"Brush?!" Wei Chuhua's voice suddenly rose, Sheng Jiayan would not be so cruel.
The maid nodded: "Not only that, the house was in a mess when the servants went in, and even the veil hanging on the bed fell to the ground. Miss Meng is a tough-tempered girl, will you really touch Mr. Sheng?"
The pond under the corridor reflected a sparkling wave on the red pillars, Wei Chuhua frowned, "Then I really hurt her."
The maid quickly consoled: "Sister, don't worry, if that's the case, let's make up for Miss Meng."
"How to make up for it?"
The maid was close to Wei Chuhua's ear, and the master and servant were whispering for a while.
…
In the imperial city, the queen under the mother's ceremonies was sitting on the Arhat bed.
Over the years, the battles in the harem and the disputes in the court have polished her eyebrows and eyes finely. She has a round face and thin eyebrows, and her eyes are not angry and arrogant, which makes people fear. She flipped through the booklet handed over by the person below, and frowned almost invisible: "Is Zhao Guifei sleeping by your side these few days?"
Miss Lanwu nodded: "Yes, madam, the emperor had an old illness last night, and the first thing he did was to call the imperial concubine to go there."
"Does the prince know about this?"
Lan Wu paused and shook his head: "Prince has been busy with Lushou County these past few days, so I'm afraid he's out of control."
"Hmph—" The queen smiled coldly: "What kind of avatar, he doesn't know how much he weighs in this palace? He is idle all day long, and this palace has been planning for him for many years, and now there are still wolves and tigers. Sheng Jiayan is in the courtroom. Step by step, we are pressing hard, and now even that Concubine Zhao has dared to come to the top of this palace to be successful."
She was in a hurry and coughed violently. Lan Wu hurriedly calmed her down and comforted her in a low voice: "My lord, don't worry, how can Concubine Zhao be favored? After all, her family background is not on the table. It's a bad sentence. What is it? The ministers in the court have joined forces to put pressure on her, and are they afraid that she will not be a concubine Zhao? What the empress needs to pay attention to now is the regent who is covering up with one hand. We have sent out several people to contact the ministers, but they are all blocked. He stopped him. The Prince Regent seems to have a good eye, and he can't escape his eyes. He is really a serious problem."
"Why doesn't this palace know? Naihe, although there are many chess pieces in his hand, none of them can be used at the critical moment!"
"Has Niangniang forgotten that one? She also sent a letter to the palace yesterday. If Niangniang reuses her, then not only will the reputation of the regent be damaged, but even that Zhao Guifei will not be able to take it."
The Queen glanced at her and whispered: "Her is nothing more than the matter of the woman surnamed Meng beside the regent. A mere servant girl needs some attention from this palace?"
"The mother's words can't be like this. You rarely go out of the palace and don't know about it, but the servants know about it. The Meng family has been with the regent for many years, but no one knows her origin. No one knows how she came to the palace. Yes, only people know that she grew up with the Prince Regent, and even though she is a maid to the outside world, but—" Lan Wu's lips drew a perfect arc, her beautiful face was slightly raised: "A maid goes in and out with the same person. The regent sits together, and the cost of food and clothing is comparable to that of our Princess Changning. This is not what an ordinary maid should have."
The queen's eyes finally showed some doubts, and Lan Wu added: "I heard that this Mengshi has a shocking appearance, and the slave has also had a chance to see both sides, although she always wears a veil, but that shocking glance It has already made a deep impression on the slaves. Especially those eyes, they will never be forgotten. Besides, outsiders say that she cannot be killed. Whenever she is present, it is difficult for the regent to be assassinated. Although it is not known whether it is a rumor or not, she This person has a lot of secrets in her own right, Niangniang might as well believe it once. After all, it is difficult to find the weak underbelly of the regent, and it is difficult to find such a person, why not give it a try?"
Meng Qiqi, the queen, has seen her before. In the past banquets in the palace, she always accompanied the regent to the palace to attend. He is rarely reticent, and is considered a person with a low sense of presence. She still remembered the end of a palace banquet, and the killer arranged by the queen was ambushed on the way. She calculated that the regent only brought one servant girl this time, and wanted to kill him on the spot.
But the people who went to assassinate all died without exception. No matter how high the regent's martial arts were, how could a dozen assassins be shot with arrow feathers at the same time? That time, he was the only one with Meng Shi. A few days later, the two appeared in front of the queen unharmed, and even the queen began to wonder if the regent had any extraordinary talents. She thought about it carefully, and the more she felt that there was a lot of articles in it. Thinking of the news she received yesterday, the eyeliner she arranged was that Meng Qiqi had a problem with her eyes.
It doesn't look like a blind person, what's the problem...
Not only was the Queen thinking about this question, even Concubine Zhao Gui in the Yaoguang Palace on the other side was also thinking about this question.
In her hand, she was holding the exact same note that the queen got, and sat on her seat frowning in thought.
