The worried Huang family father and son did not notice that a dress flashed past the window and quietly disappeared into the whirling bamboo shadows.
... Two days later, Sheng Weiqiao looked at Aunt Zhao in front of her in surprise: "Jian'an is gone? Why is she gone? Wasn't she fine two days ago?!"
Aunt Zhao looked very haggard. It was no wonder that she was the dowry of Princess Gaomi. Lord Jian'an, as the eldest daughter of Rong Qingzuo, was also the eldest granddaughter of Princess Gaomi. Although she was a girl who could not inherit the title, Princess Gaomi did not favor boys over girls. She always doted on Lord Jian'an. Under her influence, Aunt Zhao always treated Lord Jian'an as her own flesh and blood.
In particular, Mrs. Qi has always been good at teaching children that the Lord of Jian'an County is gentle and demure, without any arrogance, which is not disliked by normal people.
You are so young now, and you have only been out of the cabinet for a few days
If you say no, it's gone... Not only Aunt Zhao was greatly shocked, but Sheng Weiqiao was also surprised: "Is it an illness or an accident?"
This question was asked, but Sheng Weiqiao felt that the 80% success rate was an accident. After all, the Huang family of Jian'an County Lord's husband's family is not far from the County Prince's Mansion. The County Lord has always been in good health and is not the kind who is always lingering on the sickbed. It is impossible to suddenly get sick. What a fleeting emergency.
Sure enough, Aunt Zhao shed tears and said: "The Junjun accidentally fell into the pond in the Huang Mansion Garden. None of the maids around him knew how to swim. When he went to call someone, the Junjun was already..."
"Isn't there a railing built around the pond in Huang Mansion Garden?" Sheng Weiqiao felt a little strange and couldn't help but said, "And Jian'an is not the kind of careless person. He is so good. How could he fall into the pond? Besides, I remember Huang Shilang The family's mansion is not too spacious... Why can't the maid call for servants to rescue her?"
Aunt Zhao just choked up and said: "My wife has not always been very good. Jian'an County Lord has to go back to the palace to take care of her every now and then! Now something like this suddenly happened... The princess cried all night last night. You said you don’t know how to explain it to the prince’s wife? Even the prince found out about it, and he was also very sad that he didn’t get enough water all day and night.”
He asked Sheng Weiqiao to go over and take a look, "My dear, my wife, my wife has not been in good health in the past two years, but it is only because of the prince that I can barely hold on until now. I also know that it is difficult for you to leave now." . But if you don’t go to the palace to help me now, I really don’t know what I will do.”
Because Sheng Weiqiao didn't know anything about the Jian'an County Lord, he was furious and told the Huang family and his son about Gongsun Xi's affair with Queen Meng, and then revealed the matter to Meng Guiyu... In fact, let alone Sheng Weiqiao, this matter was Rong Suihe is not very clear now.
After all, the Huang family father and son were not fools. They knew at that time that Rong Suihe was not someone to be trifled with. Since he was sitting down, they would naturally guard against leaving any traces.
Moreover, Rong Suihe, like Dong Liang, did not have much trust in Queen Meng.
Due to the deaths of Duoyin and others, he could not help but suspect that the problem came from the queen herself.
But he didn't even think about his niece.
Gongsun Xi was also responsible for this. Because Princess Gaomi personally pushed Queen Meng off the cliff, when he reported the incident, he didn't want to say more, so he just vaguely mentioned it. Both Dong Liang and Rong Suihe thought that the only person who knew about his affair with Queen Meng was Princess Gaomi.
Logically speaking, Princess Gaomi would not tell Meng Guiyu about this.
Little did he know that the three princes in the Gaomi Palace at that time were all insiders.
Therefore, at this moment, Sheng Weiqiao's impression of Jian'an County Lord was still that of a quiet, sensible and elegant lady who was contrasted by Yuan Donglai's arrogance and unreasonableness on the day he entered.
At this moment, I felt sorry for the niece's premature death, and was also surprised by the suspicious cause of her death. I just nodded: "Aunt, wait a moment, I will make arrangements for the house... By the way, Lingzhan and Lingtiao are both here. The thing... If you don't tell them, you won't even be able to see your eldest sister off for the last time. How can you not regret it when you grow up in the future? If you tell them, Jian'an has always been loved by his younger brothers and sisters, and I'm afraid the two children won't be able to bear it? "
Aunt Zhao also felt embarrassed when she heard this. After thinking for a while, she said, "Why don't you tell the two princes and grandsons first? When you go to the palace to see the princess, you two can discuss it?"
In this way, Sheng Weiqiao called the steward, arranged some matters at the Prince's Palace, and then took Yishan, Juli and others by car to the Gaomi Prince's Palace.
The palace now looks little different from when Princess Gaomi hosted a banquet for Sheng Lanci and his wife. Although it was deserted, as soon as you walked in, the servants were all performing their duties, and they were not in a hurry.
Aunt Zhao explained in a low voice: "The prince's wife has been in charge of the palace over the years. Although the prince's wife is not in good health now, she doesn't interfere much anymore. She is also afraid that the news will spread in all directions... so she simply hides it. Come down. Now only the people in Xiangji Hall know about it."
Sheng Weiqiao nodded and speeded up his pace slightly to reach Xiangji Hall. As expected, the atmosphere in this place was clearly much more depressing.
The little maids standing in the corridor with their hands lowered were all holding their breath and lowering their eyebrows, not daring to express their anger!
"How is the princess doing now?" Aunt Zhao stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
The leading maid gave her a blessing first, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I have been sitting alone in the pavilion at the back for a long time."
