"Haven't you wronged others? You forced her to look for life and death. You really found out that she stole it? Even if she really stole the longevity lock, people shouldn't be locked up and tortured. Go out, how do I face the next person?"
The emperor was furious, and Concubine Yi shrank and cried, and kept shouting injustice: "This concubine finally got such a child, naturally she is very precious, the longevity lock is related to my son's lifespan, how can I not be nervous? How can I not be nervous? I don't hate the thief who stole things! Your Majesty, you know the concubine, but you are more impulsive when you have a temper, but never thought of killing someone, so the concubine is a bit domineering, but... The concubine doesn't want her to die. what… "
Hearing her mentioning the child, the emperor saw Yi Fei's slightly bulging belly again, and sighed to himself, his anger reduced by most: "This is the end, only you go to Meng Mansion to apologize in person. If you let others lose a daughter, you have to go there in person. Apologize."
Concubine Yi's eyes widened: "Your Majesty, I..."
How could she go and apologize to those people in Meng Mansion? Who is Concubine Yi, why should she look at other people's faces? But it's just the death of a sister, and she didn't kill it. What does this have to do with her
But Concubine Yi realized that she could no longer provoke the emperor's anger at this time, so she immediately covered her abdominal pain and cried out, "Your Majesty, this concubine is so painful..."
As she expected, the emperor immediately softened his heart, and hurriedly got down from his seat and hugged her: "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor!"
The queen watched the emperor carry Concubine Yi away, and a trace of resentment appeared on her face. The hand held by the queen's sleeve loosened, and after they all left, Princess Yongning glanced at the palace with her head down, and rushed in when she saw that there were no outsiders.
"Empress mother, did royal father punish Concubine Yi?"
The queen put her hand on her forehead: "No, I was going to ask Concubine Yi to go to Meng Mansion to make amends, but she is fine. She suddenly has abdominal pain. Concubine Yi, this child, really helped her too much this time."
Yong Ning angrily said, "Could it be that Concubine Yi was allowed to do something wrong like this? She tried to force the Meng family sister to death because she was pregnant. If Laiyi knew that the fourth girl Meng was dead, then she should go to the palace and talk to Yi. The concubine is desperate."
The queen's eyes narrowed, and with a 'shush', she screened off the extra palace servants, and called Xie Yaohua to instruct: "You go out of the palace now, go to Meng Mansion to find Sheng Jiayan, and tell him that the matter has been completed, and everything is ready. I owe the east wind."
Xie Yaohua looked at the queen in confusion, and the latter pushed her gently: "Don't ask too much, just follow the mother's instructions. When there is a chance in the future, the mother will give you a good explanation."
Although Xie Yaohua was puzzled, he nodded, turned and slipped out of the palace.
After she left, Liang Chen, the maid next to the queen, approached and said, "According to the arrangement of the second young master of the Meng family, the slaves have settled the fourth sister Meng properly. The concubine did not notice this matter, and even the emperor did not suspect it."
The queen nodded and said in a deep voice, "I wanted to let Meng Si fake his death to attack Concubine Yi, but I would have thought that she would be so fearless because of her pregnancy. The emperor also let her go. This matter needs to be considered in the long run. You should continue to stare at Yanxi Palace. there."
"Yes."
The palace maid withdrew, and the queen's hand stretched out from her sleeve, slowly spreading out the note in her palm.
The above is Sheng Jiayan's fresh and handsome script, and there is no other words on the note, just one sentence—
"The light of fireflies, dare to compete with the sun and the moon."
The queen clenched the note tightly, she had been silent for too long, and even a concubine Yi dared to make trouble under her nose. She is so arrogant and arrogant when she is pregnant, and when she is born, will she still have the status of her pair of children? On the queen's majestic and dignified face, a trace of ruthlessness crossed the bottom of her eyes.
In Yanxi Palace, Concubine Yi had tossed until the evening before she stopped, and she no longer cried and complained of abdominal pain. The emperor saw that she was fine, so he turned back to Jianzhang Palace to handle government affairs.
Concubine Yi leaned on the couch and drank the shredded chicken and red bean porridge cooked by the daughter of the lower palace. The fourth sister stole something, why do you blame it on the empress?"
Concubine Yi was also puzzled when she wanted to come. She was indeed going to frame the fourth sister of the Meng family to slander it, but before she could do it, the longevity lock she had prepared disappeared. Someone else secretly told her that Meng Yizhen stole the longevity lock. Concubine Yi thought that this was a great opportunity. She didn't have to do anything, so Meng Yizhen jumped into the pit by herself.
But now that I think about it, this Meng Yizhen is actually looking for life and death to prove her innocence. Then who put the longevity lock on her body? What is the purpose of that person? Now that Meng Yizhen died suddenly, if she hadn't escaped punishment because of her pregnancy, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Could it be that the queen's design led her to take advantage of it? But shouldn't the relationship between the queen and the Meng family be very good, why is she willing to use Meng Yizhen's life to frame her
The more Yi Fei thought about it, the more terrified she became. She always felt that there was an invisible hand behind them that was controlling them.
