Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 116 Queen Wen tells the truth

There were shocking and incredible changes in Shen Miaorong's eyes.

Xiao Jinyu's question was just a guess, but Shen Miaorong's expression told her the answer.

Although the woman's face could not be seen clearly in the dream, her elegant temperament and figure were very similar to Shen Miaorong in front of him.

“If I say, it wasn’t me, would you believe it?”

Xiao Jinyu smiled and shook her head.

"For Queen Shen, it should not be a pleasant thing that her husband loves only his male favorite and even went to great lengths to crown him as the Queen against all odds."

"So, do you think that I deliberately framed Han Zigao in order to win favor?" Shen Miaorong sneered.

"Queen Shen is naturally not such a narrow-minded person, but what if it's because of my mother?"

"In fact, the person you are really afraid of and jealous of is not Han Zigao, but my mother Xiao Luan, right?"

After two consecutive questions, Shen Miaorong was finally moved.

After laughing quietly for a while, she said, "Your mother once treated me. I consider her as a sister and am very grateful to her. In fact, when Emperor Wen was alive, he wanted to make her his concubine. I was very happy about this, but she was unwilling to cooperate with the Chen royal family. If she hadn't been so stubborn and refused to hand over the inheritance of Prince Zhaoming, how could she have ended up like that?"

As she spoke, she looked at Xiao Jinyu and smiled softly.

"Your mother is conceited and aloof. She said that she only wants to protect this branch of the Xiao family and pass on the cultural heritage of Prince Zhaoming forever, so that Zhaoming literature will never die and be passed down for thousands of generations.

But the Chen State was founded not long ago, and it was a time of great revival. If the economy of Jiangnan was to be restored, the local rule had to be implemented, and the local rule strategy had to be implemented against the aristocratic families.

At that time, most of the northern nobles who had migrated south had been massacred by Hou Jing, and the southern nobles were unwilling to make concessions. The Lanling Xiao family represented by your mother was undoubtedly the best target to kill a chicken to scare the monkey.

Who made your mother, the youngest head of the Xiao family, still a little girl!

If you want to destroy a young and promising man, it may be difficult.

But to destroy a young unmarried lady, only one man is needed!

What's more, this man's influence is great enough!"

At this point, Shen Miaorong smiled awkwardly and said in a deep voice,

"Yes, this was a conspiracy between me and Princess Yuhua, but it was also tacitly approved by the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Your mother is just the first step for the imperial power to establish its authority over the noble families!"

Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but feel endless anger burning in her eyes and clenched her fists.

"In order to consolidate your imperial power, you actually framed a young lady like this, and she is a young lady who has done a favor to your royal family. Don't you think your methods are dirty and disgusting?"

"Haha... disgusting? This is how the struggles in this world are. Brothers, husbands and wives, fathers and sons, sisters... Whether it's a struggle for imperial power or a struggle between aristocratic families, it's always like this. Wherever there are people, there is darkness..."

"Back then, Emperor Wen treated his younger brother Chen Xu with great affection, and even gave up two counties to redeem him and bring him back to the country. But what did he get in return? What happened to me now, and what happened to my son?"

Shen Miaorong couldn't help but sneer and cry at the end!

Xiao Jinyu was also somewhat sad: Wherever there are people, there are shadows!

Xiao Yuan also said this!

She also had to admit that the struggles and bloody fights among imperial families and aristocratic families in ancient times were indeed like this!

"There is another reason, which you may find even more cruel..."

Shen Miaorong suddenly changed the subject.

Xiao Jinyu looked at her and heard her say:

"Even the side branches of the Xiao family didn't want your mother to live well. The illegitimate son of Prince Zhaoming proclaimed himself emperor in Xiliang as a puppet of Northern Zhou. Your mother's branch is the direct descendant of Prince Zhaoming's branch. This undoubtedly pierced a thorn in the heart of the emperor of Xiliang, declaring that he would never be a legitimate child.

The reason why the Chen royal family was able to keep the Xiao family in Jiankang was to give Xiliang a permanent thorn in its side!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyu was stunned: Could it be that the guest from the Xiao family that Xiao Xian mentioned, whom he had heard about when he was a child, was from the State of Liang?

