Meng Qiqi didn't know what to do when she heard this, but finally she put on a smile that was uglier than crying.
A handy token made several waves of people fight endlessly for this. Did this Lord Nie really regard his father as a close friend back then
Seeing that her expression was wrong, Su He quickly said: "I want to come here, Young Master Sheng is also putting you here under pressure, but it's not as good as before, what should you do if your eyes are not good? It's better to go back to Chu country with me first, this is After the storm has passed, you can come back if you want."
She could see Meng Qiqi's embarrassment, so she added: "Think about it again, I'm tired now. We can wait until the new year to set off. These **** and Nie Lin will be hiding in the house. In the uninhabited cold palace, once I have the opportunity, I will always come to accompany you."
Meng Qiqi finally nodded, Su He patted her hand reassuringly, and then he and Nie Lin disappeared into the night again.
Meng Qiqi sighed lowly, looking at her vigilant appearance with a big belly.
Nie Lin hugged Su He and walked briskly along the palace road with his head down, until they stopped abruptly at the end of the palace road.
There stood a hunched eunuch with a smirk, and behind him were dozens of guards holding torches.
Fuquan was not surprised to see them, only said: "Nie Houye, the emperor has been waiting for you for a long time, please come here."
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In the days that followed, Su He really quietly sneaked into the Fengyi Palace every day to accompany Meng Qiqi.
Sometimes it will bring some news from the court, such as what action Sheng Jiayan has done today, or which two traitorous officials he has suppressed.
His style of behavior is becoming more and more resolute, and he is more and more like a monarch, a wise monarch born in line with the times.
Meng Qiqi can foresee that in the days to come, Sheng Jiayan may bring Dajin into an unprecedented prosperity.
He handles everything with ease, except... Meng Eqi's matter.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and Meng Eqi was still locked up in the Fengyi Palace, where three meals were regularly delivered by the palace servants every day. Looking at the more plentiful dishes than before, Meng Eqi looked worriedly at the direction of Jianzhang Palace.
With such obvious partiality of Sheng Jiayan, those ministers in the court will no longer do anything...
Early one morning, Meng Eqi was awakened by the noise outside.
She stood at the door in a thin coat, watching the eunuchs and maids move in and out carrying the withered flower beds in her courtyard.
"Who are you?" Meng Eqi looked at them suspiciously.
The headed eunuch threw the dust away. Although he pretended to be arrogant, his expression was a little respectful: "Miss Meng, don't blame me, I am also a servant. The emperor has an order, you are not in line with the identity of Fengyi Palace now. , I can't afford to reward the peony that is full of the courtyard. So in the future, the peony will be replaced by Lengmei, and I am also instructed to do things, and Miss Meng will take more care."
Where did the garden peonies come from, even those withered branches? She really wanted to reward her, but what
Until the eunuchs who came in and out replanted the green plums and red plums into the soil and watched the cold plums blooming in the yard, sweeping away the previous defeat.
Sheng Jiayan's good intentions, Meng Qiqi suddenly tasted some taste from the scenery in front of him.
The eunuchs were busy with their work, and they finally overflowed the fragrance of plums decorated in Fengyi Palace. Meng Qiqi now pushed open the window and stretched out his hand to hold a plum branch that stretched out to the window, and he was in a much better mood than a few days ago.
Seeing that the arrangement was almost done, the leading old eunuch resigned with Meng Qiqi.
After he led the eunuchs and maids out of the Fengyi Palace in an orderly manner, the apprentices behind him stepped forward with their sleeves up.
"Master, what's the origin of this girl Meng? Although the emperor said that she is not worthy of peony, but there are no peonies blooming in this season. It's not obvious that she wants her to see the plum blossoms that are in good season? The emperor is so I prefer her, why don't you let it out? Why is the **** circle in that Fengyi Palace?"
The old eunuch turned around and threw him a whisk, frowning and scolding: "This is what you can ask? Don't look at how many heads are on your neck!" He looked around, and then whispered: "Anyway, don't go. Offend the master in Fengyi Palace. The ministers in the court pressed the emperor to prevent the emperor from favoring the Meng family. The emperor wanted to change the favor. What can you do? Look at it, this is the beginning. ."
The old eunuch was not bad. A few days later, there was another story that Sheng Jiayan almost slipped and fell in front of Fengyi Palace.
It was Zhong Yangyu who brought the news to Meng Qiqi. At that time, Zhong Yangyu leaned against the palace gate and twisted a strand of her hair, telling Meng Qiqi about this matter ramble.
"You don't know yet? Your Majesty passed by your door a few days ago and slipped and fell. It's not a big deal, just fined a bunch of maids and eunuchs. They didn't light the lights in front of the Fengyi Palace, and they didn't sweep the snow. , I let myself fall like this."
Meng Qiqi worried: "Is he really okay?"
In her impression, Sheng Jiayan didn't even get sick very much. Meng Qiqi never thought that such a careless thing like wrestling happened to him.
Zhong Yangyu's smiling voice was mixed in the icy cold wind, like a gurgling spring stream: "Don't worry, it's really okay! But it's not surprising that Fengyi Palace is behind Jianzhang Palace. "Why did Your Majesty come here and go? Besides, Brother Chunfeng is not by your side, even Brother Dingchen and Brother Qin Kun are powerful enough. Why did he let him fall in public? When I think of this scene, I feel inexplicably funny. , It's not that I disrespect Your Majesty, it's that I feel that a person as indifferent and indifferent as His Majesty has this day."
