Chapter 4: The Truth
Murong Yuan's face sank, and Yan Feng opened his mouth when he saw this, "Lord Wang, since the princess has something important, her subordinates will leave first."
Murong Yuan nodded, "You go first, go through the window"
"Yes"
After Yan Feng left, Murong Yuan said, "Let her in."
"Yes, Lord Wang"
Zhou Fu went out and saw the princess, and said, "Princess, please"
"Thank you Steward Zhou"
Wei Chengan entered the study alone, knowing that there was no turning back.
She was originally a little relieved because the prince believed in her, but when she returned to Xiyuan, she was still uneasy, she always felt that she had missed something and didn't think of it, and she always thought that the queen's mind was not so simple, and the poison in the prince today was really ordinary, even people who knew medical skills could solve it, and the queen knew why she knew why she knew how to do this, or this poison was prepared for her, worried that she was not a boudoir woman. Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of the last sentence of the prince, a person with such a careful mind believed her so easily, I am afraid that it was to make her show her flaws.
After thinking about it like this, I realized that I couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, and I was still happy, how did I know that this was just a trick to lure the snake out of the hole.
"Prince" Wei Chengan knelt down
Murong Yuan turned to look at her: "Why is the princess so anxious to see this king?"
"The prince knows that the queen has chosen a concubine among a group of official women"
Murong Yuan smiled mockingly, "Because the princess is not a concubine, and her father is just a small waiter of the Ministry of Rites, with no power or power," Murong Yuan took a sip of tea and said quietly, "What's more, the princess is proficient in medical skills, and this one alone can block the mouths of the people, but this king has taken advantage."
"The prince is wise, but this alone is not enough to bother the queen"
"Oh" Murong Yuan asked with a smile, but the tone was definitely not good, "What does the princess want to say?"
Wei Chengan took a deep breath and slowly spoke, "After the Wei Mansion received the holy decree, the Queen Mother once quietly summoned me to the palace, and let me serve the prince for a long time on the grounds that the Wei Mansion was up and down, especially the prince's illness must not be concealed in the slightest."
Murong Yuan put down the teacup, there was no trace of expression on his face, and he couldn't hear a trace of ups and downs in his tone: "The princess agreed?"
Wei Chengan lowered his arm, "The concubine agreed"
Murong Yuan let out a chuckle, and Wei Cheng'an immediately tensed his body.
"The princess really likes to embarrass the king, I don't know how the princess asks the king this time, or let this * you have no second heart like last time"
Wei Chengan knows that there is no way out, "Since the concubine entered the palace, she has not deceived the prince in a word, and she knows that she is stupid, and it is only when the queen is in trouble that she understands what the queen is talking about"
Wei Chengan now understands that the queen does not want to know how the prince is sick, but because she has already suspected the prince for some reason, and because there is no evidence, she chose Princess Chen so suddenly.
And since he has entered the palace, he has suffered losses with the prince since then, but he can't put the palace to death, there is only this way to go.
And the prince doesn't trust her, rather than waiting for him to find out, it is better to confess that there may be a way to live.
Wei Chengan continued, "Lord Wang, I don't want to deceive the prince, and I can't watch the Wei Mansion family suffer because of me, only by giving the name of the prince in advance, the concubine will not have any intention of harming the prince before or in the future."
Murong Yuan was speechless, since Princess Chen entered the palace, he suspected that she was the queen's person, and now that she confessed, should she doubt whether what she said was just to win his trust.
Murong Yuan saw that the people on the ground were still kneeling with their heads bowed, and there was some sadness on his face, which had always been calm, and the bowl of lotus seed porridge that was bitter first and then sweet suddenly flashed in his mind, but he really didn't know how to deal with himself.
After a long time, he spoke, and his deep voice carried extremely tiredness, "The princess was ordered to marry a person who was about to reach the limit, and I never treated you well after entering the palace, didn't the princess have a trace of resentment?"
Wei Cheng'an endured the sorrow brought by the past, and silently said, "The holy decree has been issued, and the concubine body must not be disobeyed, the Wei Mansion and the Chen Wangfu are no different from the concubine body, the heart has no external objects, and it is natural to stay without intention, but the concubine body is a worldly person after all, and everything wants to seek a way to live."
The way of life, Murong Yuan has mixed feelings in his heart, no one has ever been willing to give him a way to live, this way of life is just his own deliberate way.
"Princess, get up"
Wei Chengan breathed a sigh of relief only to realize that his legs were numb, and his body was sore, so he tried his best to get up and stand up straight.
Murong Yuan glanced at it, called Zhou Fu, and came in, "Help the princess go back and rest"
Ying Sleeve was stunned for a moment, not knowing what happened to the young lady, so she had to reply slowly
"Yes, Lord Wang"
Wei Chengan saluted and retreated, and went straight out of the door before bending down
"Miss, are you alright?"
"It's okay" Wei Chengan helped Yingsleeve to rest for a while, and the two returned to the house, Yingsleeve lifted the clothes only to find that the two knees were a little red and swollen.
"Miss, what's going on, how can this be" Yingsleeve panicked and wanted to look for medicine, but Wei Chengan grabbed her.
