Wan Zhen'er said slowly: "Your Majesty, Yu Mian used to be kind to the slave and maid, and the slave and maid had also saved the slave and maid before, so the friendship between the slave and the maid and Yu Mian is okay, it is better for the emperor to invite a master on the rivers and lakes, pretending to capture the slave and maid, how will the time come."

Wan Zhen'er said it in Zhu Jianshen's ear.

Zhu Jianshen was speechless for a long time after listening, and finally with a wavering light in his eyes, he asked Wan Zhen'er: "Concubine Wan, do you think this matter is feasible?" Do you think Yu Mian will really do what you estimated? ”

Wan Zhen'er showed a wry smile on her face, she shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, Zhen'er is not sure, but now Zhen'er can't think of any other way except to use herself as bait, or if the emperor is willing to use the frightened girl as bait, then this matter will be much easier to handle, and Yu Mian will definitely come forward to save the stunned girl." ”

"No, never!" Zhu Jianshen said in a loud voice: "You must not do anything to hurt and shock, and you must not use her as bait." ”

Wan Zhen'er couldn't help but sneer when she saw that Zhu Jianshen was so nervous, and said, "Okay, since that's the case, you can only use this palace as bait." ”

Zhu Jianshen felt a little apologetic, he stared at Wan Zhen'er, and said, "Concubine Wan, I have written down everything you have done for me today, and one day, I will treat you well." ”

Wan Zhen'er shook her head and said: "Zhen'er doesn't beg for anything now, I just hope that the emperor can get what he wants, and Zhen'er can also live in this harem in glory, wealth, peace and stability, there is nothing better than this." ”

"Okay, as long as you can help me snatch the golden jade staff from the eldest princess's hand, I will crown you as the imperial concubine.

"Imperial Concubine!" Wan Zhen'er's eyes suddenly lit up, the imperial concubine is the supreme honor, although there is no way to compare with the queen's honorific title, but it is second only to the queen's honorific title.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, it was only when Zhu Di was the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, Lian Guifei Lian Siyao was deeply favored by Zhu Di, and Zhu Di was able to add an imperial character before her concubine's name and named her the imperial concubine.

If you add an imperial character in front of the name of the concubine, it will almost be comparable to the queen, and it is no wonder that Wan Zhen'er is fascinated by this.

"Is what the emperor said true?" Wan Zhen'er asked tentatively.

"Don't worry, Concubine Wan, since I promised you, I will never regret it, and besides, I will make you the imperial concubine and have no impact on me, it can be convenient for you and me, so why don't I do it?" Zhu Jianshen said calmly.

Wan Zhen'er weighed it and felt that this method was just right, in this way, she could become the supreme imperial concubine, even if she couldn't be the queen, it would be close to the queen, and secondly, as long as she could gain Zhu Jianshen's trust, she would not be afraid of falling out of favor and losing power in the future.

Zhu Jian thought for a while and turned to Wan Zhen'er and said, "Wan Guifei, you said that you want to invite a master, where did this master come from?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter will be handed over to my father-in-law Gu, the chief supervisor of the Yonghe Palace, who is the most meticulous and proper person, and he will definitely be able to do it well for the emperor."

"Okay, you go back and tell Gu Lengyi, as long as he can do this well for me, I will definitely be rewarded."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wan Zhen'er said and withdrew.

After Wan Zhen'er returned to Yonghe Palace, she told her about the plan she discussed with Zhu Jianshen, Gu Lengyi gasped and said: "Niangniang, you are risking your own life, if there is something three long and two short, then what should it be?" ”

Wan Zhen'er rubbed her silver teeth and said: "There is nothing I can do now, if I don't do this, how can I get the emperor's appreciation and reuse, and how can I get the name of the imperial concubine, once I become the imperial concubine in the harem, then the status is as solid as a rock and unshakable." ”

Mama Chen and Gu Lengyi also understood how honorable it was to add an imperial character in front of the concubine and become the imperial concubine, so they nodded slowly.

