Chapter Seventy-Six: The Honor (Reward and Change)
It is unknown how Yunlian plotted with Shen Yunxiao to save the beauty heroically, but when it came to Meng Jiao's side, Concubine An Guifei really liked Meng Jiao to follow her, and it happened that tomorrow's New Year, Meng Jiao, the little lady, also needed to enter the palace to resign, so she simply left people in the palace.
"Bengong remembers that when He Wanwan hadn't come to that point, she often came to the palace to accompany her, but every time she came, the palace had to close the door, and she didn't allow her to see her when Her Majesty came."
Concubine An Guifei mentioned these things with a nostalgic face, she just thought that this was a shy friend and didn't want to see a foreign man.
Meng Jiao heard this, but she knew in her heart, why was her mother unwilling to meet the emperor because she was shy? It's obviously because the emperor is unfortunate that he has failed her sincerity.
"Mother naturally likes Aunt An, I'm afraid it's rare to joke with Aunt An, so I don't like others to come and disturb."
"This palace looks at you very similar to Wanwan, they don't like too many people, Gillian, you are now a young girl of a young age, it's not good to be so quiet, the little girl's family, officially unscrupulous age."
Concubine An was chatting with Meng Jiao, and just now the little palace maid who walked in to report the news walked in again.
The big girl just wanted to go down quietly, but she happened to be caught by Concubine An's sharp eyes.
"What's going on? Is this the daughter of the family who wants to meet Gillian? ”
"If you return to the concubine, no, this time it's not the daughter of any family, it's Your Majesty's decree that wants to summon the little lady to the Lin De Hall for discussion."
The emperor wanted to summon Meng Jiao, which was unexpected by Concubine An.
It's just that even if he was puzzled, the emperor summoned him and had to hurry up, and Concubine An's cronies went with Meng Jiao, if there was really anything bad, he should hurry back and tell her.
Meng Jiao entered the palace several times, but she passed in front of the Lin De Palace, but she never saw it.
Now standing under His Royal Highness Lin De, he finally saw the whole picture of this majestic hall.
There was already a big eunuch waiting for the emperor in front of the Lin De Palace, and when he saw Meng Jiao ascending the steps, he hurried over to greet him.
"The little lady is here, Your Majesty is already waiting for you inside, according to the rules, these people around the little lady can't be brought in."
"There is a labor announcement that since they can't be brought in, then let them all wait outside."
Meng Jiao's attitude was humble and polite, but it made the great eunuch Mu Fu feel good.
"The slave hasn't finished saying this, the rules are the rules, but His Majesty has made another decree to the little lady, in order not to make the little lady feel uncomfortable alone, the little lady can bring her personal maid into the palace."
Meng Jiao faced the saint for the first time, and she didn't know what a great favor this will was, but Mama Lin, who was following her, was really taken aback.
The Son of Heaven's dormitory, no one is allowed to enter without an edict, even if she is a favorite concubine like An Guifei, she needs to retreat from the maids around her when she enters the palace, in order to ensure the absolute safety of the emperor in the palace.
However, the emperor broke this rule for Meng Jiao, which is enough to see what kind of status Meng Jiao is in the emperor's heart.
Meng Jiao took Mama Lin into the main hall of Linde, and there was a strong aroma on her face, not the ambergris used by ordinary emperors, but... Chrysanthemum aroma.
"Concubine Meng Jiao, meet Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”
"Get up, cold winter, do you feel cold on the way here? Dongyang, bring a stove for the little lady. ”
The emperor instructed that the people under him would naturally be quick to do things.
After a while, Meng Jiao was stuffed with a hot stove in her hand, this maid named Dongyang was very caring, and the hand stove was just right.
"Concubine, thank you for your kindness."
"Between you and me, there is no need to be so formal, last time the winter solstice feast, since you have seen that palace, you must already know the original thing."
The emperor mentioned the events of the year to himself, but the people below were all clever, bowed and saluted, and then quietly pushed out of the main hall.
Mama Lin glanced at the palace people who came out one after another, thought about it, and then retreated silently.
How could she not see that the emperor allowed Meng Jiao to bring her maid in, not because he was worried that Meng Jiao would be uncomfortable, but because he wanted to tell everyone how much Meng Jiao was favored by him, the emperor.
"Yes, the concubine knows that her mother had a relationship with Your Majesty back then, and Your Majesty misses the old long-term relationship, and to this day she has sent someone to take care of that palace."
Meng Jiao's words were an understatement, but the emperor was stunned for a long time when he heard it, and after a long time, he smiled bitterly.
"Gillian... You are sarcastic, even an ethereal palace can be taken care of, but you have suffered so much in the past thirteen years. ”
After the emperor said this, the stunned person was replaced by Meng Jiao.
Her words were indeed just polite words, I don't know how the Yellow Emperor heard these many meanings.
Moreover, even if this were the case, what could he explain?
"Your Majesty is too careful, the concubine body does not have the slightest intention to mock Your Majesty, what happened back then, and what is difficult for Your Majesty to do, the concubine body does not know anything, so there is no need to explain anything to the concubine body in the pen."
If she really wants to know something, Meng Jiao prefers to find the truth by herself rather than listen to others.
Listening to what others say, even if it is true, it is not so true.
"Your temperament is really similar to her, the same stubbornness... If she hadn't been so stubborn..."
"If my mother hadn't been so stubborn back then, there would have been no way to live in the deep palace."
The emperor's face was full of nostalgia, but Meng Jiao felt that this expression was very dazzling.
Si Ren has passed away, and he broke off that marriage so ruthlessly back then, why should he regret it after he has been gone for many years?
Those who are late will not feel any feelings if they have not experienced the pain at that time, and those who have gone will not have the opportunity to receive this remorse at all.
Therefore, it is useless to regret it.
"It's... You're right, she's not the kind of girl who will serve a husband with others, I know that you are now investigating the events of the year, investigating Wanwan, and investigating the Xue family. ”
"Your Majesty is deaf and clear-sighted, the concubine body is indeed investigating these, and the mother's death, the indirect murderer has been on the 28th of the lunar month, in the punishment division, at the end of the twilight years, the concubine body can be regarded as a mother's explanation."
Meng Jiao's words, the emperor understood.
The indirect murderer has been punished, so what about the direct murderer?
In the eyes of this little girl, who is the direct murderer?
"Gillian, there are some things, it's not that you can find out if you want to, Wanwan things, it's a bit laborious for you to find out, Xue Guogong's case back then was widely implicated, and now the dust has settled for almost 20 years, if the case is overturned, it is absolutely impossible."
The emperor doesn't really love Meng Jiao, but he really loves Xue Wan, Meng Jiao is the only trace of blood left by Xue Wan, she must live well, or live well under her own protection, so that he can have the face to see Wanwan under the Yellow Spring a hundred years later.
"So, Your Majesty knows about the rebellion of my grandfather's family, and there is another hidden secret, right?"