"You are looking for death!" Shen Yu scolded angrily. She looked around and her heart dropped when she saw that no one was paying attention to them.

"Miss, I made a mistake." The maid quickly admitted her mistake.

"Be careful what you say in the palace from now on, otherwise we won't know how we died!" Shen Yu reminded.

"Yes, ma'am."

Shen Yu lowered her voice and continued, "I performed this play today. I believe that my grandmother will think that I am a particularly filial person. She will only think of me if she has any good things in the future."

She has been favored since she was a child, and has become accustomed to finding other ways to make others take her seriously.

She feels this is her way of survival.

This time, she used the right method of survival.

After she left, Congxue said to the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother, I didn't expect that the fourth lady is a filial person. She will definitely be very filial to you in the future. You are blessed."

"Compared with her sister, she is quite good." The Queen Mother sighed, "This person is really unpredictable. Shen Qingqing used to be top-notch in everything, including appearance, temperament, talent, and reputation. , but have no conscience."

"It's no wonder that the Ai family was so kind to her before. She has never come to the palace to visit the Ai family since she got married."

Congxue consoled her, "Don't think too much, Queen Mother, there is a fourth lady now, and no one else is important."

"That's right." The Queen Mother smiled, "But none of them can compare to you. You have been with the Ai family for many years, and you are the only one who understands the Ai family best and is the most considerate."

"It is my blessing to be with the Queen Mother." Congxue became more and more respectful.

Shen Qingqing, who was discussed by the Queen Mother and Cong Xue, was still under house arrest by Xie Chengyu in the courtyard.

Shen Qingqing didn't have any news from the outside world. She didn't even know that her natal family had been raided and her biological father was dead until Ruofeng's arrival.

"What did you say? The prime minister's house was raided? My father committed suicide out of fear of crime?"

After hearing Ruofeng's words, Shen Qingqing was filled with shock, then suspicion and anger.

"Impossible! It's impossible!"

Although she hated Shen Jianzhang for giving up on her in the end, it was better to have her mother's family around than not.

Moreover, raiding her house and killing her father was Shen Yan. This was what she couldn't accept the most.

Shen Yan just sat on her head and shit, did he think she was dead?

"Third Prince's concubine, do you think I need to lie to you?" Ruofeng asked.

Shen Qingqing gritted her teeth, her eyes were red with sparks of hatred.

"Why did you come to me? Just to tell me this?"

"Of course not." Ruofeng said, "My master wants to help you take revenge."

"How to take revenge?" Shen Qingqing asked, "Now I can't even get out of this yard."

Ruofeng's eyes fell on Shen Qingqing's belly, "The third prince's concubine, don't you already have someone to rely on?"

Shen Qingqing put her hand on her lower abdomen with a look of surprise on her face.

Ruofeng continued, "Don't be surprised. My master has great powers and every move you make is under her control."

"As long as your master can help me kill Shen Yan and take revenge, I can promise you anything." Shen Qingqing said.

It was already noon when Ruofeng and Shen Qingqing finished talking about their plans.

Shen Yan entered the palace on the order of Emperor Xuande. When he arrived at the Qianqing Hall, he saw that Emperor Xuande was having a meal.

"I have seen the emperor."

"Mr. Shen is here." Emperor Xuande said with a kind face, "Have you eaten? Come sit down and have a bite with me."

"I've already eaten." Shen Yan stood beside Emperor Xuande and said to the palace attendants serving Emperor Xuande, "I'll do it."

The palace attendant looked at Emperor Xuande, who said, "All of you, go down."

"Yes, Your Majesty." All the people in the palace retreated.

Eunuch Chen was guarding the entrance of the palace. He knew that Emperor Xuande wanted to discuss secret matters with Shen Yan.

"Mr. Shen, please sit down, don't wait on me, just talk to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Yan followed the order.

Emperor Xuande took a bite of bamboo shoots and asked Shen Yan with a smile, "Do you know why I asked you to enter the palace?"

"I boldly guess that it is because the post of prime minister is vacant." Shen Yan did not pretend to be ignorant.

There is tacit understanding and trust between her and Emperor Xuande.

Emperor Xuande's smile became even stronger, "As expected of Mr. Shen, whom I value highly."

"The emperor already has a suitable candidate in mind?" Shen Yan asked.

"Why don't you guess, Mr. Shen, who is the person I have chosen?" Emperor Xuande deliberately tested Shen Yan, and also wanted to know who the person Shen Yan had chosen was.

"How can I guess this? If the person I'm talking about is the person in the emperor's heart, but the emperor doesn't admit it, what should I do?" There was a hint of joking in Shen Yan's words.

"Haha..." Emperor Xuande laughed heartily after hearing this, "You are the only one in the world who dares to say that I don't admit my fault, Shen Yan. Could it be that in your heart, I am such an unreasonable person?"

"Of course not." Shen Yan's tone was sincere and affirmative, with respect in her eyes.

"In my heart, the emperor is a wise and benevolent king."

Sincerity is always nirvana.

Shen Yan didn't exaggerate, nor was she flattery or flattery, she just spoke her thoughts seriously.

Emperor Xuande was very pleased with it, and the smile on his face became a little thicker.

If those words had been spoken by anyone else, he would have felt that they were flattering.

But it was different when it came from Shen Yan's mouth. It felt soothing to listen to it.

"How about this? For the sake of fairness, I and you will write down a person's name at the same time, and then put it in front of us together, so you won't worry about me cheating, right?"

Emperor Xuande smiled and curled his eyebrows. At this time, he looked like a respected elder.

"I obey the decree." Shen Yan was like a top student in the family, waiting for the test of this elder.

"Chen Fugui, bring a pen and paper." Emperor Xuande ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Chen handed the paper and pen to Shen Yan and Emperor Xuande respectively.

For the sake of fairness, Emperor Xuande sat still and Shen Yan moved a little further away. There was a few feet between them and they could not see what the other party wrote.

Soon, they finished writing their names and folded the paper.

Shen Yan sat back to her previous position, and Emperor Xuande said, "Mr. Shen, let's open it together."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shen Yan and Emperor Xuande held the paper balls, and they unfolded them at the same time and placed them on the table.

They looked at each other's paper at the same time, and in an instant, Emperor Xuande laughed.

"Okay! Mr. Shen is really my think tank and confidant. The people he has chosen are exactly the same as me."

Shen Yan smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty's reward."

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