Shoukang Palace under the night, a vast white one, seems to be covered by heavy snow, the palace maids and eunuchs are all dressed in white filial piety, kneeling in front of the temporarily set up mourning hall with their eyes down, quietly guarding the coffin of the concubine.

At dawn, the coffin of the concubine will be sent out of the palace and sent to the imperial tomb for proper burial.

Looking at the dazzling white, Meng Xilan frowned slightly. Before, she knew very little about the situation of this old lady, so Gao Fuli inquired a little, and learned that the concubine's body had been sick, but there was no fatal disease, but she couldn't sleep in her sleep...... It is said that she died in her sleep, looking peaceful and seemingly unsuffered.

The doctors could not find anything unusual and suspicious, and there were no poisonous spots or bruises on her body, so she had to presume that she had heart and lung failure and died of natural causes. But, how did she die? Meng Xilan obviously knows better than anyone else.

There is no such coincidence in the world? Moreover, Zhou Youlin's sudden attitude said it all, his confident expression undoubtedly told Meng Xilan a fact, he did something, something enough to trap her in the palace! Funeral ...... There is no more cunning and treacherous way to do this.

Meng Xilan couldn't help clenching her fists, and slowly let go, she raised her hand, held Gao Fuli's arm, and walked slowly to Shoukang Palace step by step.

She had come to bow down and bow, and though she had never met the man lying in the coffin, she had already indebted her, and she owed her life.

"I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me." Meng Xilan's heart suddenly remembered this sentence, so it was really a sin......

The palace people of Shoukang Palace didn't expect Meng Xilan to come suddenly, some people recognized her, but some people had never seen her......

Meng Xilan walked to the front of the mourning hall and solemnly bowed: "Concubine Niangniang has a good journey, I will copy the scriptures and pray for you when I turn back, I wish you peace of mind." ”

She said so on her lips, but in her heart she silently said, "I'm sorry, I won't let you die in vain." ”

Zhu Lu and Zhu Qing followed behind, kneeling and kowtowing in the same way, they didn't know why the master was like this, but they knew in their hearts that the master was so good at doing this, there must be a reason why they had to do it.

From the day the national funeral began, Meng Xilan deliberately changed into a moon-white dress and dress, and the jewelry she wore was also changed to white jade or pearls, looking simple and elegant, without losing her solemn and serious temperament.

The Queen Mother didn't expect that she would be so concerned about the funeral. However, seeing her know the etiquette like this, I silently wrote down her good in my heart.

The concubine is gone, and the marriage between the Meng family and the Chu family, and the marriage between the Meng family and the Marquis of Wei Yuan, have also been delayed. The Meng family, which was supposed to be double happiness, had to slow down from the joy and continue to live step by step, not daring to be careless.

Meng Xiqiao, who was waiting to be the bride wholeheartedly, was even more disappointed. The Meng family even accepted the bride price, and it was clear that she still had less than half a month to work hard, and she could marry into the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion in style, but ...... What toffee? It's clearly a broom star!

When Meng Xiqiao was depressed, Meng Xichu secretly felt a little happy in his heart. Recently, she has been the most prominent in the family, but now it is good, and a large basin of cold water has been poured over, just to keep her calm and calm.

It stands to reason that a year is not a long time, but for Meng Xiqiao, her heart, from the day she decided to marry, was firmly tied to someone else's body, and she couldn't help herself.

Recently, Meng Xiyue, who was honest and peaceful for a while, heard a lot of useful news from the mouth of the maid mother-in-law, and secretly had an idea in her heart.

These days, she has been thinking hard for a long time by herself, and she intuitively feels that behind Meng Xilan's hot and cold attitude towards her, there must be some unsightly thoughts. But she didn't say it, and she couldn't ask questions, although she was curious...... Moreover, Meng Xilan had to stay in the palace for an extra year, and this alone made Meng Xiyue go crazy with jealousy.

She also wanted to go into the palace to have a look, but she didn't have this opportunity, and her family naturally refused, thinking that she was a concubine, and rarely took her out to see the world. Meng Xiyue had to figure out her own way, she didn't go out often, because she had to abide by the rules of the family, but recently, she went out more and more often, and often came back when the sun went down.

When Feng heard about this, he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and his mind was all on her husband Meng Zhenglu, who had recently added a lot of gray hair, which showed that he had a lot of things to worry about. Moreover, seeing that it was about to arrive at Brother Yun'er's 100-day banquet, Feng had more things on hand again.

Meng Xilan was also secretly calculating her days in the palace, thinking that no matter what, when Brother Yun was a hundred days old, she would definitely go home and hug him.

A few days later, Meng Xilan met Concubine Ning Murong Qiao again in Cining Palace. The two of them first looked at each other silently, and then saluted and greeted each other according to the rules.

Murong Qiao's gaze at her was meaningful, while Meng Xilan's eyes were just cold. The atmosphere between the two is a little subtle, polite and distant, and under the hypocritical calm is speculation and precaution under heavy disguise.

After a while, Murong Qiao invited Meng Xilan to her palace for tea, saying that she had prepared a gift for her little nephew for a hundred days.

