The daughter of the emperor is reborn to be beautiful and cool, and the King of Zhenbei loves her wi

If Shen Nanzhi remembered correctly, this palace banquet was supposed to be hosted by Concubine Zhang.

But she was in poor health and had been staying in Cuiwei Palace recently, so this task fell on Concubine Liu.

At this critical moment, why is she coming here claiming to be sick?

Thinking of his past life, Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but frown.

Concubine Zhang doesn't like her.

Although it was clearly Concubine Zhang who asked Emperor Shunqing for her marriage with Xiao Qian'an under the pretext of her birthday party.

As a result, she was extremely picky about Shen Nanzhi. Even though she knew that Princess Zhaoning Xiao Xiangxue disliked Shen Nanzhi and targeted her everywhere, she would not say a single fair word for her. She just left Xiao Xiangxue alone, which further encouraged Xiao Xiangxue's arrogance.

Therefore, Shen Nanzhi did not have any good impression of Concubine Zhang.

"Sister Zhizhi?"

Liu Jingya noticed that something was wrong with Shen Nanzhi, and immediately asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Nanzhi shook his head, forced a smile and said, "It's nothing, maybe I caught a cold after falling into the water, and my head is a little dizzy now."

Liu Jingya quickly took Shen Nanzhi's hand and said, "It's all my fault. I've caused you trouble. After my aunt and the others leave, let's go home quickly so you can rest earlier."

Just as Shen Nanzhi was about to nod, he heard a sound of knocking outside the palace door.

In the blink of an eye, the two women with the highest status in the harem, Concubine Zhang and Concubine Liu, entered the hall one after another.

Liu Jingya also put on her shoes and pulled Shen Nanzhi to greet her.

"Jingya, don't move. You just woke up, take care of yourself. You are my aunt, so why bother with all the formalities?"

Concubine Liu Shu raised her hand and exempted Liu Jingya from the formality, and smiled kindly at Shen Nanzhi: "You too."

Shen Nanzhi followed Liu Jingya and retreated to one side.

Different from Concubine Liu, who was wearing a colorful brocade palace dress with dark patterns and exquisite makeup, and looked radiant and gorgeous, Concubine Zhang was only wearing a cloud satin skirt with plain snow-white skirt, and even her hair was casually pinned up with two hairpins. She looked simple and rustic, and really seemed like she was recuperating from an illness.

However, even if she was dressed simply, it was difficult to conceal her good looks. Even when she stood in front of the gorgeously dressed Concubine Liu with her bare face, she was not overshadowed in the slightest.

The four top families in the capital all had legitimate daughters entering the palace, and the most favored among them was Concubine Zhang.

Among the four, she has the most aggressive personality, is decisive in her actions, and has great skills.

She was the least suitable person to hold the Phoenix Seal, but in the end, because of the emperor's great favor, she was made to supervise the six palaces and hold the Phoenix Seal.

Even when the late queen was still alive, her popularity was never overshadowed.

She came in with Concubine Liu Shu and naturally sat in the main seat. Then she glanced at Liu Jingya and said to Concubine Liu Shu: "Your little niece was frightened today. What are you going to do about this?"

Hearing this, Concubine Liu Shu smiled and said, "It was just a joke between two maids. Nothing serious has happened. Let's just let it go."

Just as she finished speaking, she heard Concubine Zhang sneer, "A joke? My dear sister, you sound so relaxed. I heard that the girl from the Shen family secretly brought drugs into the palace, which has violated the palace's taboos and rules. Are you telling me this is a joke?"

Concubine Liu was stunned by the rebuke. Before she could speak, she saw Concubine Zhang's face turned cold. She turned to look at Shen Nanzhi and said, "Are you the girl from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion? What's your name?"

This was not a question that he already knew the answer to, but a way of showing his respect to Shen Nanzhi by letting her reply.

Her status was there, so even if she disliked her, Shen Nanzhi had no choice but to step forward and bow, saying, "In reply to the Imperial Concubine, I am Shen Nanzhi."

Concubine Zhang did not ask Shen Nanzhi to stand up, but only raised her eyebrows and said, "You look good, not reckless. How could you bring drugs into the palace without permission and break the palace rules?"

Everyone present is a smart person.

Especially for a daughter raised in an aristocratic family, who has been working in the harem for so many years, how could she not think of the trick in this matter?

Not to mention anything else, just looking at Concubine Liu Shufei's attitude towards Shen Nanzhi, one can guess that Shen Nanzhi saved Liu Jingya and was taking the blame for Liu Jingya.

Otherwise, given how much Concubine Liu loved Liu Jingya, let alone letting Shen Nanzhi live in Jinxiu Palace and serving her with kind words and words, I'm afraid she would have driven her out of the palace with a gloomy face in Lianchi at that time.

However, no one will break this window paper on this matter.

But Concubine Zhang insisted on using the excuse that Shen Nanzhi had randomly taken the wrong drugs.

