The imperial concubine is charming and charming, and only seeks power and wealth

The pain of nails digging into the palm of her hand made Jiang Lingyue suppress her restlessness.

"How could I be angry? It's just that this is Guang'an Palace..." Having said this, she paused, looking embarrassed, and did not continue.

Qi Junyi lowered his eyes and looked at her deeply. After a long while, he finally released the hand that was clamping her jaw, put it on her waist and pressed it gently.

"Did you get hurt?"

Just now, when he pressed the man down on the table, he didn't control his strength.

Jiang Lingyue shook her head slightly and said nothing.

When Qi Junyi saw that stubborn little look, he felt helpless.

"Yueyue, you should be closer to me and stop making me unhappy all the time."

He never intended to hurt her at all, but this girl affected his emotions too much.

No matter how heinous the crimes of the criminal were, he could treat them calmly, but every time he encountered her, he found it difficult to remain calm.

The energy-cultivating skills he had practiced since childhood were repeatedly ineffective in front of her. Even when she smiled at Liu Rong, he was secretly angry, let alone Chen Zilu, who had promised to spend his life with her!

But how could he confess these womanly jealous feelings to her?

Even if he were to live his life again, Qi Junyi couldn't say it.

Jiang Lingyue couldn't understand it even more. She just felt that this person was more moody than in his previous life.

She was in fear every moment she was with him, worried that which words would displease him or which expression would make him dislike her. It was really tiring.

Just exhausted.

She didn't know how long she could hold on.

Seeing that she remained silent, Qi Junyi sat down again with her in his arms. He lowered his head to look at her face. Seeing her tired expression, he was stunned for a moment, "Tired?"

Jiang Lingyue hummed softly and leaned her head on his shoulder. "I am too stupid. I always fail to understand your thoughts and make you angry. I have been trying to make a cake for so many days, but it still doesn't look good. I am so useless."

Thinking of the cakes delivered in the past few days, Qi Junyi was silent.

Not wanting to dampen the girl's confidence, he lifted the lid of the food box and, upon seeing the rather decent pastries inside, said in surprise, "They were made quite well, how could they be useless?"

Jiang Lingyue: “…”

She pursed her lips, carefully raised her eyes to see his expression, and asked expectantly, "Is it really all right?"

To see whether it’s good or not, just try it.

Qi Junyi picked up a piece and put it into his mouth under her expectant gaze.

Seeing his Adam's apple sliding, Jiang Lingyue hurriedly asked, "Is it delicious?"

"...It's OK," Qi Junyi said, putting the remaining cakes back, picked up the teacup and took a sip before continuing, "It tastes good."

After hearing this, Jiang Lingyue also wanted to taste it. She reached out her hand, but before she could touch the pastry, he grabbed her hand and stopped her.

Meeting her suspicious look, he said calmly, "It's just a little sweet. You should eat less sweets."

Jiang Lingyue had no doubt that His Majesty the Emperor certainly had no need to tell lies.

However, she really didn't like eating things that were too sweet, so she withdrew her hand and gave up after hearing that.

Seeing the memorial on the table, she said, "Let me grind some ink for you."

These days, she has gotten used to coming here every afternoon to grind ink and serve him tea.

In other words, there were no palace maids serving in Guang'an Palace, otherwise she would have replaced the position of the number one palace maid.

She wanted to stand up, but the hand around her waist showed no sign of loosening.

Qi Junyi said: "No hurry, let's talk for a while."

Jiang Lingyue was stunned, worried that he would ask about Chen Ziwei again, and her heart, which had just relaxed, became tense again.

The two of them were so close, and she was nestled in his arms, so how could she hide this change from him?

"It's about the Shen family." Qi Junyi looked at her with a half-smile and said, "What do you think it is?"

It turned out to be the Shen family.

Even though she was in the harem, Jiang Lingyue came to Guang'an Palace every day these days. When she met ministers coming to pay homage to the emperor, she hid behind the screen. Although she did not show up, she knew some important affairs in the court.

Among them is the matter of the Shen family.

