A cold dream is not a dream come true

Who is going to kill me?

After returning from the palace, Prince Xi lifted the restraint on me.Having regained my freedom, I began to secretly investigate the affairs of Empress Li.But Concubine Li seemed to know that I was looking for her, and disappeared without a trace in front of me.

Prince Xi was still busy and was not seen all day long.Su Zimo was busy with Prince Xi, and Prince Qian's mansion became deserted.The prince still lives in Prince Cheng's Mansion, and Chu Qingwu can only accompany him all day long.

The empress's health deteriorated day by day, but due to the oppression of Concubine Li, the imperial physicians did not dare to come forward for diagnosis and treatment, so they could only act in a hurry.The empress had also proposed with Concubine Li to re-appoint the crown prince, but Concubine Li had diverted the topic several times, and after a while, the empress no longer mentioned it.

On this day, Luoyang experienced the first snow since winter.I pushed open the door, only to feel a burst of cold.The ground in Prince Xi's mansion was covered with a layer of white snow.The sky is very dark, the snow is still falling, I don't know when it will stop.

Snowflakes fell on my neck, and I shuddered.At this time, a small animal suddenly came in from the yard, and ran into the house close to my feet.

"Ah! What is it!" I screamed in fright.

When the maids heard my cry, they ran over one after another.A maid quickly grabbed the animal, held it in her arms and said to me, "Princess Meng, it's a black cat."

I closed the door, turned around and looked at the black cat carefully. It was not big, about two inches long, with short black hair all over its body.The light in the room was very dim, and its eyes were wide open, looking at us warily.

Presumably the black cat had no place to live due to the heavy snow outside. Seeing that it was pitiful, I asked the maid to go to the kitchen to get some food to feed it.

"But..." the maid said hesitantly while holding a black cat, "Black cats are always a bad omen, Princess Meng should not keep it..."

I don't believe these claims, and now it's freezing outside, if you drive the black cat out of the house, it will definitely die.And I'm not afraid of any bad luck it will bring me, because I haven't had any festive events since I came back to Luoyang.

"It's okay." I said to the maid, "there are few people in the house, and it is very lonely on weekdays, so I don't eat much food if I keep it."

"Yes." The maid did not dare to disobey my intention, so she went to the kitchen to prepare food for the black cat.

At this time, Wan Xia's nanny came out from the back room holding Wan Xia who had just woken up.When Wanxia saw me, she shouted happily: "Mother! Mother!"

Only when I saw Wanxia did my mood get better.I temporarily put aside the troubles in front of me, and reached out to take Wanxia.

"My dear Wanxia, ​​did you listen to what the nanny said?" I asked lovingly as I patted Wanxia's head.

"En!" Wanxia nodded seriously, and then she saw the black cat lying on the ground, tilted her head and asked, "Meow?"

I was amused by Wanxia's expression, and said to him with a smile, "It's a cat, a little black cat."

"Cat!" Wanxia learned seriously.

Wanxia has just started to learn to speak, and can only speak a word or two occasionally.Even so, I never tire of communicating with her.Because now only Wanxia is left in my life, even if everyone abandons me, as long as Wanxia still calls me "Mother", I will live a good life.

I was having a great time with Wanxia when the maid who went to the kitchen to fetch food suddenly pushed open the door and happily put a bowl of almond soup on the table and said with a smile: "Princess Meng, servant girl I made a bowl of almond soup for you, drink it while it's hot."

The almond soup is steaming hot, and the sweet smell fills the whole room, making people appetite.Little Wanxia was also attracted by this tempting bowl of almond soup, patted me with her little hands, and clamored for me to feed her.

I picked up the soup spoon, gently scooped up a spoonful of almond soup, and put it on my lips to cool it.At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed in front of my eyes, I hugged Wanxia tightly in fright and immediately got up, only feeling that the spoon in my hand was knocked off by something.Then with a bang, the almond soup was knocked over to the ground.

"Princess Meng!" Seeing this, the maids ran over one after another.I saw the black cat squatting on the ground playing with the spoon that fell to the ground.Then, under our gaze, the black cat dropped the spoon to lick the almond soup that had been spilled on the floor.

"Wow wow wow..." Wan Xia was so frightened that she burst into tears, and the nanny immediately took Wan Xia over and carried her into the room.

I was so angry that I pointed at the black cat and shouted: "You bastard, I took you in with good intentions, but you knocked over my almond soup and made my Wanxia cry!"

Seeing that I was annoyed, the maids immediately went forward to clean the floor.A younger maid picked up a broom and slowly approached the black cat, trying to drive it away.Unexpectedly, as soon as she approached the black cat, she yelled: "The black cat is dead!"

"What?" I frowned and looked at the black cat.I saw that the black cat, which was still alive and kicking just now, had fallen beside the almond soup scattered all over the floor.There were bloodstains from the black cat's mouth, nose, and ears, and its death was very tragic.