Meng Eqi covered her forehead with a headache: "Isn't that disrespectful? You almost smiled in front of him."
Zhong Yangyu laughed a few times when he saw that his mind was pierced, and then watched a red plum stick out from Meng Qiqi's yard. She ran over and jumped up, but only touched a few points of snow on the plum.
Some of the snow fell into her neck, and she stomped her feet in the cold.
Then he said angrily: "The plum blossoms in the imperial garden have all been moved to your yard, and you are the only one to enjoy the plum blossoms that are full of affection? If this is summer, won't your majesty want to carve out a pond in the Fengyi Palace? Come and raise lotus flowers for you!"
Meng Eqi didn't know how to answer, the pain in her heart was diluted by this short-lived sweetness.
When Sheng Jiayan was in a daze, he was very satisfied to think about her so far.
However, what she didn't expect was that in the evening, just after dinner, the old eunuch came with a group of maids.
As soon as he entered the door, he was still pretending to be arrogant but humble.
"Miss Meng, the emperor almost fell at your door a few days ago, so the special servant dispatched a few palace maids to keep a vigil at Fengyi Palace to light the lights, lest the holy driver make a mistake at the door afterward. In the future, Fengyi You are not the only one living in the palace, so take care."
"Father-in-law, please." Meng Eqi nodded and made way.
The old eunuch left a total of eight maids in Fengyi Palace, and these eight maids were very honest and responsible. Usually, he only lives in the wing of Fengyi Palace. Sometimes he cleans the snow in the courtyard for Meng Qiqi, and sometimes closes the doors and windows for her. Never disturbed, walking and moving very lightly, Meng Qiqi would occasionally forget their existence.
She thought that these palace maids really came to the Fengyi Palace to light the lamps, but who knew that one day Suhe would once again roam the Fengyi Palace at night—
"These palace maids are really strange. You light the lamp when you are not asleep, and then turn it off when you fall asleep. If you are really afraid of disturbing the holy driver, the palace lantern should be bright all night! Are you the customs of Jin and the state of Chu? different?"
"..." Meng Qiqi's heart softened, as if she suddenly understood Sheng Jiayan's intentions.
It turned out that there was no wrestling, and no vigil.
It turned out that when he was thinking about whether he had rested, he was also thinking about whether he had fallen asleep.
Nie Lin glanced at his wife, and pretended to be cold: "Don't talk so much, flash your tongue and startle your stomach."
The mind of a man is still the man who understands it best. It's a pity that my wife is stupid, and this Meng Eqi is even more stupid.
When Su He listened to him, it was rare for her temperament and Shun to argue for a few words, and they bickered again.
The room became silent until one of the palace maids heard the movement and asked.
The days went on like this, until the capital ushered in the third snow of this winter.
As the New Year is approaching, except for the Fengyi Palace, everyone outside began to be cheerfully decorated.
After counting the time, Meng Eqi has not seen Sheng Jiayan for a month.
One step closer to the day when Su He agreed to leave Jin.
The matter of Meng family collaborating with the enemy and treason was constantly suppressed by Sheng Jiayan, but people in the court kept bringing up the old story, and Sheng Jiayan must give a law. Sheng Jiayan was tired to deal with it, but he did not expect that in his spare time, he called four or five Taoist priests into the palace on the grounds of praying for the New Year.
It is to make sacrifices to ancestors before the New Year's pass, and to bless the coming year with good weather, prosperity and safety for the country and the people.
Besides Meng Qiqi, Zhao Yanran was the first to hear the news.
At that time, Zhao Yanran was sitting in the huge palace sewing the silk cloth in her hands, and only Fang Ling served behind her.
Zhao Yanran chuckled lightly: "Your Majesty is really in a hurry. It's rare for him to be so calm on weekdays, and now he can't bear it anymore."
Fang Ling is no more relaxed than Zhao Yanran, her brows are deeply wrinkled: "Ma'am, can Lu Sanniang's life be taken seriously? This matter of life extension... This slave has never seen or heard of it. If you want to trade her life in exchange for her own life, the slave is ignorant and knowledgeable. I don't quite believe it."
Zhao Yanran looked up at her and sneered: "If there is anything she doesn't believe, she apologizes for her death, so she knows it's true. Lu Sanniang is the most loyal, if she hadn't accidentally leaked His Majesty's plan, she probably wouldn't have done it either. Thinking of dying. She deserves to be deceived, and she has been coaxed into a few words before putting it out. Now that she is dead, I will tell Your Majesty that I did it in the future."
When Fang Ling heard this, her heart pounded even more, and she was extremely uneasy: "Miss, let's deduct Lu Sanniang's suicide note, did your Majesty really doubt it? If you were a slave, the slave would doubt it. Why is it good to leave before leaving? The man, when he came back, suddenly committed suicide."
Zhao Yanran bit off the needle and thread and tied a knot: "Okay, don't be so restless, how can you follow me and serve in the future? You know that everything we do now is worth it, don't you want to do it in the future? In the position of the grand palace maid, all the maids below have to call you aunt. Don't talk nonsense, and send this jinpa out, you have to urge Li Shangshu to point it out, only if he keeps impeaching, can your majesty deal with Meng Qiqi earlier."
Fang Ling responded and went out with the silk cloth that Zhao Yanran had repaired.