If Shen Nanzhi admitted it, it would be a violation of the palace rules. If she denied it, it would mean that the final conclusion of what happened in the lotus pond this morning had been overturned, and outsiders would look at Liu Jingya with suspicion when reviewing the matter.

As expected of Concubine Zhang, she put Shen Nanzhi into a dilemma as soon as she opened her mouth.

Concubine Liu Shu couldn't stand it any longer. She pulled Shen Nanzhi up and turned to Concubine Zhang and said, "Sister, this matter ends here. It was just a joke between the maids, and it happened to be used by someone with ulterior motives. Sister, as the head of the six palaces, why don't you think about finding out the details of the little palace maid, but blame Miss Shen instead?"

Hearing this, Concubine Zhang smiled slightly, "Of course, the little palace maid must be investigated, and thoroughly investigated, but the matter of Miss Shen cannot be let go. You have been with me in managing the six palaces for so many years, and you know that I can't tolerate any sand in my eyes. Miss Shen made a mistake today, and according to the palace rules, she should be punished. Why does my sister want to take the lead in violating the palace rules? You know, even though I am seriously ill, I still have to make this trip for this matter, because I am afraid that my sister will be soft-hearted and lead others to break the rules."

A palace rule left Concubine Liu speechless.

Liu Jingya couldn't bear it any longer. She raised her leg and was about to step forward to explain but was held down by Shen Nanzhi.

Shen Nanzhi also realized clearly that Concubine Zhang came today just to deal with her.

Unfortunately, the emperor, Xiao Chuyun and others were still at the palace banquet at that moment, so even if they got the news, they would not be able to catch up.

She got the timing right!

Shen Nanzhi stood up and looked up at Concubine Zhang: "May I ask your Majesty, according to the palace rules, how should I deal with this?"

Concubine Zhang smiled.

Even though her temples have some traces of time, she is still bright and beautiful.

She said, "According to palace rules, you should be caned thirty times, but considering that this is your first offense and you are of noble status, I can change the caning to a slap."

In other words, he would receive thirty slaps.

After these thirty slaps, Shen Nanzhi's face was completely lost, not to mention whether he could save it.

"elder sister!"

Hearing this, even Concubine Liu Shu's face changed drastically. She frowned and said, "No! You also said that Miss Shen is of noble status and will be the future Princess of Zhenbei. She shouldn't be punished so severely."

After hearing this, Concubine Zhang couldn't help but smile and said, "I reduced the punishment because I saw her noble status. Sister, you are still protecting her so much. Could it be that there is another hidden story behind the incident in the lotus pond today?"

The matter of the lotus pond involved Liu Jingya's innocence, and even Concubine Liu Shu did not dare to rashly take up the topic.

Concubine Zhang waved her hand and was about to ask the maid she brought with her to take action, but Shen Nanzhi suddenly raised her eyes and said, "Wait! Concubine, you are wrong."

Shen Nanzhi glanced over calmly, which made the two maids who were about to take action shudder. They subconsciously stepped aside and turned to look at Concubine Zhang, waiting for her instructions.

Shen Nanzhi continued, "Your Majesty said that I brought drugs into the palace and broke the rules, but what if what I brought was not drugs? Why did Your Majesty assume that what I brought was drugs?"

With just one sentence, she successfully choked Concubine Zhang, who thought she had won the game.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at Shen Nanzhi. Instead of answering, she asked, "Doesn't what Miss Shen said in front of everyone today count?"

Shen Nanzhi smiled slightly: "Of course it counts. The two palace maids did faint after smelling the powder I spread. But what I brought was not a drug, but a powder that I recently sent someone to develop for the prince to treat leg diseases!"

"I had originally intended to give it to His Majesty before the palace banquet began. I had no idea that the powder would be blown away by the wind just as I was about to show it to Sister Jingya. However, since it was medicine for His Majesty's leg injury, and considering that there were envoys from the Northern Barbarians here today, I didn't want to tarnish His Majesty's reputation, so I didn't want to make it public, so I said it was a drug in front of everyone."

At this point, Shen Nanzhi spread her hands helplessly: "I didn't expect that the powder used to treat the prince's leg disease could make people faint. Even if Your Majesty wants to investigate, this can't be considered a drug, right? If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, at worst you can ask an imperial physician to look for it on the ground around the lotus pond. Maybe you can find some powder and identify whether it is a drug or not."

Not to mention that Shen Nanzhi didn't sprinkle the powder at all. Even if he did, it's been so long since it happened that not even a trace of it would be left.

Concubine Zhang was not stupid, so she naturally realized that this was Shen Nanzhi's deliberate excuse.

Before she could get angry, Shen Nanzhi smiled again and said calmly: "It doesn't matter if you can't find it by the lotus pond. The prince is in Taiji Hall right now. To stop the gossip, the imperial concubine might as well ask the imperial physician to check the prince's pulse in public and diagnose the prince's leg injury to see if the powder he usually uses contains any ingredients that can cause a coma."