Wan Zhen'er instructed Gu Leng and said: "Father-in-law Gu, the next thing will be left to you to do, you must find a peerless master, no matter how many taels of silver he wants, give it to him." ”

"Okay, don't worry, I will do what my mother tells me." Gu Leng agreed, and Wan Zhen'er gave him tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets to let him go out of the palace to find someone.

Gu Lengyi took these tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets, not to mention how happy he was in his heart, this shows that Wan Zhen'er is cheap to him, where can he use tens of thousands of taels of silver to invite a killer with strong martial arts? And he only used a fraction of it.

After he took the silver taels, he immediately went out of the palace non-stop to find a person with very strong martial arts, gave him 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and asked him to do this.

The killer was open-minded when he saw money, and when he saw that Gu Lengyi was willing to pay such a high price, and what he did was effortless, he immediately agreed.

The next day, Wan Zhen'er asked Zhu Jianshen to play, wanting to go to the Guanyin Temple outside the city to ask for a child, the so-called Guanyin sent a child, and it happened that Zhu Jianshen was with the Empress Dowager Zhou.

After listening to this, Empress Dowager Zhou said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, since Concubine Wan has this thought, the emperor will let her go out of the palace for a trip!" ”

Although the Empress Dowager Zhou is very unkind to Wan Zhen'er, she is still very concerned about the issue of heirs, not to mention that people say that the Guanyin Temple outside the city is very spiritual, and the so-called Guanyin sends a son, as long as she sincerely asks for a sign in the Guanyin Temple, then she will definitely be able to give birth to a son.

Zhu saw that Shen groaned slightly, and said: "Okay, since the queen mother agreed, then I have nothing to say, Wan Zhen'er, you have to be more careful on this trip, go and go back quickly." ”

"Yes, Zhen'er thanks the Queen Mother, thank you to the emperor," Wan Zhen'er hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

Wan Zhen'er, accompanied by Gu Lengyi, Mama Chen and others, took a four-seater sedan chair and went to the Guanyin Temple to pray for God to send her son with great fanfare.

They had just walked out of the city, and came to a desolate place, where there was not a single house, and all kinds of tall trees were planted around it, when suddenly there was a cry from the side, as if there were many people blocking the way.

Wan Zhen'er didn't know what was going on, so she opened the sedan curtain and asked, "What happened, why did you hear a lot of people, is this voice a robbery?" ”

Mama Chen turned her head and shook her head and said, "Qiqi Guifei Niangniang has someone to do white things. ”

"What, it's too unlucky to do white things." Wan Zhen'er waved her hand and said, "Order them to take a detour and not pass by this road, so as not to crash into the palanquin of the palace." ”

"Yes." Gu Leng agreed and stepped forward to send those people.

So, the sedan chair continued to walk forward, and after walking for a long time, I heard the sound of gongs and drums along the way.

Wan Zhen'er felt annoyed again, she wiped the beads of sweat on her head with a silk, and asked Mama Chen: "How long does Mama Chen have to arrive, why did you hear the sound of gongs and drums in front of you?" ”

Mama Chen hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Qiyu Guifei Niangniang has someone to marry, so there are gongs and drums. ”

Wan Zhen'er frowned and said: "This road is already so narrow, and there are so many people to walk, how can you come here, Gu Lengyi You go and tell the person who married to let them take a detour." ”

Gu Lengyi hurriedly responded: "Yes, I respect the Niangniang's orders." So he went again and sent away the man who had taken him.

As a result, the news of the imperial concubine Wan Zhen'er going out of the palace to worship God and ask for a son soon spread everywhere, and everyone knew which way Wan Zhen'er took, so few people dared to come to this road, and Wan Zhen'er was convicted.

Wan Zhen'er's sedan chair was walking forward, and suddenly she heard Gu Lengyi outside, and asked, "Who are you, why are you so bold and dare to stand in the way here?" ”

Wan Zhen'er hurriedly opened the sedan curtain and looked out, only to see a man in his forties with a beard standing outside, the big man was very strong, he was holding a knife in his arms, standing in front of the sedan chair, his eyes were very cold, like a statue that had not been melted for thousands of years.

