It's rainy in summer, and it's even more torrential these few days. It drenched the entire imperial city drip-tick. The air became extraordinarily humid, but the temperature didn't drop much. Just moving around would make you sweat profusely, and it was sticky and uncomfortable.
In such weather, someone entered the palace from Nanhuamen in a soft sedan chair that was airtight. The dark blue cloth mantle and the reel made of birch wood had no emblem on it. You can't see anything with the light, let alone know who is sitting inside.
But the grace carried by this sedan chair is obvious to all. It was carried to Donghuang Palace without stopping all the way, and the one who was inside the gate did not come out of the sedan chair. She was slender and soft like a willow. She should be a girl without a doubt. , just wearing a big gauze hat, can't see the face and hair accessories, can't tell which family it belongs to.
The guards were not surprised either. There were always noble ladies from aristocratic families who had sharpened their heads and squeezed towards the queen, hoping that they could become familiar and lean on the big tree of the Wang family, so that their fathers and brothers would be better off in the court in the future. It’s just that there are not many such honors. Most of them walked over from the gate of the palace with their legs. Many noble ladies were weak and weak, and their faces were white and blue when they walked halfway. Like this one, their chins were raised high. Yes, it's windy when you walk.
Jinxiu personally invited her into the hall, and ordered someone to serve her with good tea and snacks. She smiled and thanked her, but she did not move.
After that, she waited for a full half an hour before the queen slowly stepped out of the inner hall, and sat on the top with her round belly. Seeing that she lazily raised her eyes and swept over the untouched food on the long table, she couldn't help laughing scornfully.
"Miss Meng, is she afraid that this palace will poison you?"
Meng Chen was blessed, and sat back on his seat before saying, "After all, the minister and daughter are new here, so be cautious."
The queen sneered: "Then you are not afraid that this palace will directly detain you in the palace, and let you go without return?"
"If Niangniang wants to do this, there is nothing the minister can do." Meng Chen's mouth curled slightly, and he said calmly, "It's just that if the minister dies, it will not only make the relationship between the Meng family and the prince closer, but also make the relationship between the Meng family and the prince closer. It will make you miss many important secrets, and it will do you no good, so you should think twice."
"Presumptuous! How dare you be disrespectful to the goddess!"
Jin Xiu scolded her in anger, and showed her fierceness. Meng Chen didn't seem to hear it, and there was no fear on her face. The queen stared at her for a long time, and suddenly asked, "What secret do you want to tell this palace?"
"That's a lot, just see what you can get in exchange."
The queen snorted softly: "Don't forget, the things you wrote in the previous two letters cost this palace a lot of trouble and then returned empty-handed. Why should this palace believe you this time?"
Meng Chen's expression darkened, and when she thought of the tacit understanding between Chu Jinglan and Ye Huaiyang acting together, the anger she had managed to suppress began to start a prairie fire again.
"It was a misjudgment by the ministers and daughters about the pregnancy, but they did go down the mountain to play on the Ghost Festival. You didn't catch a current one because the people under your command were too useless. When Zhang arrived late, they obviously hadn't come back. After Lu Heng procrastinated for so long, the ministers and daughters watched as they turned over the backyard and returned to the room. After changing their clothes, they came out to sing a big show. It was also her fault that Zhang Chi was a straw bag. , he didn't even see the court lady wink him."
"You gave birth to Zhang Lizui." The queen neither got angry nor punished her, she just flicked the tea cup and asked lightly, "In that case, what are you doing here with this palace? You can't deal with Ye Huai by yourself. Central?"
in a word.
Meng Chen seemed to have been stabbed in the dead end, his delicate face flushed red, as if he had turned into anger from embarrassment.
The queen understands all her purpose, and she has been in circles with her for so long, all for the sake of humiliation first and then control! Sure enough, she is a woman at the top of the harem. She is so skilled at controlling people's hearts, it's just hateful!
The ironic smile on the side of Jinxiu's mouth became more obvious, Meng Chen was stimulated, and could not help but grit his teeth: "Although you have guessed the reason why the minister and daughter want to deal with Ye Huaiyang, you don't know the relationship between the Ye family and the prince. How deep is the relationship already? Not to mention there are many other party members. If you can help the ministers and daughters solve Ye Huaiyang, the ministers and daughters will give them all their names, which will ensure that you can make a great contribution in front of the emperor. ."
"What I say is unsubstantiated. What this palace wants is evidence. How can you prove that Ye Huaiyang and Chu Jinglan colluded? You must know that after she married him, she went to the palace to report the situation to this palace every month. The emperor saw her in person, you have no definite evidence, and it is difficult for this palace to stand up to the emperor, after all, the Ye family is not a small family, and a move can shake the court and the opposition."
Hearing this, Meng Chen smiled coldly.
"I don't know if Niangniang has heard that the late emperor once left a will, and it clearly states that it was passed down to the prince, not the current sage."
The queen's expression suddenly changed.
Originally, when Chu Sanghuai was enthroned, he heard that the late emperor had a secret edict, but unfortunately he turned the entire imperial city upside down and couldn't find it. He didn't expect it would suddenly appear six years later. How can you not panic? If that thing is announced to the world, Chu Sanghuai will not be able to secure the throne!
She straightened her body and asked sharply, "Is that thing with you?"
Meng Chen hooked his lips, and seemed to be satisfied with her expression, as if he had pulled back a game.
"Naturally it won't be here with the minister's daughter. Just a few days ago, someone gave it to Ye Huaiyang with his own hands, and now it's hidden in the dark compartment of the study of Prince Lan's mansion. As long as you send someone to search it, the minister's daughter guarantees that it will be can be found."
"Who gave it to Ye Huaiyang?"
