My Lady is well

"Gathering - a - crowd - to - gamble -"

These four words made Shen Yueyao's brain a little confused.

Not only her, the other three people were not much better, staring at each other in confusion.

Lady Meng reacted for a while and said angrily.

"We were just playing mahjong, weren't we? How did that become a gambling incident? Who told the secret? Was it Miss Wu?"

Eunuch Luo knew that Concubine Meng had a special status, and responded with a smile.

"Lady Meng, calm down. The palace encourages reporting gambling as a bad habit. To protect the identity of the informer, you should go with me."

Lady Meng said confidently: "It must be Lady Wu. This person is so mean and mean!"

Shen Yueyao gasped. She must have learned this from Jin'er.

Shen Yueyao followed behind them and thought to herself that if she had known earlier, she would have talked to Jin'er for a while longer in the yard.

She has already asked Jin'er to ask Bai Wangren to get the palace token. As for the palace servants' badges, she will think of a way later.

Playing mahjong during Chinese New Year's Day actually made me feel like I was going to be thrown into jail.

How come this matter alarmed the emperor?

The three of them were waiting outside the gate of Yong'an Palace and saw Concubine Wu coming out triumphantly.

The palace maid behind him was holding a lot of rewards.

Meng Meiren was so angry that she wanted to slap her, but Zheng Cairen quickly pulled her back.

"Calm down, calm down, this is Yong'an Palace."

She gritted her teeth and squeezed out a sentence.

"Just wait for me."

Lady Wu rolled her eyes at her, raised her handkerchief, and walked past her with a swaying waist.

Lady Meng was really driven crazy by her smug look.

Fortunately, the palace maid came out in time and bowed.

"Masters, please come in."

Shen Yueyao walked behind and reminded herself.

If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up. Don't say anything, just admit your mistake.

Jing Ruzhang was wearing a dark-colored uniform with dark patterns, and the bamboo embroidery on the golden embroidery was particularly vivid. His black hair was neatly tied up with a golden jade crown, and his cold eyes were fixed outside the window.

The handsome profile is angular, with sword-like eyebrows raised and a tall and slender figure.

The soft brocade could not cover up the kingly aura that looked down upon the world.

The queen sat on the throne with her eyes fixed on the ground, her thoughts drifting away.

Shen Yueyao followed Lady Meng and knelt down to pay her respects.

"I have met the emperor and the queen."

Jing Ruzhang turned his head and glanced at a few people indifferently, then his eyes fell coldly on Shen Yueyao, and he said without any emotion.

"gamble?"

Lady Meng waved her hands quickly.

"No, no. Your Majesty, you misunderstood. We...we just...just got together..."

Lady Meng couldn't find the right words for a moment and hesitated for a long time.

Remembering that Shen Yueyao could tell stories and thinking that she had good eloquence, he decided to throw this difficult question to Shen Yueyao.

He turned his head to look at her, winked at her and gave her all kinds of hints.

Shen Yueyao immediately frowned and complained wildly in her heart.

"You have eye problems, why are you looking at me?"

She quickly lowered her head and pretended not to understand.

Who knew that Lady Meng would find a way to trick her.

"Sister Shen...Sister Shen is here."

Shen Yueyao's facial features were wrinkled into a ball, uglier than a bitter gourd, and she looked at her with an extremely speechless look.

Jing Ruzhang lowered his eyes, hiding the slight smile in them, and kept a calm expression on his face.

"Oh? Shen Cainv, go ahead."

The queen picked up the teacup, blew away the foam in the tea, and fixed her eyes on the green fragrant tea, hiding all her emotions.

Shen Yueyao was suddenly called out and was quite annoyed. She was forced to raise her eyes to meet his indifferent gaze. She felt a little guilty and remained silent.

"Your Majesty, this game of mahjong is a form of entertainment and a national treasure in some countries. You have to sort and combine more than a hundred cards, and then go through a series of thinking such as deduction and calculation before you can win. This requires people to be calm, cool and patient. It contains profound philosophy. The most important thing is that in your spare time, you can exercise your brain. We are really not gambling."

A hint of slight surprise flashed across Jing Ruzhang's eyes.

What kind of theory is this? I have never heard of it before, and raised my eyebrows.

"Oh? You didn't gamble?"

Shen Yueyao gave a perfunctory smile.

"The money is just a prize."

Lady Meng took a deep breath. Shen Yueyao really spoke out what was in her heart.

His eyes were instantly filled with admiration, and he nodded fiercely towards the emperor, saying excitedly.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's it."

Jing Ruzhang looked at Shen Yueyao with a hint of ridicule in his eyes and said in a cold voice.

"Since it involves gambling with silver and money, it is gambling. Gambling is prohibited in the palace. Don't you know that?"

"..."

Shen Yueyao's scalp tingled when he stared at her, and she lowered her head to look at the lotus embroidered on her skirt.

Lady Meng had always been afraid of this unkind cousin, and she was not as casual in front of him as she was in front of the empress dowager.

With a pursed mouth, she looked at him innocently and aggrieved, hoping that he would be lenient with her.

The emperor seemed not to see her. He glanced at the person with his head down and said indifferently.

"Empress, there are people gambling in the harem, how should we deal with them?"

The queen held the teacup and listened for a long while. After listening to Shen Yueyao's strange ideas and talks, she smiled slightly, put down the teacup, looked at the emperor, and thought for a while.

"…There has never been a precedent of concubines gambling in the harem, so there are no regulations in this regard. In my opinion, the sisters are just a little playful, so why not make a big deal out of it."

Shen Yueyao raised her head two inches in anticipation, and secretly observed Jing Ruzhang with her smart eyes.

But he didn't seem to want to fulfill her wish and cover up the matter.

"As a concubine, you need to set an example. If a palace maid gambles in private, what is the crime?"

The queen glanced at a few people and fixed her gaze on Shen Yueyao, saying with embarrassment.

"…If it was a palace maid, she would be punished with fifty strokes of the cane."

Shen Yueyao and the others were all shocked. They didn't know if he would survive after being beaten with fifty sticks.

Lady Wei was so frightened that she staggered and fell to the ground. She looked terrified and tried to make excuses.

"Your Majesty, I was just a partner that Lady Meng had asked me to play with. I did not volunteer. Please understand clearly."

Lady Meng didn't care about her slander. She only knew that her cousin had always been a man of his word since he was a child. He was not a partial person and would really beat someone if he said he would.

He immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, cousin, oh, no, Your Majesty, spare my life..."

Zheng Cairen kowtowed and begged for mercy along with Meng Meiren.

It seemed as if the emperor would spare them if they shouted louder.

Lady Wei also joined them and shouted together.

There was wailing in Yong'an Palace.

Shen Yueyao's chest heaved with fear. She grabbed the hem of her skirt tightly, and hadn't decided whether to howl with them.

She felt that even if she howled with them, Jing Ruzhang might not let them go.

The person sitting in the seat finally couldn't stand their noise anymore, frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Shut up."

As expected, several people immediately stopped talking and started sobbing softly, wiping their tears with their sleeves.

Jing Ruzhang's jawline was taut, and her beautiful eyes were filled with obscure emotions, like a ball of thick ink that could not be dissolved.

"The one who didn't shout, stay. The others, leave."

"..."