Meng Qi did not leave the palace directly, but stopped next to the bamboo forest slightly close to the palace gate.

Standing there was still the same woman I had seen last time, dressed in a fluttering pink dress and covered with an emerald green cloak, standing there looking at him, her eyes shining.

Meng Qi didn't approach, but arched his hand and bent down slightly: "I've seen Yuan Guifei Niangniang." ”

Concubine Yuan nodded, with a soft smile: "My lord is exempt." ”

This time was different from the deliberate waiting last time, Concubine Yuan seemed to be just passing by here, and Liu Mengru, who was accompanying her, was still carrying a jujube red food box in her hand, thinking that Concubine Yuan had washed her hands and made soup and gave it to the emperor.

She held Liu Mengru's hand beside her, stepped forward slowly, and then stopped at a distance of five steps, not far or close, neither passing

In intimacy, it will not be too detached.

Liu Mengru bowed her body, with a faint smile on her delicate face, and said, "The courtiers have seen Lord Meng. ”

Meng Qi glanced at him, such a self-proclaimed person is naturally not an ordinary palace person, and he knows that the granddaughter of Liu Shiren's family was left in the palace as a female official, although he doesn't know his name, but he is afraid that this is the one in front of him.

A female official with a rank is different from an ordinary palace person, so Meng Qi also nodded in return.

It's just that Meng Qi's gaze has always been fixed on Concubine Yuan, faintly, but not shifted.

Concubine Yuan walked past him with a faint smile as if she hadn't noticed his gaze, as if she didn't know each other, and when she was getting farther away, Concubine Yuan's voice came from afar: "In a few days, the Holy Lord's selection, you help the palace pay attention to the daughter of the Song family, don't make a mistake." ”

"The courtiers understand."

Meng Qi paused, then raised his head and walked towards the palace gate with a flat expression.

If he turned around, he would definitely see that the noble woman was looking at him, her eyes were deep, and she brought out a somewhat sad look.

After the tall back of the gray-haired man gradually disappeared into the bamboo forest, Concubine Yuan turned back, but she lowered her eyes and looked a little lonely.

It was difficult not to notice Liu Mengru with such an obvious look, Liu Mengru, who was dressed in a lotus-colored palace dress, pursed her lips slightly, and called softly: "Niangniang, what are you looking at?" ”

Concubine Yuan closed her eyes slightly, and sighed in a light voice: "It's all in the past, and now I don't have anything to fear, and if I look at it again, it's just a vain delusion." ”

Liu Mengru's breath stagnated, and then she lowered her head suddenly, silent.

Concubine Yuan glanced at her, her beautiful eyes were still sad, but the corners of her mouth moved quietly when she saw Liu Mengru's complicated expression. The hand that dyed the good-looking cardamom gently patted the back of Liu Mengru's hand: "That's it, go back with me." ”

Liu Mengru nodded and followed Concubine Yuan, but she thought in her heart that maybe she would have to hand over the letter to her grandfather today.

Concubine Yuan bent a gentle smile as she walked, the weak willow supported the wind, and her posture was fluttering.

After returning to Linquan Pavilion, Concubine Yuan asked Liu Mengru to go back to prepare refreshments. And Liu Mengru, who had something in her heart, was in a hurry, and she didn't think much about why Concubine Yuan did this, so she retreated and left.

Liu Mengru, who quickly returned to her room, her heart beat like a drum thunder.

In this small house, there are pianos, chess, calligraphy and paintings, which are completely arranged according to the boudoir in Liu Mengru's house. This is a special favor given by Concubine Yuan, and Liu Mengru is also grateful in her heart.

And in the hidden place behind the screen, there is a long sword, which Liu Mengru has been used to since childhood.

Liu Mengru, who was sitting at the desk, quickly added some water to the inkstone, picked up the ink block and quickly grinded it, and then used a slender brush filled with ink to write something on a small piece of paper, each word was very small and beautiful, and she wrote extremely seriously.

But when she wrote that "the two may have a personal relationship", Liu Mengru's pen paused. Concubine Yuan's eyes with some sadness seemed to appear in front of her again, and it made people feel distressed to look at them.

A woman really pays wrongly, no matter how noble her status is, she is sad after all.

Liu Mengru shook the pen.

If this letter was delivered, Liu Mengru didn't know what choice the wise elder in the family would make. But I'm afraid it won't be what Concubine Yuan likes.

The woman who always smiles gently in Liu Mengru's eyes also has a soft heart, is this news right?

Liu Mengru let out a sigh, and she helped the pink velvet flowers on her head that were slightly offset by the hasty walking in her black hair.

Living a lifetime by love, after all, it is too unreliable, she doesn't want to take that road, her life must be held in her own hands.

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Concubine Yuan took a sip of the teacup in her hand and glanced at the jade hairpin: "What time is it?" ”

"Back to Niangniang, Shen Shi is three moments."

"If you serve refreshments, you just put them on the table, I don't want to use them for dinner in this palace, and I don't have much appetite." Concubine Yuan was a little unhappy when she saw this, but she was just bored and walked to the small Buddha hall alone.

Yuchai knew that every time Concubine Yuan came to this time, she was going to worship the Buddha, and it seemed that after coming out of the cold palace, this noble lady began to believe in Buddhism, and whenever she was unhappy, she locked herself in the small Buddha hall, copying Buddhist scriptures or knocking on wooden fish. But this also makes Yuchai a little lucky, her own mother does not have the bad temper of other palace concubines, and many concubines are angry with the palace people around them, and it is light to pinch and prick it.

