Chapter 5 The Concubine
This is the second time Meng Jiao has entered the palace, compared to the first time she was uneasy, she has now begun to get used to it, and even when she passed by Shangyang Palace, she still had the heart to take a look at the glass on the tiles, which looked good under the sun.
"Madam, let's go to see the concubine today, we can't go down the same road last time."
"Why?"
"Last time, it was because you had no official position, and you were not a relative of the family, so you could only walk from the Zhengyuan Gate, and now you are the lady of Zhengsanpin, and your status is precious, so this time you will meet you, and you will take the official road in the Chongyuan Gate."
Official and civil ways, Mama Lin talked about it when she was chatting with her, but Meng Jiao didn't react for a while, she still didn't fully accept her current identity as Mrs. Fate, these things outside her body came too quickly and too well, and the good ones were far beyond her expectations, so naturally there would be a feeling of being at a loss.
It seems that she still has to work hard to get used to this identity, and at the same time, she must get used to the many conveniences and rights that this identity brings her, whether good or bad, she must bear.
After the Chongyuan Gate Fu walked for about a quarter of an hour, what caught my eye was the Ruizhangtai where the concubine An's was located, and there was already another group of palace people waiting in Ruizhangtai waiting in front of the door, seeing that Meng Jiao had arrived, some of them hurriedly went in to report, and the other part took Meng Jiao respectfully and walked inside.
Above the main hall, Concubine An's figure was hidden behind the bead curtain, she couldn't see it really, Meng Jiao wanted to bow down, but was stopped by the palace people behind her, she just remembered that she was now a third-grade concubine, and when she saw the second-grade concubine, she didn't need to kneel and bow, just bow down.
"The courtiers meet the concubine Niangniang and wish the concubine Niangniang a thousand years old."
"Excuse me, this palace wants to talk to Mrs. Decree alone, you all go and wait outside."
Concubine An spoke, and the people who were waiting in the hall rushed out, and after a while, in the huge Ruizhang platform, only Meng Jiao who was standing with her head down, and Concubine An who couldn't see the form clearly.
"I don't know what the concubine Niangniang called the courtiers into the palace, what are the instructions?"
"Sure enough, it's a little grown, and when I came back to see the palace, I only knew that I knelt on the ground and didn't dare to say a word."
Meng Jiao opened her mouth to say something, and Concubine An Guifei on the seat laughed, got up and lifted the curtain and walked out, Rao had already seen it once, Meng Jiao still couldn't hold back her beauty and marvel.
Guifei An's family, Xiuyu famous, was a famous beauty in the capital when she was in the boudoir, slowly speaking, it was the capital, even if you look at the entire Daqi, there are few who can compare with her, because of this beauty, the six palaces of the crown were favored, and later because of the birth of three princes were awarded the concubine, and she has been in charge of the harem for more than ten years, and is the first person in the harem to defend the title.
"The concubine gave her confidants, courtiers, and naturally learned a little more rules."
"This palace doesn't tell you these false things, there are rumors in the capital that your life is evil, this palace summoned you into the palace just to tell you, this is all nonsense, listen to it, don't be careful."
An Guifei got straight to the point, Meng Jiao was a little stunned, she thought that An Guifei summoned her into the palace to ask her about her life, but she didn't expect that An Guifei just wanted her to be relieved.
"You don't have to be suspicious, this palace knows that you have been hearing people say that you are the evil star of your father and mother for the past thirteen years, and I am afraid that you have determined this fate, but this palace tells you that this palace has enough evidence to prove that your mother died of blood when she died, and there is another hidden reason."
"You say... What the? My mother had a bloody collapse... And my lives, they're all... What's hidden? ”
An Guifei's words made Meng Jiao stunned in place, and for a moment, she thought that she had heard a wrong word, or a wrong sentence. For as long as she can remember, almost every day there would be all kinds of people standing in front of her, spitting on her father and mother, mocking her for being a bad star, and she really had decided that she was a bad star for so many years.
