Meng Guihan originally admitted his mistake with a guilty look on his face, but after hearing these words, his expression changed!
"Sure enough, there is someone behind the scenes?!" Meng Guiyu noticed, his eyes became even more angry, and he shouted sternly, "Who did it?! Why are you still protecting the real culprit behind the scenes at this time?!"
"Yes... it's Mother Qian!" Meng Guihan quickly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead and whispered, "She... She often persuaded us in private that it was serious to get married quickly. She also said with emotion that if our parents were still alive, we brothers At this age, the child is afraid of running away dissatisfied! I... I also felt very unfair for Brother Six's past experience, so I casually told her some past events, and then... Then Qian's mother said, Xiang is greedy and unscrupulous, no It’s difficult to deal with, and given the Sheng family’s love for County Lord Kangzhao, it would have been impossible to betroth County Lord Kangzhao to someone like Meng Boheng!”
"On the other hand, the Marquis of Yichun, wasn't the Sheng family tempted before?"
"If Tu Ruchuan hadn't been the matchmaker for them, the Queen Mother would have deliberately brought Brother Liu with the head of Kangzhao County!"
"Without the dowry brought by Lord Kangzhao and the financial support of the three families in Nanfeng County, how could Mi Zhen have developed to its current momentum in just a few years?!"
"If it weren't for Mi Zhen, this world would have been ours by now!"
"I... I thought that Qian's mother was the old man left behind by my parents... I didn't expect that she... After listening to her words, the more I thought about it, the more I resented Tu Ruchuan, so... "
He looked at Meng Guiyu's face as dark as ink, and couldn't continue to speak.
Meng Guiyu was speechless for a long time: the mother Qian mentioned by Meng Guihan was indeed the servant left by Meng Bao and his wife, who accompanied the four brothers and sisters through the most difficult time together.
There were not many servants like this in the Meng family's fourth house, so they were particularly valued by Meng Guiyu's brothers and sisters.
Previously, the Shu sisters deliberately promoted the fourth house, granted Meng Guihan the title of Yongning Bo, and granted him a Yongning Bo Mansion.
Meng Guihan, who had been living with his brother in Chongxinhou Mansion because he had not married yet, had his own place and moved out from the Hou Mansion.
Meng Guiyu was worried that his younger brother would be taken advantage of by others, so he specially allocated a group of selected servants from his side and sent them to the uncle's house to serve him.
Among them is the rich mother.
Because of her seniority and age, Qian's mother was entrusted with an important task just after she went to the uncle's house, the prime minister's backyard.
When Meng Guihan did not marry a wife, she could be said to be the de facto mistress of the Yongning Mansion.
Not to mention that Meng Guihan would not have thought that this old servant who was a bit nagging but sincerely treated the fourth brother and sister would have ulterior motives. Even Meng Guiyu, before Meng Guihan told him about this person himself, would never have thought of it. her.
"Brother Six, could it be that Mother Qian...but...we have always treated her well, she...how could she do this?!" Seeing Meng Guiyu not speaking, Meng Guihan was frightened and asked anxiously, "She can do this We are old, and our son and daughter-in-law work in our house, and they have always been very proud. If she sells us now, what good will she get in the future?!"
"If we fall because of this, she can't go to her master behind the scenes to ask for benefits?!" Meng Guiyu said with a sinking face, "What are you still doing? Go back and bring people here to find out what's going on. Who is stumbling around you?!"
Meng Guihan agreed hastily and took two steps outside. After thinking about it, he stopped and asked, "Then... Brother Six, Sister Ten and the whole family are still in Mi Zhen's hands. What should we do?"
Although it was said that he was instigated by Qian's mother to kill Tu Ruchuan, he knew without thinking that Rong Suihe would not let it go just because he handed over Qian's mother!
"Mi Zhen and us are enemies from the beginning!" Meng Guiyu said solemnly, "Now that the tenth sister has fallen into his hands, regardless of whether we are justified or not, will he let her go?"