Wan Zhen'er was a little frightened, and hurriedly asked Gu Leng and said, "What happened to Gu Gonggong, and who is the person standing in front of him?" ”

Gu Lengyi was a little dazed, shook his head and said: "Niangniang, the slave doesn't know what happened, and as for who this person is, the slave can't even know." ”

Wan Zhen'er pointed forward and said, "Then why don't you hurry up and ask, what are you still waiting here for?" ”

"Yes." Gu Leng agreed and stepped forward to ask.

He asked the big man repeatedly, "Who are you?" Why are you in the way here, don't you know that this is the sedan chariot of our concubine? Don't you know that bumping into the concubine is a dead end? ”

Gu Lengyi yelled at that person for a long time, but that person was still like a wood carving, standing there expressionless, Gu Lengyi was annoyed, and the man said coldly: "I don't know what the concubine is, I only know that you are all rich people." ”

After speaking, he raised his knife and fought against the sedan chair man and the guard, the man's martial arts were very strong, where the sedan chair man and the guard were his opponents, and he was quickly swept to the ground.

Mama Chen hid behind Wan Zhen'er's sedan chair in fright, and Gu Lengyi also crawled in the grass on the side and stared with bated breath, not daring to come out.

The bearded man dragged Wan Zhen'er out of the sedan chair, he glanced at Wan Zhen'er, a trace of astonishment flashed across his face, and said, "I know who you are?" You're Yu Mian's family, aren't you? ”

Wan Zhen'er was slightly stunned, and said in a loud voice: "Of course not, I am today's Wan Guifei." ”

"Do you say that you are Wan Guifei or Wan Guifei? I'm afraid you're a fake, I remember the last time, I saw you come out of Yu Qian's mansion with my own eyes, you still don't recognize you as Yu Mian's wife, I have always had some festivals with Yu Qian, I didn't expect Yu Qian to be dead now, I had to put this account on his son Yu Mian, you go back to inform Yu Mian, and say that I ordered him to come to the Chenghuang Temple three miles east of the west of the city tonight before the third watch, if he refuses to come to pay his father's debt, then I will kill his woman. ”

After speaking, he raised the knife in his hand to intimidate Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er was frightened by the bearded man and fainted, and the sedan chair man and guards who were swept to the ground quickly got up and fled one after another, and Mama Chen and Gu Lengyi also fled together.

Gu Lengyi and Mama Chen quickly fled back to the palace, and after returning to the palace, they went to the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor, and Lin Jian'an waited outside as if he had already received the news.

Seeing Gu Lengyi and Mama Chen, he pointed to the inside and said, "The emperor has been waiting for you for a long time, you can go in quickly!" ”

So Gu Lengyi and Mama Chen followed, and after entering, Zhu Jianshen turned his face, raised his eyes to look at them, and said, "How are things going?" ”

Gu Lengyi hurriedly prostrate on the ground, and said in a loud voice: "Emperor Qiqi, everything is going very well, and now Niangniang has been taken away by the master who was bought by the slaves, and he also released a remark, saying that Niangniang is Yu Mian's wife, and specified that Yu Mian should go to the Land Temple to see him in the third watch tonight." ”

"Okay, things are done very well, Mama Chen, should you go to Yu Mian's mansion now and tell Yu Mian the news?" Zhu Jianshen looked at Mama Chen silently.

"Yes, the slave will do it immediately." Mama Chen bowed and respectfully walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and then she went all the way out of the palace and ran wildly to Yu Mian's mansion.

Yu Mian heard that Mama Chen was coming, but it was a little strange, since he talked to Wan Zhen'er once last time, he added a little guilt to Wan Zhen'er in his heart, because he didn't expect that Wan Zhen'er had really loved him for so long, and he didn't expect that she had suffered so many grievances at the beginning, so he had always felt guilty about Wan Zhen'er, and when he heard that Mama Chen was coming, he asked people to invite Mama Chen in.