Seeing Aunt Zhao frowning, worried that she would scold her, he quickly added, "The empress said not to disturb... The slaves went over to persuade her several times, but the empress was about to get angry. The slaves were afraid of making the empress angry, so they didn't dare to go there anymore. "
"Your Majesty is in the pavilion at the back?" Aunt Zhao frowned when she heard this, but she didn't say that the maids were careless in serving her. She just sighed and said, "Just listen to your Majesty's words."
Turning his head, he glanced at the waiters around Sheng Weiqiao and said, "Princess Princess, let's go into the pavilion later, and these guys will stay on the shore, right?"
Sheng Weiqiao was taken to the pavilion at the back of Xiangji Hall earlier by Mrs. Qi. She knew that although the pavilion extended into the lake, it was clearly visible as soon as you entered the Moon Cave Gate.
Moreover, the main purpose of coming to the palace this time was to comfort Princess Gaomi and the Qi family, so Sheng Weiqiao nodded: "Auntie Duyi."
The group of people walked forward along the corridor, turned the corner, and passed the Moon Cave Gate. They saw the deserted backyard in this season, and the lonely pavilion on the lake. Princess Gaomi was sitting on the back of the beauty with her sleeves rolled up, staring at the lake. Indescribable insignificance and loneliness.
Although Sheng Weiqiao didn't have much respect for his mother-in-law, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a dispute a few days ago about taking care of Rong Ruibin, and it was Rong Suihe who came forward to settle the matter. Looking at it now, he couldn't help but sigh to himself.
She signaled Yishan and others to stop, followed Aunt Zhao up the Jiuqu Bridge, walked into the pavilion, and called: "Mother Concubine!"
"...You're here?" Princess Gaomi stared at the lake. Just when Sheng Weiqiao thought she hadn't noticed her, she suddenly sighed, looked away, and said sadly, "Aunt Zhao came to find you? She is really eventful!"
Sheng Weiqiao didn't know whether her words were sincere or just a pretense, but since she was already here, there was no need to rub salt into her mother-in-law's wounds, so she lowered her tone and said, "What did the mother-in-law say? Why is it that Jian'an and I are both here?" My niece, something like this happened to her. Mi Zhen is busy with government affairs and can’t get away. How can I not come here?”
"As soon as you said this, I knew that either Mi Zhen hadn't told you yet, or you didn't know yet?" The princess smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't you know that Jian'an committed suicide because of hope?" Can you let her natal husband's family go?"
"..." Sheng Weiqiao was choked by this sudden information and remained silent for a long time. After a long time, he said in disbelief, "What did you say?"
Princess Gaomi raised her eyes and looked at her: "When Gongsun Xi tried to take Queen Meng's maid out of the palace, I helped him, and it was I who pushed Queen Meng off the cliff with my own hands... After this, Jian'an, Yunyang and Guang The three of them, Chang, know everything! Just because I told them not to tell anyone, the three children are filial and considerate, and as expected, no one told them, including their parents."
"Later, when they were about to arrive in Ruzhou, the news of Qi Jianxun's death came. Jian'an felt sorry for her mother on the one hand, and her grandfather on the other. Impulsively, he reported the matter to Meng Guiyu through the Huang family and his son... This Later, Meng Guiyu didn't know how he knew the truth, and contacted the Huang family privately. When the Huang family and his son were discussing, Jian'an, who was delivering tea in person, heard it, and that silly boy... That silly boy then... "
When the princess said this, big tears fell on her clothes, and she was so choked that she could no longer speak.
Sheng Weiqiao also turned pale and murmured: "Is there such a thing?!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were speechless for a while, and then the princess cheered up and said: "This matter involves the previous dynasty, and I know you can't make the decision. I'll talk to Mi Zhen later!"
"Take care, concubine!" Sheng Weiqiao sighed, not wanting to stay any longer. After all, as the princess said, this matter was related to the previous dynasty, so Suihe had to make the decision himself.
Just as she was about to leave, Princess Gaomi suddenly said: "Kang Zhao!"
Sheng Weiqiao looked at her in confusion: "Mother concubine?"
"Do you know the truth about Mi Zhen's exile back then?" The princess pursed her lips, looked straight at her, and asked softly.
"... Please give me some advice, concubine!" Sheng Weiqiao's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, thinking that her mother-in-law was going to explain her doubts. Who knew that Princess Gaomi looked disappointed when she heard this and said, "I just want to know what Mi Zhen is thinking? "
Sheng Wei Qiaoxin said, what could he have in mind? Just looking at his current attitude towards your palace, isn't it clear
However, after a hasty farewell to her mother-in-law, she returned to the Prince's Mansion. At night, when Rong Suihe came back, she talked about the Lord of Jian'an in a few words. Seeing that Rong Suihe frowned and said nothing, she asked: " By the way, Mi Zhen, my concubine asked me something today: how did you end up living outside the country in the first place?"
"My dear girl, why did you remember to ask this?" Rong Suihe was untying his robe. He paused and asked with a smile, "I think I told you something before?"
Sheng Weiqiao put on a serious face and said: "You still have the nerve to say it? The rhetoric you made before seems more like the other, but in fact, none of it is the truth!"
She looked at her husband's face seriously. At this moment, she had changed her robe and was kneeling on the couch. Standing in front of the screen, Rong Shuihe, undressing and undressing, was facing her sideways. The candlelight beside him, It just gave him a soft halo, which slightly weakened the sharp edge he had honed during the past two years of fighting in the north and south, and there was a gentleness in his eyebrows.
At this moment, he looked back at Sheng Weiqiao with a smile and said: "How come none of them are true? One sentence must be true. For example, if I traveled all the way from Chang'an to Nanfeng County, it must be because God wants to betroth you to me. !”
"Seriously!" Sheng Weiqiao smiled when he heard this, but soon coughed again and said, "I asked about this matter a long time ago, and you hid it from me for more than a day or two! In this way, Are you planning not to tell me for the rest of your life?"