A few days ago, Mr. Shen Erye, who was exiled to Liangzhou by the Shen family, was jointly impeached by several officials for embezzling money allocated by the court to Liangzhou for the construction of dams, and colluding with local wealthy people to buy and sell official titles.

The matter was brought to the court and was handed over to the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice for trial that same day.

The next day, the Jiang family sent another invitation to the palace, requesting to see her.

But this time, Concubine Hui did not summon her to Shaoguang Palace for questioning, but instead sent her trusted palace maid to inform her of the matter.

Jiang Lingyue knew what they were doing and of course would not meet them.

I didn’t expect that the results would be out after just a few days?

Thinking of Chen Ziyu who had just left, Jiang Lingyue asked, "What crime was the Shen family convicted of?"

The incident of poisoning an important official in the court has happened a long time ago and is of great significance. If it is exposed rashly, it will easily cause panic. This crime must be concealed.

Therefore, the Dali Temple only investigated crimes of corruption, abuse of power, and buying and selling official positions.

Such a crime can be serious or minor. A heavy sentence will bring disaster to the entire family, while a light sentence will only punish the second branch of the Shen family.

The emperor would definitely not tolerate the Shen family. After going through so much trouble, it is impossible for him to just take the lives of the second master of the Shen family.

As she was thinking about this, she heard the person in front of her say calmly, "Shen Shiren is corrupt and perverts the law. His crimes are unforgivable. The three clans of the Shen family will be exterminated, along with the Shen clan members in Lingnan and their daughters who married out. All of them will be arrested and brought back to the capital to be punished."

really.

In the previous life, the Shen family was completely overthrown. The men were dragged to Caishikou and beheaded, and the women were sent to the military camp as prostitutes. Even the daughters who had been married off for three generations did not escape.

However, his stepmother Shen had died at that time, so he escaped this disaster.

Now that he was reborn, the first family he punished was the Shen family.

In both his past and present lives, he wants to wipe out the Shen family.

...It really has reached the point of hatred.

Jiang Lingyue couldn't help but wonder, besides the fact that the Shen family was really guilty of heinous crimes, was it also because of her?

Can……

She was suddenly shocked. Shen was still alive. As a married daughter of the Shen family, wouldn't she be sent to the military camp to serve the troops?

Shen is Jiang Lingxin's biological mother. Doesn't he dote on Jiang Lingxin very much?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Qi Junyi frowned slightly and stared at her, "...Do you think I'm ruthless?"

"No," Jiang Lingyue shook her head repeatedly, "How could I think so? The Shen family deserves death."

She answered with such decisiveness that Qi Junyi's expression relaxed.

At least he still has some composure and is not blindly soft-hearted.

He reached out and pushed the loose hair behind her ears, and asked in a low voice: "The Shen family in the capital is now in the prison. Do you want to go and see the Shen family?"

Meet Shen?

Jiang Lingyue blinked, and in an instant, countless fragments flashed through her mind.

As far as she could remember, the head lady of the Jiang family was Shen. Her two brothers had gone to the military camp early and were no longer under the supervision of the women in the inner house, leaving her alone to live under Shen's care.

For seventeen years, no one had ever informed her of the Jiang family's monthly family dinner. As the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, she had become a transparent person in the mansion.

In fact, the cold treatment in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation was not too unfair. More of the grievances came from the tacit approval of his biological father and the fact that it had nothing to do with his brothers.

Later, when the eldest brother got married, Li came into the family. In order to please her mother-in-law, she took great care of Jiang Lingxin, but actually took advantage of her misfortune.

Shen deliberately suppressed her, hoping to cultivate her into a cowardly and timid character to highlight her own daughter's intelligence and cleverness, but she was probably born with a rebellious nature, and under such torture, she never gave in.

She tried every possible way to escape from Shen's control, but was forced to enter the palace to participate in the election due to repeated desperation.

However, the other party was extremely afraid that she would retaliate after gaining power, so he poisoned her directly.

If there is anyone in the world that Jiang Lingyue hates to the core, it must be Shen.