Xie Chongming finally suppressed the second prince's collusion with Yun Zhun to make him defect, and he did not claim it, but quietly fell the second prince Xie Yin's military power. The powerful king. Although he did not know why, Cheng Zhaoyi stopped him many times after begging to see the emperor.
In order to keep Sheng Jiayan and the third prince secret, the emperor handed over all the military power of the second prince to the third prince Xie Yuan, and even Sheng Jiayan was promoted from the minister of Wenyuan Pavilion to the senior scholar of Dongge, and he was in charge of the old rules. Check the questions. All the documents handed by the courtiers must be read by Sheng Jiayan before they can really be sent to Xie Chongming.
Sheng Jiayan is really in power, and he is no longer the remnant of the traitorous party who needed the protection of the Meng House. Now all sides are up and down, and no one dares to discuss his past right and wrong behind his back. The emperor also gave Sheng Jiayan a residence alone. It was a big mansion with three exits and three entrances. However, Meng Qiqi didn't want Sheng Jiayan to move out, so Sheng Jiayan continued to live in the yard of Meng's mansion for her.
When it should have been happy, something suddenly happened in the Meng Mansion...
It was summer, and it was raining heavily today. One of the housekeepers carried a broom and was about to run to the porch to take shelter from the rain, but when he passed the pond in the back garden of Meng's house, his feet slipped, and he fell into it. The water in the lotus pond was not deep, even when Jiading was fished out, Jiading kicked his head twice in the pond, and the other Jiading standing beside the pond saw a pale and pale pond hidden under the silt pool. human arm.
Bai Gao's body was turned over from the pond by the servants. Bai Gao, which was completely swollen and even rotten, could not see its original appearance at all. If the housekeepers hadn't found a purple cloth wrapped around his mouth, almost no one would have recognized him. The reason why Meng Eqi was able to recognize it was because she knew that this piece of purple cloth came from her drapery. The **** asked Bai Gao to go back to the house to get it, but who knew that it was the last time Bai Gao and her were.
The torrential rain fell around Meng Eqi, and she squatted on the ground, holding the purple cloth in her hand.
Yan Sha followed behind her with an umbrella, pinched her nose and looked shocked: "Sister, let's not watch, this... this is horrible... "
Bai Gao's swollen face and body were rotting in many places, and he could hardly look human.
One of the housekeepers in charge of salvaging Bai Gao shrank his neck: "Sister, you can go back. It's fine for the minions to clean up here. And when the minions just broke Big Brother Bai's teeth, he bit it so hard, the housekeeper was afraid that Big Brother Bai had it. Your wish is not over, in case any grievance hits you, this…”
Meng Qiqi held the purple cloth tightly, her eyes were flushed, she stood up and took a deep breath: "Bury Bai Gao well for me. If someone dares to commit murder in Meng Mansion, if I find him, I will not let him go! "
Her beautiful and glamorous eyes were suddenly filled with anger, and those who were forced did not dare to look at her directly.
Meng Eqi opened her palms and looked down at the words faintly drawn in blood on the purple cloth. Her hands slowly clenched into a fist.
At the same time, in the room of the old lady Meng.
"What!? Are you asking to marry a girl?" Although the old lady Meng had guessed it for a long time, she was still surprised when she heard Sheng Jiayan personally propose it.
Sheng Jiayan knelt in front of her with her robe upright, with a respectful attitude and a serious look: "Grandmother, Qiqi and I are not biological brothers and sisters. I used to care about my low status, but now I can protect her by myself. I ask my grandmother for permission. "
He bowed his head deeply, nodding his forehead.
Sheng Jiayan can now be a powerful minister, and Mrs. Meng can even think of how he will cover with one hand in the future. But she has lived most of her life, and she knows very well that the reason why Sheng Jiayan is so cautious now is that what he intends is not just to seize power, he may also want to rectify the name of his dead father.
The emperor personally gave the Sheng family a charge of treason. If Sheng Jiayan wanted to clear the grievances for the Sheng family, he would have to ask the emperor to take back his own words. Asking the emperor to admit his mistakes in front of hundreds of officials and even servants in the court is like a fantasy! So there is no doubt that Sheng Jiayan will be involved in even bigger turmoil in the future, and Meng Qiqi, as the emperor's niece, is in a very difficult position. If Sheng Jiayan really competes with the emperor in the future, he will be caught in the middle. The hardest thing to do must be Meng Qiqi.
When the old lady Meng thought of this, her worried eyes fell on Sheng Jiayan, who was begging and begging in front of her. She also knew that Sheng Jiayan must have a way to prevent Meng Eqi from being implicated, but Meng Eqi was her precious granddaughter raised by herself, and she didn't want Meng Eqi to be involved in any court battles in the future. But Sheng Jiayan's words were sincere, so Mrs. Meng only said: "Get up, let me think about this matter."
Sheng Jiayan got up and cupped his hands: "Thank you grandmother."
A servant rushed from outside in a panic: "Old Madam, Second Young Master, it's not good! Third Sister is about to beat Arong to death!"
Sheng Jiayan's expression changed, and he stepped out.
Meng Qiqi clenched the whip brought from Sheng Jiayan's room in his hand, swung it in the air, and slammed it hard at A Rong. A Rong didn't dodge or dodge, just stood in the rain and let her beat. Yansha knelt on the ground and hugged Meng Qiqi's legs: "Sister, please calm down, sister..."
