More than ten years have passed, and the old stories about Meng Xilan outside are still often taken out by the people of the capital to interpret jokes.

There are countless legends about her. Among them, the true and the false are all mixed together. Except for the parties, no one can argue clearly.

Some people say that she is a demon, first confusing the first emperor and seizing the throne for the Nine Emperors, and now she occupies the emperor's harem and paves the way for the crown prince. Some people also say that she is just an innocent woman, manipulated by the Meng family, and she is very kind-hearted.

Mingyuan doesn't pay attention to Hongchen, and naturally he won't be surprised by those gossips.

What he saw was only the queen in his eyes. A gentle and beautiful woman, a dignified and demure queen. has its own rules for people and things, and under the seemingly peaceful appearance, there are bottomless scheming and city governments.

After Meng Xilan left four words for the abbot of Mingyuan, she went back to her room to prepare to rest.

She squinted a little, and when she woke up again, it was already the second watch.

She sat up and leaned on the kang and flipped through the Buddhist scriptures.

Jade walked in slowly, added a lamp for her, and said, "Niangniang, your eyes hurt carefully." ”

Meng Xilan glanced up at her, "In the future, this kind of errand will be done by the little palace maids." ”

Jade has been by her side for ten years, and the sharp sharpness of the past is long gone, and the whole person has become much calmer.

"Those little girls, clumsy, slaves and maids are not at ease." When Jade spoke, her tone was slightly disgusted.

Meng Xilan smiled slightly when she heard this: "Being young also has the benefits of being young, and people who stay up late are still spiritual." It's not like us, just a little late sleep, and the bottom of my eyes is bloodshot, which is very ugly. ”

After she said this, she instructed Jade to fetch a small bronze mirror and look at herself.

Seeing this, Jade hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Niangniang, don't worry, you are a thousand years old and a thousand years old, and you are not afraid of old age." ”

Meng Xilan stroked the sideburns in her ears and glanced at her with disgust: "You can learn these flamboyant tricks." You don't talk about good things to coax this palace, and what this palace likes to hear most in this life is the truth. ”

Jade lowered her head and smiled when she heard this: "Even if the slave maid has a hundred guts, she doesn't dare to tell lies in front of the mother." The slave and maid are telling the truth! ”

The master's appearance and figure have not changed much, her skin is delicate and fair, and her figure is exquisite, and she is not lost to those newcomers who have just entered the palace. In fact, this is all thanks to the decoction and medicinal diet prepared by Imperial Doctor Jiao for Niangniang. For the sake of his mother, he even prepared rouge gouache by hand, all using the best materials.

Meng Xilan was coaxed by her to be happy, and she became more and more sleepless.

She got up in her clothes and wanted to go to the courtyard, but saw that there was also a meditation room with the light on. That's the hassle-free room.

"It's all this hour, why is the county lord still awake?" Jade muttered quietly.

She deliberately leaned over to Niangniang's side and whispered, "Niangniang, the county lord seems to be very worried lately. ”

Actually, what she wants to say is that since she met Zhou Youping, she has been a little depressed.

Meng Xilan glanced at her when she heard this: "Don't guess." You think she's going to think cranky when she sees her biological father. But I don't know that her personality is steady, and she has known the overall situation since she was a child, and now that she has grown up, she will naturally be more sensible. ”

Meng Xilan never guarded against her, and only treated her as her own child, caring for and loving her.

Jade lowered her head: "Yes, the slave is abrupt." The county lord and the mother have always been the closest. ”

Meng Xilan groaned slightly, and said, "Let's go, let's see why this kid hasn't slept yet?" ”

The palace maid who was keeping vigil outside the door sat under the porch and dozed off, and when she saw the queen, she panicked and made a lot of noise.

"This stupid thing!" Jade glared at her with a displeased expression: "Buddha Gate Pure Land, what are you doing in a panic?" ”

"The slave knows her mistake, and the slave knocks to see the queen." The little palace maid knelt down and kowtowed.

Meng Xilan thought she was too noisy, waved her hand, and motioned for her to step aside.

The carefree in the house, hearing the movement, hurriedly greeted him.

"Queen Mother...... How did you get here? ”

Meng Xilan looked at her, her expression was a little surprised, and there was a trace of imperceptible tiredness in her eyes.

"Why haven't you slept so late?"

Worry-free bit his lower lip slightly when he heard this: "Erchen is copying Buddhist scriptures." ”

"Huh?" Meng Xilan was slightly surprised: "Do you want to make merits?" ”

"Yes, the son wants to copy the scriptures for his deceased mother who died young." The carefree long eyelashes covered the sadness in his eyes, the sadness that was never easily expressed in front of people.

Meng Xilan fell silent when she heard this, she didn't say anything, just walked to the table and checked it a little, before nodding in approval: "Not bad, it's very neatly written, and it's very attentive." ”

Carefree stood behind her, biting her lip and saying nothing.

Meng Xilan turned to look at her: "What's wrong?" Did the queen scare you? ”

Worry-free and stopping, it seems that there is something to say.

Meng Xilan looked at her eyes, as if she could see through her heart all the way. "You think Hongu will be upset?"

Sanssouci answered her question with silence.

"You can miss your biological mother so much, this palace is very relieved."

Meng Xilan said this softly, and when she saw her raise her eyes to look at herself, she was a little unconvinced.

"The Queen Mother really doesn't mind?" Carefree asked honestly.

