The abandoned concubine is charming and charming, and the sickly prince breaks his waist

Chonghua Palace.

When Empress Liu saw Concubine Li Shu's gloomy face, she had already guessed the purpose of her visit.

Hiding the sneer in her eyes, Empress Liu pretended to be impatient and said, "What do you want to say to me?"

Concubine Li Shu said with an unpleasant expression: "I'm sure the Queen has heard about the news circulating in the palace today."

Empress Liu took a sip of tea and said calmly, "I heard about it."

After saying that, she looked at Concubine Li Shu and frowned and asked, "Are you here just for this matter?"

Seeing her disapproving look, Concubine Li frowned even more tightly.

"Your Highness, the Emperor has promised to promote her if she gives birth to a prince. Have you ever thought about what would happen if she gave birth to the child?"

Empress Liu interrupted her and said, "The Emperor has said so. What can I do?"

After she finished speaking, she raised her lips with a hint of sneer: "I remember that you had a very good relationship with Concubine Rou, why do you look unhappy now that she is favored?"

When Concubine Li Shu saw her like this, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.

"My lady, we are in the same boat now, why do you have to keep us in suspense?"

After she finished speaking, she paused, with a hint of sneer in her eyes: "If you don't care about this matter, why bother sending someone to pass a note to me?"

Empress Liu tightened her hands in her sleeves. How dare she talk to her like this? But for the sake of her next plan, she chose to endure it.

"I don't want her to give birth to a royal heir, but it doesn't matter if she does. After all, no matter how favored she is, she is only a concubine, and I am still the master of the six palaces."

Concubine Li Shu knew that what she said was true, but she still couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, you are indeed the master of the six palaces, but don't forget that the previous emperor Chongyang favored the evil concubine. Not only did he depose his own queen and make that evil concubine the empress, he even deposed the crown prince and made the son born to that evil concubine the crown prince."

Empress Liu's face instantly darkened and her nails dug deeply into her flesh. She had no way of refutation of Concubine Li's words because what she said was true.

Such a thing did happen in the previous dynasty. When Emperor Wu Ren first ascended the throne, they talked about this incident. At that time, he promised himself that such a thing would never happen again.

But now?

Seeing her face getting uglier and uglier, Concubine Li Shu sneered in her heart, and then said: "I know that the emperor and the queen have been in love since they were young, so the emperor naturally has the queen in his heart."

"But that was all before Hua Shu entered the palace. Since she entered the palace, the emperor's attitude towards you is clear to you, and I don't need to tell you."

Although Empress Liu knew that what she said was true, she would never give Concubine Li the opportunity to control her.

She retracted her gaze, picked up the tea and took a sip, then sneered, "Even if what you said is true, so what? Now I am still the queen, and the prince is still the prince."

After she finished speaking, she paused and looked at Concubine Li Shu with a half-smile: "But you are different. You are now a concubine, and even the third child is not favored by the emperor. Do you think it is you and your son who are unlucky first, or mine?"

Concubine Li Shu knew what she meant. She gritted her teeth, stepped forward, knelt in front of her, and said with her head down:

"It was my fault. Please help me, Madam."

Empress Liu's eyes were frighteningly cold, but she still smiled and said, "How do I know if you will betray me again?"

Concubine Li Shu hesitated for a moment, then held up four fingers and said, "I swear to heaven that if I betray you again, I will make my mother's family die a miserable death."

Seeing her swearing this poisonous oath, the smile in Empress Liu's eyes deepened a little, and she winked at the palace maid beside her.

The maid understood and came forward to help Concubine Li Shu up. Empress Liu looked at her and said, "I will trust you once more for now."

After that, she called Concubine Li to her side and spoke a few words to her in a low voice.

While speaking, she kept observing Concubine Li Shu's expression. Seeing that she was frowning, the smile in Empress Liu's eyes deepened.

After listening to her, Concubine Li Shu left, but she looked very unhappy when she left because Empress Liu asked her to be a bait.

Watching her back disappear at the door, Empress Liu's eyes instantly turned cold. She actually wanted to control her. It was simply a pipe dream.

Retracting her gaze, she looked at Nanny Zhang and said, "Send someone to pass a message to Huipin, saying that Shupin has fallen into a trap."

Nanny Zhang responded and left. Empress Liu hesitated for a moment, then walked to the dressing table and adjusted her hair.

She took out the love hairpin given to her by Emperor Wu Ren from the box and put it on, then asked someone to come in and help her change her clothes.

She looked at herself in the mirror, reached out to tidy up the hair beside her ears, then left Chonghua Palace with a few palace maids and went to the imperial study.

Since the emperor would not come to Chonghua Palace, she would go to the imperial study to find him. She didn't believe that he would not see her.

……

In the evening, Hua Shu had ordered people to prepare dinner and wait for Emperor Wu Ren to come, but after waiting for almost half an hour, he still didn't come.

Just when she was about to ask Xiao Shengzi to find out, He Zhong came to Chuxiu Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor went to the Empress's place tonight. The Emperor asked you not to wait any longer. Go to bed early."

Hua Shu originally thought that Emperor Wu Ren had gone to Concubine Yun, or at least to one of the other concubines, but she never expected that he would go to the Queen at this time.

Although she couldn't figure it out, she still smiled and took some gold leaves from Honeysuckle and put them into He Zhong's hand.

"Take this and have a cup of tea, sir."

He Zhong looked down at the gold leaf in his hand, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

"Thank you for the reward, empress."

After that, he lowered his voice and said, "The Queen went to the Imperial Study today. I heard her mention you. Please be careful."

After saying this, he took a few steps back and bowed to Hua Shu: "Your Majesty, please have a rest. I will take my leave."

"Goodbye, father-in-law." The smile on Hua Shu's face disappeared the moment he left.

She turned and went into the house, sat at the table, looked at the food and fell into deep thought.

Why did the queen appear in front of the emperor at this critical moment? There was one thing she couldn't figure out.

The emperor now had a new concubine, Yun, who looked somewhat similar to the empress and was Concubine Qi Hui's person. Why didn't the empress do anything?

Seeing her staring at the food on the table in a daze, Caiyue hesitated for a moment and stepped forward and said, "Master, do you want me to heat up the food?"

Hua Shu retracted her thoughts and shook her head, "No, it's still hot. Call Xiao Shengzi in to eat together."

Caiyue nodded and walked out. Rendong looked at her in surprise. She had never thought that Hua Shu would let servants like them sit at the table to eat.

Hua Shu knew what she was thinking, but she didn't say anything, because her life as a young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion might not have been better than theirs.

As soon as she picked up the chopsticks, she saw Caiyue and Xiao Shengzi walking in quickly.

Xiao Shengzi handed the note to her: "Master, someone sent this."

Hua Shu put down her chopsticks, opened the note and read it. After reading the content clearly, a strange curve appeared at the corner of her lips.

"The show has begun."