Meng Eqi slapped her finger, and her stunning face was even more moving because of her anger: "A Rong, did you kill Bai Gao, you don't!"
A Rong was beaten to the corner of his mouth and bleeding, and there were many whip marks and bloodstains on his clothes. He was neither humble nor arrogant. He looked at Meng Qiqi with deep eyes, showing no fear at all: "Sister, A Rong has long passed, A Rong did not kill anyone."
If it wasn't for him to kill, why did Bai Gao not come out for a long time after he entered the mansion, and A Rong followed him out after a while. Moreover, on the piece of cloth that Bai Gao tore off from Meng Eqi's robe, Bai Gao also wrote the word "Rong" in blood. If it wasn't for the name of the murderer, why would Bai Gao put this piece of cloth in his mouth and close his teeth before he died! ? Meng Eqi was short of direct evidence to prove that it was A Rong who did it.
It's a pity that A Rong's indifferent attitude angered her even more. Meng Eqi raised her hand and was about to swing another whip, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
She turned her head, Sheng Jiayan's eyes fixed on her.
"Qiqi, what are you doing?"
Meng Qiqi was already soaking wet at this moment, but the anger in her eyes almost set her on fire: "Arong killed Bai Gao! He killed Bai Gao!"
Sheng Jiayan paused and looked at A Rong. The latter just stood quietly in the rain looking back at the two of them. There were many whip marks on his body, and Sheng Jiayan somehow remembered Arong's loyal and courageous father. So Sheng Jiayan turned around and said to Meng Qiqi, "There may be some misunderstanding in this matter, go ahead and I'm afraid you will catch a cold..."
He held Meng Eqi and wanted to walk into the house, but Meng Eqi threw his hand away.
She looked at Sheng Jiayan with disappointment: "You don't believe me?"
Why doesn't he believe in himself? Meng Qiqi looked at Sheng Jiayan, and the rain curtains slid past him. She suddenly felt that she could not understand Sheng Jiayan. This person in front of him, his face is so familiar. Familiar enough to close his eyes, he can describe every point of his beauty. But his current attitude is too unfamiliar, Meng Eqi was in a trance at that moment, and he didn't even know whether he was His Majesty the King of Hell or just Sheng Jiayan.
Sheng Jiayan's face was frosty, he stepped forward and held Meng Qiqi's wrist tightly: "Give me time, let me find out."
Meng Qiqi struggled to break free. She took a step back and sneered: "Check it out? If I give you time, what can you find in the end? Could it be that the tragedy of the Buddha and Mi is going to happen again?"
"lush-"
Meng Qiqi turned around and left without waiting for him to finish. Sheng Jiayan wanted to catch up, but the housekeeper hurriedly ran from the outer courtyard: "Second young master, the emperor urgently summons!"
Sheng Jiayan took a step, and he glanced at A Rong sharply. Tell Yan Sha: "Take good care of my sister, I will come back from the palace to deal with it."
After all, he hurriedly followed the guards into the palace.
The old lady Meng stood under the corridor not far away and looked at everything, shook her head and sighed, but said nothing.
Meng Eqi was lying on the ice silk quilt, white smoke slowly wafting from the incense burner on the pear, flower and wood low table beside him, and then diffused. The scent of water mint made her furious heart feel sad at this moment. She turned over on the couch irritably and grabbed the tassels on the pillow.
She is Mother Meng, she should have looked down on life and death. But that's the case, when someone close to her passed away, she still couldn't let it go. Thinking of Bai Gao's simple and honest smile, the inexplicable overlapping of the voices and faces of Hetian Buddha and Mi, the figures of several people quickly revolved in her mind, Meng Qiqi closed her sour eyes, and felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart.
General Blood River is right, the world is too scary, she wants to go back to the underworld. There won't be so much sadness in the underworld, and she won't have a conflict with Sheng Jiayan. It turns out that there are so many emotions and desires in life, life and death, and she came to the wrong world in this world.
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Sheng Jiayan came back late at night, and everyone in Meng's house had rested. Except for A Rong who was waiting at his door.
A Rong had already changed into clean clothes at this time, and he could not see the whiplash on his body for the time being, and he could not even see the injury on his face, but his eyes were lowered and his expression was respectful.
Sheng Jiayan walked over coldly: "Do you really do Bai Gao's death?"
A Rong shook his head: "It wasn't done by the subordinates."
Sheng Jiayan's eyes froze, and he stepped into the house, with A Rong following behind. The house was quiet for a long time, only to hear Sheng Jiayan say: "I have already asked my grandmother to marry Qiqi. At this time, I don't want to have any more troubles. Do you understand?"
A Rong's eyes tightened, and she raised her head sharply: "Master! You clearly know how marrying Princess Laiyi will affect you at this time. You have finally gained the trust of Xie Chongming and the third prince, and you can't be destroyed so quickly. !"
Sheng Jiayan took out a map to take a closer look, circled the top with a brush, and said, "I've passed, Qiqi is an indispensable part of me, even if I am suspected by the emperor, I will not hesitate."
A Rong set off a huge wave in his heart, he couldn't believe it.
He looked at Sheng Jiayan's calm face, as if he had made up his mind. Could it be that Sheng Jiayan has worked hard with him for so long and is about to succeed, but at this time he takes care of a Meng Qiqi? ! Sheng Jiayan will use the blood of thousands of soldiers to exchange for a princess Laiyi, and his Arong will not allow such a thing to happen.
This Meng Qiqi must not stay!