The mistress just wanted to be bad, but she took off after being replaced

When Sheng Junwei turned around, she saw a line of horses galloping like the wind. On the leading horse, a eunuch was holding a scroll and announcing in a loud voice: "By order of the Queen Mother!"

At that moment, Sheng Junwei had a bad feeling in her heart and regretted that she had not fully assessed the situation.

It turned out that the warning in the hexagram before leaving the house was not directed at Concubine Sheng, whom she had been wary of for a long time, but at Prince Jingxuan, who seemed free and easy but was actually scheming.

She deliberately chose to set off at dawn, hoping to leave the capital quietly, but she did not expect that the real stumbling block was lurking there.

When the eunuch was about to unfold the golden imperial edict, Sheng Junwei tried to make a final effort and pleaded in a soft but firm tone: "Eunuch, I am here on a secret order. The matter is urgent. Please be flexible."

The eunuch was embarrassed and shook his head and replied, "Master Sheng, I am just a servant and I really have no right to interfere in matters of the imperial edict. It is better for you to accept the order."

His words added in a low voice were like a bucket of cold water that extinguished Sheng Junwei's last bit of luck: "I heard that His Majesty has also known about this imperial decree."

Sheng Junwei understood in her heart that the emperor had always been filial, and facing the queen mother's insistence, it would be difficult for him to disobey.

When she arrived at the palace, the sun was already high in the sky, and the sunlight shining on her slightly tired face seemed particularly ironic.

She smiled bitterly at herself, having thought she could get away early, but she had never expected that the journey out of Beijing today would become so far away.

The saying "getting up early and arriving late" is exactly like this.

Stepping into the magnificent palace and facing the empress dowager sitting on the high throne, Sheng Junwei had to put away all the unhappiness and helplessness in her heart and bow her head to wait for her orders.

"Lord Sheng, I summoned you here again regarding the emperor's illness."

There was a hint of urgency in the Queen Mother's tone.

Sheng Junwei sighed softly, lowered her eyelids, and said, "It's not that I am deliberately refusing. It's just that the current condition of King Jingxuan is not suitable for me to intervene."

As soon as the words fell, the Queen Mother's eyebrows could not help but frown, and a hint of sternness flashed in her eyes: "Could it be that you don't want to see Prince Jingxuan recover? Or, is what happened that day really related to you?"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Junwei raised her eyes and said softly, "The Queen Mother must have heard about the past between the chief disciple of Pinglong Mountain and Miss You."

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment, though indeed she was not entirely ignorant of the affair.

After Prince Jingxuan was attacked, she secretly sent people to check the sedan chair. On the surface, everything was normal. However, this "normality" made her feel uneasy because she had learned beforehand that the sedan chair had been used by Sheng Junwei... All signs indicate that Prince Jingxuan's secret layout is not simple.

The truth is, the accident was not simply a mechanical failure.

Prince Jingxuan not only placed spies in the crowd, he also tampered with the sedan chair, intending to cause it to suddenly collapse when the crowd was most crowded, so that Sheng Junwei would be humiliated in public and might even be injured.

However, as fate would have it, the originally designed trap failed to trap Sheng Junwei, but instead accidentally harmed King Jingxuan himself.

The palace servants repeatedly assured that after Sheng Junwei, they had carried out a thorough inspection of the sedan chair and there would be no possibility of problems again, but the reversal of reality was so ironic.

This incident quickly became the talk of the palace, and people were discussing it, speculating whether there was some unknown secret hidden behind it.

A detailed investigation was also carried out inside the palace, and the way the sedan was damaged was indeed puzzling. The breaks were natural and smooth, as if they were natural breaks caused by years of disrepair and aging of the wood.

But this goes against common sense in maintaining items in the palace!

All items in the palace are made of high-quality materials and are regularly maintained and inspected by dedicated personnel. Especially the means of transportation used by royal relatives and nobles, their safety is absolutely foolproof.

Even after years of use, they will be replaced immediately if they show the slightest sign of damage.

Faced with the fruitlessness of conventional investigations, the Queen Mother turned to supernatural explanations.

It happened that Han Yue'er brought back Long Shushan's chief disciple Gu Weiyi, and the Queen Mother took the opportunity to invite him to inspect the sedan chair to find out whether any Taoist priests had used magic.

Disappointingly, Gu Weiyi could not find any trace of spiritual power fluctuations, which forced the Queen Mother to accept the conclusion that this was just an accident even though she was full of doubts.

But looking at Sheng Junwei's evasive eyes, the Queen Mother's suspicions began to stir again.

Sheng Junwei calmly replied: "If this matter is really related to me, how can I still stand here and speak? I am afraid I have been brought here for trial, right?"

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and suppressed her anger: "Okay, I will believe that you have nothing to do with this matter."

Sheng Junwei did not argue, because to some extent, this was indeed the setup she had set up.

But her target was not the sedan chair itself, but she took advantage of people's hearts.

The eunuch who delivered the imperial eunuch that day was controlled by her secret puppet technique. According to her instructions, he cleverly replaced the load-bearing structure of the sedan chair with rotten wood under a disguised appearance. As long as the weight of Prince Jingxuan applied a little pressure, the rotten wood would not be able to bear the weight and would inevitably break.

What Sheng Junwei had not expected was that the injuries King Jingxuan suffered were so severe, far exceeding the mild punishment she had expected.

The Queen Mother seemed to be immersed in memories, and asked in a trance: "You successfully cured the emperor before, why do you seem helpless this time?"

Sheng Junwei's face was calm as she replied, "Although my Xuanmen techniques are numerous, when applied to the human body, they are often most effective the first time, and then the effect gradually weakens. This is the law of nature."

What I used for King Jingxuan before was an ancient and mysterious healing talisman, which was engraved with intricate spiritual patterns and flickered with a faint glow.

When it was used for the first time, the gentle power from heaven and earth caressed the wound, causing new flesh to grow miraculously among the ruins like spring buds, and regaining vitality was truly a piece of cake.

This second attempt, like the waxing and waning of the moon and the overflowing of water, is subject to the natural cycle, so its effectiveness is naturally not comparable to the first time.

All I can do is to try my best to guide the remaining rune power. As for whether it can be restored to its original state in the end, or even to what extent, it is beyond my ability and I cannot make a definite guarantee.

Therefore, in the face of the Empress Dowager's plea, although I felt extremely reluctant, I had to decline politely, for fear of disappointing the Empress Dowager's expectations. I did not want to see those eyes, which were always filled with majesty and kindness, tainted with even a hint of disappointment.

The well-maintained face that showed no trace of time actually showed a rare look of disbelief at this moment: "Really, is there no hope at all?"

There was an imperceptible tremor in his words.

Sheng Junwei sighed inwardly, her tone mixed with helplessness and determination: "If the Queen Mother insists on this idea, I will do my best, use all my knowledge, and try one last time. However, before that, I must be honest. If the result is not what you want, I hope the Queen Mother will show some leniency and not blame me for my incompetence."