Shen Shiyun smiled and said, "In this Imperial Palace, the only one who knows that little slut surnamed Chu is me. If I say you are, then you are. Do you understand?" She slowly paced back and forth in the room, muttering to herself, "But in the end, this case is unjust and false. Once it is exposed, it won't have a good effect on me. In order to make sure nothing goes wrong, I must find someone to report … Completely eradicating the Devil Cult is the most important thing. If I don't take this little credit, it won't hurt me. "
While she was thinking, she suddenly heard the eunuch outside the room loudly say, "Your servant pays his respect to Concubine Zhen niangniang. Niangniang is coming this way. Please wait inside the hall for a while. Your servant will report to my master. "Zheng Ying's voice was heard again," Why are you making so much noise? Could it be that you think my ears are particularly bad and you have to shout loudly? "The eunuch loudly said," Your servant doesn't dare. "
Shen Shiyun faintly smiled. She knew the eunuch was deliberately raising his voice to remind her to be on guard. She was secretly delighted, "I just mentioned the head and she already jumped out. Her words are really good." She stooped down to pick up the sesame ball and stuffed it back into Chen Xiangxiang's mouth. Then she simply tidied her clothes and went out to meet the guests in a dignified manner. She deliberately left the door ajar.
Zheng Ying sneered and said, "Wherever I want to go, I will go. You, a dead servant, dare to block my way?" The eunuch was submissive. Zheng Ying intentionally or unintentionally made things difficult for him, using excuses to delay. Sure enough, she saw Shen Shiyun walking out of the woodshed with a sweet smile on her face. She had already heard Yinyin's report that the small woodshed in the Snow Song Palace was Li Yijie's residence, but she didn't know that he had secretly left the Palace through a secret passage. She even thought that Shen Shiyun was secretly meeting with him. "Very good," she thought, "I haven't seen you for a few days and the flirtatious vixen is about to show her tail again. Watch me catch her in the act." Her face was full of joy as she stepped forward to welcome them. Both of them were smiling brightly. On the surface, they looked sincere, but in fact they were both secretly delighted with their own little thoughts. Shen Shiyun was the first to speak, "Concubine Zhen niangniang, how come you have time to come here today?"
Zhenying sneered, "That's right. I came to your Snow Song Palace to satisfy my addiction. If I don't come for a day, my whole body will feel uncomfortable, as if I've been bewitched. It's no wonder that His Majesty is so diligent." Shen Shiyun laughed, "You're too polite." Zhenying took the initiative to hold Shen Shiyun's arm and said with a smile, "After a while, I've become familiar with this place like it's my own home. The only thing I haven't explored is the woodshed over there. Just now, I saw Younger Sister coming over from that direction.
Shen Shiyun wanted to lead her into the woodshed, but she pretended to be embarrassed and hesitantly said, "This … I'm afraid it's not very convenient …" Zhenying was delighted and asked, "Oh? Could it be that there's something in the woodshed, or someone, that makes Meimei feel inconvenienced? "
Shen Shiyun said, "What are you thinking? It's just that the woodshed is small, dirty and messy. Dust has accumulated about a foot thick. I'm afraid it will contaminate my clothes. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for Meimei." Zheng Ying beamed with joy, "I don't have a golden body. How can there be a place where Meimei can go but I can't? Besides, my humble abode is simple and crude. Only a gentleman can live in it, so it can't be called crude. What do you say? "
Shen Shiyun heard that she was also trying to play a double entendre. She was secretly amused, but she still pretended to hesitate. Zheng Ying directly walked past her and swaggered into the woodshed. Her throat was tight, and she was ready to make a fuss when she saw Li Yijie. But then she saw a young girl kneeling inside the room. She carefully examined her. Surprisingly, she was Chu Menglin, whom she had met once before. An ominous premonition flitted through her heart, as if she had unknowingly fallen into the other party's scheme. She hastily retreated, intending to exchange a few pleasantries as soon as she left the room. Shen Shiyun followed closely behind her. Following her line of sight, she glanced at Chen Xiangxiang and smiled, "What? Do you recognize her? She is the assassin who attacked me that day. Speaking of which, Bengong really should thank you. At that time you insisted that the assassin was not dead. I even blamed you for creating trouble out of nothing. Fortunately, I was skeptical and sent people to investigate, so the culprit was finally arrested. "
Zheng Ying was bewildered. She said in her heart, "I asked this witch to kill you, but I can't let her reveal it. It's better to kill her as soon as possible." She pulled out her dagger and shouted, "Daring to assassinate the Imperial Concubine, her crime deserves ten thousand deaths!" She raised the dagger and was about to stab it into Chen Xiangxiang's heart when Shen Shiyun pulled her wrist. He smiled and said, "Niangniang, seeing this assassin, how come you seem to be more agitated than Bengong?"
