After the replacement of the delicate imperial concubine, my emperor will never come to court again

Chapter 18: Inquiry into the Clan Mansion

Ren Qianyu stared at the fallen stool and calmed down: "Father will arrange for people to go to the clan's mansion. I also have to find a way to fish out Ren Yuhuan. You go and make arrangements and say that I am heartbroken because I fell ill and fainted."

However, Shen Yanzhi only sent word from the imperial doctor and did not come to visit Ren Qianyu.

After two days of neglecting the imperial concubine, Shen Yanzhi just slept in the royal study room. Hearing that Concubine Shu had improved, Shen Yanzhi turned over the imperial concubine's brand that night.

After hearing the news, Ren Qianyu tugged at her clothes nervously and hurried out to greet him.

Shen Yanzhi looked at the well-being of the imperial concubine. Although there was some nervousness on his face, he was probably worried about Ren Yuhuan.

He stretched out his hand to hold her hand and go in, but he didn't want to spray onto the concubine's hand. A strange feeling suddenly flooded into his heart.

Shen Yanzhi let go of his arms around Ren Qianyu's waist and walked inside, but Ren Qianyu was completely unaware of Shen Yanzhi's reaction. She just said in a coquettish voice: "Your Majesty has not come to see me for so many days. I am so sad."

Even the rhetoric made Shen Yanzhi feel a strange feeling.

"If I come, it will be difficult for Concubine Shu to explain."

Ren Qianyu curled her lips, unable to hide the arrogance and contempt in her expression: "Concubine, she is so stupid and clumsy. How can she use such methods? It is obvious that Concubine Shu came to find her and deliberately framed her!"

Ren Qianyu was eager to fish out Ren Yuhuan, and regardless of Shen Yanzhi's expression, she spoke before the two of them entered the room.

The more Shen Yanzhi looked at her, the more he felt that the imperial concubine seemed to be a different person. She had never seen that disgusting look before.

Following the imperial concubine into the room, Ren Qianyu threw herself directly on Shen Yanzhi and pressed her hands on Shen Yanzhi's chest: "Your Majesty, I am really worried about my sister. What kind of place is the clan mansion? You have to shed a layer of skin when you enter -"

Shen Yanzhi only felt that the scent of the imperial concubine was different. At this time, the imperial concubine really made him feel disgusted. All kinds of thoughts were clearly revealed, and he was trying to exchange beauty for benefits.

Ren Qianyu was pushed to the bedside by Shen Yanzhi. Seeing Shen Yanzhi stand up and walk out, she felt frightened and pretended to cry: "Your Majesty, please don't leave. I am only thinking about my sister and have no concern for Your Majesty's mood——"

"Okay, the imperial concubine is nervous and obviously not in the mood to receive me. I will go back first."

As the chariot drove along the corridor, Shen Yanzhi did not say where he was going.

Wang Lian had to step forward to ask.

"Go to the clan mansion!"

Wang Lian didn't expect that Shen Yanzhi would personally go to the clan's mansion to investigate for a palace maid. It was really unbelievable. He could only say: "Your Majesty, are you going to call Ren Yuhuan out for interrogation?"

"No need!"

Ren Qianyu did not suffer much in the clan's mansion, knowing that her father had arranged for someone to protect her.

But she didn't know how to escape this time. She just hoped that her father could still see her usefulness and rescue her.

Leaning against the wall, sitting on the thatch, looking up at the moonlight leaking from the window, wondering if Shen Yanzhi would help her.

Is Shen Yanzhi still interested in Ren Yuhuan?

She kept recalling past events, searching for proof like peeling off cocoons.

But she found that Shen Yanzhi's attitude towards the imperial concubine was completely different from that towards Ren Yuhuan.

Shen Yanzhi and Ren Yuhuan faced each other. Although their expressions were relaxed, there was still a distance between them. That distance was as unbridgeable as the chasm between the emperor and the maid.

