Chapter 54: Letters
Empress Shen kept looking at Mei Xue with an uncertain expression, and when the two of them left Cining Palace together, Empress Shen said lightly:
"It's noon, you go to Kunning Palace with this palace to have dinner!"
Mei Xue should get down and silently follow beside Empress Shen.
The attendants carried the phoenix over, and Empress Shen raised her hand and motioned for Mei Xue to help her go up together.
It's late autumn, and the sun is dazzling but not very warm.
Empress Shen gathered the cloak on her body, leaned on her back and closed her eyes, with an exhaustion that could not be concealed.
Mei Xue glanced at her silently, and lowered her eyes calmly.
Empress Shen may not believe her diagnosis, but it is impossible not to have the slightest worry.
Suddenly, a woman's coquettish voice came, Mei Xue turned her face, and saw a phoenix colored kite floating above the palace next to the mezzanine, and Aunt He, who was walking next to the sedan chair, changed her face when she boarded.
Qiao Meiren is really bold.
Mei Xuefu lowered her eyes again, and her expression did not fluctuate at all.
Empress Shen didn't even raise her eyelids, and only lightly instructed Aunt He:
"Qiao Meiren is still a child, and it is also natural to be young and playful. You go and tell the Imperial Supervisor to pick up some fresh and interesting ones and send them to Liuyun Palace. ”
Liuyun Palace is the closest to Emperor Mingde's Zhaoyang Palace, and a six-grade beauty is not qualified to live.
But Queen Shen deliberately allocated Liuyun Palace to Qiao Anran, and also picked a lot of good things to send over.
He also said that the young man was greedy for sleep, and deliberately exempted Qiao Anran from asking for peace every morning.
Even Qiao Anran's three meals a day, Empress Shen personally inquired about it.
Emperor Mingde also smiled at An Jiang:
"The queen didn't give birth to a daughter, this is to treat Concubine Qiao as a daughter."
An Jiang smiled and nodded, but he was terrified in his heart.
The lunch table was full, but Queen Shen only ate a few bites, and Mei Xue also stopped, and sat silently drinking tea after rinsing her hands and mouth.
waved her hand to make the palace people retreat, and Queen Shen's tone was lonely:
"This palace is unblessed, only for His Majesty to give birth to a child like Jinyu, so ah, this palace looks at the children in this palace, and all of them are treated as if they were their own."
As she spoke, Empress Shen glanced at Mei Xue, and when she saw that she was still sitting quietly with her eyes down, she continued:
"Concubine Qiao is not only outstanding, but also smart, and this palace is looking forward to her being able to spread the branches for Your Majesty as soon as possible and give birth to a few more smart and lovely children. What do you think? ”
Mei Xue stood up, saluted Empress Shen and said calmly:
"Niangniang is benevolent, Weichen believes that Niangniang will be able to make her wish come true."
Empress Shen smiled, and a hint of ridicule flashed in her eyes.
Mei Xue said goodbye and was going to the East Palace, but Empress Shen approved it and said lightly:
"The crown princess is getting more and more unseemly now, I scratched the prince again yesterday, you have good medical skills, go and see her."
If it doesn't work, the palace plans to move her out of the East Palace, so as not to damage the children. ”
Mei Xue sneered in her heart, and after saluting Empress Shen again, she left Kunning Palace.
Walking in the courtyard of Kunning Palace, Mei Xue glanced at the side hall on the east side without leaving a trace, and saw that the surrounding palace people were tightly surrounded, so she lowered her eyes and continued to walk forward.
Her and Li Jinzhi's guesses seemed to be right, and Empress Shen was ready to abandon the crown princess's mother and son.
As soon as Mama Jiang slept with the crown princess, her eyes were red again when she saw Mei Xue.
"I ate the prescription prescribed by the girl, and took the girl out more according to the method taught by the girl.
Now I sleep much more peacefully and cry less, but for some reason, Niangniang is still irritable, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday...... Niangniang suddenly became angry again, and scratched His Highness's face. ”
Mei Xue asked Mama Jiang if anything special happened the day before yesterday, and Mama Jiang thought about it and said:
"There is nothing special, that is, Aunt He from Kunning Palace came to visit, and she didn't say anything, just came to send some supplements, and she happened to be seen by Niangniang."
"Does she often come to the East Palace?"
"Yes, whenever the queen has news to spread or send something to the mother, she will send Aunt He."
Mei Xue sighed in her heart, the little emperor and grandson were taken away by Aunt He herself, can she come to the East Palace every once in a while like this, can she not stimulate the crown princess?
