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

The Queen Mother's birthday arrived as scheduled, and countless courtiers and officials gathered at Fushou Temple to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday.

In order to match the status of the Queen Mother, Fushou Temple has undergone several major expansions and can now accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The Queen Mother herself usually practices cultivation in Songhua Nunnery on the east side of Fushou Temple, and all the female family members also traditionally pay birthdays to the Queen Mother in Songhua Nunnery.

But at the beginning of the birthday greetings, the Queen Mother had to go to the Main Hall of Fushou Temple to accept the kneeling worship of hundreds of officials, and then she and the Emperor exchanged their deep love for mother and son.

I don’t know how long it will take to delay before returning to Songhua Temple to receive the audience from the female family members.

While waiting boredly, Meng Wenyao began to move freely like many female relatives. She only had to wait for the bell to ring and return to the main hall in time to pay her respects.

She came to the junction of Songhua Temple and Fushou Temple, saw a young novice monk, and asked: "Is the visit to the main hall over now? What is the regent doing?"

Although Meng Wenyao did not ask the Queen Mother, but only the Regent, which made the young novice feel strange, but for the young lady who came down from the mountain, it was normal to be strange.

The innocent little novice monk replied: "Emitābha, the visit in the main hall is over. Now the Queen Mother and the Emperor are listening to sutras in the abbot's Zen room. The Regent has never believed in this, so he should be resting in his own wing."

The emperor could only meet the queen mother once a year, so each birthday visit would last for several days. Meng Wenyao was not in a hurry to meet the regent on the first day. The rules were not so strict tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so she would have many opportunities to meet by chance.

Taking Xiaozhi to a secluded place, she originally wanted to take a rest, but she heard a familiar voice behind the rows of pines and cypresses.

"Shi Quan, find someone to invite Miss Liu to come over. Just tell her that I will wait for her here. If she doesn't come, I will keep waiting. No, if she doesn't come, I will go to Songhua Temple to find her."

It was such a coincidence that I met Zou Zhiyuan's little lover again. Listening to his tone, this little lover still didn't want to come over?

Meng Wenyao quickly judged the current situation. If she ran over and made it clear to Zou Zhiyuan, if there were rumors that the two families would cancel their engagement in the future, and she didn't know the people inside, she would think she had made some mistake.

Why not take advantage of Zou Zhiyuan's private meeting with his young lover and let people know about it, so that he can be on the moral side by terminating the engagement.

This thought only took a moment, and Meng Wenyao felt that it was inappropriate. Today was a critical period for the Queen Mother to pay her birthday. If there was a scandal, she didn't know how she would be punished. It was hard to say whether she could break off the engagement.

But if she doesn't take advantage of it, she feels like she's missing out on an opportunity.

"Xiao Zhi, find a novice monk and find the regent. Tell him that there is someone who is promiscuous here and deliberately ruins the Queen Mother's birthday."

At this time, the Queen Mother was listening to the scriptures with the Emperor. When the time comes, the Prince Regent will definitely not let too many people know about such a big scandal.

It's very possible that he came over and took care of it himself, and then pretended that nothing happened, allowing everyone to continue happily congratulating the Queen Mother on her birthday.

As soon as the regent came over, she would run to the opposite side, crying that she and Zou Zhiyuan were not destined to be together, and took advantage of the situation to call off the marriage.

If the regent hadn't come to deal with it in person, it would have been better for her to adapt to the situation. Anyway, it was not her who had the private meeting, and it was not her turn to be embarrassed.

As soon as Xiaozhi left, Meng Wenyao opened a bush and looked across.

I saw Zou Zhiyuan walking around anxiously, looking impatient, and he looked really passionate!

Like Zou Zhiyuan, she was extremely anxious, fearing that the regent would arrive early and Zou Zhiyuan's Miss Liu had not arrived yet.

Fortunately, she didn't wait too long when she saw a girl passing by the bushes on her side and ducking into the opposite side.

"Yin'er!" Zou Zhiyuan said excitedly.

"Mr. Zou!" Liu Mengyin seemed polite and distant.

Meng Wenyao looked to the other side anxiously, praying that the regent Xie Yunzhou would come over quickly, otherwise if the two of them ended up early, their plan would be in vain.

"Yin'er, I have informed my father and mother, and they have agreed to our marriage. I originally wanted to go directly to your house to propose marriage, but Master has not come out of the palace these two days. I asked you to come over and told you in advance. Good news for you.”

After Zou Zhiyuan finished speaking excitedly, he wanted to grab Liu Mengyin's hand, but Liu Mengyin shook it off without ceremony.

"Master Zou, you are my father's disciple, and I only regard you as my elder brother. I have no other thoughts. Since you are already getting married, it's better not to do what he wants. It's impossible for us."

Liu Mengyin's cold refusal was like a blow to Zou Zhiyuan.

He looked at Liu Mengyin in disbelief, his face filled with pain: "Yin'er, I failed to insist on marrying you before, and I let you down. You also know that I had no choice but to have the emperor above me and the Meng family below. …”

The emotions between the two people gradually reached a climax, but the regent Xie Yunzhou had not yet appeared, and Meng Wenyao was sweating anxiously.

She thought that Xie Yunzhou should have passed through Fushou Temple, that is, he would have appeared behind Zou Zhiyuan first.

She tried her best to push through the dense pine trees, trying to see if there were any shadows of people approaching in the distance, but unfortunately, there was nothing.

Liu Mengyin on the opposite side seemed to not want to get involved with Zou Zhiyuan any more, and said coldly: "Master Zou, forget about the past. We are done here. If you are still my father's disciple, we can get together and part ways. You If you keep entangled, I, Liu Mansion, will have nothing to do with you."

Zou Zhiyuan felt that God must be making fun of him. He couldn't understand why Liu Mengyin didn't want his wife now even though she was willing to be a concubine.

"Yin'er, Master doesn't agree, right?"

"No, I don't want to."

After saying that, Liu Mengyin turned around and was about to leave. Zou Zhiyuan took a few steps back sadly and said in a hoarse voice: "Yin'er, you know I only have you in my heart, and I have always only had you. Why do you do this to me!!"

Zou Zhiyuan's grief made Liu Mengyin's decisive steps pause for a moment, but judging from the looks of these two people, Liu Mengyin probably wouldn't stay too long.

Meng Wenyao saw that there was no sign of anyone else except these two people on the opposite side, and she knew that no one was coming to catch the adulterer today.

In order to avoid waiting for Liu Mengyin to come around and meet her later, she decided to leave one step ahead. Anyway, there was nothing new between the two of them.

She carefully let go of the bushes, slowly withdrew, sighed, and turned around to leave.

Suddenly, she hit a hot iron wall. She held her head and quickly took two steps back. She saw a four-clawed golden dragon embroidered with dark patterns on the black clothes that caught her eye.

Something suddenly exploded in my mind. Could this be the legendary regent?

It's just that he shouldn't have gone through Fushou Temple, so why did he take a detour to Songhua'an?

But now that she encountered him by chance, Meng Wenyao immediately adjusted her strategy. When she looked up again, her face was filled with grief.