"She is so smart that she is almost like a demon, but she is too stubborn and easily broken. Young lady, you should understand this. Your mother is indeed very outstanding, but it is precisely because she is too outstanding that she is not tolerated by the world."

Is it because you are too outstanding that you are hard to be accepted by the world?

Xiao Jinyu suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart and stopped asking.

When I was about to leave, I suddenly remembered something and asked casually:

"What happened to Princess Yuhua who was in love with Han Zigao?"

When asked this question, Shen Miaorong's already relaxed body suddenly stiffened.

She met Xiao Jinyu's gaze.

"Princess Yuhua?"

Shen Miaorong smiled and replied, "Princess Yuhua was madly in love with Han Zigao and died of coughing up blood. Isn't that what is recorded in history books?"

"But this is not the truth? Otherwise, she wouldn't have conspired with you to frame my mother and Han Zigao, right?"

Facing the girl's deep gaze that seemed to see through everything, Shen Miaorong avoided her gaze.

"I can only tell you that she finally changed her appearance and got married!"

Xiao Jinyu was slightly startled, and then seemed to have thought of something, with a barely perceptible coldness and understanding flashing in her eyes.

"Okay, thank you!"

After she thanked him, she turned around and walked out. Shen Miaorong's voice came from behind her:

"I told you all this in the hope that you can fulfill your wish and eventually fulfill my wish!"

"Don't worry, Queen Liu won't harm you. She will do everything she can to save your life!"

"That's great! I also want to see how long the Chen Kingdom can hold out before it falls."

When talking about the word "death", Shen Miaorong almost bit her lip and spit it out heavily, with endless hatred rolling in her eyes.

Xiao Jinyu was stunned for a moment, then walked out of Wende Palace without stopping.

"How is it? Did you get all the answers you wanted to know?" asked Queen Liu Jingyan.

Xiao Jinyu nodded.

"Yes, I got them all!"

"Thank you, Madam. If you have nothing else to say, I will take my leave and go back!"

After Xiao Jinyu finished speaking, she was about to leave.

Liu Jingyan actually asked, "Xiao Jinyu, are you willing to marry into my Chen royal family?"

Xiao Jinyu stopped suddenly.

She turned to look at Liu Jingyan, her eyes were extremely cold and fierce, and replied: "I don't want to!"

This was a decisive rejection without any room for negotiation.

Liu Jingyan even saw a hint of hatred, decisiveness and coldness in her eyes!

It seems that it won’t work!

Even with such an honor as the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, I'm afraid this girl would disdain it!

Liu Jingyan quickly suppressed the thought in his mind. He originally wanted to lure the girl to his side with the position of Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, but now he could no longer say it out loud.

"Forget it, go back!"

……

Under the guidance of the eunuch, Xiao Jinyu walked out of Hualin Garden and passed through the second palace gate. When he reached the long and secluded corridor, he felt something was wrong, as if there were ambushes all around.

Suddenly an arrow flew through the air and landed in front of the two men's feet with a "snap" sound. The eunuch was so scared that he fled in panic.

When Xiao Jinyu looked up again, a group of masked men in black clothes surrounded her.

"Young lady, surrender and come with us, or we may hurt your delicate body." The leading man in black threatened in a whistle-like voice.

The voice sounded like a eunuch, which Xiao Jinyu found funny.

"Do you dare to carry out such a kidnapping in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace?"

"Don't be ungrateful. If you don't surrender, don't blame us for taking action!"

The man in black shouted fiercely, and waved his hand to order the people behind him to rush forward. At this time, Xiao Jinyu shouted: "Wait--"

He then took out a willow leaf, held it between his lips and started to blew it.

Suddenly, they heard a melody like the sound of mountain breeze, gurgling spring water and chirping birds flowing from the lips of the young lady. Several men in black were stunned for some unknown reason. After a long time, they realized that they seemed to be immersed in the melody. When they woke up, they found that the young lady had already escaped far away.

"Chase him now!"

As long as she passed through this corridor, there were imperial guards on duty in front. Xiao Jinyu chose the direction closest to the imperial guards and ran. When she reached the corner, a hand suddenly reached out and held her wrist, and then a great force brought her into a warm embrace.