And how much patience can Li Jinyu have? Not to mention Empress Shen and so many women around him.
Mei Xue sat for a while, and was about to go back to the palace first, when suddenly the screams of the crown princess came from the bedroom, Jiang Mama hurriedly ran to the bedroom, and Mei Xue also hurriedly followed.
The crown princess was disheveled, grabbing things and smashing them on the ground like crazy, and several palace people knelt in the corner of the wall tremblingly.
Mama Jiang is old and can't hold the princess at all. Mei Xue ran up quickly and hugged the princess tightly in her arms.
The crown princess was still emotional, and shook Mei Xue vigorously and said:
"Save my child, they want to kill my child, save my child!"
As she spoke, the crown princess cried.
Mei Xue was distressed, and held the crown princess in her arms and comforted her in a low voice:
"Niangniang, I promise you, at most another month, I will definitely take the little emperor and grandson away, I will take care of him personally, I promise you, you believe me, okay?"
A child with cerebral palsy, who is serious, can see the abnormality from his appearance in three months, and at that time, Empress Shen will inevitably think about how to abandon Li Mingze.
And at that time, it was the best time for Shen Qingyang to take Li Mingze away.
The crown princess listened to Mei Xue's words, and slowly quieted down, she no longer yelled or pushed Mei Xue, but threw herself on the bed and cried.
Mama Jiang cleaned up the mess with tears, Mei Xue covered the crown princess with a brocade quilt and sat silently on the edge of the bed to accompany her.
In fact, in a situation like the crown princess now, if she can leave the palace and go to a new environment to recuperate, away from the factors that stimulate her, it will be very beneficial to her condition.
However, the crown princess doesn't even have a family member, so what reason can she find to leave the palace?
Mei Xue only left the palace at the end of Shen Shi, and Li Jinzhi was still waiting for her.
Opened a box of still warm snacks and put it on the table, Li Jinzhi poured another cup of hot tea and handed it to Mei Xue.
After Mei Xue ate two snacks and drank another cup of tea, Mei just drove the carriage and started slowly.
Mei Xue briefly talked about Emperor Mingde's treatment of Cai Yu and others, and also said that Li Ruhua was named the lord of Changle.
Crucially, she told Li Jinzhi in detail about her worries about the crown princess.
Li Jinzhi was silent, and his right hand gently rubbed the handle of the fan for a while and said:
"If you want the princess and sister-in-law to go out of the palace to recuperate, it's not impossible.
Now that Aunt Chenyang is also sick, I will go to see the imperial grandmother tomorrow and ask her to take the princess and sister-in-law to live in Anguo Temple for a period of time under the pretext of praying for blessings. ”
Mei Xue smiled slightly, nodded to Li Jinzhi and said:
"This is a good idea, the Queen Mother loves the crown princess, and she will definitely not refuse this suggestion."
Li Jinzhi laughed again, reached out and touched Mei Xue's hair and didn't speak again.
When they returned to the palace, they found that Song Zhijie was waiting for them at the gate of the mansion, and Mei Xue knew that something big must have happened.
Sure enough, Song Zhijie said a piece of news that shocked Mei Xue.
It turned out that the old lady of Wu'an Hou had a stroke this time not only because of the pressure caused by gossip, but on the second day after Qiao Anran entered the palace, Meng Ziyi secretly ran away to Qiao's house again.
Song Zhijie smiled and pulled a letter out of his sleeve and said:
"Concubine Qiao's methods are very conceivable."
Li Jinzhi and Mei Xue took turns reading the letter, and they both felt very speechless.
Qiao Anran is really bold and stupid, as a concubine, doing this kind of thing must be connected to the whole clan.
Of course, Song Zhijie is really a strange person, and he can get his hands on such private things.
Song Zhijie smiled slightly embarrassed and said:
"Hou Shizi of Wu'an was hit hard by the old lady's illness, and it was inevitable that he would be negligent under his lack of energy, so this letter was ...... Cough...... Ahem......"
Mei Xue couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, Li Jinzhi also smiled, and said to Song Zhijie:
"This matter will not only affect the entire Qiao family, but also the Hou Mansion, presumably Wu Anhou also knows what to do.
Just wait a little longer, wait for the batch of people in Liangzhou to be delivered, and then send this letter to the Hou Mansion. ”
Song Zhijie nodded and said:
"The subordinates also think so, then wait a few more days, and then the subordinates will arrange for the right person to send the letter to the Hou Ye."
At that time, not only the day of the destruction of the Yan Tie family, but also the Qiao family would cease to exist.