Comprehensive film and television: The cool life of the female supporting role after the cross-dress

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

What Wen Shichu said was so unbelievable that it shocked everyone except the Queen Mother.

Especially Wang Ruofu, if it weren't for Zhuxi's supervision, her jaw would have dropped. She was confused and couldn't figure out the logic of cause and effect. What was Zhen Huan trying to do?

The Queen Mother calmly took a sip of her tea, not looking at either Wen Shichu or Zhen Huan, and only asked, "What does Wan agree to say?"

Zhen Huan suddenly raised her eyes, her heart in her throat. She could not believe that Wen Shichu would actually betray her, and was so decisive and merciless.

No, no, now is not the time to give up. Zhen Huan tried to calm herself down and think about how to make the next move more advantageous.

She burst into tears and fell to the ground, saying, "Master Wen, why do you do this to me?"

The look she gave Wen Shichu contained intense sadness, resentment, and unwillingness to believe, which finally turned into a faint look of disappointment.

"Forget it. Lord Wen wants to protect his own future and the elderly and children in his family. I understand. But, it is a disregard for the relationship between the Zhen family and the Wen family."

After saying this, Zhen Huan kept silent, and knelt down indifferently and lifelessly, waiting for her fate.

"Huan..."

Wen Shichu just shouted out one syllable and then closed his mouth again, feeling that he was unable to say anything.

Zhen Huan's attitude and words were like roasting him on fire. Although she didn't say it explicitly, every sentence accused him of repaying kindness with enmity and disregarding the moral obligation of Zhen Yuandao to save Wen's father.

She was suddenly so ashamed that she dared not to bother Zhen Huan again.

The Queen Mother and Wang Ruofu watched coldly from the side, and even secretly hoped that Zhen Huan and Wen Shichu would start a fight soon, and whoever they could bring down would be the one to be defeated.

With the prescription written by Wen Shichu and the testimonies of other imperial doctors, the best scenario would be for Wen Shichu to take on all the responsibility alone and protect Zhen Huan and the Zhen family, but it was clear that Wen Shichu had no such intention.

Wen Shichu was in a state of mixed emotions at the moment. If possible, he really wanted to stand up and take all the blame, but his parents should not be implicated innocently.

Let him bear the ignominy of being ungrateful alone, and after the Queen Mother makes her decision, he will repay the debt of gratitude with his life.

Thinking of this, Wen Shichu no longer hesitated and told the truth: "On the day when the whole palace came to the audience, Wan was beaten severely by the emperor and the queen. She became afraid and asked me for help."

"I am concerned about the kindness that Lord Zhen has shown my father, so I lied and said that Wan was ill and needed to leave the palace to recuperate."

"I am guilty and I am willing to die for my crime. I also ask the Queen Mother to forgive my family!"

Zhen Huan bit her lower lip and was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood. It turned out that no man could be trusted.

Both the emperor and Wen Shichu were like this. As long as their own interests were involved, they would choose to betray her without hesitation.

You can't rely on others, you can only rely on yourself.

Zhen Huan closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, there was only determination in her eyes. She shouted, "I am innocent. Please judge for yourself, Queen Mother and Empress Dowager."

Then he turned around and faced Wen Shichu: "Master Wen, you put all the blame on me for the sake of your family, but I also have my own family to take care of. I really can't take the blame for you."

There is a lot of helplessness in his words, but his actions are clean and decisive, and he never gives in.

Wen Shichu was shocked, and when he looked up and saw Zhen Huan's expression at that moment, he couldn't help but be shocked. Is this still the sister Huan he loves?

Zhen Huan didn't care what Wen Shichu thought. She only knew that if this matter could not be blamed on Wen Shichu, then everything would be over.

Not only her future in the palace would be ruined, but also her parents and sister would be killed without a burial place.

Zhen Huan said, "I offended the Queen a lot that day, and I have been trembling with fear since returning to the palace."

"But because of this, I am even more eager to gain the emperor's favor. How could I take the initiative to let myself stay on a sickbed and end up alone in Jiaolu Pavilion with no one paying attention to me?"

She was logically coherent and frankly expressed her desire to win favor, gain the emperor's grace, and enjoy wealth and glory, which fits the stereotype of concubines very well.

This was more in line with Wang Ruofu's stereotype of concubines, so Wang Ruofu was vaguely persuaded.

The Queen Mother still had a faint smile on her face. She was neither annoyed nor angry. She listened quietly to them arguing, trying to survive, and blaming each other. She didn't care at all about the truth.

Trying to kill Wen Shichu and Zhen Huan is as easy as killing two ants. The key is how to make the best use of them and reduce the impact of this matter on the emperor and empress.

Zhen Huan also knew that compared to Wang Ruofu, the Queen Mother was the one in charge, so she couldn't help but become anxious when she didn't get a response from the Queen Mother.

She said, "I just asked Lord Wen to treat my external injuries that day. Lord Wen diagnosed my heart palpitations and it was Lord Wen who told me to drink this medicine."

While she was speaking, Wen Shichu beside her kept shaking his head, his lips were dry, and the sadness and disbelief in his eyes were so intense that it overwhelmed people, but Zhen Huan remained unmoved.

"So, Wan promised you that he had no idea whether he was suffering from the disease or not?" asked the Queen Mother.

"Yes." Zhen Huan nodded. "I don't know any medical skills, and there are no other trusted doctors in the palace. Of course, I believe what Lord Wen says."

Wang Ruofu asked, "Since your family has done him a favor, and you said you trust him, why would he want to harm you?"

The Queen Mother glanced at Wang Ruofu and decided that she was not stupid and would not be deceived like this.

Zhen Huan bit her lip and said another bombshell: "Because Lord Wen has improper thoughts about me, he came to me before the selection."

"Wan agreed!" Wen Shichu's eyes were about to burst out, and at this moment he truly regretted it.

He never expected that Zhen Huan would not only push all the blame onto him in order to protect herself, but also tell him such things as evidence in order to make the matter more true.

Thinking about concubines is a serious crime that openly defies the emperor's grace, and the entire family will be executed!

As the daughter of the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, Zhen Huan is of course aware of the consequences. It is precisely because of this that she must kill Wen Shichu completely.

As the saying goes, if you do something, you must do it thoroughly. If you do it, you must do it cleanly to avoid a counterattack from the Wen family.

Zhen Huan resisted the pressure from Wen Shichu and continued, "Lord Wen also said that as long as I become his wife before the selection, I can avoid the selection."

"I naturally did not agree to such a ridiculous thing, so I guess that Lord Wen is holding a grudge against me because of this matter and does not want me to be favored by sleeping with him."

In this way, the logic makes sense.

"Empress Dowager, do you think this matter has been clarified?" Wang Ruofu still believed Zhen Huan's words, and wanted to convict Wen Shichu and get to the bottom of the matter.

"Empress!" Wen Shichu rushed forward on his knees, kowtowed three times to the Empress Dowager and Wang Ruofu, and shouted in despair, "I dare not have any improper thoughts about the concubines, let alone murder the concubines."

"Please, Queen Mother, please help me!"

He cried so hard that his face was covered with tears and his speech was not clear.

I just wonder if he would regret knowing what happened to him now if he had helped Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang to deceive the emperor in his previous life and gave the emperor a pair of bastards and his own illegitimate child.