Zheng Ying said, "Every time Bengong thought about how audacious she was, intending to harm Meimei, Bengong felt … anger rising from the bottom of my heart." Finished speaking, she also felt that it was far-fetched. Shen Shiyun smiled and said, "Anger is harmful to the body. But Niangniang abhors evil as if it were your own personal enemy. I admire that very much. When Bengong first caught her, I did not pull out my sword and kill her like you did. Instead, I carefully interrogated her for a long time. "Speaking of the most important part, he suddenly stopped and looked meaningfully at Zheng Ying.
Zheng Ying said in her heart, "What she means is, 'I interrogated her for a long time, she has already confessed everything, it's useless for you to hide it from me. You'd better quickly confess the truth!' Rather than letting her impose some groundless accusation, it would be better for me to confess myself, I can't let her pour the dirty water all over my body. Besides, the deal between her and I did not go through, so there were no serious consequences. " After weighing the pros and cons, she made up her mind. "All right," she said, "I admit, I did ask her to harm you, but she did not agree …" But then she suddenly had a thought, "That witch surnamed Chu was obviously with Prince Yu, they went to Liaoyang to worship their ancestors, how could she fall into Shen Shiyun's hands? Could it be that she did not forget her promise, and after returning from the Dongjing Mausoleum, she really did carry out the assassination on my behalf, but was caught by accident? "With this thought in mind, she could not bring herself to say 'she did not agree'.
Shen Shiyun smiled and said, "Alright, go on." Zheng Ying stammered several times, but she felt that if she did not continue the conversation, she would not be able to continue. She had no choice but to repeat 'she did not agree' one more time before continuing her narration. In order to prove her innocence, she repeated every word of the conversation exactly as it was. At the end she added, "It was after the fact that I persuaded her to harm you. Her first assassination was not my idea at all."
Shen Shiyun's face was completely calm. She didn't show the slightest bit of fear or anger. Instead, she smiled faintly and said, "In the past, I really didn't know that you had such a deep hatred for me. So you admit that you know her? "
Zheng Ying crossly said, "So what if I do?" Shen Shiyun smiled and said, "But she does not know you." She waved her dagger to pry open the sesame ball. Chen Xiangxiang saw a stranger in the woodshed. She had always regarded him as her savior. As soon as her mouth was free, she immediately wept endlessly and spilled out everything that had happened to her. Hearing this, Zheng Ying was filled with regret and hatred. She realized that she had fallen into Shen Shiyun's trap. With a hateful voice she said, "You are really something. But even if you have cheated me out, Bengong will not let you punish me without any evidence. His Majesty also cannot casually accuse a good person! "
Shen Shiyun laughed and said, "Niangniang is overthinking. Bengong does not have the slightest bit of bad intention. Now that there is a great merit here, as a younger sister, I want to offer it with both hands. You may say that this witch wanted to assassinate you, but you captured her using a trick. But I am not fickle in my mood; since I have told His Majesty that the assassin is dead, then she is dead. You cannot break this layer. " Zheng Ying could not understand Shen Shiyun's intention. With a cold laugh she said, "You know very well that she is not Chu Menglin, yet you still want me to take credit and ask for a reward. Are you deliberately making fun of me?"
