==Chapter 172==

The entire Anguo Mansion was shrouded in a dead silence.

The crying was earth-shattering, but whether it was crying for the dead or crying for oneself, no one could know. After so many things, now everyone in the Xiao family is numb, dead, dead, a hundred dead, the dead are freed, and the living are still suffering.

Just when the Xiao family was still worried about what to do with the funeral of Duchess An Guo, the disposition of the Xiao family finally came down. An Guogong was robbed of the title, and all the clansmen of the Xiao family were repatriated to their ancestral hometown of Lanling.

When the holy decree was issued, everyone in the Xiao family breathed a sigh of relief, and this kind of disposal did not seem to be so unacceptable compared to losing their lives.

Duke An Guo was robbed of the title, and this royal mansion naturally had to be recovered, but the Holy Lord was sympathetic and allowed the Xiao family and others to stay in the mansion temporarily, and then take back the mansion after the follow-up matters were handled.

The Xiao family didn't dare to delay more, so they hurriedly put the funeral into the coffin for the Duchess of Anguo for seven days, and then Fu Ling returned to his ancestral hometown Lanling to do the burial. Then there is a series of things to collect and count the family's belongings and business properties, and transport them to Lanling, and the house slaves in the house also need to deal with them, after all, once they return to Lanling, they don't need so many slaves and maids.

In fact, the Xiao family also knows in their hearts that this situation is a blessing in misfortune now, probably because of the face of the crown prince and the crown princess, and the saint will deal with the Xiao family lightly.

The family property was not confiscated, with the family background of the Anguo Mansion and the ancestral property on the side of Lanling, it was enough for the Xiao family to have no worries about food and clothing. It's just that three generations can't be out of office, and it's a bit too harsh. However, the decline of the Xiao family in Lanling is predictable, and it cannot be released, maybe after three generations, the Xiao family will become an ordinary squire, and the previous glory will be gone.

Of course, that's another story.

*

King Zhao rebelled, failed, and was captured alive on the spot.

In the end, it was the respect of the prince, and Mu Jinting didn't want to humiliate him, but just temporarily imprisoned him in the mansion. After the case of rebellion is concluded, it will be disposed of.

King Zhao naturally thought about death, from the high prince to the prisoner, he could predict that his end would not be good, but when it came to death, especially when he let him do it himself, he was still timid.

The entire Zhao Wangfu was immersed in a dead silence, and the people in the palace were getting fewer and fewer day by day, first the guards in the palace, and then the officials and staff of the palace, these people naturally did not have the good treatment of King Zhao, and they were all put in prison and interrogated one by one. Then the slaves and maids in the house began to gradually decrease, and in the end, only King Zhao and his wives and concubines were left with a few slaves and maids to serve.

Zhao Wang locked himself in the study for days and did not come out, and a group of female dependents faced such a situation, and they had no one to rely on and comfort, so they could only cry in fear every day.

Meng Changxi is the same, she thought that she would die, but she didn't expect it to be this way of death. She is unwilling and unwilling, why, she didn't enjoy the wealth, and she didn't want to marry King Zhao when she first married. Now that King Zhao has failed, he is going to implicate her and lose her life.

Rebellion is a big crime to lose your head, don't think about it, even if the saint is willing to spare King Zhao, the prince will not. Meng Changxi was distressed, if she was married to the brother of King Chu back then, I am afraid that she is the crown princess now, not Xiao Jiuniang.

She almost didn't have to think about it, she knew that Xiao Jiuniang knew that she was in such a situation now, how she would laugh at her in secret.

Thinking like this, Meng Changxi didn't want to die even more.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, she still has one last way back, she still has the prince's brother, even if the Meng family is now unreliable because they are involved in the rebellion case, the prince's brother will not ignore her, she still remembers how much the prince's brother loved her back then.

Meng Changxi asked the people around her to spread the word.

But now it is not what it used to be, and now Zhao Wangfu is guarded like an iron bucket, let alone passing the word, not even a fly can fly out. Meng Changxi had no choice, originally just wanted to act quietly, and in the end she could only order the maids around her to take gold and silver and other things, and begged the officers and soldiers guarding the Zhao Palace's mansion to send a message to the former prince and now King Hui.