But today someone suddenly told her that everything you have believed for so many years is fake, your mother's death, your own life, everything is fake, just like she has been thinking that she is a bad star for so many years, so it is impossible for her to believe that these are all fake.
"Few people know that your mother and Bengong were close friends in childhood, and later your mother did not listen to dissuasion and insisted on marrying Meng Zhongting, and Bengong cut off contact with her in a fit of anger, and then Bengong heard that when your mother was pregnant, Meng Zhongting married the current second lady Liu Qingqing, and Bengong was worried about your mother's sadness during pregnancy, so she went to Meng's mansion."
Although she was annoyed that Xue Wan didn't listen to the advice and insisted on going her own way, but the love of growing up since she was a child was still there, Concubine An Guifei went to the Meng family, and when everyone was waiting at the door, she saw Liu Qingqing for the first time who had just entered the door, just at a glance, Concubine An Guifei, who had been immersed in the harem for three or four years, knew that this woman was not simple.
"This palace and your mother talked about this Liu Qingqing, your mother only said that she was quiet and polite after entering the door, not like an aunt at all, but like she came into the door to be a maid, this palace reminded her that it is indispensable to guard against people, but she is too kind, she didn't take the words of this palace to heart at all, this palace lived in the Meng family for a while, Liu Qingqing is indeed obedient, and the palace is gradually defenseless, and then the palace returned to the palace, your mother suddenly palpitated and fell into a coma when she was eight months pregnant, it was Liu Qingqing who personally went out of the house to find a doctor, It was because of this incident that the palace was completely defenseless. ”
Concubine An Guifei removed her eyeliner in the Meng family, she didn't believe that Liu Qingqing could disguise herself as virtuous and virtuous for so long, but she still underestimated the sinister hearts of people, and on the second day after she withdrew her eyeliner, Liu Qingqing changed the doctor who served Xue Wan in a grand manner, and also replaced the fetal medicine that Xue Wan took every day.
"I got Xin'er again, that is, Wanwan died of blood, I wanted to take you into the palace to raise you personally, but during that time, Jun'er was sick, and the palace was lacking in skills, who wanted to come and go for a delay of three months, you were said to be a bad star, and sent to the unknown Xiao Zhuangzi, and the palace has the heart to investigate, these three months have long been enough for Liu Qingqing to destroy all the evidence."
An Guifei was three months late, and she couldn't even know where Meng Jiao was, and finally three years later, she heard the rumors in the small village on the outskirts of Beijing, and an orphan girl sent by the Meng family was dying of high fever, An Guifei hurriedly ordered her henchman to go over for diagnosis and treatment, and she was able to pull Meng Jiao out of the ghost gate.
"But at that time, no one knew that you were Miss Yan of the Meng family, only when you were an abandoned baby of the Meng family, this palace could not use the reason for adopting the daughter of the deceased to take you with you, this palace was even more afraid of startling the snake, Liu Qingqing's poisonous woman would take the first step to kill you and never suffer in the future, so she could only stand still and buy a mother-in-law sent by Liu Qingqing in the past, on the surface, she scolded you every day, but in fact, it was to hide people's eyes and ears, and she always protected you for more than ten years."
Meng Jiao then remembered that from childhood to adulthood, she had a mother-in-law surnamed Gao by her side, who scolded her during the day, but at night, she would always sneak in to send a bowl of food, and occasionally knock over the food she ate, Meng Jiao always felt that it was because Granny Gao was moody, but she didn't know that she was actually the person sent by Concubine An Guifei to secretly protect her, and the food that was knocked over was very likely to be adulterated with poison.
"The concubine said that there is already evidence, so why bother to summon the courtiers into the palace in a secret order, and take the evidence to interrogate the second... Wouldn't it be better to interrogate Liu Qingqing? ”
"The palace does have evidence, three months ago, the people of the palace found the traces of the doctor arranged by Liu Qingqing back then, sent someone to interrogate, and got the testimony, but when he was secretly escorted into Beijing, this person suddenly died violently."
Although the testimony was in hand, the person who confessed died suddenly, so that there was no evidence of death.