In fact, staying by Concubine Yuan's side is far more comfortable than staying by others' side, even if she served the emperor at the beginning, Yuchai still prefers her current master.

There was some distress in his eyes, but Yuchai still knew how to measure, bowed shortly, and then closed the palace gate, and stood outside the door waiting for Concubine Yuan to summon her.

Concubine Yuan knelt directly on the futon after entering the small Buddha hall, and the door was not closed, but was wide open.

Closed doors and windows can only appear empty-hearted, not to say that if you are seen, you will be suspicious, just close the doors and windows and you can't see who is outside the door. This half-open door and window not only looks like a picture of everything that cannot be said to people, but also can easily see who is approaching outside the door.

Concubine Yuan didn't pay attention to the movement outside the door, just kneeling, her eyes slightly closed, and her expression was light.

She is a concubine in the palace, and she is said to be of high rank and wide power, but after all, she can't reach out of the palace. The tall square palace wall completely encircled Concubine Yuan's hands and feet, and she couldn't break free.

She may be able to let Li Qianyu do something, after all, they are mothers and sons, Concubine Yuan did not suspect the need for him to betray her, but after all, there are some things that cannot reassure Concubine Yuan, and some secrets are destined to be brought into the coffin, not to be known by Li Qianyu.

Those secret things, Concubine Yuan can't hand them over to Li Qianyu, and she can't even say it.

Therefore, Concubine Yuan can only achieve her goal in another way, such as today, she deliberately revealed her and Meng Qi's "private relationship" to Liu Mengru.

The past between her and Meng Qi was not a secret. The two families were originally good friends, although it was not a decent thing to give each other privately, but the capital was so big, and the contact between the young young lady was not a secret, as long as they were polite, even the family would not say anything.

But if those ambiguous and ambiguous feelings cannot blossom, then they must be settled when they get married.

Meng Qi was a young man, when the Meng family was powerful, Meng Qi was naturally very proud as one of them, and there were many girls who liked her, and the one who could make him happy was Concubine Yuan when she was a girl.

But in the end, they got married, and the county lord of Sangluo took a fancy to Meng Qi, and finally used this reason to get Meng Qi out of the Meng family's troubles, and the two were happy and beautiful except that they had no heirs. And Concubine Yuan also favors the harem, and her momentum is not inferior to that of the middle palace, so she is naturally very proud.

But on the contrary, Concubine Yuan didn't break it clearly, and she still looked quite nostalgic and painful.

It was naturally a storm for this news to be known by others, but if it was known by Liu Shiren, Concubine Yuan thought that the old man who had gone through three dynasties would probably solve the problem in the way he liked.

Liu Shiren, who has already stood behind Li Qianyu, will definitely not announce these to the public, which will not only kill Concubine Yuan, but also ruin Li Qianyu's reputation, I am afraid that it will directly affect the future struggle for the throne, which is not Liu Shiren's willing.

quietly sealed Concubine Yuan's mouth, I'm afraid that the old man won't take the risk, besides, as Li Qianyu's mother, if Liu Shiren dares to make this move, he will have to risk being retaliated by Li Qianyu in the future, which is too unwise.

After all, there is only one way left.

Concubine Yuan opened her eyes and looked at the white jade Bodhisattva statue surrounded by incense candles. Those eyes are similar to Li Qianyu's narrow length, but they are a little more feminine, and the corners of the eyes and eyebrows are gentle that can't be removed. She held the mallet beside her with her fingers stained with beautiful cardamom, and gently tapped the vermilion wooden fish.

A crisp voice sounded, Concubine Yuan curled the corners of her lips and closed her eyes again.

If Li Qianyu fails to compete for the position, then Liu Shiren will inevitably stand still, and the old man who looks square and has actually trained his fox-like sleek wrists will probably directly protect himself. If Li Qianyu succeeds in seizing the throne, the first thing Liu Shiren has to do is to fundamentally eliminate all possibilities that may slander Li Qianyu in the future.

Killing Meng Qi is the simplest and most thorough way.

In this way, Concubine Yuan naturally did not have to dirty her hands to seal Meng Qi's mouth, so that she could continue to make it a secret after keeping it for more than 20 years, and her Yu'er was invulnerable.

As for Meng Qi's life, Concubine Yuan never cared, whether he was dead or alive could not make this delicate woman frown even a little.

"Always together, life and death successively, life and death, life and death, like a wheel of fire, there is no rest."

Concubine Yuan knocked on the wooden fish, and gently recited the Buddhist scriptures in her mouth, but in her heart, it was the sentence that went back and forth:

Lord Liu, don't let this palace down.

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In the long oblique alley, an inconspicuous sedan chair got in.

Because it was daytime, the long alley was far less lively than at night, and most of the shops in the alley were closed.

The cyan soft sedan chair stopped at the mouth of the alley, the leader pressed down the sedan chair, and a man in an official robe walked out of it.

"Adults, do you want the little ones to wait here?" The sedan chair bearer asked.

Mu Qing shook his head and took out another silver horn. His face was much better now than when he had just been in the palace, only slightly pale, but not as panicked. He smiled and put the silver horn in the hand of the sedan chair bearer: "I'm sorry to trouble you, if you still have trouble in the future, I hope you don't push it back." ”

"That's nature." The sedan chair bearer smiled, "The official is very generous, and the villain can serve the official is a blessing that he can't ask for." ”

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