She thought she was doing a secret, but in fact, it had already fallen into the eyes of Princess Zhao.

Liu Wan doesn't want anything now, she is Princess Zhao, and she and King Zhao are grasshoppers tied to a rope, and they can't escape him, so naturally she is indispensable. And the Liu family was also involved because of King Zhao, and her husband's family was in a similar situation, and she didn't bother to bother jumping up and down, just waiting to die.

But just because she doesn't jump doesn't mean she's willing to watch others jump up and down right under her nose. I vaguely remember how Meng Changxi used to rely on her favor to be a blessing on top of her head, but now she doesn't do something, she seems to be a little sorry for herself.

Liu Wan didn't make any big moves, but just revealed the news to King Zhao.

……

After being imprisoned in the mansion, King Zhao began to drink heavily.

He got drunk all day long, as if he would be able to get out of his current predicament, and it seemed that he would be able to get to that position in a drunken dream, and trample all the people he didn't want to see under his feet.

He was drunk a lot, he woke up less, and when he woke up, he was in a mess, either beating and scolding the attendants around him, or arguing for people to bring him wine. All in all, he only stopped when he was drunk, but fortunately there was not much in the cellar of the palace, and there was the most wine of all kinds, but he couldn't finish it for a while.

On this day, King Zhao woke up from drunkenness with a splitting headache.

He called a few times and wanted someone to bring him water, but no one answered. Only then did he remember that he was now imprisoned in the mansion, and the slaves and maidservants around him were not as diligent as before.

He was about to curse when he heard someone whispering under the window. He forced his head to open his eyes to look, only to find that he was lying on the chaise longue under the window of the study at this time, and the people talking outside seemed to be the only two little waiters in his yard.

There was the rustling sound of sweeping the floor, and the soft whispers of the two little chamberlains.

"Hey, haven't you heard about that lately?"

"What's the matter?"

"It's Concubine Meng's matter!"

"What? Could it be that Concubine Meng did something embarrassing? Zhao Wangfu is like this, she still has this mind?! There was a lot of interest in this voice, like a mouse stealing oil, eating with a mouth full of oil and squeaking.

In fact, I can't complain that these two people are so interested, they are not the subordinates of Zhao Wangfu, but after a cadre of slaves and maids of Zhao Wangfu were taken away, a few were temporarily transferred to serve temporarily. How the Zhao Wangfu has nothing to do with them has nothing to do with them, so at this time, the slaves and maids in the Zhao Wangfu are happier than the masters.

When King Zhao heard this, his whole body immediately tensed, and his eyes, which were full of bloodshot because of alcoholism, were red and bulging outward.

Could it be that Meng Changxi's slut did something sorry for him behind his back?

He listened with bated breath.

"Go, go, where do you want to go." One of the voices reprimanded, and in an instant, the voice became ambiguous: "Even if she wants to, at this time, in addition to the one inside, where is there a man, if there are also those soldiers and ruffians outside the door, no matter how bold they are, they don't dare to have anything to do with these women inside." ”

"Then what are you talking about restlessness!" The other voice seemed annoyed, thinking that the other person was making fun of him.

"Don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly. It is said that in the past few days, Concubine Meng has been sending the maids around her to the side door every day, wanting to spread the word outside. You know, no matter how greedy those people are, they won't dare to do anything at this time, and their lives will be gone. But Concubine Meng was unwilling, first she bought it with silver, no one dared to accept it, the price was higher and higher every time, tsk, it is said that in the end, the gold was used, such a big bag......"

The sweeping sound stopped, and the man seemed to be gesturing to his companion.

"It's all good! It's more than enough to take it out and exchange it for thousands! So the attitude softened, but they still didn't let go. I can't help it, Concubine Meng even used the beauty trick ......"

"It can't be Concubine Meng herself, right?" If King Zhao went out to look, he could see the surprised look of the person who said this.

"Go, go, why do you want to be crooked again! Of course, it's not Concubine Meng, it's the maid next to Concubine Meng, the one named Ziqiong. ”

"Isn't it the one with a thin waist and a very curved ass?"

