Chapter 116 The Deal with the Queen
Liu Jingyan was shocked. She never expected that Xiao Jinyu would refuse so decisively. After all, it is a great honor to treat the emperor's illness. If he is cured, he will be made a female official. Most likely.
"The Queen should have heard the legend of a foot of cloth fighting against millet: a foot of cloth can be sewed; a bushel of millet can be pounded, but the two brothers are incompatible. The daughter of the people thinks that your majesty's illness is minor and you should be most concerned about it. I am your son!"
Liu Jingyan's expression changed, he looked at Xiao Jinyu for a long time, and then asked again: "Are you really unwilling to treat His Majesty?"
"There are many knowledgeable doctors in the palace. If I come to treat Your Majesty, wouldn't I be calling them all quacks?"
After Xiao Jinyu said something, the topic changed again, "However, the Queen, since you have ordered the people's daughters to enter the palace, the people's girls have a request, please grant the Queen's permission!"
"you say!"
"The daughter of the common people wants to see the late empress, who is Emperor Wen's empress, Empress Wen!"
Queen Wen Shen Miaorong?
This sentence actually stunned Liu Jingyan, who was a man of no desire and no contention.
Although Liu Jingyan never got involved in government affairs or participated in partisan disputes, after Emperor Wen's death, there was a fierce secret fight between Chen Xu and the Empress Dowager Shen who was listening behind the curtain.
Shen Miaorong was afraid of Chen Xu's regent power, so he secretly sent eunuchs to induce Jian'an Zhang Anguo to kill Chen Xu. However, Zhang Anguo was defeated and he and the eunuch were killed by Chen Xu. The battle ended with Chen Xu's victory.
Later, in order to cover up the matter, Shen Miaorong even silenced all the maids and servants in his palace.
Although Chen Xu knew that Shen Miaorong had done this, in order to show his benevolence as a king, he pretended not to know and kept her under house arrest in Wende Palace.
"You want to see Queen Wen? Is it because of what happened to your mother back then?"
Xiao Jinyu did not deny it.
"Yes, Queen Mother, if you let me see Queen Wen, I can protect your son Chen Shubao's position as Crown Prince without any worries!"
Liu Jingyan was stunned again!
"You are indeed a perfect queen. You do not get involved in politics, do not fight for favors, have no desires, and even help your husband flourish. There are countless beauties in the harem, and there are many princes and princesses.
But you Do you really want nothing?
Over the years, you have only given birth to one prince for Your Majesty, but the Crown Prince Chen Shubao is not His Majesty’s favorite prince. He even knew that King Chen Shuling of Shixing was misbehaving and had the ambition to covet the East Palace, but he allowed him to do whatever he wanted and form cliques for personal gain.
Moreover... King Shiheung also assassinated the prince, didn't he? "
Liu Jingyan's eyes showed extreme disbelief.
"The Queen is probably not ignorant of these things, she is just pretending to be deaf and dumb and pretending not to know."
"How did you know these things?" Liu Jingyan asked in shock.
"Your Majesty, I have seen the account books of Xinghua Yanyu Tower. The prince often went to Xinghua Yanyu Tower a year ago, but then he stopped going. Is it because of that assassination that he learned about the ambition of King Shiheung? , and no longer intersect with it.”
"You can deduce these things just by looking at the account books?" Liu Jingyan asked again in surprise.
"yes!"
"You are really smart, just like your biological mother..."
Speaking of his biological mother Xiao Luan, Liu Jingyan sighed again, and suddenly asked with a smile: "You are so smart and can see into people's hearts. Do you know why His Majesty loves Chen Shuling, King of Shixing so much?"
Xiao Jinyu looked at her, waiting for her answer.
"In addition to the guilt he felt when he was a hostage in the Zhou Kingdom, another reason is that his biological mother Peng is most like a person, a person who was once killed by him but will never be forgotten..."
This sentence made Xiao Jinyu stunned.
"Your Majesty believes in the immortality of gods. He has always believed that the person he loves most will be reincarnated, but he doesn't know who she will be reincarnated into. Therefore, anyone who is a little bit similar to that person, I will be like him. Please stay with him."
Seeing Xiao Jinyu's expression of shock and speechlessness, Liu Jingyan smiled again and said, "Don't you think it's ridiculous? Yes, I don't like to compete with others. This marriage between me and him was originally It is a political marriage. If he respects me, I will do as he wishes. So I don’t care how many women he has!
But one thing, you are right, the only thing I care about is my son! "
"So, I agree to the request you made to me just now!"
"Please also fulfill your promise as promised!" After a pause, she said again,
"If you need my help if you need anything, you can find a way to send a message to me."
Xiao Jinyu interrupted with a smile: "No need, the queen should still be a virtuous queen who does not involve herself in court or party disputes, and has no desires or pursuits. I will do the other things myself!"
"My request is just to meet Queen Wen!"
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The Wende Palace where Empress Wen lives is located on a rockery to the north of Hualin Garden. It has become an isolated palace. If Liu Jingyan had not been kind and sent people to take care of the late empress, I am afraid that this place would be no different from the cold palace. .
When Xiao Jinyu, led by Liu Jingyan and his maid, arrived at Wende Palace, Queen Wen Shen Miaorong was kneeling on a futon and chanting Buddha's name.
There was a message from the palace maid that Queen Liu came to visit. Shen Miaorong was very surprised. With a slight exertion on her hand, all the beads scattered on the floor.
As if she had a premonition of something bad, she turned around and looked at Liu Jingyan and a woman behind her who were entering Wende Palace.
When she first saw Xiao Jinyu, who had transformed into Xiao Luan, Queen Wen had a look of fear on her face.
"Sister-in-law, I'm here to see you, and I brought another person here today. Sister-in-law, I haven't had a good chat with anyone for a long time, so you can have a good chat today!"
After Liu Jingyan said that, he looked at Xiao Jinyu again.
"If you have anything to say, just ask here? I'm waiting outside!"
"Thank you, Queen!"
Liu Jingyan led the maids away, leaving only Xiao Jinyu and Shen Miaorong looking at each other in the palace.
"You actually came back alive?" Shen Miaorong asked first, looked at it again, and shook his head, "No, you are not her. Even if she is still alive, she cannot be so young..."
"Are you...are you her daughter?"
Xiao Jinyu nodded.
"So, empress, you know what happened to my mother back then, right?"
Shen Miaorong's face turned pale.
"You want to find out the truth about what happened to your mother from me?" she said, smiling, "Why do you think I will tell you?"
"Empress Shen, your situation is over now. Your husband is dead and your son is dead. Although you are still alive, you are just in panic all day long. I wonder if the current emperor will give you a glass of poisonous wine one day if he becomes unhappy!"
"So what good does it do you to keep such a secret?"
"Then what benefit will it bring to me if I tell you this secret?" Shen Miaorong asked back.
Xiao Jinyu just smiled.
"It turns out that the empress wants to negotiate terms with me!"
"Since you are valued by Queen Liu, it seems that your status is not low. If you want to know this secret, do you need to help me get out of here?"
"But I think it's safest for Queen Shen to stay here."
Seeing Shen Miaorong's dejected and gloomy expression, Xiao Jinyu said again,
"At most, I can guarantee that my wife's life will be safe!"
Shen Miaorong was overjoyed, but then she heard Xiao Jinyu ask in a solemn voice: "My Lady, you were the one who ordered Han Zigao to drink that glass of aphrodisiac wine, right?"
(End of chapter)