These words were both a counterattack and a test from Shen Nanzhi.

Today is the palace banquet. No matter how serious the matter in the harem is, it cannot be brought to the palace banquet and make people embarrassed in front of the envoys from the Northern Barbarians, not to mention that it is related to Xiao Chuyun.

Concubine Zhang would not do that.

Therefore, this statement is impossible to achieve.

Shen Nanzhi said this more because she wanted to see Concubine Zhang's reaction when she heard that she was going to check Xiao Chuyun's leg injury.

Xiao Chuyun not only had the well-known leg injury, but also a little-known cold poison.

I learned from Xiao Chuyun that it was the emperor who did this, but Shen Nanzhi didn't know whether Concubine Zhang knew about this, or whether she was involved in it or gave any advice.

If she knew or it was related to her, when she heard that the imperial physician was to examine Xiao Chuyun's leg injury and physical examination in public, she would definitely be panicked, fearing that the imperial physician would find out some clues and announce it to the public.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, a rare look of panic flashed across Concubine Zhang's eyes. Although it was fleeting, Shen Nanzhi still caught it.

So, she indeed knew that Xiao Chuyun was poisoned by the emperor!

As to whether or not to participate, I am not sure yet.

However, considering the cruelty and methods used by this mother and son, Shen Nanzhi was not surprised even if this was Concubine Zhang whispering in the emperor's ear.

She felt even colder in her heart, but she remained calm and said, "Your Highness, what do you think of my suggestion?"

how is it?

Of course not!!

Concubine Zhang's eyes were cold and fierce, as if she wanted to eat Shen Nanzhi alive.

She knocked over the teacup on the table and said sternly, "How dare you, Shen Nanzhi, challenge me!"

The scalding hot tea instantly exploded at Shen Nanzhi's feet, splashing everywhere, even the hems of Shen Nanzhi and Liu Jingya's skirts were stained with tea.

But Shen Nanzhi's body did not move at all, and even the smile on his lips did not diminish at all.

She only looked up at Concubine Zhang, and said in a deliberately innocent tone: "Didn't your Majesty just want to explain the palace rules to this servant? What, did this servant say something wrong?"

It was because Concubine Zhang could not refute any of the points that she got so angry.

At this time, Concubine Liu Shu, who had been speechless by Concubine Zhang before, also stepped forward to help, "Yes, sister, I think what the Shen girl said is right. Otherwise, I will go and ask the imperial physician to go to Taiji Hall to take a look?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Zhang turned around and glared at her, saying unhappily, "She is ignorant, are you confused too? Today's palace banquet is not something that can be disturbed by such a trivial matter."

Hearing this, Concubine Liu Shu smiled instead of getting angry and said, "Right, sister also said this is a small matter, why do you have to keep harping on it?"

This time it was Concubine Zhang's turn to be speechless.

She has always been arrogant and domineering, and this is the first time she has been confronted like this. She felt like there was a breath stuck in her chest, unable to go up or down, and she felt very uncomfortable.

She was still not satisfied after smashing the teacup. She turned around and glared at Shen Nanzhi, cursing, "I never thought you were such a powerful person. I underestimated you! Do you think I can't do anything to you, a bitch?"

Because she was so angry, Concubine Zhang's tone was very unpleasant.

But as soon as she said this, Shen Nanzhi suddenly took a step back and looked at her in disbelief: "Your Highness, please be careful with your words! No matter what, I am a girl from a good family. How can I be insulted like this by Your Highness!"

After she said this, Concubine Zhang finally realized that she was so angry that she blurted out the words she usually used to admonish the servants.

Especially the word "bitch" is really too much.

Her expression relaxed and she was about to change the subject, but Shen Nanzhi suddenly bent down and picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground that had not yet been cleaned up.

She placed the broken porcelain pieces directly on her neck, and said with a look of grief and indignation, "I am the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. The entire Shen family has made great contributions to the Great Qi. Only one in ten male members of the Shen family survived. I never thought that I would be bullied and humiliated by the Imperial Concubine! My grandfather and the loyal souls of the Shen family buried deep underground would never have thought that one day, a girl from the Shen family would be called a bitch!"

"Since I have been treated so humiliated, I would rather die here and preserve the integrity of my Shen family!"

As he spoke, Shen Nanzhi clenched the broken porcelain pieces tightly, as if he was going to cut his neck directly.

Her actions completely frightened Concubine Zhang, and she almost said, "What are you crazy about!"

Shen Nanzhi curled her lips and smiled, and said with determination: "Your Highness, you have insulted me so much, and now you are mocking me for being crazy. How can I face others?"

This sentence made Concubine Zhang completely dumbfounded.

Shen Nanzhi had a resolute look on her face, but no one knew the calculations and pleasure in her heart at this moment.

Didn’t Concubine Zhang want to teach her a lesson?

Then let’s wait and see who will teach whom a lesson!