"That's what you're thinking!" This person seemed to spit on his companion, and then laughed ambiguously, "It's her, that Ziqiong looks good, it is said that she is the maid who came over to marry Concubine Meng, but King Zhao has not combed her." As soon as this beauty plan came out, those vulgar soldiers couldn't stand it, and their souls couldn't wait to give it to others, so they promised to deliver a message to Concubine Meng. ”

"What the hell does Concubine Meng want to do, those people are really bold, and they are not afraid of losing their heads."

"You know what, don't be stupid, people are shrewd. It's not a big deal, it's just that Concubine Meng asked them to deliver a message to the former prince, you should know what the identity of Concubine Meng is, that is a member of the Meng family, and the former prince is a cousin. You have to know who the former prince is? That is the person on the tip of His Majesty's heart today, if it weren't for the former prince's body and bones, this prince would not be able to turn to the current ...... There is such a relationship, even if people help deliver the words, they have something to say when asked. ”

"Tut-tut, these soldiers look reckless, but I didn't expect them to be so thoughtful. Hey, by the way, what does Concubine Meng want to do with such great effort to spread the word? Do you want to intercede with the one inside? ”

"To intercede with the one inside?" The man sneered, laughing so hard that King Zhao's heart contracted for a while. "Don't laugh at the big teeth, okay, that person committed a capital crime, even if he doesn't die, he will be exiled for the concubine, and Concubine Meng's idea is very big."

The voice stopped, whetted the appetite of his companion, and then said, "People want to beg their cousin to fish him out." ”

"How to fish? Can you still fish after this? ”

"Can this be fished, it's not the above sentence, although since ancient times, men have committed crimes and implicated the whole family, but this is not without exception. At the time of the first emperor, Princess Rong'an's concubine was implicated in the case of rebellion, and Princess Rong'an didn't also get out, just ask for righteousness. ”

"How can it be the same, Princess Rong'an is a princess, and Concubine Meng ......"

"They have a cousin! It is said that when the former prince was still the prince, he loved this cousin very much, if it weren't for the fact that Concubine Meng was not old enough, she almost became the princess back then. It's still the same sentence, this life and death, it's not the above sentence, it's just a female dependent, and if you get it, you will get it, who cares about this, even if you don't look at other people's face, you have to give King Hui a face. ”

The other voice sighed a few times, and the two said something again, but at this moment, King Zhao had no intention of listening at all, and his mind was only filled with one thought, he was unlucky, but the slut surnamed Meng dared to run away behind his back!

This is a betrayal, and King Zhao cannot tolerate it.

He couldn't tolerate it when he was proud, let alone at this time.

If you want to die, you have to die together! This slut!

The two chamberlains swept the floor boredly, chatting about various things to pass the time, this Zhao Wangfu is now dead silent, if you don't do something, this day is really difficult.

At that moment, a voice rang out, but the door slammed open. Before the two of them could look up, they saw a figure roll in front of them like a whirlwind.

……

Meng Changxi sat peacefully in front of the desk, holding tea in her hand and drinking it quietly.

Now that she's done what she's supposed to do, all that's left is to wait for the good news.

In fact, she wasn't so sure earlier, but as she did it step by step, there was a hint in her heart that the prince's brother would definitely not leave her alone.

She not only asked people to hand out the words, but also handed over a gold collar, which was given to her by the prince's brother when she was a child and put on her with his own hands. Seeing such a thing, the prince's brother will definitely remember the past, and he will not and is reluctant to let her sister fall to such a fate.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this would definitely happen, and Meng Changxi couldn't help but smile.

The door was suddenly slammed open from the outside.

Before Meng Changxi could react, she was dragged up and pinched her neck fiercely.

It was only after a flicker of her gaze that she saw the red eyes in front of her.

Those eyes were full of terrifying red bloodshots, and the pupils were a little cloudy, and they were full of unconcealable rage.

It's King Zhao, this is King Zhao's eyes.

Meng Changxi's face was a little pale, and she wanted to speak with a forced smile, but the other party didn't give her this opportunity at all.

King Zhao pinched Meng Changxi's neck fiercely.

"You want to escape? You want to abandon this king and flee, who gave you this guts! ”

Meng Changxi was pinched very uncomfortably, and she felt almost nauseated, but at this moment, she couldn't care about the pain, and only King Zhao's question was left in her mind.

