In the Wu Palace, Xiuxin hurriedly walked up from the outside, "Where is the empress?"
The maid at the side quickly said, "It's in the Buddhist hall."
Xiu Xin heard the words, nodded, and walked towards the Buddhist hall without stopping. Green smoke curled up in the Buddhist hall, and only the clear sound of wooden fish could be heard. Empress Yuanzhen sat kneeling in front of the altar, her eyes closed, and she silently recited Buddhist scriptures.
The sound of footsteps broke the silence of the Buddhist hall, and Empress Yuanzhen did not move, still tapping on the wooden fish.
"Your Majesty, Princess Huiguo has returned to the palace." Xiuxin's voice was still panting, as if she was in a hurry.
Empress Yuanzhen paused slightly, and the sound of the wooden fish sounded rhythmically, "Didn't you say you went to Prince Jing's mansion to seek medical treatment? Why did you come back so soon? Come back when you come back."
Xiu Xin said again, "Just then, the servant saw the eunuch from Qingxin Palace go to the gate of the palace, so the servant went to have a look, and saw that girl Qin Meng was being carried down. Qin Meng seemed to be unable to move for some reason. The servant then searched for someone I went to inquire with the eunuch in Qingxin Hall, and I heard that it was Qin Meng who broke into Prince Jing's forbidden area in Prince Jing's mansion, and was broken by Prince Jing's leg."
There was a heavy sound from the wooden fish, followed by a long silence. After a long while, Empress Yuanzhen's voice was heard, "What? Qin Meng's leg was broken? By King Jing?"
Xiu Xin answered in a condescending manner, "Yes, that's what the people in Qingxin Palace said."
"You bastard!" The mallet was thrown to the ground viciously. Empress Yuanzhen lifted the wooden fish and stood up abruptly, "Go and find out what's going on for this palace. Everyone has to ask, how could the chess piece that Ben Gong took several years to install just disappear in such an inexplicable way?"
Xiu Xin quickly responded, and hurried out of the Buddhist hall.
Silence was restored in the Buddhist hall. After a while, Empress Yuanzhen's suppressed voice came out, "Prince Jing, I have no grievances or enmities with you, but you always spoil my good affairs. If you are not benevolent, stop Blame this palace for being unrighteous."
In the Qingxin Palace, the imperial physician kept coming and going. Yunshang stood anxiously in the courtyard where the maid lived and paced back and forth. After a while, she saw the imperial physician who had entered come out. Yunshang hurriedly greeted her and said, "The imperial physician , how is Qin Meng's leg?"
The imperial physician shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's useless, the bone is already broken, Wei Chen and other colleagues managed to fix the broken bone with a wooden plank, and after a few months of raising it, the bone can still barely regrow. Yes, but my feet will definitely be a little lame, and my feet will be very painful when it rains, so I can’t walk for too long, and I can’t do too tiring work.”
Yun Shang heard the words, and sighed faintly, "It's my fault. If I hadn't taken her to Prince Jing's mansion, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Doctor, try your best to treat her and reduce her pain as much as possible."
The imperial physician nodded, "I understand."
Yun Shang walked into Qin Meng's room, and Qin Meng was lying on the bed with dried blood on her skirt and quilt. Qin Meng hadn't woken up yet, her brows were tightly frowned, as if she was in great pain.
Yun Chang stood by the bed and watched for a while before returning to the main hall.
That night, there was a noise outside, which woke Yunshang up. Yunshang called Qinyi and asked her to go outside to have a look. When Qinyi came back, she realized that it was the comatose Qinmeng who woke up. My own leg is broken, and I will always be limping in the future, and I am making trouble now.
Yun Shang yawned, put on a cloak, and went out of the main hall to the place where the palace maid lived in the backyard. There were many people around the room where Qin Meng lived. After walking in, she saw Qin Meng lying on the bed and crying loudly.
Yun Chang hurried to the bed and sat down, lowered her head and sighed, "I'm incompetent, I can't even ask Uncle Huang to forgive you."
Qin Meng didn't answer, but was still crying miserably.
"You are my maid of honor, so you will always be my maid of honor. Even if you are limping, I will never let you suffer any more grievances." Yun Chang said again, her eyes full of pity.
After a long time, Qin Meng's crying gradually subsided, Yun Chang sighed, and comforted her a little, then got up and gave a few instructions to the maids outside the door, asking them to take good care of Qin Meng. Yun Chang turned her head, but saw Qin Meng looking at her with undisguised hatred in her eyes, and only then lowered her head again when she saw Yun Chang turn her head back.
A mocking smile curled up on the corner of Yun Chang's mouth, she turned around and walked out of the room.
After such a fuss, Qin Meng became more peaceful, neither crying nor fussing, she should drink medicine and eat every day, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
A few days later, one morning, as soon as Yun Chang got up, a court lady rushed to report: "Princess, Qin Meng is gone."
"Missing?" Yun Chang was stunned, "What's missing? How can a living person disappear without seeing it? Why don't you hurry up and look for it?" As soon as the voice fell, he heard the voice of "the queen is coming". Yun Chang froze for a moment, then quickly opened the curtain and walked out of the inner hall.
"Mother won't let Chang'er know later, so Chang'er can welcome you." Yun Shang smiled and looked towards the entrance of the hall. When she saw the person following the queen, she couldn't help narrowing her eyes slightly, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. up.
"Hey, isn't this Qin Meng? Where have you been? Just now I heard the maid come to report that you were missing, but I was frightened. She was telling everyone to go out and look for it, but nothing happened. , why are you with the queen mother?" Yun Shang looked at the pink figure with surprise on her face.
Qin Meng didn't make a sound, but the queen said, "I'm here to tell you about this maid." Empress Yuanzhen took a look at Yun Shang, walked over to the main seat and sat down.
Yun Shang walked to the seat below the queen and sat down, "Qin Meng? The queen mother wants to tell Chang'er about her?"
Empress Yuanzhen nodded and said, "Before I was walking on Penglai Island, I happened to see this lady. She was by the lake of Penglai Island. She seemed to want to jump into the lake, so I asked someone to stop her. I just found out that she is the maid by your side. She accidentally broke into the forbidden area in Prince Jing's mansion and was broken by Prince Jing. She felt that she caused trouble for you, and now that her legs and feet are disabled, she will not be able to take care of you in the future. Then I became discouraged and wanted to kill myself."
Yun Shang was taken aback when she heard the words, stood up quickly, went to Qin Meng and took her hand and said, "Why are you so stupid, I've already said it, no matter what, I won't let you go There will always be a place for you in the temple, so don't worry, don't think about it anymore."
A string of teardrops dripped from the corner of Qin Meng's eyes, she shook her head and said, "It's the servant who has troubled the princess, and the servant has no face to see the princess again."
Yun Chang shook her head again and again, and was about to speak, when she heard the Queen's voice, "I think this maid is a caring person, but you also lack people around you. She can't take care of you now, so I will look for it again." I'll send you a clever lady named Qin Meng, I will stay in Wu Palace for a while, and I will take care of her first. Although she has inconvenient legs and feet, she can do other things. There is a lot of space in this palace. It’s easy to make arrangements. If your legs and feet get better in the future, I will return it to you... "