"The seven orifices are bleeding!" It was probably the first time the maids had seen such a scene, and they all screamed in fright.

Seeing this kind of scene, my first reaction is that the almond soup is poisonous.Then, I took out the silver needle and tried it in the overturned bowl, and found that the silver-white needle tip immediately turned black.Sure enough, someone poisoned the almond soup.But when I thought of this, I realized that something was wrong. Who poisoned it?Why did he want to kill me?

At this time, the maid who just went to the kitchen to bring me almond soup was so scared that her face turned green. She knelt down with a "plop" and kowtowed while shouting: "Princess Meng, spare my life, Princess Meng! The servant really didn't come down!" Poisonous! This servant really didn’t intend to harm you!”

I squinted my eyes and looked at the maid kowtowing on the ground. This maid is called Jun'er, she just turned 13 years old, and she is the youngest maid in Prince Xi's mansion.Jun'er usually speaks and does things very neatly, but she has some small ideas, but I really can't think of a reason why she wants to harm me.

"Who ordered you to do it?" I asked sharply.

My roar made Juan'er tremble in fright, "This servant really doesn't know, this servant was not ordered by others, nor did she intend to harm Princess Meng! Please forgive Princess Meng! Please forgive Princess Meng!"

If I forgive Jun'er at this moment, there may not be many incidents like this in the future. Besides, if it weren't for the black cat today, it would be Wanxia who died of poisoning. How could I easily forgive such a person?

The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, and I shouted loudly: "You want to ask for forgiveness after poisoning and murdering me? Someone, drag me out and give me another [-] slaps!"

After giving an order, Jun'er burst into tears: "Princess Meng! This servant knows it's wrong! But this servant really didn't poison me! Please check carefully, Princess Meng!"

None of the other maids in the room dared to come forward to intercede, and they all stood beside them with their heads lowered, too scared to make a sound.Several servants pushed open the door of the house and rushed forward, dragging Jun'er out to torture without saying a word.

It was too late to say it, but someone outside the door shouted loudly: "The Empress Li is here!"

Concubine Li?I was a little taken aback when I heard the name.Afterwards, I saw that everyone in the room stopped their movements, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted in unison: "Good luck, Concubine Li!"

Concubine Li?Could it be dimple?

"Prince Xi's mansion is so lively early in the morning, what is Princess Xi doing?" As soon as the words fell, the door was pushed open, and then a gorgeously dressed concubine walked in.The concubine was wearing a pink satin padded jacket with a wide white belt around her waist. Her long hair was neatly tied behind her head, and her hair was full of golden hairpins symbolizing concubines in the harem.

"Diao'er!?" I walked forward quickly in surprise, and grabbed Concubine Li's hand. "Are you really a dimple?"

The palace maid following Concubine Li shouted to me: "Bold Concubine Meng, why don't you kneel down when you see Concubine Li!"

I let go of Concubine Li's hand and followed the voice, only to see that the one who was following behind Concubine Li and yelling at me aggressively was none other than Ling'er, who used to be a servant in Qifu Medicine Hall.

"Xiang Ling, don't be rude." Concubine Li said to Ling'er.

At this point, I'm a little confused.Dimple entered the palace and became a concubine Li, but how did Ling'er become a palace maid?Didn't I see Ling'er adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Zhao Tiejiang and his wife in Jinhe Town in the early days of our escape?Why did we meet again in Luoyang today?

Concubine Li didn't speak, but raised her head and looked at me quietly, waiting for me to kneel down and say hello.

Even though Dimple and I have been separated for a year, I have many things I want to tell her at this time, but I can't express them when the words come to my lips.

At this time, Concubine Li said, "Princess Meng, why don't you greet me?"

Originally, I still cared about my sister's affection, but now Li Fei's words really make me angry.I sneered and said, "How can a sister kneel down for a younger sister?"

"You're presumptuous!" the court lady Xiangling yelled, pointing at me.

Linger took care of me and my sister a lot, I smiled in my heart and said, "Hey, isn't this Linger, the servant of Qifu Medicine Hall? Now he also flies on the branch and becomes a phoenix? A few months ago , aren’t you a brothel child in Hongxianglou in Jinhe Town?”

When the other court ladies behind me heard what I said, they all secretly laughed, and the maid Xiangling's face changed color with anger, she pointed at me and said: "You, you, you..."

Concubine Li was annoyed by them, she immediately frowned and said to them, "You all go out!"

The maids were terrified of Concubine Li, and they all left the room with their heads bowed.Seeing that Concubine Li dismissed the maids, I also winked at my maids, and they immediately helped the fainted Jun'er out of the room.

When there were only me and Concubine Li left in the room, Concubine Li turned around and closed the door tightly.When I saw this, I knew she wanted to discuss something important with me.

After Concubine Li closed the door, she showed a seductive smile and said proudly to me: "Sister Chuhan, can you kneel down and pay my respects now?"