"Niangniang really doesn't make a loss." Meng Chen snorted and spit out two words lightly, "Xie Yun."
Hearing this, the empress's eyes were bright, and there was a hint of ruthlessness in her surprise. Her ten fingers were constantly tightened, and the long treasure-inlaid fingers were sunk into the soft cushion, leaving a few sharp marks.
Good you Xie family, you dare to do this kind of thing secretly after eating imperial food for so many years, you are really an unfamiliar wolf!
Meng Chen saw that she was frightened and angry, obviously she had misunderstood something, so he kindly explained: "The edict was secretly hidden by Xie Yuan, but Xie Miao killed him, and after searching through the boxes for more than a month, he finally found this thing. I found it out, and immediately let Xie Yun hand it over to Ye Huaiyang, no one in the family knows about it, tell me, is he loyal or not?"
The queen looked gloomy and didn't speak for a long time.
It can be seen from the fighting between the Wang Xie family for so many years that Xie Yuan must have no dissent, hiding the edict is at best to save his life, but Xie Miao is different, perhaps it has been found that Chu Sanghuai and Xie Yuan conspired to kill After getting his father, now he is going to lead the Xie family to turn against each other. He must be eliminated as soon as possible, or things will change later.
No, not only Xie Miao, but also uprooting the Xie family. This is a great thing for their Wang family. From then on, my father is no match for the court.
Thinking of this, the queen said indifferently: "You step back, this palace promises you that I will get rid of Ye Huaiyang for you."
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Meng Chen stopped talking, and was about to leave the hall after saluting, but when he walked behind the door, a word came suddenly.
"Miss Meng, in order to compete for favor, you should destroy the things that your crush yearns for. Don't let the gains outweigh the losses in the end."
Meng Chen was silent for a moment, and seemed a little remorseful, but as soon as he appeared, she was forcibly suppressed, and turned to sarcasm: "In the matter of competing for favor, I think Empress is more unscrupulous than me, not to mention who said Wang Ye It will definitely lose? Who will live in this Donghuang Palace in the future is unknown."
"you-"
The queen was furious, and there was a colicky pain in her stomach. She bent down impatiently, everyone around her rushed forward, and Meng Chen walked out of the hall without looking back in the chaos.
"Niangniang, do you want to worry? The servant will go and ask the imperial doctor to take a look at it for you?"
"No need, this palace is fine." The Queen looked at Meng Chen's retreating back, and spit out a word in a cold voice, "When this matter is over, there is no need to save her life."
Jinxiu lowered her head and said, "Yes, this servant understands."
The soft sedan was still parked at the door. Meng Chen quickly walked over with his gauze cap on. Who knew that he bumped into someone at the corner. Looking at it, it turned out to be an older nanny, holding a stack of clean and tidy Clothes, obviously people from the clothes washing bureau. Meng Chen was in a bad mood. Seeing her low status, he immediately scolded mercilessly: "Old servant, you can't be blind!"
Mammy hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, not daring to lift her head, "Your maid, spare your life, this servant didn't do it on purpose!"
Meng Chen snorted heavily, rubbed the edge and got into the soft sedan chair, almost knocking her over, but she steadied her body, she was relieved when she saw that the clothes in her hands were not soiled, and then stood up slowly , walked to the front of the hall and handed the clothes to the little maid of the East Phoenix Palace before turning around and leaving, but the road was different from when you came. Looking closely, the soft sedan chair passed by the alley in front, and it shook one by one. The pendulum has not gone very far.
This mammy is Qu Fang.
When the woman scolded her just now, she inadvertently lifted the gauze hat. She vaguely felt that the face was familiar, and with a little bit of a Northland accent, the more she thought about it, the more strange it became.
Have you seen this person somewhere
She followed all the way to the gate of the palace, and found that after the woman got off the soft sedan, she did not immediately change to a carriage to go back to the palace, but entered the alley of the outer imperial city on a whim. Such a strange behavior made her even more suspicious. After pondering for a moment, a light flashed in my mind.
Oops, shouldn't that person be...
Qu Fang was surprised at first, and then suddenly thought that she had just come out of Donghuang Palace, her heart sank, and she was tightly entangled by an inexplicable sense of fear. Just when she was thinking of going to inform Ye Huaiyang, she didn't know. The Lan Wangfu outside the palace dispatched all the guards to find this person.
Ye Huaiyang frowned and leaned on the head of the bed, thinking over and over about Meng Chen's behavior, but she always seemed to be walking in the fog and couldn't find the key direction. Suddenly a shadow flashed in the corner of her eye, and she quickly straightened up and lifted the gauze. In the tent, I saw Ci Yuan walked in with vigorous steps, and before she got to the front, she asked anxiously, "Has anyone found it?"
Ci Yuan shook his head deeply: "Not yet."
Her face gradually condensed, but she didn't say anything unnecessary, she just said coldly: "Go find it again."
Ci Yuan took his orders and left, and swept out of Prince Lan's mansion like a falcon.
Then Ye Huaiyang got up and got out of bed, her long waterfall-like hair slid over her shoulders, covering the small half of her face lightly. The pair of black pupils embedded in them looked even colder and more frightening. She was tight but stood up straight, and waved her hand to let Crescent Moon change her clothes, with a tone that couldn't be denied.
Crescent Moon's heart clenched, but he didn't dare to persuade him. He only asked softly, "Where are you going?"
"Go to the flower hall." Ye Huaiyang's eyes shone with cold light, even though he was ill, he was still imposing, "Call all the servants of the palace, I want to know all the movements of Meng Chen in the past half month."
Crescent Moon's heart froze slightly, she responded quickly and left the room quickly.
The author has something to say: Yaomozi No. 2 took off ~ at the same time issued an order to destroy No. 1 ~