Seeing that Meng Guihan's face turned pale, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he lowered his tone and said, "Before Mi Zhen returned to Chang'an, I sent people to place the ten younger sisters and their family in a remote Zhuangzi. Only a few people knew about it! Mi Zhen The people under his command still kidnapped him. It can be seen that either we have their spies around us, or Mi Zhen has been sending people to spy on us... No matter which one it is, what happened today is inevitable... You Don’t blame yourself too much!”
After a pause, he added, "Mother Qian probably wasn't bribed by Mi Zhen. Tu Ruchuan took great care of him before. He may not be willing to seriously make this uncle truly disabled."
As for how to deal with the matter, Meng Guiyu waved his hand, "You go get the money first, mom and the whole family, I'll think about it carefully!"
At this time, in the palace of Mi Zhen County, Sheng Weiqiao had also read the Queen's handwritten letter. In the letter, the Queen told about the difficulty of living under Meng Guiyu during this period, and recalled the fun when she and Sheng Weiqiao were joking earlier. She sent her greetings. After learning about the current situation of Sheng Weiqiao and Rong Ruibin, he finally politely proposed that Sheng Weiqiao go to the palace to see her.
When Sheng Weiqiao was reading the letter, Yi Shan saw that the hostess had no clear objection, so she came over to read it together.
At this moment, he sneered: "Mother, I see that Meng Guiyu wants you to enter the palace! After all, his sister, Meng Guixin, who was granted the title of eldest princess, is in our hands now, isn't it? She must know that the county The king has always loved you and hopes to trick you into entering the palace so that he can use his power in the palace to detain you and exchange hostages with the prince!"
Then he said to the Queen, "Who doesn't know about Meng Guiyu's wolfish ambition? The Queen clearly knows that his intentions are not good for you, but she still helped him write this letter. She is simply cruel!"
Sheng Weiqiao looked unhappy and said, "We have our own secret responses, so we don't have to worry about them!"
Putting the letter on the table, he stood up and said, "I'm going to see Lingzhan and them."
Yishan, who was two steps behind, waited for her to leave the door, beckoned to the little maid, and whispered: "Take that letter and burn it!"
Finally, she caught up with Sheng Weiqiao and was about to speak when she saw Sheng Weiqiao standing under the corridor with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Empress?" Yishan asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"I was thinking about the news just now, which is that Meng Guihan bullied Uncle Tu Shi for no reason." Sheng Weiqiao said, "It seems like he is deliberately stirring up trouble, but there was already a dispute over the establishment of the heir apparent in the previous dynasty. He is so Wouldn’t it be unnecessary to do it?”
Yishan thought for a while and said: "To tell you the truth, slave, although you and the king respect the chief butcher, but the chief butcher is actually not very important in the court. Let's start with him and provoke the conflict between the two sides. A full-scale dispute, slave girl thinks... it’s a bit unreasonable?”
Sheng Weiqiao nodded and said: "Besides, the person who just came to me under the banner of the Queen Mother to send me the Queen's autograph letter is also weird. Calculating the time, even if Meng Guiyu only heard about Meng Guixin's matter in the palace, he asked the Queen to try to deceive him. I went into the palace to be a hostage... How could he be so sure that I would be fooled? After all, Mi Zhen and Meng Guiyu were fighting fiercely in the court at the moment. The Meng family had a queen mother and a queen, so they had deep influence in the palace! "
"Even if I want to go out in this situation, how can you not stop me?"
Yishan thought about it for a while, but had no clue, so she smiled and said, "Empress, since the king has the military power now, why do you have to worry about small things?"
She said it easily, but Queen Meng in the palace felt like the sky was falling: "What did you say? Ah Xi is engaged to the Lord Jingshu?!"
The person who reported the news to her was the confidant of Meng Guiyu's faction in Wangchun Palace, who knew the truth about the queen's pregnancy.
At this moment, he curled up his lips and said: "Now everyone in Chang'an knows about this matter, and many people are congratulating them! Besides, the Marquis has already acquiesced in your matter, and this slave made up such rumors to coax you to do it. What?"