He got it? How did he know? She was obviously very careful to hide it from him!

She wanted to speak, but she couldn't say a word, King Zhao pinched her neck like a madman, and shook it again and again.

Meng Changxi felt dizzy, her eyes were black, and King Zhao's violent voice swirled in her ears.

"You slut, the lowly envoy wanted to pit the king of Chu, but he didn't expect to pit this king. This king sees that you are pitiful, and kindly carries you into the door, for so many years, this king has spoiled you and let you, and even the princess has retreated from you. Now it's good, seeing that this king is in trouble, you want to leave this king and escape. How? Still thinking about your brother King Chu? It's a pity that your brother King Chu doesn't have time to think about you now, and people have a good relationship with their princess, how can they think of you as a slut?! ”

Meng Changxi's throat clicked, but King Zhao didn't notice this at all, he said while pulling Meng Changxi's clothes. Ziqiong's inquiry sounded outside, and she was repelled by King Zhao. He grabbed Meng Changxi's neck and threw it on the couch, and the person followed and pressed him over.

"I sue you, don't try to escape, this king can't be good, and you don't want to leave this king to live a good life......"

He pinched Meng Changxi's neck while moving his lower body. He drank the wine, and felt that it came quickly, but after a while, it leaked out.

He collapsed on Meng Changxi's body, and only after calming down did he feel that something was wrong, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Meng Changxi's face was bruised, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, his eyes were wide open, and he looked like he was dead.

Meng Changxi was strangled to death by King Zhao.

King Zhao reached out to touch her snort, and ran out of breath. He was so frightened that he jumped up from the couch, dressed as a wolf, and cursed at the same time, and then swept away like a gust of wind when he came.

Seeing King Zhao leave, Ziqiong quietly entered the room, and then there was a scream in the room that almost shook the house.

*

Meng Changxi died like this, quietly and quietly.

King Zhao's mansion is like this now, so naturally no one pays attention to whether there are dead people in the mansion. Anyway, it's not the first time, there was a concubine of King Zhao earlier who couldn't bear this kind of pressure, and secretly hung the beam, and another one didn't seem to be a big deal.

King Zhao doesn't care about anything, and the matter can only be left to Princess Zhao to deal with. King Zhao would make such a ruthless move, which surprised Liu Wan very much, but after being surprised, she was indifferent. She ordered someone to sort out Meng Changxi's body, and then reported the result of suicide by hanging a beam.

No one pays attention to this matter, and now that the Meng family itself is difficult to protect, who else cares about a side concubine in King Zhao's mansion?

Meng Changxi died like this, and died unfazed.

In fact, Meng Changxi's words and the collar were handed out, but they were not handed to King Hui, but fell into Mu Jinting's hands. Mu Jinting also mentioned this matter to Jiu Niang, but he did not bring the words to King Hui. The Meng family is now unable to protect itself, and King Hui has not opened his mouth to plead, so why should he do such an uninteresting thing.

You must know that back then, the Meng family did not take advantage of King Hui, and the reason why King Hui did not turn his face was just for the sake of Queen Xiaoxianhui's face.

Time passed day by day, and the case of rebellion against the king finally came to an end.

During this period, Emperor Chengyuan has always been in the form of a shopkeeper, and Mu Jinting went to the liquidation to investigate, but he did not deviate, and the results were given to Emperor Chengyuan as soon as possible.

Emperor Chengyuan was still angry about the incident in his heart, but he also knew that this matter was not handled well, and he cared about the process with his body, and issued various edicts, with Zhao Wangcheng, Wang Changping and other people being exiled from Beijing, the whole thing officially came to an end.

Things are finally over, and it's time for the prince's family to move.

In fact, during this time, Mu Jinting was not only busy with the case of rebelling against the king, but also did not pull down the repairs on the side of the East Palace. Qin Tianjian chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, and the prince's palace moved to the East Palace.

The new environment and new atmosphere, the whole house is full of joy.

Now most of the subordinate officials and staff of the palace who are following Mu Jinting have a good future, and the East Palace has a very complete subordinate official mechanism, which is completely like a small court, so all these people have a good place to go.

