Chapter 87: The Plague of Innocence (3)
Jiao Changqing looked at her face, looked into her eyes, and after a period of contemplation, he suddenly realized that even if she was not begging for herself like this, she was willing to do things for her and relieve her worries.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Weichen is willing to do his best to help."
His voice was calm and powerful, with a soothing power.
Meng Xilan breathed a sigh of relief, and her heart, which had been strangled to death, finally relaxed a little, allowing her to find a trace of respite.
"Thank you, sir! Early tomorrow morning, I will leave the palace with the adults. Meng Xilan said quietly.
Jiao Changqing was stunned when he heard this: "Your Highness, do you want to go out of the city with Weichen?" No, it's absolutely not feasible! ”
Meng Xilan nodded, Zhulu and Zhuqing behind her looked shocked, and Gao Fuli was so frightened that he almost didn't stand firm: "Master, this is absolutely unacceptable!" ”
The epidemic is not a joke, and the slightest carelessness will kill people. Meng Xilan is delicate and expensive, if there is a good one, won't they have to finish together?
Meng Xilan was not afraid of death, she held Jiao Changqing's other sleeve, and looked at the bottom of his eyes: "My father and brother's life and death are uncertain, how can I live alone in the palace walls, my father bears the voice of the Meng family, the eldest brother is in the prime of ambition, and the child is still young, if something happens to him, then how should his infant child grow up?" No, I want to leave the palace, I must leave the palace. ”
Jiao Changqing could feel the strength of her palms and fingers, which were firm and heavy with despair.
"But Your Highness...... It's not easy to get out of the palace, but it's even harder to get back to the palace. If the epidemic is uneven, His Royal Highness will not be allowed to enter the palace for half a step for a day, do you know? Jiao Changqing suddenly said in a deep voice.
She has used a lot of tricks to get to where she is today, isn't it just to stay in the palace, and now that she has become the master and has been named a princess? Once there is a mistake, it is equivalent to doing useless work, and everything is in vain. Is she still willing? Still willing?
Meng Xilan smiled bitterly, and a hint of hard work appeared in her eyes.
"My lord, do you really think I am one of those vain snobbish? What do I want, I Meng Xilan just want my family to be safe and sound, turn evil into good fortune, not to be harmed by villains, not to be hurt by wicked people. ”
Now, Zhou Youlin is placed outside the capital, although he is only a hundred miles away from the palace, but there will be someone who plots to design, once the fourth prince has something, the life of his father and brother is afraid that it will be difficult to protect day and night, so it is too passive!
Jiao Changqing had seen her calm and scheming side, but he never knew that she still had such a stubborn and affectionate side, and he saw this real fear in her eyes.
In that case, he had nothing to say. As long as the Queen Mother agrees, then he is willing to accompany her to the outside of the city to treat the four princes.
After Jiao Changqing left, all the palace maids and servants in the room knelt on the ground, including Mama Kong.
"Master, you can't leave the palace! You must not go to the big tent outside the city! The old slave begged for his life, only for the master, and stayed in the palace with peace of mind......"
Meng Xilan didn't wait for them to finish, she only raised her hand, her expression was a little tired, and her tone was a little low: "Mama, don't ask me." I can't ignore the affairs of my Meng family! ”
"But master, you are now the princess of Beiyan, and you are already the queen mother." Mama Kong reminded her not to be willful, and that this time must be different from the past.
When Meng Xilan heard this, the sharp edge in her eyes gradually revealed: "Mama, the Queen Mother does treat me with great kindness, but I am the child of the Meng family, the parent of the body, and I can't help but repay this kindness." ”
Her eyes swept over the room one by one: "Don't persuade me again. Human life is at stake, if you are willing to help me now, I, Meng Xilan, will definitely remember your goodness, but if you don't dare to help, then I, Meng Xilan, will definitely not blame you. No one can persuade me to leave the palace, let alone a big tent outside the city, even the sword mountain and the sea of fire can't stop me! ”
As soon as these words came out, no one dared to squeak anymore.
Meng Xilan didn't have much time to grieve, stroked the broken hair on her sideburns, straightened the hairpin on her head, got up and said, "I'm going to see the Queen Mother." ”
Mama Kong knew that she couldn't stop her, so she had to go with her, thinking that she could help her say a few good words when the time came.
At this time, the Queen Mother was chanting in the Buddha hall and asking the Bodhisattva for protection.
Meng Xilan walked directly into the Buddha hall, and Gong Lu wanted to report it, but seeing that she didn't kneel down for a long time, she couldn't help but condense: "Queen Mother, Princess Wenning is here." ”
The Queen Mother turned around slowly, and saw her standing straight behind her, motionless, so she said: "Before the Buddha Hall, don't be presumptuous, quickly kneel down and salute." ”
Meng Xilan's eyes were full of tears, and she only said, "No...... The sons do not kneel to the Bodhisattva today, only to the queen mother! After speaking, he made a "bang" and knelt down on his knees and said, "Ask the queen mother to let me leave the palace." ”
The Queen Mother's face showed a look of shock: "Why? Why do you have to do this? ”
"Queen Mother, my son, I beg you." Meng Xilan kowtowed heavily as she spoke.
The cold jade brick hit her forehead painfully, but she didn't care, she couldn't wait to bleed immediately.
"The mourning family won't let you out of the palace!" The Queen Mother closed her eyes, unable to bear to look at her like this.
