After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

After Zhang Feihu left, Meng Qianqian sat on the steps for a long time, until the golden morning light shone through every leaf of the crabapple tree.

Zhang Feihu, who was leaving, also stared at the gradually brightening sky for a long time.

Meng Qianqian's words kept lingering in his mind:

"Is the final verdict of the imperial court necessarily correct?"

"Xiaojiu, what do you want to do?"

"Truth and justice!"

"Even if I have to dissect every charred and rotten corpse, I will find out the truth of what happened back then."

the truth.

Xiaojiu, do you know what the truth means sometimes?

Can you really bear to go through fire and water to find the truth?

……

The old lady slept until she woke up naturally. When she opened her eyes, she heard the sound of Meng Qianqian practicing archery in the yard. She was extremely happy.

Zhao Si came to take her back to Lu's house.

The old lady held her chest and said, "Oh, my head hurts, my legs hurt, my stomach hurts, I can't walk! I can't walk!"

boom!

She slammed the door decisively!

Zhao Si, who was frustrated, said: "..."

In the morning, Eunuch Wang from Changchun Palace came again and brought Concubine Li's reward with a smile - a pot of gorgeous peonies.

Meng Qianqian couldn't understand why someone sent a pot of flowers all the way from the palace.

Fortunately, there was a pair of silver jewelry with a very unique style, unlike what people in the Central Plains wear.

After asking, Meng Qianqian found out that Concubine Li's peonies were shipped from the Western Regions, and the silver jewelry was shipped from Miaojiang. They were extremely precious and in short supply.

Eunuch Wang said with a smile: "The queen is thinking about Miss Meng, and as soon as she has something new, she immediately sends this old servant to bring it to you."

Meng Qianqian smiled slightly: "Eunuch Wang, please thank the Imperial Concubine for me."

She asked Banxia to reward him with a purse, and Eunuch Wang returned to the palace to report with a smile.

Banxia asked in confusion, "Miss, what is Concubine Li up to? Doesn't she hate us? She sends us gifts, flowers, and jewelry. If you don't know, you might think she loves you, not Lin Wan'er!"

Meng Qianqian shook her head: "She doesn't love Lin Wan'er that much. It's Lin Wan'er who is useful to her, and the same goes for me."

The last time she heard that man say "seven days" and "on the way" to Concubine Li in the palace, she still hasn't figured out what he meant. She thought that an important person was coming to the capital, but she hasn't heard of anyone coming in recent days.

Could it be referring to the flowers from the Western Regions and the jewelry from Miaojiang?

In the afternoon, Zhou Nanyan came to see her.

"Sister Meng, I'm sorry to have come to your house so suddenly."

"how come?"

Meng Qianqian likes Zhou Nanyan very much, and it’s not inconvenient for her since she lives alone at home.

"Sister Meng, your yard is so beautiful!"

Zhou Nanyan praised sincerely.

Although the courtyard is not big, it has flowers and grass, crabapples, green bamboos, a small pond with koi, and a swing and a wooden horse. It is quiet and elegant, yet lively and interesting.

Meng Qianqian said: "If Yan'er likes it, you can come often."

The wind was a little stronger today, so Meng Qianqian invited Zhou Nanyan to come in and sit down.

Zhou Nanyan saw the peonies under the corridor and asked in surprise, "Sister Meng, was this flower given by the Imperial Concubine?"

"That's right." Meng Qianqian answered, then thought of something and asked, "You have one too?"

Zhou Nanyan nodded, and suddenly felt relieved, and said: "Originally, I came to see Sister Meng today because I was depressed, but now that Sister Meng wants to enter the palace with me, I don't seem to be so sad anymore."

"Enter the palace?"

Meng Qianqian didn't understand.

After all, she had little dealings with the palace and didn't quite understand the twists and turns involved.

Zhou Nanyan told her without reservation.

