After the rebirth, Aijia and Bamboo Horseshoe printed him

The main hall of Zhongcui Palace is the only palace in the palace with earth dragons besides Taiji Hall and Queen's Kunren Palace, even Concubine Jia and Concubine Xian who gave birth to princes and daughters do not have such favors.

Zhou Shuhe was still on his knees, the emperor's heart had already softened by half, but for such a big matter as the harem being dirty, since someone reported it, of course he couldn't let it go, and the rest had to be handed over to the evidence.

The emperor looked back at Concubine Zhuang, she accepted the emperor's signal and had to stand up with a smile to smooth things over.

"It's getting so late, it's not a problem for His Majesty to stay here, bring that guard surnamed Gu in." She looked at Shen Shunv, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said softly, "Sister Shen, don't panic, No one here will silence you, what you saw and heard that day, just put it bluntly, His Majesty will decide for you."

Concubine Zhuang's words contained hints of wit, but Zhou Shuhe ignored them, and only peeked at the emperor from time to time, acting out that sincere love to the depths.

The truth is the worst thing to do. No matter what truth Shen Shunv presents next, if it is false, there must be some flaws in it. Zhou Shuhe is not worried about this, all she wants is the heart of the emperor.

Evidence is indeed a good thing, but in the final analysis, this vast country with a deep court is dominated by the emperor alone.

The guard named Gu Zhiyun was dragged into the back of the palace. The emperor and concubine Zhuang asked him some questions, but he didn't answer. He just lowered his head and kept repeating, "The guilty minister must die."

Zhou Shuhe was sure that she had never met this person before, but his posture was obviously to implement the personal relationship between the two. She didn't know whether it was coercion or temptation or something else, and actually she didn't care.

The emperor was a little annoyed. Two of the three parties were foolish and couldn't figure out why, and the other one seemed to him to have no idea what happened so far, so he raised his voice impatiently: "Qi Yu, Take that hairpin and ask Zhou Baolin."

Qi Yu responded, picked up the jade hairpin from the emperor's hand and walked to Zhou Shuhe: "Does Zhou Baolin recognize this hairpin?"

Zhou Shuhe took the jade hairpin in a daze, and looked at it carefully.

"Hey!" She beamed with joy, "This is the hairpin that His Majesty gave me! I didn't find it when I came back from the Tai Chi Hall that day. I thought I lost it, but it turned out that there was no damage at all."

She paused, her face turned red, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "Yes... Did His Majesty help the concubine find it?"

Concubine Zhuang took a deep look at her.

Zhou Shuhe didn't seem to explain anything, it was just a little out of place, but at her age, she could be called a cute girl who was ignorant, yet she explained everything.

For example, this is indeed her hairpin, but the hairpin is gone, she was not in Lanfang Pavilion on the day it was lost, she didn't know about it, and...brings back the emperor's fond memories of that night in the Taiji Hall.

There is another point that Concubine Zhuang hasn't thought of yet, but Qi Yu immediately understood Zhou Shuhe's intentions, and he said thoughtfully: "This hairpin is cherished by Lady Baolin, and it will be taken care of by Your Majesty, so naturally there will be no fall." scratches."

After that, he took back the jade hairpin and presented it to the emperor.

Only then did Concubine Zhuang realize something, and she was startled suddenly.

The emperor picked it up and looked at it for a moment, then looked at Shen Shunv: "You said just now that the guards of the Luohua Gate accidentally dropped this jade hairpin on the ground, and you just put it away, it is not true."

"Yes, yes, what His Majesty said is very true."

"The Luohua Gate is an inner forbidden gate. The floor is paved with gold bricks from the imperial kiln sent by Suzhou Weaving. This hairpin is made of emerald and is the most fragile. According to what you said, it was intact when it fell on the ground like this. If it wasn't for the inferior bricks sent to me by Suzhou Zhizao!"

Shen Shunv was reprimanded by him, she was stunned, she fell to the ground in fright, and said: "No...not the ground, oh, yes, she fell on the grass, the grass is very soft..."

Qi Yu gently added fire to the fire: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are joking. Although the Spring Festival has passed, the grass and trees have not grown yet."

"Yes, there is no grass yet... Your Majesty! I just remembered! It landed in the Qingbo Lake on the east side of Luohua Gate, so it was intact! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Before Shen Shunv could finish her nonsense, the emperor waved someone to drag her down. Her voice faded away, and she was quickly covered by someone. Maybe she wanted to say something more, but the hall could no longer hear her. .