As for those palace attendants, they were originally transferred from the palace, and now they are back in the palace. But now it is not what it used to be, and now everyone knows that the prince is in full swing, and the nature of serving by the prince's side has become fragrant.

The East Palace is also divided into two courts, the inner and outer courts, with the palace wall behind the Guangtian Palace as the boundary, the outer court is the place where the prince deals with government affairs, and the inner court is dominated by a dry palace such as Cheng'en Palace, Yichun Palace, and Yiqiu Palace. Cheng'en Hall is naturally the prince's bedroom, but now there are only three members of the prince's family, Jiuniang and Mu Mu naturally live in the Cheng'en Palace with Mu Jinting, and do not make another residence.

As soon as Mu Mu arrived at the Cheng'en Palace, he took up his short legs and ran around the Cheng'en Palace.

Jiuniang was rarely interested, so she followed behind him, while leading her son to recognize the place, and in addition, it could be regarded as a walk to exercise.

She is now nearly six months pregnant, and her belly has already bulged, buckled on her belly like a basin. She was pregnant with a child earlier, and she is also experienced, and she knows that this time is the most comfortable time for a pregnant woman, that is, she will not be happy and uncomfortable, and she will not be too bulky to move.

Lianzhi helped Jiuniang to walk slowly behind, and Mu Mu and Jiujiu ran wildly in front.

Since Jiu Niang was pregnant with Mu Mu, Mu Jinting did not let Jiu Niang touch wine, which was specially explained by Imperial Physician Liu, and Jiu Niang did not question it much. After Mu Mu was still in infancy, Jiu Niang personally fed her son, and the wine naturally continued to be neglected, and now that Mu Mu has grown up, he can also play with the wine in one place, but the rare wine is very strong.

How can two little short legs run to win four legs, but Jiujiu is also a clever one, running in front of Mu Mu for a while, then turning back to spread a burst of joy in front of him, two you chase me, and after a while, Mu Mu played a sweat.

"Okay, okay, stop today, Mumu, don't you still want to go to Grandpa Huang?" Jiu Niang shouted in the back.

Hearing this, Mu Mu stopped, turned back to his mother, tugged at her sleeve and said, "Can you not go today?" ”

For a child, when he arrives in a new place, he naturally wants to explore, and Mu Mu is now on the rise, so he naturally doesn't want to go to Zichen Palace.

Jiuniang didn't reprimand him, but said: "Mother remembers that you seem to have agreed with the imperial grandfather, and Mu Mu wants to be a person who doesn't count when he talks?" She glanced at her son's little face, and said: "Your imperial grandfather is unwell now, and can only lie on the sickbed, Mu Mu is willing to leave the imperial grandfather alone and go to play by himself?" ”

Well, Mu Mu Xiaobao doesn't want to be a person who doesn't count, and he is reluctant to leave the emperor's grandfather alone. Because in his mind now, people who don't count are despised by everyone, and the imperial grandfather usually loves him so much, and is so pitiful, and no one talks to him when he lies on the couch alone all day, so he still goes to see the imperial grandfather.

Just looking at her son's face, Jiu Niang knew what her son thought, she took Mu Mu's hand, walked back, and said softly: "Wait for you to come back and play, or tomorrow." ”

"Then I'd like to bring the wine with me."

"As long as your imperial grandfather is willing, it's okay."

Mu Mu smiled: "Grandpa Huang is naturally willing, I told him yesterday that I would bring wine to show him." ”

He returned to the Cheng'en Hall first, wiped Mu Mu's sweat and changed his clothes, and then a chariot picked him up.

In fact, Jiuniang doesn't have much affection for Emperor Chengyuan, but the old man's temper is too stubborn, and the relationship with Mu Jinting has not been very good. And Emperor Chengyuan really hurts Mu Mu, and Jiu Niang can't stop him from letting his ancestors and grandchildren meet.

After all, now that Emperor Chengyuan is still the emperor, he can love Mumu, isn't it also a kind of momentum? As long as the man doesn't ascend to that position for a day, Jiu Niang will not relax for a day, not to mention using her son, but just taking advantage of the trend.