When Meng Xilan saw her mention Brother Yun, her heart tensed slightly. What is Concubine Ning's methods, she can be regarded as having seen it, she can't help but take precautions, she can't think about it too much......

However, in comparison, Meng Xilan would rather deal with Murong Qiao than get entangled with Zhou Youlin.

"After that day, Bengong has always wanted to see you, but thinking of what happened that day, Bengong hesitated a little......" After a moment of silence, Murong Qiao opened his mouth lightly. Lin'er is really obsessed with you and has no regrets, even this palace didn't expect you to have such great ability. ”

To be honest, she did underestimate her......

Meng Xilan slowly lowered her head when she heard this, and her tone became cold: "Is Niangniang blaming me?" ”

"Blame?" Murong Qiao smiled when he heard this, reached out and pinched a crystal clear grape grain, put it in his mouth, and bit it gently: "Now that you are Lin'er's sweetheart, how can this palace be willing to blame you?" Although this palace does not agree with you being together, if you think about it carefully, since Lin'er is interested in you, it is not good for this palace to break you up. Besides, how can a mother in this world be able to beat her son. Perhaps, this is providence...... It's a reward given to you by God, and it's a reward for you to help Bengong bring Lin'er back from the ghost gate. ”

What providence? What rewards? Meng Xilan didn't like the tone in which she said this, as if she and Zhou Youlin were a pair of infatuated men and women who were in love with each other.

Meng Xilan frowned, raised her head and said, "Niangniang, I have said it more than once, I don't think much about the prince." The prince is a person who wants to do great things, and I, Meng Xilan, really can't climb high! ”

She deliberately bit down on the tone of the last four words, with a slight anger.

Murong Qiao stared at her black and white eyes, and intuitively felt that what she said was not a lie, but even if she obviously felt that it was not, she still didn't believe her.

In Murong Qiao's eyes, Meng Xilan is a very smart person, the smarter a person is, the more cunning he is, and after causing trouble, he will always pretend to be innocent and upright.

"Don't say such humiliating angry words lightly. The friendship between Lin'er and you is not a day or two, this palace originally planned to turn a blind eye, who knows, that child can't wait. Bengu said that as long as he likes it, Bengu will satisfy him, and he only needs to fulfill one wish of Bengu. Therefore, when Lin'er's major event is completed, this palace will agree. ”

"...... I don't know what the prince said to you. But between me and the prince, there is no such affection as the mother thinks, think about it, the mother must have misunderstood, and the prince also misunderstood. Her expression was calm, but her tone was gloomy.

Murong Qiao saw her so hard-mouthed, and even a little excited, her eyes flashed slightly, and she smiled again: "How can I listen to you, are you unwilling to marry Lin'er?" ”

Meng Xilan paused when she heard this, and then nodded and replied, "Yes, I don't want to." ”

Murong Qiao listened, the smile on his face disappeared all of a sudden, and his eyes were fierce: "Coincidentally, this palace is not unwilling." Therefore, I had to let the concubine follow the emperor in advance. ”

Sure enough, it was her...... Meng Xilan never expected that she would admit it so bluntly.

"Mother, why? The concubine is innocent......" Meng Xilan held back the excitement in her heart, breathed a sigh of relief, and then stood up and said.

Murong Qiao snorted coldly: "Innocent? The people in this palace are all suspicious, which one is innocent? The concubine can climb to today's status, and when she was young, she didn't know how to harm many people. Indeed, in terms of body, she shouldn't have gone so early, but unfortunately, your child is too disobedient and insists on going her own way, and you have to get married immediately. Because Lin'er likes you, so, this palace can't touch you at all, let alone hurt you, so you can only make a fuss about others. ”

She sighed softly and continued: "Today, it's rare for us to sit together, and this palace will explain it to you." Whether you want to or not, as long as Lin'er's mind is on you, you can't leave this palace an inch, let alone expect to get married. What Lin'er can't get, others can't get...... Of course, if one day, you change your mind, this palace will not look down on you, after all, those who know the times are handsome. But for the position of the concubine, you don't have to expect it, it's up to you...... At most, she is a side concubine. ”

Her imposing attitude shows that she must not be worried, Meng Xilan will change her mind, or will she play some conspiracy behind her back? If you want to talk about calculation, no one in this palace can calculate her, and if you want to say vicious, no one in this palace can be more ruthless than her!

"It's cruel for a mother to do this. If I continue to stalemate with the prince, nothing good will come to fruition. Moreover, I promised Niangniang that I, and our Meng family, would wholeheartedly assist the prince, but Niangniang is doing this now, which is forcing our Meng family into a predicament......"

How could Meng Xilan be easily at her mercy, it was only one year, enough for her to figure out a way.

"So what?" Murong Qiao didn't wait for her to finish, then interrupted her and said, "Are you going to change the hexagram or apostasy?" You are so close to this palace, and everyone in the palace knows that you are from this side of this palace, is it possible that you still want to turn your head to support others? Impossible...... There is only one person in this palace who can sit on an equal footing with this palace, and she is so suspicious that she will definitely not believe you. ”

Murong Qiao not only thought of the way forward for her, but also blocked her back road, so that she had no choice but to be obedient.