"It's just that I've been kneeling for a while, and I'm not bruised or purple, so I'm fine without dressing."
Yingsleeve made a bitter face, and said angrily, "Miss did something wrong, the prince wants to be so ruthless"
"Don't talk nonsense" Wei Chengan interrupted her softly, "It's no better than Wei Mansion here, be careful to say it unintentionally, the listener has a heart"
Yingsleeve pursed her lips aggrievedly, "I know, it's late, Miss, hurry up and rest."
"Well, you should go and rest too" Yingsleeve turned off the light and walked out of the inner room, Wei Cheng'an fell asleep peacefully.
It's just that Murong Yuan didn't feel sleepy, and then he kept thinking about it, and he fell asleep when the sky was slightly bright.
After three days, someone came to the palace and said that the queen invited Princess Chen and Princess Rong into the palace to talk.
Before leaving, Zhou Fu glanced at her quietly, and Wei Chengan understood that he had already learned that "Steward Zhou is at ease"
"The princess is careful all the way," Zhou Fu sent them away, and then they entered the inner courtyard with a sad face.
"Miss, I'm a little panicked" The carriage covered his heart with his sleeves and frowned
Wei Chengan took her hand and patted it, "There are still things you are afraid of, as long as we don't do anything to be polite, the queen mother will not bother us"
Yingsleeve nodded, and said helplessly, "Miss, I used to hope that you could marry a son with good character as soon as possible and treat you well, but I didn't expect that Miss would become a princess now, but I was worried all day long, afraid of making a mistake, and I didn't know if it was better or worse than before."
Wei Chengan listened to her voice getting smaller and smaller, and smiled comfortingly, "Whether it's good or not, we don't have nothing to do now, the road always has to go, as long as you don't feel bitter in your heart, it is not easy for those who live without a fixed place."
Yingsleeve smiled and hugged Wei Chengan's arm, "Miss is really big, anyway, we can't be hungry or frozen now"
The two walked all the way, and when they arrived at the queen's bedroom, they saw the queen talking with a woman wearing a lotus pink dress opposite.
"The concubine sees the queen mother"
"See the Queen's Mother"
Wei Chengan and Yingsleeve saluted, the queen turned her head to look at them, and the woman next to her sneered, "My sister is finally here, I haven't been able to see my sister, but I have been waiting for my sister for a long time with my mother's eyes."
Where did the queen summon Wei Cheng'an to dare to delay, this woman was afraid that it was Princess Rong, King Rong and the queen did not like King Chen, she was naturally not kind, hearing this Wei Cheng'an was busy kneeling on the ground, "The queen mother forgives her sins, and the queen waits for a long time, please punish the queen mother"
The queen took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said, "Get up quickly, where you can talk about punishment."
Princess Rong smiled, "I just made a joke, and it was my sin to scare my sister."
Wei Chengan made a flat salute, "Sister is serious, I've seen Sister Princess"
"Sister doesn't have to be polite," Princess Rong raised her hand, "Sister, please sit"
According to the etiquette, there is no rank between the princesses, since she treats herself according to the courtesy, Princess Rong naturally needs to return the salute, Wei Cheng'an knew in his heart, and naturally he didn't want to compare with her, so he sat down on the chair on the side, and stood next to him
The queen opened her mouth again, "I heard that King Chen's body has improved a few days ago, and I don't know how King Chen is now, so that this palace can rest assured."
Wei Cheng'an immediately turned sad when he heard this, and said in a low voice, "The queen mother doesn't know, the prince was really better a few days ago, and the concubine was happy, but in the past few days, I don't know why, I began to get seriously ill again, and now I can't get out of bed, and the concubine is worried that the prince can't make a child, so I can only ask the Buddha to bless the prince."
The queen wiped the corners of her mouth, and Wei Chengan couldn't see if the queen believed it or not, and heard Princess Rong say it.
"Isn't my sister proficient in medical skills, how can this daily service to King Chen make King Chen sick again?"
Wei Chengan looked ashamed, "My sister praised it falsely, my sister has only read a few medical books, the prince has been sick for many years, my sister is useless and can't help the prince, and she is also very guilty, so she has to take care of the prince according to the words of the imperial doctor."
Princess Rong looked at her intently, and smiled faintly, "Sister, Miss Yiguan, it's rare to be able to know a little bit of medical skills, and I also admire it, but now I will let my sister open her eyes."
Speaking of this, Princess Rong even had a smile in the corner of her eyes, "My sister came to diagnose my second pulse, let's see why I have always been unable to keep up my spirits recently."
Wei Chengan thought back and forth in his heart, and stepped forward with a smile, "Then let my sister smile."
Wei Cheng'an's No. 1 pulse is only Princess Rong is happy, and I know why she was so happy just now, and then I thought about it, Princess Rong already knew, why did she do this more, could it be that she had other intentions.
Thinking of this, Wei Chengan looked embarrassed, and went straight to the clinic for half an hour before slowly withdrawing his hand.
Princess Rong smiled and said, "What's the matter?"
Wei Chengan frowned, "This, my sister still sends the imperial doctor to come to the clinic again, my sister is not talented, I think this pulse is like a happy pulse, this kind of big thing can't be a child's play."