"Your Majesty..." Zhou Shuhe finally understood the situation today, and looked at the emperor with some fear, his eyes were full of water, which made people feel infinite love and pity.

The emperor pulled her to his side and sat down on the main seat together: "I am here, since you are innocent, you don't have to be afraid, no one will dare to harm you, you understand?"

Zhou Shuhe leaned lightly on his shoulder and nodded obediently.

Concubine Zhuang who was standing behind clenched her fists, her nails sank into her palms, she took a deep breath, and finally endured it.

She said softly: "Today, this matter has become clear. This Shen Shi used to be in the same position as Sister Zhou, but now she is very different. She must have harbored a grudge for a long time, so she colluded with the guards and made a big mistake. If so, this guard will always And deal with it."

Hearing this, Zhou Shuhe glanced at the emperor, gritted his silver teeth lightly, and mustered up the courage to speak: "I think it's wrong."

The emperor didn't expect her to come suddenly: "How do you say?"

She got up and bowed profusely: "Concubines who don't believe in the truth will know themselves. Except for Your Majesty and the three sisters in the palace at this time, no one else knows the cause and effect of today's events. And there are many people in the palace. In the end, the message is passed around, and I am afraid that it will become the mouth of His Majesty to kill Shen and this guard in order to keep his concubine."

"I know that Your Majesty believes in me, so I don't want to investigate further. I also know that Concubine Zhuang feels sorry for Your Majesty who can't sleep peacefully at night, and wants to settle this matter as soon as possible. It's just that people's words are terrible. I am not afraid of being rumored to be a disaster, but I don't want Your Majesty Qing Ming suffered the slightest damage."

She knelt on the ground and looked straight into the emperor's eyes.

Zhou Shuhe also hesitated whether to say these words or not. It stands to reason that today's matter is over. Shen Shunv's plan was exposed, and the back tricks placed on this guard surnamed Gu were also silenced. She insisted on a thorough investigation. On the contrary, it is prone to trouble.

But there are so many low-ranking concubines in this palace, and there are a lot of people who are unfavorable, brainless and easy to provoke resentment. The emperor can trust her once or twice, but he may not be patient five times or ten times.Today the emperor has made a final decision, it is an opportunity that she will never lose, and she is unwilling to let it go.

She wanted the emperor to change from "following his own desires" and "trusting his own judgment" to believing in her Zhou Shuhe's love.

To put it simply, it is to seize any unexpected opportunity to express her love and express her pure and warm sweet words to the emperor.

The emperor looked at her silently for a moment, and let people go to "thoroughly investigate".

The result of the body search was completely as expected. The eunuch serving in the temple found a handkerchief from Gu Shiwei's arms. Although it did not belong to Zhou Shuhe himself, her boudoir name was embroidered on the lower right corner.

Concubine Zhuang didn't understand what she was trying to do. This evidence was originally to match Shen's hairpin, and Zhou Shuhe had an affair with Gu Zhiyun.Taking it out at this time can confirm Shen's crime of framing others, but it will not touch her anyway, and it will make Zhou Shuhe himself not embarrassed.

But Zhou Shuhe took the square handkerchief and looked at it for a moment, then said with a smile, "Look, Your Majesty, this guard loves concubines."

These words were too frivolous, casually revealing what Concubine Zhuang wanted to express but could not speak out, bold and bold to the point of faint offense.

The sage Confucius said: "If you are close, you will not be inferior, if you are far, you will complain."

The first half of this sentence is the favorite quote of Confucians, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." Although there is some uncomfortable contempt and contempt in it, there is also some truth.

In the relationship between most people, closeness will cause offense, distance will cause resentment, or on the other hand, a small offense can break the distance between people, so that people will be close; Once resentment begins, it will make people resist, so it will inevitably alienate.

Others may not be able to test the power of the emperor by offending, but she can - Princess Bai can.

The emperor was silent for a moment, then said flatly: "Aren't you afraid that I will want your head?"

"Your Majesty likes to scare concubines."

"Oh? Do you think I'm just scaring you?"

"Yes," Zhou Shuhe knelt by his lap, raised his head and looked at the man seriously, "Your Majesty knows that even if all the men in the world love concubines, only His Majesty is the only one in the concubine's heart; All women love Your Majesty, and your concubine is the one who loves you the most in the whole world."

She sat up and reached out to touch the emperor's heart: "I have nothing to do with other people's thoughts. I only know that Your Majesty has me in mind."

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