The prince looked at the woman in front of him and said nothing.
"What are you asking about?" After a long time, he asked, "About the New Year's Eve banquet?"
Jiang Shuhua was silent for a while, then nodded as if she had gathered enough courage, "Yes."
She burst into tears as she said, "I never thought that I would slide, let alone that my slide would involve so many things."
"But Your Highness," she looked at the man in front of her with tears in her eyes, "I believe that the empress is innocent and there is no reason for her to do this.
My Majesty always puts Your Highness first. I believe that whether I or anyone in the East Palace gives birth to a son, I will definitely take him and raise him personally, and educate him well until he grows up.
In fact, I also think in my heart that if I have a son left, it would be best to leave it to my mother-in-law to raise him.
Thinking about how I entered the palace in the first place, everyone knows it clearly, even I think so, how could the empress do such a thing?"
Her tears flowed even more fiercely, and her face, which had never recovered, looked even paler, "Your Highness, why didn't you investigate? My Majesty needs you to give him a clean slate, even if the ceremony of the Crown Princess is restored now, she is
The dirty water splashed on you is always there, can you really bear it?"
The prince looked at her without answering, with a look of pain in his eyes.
"Your Highness, I am innocent. How can someone who cherishes her reputation so much be willing to leave with such dirty water?"
She grabbed the prince's hand and put her on her chest, "The person I trust the most in my heart is your highness, and the one I care about the most is you. If you don't give me my innocence, who else in the world can do it?"
Can the empress wash away the stigma on her body?"
The prince finally came to his senses and took his hand out, "Okay, you are tired too, go to rest early!"
After saying that, he left.
Mingyue followed Jiang Shuhua, a little confused.
"Master, why are you doing this? Everyone can see now that His Highness the Crown Prince does not want to investigate what happened to the Crown Princess.
Now you are the most favored in our East Palace, and you are also the most promising to become the Crown Princess. Why do you want to tell His Highness this matter?
It's one thing if it doesn't make the Crown Prince unhappy, but what if Concubine Ye can't hold it in anymore and confesses to His Highness?"
Jiang Shuhua sneered: "Do you think Ye Jinxi will be that stupid? Her confession now will push the entire British government into a pit of fire.
The more evidence she has in my hand, the more evidence she has in hand. If she wants to drag me into trouble, let's see if she can survive first."
Thinking of this, a somewhat proud look appeared on Jiang Shuhua's face.
Mingyue didn't quite understand, so she asked: "Then Concubine Ye really can't do anything?"
"She..." Jiang Shuhua thought for a while and then said with a smile: "If she is really smart enough, she should end her own life at this time."
She said these words lightly, as if they were meant to be.
Listening to Ming Yue's ears, a chill came out of her.
"Will she really commit suicide? But why?"
"Because this is the path with the least loss for her." Jiang Shuhua looked at the pale face of the palace maid in front of her with satisfaction, moved her head slightly forward, and lowered her voice and said, "Being obedient in front of me is also the best path.
road."
Mingyue suddenly broke into a cold sweat. She was now the most powerful and luckiest person in front of Jiangsu Hua.
But she didn't follow Jiang Shuhua for long. Xizhu disappeared inexplicably, and she didn't know where she went. It seemed that this personage suddenly disappeared from the palace.
But he was clearly so favored by his master back then.
Mingyue felt that she could not think about it any further.
The more I think about it, the colder I feel.
"Master, don't worry. I will follow you for the rest of my life. My master told me to go east, but I will never go west. What's more, my master is my savior."
Yes, it was Jiang Shuhua who saved her.
Rescued her from the Shenxing Division.
This is a debt of gratitude that will never be repaid in a lifetime, and it is also a shackle that will never be freed from.
Ever since she accepted Jiang Shuhua's gift to her, she could not escape from this woman.
The more things you know, the worse your life will be.
This is the truth that Mingyue knew from the first day she entered the palace, and it is also the truth that her sister taught her with her life.
"Master, after this matter is completely over, will you..."
She didn't finish what she said, but both of them could understand what she meant.
A faint smile appeared on Jiang Shuhua's face, as if she didn't care much, "Things in this world always have to be challenging to be interesting.
I just completed the most difficult, largest and most interesting challenge, and now I suddenly feel a little bored."
As she spoke, her eyes fell into the resentful night, with some indescribable melancholy in her eyes, "Why is that person not in Beijing? If she sees this hand of mine, I don't know what kind of expression she will have.
I don’t know how he is doing now, but I want to see who stands taller in this life.”
Mingyue didn't know who she was talking about, but she always felt that that person might not live long.
She had never heard such a tone from her master's mouth when talking about a person.
Mingyue didn't dare to speak, but the air was so quiet at this time that it was a bit scary.
So she was silent for a long time before she found her voice, "Master, what should we do next?"
Jiang Shuhua sighed, then smiled and said: "Of course it's time to celebrate the New Year.
The sky in the palace seems to be blood-colored this year, so much so that everyone has forgotten that the Chinese New Year is coming soon.
Ye Jinxi's death happened at this time.
When the news came, most of the people in the East Palace went to Ye Jinxi's palace to visit.
Even though everyone suspected that she had something to do with the New Year's Eve incident.
But since the prince has not convicted her, she is still the highest-ranking person in the palace.
When Jiang Shuhua arrived, everyone automatically moved out of the way.
Everyone knows that from now on, the world of the East Palace belongs to her, Jiang Shuhua.
Who would have thought that with a maternal family like the Zhao family and the support of Queen Zhao, the hostess of the East Palace would eventually be named Jiang.
Jiang Shuhua was really shocked when she saw Ye Jinxi's horrific death state, as if she couldn't stand up. Then she finally cried, "How could this happen? What happened? Why do we, the people in the palace,
Everyone has to leave like this?"
There was a note of sadness in her voice, as if she was really sad, which even made the people next to her who had nothing to do with Ye Jinxi feel depressed.
Although he died on New Year's Eve, the prince seemed to intend to completely cover up the matter, so what Ye Jinxi received was also the Ministry of Rites' instructions to handle the funeral affairs.
He was also buried in the name of his concubine.
The British duchess also came to pay their respects, but only the British duchess came.
New Year's Day.
The crowds outside the palace were still bustling, and it seemed like nothing could stop the people from celebrating the New Year happily.
The same is true for Jiang and his wife.
Jiang's mother took out the wrapped glutinous rice balls and sighed quietly, "I wonder if Yao Niang can have a good New Year there? I heard that the war is getting worse.
But don’t go to Datong. Our girl doesn’t know anything, she can’t even run slower than others, so what if we really have to go to war?”
Jiang's father hurriedly said "poof" twice, "What nonsense are you talking about for a Chinese New Year? Our beautiful lady is so blessed that anyone can compare with her."
He was raised by us and his wife in that mountain nest in the past. Wasn't his father able to find him back? This is the fate of being rich and powerful. Nothing will happen to him in this life."
Jiang's mother also realized that she had said something wrong, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, what you said is that I just said the wrong thing, so you don't mean it."
While talking, someone knocked on the door.
Jiang's father hesitated for a moment and showed a somewhat wary look on his face, as did Jiang's mother.
Because Xie Songhua had found this house for them before leaving, except for a few people, they had no idea they lived here, and no one knocked on the door on weekdays.
Jiang's mother gave Jiang's father a look, and Jiang's father walked to the door and looked out. He was stunned on the spot.