Princess Rong hid her face and smiled, and the queen also showed joy and said, "You are not wrong, Princess Rong, she is indeed two months pregnant."
When Wei Chengan heard this, he was busy "Congratulations to my sister, congratulations to my mother"
The queen smiled slightly, "Okay, don't be polite, today the palace invited everyone to enjoy the flowers, it is to add some joy to Princess Rong, it's not too early, don't let others wait for a long time"
"Yes," everyone should go out.
The queen and Princess Rong tacitly glanced at each other and walked ahead.
There were a lot of people waiting in the pavilion, and the crisp sound sounded, although it was almost autumn, there was a feeling of spring.
When everyone saw that the queen was coming, they immediately stopped talking, saluted and took their seats.
Wei Cheng'an sat beside the queen because King Chen was raised under the queen's knees.
Looking at Yingying Yanyan's group of people, Wei Chengan had a headache, although she guessed that the queen might have summoned her for King Chen, but although the queen had hinted at her more or less before she got married, she didn't know about the affairs of the palace at that time, and she only thought that the prince was a weak and sick person, and the queen just let herself take care of the prince. Today, she can diagnose Princess Rong's happy pulse, and she can naturally know that the prince was poisoned yesterday, if she doesn't know anything like before, she will naturally say that the prince is sick because he was poisoned for some reason, but at that time, Wei Chengan silently lowered his head and drank saliva and didn't dare to think about it again, fortunately, she didn't say anything about poisoning today, and the queen only guessed that the prince was indeed not poisoned, or the prince had not trusted her, and would not be sure that the prince had a problem.
Wei Chengan sighed in his heart, the queen had a medicated meal, even if the prince knew, he was helpless, but the prince made a wrong step, and it was the land of ten thousand catastrophes, after all, it was too easy for the queen and King Rong to frame a prince who would not live long, and it seemed that the prince's bet was so dangerous than his own. Many. Maybe the prince is not a person who treats human life like a grass ring, otherwise why would he keep himself until now, but put himself in such a situation.
The queen inadvertently glanced at Wei Cheng'an, who was sitting quietly on the side, after so much effort, everything is still without evidence. If she were an ordinary maid, then all this might be better, but if she was a good disguiser, it would be much more difficult.
Sister, sister, you didn't come to restrain me in this life.
"Yo, this is Princess Chen who just passed the door."
Wei Chengan knew that this person was a mean and unkind person when he heard the voice, and when he looked up, he saw a person who was dressed in dark green and was a little older among the concubines and concubines, although he was smiling with a spring breeze, but the smile was uncomfortable
"Hui Niangniang, it is the concubine body"
"I watched how the princess was born like this, in the past, the queen mother occasionally summoned the young ladies of various families into the palace, I have also seen it, how come I have never seen Princess Chen"
Wei Cheng'an smiled, "The concubine has indeed never seen the mother, and in the past, the eldest sister of the concubine entered the palace to see her."
Everyone has a clear mind in this place.
The person on the other side stretched out a voice "Oh, I see, Hongu is confused"
The tone seems to have suddenly realized, but the people present are all people like human spirits, where is there anything I don't understand, generally the queen in order to give the emperor or the prince a draft, choose relatives or just for the sake of flower viewing and other things to feast, each family in order to get the royal eyes, in addition to the concubines who must be present, the concubines are also able to enter the palace, unless the main mother is extremely disliked, and the father does not pity the concubine will stay at home.
For a while, the powerful in the family hid their faces and smiled, and the low-status people in the family watched coldly with a mind that had nothing to do with themselves.
Yingsleeve stamped his feet in his heart, but he couldn't do anything.
One of the people in the crowd who sat down couldn't bear it, and just as he was about to speak, he was quietly stopped by the grandmother next to him.
Wei Chengan still smiled, as if he hadn't seen anyone's face, "Niangniang is serious, how can Niangniang be a fool if she is so wise?"
Seeing that the person's face was a little unsightly, Wei Chengan smiled at her again, unable to find a trace of fault.
"I didn't expect Princess Chen to be sharp-toothed, and this palace is insightful."
"Okay, this palace invites you to come to the so-called two happy events today" The queen opened her mouth with the generosity and majesty of the main palace, and the two of them were busy talking, and everyone listened attentively.
The queen said leisurely, "First, for the dragon heir in Shen Guiren's womb, and secondly, Princess Rong is also pregnant, and the royal family is now full of happy events, which is worth celebrating."
For a while, the congratulations and celebrations continued, but it was unknown what others were hiding under the laughter of everyone.
Wei Chengan saw that Shen Guiren was complimented one by one after another, not only was he defenseless but also proud, and he also knew that Shen Guiren was just a brave and ignorant person, so he was not afraid that this was the queen's Hongmen banquet.
Hongmen Feast!
Wei Chengan was taken aback, and his heart beat wildly, would the queen really do anything in front of everyone, it stands to reason that the queen still wants him to stare at King Chen, and he will not give up on her so soon, but just a princess is pregnant, how can she be so celebrated, it seems that Shen Guifei has been pregnant for several months, is it really not her.