The palace maid beside her often reminded him not to always mention his biological mother in front of the queen.

After all, she is now the child of the queen mother and the lord of the dynasty. Ever since she had met her biological father, the palace people around her had become more cautious.

Meng Xilan stretched out her hand, touched a strand of hair hanging down on her chest, and said quietly: "Why should this palace mind? Your biological mother is Hongu's best friend, and Honggu likes your biological mother as much as she cherishes you. ”

Worry-free smiled lightly when he heard this.

Meng Xilan held her hand and stroked it gently: "Don't always take the words of the palace people to heart, let alone be influenced by them." If you want to know what a person is thinking, the easiest and most direct way is to ask her face-to-face. ”

Those subordinates who have good intentions to persuade her to be well-behaved may not really have any bad intentions, they just want to make her more likable to themselves. But good intentions can also do wrong things, and good intentions can also make things bad.

If carefree is really a heartless child who only knows how to flatter, then how can she like her?

Worry-free nodded when he heard this: "Erchen understands." ”

Meng Xilan patted her on the shoulder: "It's already the second shift at this time, rest early, and continue to copy tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Worry-free curtsy salute: "The son respects the queen mother." ”

Meng Xilan turned to leave, looking at her back without worry, and suddenly felt very lucky.

God treated her well and gave her such a gentle and loving mother. Although it is not biological, it is better than biological.

……

In Daxiangguo Temple, after praying for blessings for three days, Meng Xilan set off to return to the palace.

After returning to the palace, the first thing Meng Xilan had to do was to prepare for the celebration ceremony.

The emperor returned triumphantly, and the whole world celebrated, so she naturally wanted to celebrate for them.

Meng Xilan has always disliked luxury, but this time, she asked the Internal Affairs Office to prepare it with great fanfare at the expense of a thousand taels of silver.

However, Meng Xilan seemed to be busy celebrating the ceremony on the surface, but in fact, the specific things were handed over to the people under her hands.

Meng Xilan has something else to do at the moment, and that is Zhou Shirao.

In order to trip Zhou Shipao in one fell swoop, Meng Xilan put a long line, and she began to bury eyeliner beside Zhou Shirao.

At first, it was just eyeliner, responsible for delivering some trivial messages. Later, among the subordinates of the royal palace, there were also people with high welfare.

In this way, little by little, little by little, gradually, Meng Xilan seemed to cast a big net around Zhou Shirao.

His every move, the daily happenings around him, his cronies, his concubines...... It's all her people.

Ten years of casting the net, Zhou Shirao is a villain who is far virtuous, and there are fewer and fewer people available around him.

Before, the four words left by Meng Xilan were prepared for Zhou Shirao.

Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, Prince Rong's power that has been entrenched in the court for many years, she wants to take it in one fell swoop, even if it is a gift to the prince who is about to become an adult.

From then on, no one could threaten the crown prince's position.

Everything was in full swing, and Meng Xilan silently counted the days. When the emperor and Changsheng come back, the timing will be just right.

A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth as she thought so.

Carefree was coaxing her sister to play, and when she saw her mother smiling, she knew that she was in a good mood.

She hugged her sister and stepped forward, sat down beside her and said, "Queen Mother, in a few days, Erchen wants to go to Meng's house for a walk." ”

Meng Xilan raised her eyes to look at her when she heard this: "What?" Do you miss Jane? ”

Wuwu nodded slightly: "Well, Erchen misses Sister Zhen'er very much." ”

In fact, the people she misses are not only Zhen'er, but many others.

Meng Xilan didn't know her thoughts, but she didn't pierce it, and nodded slightly: "If you want to go, you can go." ”

Worry-free smiled sweetly when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him.

She also kissed her sister's little face, as if she was very happy.

Three days later, early in the morning.

Wuwu got up early and instructed the palace maid to find all the brightly colored clothes.

She wanted to pick the best dress.

She usually doesn't like to dress up in the palace, but every time she goes to Meng's house, she has to dress up carefully.

The palace maids were curious, but they didn't dare to ask more. As for the grandmothers, they didn't think much about it, and thought that she was just too boring and boring in the palace, so she bothered to dress up every time she went out of the palace.

Sanssouci likes pinks the most, because she likes lotus flowers the most.

When he arrived at the Meng family, the first person he saw was naturally Zhen'er.

Zhen'er had been waiting for her to come for a long time and couldn't wait to share her things with her.

Zhou Youning smiled and shook his head: "When did you become so verbose?" ”

Zhen'er's eyebrows curled: "Mother, you don't know, how many things I want to talk to my sister ......" After speaking, she took a carefree hand and said, "Mother, let's go to the yard, so as not to annoy you." ”

She deliberately spoke in a playful tone. Before Wuwu had time to say goodbye to Zhou Youning, he was pulled away by her all the way.

Zhou Youning shook his head helplessly. It's just that seeing the two children so good, her heart is still happy.

Zhen'er and Wuwu came to her courtyard hand in hand, however, when they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Zhen'er suddenly stopped, she looked at Wuwu and smiled: "Oh, sister, I forgot that the thing is with my mother!" ”

Carefree asked, "What is it?" ”

Zhen'er was vague, but smiled and said, "It's a very important thing anyway." I have to go back, sister, you go to the courtyard to rest for a while, and I'll go back. ”

She is usually lively and active, not like ordinary ladies, after saying this, she lifted the corner of her skirt and trotted up.

Carefree stood in place, looking at her hurried back, shaking his head and smiling.