The three of them sat in the courtyard.

Mrs. Meng made tea, and Kui Cangyu and Shen Hao sat and waited.

But after a while, Kui Cangyu couldn't kneel, sat cross-legged on the futon, put down his robe, and asked with a grin: "This boiled stone house seems to be much bigger than the ink washing house for me." I'm not a yard at all. ”

Shen Hao scolded him: "You are the best location and best room in the outer courtyard, and that was originally the study that my grandfather left for his old man." Why are you not satisfied, sir? ”

Kui Cangyu disagreed: "What do I want it to do?" Delicate and not to be eaten as a meal. The point is to give me the book! I think your father's study is better than mine. You tell your father, let's change. ”

Shen Hao snorted smoothly: "My father now sees you as the first confidant in his life, don't you say it yourself is more effective than me?!" ”

After finishing speaking, he regretted it, and hated him: "Sir, if you calculate my students like this, won't your conscience hurt?" ”

Kui Cangyu stretched out his hand to take the tea and soup ordered by Mrs. Meng, and laughed at the same time: "I think the third prince did a great job of snatching Zhang Yang from you!" Won my heart! ”

Mrs. Meng glanced at him from the corner of her eye and looked at Shen Hao: "Second Miss brought this person here today, I don't know what to learn?" ”

Shen Hao sighed, knelt down and sat down, and said politely: "I heard my father say the day before yesterday that Mrs. is the maid who has been with Concubine Xianji since she was a child. The student would like to ask Madame, is it the will of the Queen Mother, or Princess Linbo, or the Third Prince? ”

Mrs. Meng glanced at Kui Yu from the corner of her eyes again, still facing Shen Hao: "Didn't the second young lady hear speculation from this mouth?" ”

Shen Haowaner: "Mr. Kui has been in the rivers and lakes for 27 years, and the students still can't believe all the palace affairs deduced from his mouth. Therefore, it is better to ask the lady to teach herself. ”

Kui Yuyu blew his beard and glared, snorting and humming.

Mrs. Meng completely ignored Kui Yu, and after a moment of silence, Fang sighed softly and said, "That's it." ”

Sitting back on her feet gently, Mrs. Meng chose a position that made her comfortable, but she didn't know how to speak.

Shen Hao looked at her, and suddenly felt that he could understand a little, and asked gently: "Why don't I ask, and Mrs. will answer?" ”

Mrs. Meng raised her eyes to look at her, and for the first time showed a close smile: "Okay." ”

"When did Madame go to the Empress Dowager's Palace?"

"When the princess was ten years old, Yu Zhaorong talked to me once, and I invited myself to the Shanggong Bureau to teach the palace slaves in the court to read and write. The queen agreed. Later, from the palace slave to the palace maid, and then to the female official. The queen refused to let me teach me any more. When the princess was fifteen years old, the queen mother 'gifted' me to be raised, and I went to Shouchun Palace to receive a leisurely errand, drinking tea and playing chess every day. ”

"I once heard that after Concubine Xianji died of illness, the second princess and the third prince lived in Qingning Palace for a few years? Madame was also by her side at that time? ”

“…… Be. In those three years, the three of our master and servant were worse than death. ”

Mrs. Meng's voice was calm, her eyes were deep, and her hands were carefully tucked into her sleeves, and there was no trace of trembling in sight.

Kui Cangyu sat up straight, and his expression became serious and angry for the first time: "Why don't you use the help of Concubine Ji Niangniang left in the palace?" ”

Mrs. Meng finally looked at him, and after a moment, Fang asked rhetorically: "So that the queen mother can catch them all?" ”

Concubine Ji still has help in the palace?

Kui Yu learned from this?

Shen Hao's gaze shifted from Mrs. Meng to Kui Cangyu: "Wait until I finish talking to Mrs., it will be your turn." ”

Kui Cangyu choked, annoyed, and slapped his hand on his mouth: "Let you talk more!" ”

The corners of Mrs. Meng's lips were slightly hooked.

"Madame's departure from the palace this time, was it invited by the princess, or was it ordered by the queen mother?" Shen Hao sat up straight again, and raised this question for the second time, but directly ruled out the third prince, Qin Lang.

Mrs. Meng looked at the thirteen-year-old girl in front of her, and her heart became more and more relieved.

"The princess heard that the second lady refused to meet the prince in Hongyun Temple, and she was very curious, and she heard that the Shilang Mansion wanted to invite a female teacher, so she said that the queen mother was moved. I came on the orders of the Queen Mother to report the situation of the next festival to the Queen Mother. ”

So I still passed a lot of news about the Shen family to the palace, right?

As long as the news comes into the palace, how can it be guaranteed that only the Queen Mother and Princess Linbo know?

The emperor, who was interested in himself and arbitrarily decided to be his daughter-in-law, must have known about the arrangement between Linbo and the Queen Mother, and thought that he was fulfilling the thoughts of his daughter and mother, right?!

Shen Hao took a deep breath and told himself not to rush into anger.

But after all, he still looked cold: "Where will Madam go in the future, do you have a plan?" ”

Mrs. Meng raised her eyebrows slightly: "Second Miss is going to drive me out?" ”

Shen Hao paused and stared at the person in front of him.

A woman in her forties, with a few dazzling silver threads in her casually curled bun, her eyebrows straight, her nose straight, and her lips in a straight line.

There are no forehead lines on the forehead, no crow's feet at the corners of the eyes, and no nasolabial folds under the nose.

This is a woman who lives a very plain and straightforward life.

Such a woman, how extraordinary should the concubine Niangniang who could let her follow back then?

I couldn't help but soften.

"I need to know Madame's plans before I can arrange my own homework, my staff, and my future." Shen Hao changed his words.

Mrs. Meng lowered her eyes.

After a moment, he reached out and picked up the re-boiling kettle, gently and steadily, flushed away the green tea leaves in his Ruyao Sancai white porcelain bowl, and put the kettle back in its place, Fang raised his head again.

"The day before yesterday, the princess sent an urgent message from the palace, and the queen has already noticed my purpose in the Shilang Mansion. I'm afraid it will be bad for you, Miss. ”

Shen Hao only felt that the hairs from his neck to his back stood up one by one: "The day before yesterday?!" ”

Mrs. Meng bowed slightly: "So, I told Mr. Kui." ”

After speaking, there was a faint look in his eyes, and he looked at Kui Cangyu proudly, and then looked at Shen Hao.

Facing her loving gaze, Shen Hao couldn't sit still anymore, fell to the ground, and changed to Kui Yuyu's posture with difficulty, covering his face with both hands.

I'll circle you with a fork!!

You didn't warn me!

And I, who couldn't die, entrusted that sachet to Princess Linbo!

She'll think I'm taking Madame Meng's warning—

That would mean that she would think that I had accepted her overtures and temptations!

She'd think—

I, Shen Hao, have agreed to marry her younger brother, the third prince!!

Kui Cangyu clenched his empty fist in embarrassment, wrapped his nose around his mouth, and his voice was weird, helpless, embarrassed: "What, I didn't have time to say it that day, I was drunk......"

Mrs. Meng was taken aback: "What? Second Miss, how did you escape the queen's calculations? ”

Shen Hao said weakly from behind his hands: "I can escape because it is not the queen who calculates me this time, but Princess Anfu......"