"..." Queen Meng was speechless for a long time, and then murmured after a long time, "How is this possible?"
The confidant looked at her and said, "You have to think of a way."
"Did Kang Zhao receive the previous letter?" The queen thought, took a deep breath, and asked.
The confidant was surprised: "What letter?"
"Why are you pretending to be confused?" The queen sneered and said, "It's the letter I asked my aunt to find a reliable palace servant to send... Don't say Meng Guiyu didn't know! He let it go on purpose, just because he wanted to Monitor the whole process behind the scenes, and find out how deep the friendship between me and Kang Zhao is!"
"My slave doesn't know what you are doing in private!" Hearing this, his confidant blinked and said, "This slave is just here to serve you!"
The queen bit her lip and said: "You can still serve me with peace of mind at the moment! But have you ever thought about it? You know the inside story of my pregnancy. If I go without knowing it in the future, I'm still afraid. Won’t you go down and accompany me immediately?”
The confidant's expression changed slightly when he heard this, but he still said with a smile: "My Lady, it's useless for you to say this to me. The most urgent thing is that you have to find a way to deal with it! After all, it's fine that the current fiancée is someone else. County Master Jingshu, that one is famous for being all-rounded! If she knew what was going on in your belly, do you think she would like to see you having a mess before you even entered the house?"
Queen Meng's face was as dark as water, and she said: "What do you mean by saying that Brother Six will not care about this matter? He doesn't care about it, but he asked you to tell me. What does this mean?"
The confidant smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis asked his servant to tell you about this matter. He might have originally planned to take care of it, but it's different now. You probably don't know yet, right? Just now Princess Yifeng Something went wrong with the whole family, and they were kidnapped by Prince Mi Zhen. It is said that it was Uncle Yongning who did it! Who doesn't know how much the Marquis attaches importance to those two people? You said he is nowhere to be found at this moment. Where does time take care of you?"
The Queen said in disbelief: "The brothers and sisters have always been united, how could Brother Seven harm all the members of the Ten Sisters and their family into Mi Zhen's hands?!"
The confidant shook his head and said: "It seems that the Marquis only knows about this. How can I know this? Anyway, you are probably the only one who can think of something now!"
The queen was instantly confused, and the people under Rong Suihe were not relaxed either.
Although Luo Pu won a complete victory in the court dispute, some of his confidants, led by Le Yangwen, did not agree with Rong Suihe's succession to Emperor Xuan Jing.
Le Yangwen specifically told Rong Suihe in private: "Your Majesty, young Jian Zuo, has enjoyed all the wealth and honor in the world, but he has never shouldered the responsibility of a master. The deterioration of his current situation is probably a sign of his declining fortune. As his heir, I am afraid that Not a good thing!”
Moreover, "The prince of the county studied under Duke Huan, but Duke Huan was repaid for his kindness! Although it is said that after the prince ascended the throne, he and Duke Huan were also monarchs and ministers, which cannot be judged by common sense, but... it is inevitable to talk about it in the public! Disciples of Duke Huan such as Luo Pu, in their hearts There will be some cares to some extent.”
"So in the opinion of my subordinates, it is better to be like this: Your Majesty is dying, and there is a high probability that he will not wait until his biological heir is born? In this case, why not inherit the throne as the emperor's nephew? Anyway, Meng Guiyu's side has always been He keeps talking about Kunyori Naga-kun!"
"I'll wait until your majesty's biological flesh and blood is born, make me a princess or a prince, and raise her for the rest of my life, that's all!"
Rong Shuihe was noncommittal about this suggestion because some people, led by Xu Lianshan, thought it would be better to adopt the throne to Emperor Xuan Jing. In this way, the King of Gaomi and his wife would become uncles and aunts. There would be no need to ennoble the Queen Mother and the Supreme Emperor, and there would be no need to worry about the King of Gaomi relying on the Supreme Emperor in the future. What tricks are you playing with your identity
The two viewpoints fought overtly and covertly for a long time, and were always equally matched. In the end, it was Gongsun Su's approach that prompted him to make up his mind.