Meng Xilan was still a little hesitant about Murong Qiao's attitude in her heart. If it is really as Zhou Youping said, if Concubine Xiao was really victimized by her, what she needs most is to get evidence. However, she hoped in her heart that there was something else hidden, and it was best that Murong Qiao had nothing to do with this matter. Otherwise, once Zhou Youchen grows up, his first enemy will be her, and it will even affect Zhou Youlin...... Fratricidal cannibalism is the most dangerous. What's more, Zhou Youchen's personality is impulsive, and it is easy to do things recklessly.

Without Zhou Youping, Zhou Youlin is the only reliance of the Meng family in the future.

But on the other hand, Meng Xilan hoped that she would find out the truth of the matter earlier. She promised Zhou Youchen to help him find out the real culprit and help him take revenge...... She can't be untrustworthy!

Unconsciously, her situation became a dilemma again, and she suddenly remembered what Zhou Youping said: "Fourth and ninth, you always have to choose one!" Who would you choose? ”

Murong Qiao groaned slightly, his fingertips gently fiddling with the tea bowl, making a small sound. "Xilan, you are a smart person. Those old things back then, the emperor has always been haunted in his heart. This palace advises you not to mention it too much, lest the emperor be unhappy one day and be angry with you, so that you will be wronged in vain. She paused deliberately, and then said, "Recently, the emperor's temper has become very irritable...... A few days ago, the two palace maids who were beaten to death outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, you should have heard about wiping them. ”

Meng Xilan lowered her eyes and nodded, not wanting her to see the ups and downs of emotions in her eyes. "Thank you Niangniang for mentioning it, Xi Lan has indeed heard of it. I just don't know what it's for? Why did you make the emperor so angry? ”

Murong Qiao sighed: "It's all trivial. The emperor is all for the affairs of the second prince, and his mood is not smooth...... The son is unfilial, and the courtier is unfaithful, how can he not feel uncomfortable? If such a thing happens, in the emperor's heart, I am afraid that no one will believe it. Now, even Hongu has to be careful when he speaks in front of him. ”

After she said this, she glanced at Meng Xilan with some meaning.

Meng Xilan just raised her head, met her gaze, and said lightly: "What?" Is Niang Niang worried about something? ”

Murong Qiao put away his smile and said in a deep tone: "Xilan, you have done so much for Lin'er, this palace has already regarded you as its own." Now, without Zhou Youping's eyesore, we will look smooth sailing in the palace and outside the palace, but the days in the future will only be more sad! Let's be careful! ”

When Zhou Youping was the crown prince, he was the target of everyone. Now that there is no Zhou Youping, Zhou Youlin has become the target of everyone, and it is just as dangerous.

Meng Xilan could vaguely guess a little bit of her thoughts, the emperor was so suspicious now, she was afraid that Zhou Shixian would spread his anger towards Zhou Youping to Zhou Youlin's body.

"Niangniang, the prince has made a lot of contributions, even if the emperor is suspicious, he will not doubt his ability."

If Zhou Shixian still had a little bit of foresight, he should know that Zhou Youlin was the most suitable candidate for the prince.

Murong Qiao couldn't help but nod and smile when she heard this, she didn't want to worry about it, she just thought about it one more layer.

In a few words, the matter of Concubine Xiao has been put aside by Murong Qiao. Meng Xilan also stopped at the point, not wanting to be too deliberate.

Out of Zhaohua Palace, Meng Xilan frowned slightly, still entangled in her heart, what should she do.

Zhulu looked at her face and said, "Is the master tired?" It's better to go back to the palace early and rest. ”

Meng Xilan shook her head. She wanted to be alone and quiet, to find a secluded place to sit.

Gao Fuli seemed to guess her thoughts, and said busily: "Master, I heard that the flowers in the imperial garden are blooming just right, why don't you go over and enjoy the flowers." ”

Meng Xilan nodded: "It's okay." ”

Find a gazebo and put a pot of herbal tea, simple and quiet.

Meng Xilan was quietly in a daze with the tea bowl, and Zhu Lu and Zhu Qing silently retreated to the outer room, and stood quietly with Gao Fuli, not to disturb the master.

In the afternoon, the sun was just right, neither hot nor sunny, and it covered Meng Xilan's body warmly, giving her a little comfort.

She was closing her eyes when she suddenly heard a strange movement in her ears, which seemed to be a human voice or a cat meow.

Meng Xilan slowly opened her eyes and looked at Gao Fuli outside the pavilion, only to see that he was also looking around, looking for the source of the sound.

"Little Lizi." She called him over, pointed to the rockery not far away, and said, "You go over there and have a look." ”

Her ears have always been sharp.

Gao Fuli nodded in agreement, and walked over to check alone, he got closer and closer, his eyebrows became deeper and deeper, and he felt that this movement didn't sound right.

Sure enough, when he walked behind the rockery, he actually saw two sleek bodies entangled together, secretly doing things like clouds and rain in Wushan!

Seeing this, Gao Fuli was furious, pointed at them and scolded loudly: "I don't know whether to live or die! ”

The two men were stunned when they heard this, and their faces turned pale with fright.

Gao Fuli flicked his sleeves and went back to talk to Meng Xilan: "Master, there is a pair of sluts there who are doing things behind their backs, you better go back quickly, so as not to dirty your eyes." ”

Meng Xilan frowned when she heard this.

