Chapter 90

090 empress dowager's warning

In the imperial concubine's bedroom.

Zhang jaw cautiously looked at Yang Yuanrong with a frosty face and knelt on the ground to apologize.

On that day, according to the instructions of imperial concubine Yang, he set up bows and arrows outside the mountain stream early. When Shen Qingru rode the yellow thin horse out of the mountain road, he shot her to death with the sharp arrow marked the seventh Prince's house.

In this way, it can not only get rid of Shen Qingru, who knows the secret of the imperial concubine, but also frame the blame on Xiao Qiyu, the son of the seventh prince, who is quite restless recently. It can be said that killing two birds with one stone.

But, unexpectedly, Shen Qingru fell off his horse on the mountain path. What's more, Shen Qingru, who fell off the horse, was unscathed.

With the personality of Princess Changping, she will never easily spare Shen Qingru. However, Princess Changping left sadly after talking to Yunyang Hou for a few words.

Zhang jaw trembled when he thought of Huo Qijun, the Marquis of Yunyang. He was 20 years younger than him. He was as handsome as Zhilan Yushu, but he was a bloodthirsty hell. Marquis Yunyang maneuvered in the battlefield, and his style of decisiveness earned him the reputation of "invincible God of war". However, his cruel killing of prisoners of war, regardless of the pleas of the envoys of western Xinjiang, and his bloody washing of western Xinjiang also won him the title of bloodthirsty hell.

Remembering that he held Shen Qingru, his always cold face showed anxiety and forcibly robbed the imperial doctor from the emperor, Zhang jaw couldn't help but secretly rejoice that Shen Qingru must be a very important person to the marquis.

Fortunately, I didn't have time to attack Shen Qingru. Otherwise, by the means of the Lord's constant vengeance, I would have ended up burning Gao Xiang in my ancestors.

Amitabha, he is lucky this time. Zhang jaw thought to himself, at the same time, he made up his mind to save his life. It is most important not to lose his head for the so-called high officials and high salaries.

Imperial concubine Yang's vision is still sharp, and the sentence "all prosperity and all loss" is also true. Even imperial concubine Yang said that "if jun'er can ascend the treasure one day, she will not treat you badly." This still sounds very tempting. Just thinking of Huo Qijun's cold eyes as if frozen rays, Zhang jaw instantly felt that the imperial concubine Yang was very kind.

"My subordinates are incompetent. Please choose another capable person." Zhang jaw, with a stiff face and righteous words, rejected the olive branch thrown by imperial concubine Yang for the third time.

The imperial concubine Yang held back her anger and waved her hand to show Zhang jaw to roll down. Zhang jaw disappeared into the hall, leaving only a hurried back.

The imperial concubine Yang felt so angry that she had a headache and heartache that she couldn't help but cry out and fell soft on the couch. Seeing this, the close maid Yu hurried forward carefully and gently rubbed her temples.

Si Yu knew that the imperial concubine Yang didn't dispute about Zhang jaw, and comforted in a soft voice: "but a small leader of the forbidden army, why should the empress be angry for such small people? If she is angry, her majesty and his Highness the king of Wu will be distressed."

The imperial concubine Yang supported her with her hand, and a trace of hatred flashed across her face: "no wonder when the city was broken that day, her mother lamented that 200000 people were disarmed together. It's better that none of them was a man. My palace didn't understand at that time. Now I think, I'm glad that the city was broken and the country was destroyed that day, otherwise I'm not going to marry this incompetent rat?"

Siyu hurriedly "shush" and whispered, "the wall has ears. Don't make such words again."

Imperial concubine Yang sneered: "I'm respected without the queen in the harem. If I say a joke, will anyone dare to stop me?"

Siyu gently beat the back of the imperial concubine with her hand, and said softly, "madam, in fact, you don't have to be so troublesome to punish Shen Qingru. There is a simpler and more direct way for maidservants."

The imperial concubine's narrow Phoenix eyes raised slightly, and looked at Siyu with interest: "Oh?"

Siyu smiled cunningly and whispered a few words to the imperial concubine. Imperial concubine Yang hesitated and then showed a clear smile.

Si Yu is right. Sometimes it doesn't take so much effort to solve a person, and the simplest method is often the most effective. She wants to see if Shen Qingru can be so lucky this time.

The next morning, Shen Qingru received the order, and the Empress Dowager summoned her. The order of the Empress Dowager was under the banner of appeasing the injured Shen Qingru, but Shen Qingru knew that the Empress Dowager must have something else. If it was just to appease her, would someone who fell off his horse the day before be in a hurry to meet the Empress Dowager?

As soon as Shen Qingru cleaned up, she entered the Empress Dowager's Ci Ning palace with the eunuch who sent the message. Outside the CI Ning palace, she cautiously thanked the eunuch who sent the message and handed over the gold ingot in her hand under the cover of her sleeve. The eunuch who sent the message took it, bumped the weight of the gold ingot and smiled with satisfaction. When Shen Qingru was about to enter the bedroom of CI Ning palace, the eunuch who sent the message gently reminded: "Yesterday, the imperial concubine came to visit the Empress Dowager and said a lot."

It's the imperial concubine Yang again! Shen Qingru's face was slightly frozen, and a fierce look flashed from the bottom of his eyes.

What does this imperial concubine want to do? She has already hinted that she will not reveal the secret of imperial concubine Yang, nor will she have an intersection with their mother and son. Why does the imperial concubine embarrass her again and again?