After Mama Chen came in, she knelt down for Yu Mian with a flutter, Yu Mian was startled when she saw this, and quickly helped her up and asked, "What happened to Mama Chen, why do you look like this?" ”

Mama Chen said to the crown with a sad face: "Yu Gongzi, please, you must save our mother, if you don't come to the rescue, our mother will die." ”

"Ah, what happened to Concubine Wan?" Yu Mian was taken aback, and hurriedly helped Mama Chen up, and asked her repeatedly.

Mama Chen wiped her tears and said: "Yu Gongzi, you don't know, our mother went to the Guanyin Temple outside the city today to worship God, who knew that there was a robber on the road, the robber's martial arts are very strong, he originally wanted to rob money, who knew that after seeing our mother's appearance, he immediately said that our mother is your wife, and said that in the past, he once saw our mother walk out of your house, so he took the mother away." ”

"Ah, why did he take your mother away as my wife?" Yu Mian asked puzzled.

"It's a coincidence to say this matter, the robber said that when he said it was before, Yu Gongzi's father, Yu Ge Lao, had killed the thief's father, so he wanted to settle accounts with Yu Mian Gongzi, and now he regarded Niangniang as Yu Gongzi's wife, so he naturally had to embarrass Niangniang."

Yu Mian heard her say this, and then she understood the ins and outs of the matter, it turned out that Wan Zhen'er met a robber on the way to pray to God, and the robber mistakenly regarded her as his wife, maybe the robber's father had a holiday with Yu Qian before, which was not a strange thing.

Because Yu Qian had an upright personality when he was an official in the court before, he really offended many people, so he sighed and said, "How can this be good? ”

Mama Chen looked at him pitifully and said: "Yu Gongzi, you won't let our mother go away, our mother was also mistaken by the thief for being your wife, so she took him away. ”

When Mama Chen said this, she wiped her tears with her sleeve.

Yu Mian has always been soft-hearted, and he has always felt guilty about Wan Zhen'er, he saw that Mama Chen was so pitiful, so he calmed down and said: "Mama Chen, don't worry about it first, you have gone back to the palace to tell the emperor about this matter, if the emperor knows, he will definitely send guards to save Niangniang, you don't have to worry about it first." ”

"Father-in-law Gu has gone back to the palace to report this matter to the emperor, but you also know that the emperor has never paid much attention to our mother-in-law, he may not be willing to save our mother-in-law, and the emperor is willing to save our mother-in-law in time, so what, the man specified that he wanted to see Yu Gongzi, if he can't see Yu Gongzi, he will definitely embarrass our mother-in-law, if the thief is ruthless, give our mother-" Speaking of this, Mama Chen choked up and couldn't speak.

Yu Mian was also chilled for a while, he nodded and said: "Mama Chen, I understand what you mean, you are right, if your mother has any three long and two short, it is my fault, you can rest assured, since the thief said that the third watch will see me in the Chenghuang Temple three miles east of the city tonight, then I will go to see him tonight. ”

"But Yu Mian Gongzi, the thief once said that he only saw Yu Mian Gongzi and you alone, he once said that he would never take anyone there, if he brought someone there, then Niangniang's life would not be guaranteed." Mama Chen said with a sob.

"Alas!" Yu Mian sighed and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then I won't take someone to the meeting, I'll go to the meeting alone, and I'll be cut off if it's a big deal, I don't believe he can do anything?" Yu Mian said fearlessly.

Although Yu Mian is a weak scholar, he is a very backbone person, he will never back down in the face of this kind of thing, and his courage made Mama Chen admire it very much for a while.

Mama Chen secretly said in her heart: "This Yu Mian is really better than the emperor, but it's a pity that he is just a five-grade official, but the emperor is a son of heaven and a ninety-five, it's a pity, if it weren't for our mother to be with him, it would be a good thing." ”

Mama Chen thought so in her heart, and Yu Mian decided to go to the meeting alone at night.