relatives. Everyone can sit, so why can't Wei Qian'er's child sit? Even if the emperor's heart is not above the court, he can't treat the country and the common people as a joke. The queen's own flesh and blood, she is no worse than others , she can also be a well-loved and good emperor."

"But Ah Yan, have you ever thought about Zhi'er's feelings? You falsely conveyed the holy will, intercepted the personal letters written by me and Zhi'er several times, and insisted on acting recklessly because of your own selfishness. You never let Zhi'er have your own choice. room……"

"The emperor's family has been the most ruthless since ancient times. From the time she was born, her identity, her future, and her life have been involuntary. Since she was born in this deep palace and put on the identity of the prince of a country, she The responsibility on the shoulders is no longer easy to let go, is it? The concubine thinks that when the emperor made such a choice at the beginning, he should have considered the situation like today. Even if the empress is under Jiuquan, I probably also don't want to see His Highness the Crown Prince being raised cowardly and without courage by the emperor; I don't want to see the foundation that the Shen family has worked so hard to build and the people's long-awaited days of living and working in peace, just like this being destroyed by the emperor." Liu Shuyan bit the words "destroyed once" a little hard, as if he wanted to remind Shen Tianhe that he was responsible for a large part of the cause of all this in the first place, "Chen Qie said something disrespectful, Does the Emperor really think that if Shen Tai inherits the throne, he will let His Highness go after you a hundred years? If so, the most ruthless person His Highness must be will eventually be you, the Emperor."

Liu Shuyan's words hit Shen Tianhe's sore spot again.It has been more than ten years since Shen Zhi was born, and he has always been very contradictory in his heart.Especially since Wei Qian'er was murdered and passed away, Shen Tianhe often felt irritable because he couldn't make up his mind about these cumbersome things, and felt that no one could understand and tolerate all his thoughts and difficulties like Wei Qian'er, and regretted it endlessly.

There was a backlog of dilemmas in my heart, and suddenly it seemed that a hole was torn open by Liu Shuyan, and the anger that had been suppressed for a long time came out involuntarily, as if to vent: "Liu Shuyan, you are presumptuous! It's been a long time, and you are talking more and more. The more daring you are, do you still see me as the emperor? Do you really think that I won't dare to decree to abolish you right away?"

After all, the two have lived together for so many years. It is false to say that they have no close relationship, and it is also false to say that they do not have a deep understanding of each other.Shen Tianhe knew that apart from being obsessed with things related to Wei Qian'er, Liu Shuyan had almost no desires and nothing to fear, so that now facing Liu Shuyan, even the threat of the prince's wrath seemed so pale powerless.

Shen Zhi also knew that what Shen Tianhe said was just a moment of anger, it was impossible for him to really do anything to Liu Shuyan.So she didn't want to listen to the meaningless quarrel between the two afterwards.

In fact, most of what Liu Shuyan and Shen Tianhe said tonight was already known to Shen Zhi, but the tone of Liu Shuyan's words in the room made Shen Zhi feel a little strange.Except for the moment when they first got acquainted, Liu Shuyan was always very gentle in front of Shen Zhi; when facing others, she was just a little more intimidating, but Shen Zhi had never seen her be so sharp with anyone. Disputed.

More importantly... What Liu Shuyan said just now vaguely expresses that everything she did—whether it was entering the palace that year, or helping and guiding Shen Zhi with all her heart in recent months—seemed to be only because of Wei Qian. To her, what matters to Shen Zhi is that her identity is Wei Qian'er's flesh and blood.She has told Shen Zhi more than once that in the eyes of others, she may not be a good person, and she doesn't care how others are doing, but because Wei Qian'er was once the queen of the world, Liu Shuyan is still pregnant. A bit of concern for the common people in the world.

Mostly Liu Shuyan hopes that Shen Zhi and the world can become what Wei Qian'er wants to see.