Shen Shiyun sighed and said, "Niangniang does not know how to deal with things in a roundabout way. Let Bengong ask you, have you seen Chu Menglin with your own eyes? Has His Majesty seen her? " Zheng Ying said, "You already know the answer. I have only seen her once. Perhaps His Majesty … has seen her portrait." "That's right," Shen Shiyun said, "Before she opened her mouth, you were kept in the dark all along, weren't you? You were so scared that you confessed all your crimes. As long as she did not come to ruin things, relying on our silver tongues, even black can be turned into white, let alone confirming the identity of a woman who has dressed up well enough to pass off as the real one. "
Zheng Ying hesitantly said, "What you said is somewhat reasonable. But we must cut her tongue first to prevent her from defending herself." Shen Shiyun said, "That won't do. If we use a knife, there will be a mark on the base of her tongue. Anyone with discerning eyes will be able to see it. It's better to give her some mute medicine to solve the problem. " Zheng Ying could not restrain herself from nodding, but she still felt that this good thing came too easily and lost the sense of reality. Frowning, she said, "This is such a big merit, why don't you take it for yourself, but give it to me?"
Shen Shiyun said, "Sisters from the same family don't distinguish between each other. I also want to help you win back His Majesty's favor. If we divide the Eastern Palace equally, won't that be better? It's better than letting other people take advantage of it." Even if Zheng Ying was gullible, she could still tell that this sentence was hypocritical. She thought about the pros and cons of the whole matter, and then called out, "You are worried that the Devil Cult rebels will retaliate. You can't afford to provoke them, so you racked your brains to let me bear this infamy for you?"
Shen Shiyun sternly said, "You are wrong. People are endlessly perfect, things are endlessly beautiful. What is loved by good people will be hated by evil people. If you want to curry favor with His Majesty, you must first correct your position and make it clear that you are at odds with the Devil Cult. If you can completely pacify the rebels, you will be a heroine, your name will be immortalized for hundreds of generations. "
Seeing Shen Shiyun's attitude, Zheng Ying was even more convinced of her own judgment. She had suffered many losses, so she knew that Shen Shiyun's kind words could not be trusted. On the contrary, the more she denied, the more the truth was. She said in her heart, "I am His Majesty's imperial concubine, usually I live in the inner courtyard of the Imperial Palace, under the protection of the Imperial Palace's martial art masters. If the Devil Cult rebels want to harm me, it won't be that easy. Shen Shiyun is timid and afraid of trouble, she gave this big advantage to me for free. If I don't take advantage of it, I will have a problem. "
Thereupon the two of them agreed and went to report to His Majesty. Fulin was delighted to hear it, but he did not believe that Zheng Ying alone had the ability to catch the Devil Cult assassins. Seeing Shen Shiyun also nodding her head with a smile on the side, he guessed that they had discussed it well. These two beloved concubines could bury the hatchet and live together harmoniously. In his opinion, it was only a small favor, so why not do it? Thereupon he praised Zheng Ying greatly, bestowed her with a lot of jewelry, and asked her to serve him in bed that night. Behind his back he told Shen Shiyun that in the future if she caught the Sacrifice Shadow Cult's important criminals, she could deal with them on her own, no need to report to His Majesty one by one. Shen Shiyun was overjoyed; she immediately set the schedule of parades and beheadings, and posted the notice in every major city, waiting for the rebels to take the bait.
Fulin knew early on that the Sacrifice Shadow Cult was not an ordinary rebel against the Qing; on the contrary, they had contributed a lot to the military campaigns before entering the Pass. Just to avenge Shen Shiyun, they were accused of disloyalty; thinking about it, they were ashamed. But after many investigations, they found out that the Sacrifice Shadow Cult had committed many evil deeds, and they were notorious among the Han people. All major schools and sects wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible, but they had the heart but not the strength, so the demons were able to run amuck for many years. Now if they could send troops to eliminate them, it would be very satisfying, and it would also be beneficial for them to establish their prestige among the people. Considering the overall situation, it could be considered a good move. Thereupon he handed over the responsibility of this matter to Shen Shiyun, and let her do it freely.
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