There are strict rules in this palace, how dare anyone be so bold? She wanted to see which palace these two people were?

"No, you bring them over, and then send someone to notify the Internal Affairs Office to come and get them!"

Gao Fuli turned around and went back, holding the two panicked and disheveled palace people to his master.

Meng Xilan lowered her eyes and glanced at the two of them, the woman was dressed as a palace maid, and she looked quite old, she should be in her early twenties. As for the man...... He was wearing a eunuch's clothes, and it is estimated that eighty percent of them were disguised.

"Which palace are you from?" Meng Xilan asked lightly, her tone was not anxious or annoyed.

The palace maid shuddered when she heard this, lowered her head, and did not dare to answer.

Gao Fuli saw that they still dared to be hard-mouthed, so he slapped the two of them on the head and said, "Didn't you hear the master's question?" Hurry up and explain! ”

The eunuch kept his mouth silent, only looked down at the bluestone bricks on the ground, and trembled all over.

"Your Highness...... His Royal Highness spared his life...... "The palace maid panicked and kept kowtowing to admit her mistake.

"Which palace are you from? Who is the master? Meng Xilan asked again. She wants to know that it is a powerful master who can raise such a bold and reckless minion.

"The slave maid is the ...... of Kunning Palace," the palace maid was the first to relent.

Meng Xilan's eyebrows moved, she really didn't expect that she was actually from the queen's palace.

When the eunuch saw that she had been recruited, he also said tremblingly: "The slave is also a member of Kunning Palace!" ”

Meng Xilan smiled lightly when she heard this: "It turns out that they are all people from the queen's palace." You can be regarded as giving the queen a long face today. ”

The palace maid and the eunuch had an affair, and if such ugly things were spread, Queen Su, the lord of the first palace, would lose her face.

It's better to say it if she is in someone else's palace, but she is the queen, and she is her palace person.

Just a cup of tea, the people from the Internal Affairs Office arrived. However, the people from Kunning Palace also arrived.

The person who came was not someone else, it was that Xiao Gonggong.

His gray hair was too conspicuous, and his ill-intentioned eyes were even more disgusting.

Although the eunuchs in the palace are all people who have been clean, not everyone is as demonic as him.

Gonggong Xiao came to the pavilion with his own people, and when he saw that Meng Xilan was also there, he was slightly surprised: "Her Royal Highness the princess is actually here, what a coincidence, very coincidental!" ”

Meng Xilan looked at him coldly, and then looked at the steward eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office, deliberately standing behind Gonggong Xiao, as if he was a little reluctant to provoke him.

Gao Fuli knew that his master didn't like this person, so he immediately took over the conversation and said: "Father-in-law Xiao, my master is here to enjoy the flowers today, who knows, this good Yaxing has been corrupted by the servants in your palace." ”

Father-in-law Xiao raised his eyebrows and glared at Gao Fu: "The flies you brought?" The miscellaneous family is talking to your master, is it your turn to interject? ”

Gao Fuli knew that his grade was higher than his own, and he wanted to talk back, but he was afraid of causing trouble for his master, so he looked at his master's face.

Meng Xilan opened her mouth first: "Is my father-in-law here to see the excitement, or is he here to receive people?" ”

Gonggong Xiao saw Meng Xilan open his mouth to himself: "Your Highness, the miscellaneous family happened to be passing by, and I heard that something happened here, so I came to take a look." ”

Meng Xilan smiled lightly, got up and said, "I happened to be passing by." My father-in-law found this reason too well. After speaking, he pointed to the two people kneeling on the ground: "They are all from Kunning Palace, and they are just behind the opposite rockery." ”

She didn't speak very politely, and Grandpa Xiao's face changed slightly.

Meng Xilan instructed the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office: "The palace maid and the eunuch have an affair, this is not a trivial matter, since Gonggong Xiao "coincidentally" met, it is better to inform the queen mother as soon as possible." ”

Father-in-law Xiao's eyes were gloomy, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Meng Xilan held Gao Fuli's hand and glanced at them with disgust, "Go back to the palace." The beautiful scenery is current, but it's a pity that it's wasted. ”

Grandpa Xiao heard what she said, looked at her back gloomily, and couldn't help clenching his fists.

On the way back to the palace, Meng Xilan called Gao Fuli to him and whispered: "I see that the palace maid and the eunuch have a problem, you should pay more attention." ”

Gao Fuli nodded again and again: "Don't worry, master, the slave is not pleasing to the eye when he looks at that Xiao Gonggong." ”

Even if he doesn't need to be ordered by his master, he will bite him tightly.

"Obviously a eunuch who has been purified, how can he ...... with the palace maid" Zhulu was also a hundred puzzled in his heart, but he was a little embarrassed to say it.

Although Gao Fucai didn't look at it carefully enough, just looking at the appearance of those two people, it was clear that he was doing something unscrupulous.

But since he was a eunuch, how could he? Gao Welfare also couldn't figure it out, tilted his head and thought about it, only to feel that if this matter was investigated, there must be a big article.

Meng Xilan had already felt that there was something wrong with that Xiao Gonggong, his eyes were too poisonous, and it was a trouble at first glance, I was afraid that he would not be able to keep it!

Without Zhou Youping in the middle, the struggle between the queen mother and Concubine Ning Murong Qiao will only become more and more intense!