Spring Forest Evening

The pavilion fell silent for a while, and the courtiers stood in twos and threes, exchanging opinions with each other in a low voice. Zhou Heng couldn't really see the situation ahead, and didn't know what Queen Jiang and the mother and daughter were doing.

In contrast, Concubine Liang seemed very nervous, and now she was walking back and forth with her son in her arms, her eyes were blank, she didn't know what she was thinking.

Zhou Heng had an urge to lift the veil and wink at Shen Fu, asking him to find a reason to send him out to find the Duke Hu. After thinking about it, he thought it was too eye-catching, and the two of them had a good understanding and winked. It can't explain anything, don't be careless and make people suspicious.

After hesitating back and forth for a few moments, I suddenly thought of something that was interrupted just now:

Just now Shen Fu obviously invited himself to go to Shanglinyuan to search for those people in Zhongnan Road, and there was a general Zhu who volunteered to go along with him. It is supposed that this is the biggest evidence that the Queen Mother and her daughter have ready. Queen Jiang should really want to catch people, right?

Moreover, based on the previous contact between Empress Jiang and Shen Fu, it is impossible not to know the meaning of Shen Fu's words at that time.

But then, for some reason, the concubine Shu and the concubine came in. It seems that they rushed in madly after being informed of the situation in the Taiye pool by the guards.

The imperial guards are naturally related to Empress Jiang. After all, the commander of the imperial guards is standing still behind her, so the imperial concubine and others should be specially recruited by her.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng couldn't help imitating Concubine Liang's movements and slowly paced back and forth, taking care of the series of things before—

Therefore, first of all, the queen mother sent several imperial doctors to "look after" the real comatose concubine and the fake concubine Shu, but the imperial guards told the truth and picked them up directly. A bereaved mother and concubine went crazy.

But after the arrival of these two people, the Queen Mother and her daughter didn't seem to have any conspiracy to be exposed on the spot and panicked. Confidently and directly resorted to the big move, almost telling the story of the emperor's immorality and messing with her young stepmother.

Oh, by the way, the empress led all the ministers to kneel down and begged her to take back the words that seemed to slander the emperor. Concubine Liang's opinion on this was that Empress Jiang couldn't figure out the truth about the empress dowager. People's hearts, and secondly, she is even more afraid that she will shake the hearts of the group of people who follow her by revealing her side.

So, back to the original question: Why did Empress Jiang not send Shen Fu and others to Shanglin Garden? Could it be that she just wanted to show her favor to the Queen Mother?

But when Shen Fu brought it up, it was clear that concubine Shu and the others had not yet arrived, and the queen mother had not yet revealed the news.

So... Thinking of this, Zhou Heng shuddered, and suddenly thought in his heart:

Perhaps this Empress Jiang was not so anxious to find evidence against the mother and daughter of the Empress Dowager. For her, Shen Fu was not only used to help catch assassins!

So, is it... really, as Concubine Liang said, tonight is extremely dangerous, so dangerous that I can only live if you die?For this reason, Empress Jiang used Shen Fu and a group of courtiers in the pavilion to protect herself?

Calculating in this way can only show that Empress Jiang is not absolutely sure about the current situation!

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng only felt that there was an explanation for the previous situation: No wonder the Queen Mother has always spoken so leisurely and confidently, cooperating with her, she still made some preparations to make Queen Jiang feel afraid?

That's right, the queen mother's father is the governor of Zhongnan Road, so there will never be just such a group of people trained to assassinate the emperor, what if it fails?Then his daughter and granddaughter don't have all?

As for Queen Jiang, in fact, when she came to contact Shen Fu, she might not have won many courtiers. After all, she was just a childless queen who was sick and unfavorable, and her old father had already retired at home. She has no power and power and can't help her. The courtiers don't like her and don't say anything. They have to be careful to avoid the emperor so as not to be noticed.

To put it bluntly, everything is based on strength, and it is actually the Queen Mother who has the upper hand.

Empress Jiang was already cautious about tonight's events, and seeing the empress dowager mother and daughter so unscrupulous, she was even more sure that they must have a plan for the future, so they had to make excuses for the future.

She even took a step back and said that in order to achieve her final goal, Empress Jiang might choose to temporarily compromise with the Queen Mother tonight. After all, she didn't say anything serious to the Queen Mother from the beginning to the end.

No wonder there are not many heavyweight courtiers here. The co-authors have already sniffed out the abnormality based on years of experience in the court. They don't like it, don't want to, or even bother to meddle in the struggle between the two women, right?

Alas, even Concubine Liang, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, panicked and felt that something was wrong, and she foolishly plunged into it, alas, I really regretted it!

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng felt speechless to himself for the first time, and because of this, he felt a little angry at Shen Fu: Why did he let himself into the palace in the first place?It's fine for me to be a time-traveler who doesn't understand the market and be a fool. He's a prince with all kinds of interests at stake. How could he be easily persuaded by himself?

And the protector of the country, if he pulls himself harder and speaks more bluntly, maybe he will be hiding somewhere safe and sound at this moment, neither need to worry about Shen Fu nor Shen Fu, Ugh-!

Before he had time to think about Shen Fu's thoughts, Zhou Heng clenched his fist and told himself secretly, then he could only wait and see what happened, and see how Empress Jiang wanted to deal with the Queen Mother and her daughter.

With Zhou Heng's mind floating like this, Shen Fu outside seemed to notice something, and looked back, and then Empress Jiang's voice sounded again, and she sounded very sure, it seems that the time just now has given her enough time. Room for consideration:

"Empress Dowager, what Concubine Shu said just now, all the adults have heard it. I think, empress, you have to make a statement. Although there is no evidence, for the sake of fairness, the concubine feels that, oh yes. , and the princess, the imperial concubine's natal family will naturally know what happened when the sun rises tomorrow, or should I be wronged for the time being and avoid living in Changxin Palace?"

"Avoid living in Changxin Palace?" Before the queen mother could speak, the third princess, who had been interjecting unscrupulously just now, repeated her old tricks and said with a sneer:

"Changxin Palace has been vacant for many years, not to mention that it is not suitable for living, but still avoiding it? Empress, do you want your mother to confess her guilt in front of everyone in the world?"

"Third sister is worrying too much," Empress Jiang seemed to have already thought about it, explaining in a calm tone:

"Changxin Palace is originally the residence of the Empress Dowager, and it is behind the Palace of Compassion and Ning. There is nothing wrong with it. As for the vacancy, this palace is in charge of palace affairs, and there are noble concubines and others to assist. The House of Internal Affairs has never been lazy. Changxin Palace is always Cleaning, ready to move in at any time, the Queen Mother is asked to stay away from Changxin Palace, in the final analysis, it is to make room for the third sister who seriously injured the imperial concubine tonight."

"You—!" The third princess wanted to argue, but was suddenly interrupted by the Queen Mother's sudden words:

"Okay, don't engage in unnecessary verbal disputes! Empress, it's not impossible to ask Ai's family to move out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, but it's fine with Changxin Palace. How about this, the Ai family will suffer a bit, so let's retreat to Fengyu Palace !"