The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

"Sister, be careful with your words." Concubine Shu pulled Concubine Xian and stood aside with their heads bowed. Xuanyuan Li walked out of Fengyi Hall, stood on the steps, and looked down at the concubines who came to pay tribute.

He was in grief and in a bad mood. He kicked any ant passing by at the slightest noise outside the palace.

Shufei and Xianfei are Princess Chaoyun's stepmothers and the concubines with higher positions in the palace. They have to be extremely careful in what they say in order to set an example for their sisters.

The sound of their conversation just now was as soft as the sound of mosquitoes, and it was hard to hear clearly. But some words were emphasized so much that it was hard to ignore them.

Look, Xuanyuan Li listened to it.

He reprimanded Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian in public, and ordered them to be confined and not allowed to leave the palace without being summoned.

Here, Hu Luanfei, holding the wound on his neck, approached Xuanyuan Yuqing, and suddenly heard the queen muttering: "There is a wronged spirit in the carp pond seeking revenge... It was her, the short-lived child in Hu Jieyu's belly, who seduced my Chaoyun..."

So he stood up and rushed to Xuanyuan Li's feet.

"Your Majesty, please order the filling of the carp pond!" The Queen cried, "We must not let that evildoer harm anyone again."

Xuanyuan Li helped the queen up and said in a very painful voice: "Chao Yun's accident has nothing to do with other things. It's because the servants who were on duty were useless."

"No! No!" The Queen retorted loudly, a trace of panic on her face, "It must be that the magician in the Hall of Supreme Harmony failed to seal the evil spirit and caused the disaster. I think that as long as the carp pond is filled, the evil spirit will be completely buried, and our harem will be able to live in peace."

"Nonsense!" Xuanyuan Li was heartbroken, not only because Princess Chaoyun drowned, but also because the queen had lost her mind. He raised his hand, tucked the queen's messy hair behind her ears, and comforted her: "You have been tired recently. Concubine Youde will take care of Chaoyun's funeral. You can go back and rest for a while."

"His Majesty!"

Xuanyuan Li spoke, his tone flat, "Queen, you have lost the demeanor of a queen."

That’s all.

The Queen stared towards Princess Chaoyun's mourning hall, and her dried-up tears burst out again. She said no more.

Xuanyuan Li ordered the servants who had served Princess Chaoyun that day to be called in. After some questioning, it was found that the person who took Princess Chaoyun to the Imperial Garden to appreciate the flowers was not a servant in the palace.

Suddenly, he heard soft sobbing sounds from the crowd. Xuanyuan Li followed the direction of the sound and saw a woman in pink kneeling under a flower bed, crying with her face covered with an embroidered handkerchief.

"Who's there?" Xuanyuan Li abruptly interrupted the woman's crying.

The woman raised her face, tears streaming down her face. The gentle look she showed as she wiped her tears was like pear blossoms reflected in spring water, with a hint of pity.

"Your humble servant Shen Yu pays respect to His Majesty."

"Shen Qingming's daughter?"

The woman was delighted and quickly raised her eyes to look at Xuanyuan Li, "Shen Qingming is my daughter's father."

Shen Qingming is not honest, he is one of the corrupt officials in the booklet, and has a close relationship with the queen's mother's family. It is said that Shen Qingming intends to bring Shen Yu into the palace as a concubine, and secretly gives a lot of money to the queen to help with the matchmaking.

Xuanyuan Li hated corrupt officials the most, and he also hated people around him who approached him with ulterior motives. Shen Yu's appearance broke his tolerance for the queen's mother's family, and he immediately frowned and said "good" several times.

Everyone was silent.

Shen Yu also had the intention to seduce him, and smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation."

The atmosphere suddenly became as cold as ice.

Xuanyuan Li's face looked unhappy, and the Queen was so angry that she stood up straight and stared at Shen Yu with hatred in her eyes.

The maid who served the queen muttered quietly, "She really deserves death. She refused to mourn the death of the princess, but she dressed up to seduce Your Majesty. She really doesn't take you seriously."

When the queen was about to open her mouth to scold, Xuanyuan Li took the initiative and said, "The Shen family has a daughter..."

When Shen Yu heard this, his face was full of anticipation.

Xuanyuan Li's eyes were filled with annoyance, and he said coldly, "You heartless bastard, drag him out and sentence him to death."

Shen Yu was grabbed tightly by the guards who rushed in from outside. He was so frightened that his soul left his body and his whole body went limp.

The queen suddenly knelt in front of Xuanyuan Li and said, "Your Majesty, please spare her life."

Shen Yu was almost dead. She had no idea what was going on. When she heard the word "executed", she panicked and fell to the ground, kowtowed like crazy, and couldn't even speak clearly. "Your Majesty, I am terrified... I don't know what crime I have committed..."

His Majesty was angry, and everyone lowered their heads. Everyone was confused and secretly wondered whether his anger would implicate themselves.

"Tell me!" Xuanyuan Li suddenly pointed at the kneeling servant, "Who took Princess Chaoyun to play in the Imperial Garden?"

The designated servant didn't even dare to raise his head. He knelt there trembling. He looked around at his colleagues in panic, but no one paid any attention to him. He had no choice but to look at the queen.

"Look at what the Queen is doing. Look at me!" Xuanyuan Li was very angry. Even through many people in between, Hu Luanfei could feel the intimidation in his anger.

The servant's eyelashes twitched slightly, and he lowered his eyes in fear and trepidation, "Your Majesty, spare my life, yes, yes..."

The servant stole a glance at Shen Yu, and resigned himself to the fact that the indirect cause of Chao Yun's drowning was "brought by the daughter of the Minister of Personnel Shen Qingming."

Shen Yu burst into tears and cried, "I didn't mean to cause the princess to drown. It was the princess who spoke rudely to my father. I just wanted to, just wanted to..."

As she spoke, she gradually realized, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I have no intention of harming the princess..."

"It was indeed unintentional." Xuanyuan Li didn't even look at her, but looked at the queen who was already shocked by the truth. "At Chaoyun's funeral, who in the palace dared to wear red and green? And she was the murderer who killed Chaoyun, and you still plead for her?"

The Queen suddenly hated Shen Yu and even the entire Shen family, "So it was you who killed Chao Yun!"

"Empress, I didn't mean it!" Shen Yu crawled over and begged Xuanyuan Li, "Your Majesty, please have mercy on me."

"My child died in the accident caused by you, and you still dare to ask me for pity?" Xuanyuan Li rarely used violence against a woman and kicked Shen Yu in the chest.

"I won't kill them all." He glanced at Shen Yu, who was trembling on the ground, "but I have to give the Queen an explanation for Chao Yun's death."

His tone was indescribably peaceful, but in this situation and this scene one could not help but feel the chill down one's spine, as if hidden in this indescribable peace was an unfathomable danger.

He looked towards the Imperial Garden with deep sorrow and said slowly, "You will end your life the same way Chaoyun died. I will order Shen Qingming to collect your body, and then I will take my family with me to die and reunite with you in the underworld."

"Your Majesty, please don't!" Shen Yu cried even harder when she heard that her family was implicated. "Everyone has their own responsibility for their own actions. I am willing to pay with my life. But my father is still young, and my brothers and sisters are young. They still have a future!"

"How dare you say such things?" Xuanyuan Li said angrily, "Come here, give me the mute medicine. From now on, arrest Shen Qingming and his family immediately, and don't let any of them escape."