"Liang Chen, you usually take care of the lock of the warehouse in this palace's room. The Japanese palace did not take out the longevity lock in advance, so why was it taken away by Meng Si so easily?"
After a good meal, she quickly said: "Niangniang, if she sincerely wants to steal something, she may not be able to steal it! When the slave servant led her into the palace that day, she asked the slave servant, she wanted to see what the magic of the longevity lock was. The place. The servant did not agree. Later, she took advantage of the servant's inattentiveness and left by herself. The servant had time to find a stick of incense. The servant did not know where she wanted to go and where she could go within the incense stick. Moreover, when she was found by the slaves, she was still disheartened and didn't know what to do. Niang Niang, you think, that Meng Shi can't steal it alone, what if there is an internal response?"
The more Yi Fei thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and she even believed that it was the queen who did it.
She sneered: "Usually, she seems to be pure-hearted and unwilling to fight, and she has a generous look, but she has such a vicious mind, using Ben Gong's impulsiveness and recklessness to set up such a game. Wang's mind is so cruel!"
Liang Chen hurriedly said: "Niangniang, be louder! Now that Niangniang knows what she is playing, it's not too late to start taking precautions. What's more, what does Niangniang fear, there is still a dragon child."
Concubine Yi covered her abdomen and smiled proudly: "Naturally. This child came in time, and he is really a lucky star in this palace."
The Meng Mansion was full of gloom and gloom. The old lady was sick in bed, and it happened that there was another cold snow last night. I went to see it this morning. It was the old lady's spirit that was a little worse. Meng Qiqi **** waited by her side and was even more anxious.
At this moment, the imperial decree in the palace came down. The emperor claimed that Meng Yizhen died unexpectedly, and he was deeply saddened, and he rewarded countless rare decorations, and also mentioned the officials of Meng Zhihan and Meng Zhihuai. In short, it was all kinds of remedies, but the third lady couldn't stand the sudden loss of her daughter, and she fainted while crying on the cold gold and silver jewelry.
Meng Qiqi did not dare to spread such news to Mrs. Meng's ears, and discussed with Sheng Jiayan and uncle Meng Yizhen's funeral. Her body was not returned in the palace, and she could only put a set of clothes she usually wears in the coffin.
The yellow paper in the copper basin quickly burned to ashes, and the third aunt's cries could be heard incessantly.
During this period, she held back her tears many times, and stood at the door to thank relatives and friends who had always paid tribute.
Meng Yihui blamed herself all day long: "I shouldn't have robbed Mr. Qi from the Chu family. If she likes it, let her marry her. I only want my sister to come back..."
Meng Yilian recalled that the three of them went to school together in Japan. Meng Yizhen was really lively. Although she and Meng Eqi always bickered at that time, Meng Yizhen reconciled with them, and they laughed and made trouble along the way.
Everyone felt bad, especially Meng Eqi. She had a dream at night, dreaming that Meng Yizhen was covered in blood, dragging the corner of her skirt, and kept asking her—
"Third sister, why didn't you save me, why didn't you come to save me?"
She woke up from a dream and looked at Sheng Jiayan's quiet eyes, who was guarding by the bed.
He reached out and brushed the sticky hair from Meng Eqi's forehead: "A nightmare?"
Meng Eqi nodded and leaned on the couch: "Ayan, can we really make Concubine Yi pay her debts with blood? The third aunt is crying so hard today, I don't even dare to cry in front of her."
Sheng Jiayan didn't say anything, and only gently stroked the top of her hair, Meng Qiqi felt a little reassured.
"I must let Concubine Yi also taste the taste of today."
Sheng Jiayan's fingers curled slightly: "You don't need to do these things."
Meng Eqi raised his head to look at his profile, Sheng Jiayan had to take care of the old lady Meng these days, and he had to look at Meng Eqi. He was in charge of the house, so his eyes were now pale blue, and his eyebrows were surging. Deep tiredness.
By the way, Sheng Jiayan hasn't had a good rest for a long time...
In the past few days, Meng Qiqi woke up with palpitations, and Sheng Jiayan was sitting or standing as far as he could see.
She lay back on the quilt and murmured in a low voice, "Wait later, you also have to rest, there is Yansha guarding outside, it doesn't matter."
Sheng Jiayan nodded: "Sleep."
His voice seemed to be magical, and Meng Eqi soon fell asleep again. Seeing that she was asleep, Sheng Jiayan got up and went out to explain a few words to Yansha, and then walked towards his yard.
A Rong greeted him: "Young master has worked hard these days."
"It's okay." Sheng Jiayan pressed his eyebrows: "Is there a response from the Empress?"
"Yes, the Empress finally decided to take action against Concubine Yi. I believe this will be a turning point. Meng Yizhen's suspended animation will also be an opportunity for us." The roaring fire reflected in A Rong's eyes, making his warm face look a bit disgusting. .
"The second prince was disguised by you?" Suddenly, when Sheng Jiayan opened his mouth like this, Aron was stunned.
"Yes… "
"That longevity lock was also stolen from Concubine Yi's vault and placed on Meng Yizhen."
A Rong's head lowered, he acquiesced.
"Presumptuous!" There was a thunderous anger hidden in Sheng Jiayan's lowered voice.