Concubine Li gave out three pots of flowers in total. The peony was given to the daughter of the Yao family, which meant that she would be promised the position of queen, while Meng Qianqian and Zhou Nanyan received the peony, which represented the position of concubine.

"No wonder I couldn't find out to whom the other pot of peonies was delivered."

Meng Qianqian suddenly realized: "So that's it."

Is Concubine Li so crazy? How old is Zong Zhengxi when he starts choosing a queen? And he chooses a second-married woman like me?

Just because of the irreconcilable conflict between her and me, isn't she afraid that I will kill her son with a knife?

Meng Qianqian asked: "Yan'er, are you sure this pot of flowers means entering the palace as a concubine?"

Zhou Nanyan nodded: "Well, just wait for the imperial palace to issue an order."

Meng Qianqian murmured: "The imperial palace issued an order..."

Now that Lu Yuan is the regent, the emperor's edict should pass through his hands. As long as Lu Yuan disagrees, the edict will not be issued.

After Zhou Nanyan left, Meng Qianqian went to the Governor's Mansion.

The servants thought she was going to tidy up the library again, but she turned around and went to Tinglan Courtyard.

When the servants saw this, they didn't dare to stop him.

"Miss Meng!"

The maid from Tinglan Courtyard bowed to Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian asked, "Is the Grand Commander here?"

The maid said, "The Grand Commander and Miss Baoshu are not here."

Meng Qianqian asked doubtfully, "Even Baoshu is not here."

The maid said respectfully, "I heard that she entered the palace."

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Lu Yuan was dealing with memorials to the emperor. Bao Shu threw his memorial on the ground, then crawled around in the pile of memorials and tore up any one she didn't like.

For example, impeaching Meng Xiaojiu for being unworthy of the position and unable to be in charge of the Yinhu Order.

The eunuch holding the seal entered with several memorials and bowed respectfully: "Grand Commander, His Majesty has drafted several imperial edicts, please have a look."

Lu Yuan didn't even raise his eyelids.

The eunuch holding the seal maintained the posture of presenting the imperial edict and did not dare to breathe.

After a long while, Lu Yuan said slowly: "Read it."

"Yes."

The eunuch in charge of the seal placed the imperial edicts on the side table and read them one by one in a soft voice. They were the arranged marriages for the emperor. The first imperial edict was to make the emperor's cousin Yao Qingluan the empress, the second was to make General Zhou's daughter Zhou Nanyan the Jade Consort, and the last one was to make Yinhu Guard Meng Xiaojiu the Zhao Consort.

After the eunuch in charge of the seal finished reading, Lu Yuan's expression did not change at all.

The eunuch in charge of the imperial seal carefully placed the imperial edict next to Lu Yuan's hand.

Bao Shu crawled over grunting, first climbed onto the stool, then climbed onto the table, and then grabbed the third imperial edict and started to tear it apart.

Lu Yuan gave her a cold look and said, "Do you want to die?"

The eunuch in charge of the seal smiled and said, "Ms. Baoshu, the imperial edict cannot be torn up."

Baoshu held the imperial edict seriously, and was very angry!

Suddenly, she had an idea.

In Changchun Palace, Concubine Li had just painted her nails with new cardamom, which made them look incredibly beautiful. She was extremely satisfied.

While admiring her nails, she asked the eunuch Wang beside her with a smile: "Has His Majesty drafted an edict?"

Eunuch Wang smiled and said, "I have drafted it and sent it to the Grand Commander for review. I wonder if he will agree to it?"

Concubine Li said confidently, "I have written in the imperial edict that Meng Xiaojiu should marry as the daughter of the governor's mansion. It doesn't count as stealing her from him. He will agree."

As he was speaking, a young eunuch hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial edict to confer the title of Emperor Meng Xiaojiu..."

Concubine Li asked, "What's wrong?"

The young eunuch said awkwardly: "The imperial decree...let Miss Baoshu eat it!"