It was not easy for her to find her "Changle" back, how could she let her go easily? and put her at risk......
Meng Xilan suddenly stopped when she heard this, and her tears flashed: "Queen Mother, my son's retainer begs you, if you don't see your father and brother's safety, your son's life is better than death!" ”
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up and raised her hand to give her a slap.
She used three points of strength, for fear of hurting her.
"The mourning family treats you so well, why don't you still listen to the mourning family!"
Meng Xilan was beaten slightly, and was busy turning around, choking up and saying: "The Queen Mother treats me like a mountain, I only ask you this time, when His Royal Highness and my father and brother are safe and sound, I will rush back to the palace immediately, and I am willing to do my best for the rest of my life to repay the Queen Mother's grace." If the Queen Mother doesn't allow it, then I can only ......" After speaking, she suddenly pulled out the hairpin on her head, and aimed the sharp hairpin tip at her neck, as long as she breathed, she could pierce the flesh.
Grandpa Lu and Mama Kong hurriedly knelt down, trembling the corners of their mouths and said, "Your Highness think twice!" ”
The Queen Mother's eyes were also filled with tears, and after a struggle in her heart, she could only sigh in the end, and said: "Okay, since you have made up your mind to go, the mourning family depends on you, and the mourning family depends on you!" Stepping out of this door, you are in charge of your life and death, and the mourning family has never seen you. After saying that, he cried with a low head.
Meng Xilan was also sad, knelt down a few steps, hugged the Queen Mother's legs, and choked up: "Thank you Queen Mother Longen." Lan'er will definitely return safely, and when the time comes, please ask the Queen Mother to punish her heavily! ”
The Queen Mother stood still at first, but her internal organs were churning, and finally she only took Meng Xilan into her arms and patted her with tears.
Meng Xilan nestled in the arms of the Queen Mother, looked at the Jinzun Buddha statue opposite, and secretly said in her heart: If God has eyes and the Buddha has eyes, don't let our Meng family escape the involvement of man-made disasters and suffer from natural disasters! Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, if you really work, don't let my father and brother suffer innocently! They have never harmed anyone, and they should not be tormented by illness.
With the permission of the Queen Mother, Meng Xilan prepared to leave the palace the next day.
Zhulu and Zhuqing personally took care of her luggage, but they didn't know what to bring and what not to bring.
Meng Xilan looked at them: "Although you are my cronies, the place I am going to this time is a very dangerous place, if you don't want to go, don't follow me, I won't blame you." ”
"Where is the young lady, where is the slave!" Zhu Lu said with a resolute face: "For the sake of the young lady, for the sake of the master and the eldest young master and the second young master, what else is there to be reluctant to give up the slave maid's life!" ”
Although Zhu Qing felt scared, she also knelt down with her.
Gao Fuli bit his nails beside him, trembling and thinking about it, and finally knelt together.
"The slave said that the life of the slave belongs to the master. The slave is born a useless talent, and only in front of the master can the slave have a place to gain a foothold in the palace. The master saved the minions, gave the minions official goods, and let the minions get ahead...... Therefore, the slave is willing to go to the soup for the sake of the master, and he will not give up. ”
Meng Xilan looked at the three of them and nodded: "If you are willing to follow me, I am naturally happy." It's just that you can only wait until we return to the palace, and then slowly calculate it. ”
Mama Kong looked embarrassed: "Master, have you really thought about it?" ”
Meng Xilan said with a serious face: "Mama, I won't risk my life to mess around." After I leave the palace, I hope that Mama will take care of Her Royal Highness the princess, she is delicate and sensitive and sad, please spend more time......"
This time out of the palace, whether it is life or death, it is all fate! Meng Xilan didn't know how much of her good luck was left? But it's hard to say about luck, but what should be done, before leaving the palace, she can't leave anything behind!
The four princes were the general trend in the court, and they were also the only prince who could compete with the crown prince, but now that he has not been crowned, he was first burdened by the epidemic, and no one in the palace can take care of him.
Concubine Ning...... Before leaving the palace, she must also meet Concubine Ning.
Murong Qiao was a woman who had experienced strong winds and rains, and she panicked for only one night, so she began to plan for her son.
Meng Xilan came suddenly, Concubine Ning was unprepared, but she didn't have much patience for her, but when she heard that she was going out of the palace to go outside the city, she couldn't help but be shocked: "The Queen Mother allowed you to leave the palace, how dare you go?" ”
Isn't this girl afraid of death?
Meng Xilan said quietly: "Niangniang, the fourth prince is far away outside the city, and the day and night are not guaranteed. The ministers of the court and the central government each said their own things, argued endlessly, and could not get a result from the struggle. In my opinion, what is more terrible than the epidemic is the human heart. Niangniang should beware of the prince's faction in the palace, don't let them take advantage of the opportunity, and don't let the emperor lose confidence in the safety of the four princes! ”
Murong Qiao was stunned when he heard this, and he was busy and carefully examining her from beginning to end, I don't know what happened to her all of a sudden?
"Why are you helping Hongu?" Murong Qiao squinted slightly, raised his chin, and his eyes were full of suspicion.
Meng Xilan didn't raise her head, looked at her, and there was a sad tone in her tone: "I'm not only helping you, but also helping my father and brother get out of trouble." The Fourth Highness can't have anything, and my father and brother are not the same. ”