The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

"Well, the emperor must know about the letter that reached the border. I was just wondering, why did the emperor let the letter be sent out when he knew the letter for help from the imperial concubine and the fourth prince? What is the emperor planning?"

The emperor did not give everyone too much time to speculate, and quickly issued a new imperial edict, stating that the imperial concubine was wrongly accused.

The imperial edict greatly praised the imperial concubine for her contributions and hard work over the years. In order to appease the imperial concubine's anger, the emperor decided to grant the imperial concubine a queen title.

Those who had tried to stay away from the concubine when she was in trouble gathered around her again.

In particular, Mrs. Hu not only paid homage to the imperial concubine in person, she was also very happy that Meng Wenlan had become the concubine of the fourth prince.

"We, Lan'er, are fighting against little fools. If the empress and Your Highness hadn't given up, how could we, Lan'er, be so lucky?"

The imperial concubine who climbed up from the quagmire was very familiar with people's attitude of worshiping superiors and scorning inferiors. She sneered: "It's not good for the fourth prince to have a concubine by the side before he has a wife. In this case, Mrs. Meng, please treat Meng Wen first." Lan leads her back, and when the prince marries his wife in the future, I will take her back."

In the past, I wanted to win over the Meng family, but it was for the power of Meng Shangshu.

But after so many things, the imperial concubine clearly knew that Meng Shangshu did not regard the fourth prince as a future monarch at all.

After so many things happened, Meng Shangshu either pretended to be stupid or sick. She will be the queen now. Without Meng Shangshu, the fourth prince's position as prince will be stable in the future.

She now despises the Meng family very much.

"Someone, go and bring Miss Meng over."

Suddenly hearing the imperial concubine's decision, Mrs. Hu immediately knelt down.

People from her mother's family were sent to big prisons, and others were dismissed. Her husband had ignored her for many years, and her son had not yet received any fame.

Now the only one she can rely on is Meng Wenlan. If Meng Wenlan's future is gone, she, the mistress of the Meng family, will really be helpless.

"My Majesty, please calm down. The situation in the palace was unpredictable at that time. I was confused for a moment and believed the rumors from outsiders. I did not intend to betray my Majesty."

"Besides, that stupid decision was made by my wife and has nothing to do with Lan'er. She is only thinking about the fourth prince. Don't be angry with her."

"Besides, Lan'er is now the Fourth Prince's. If you let her go home with my wife, how can she have the dignity to live in this world? Please give Lan'er a way to survive. If you want to punish me, then punish my wife."

When the imperial concubine saw Mr. Hu crying until her nose was full of tears, she snorted and said nothing.

It's not that she is soft-hearted, but if Meng Wenlan really goes home and commits suicide by wiping her neck, she will have a bad reputation.

She understood the threat in Hu's words, but it was just a concubine, and she didn't bother to care about it.

Just because the imperial concubine doesn't care doesn't mean that the fourth prince doesn't care. He didn't like Meng Wenlan in the first place. He knew clearly that Meng Wenlan tried to escape that day.

Later, he admitted Meng Wenlan into the house, but he just held his breath in his heart. Now he is more popular than before, and Meng Wenlan doesn't like anything.

"Go away, since you didn't want to follow His Highness at first, just follow your mother back now."

"Your Highness, you can't drive me away. I am now yours. You can let me go wherever you want."

Meng Wenlan's cry did not arouse the pity of the fourth prince at all. He mocked: "It's just a thing to serve the bed. Your Highness has not married yet. Isn't it ruining my reputation by keeping you by my side?"

"Your Highness, how can you say that? I was brought in by a noble concubine in a sedan chair, and I am the legitimate daughter of Meng Shangshu. How can you insult me ​​like this?"

Meng Wenlan was shaken after hearing this. She had never been humiliated like this before. The fourth prince's words did not leave her any dignity at all.

"Daughter of Meng Shangshu, don't tell me that Your Highness has forgotten that you have a father. After all this time, has your father ever remembered you as a daughter?"

"Hmph, you are an abandoned son, why are you pretending to be a rich lady? Your Highness has no concubines, and there is always a foot-washing maid. If you really want to stay, you can wash His Highness's feet from now on."

Meng Wenlan couldn't believe that the fourth prince would humiliate her in this way. Her red eyes were filled with tears. She gritted her teeth to prevent herself from making any sound, and replied tremblingly: "Yes."

She couldn't leave the palace, and as a woman who had been the fourth prince, no one would marry her in the future.

Moreover, she concluded that after she left the palace, the fourth prince would never take her back, so the only way to die was waiting for her. How could she die? How could she die?

She touched her belly with her hand. As long as there was a child here, she would have room to turn over.

In the Chengming Hall, Meng Wenyao asked Aunt Yue: "Do you know when the ceremony for conferring the queen will be held? Do you know if I will be pregnant at that time?"

"This old slave hasn't heard of it either, but everyone in the palace said that the emperor felt that the border was tight and the treasury was empty, so he said he would wait for a victory at the border before sealing the rear."

Meeting Li Heng in the evening, Meng Wenyao couldn't help but laugh and said: "Your Highness, the emperor wants to wait for the victory at the border to be crowned queen. Has the emperor turned against the imperial concubine's mother's brothers?"

If they wanted to seal the imperial concubine as queen, they would have to submit a letter again to ensure that there were no problems at the border. They would even have to change the border guards before the emperor would agree to seal her.

At that time, the imperial concubine only had the title of queen for nothing, and the real power of her natal brothers was eclipsed, which might not make the emperor make concessions.

"Yes, the concubine's mother-in-law's brothers actually made a bad move. The emperor is the emperor. Even if he is forced to have a queen, there are no examples of deposed queens in the history books. They are really smart."

"Then if the emperor dies immediately after the concubine is made queen, then the fourth prince will be the legitimate heir."

Li Heng was stunned and surprised that Meng Wenyao thought of this. The death of an emperor has been a taboo matter since ancient times. Ordinary people would be anxious to see the emperor die.

That is to say, Meng Wenyao was bold and began to calculate the day when the emperor would die.

"It's okay to say this in front of me, but don't reveal it in front of others."

Meng Wenyao threw herself into Li Heng's arms coquettishly and whispered: "Of course it is because I am in front of His Highness that I dare to be so arrogant. Don't worry, I won't say a word nonsense when I go out."

Li Heng held Meng Wenyao in his arms and looked at the dark night sky outside through the window. Meng Wenyao could think of things, and the emperor should also be able to think of them.

How about going to have some fresh air tomorrow?

The next day, Li Heng hesitated for a long time and went to the imperial study room.

"I heard that my father's nightmares got worse a few days ago. I wonder how you are doing these days?"

Speaking of nightmares, the emperor thought of the former prince and the fourth prince who appeared intertwined in the dream, and he said "um" with a bad look on his face.

"Father, I have something to ask of you today."

"You said."

Li Heng took a look at the emperor's expression. It was not as kind as usual, but if he didn't say something now, he would have fewer opportunities in the future.

He put on a sad expression and said: "Father, since the death of my mother, I heard that you sealed Zhaoyang Palace. Now that you are going to establish a new queen, Zhaoyang Palace will have to be renovated. My son wants to go in and get some money." A relic left behind by the Queen Mother during her lifetime."