Did imperial concubine Yang lead the assassination last time?

Shen Qingru frowned. She once suspected that the nobleman in the palace who bought murders and killed people mentioned by Fushun was Princess Changping. Now it seems that the imperial concubine is more likely. She nodded to the eunuch, who led her into the Empress Dowager's bedroom with a smile.

The Empress Dowager sat on the high Phoenix seat, and the handmaids around her stood in awe. A serious atmosphere filled the whole palace. The Empress Dowager has always believed in Buddhism. The smell of sandalwood is filled in the air. Through the dense fog, the expression on the Empress Dowager's face is shadowy and unclear.

"Little daughter Shen Qingru sends greetings to the Empress Dowager and wishes her happiness and longevity." Shen Qingru bows down. Her rules and etiquette enable the most picky empress dowager to find nothing wrong.

The great palace woman beside the Empress Dowager looked at the Empress Dowager. Seeing that the Empress Dowager didn't want Shen Qingru to get up, she said nothing. Shen Qingru kept a decent smile on her face and kept the posture of bowing down for a quarter of an hour. Smiling and graceful throughout.

Even the etiquette female officials around the Empress Dowager should sigh that they are inferior to each other.

The Empress Dowager is also observing Shen Qingru. Although the girl in front of her is beautiful, she is still a lot worse than Shen Muyun, the second miss of the Shen family. Such an ordinary girl can move jun'er, who is used to seeing beauty? The Empress Dowager sighed slightly and nodded gently to the big maid in waiting beside her. The grand maid sang "here", so she asked Shen Qingru to get up and waive the gift. Shen Qingru stood quietly in the hall. Because the Empress Dowager did not give her seat, she had to stand and answer.

"I heard that as soon as you came back, you rushed your sister to the family temple." the Empress Dowager said that she was not good: "Ai family has also seen your sister. She looks lovely and reasonable. I don't know where she offended you?"

Shen Qingru respectfully replied, "it was my father's decision to send Mu Yun's sister to the temple, so that she could cultivate herself and change her previous temperament, which has nothing to do with the little girl."

The Empress Dowager Feng's eyes were cold and her tone was solemn: "so it's your father who decided to punish her? It has nothing to do with you? Raise your head to the mourning family."

Shen Qingru looked up in accordance with his words and looked steadily into the hall. He did not directly touch the Empress Dowager. Her eyes are pure, there is not a trace of guilt in her eyes, and she is well aware of etiquette and does not directly look at herself. The Empress Dowager secretly praised her. This woman is really not a mediocre person.

It seems that what the imperial concubine said is quite credible.

"Come and show the Lord of Anning county a seat." the Empress Dowager said slowly, with a touch of closeness in her voice: "since you are jun'er's righteous sister and AI's granddaughter, sit down quickly."

Shen Qingru thanked the Empress Dowager and sat on the seat according to Yan. The Empress Dowager on the Phoenix seat seemed to inadvertently ask, "Ai family heard that you have a close relationship with jun'er?"

Shen Qingru immediately stood up in awe when she heard the speech, and replied with a dignified face: "if you go back to the empress dowager, his Highness the king of Wu and the little girl are just pure righteous brothers and sisters. There is nothing else. Please give the Empress Dowager a lesson." she had guessed what the imperial concubine said in front of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager looked at Shen Qingru carefully. Seeing her calm face, firm eyes and no slightest feeling of guilty, she sighed after half a sound: "Ai Jia knows, but people's words are terrible, you and jun'er..."

"I understand that I will be more cautious in my words and deeds in the future, and will never cause trouble to the Empress Dowager and his Highness the king of Wu." after all, the king of Wu is the respect of the prince. Shen Qingru can only implicitly suggest that the Empress Dowager will not have any contact with the king of Wu.

Shen Qingru wanted to use Xiao Qijun's strength to fight Xiao Qiyu, but now she has become a thorn in the eye of the imperial concubine and the Empress Dowager because of her contact with Xiao Qijun. Moreover, Xiao Qijun's affection for her, she also felt more or less. She was unwilling and unable to give back Xiao Qijun's feelings, so she had to choose to stay away from him.

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly. The girl is smart. If jun'er can really marry her as Princess Wu, it may not be a bad thing. Unfortunately, Yang's vision is short-sighted and mistakenly regards jade as a hard stone.

"After all, you are brothers and sisters. It's necessary to avoid suspicion properly." the Empress Dowager said slowly. In any case, they both hold the names of brothers and sisters. If jun'er insisted on marrying, I'm afraid it would upset the emperor and leave a handle on the ministers in the court.

Among the princes, the Empress Dowager has always liked Xiao Qijun, the king of Wu, who is extremely intelligent and proficient in both literature and martial arts. She thinks he is the most qualified and capable of inheriting Datong. We must not delay jun'er's future because of his children's private affairs.

"Since Anning County Lord knows his mistake, he will copy these Buddhist Scriptures for the mourning family." the Empress Dowager said faintly, "the mourning family is also tired. Kneel down and be safe."

Shen Qingru saluted respectfully and left. One side of the palace woman led her to a secluded place. There were several volumes of Buddhist scriptures on the table, enough for her to copy all day.

The Empress Dowager was warning her, so she let go of the minor punishments and great commandments this time. If there is another time, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will do it to her.