It just so happened that King Xiang, who was born to her, entered to greet him. Seeing her frowning and frowning, he asked a few reasons why. The evil beauty of King Xiang's life, with a pair of peach blossom eyes always with a smile, inherits a bit of concubine Zhao's femininity, and has the fortitude of the old emperor. For so many years, he has been unknown, and he did not stand up when Sheng Jiayan was arguing with the prince. As if he really didn't care about the throne, only his mother-in-law did.
"What is the mother-in-law worrying about?" King Xiang leaned on the chair carelessly, reached out and picked up a piece of sweet Sydney pear and put it in his mouth.
Seeing that her son was sloppy, Concubine Zhao only said angrily: "Sitting in a seated position, when your father sees you, you are a weakling who can't be helped." Then she put the paper in her hand aside: "It's nothing, a That's all about the maid. By the way, how are you getting along with that son of the Wei family?"
King Xiang took the wet handkerchief handed over by the palace maid, and did not forget to stroke it gently on the back of the palace maid's thin white hand. The palace maid blushed and retreated, and he slowly said: "That's it, I have already agreed with you. He agreed that I will pick him up when he comes to Beijing."
Concubine Zhao nodded, her head full of pearls shaking, and a disdainful voice came from her red lips: "If it wasn't for his father being the regent's confidant, why would my son condescend to pick him up, it's really flattering him. "
King Xiang didn't take it seriously: "Erchen thinks that this person is thoughtful, and it's okay to make friends. And the most important thing is that, unlike his father, he doesn't seem to be loyal to Sheng Jiayan."
After hearing this, Concubine Zhao Gui sighed heavily: "Wei Zhen has been an official for many years, and he is a sophisticated person. He doesn't listen to anyone except the Prince Regent's words. Such a person who is so flattering and humiliating, who is so heartless to the Prince Regent, is really not good to us. It's a good thing. His son is young and lacks a bit of experience, otherwise he wouldn't have been coaxed by you with just a few words."
King Xiang looked up at his mother-in-law, threw the veil away, and said with a smile: "If the mother-in-law is so frowning again, the minister there will not be able to bring the good news today."
"What good news can you have?" Concubine Zhao took a sip of bitter tea with disapproval, and reached out and pressed her eyebrows to gently rub.
"Then Wei Zixi's letter vaguely mentioned that Sheng Jiayan was living in the Wei Mansion in Yangzhou with several servants."
"嘁—" Concubine Zhao sneered and didn't take it seriously: "He can come and go freely, and your father and emperor have indulged him. Even if he is really not in the capital, what can we do with him. Now above the imperial court, No one dares to refute his words."
"Then if Erchen, is there the Lin family with him?" Xiang Wangsheng smiled, and his narrowed peach blossom eyes were full of shadows.
Concubine Zhao's tea cup fell to the ground, her eyes widened: "Are you, he's at Chalin's house?"
King Xiang nodded noncommittally: "In those days, Meng Changting handed things over to Lin Gaoshan. It should be known that once this thing falls into Sheng Jiayan's hands, it will be difficult for us to regain another city."
"Impossible..." Concubine Zhao murmured: "This matter has passed for so long, and Sheng Jiayan was young at the time, he shouldn't have known."
"Then what if the maid next to him is Meng Changting's orphan?" King Xiang approached his mother and concubine step by step. At this moment, he was like a sharp knife, flashing terrifyingly. chill.
Concubine Zhao Gui clenched the corner of the table until her fingertips turned white: "If this is the case, none of them can be left."
"If Sheng Jiayan has the intention to protect the Lin family, then this can explain why none of the assassins we sent out came back alive. Wei Zixi mentioned in the letter that the Lin family will leave for Yue in a few days. Territory, it will be difficult for us to reach out again."
Concubine Zhao's breathing was short at first, but now it gradually eased, her eyes flashed with murderous intent a little bit, her icy pearls reflected a lingering radiance, and she only heard her calmly say—
"After so many years, it's time for us to make a break."
Concubine Zhao's gaze fell on the paper sheet aside, and she smiled coldly.
…
At the dining table in the Wei residence, Meng Eqi watched Sheng Jiayan slowly eating shredded chicken porridge, and she hesitated.
After that time, Mo Chunfeng asked her, "What did you do with the prince that night?"
Meng Qiqi thought about it for a while and replied seriously, "My lord taught me to read the Tao Te Ching all night."
Having said that, Meng Eqi couldn't deceive herself in the end. She always wanted to catch Sheng Jiayan and ask to understand, but Sheng Jiayan's attitude was normal, and there seemed to be nothing wrong. This made her want to speak, but it was difficult to speak.
After finally waiting for Mo Chunfeng and the others to finish eating, Sheng Jiayan seemed to be waiting for Meng Qiqi on purpose, so he slowed down.
Meng Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then blushed. She held her chopsticks tightly, and after holding it for a long time, she finally asked—
"You won't hold me accountable?"