In Zening Hall, the Empress Dowager is burning incense.Shen Qinglan saluted after entering the door, but she didn't even lift her head as if she didn't hear it.

After kneeling for about a stick of incense, Shen Qinglan couldn't hold on any longer, and Fu'er and Yan'er outside the door were even more worried.

"It's been so long, why hasn't the empress dowager let our concubine get up?" Fu'er asked anxiously.

"Keep down, don't let the queen mother hear, or the princess will be punished." Yan'er reminded in a low voice.

"Oh..." Fu'er sighed, and said, "Our concubine is so pitiful..."

At this time, the empress dowager raised her head unhurriedly, looked at Shen Qinglan and said, "Get up."

"Thank you Queen Mother."

Shen Qinglan got up slowly and asked, "I don't know why the Empress Dowager calls me a concubine?"

The Empress Dowager's eyes were sharp, and she asked coldly: "Princess Regent, are you guilty?"

Shen Qinglan lowered her head, "I also ask the empress dowager to make it clear that my concubine... I really don't know."

"Humph……"

The empress dowager snorted coldly, "At the beginning, the Ai family handed over the three ladies to you, but how did you take care of them? Don't you know why Miss Zhuo's family left the mansion?"

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, when Miss Zhuo left, she had nothing to do with the concubine, and at that time... the concubine had already lost the right to be a housekeeper." Shen Qinglan said.

"Heh...you will shirk it. It was true that Yanyan was in charge at the time, but you were still the head of the regent's house. Could it be that the servants would not listen to what you said? If you really cared about it, even if you didn't Obtaining the power of housekeeper is an easy task for you, right?" said the Empress Dowager.

Shen Qinglan took a deep breath, and continued to defend, "Empress Dowager, Sister Yanyan withheld Miss Zhuo's things at that time, but it was indeed the concubine who ordered someone to make up for it later, and did not treat her harshly."

"How dare you make excuses!"

The empress dowager was furious immediately, and Shen Qinglan didn't speak. Ever since His Highness the Fifth Highness was about to ascend the throne, the empress dowager's temper has become more irritable, and she has long since lost her former grandeur and virtuousness.

Facing the empress dowager's anger, she had no choice but to kneel down again.

"The princess regent really has a clever mouth. If you really took good care of Ms. Zhuo, how could she have no choice but to leave Linyuan? It is clear that you pretended to cooperate with her, but in fact it was to take advantage of Yanyan and kill her." Get out of the house. The princess regent is really scheming!"

The empress dowager's anger remained undiminished, and Shen Qinglan couldn't tell the difference, so she kept silent.

"Princess Regent, Ms. Zhuo's reputation has been ruined since she left Linyuan, and now she is going to become a nun and become a sister-in-law. Should there be an explanation for this matter?" asked the empress dowager.

Shen Qinglan still didn't say a word. Back then, it was the empress dowager herself who insisted on sending the three ladies to Linyuan, but now she blamed everything on her.

"Why don't you talk? Well, let the Ai family make the decision and send Ms. Zhuo to the Prince Regent's Palace as a concubine." The Empress Dowager said.

"The empress dowager, please think twice. It has not been three years since the death of the late emperor. The prince is the nephew of the late emperor and the regent who is currently in charge of the government. He really dare not take a concubine." Shen Qinglan said.

The empress dowager nodded, "Ai's family was confused for a while, but I forgot about this. Some time ago, Ms. Zhuo came to visit Ai's family in Da Nei and said that she wanted to see Ai's family for the last time. She also said that if she couldn't stay in Linyuan , then step into the Buddhist sect, specialize in Buddhism, and ignore the world. Ms. Zhuo is also General Zhuo’s daughter-in-law. She is of noble birth. If it is really because of your husband and wife that you ended up like this, Linchuan must be criticized by others. , then let Ms. Zhuo go to your Linyuan to live temporarily, don't ask for a title, just settle this marriage."

Shen Qinglan sneered secretly, the reason why the Empress Dowager beat around the bush was to send Zhuo Zihong back to Linyuan again.

"Empress Dowager, my concubines dare not make claims on this matter, so please discuss it with the prince." Shen Qinglan said.

The empress dowager frowned, Shen Qinglan was so brave, he dared to contradict her again and again, he simply ignored her.

"You are the main wife of the Prince Regent, and the princess of the Prince Regent. Don't you have any control over the backyard? Could it be that the Princess Regent is trying to evade it on purpose? Or, is she jealous and can't tolerate others?" The Empress Dowager questioned coldly.

Shen Qinglan didn't rush, and explained plainly: "You just said that Miss Zhuo is the daughter of General Zhuo's family after all, but the concubine is just a merchant, and she is also a soft-spoken person in front of the prince. I'm afraid I can't do this Lord. If the prince gets angry and does something, General Zhuo will not be able to explain it!"

"Okay, very good. Shen Qinglan, the Ai family really underestimated you. I knew it earlier. When I came to Linchuan to beg the Ai family, the Ai family shouldn't have agreed to let someone like you be his Princess Bin!" said the empress dowager.

"The concubine is guilty, but the concubine is really helpless, and I ask the empress dowager to punish her." Shen Qinglan said.

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, stood up, glanced outside the door, and said: "Okay, you said this yourself, then you can go kneel at the entrance of the main hall for two hours."

"Yes……"

Shen Qinglan got up slowly and walked to the entrance of the hall.

Fu'er and Yan'er were about to step forward to help her, but Mother Meng reprimanded, "What are you doing! Do you understand the rules? This is Zening Hall, not your Regent's Palace!"

Shen Qinglan glanced at them, then walked to the stone steps in front of the main hall, and knelt down.

The stone slab was hard, and the already painful knee was like an ax chiseling at this moment.

"princess……"

Fu'er had never seen the princess suffer such grievances, and couldn't help crying for a while.

Meng Momo glared at her, "Why are you crying? This was requested by the Princess Regent herself. If you cry again, get out immediately!"

Yan'er held Fu'er's hand, and whispered: "Okay, okay, don't cry, the prince knows the news here, and will definitely come to save the princess."

"Um……"

Although she tried to persuade Fu'er, Yan'er felt more pain in her heart than her.

Unexpectedly, the gentle and loving empress dowager had turned into this appearance.

I think back when the concubine was injured by Princess Changqing in Da Nei, the empress dowager visited her in person to distinguish her in front of the empress dowager.

Today, it has completely changed.

The noon sun became more and more poisonous, and Shen Qinglan's face began to turn pale. Before she could kneel for a quarter of an hour, she immediately pretended to faint, thinking that she could escape the catastrophe.

"Go back to the empress dowager, the regent princess has fainted." A servant entered the palace to report.

The Empress Dowager looked up and said coldly: "The Princess Regent received the punishment herself, and the Ai family must not let it down. If that's the case, then bring a bucket of cold water. If the Princess faints, pour a ladle of water on it." .”

"Yes, the servant obeys"

The servant came out of the hall and ordered someone to bring a bucket of water.

Seeing this scene, Yan'er and Fu'er were so shocked that they immediately knelt down.

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