He couldn't help but sigh.

But she didn't expect the orange light of the torch to flash, and someone came towards her cell.

Ren Yuhuan clung to the wall nervously, staring at the fire. Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but guess who it was.

Ren Qianyu definitely would not come to the clan mansion for her, and besides, she had already sent people to threaten her.

Not even his father...
  Wang Lian stepped forward. The jailer shook the key in his hand and came up to open the cell door.

Ren Yuhuan stood up against the wall and looked at Wang Lian anxiously. How could she not know that she was His Majesty's personal servant?

Shen Yanzhi stood in the darkness and looked at Ren Yuhuan, who was illuminated by the fire. The timid eyes and the fearful and meaninglessly clasped hands were all too familiar.

The person who has been serving him for a long time is not Ren Qianyu, but Ren Yuhuan!
  Shen Yanzhi walked to the cell door with a sullen face.

When Ren Yuhuan saw Shen Yanzhi's appearance, he immediately knelt down and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, this servant is unjustly accused!"

Shen Yanzhi looked at Wang Lian, and Wang Lian waved his hand to the jailer: "Go down and guard. No one is allowed to come near here."

Ren Yuhuan doesn't know what Shen Yanzhi is doing here?
  Is it for her or the concubine?
  Shen Yanzhi watched Ren Yuhuan bow his head without raising his head, and said in a deep voice: "Get up and talk."

Ren Yuhuan stood up tremblingly and glanced at Shen Yanzhi cautiously.

Shen Yanzhi was also familiar with this look. Whenever the imperial concubine wanted to know his mood, she would always do it quietly.

"Ren Yuhuan, do you know your guilt?"

Ren Yuhuan didn't expect that Shen Yanzhi would come to the clan's house just to make her confess?
  "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I truly have never poisoned Concubine Shu!"

Shen Yanzhi raised his hand to stop Ren Yuhuan from kneeling again, leaned forward and looked into Ren Yuhuan's eyes.

The orange light of the torch flashed in her eyes, filled with expectation and uneasiness.

"I'm talking about the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Ren Yuhuan's eyes flashed and he lowered his eyes.

Shen Yanzhi let go of Ren Yuhuan, turned his back to her and said, "If you are honest with me, not only will I not punish you, I will also reward you."

Ren Yuhuan heard Shen Yanzhi's words and understood in his heart that Shen Yanzhi was not here for Concubine Shu or the noble concubine, but for Ren Yuhuan.

The emotions were so mixed that I couldn't express them. I just cried and didn't say a word.

Shen Yanzhi only thought that he would not look at Ren Yuhuan, and that Ren Yuhuan would not be so afraid and would admit that the imperial concubine cooing coquettishly in his arms was her Ren Yuhuan.

What a great opportunity this is?
  Not only can I go out, but I can honestly be by his side.

But she didn't speak!

Shen Yanzhi looked at Ren Yuhuan with the fire in his eyes: "Don't have anything to say?"

Ren Yuhuan knelt down, tears rolling down.

"This servant is afraid and does not dare to deceive the king. Please observe carefully, your majesty."

Shen Yanzhi stared at Ren Yuhuan: "Okay!"

Watching Shen Yanzhi walk out of the cell, the jailer locked the cell door again, and Ren Yuhuan knelt on the ground at a loss.

What does Shen Yanzhi know?

Ren Qianyu sent someone to threaten Ren Yuhuan. Even if she died, she could not expose her impersonation of a noble concubine, otherwise she would be killed and her mother would be killed.

Ren Yuhuan wiped away her tears with her hands and tried her best to calm down.

No, if there is evidence, it is impossible for His Majesty to come and inquire in person.

As long as Ren Qianyu doesn't let anyone know, they will be fine.

Ren Yuhuan couldn't help but feel sad thinking about Shen Yanzhi's words.

In truth, Shen Yan locked her up in the clan mansion for the rest of her life in anger, so what could she do?

(End of this chapter)