Chapter 50 Concubine Mei Suffers Herself

Concubine Mei said displeasedly: "After so many years, I have forgotten the name of this palace lady, and I don't know which palace she was transferred to. Maybe it is possible to release the palace."

Mrs. Linglong saw that Xia Zi'an was embarrassing Concubine Mei, so she could finally interject and scold her, so she put on a motherly look and said, "Zian, how many times have I told you that you must behave properly when speaking and doing things in front of others. People in the palace, as we all know, are honest and upright people. When you say this, don’t you imply that Concubine Mei is fabricating the facts? This is a crime of disrespect. Even if your mother never taught you, I always remind you. Why do you Just can't remember, and do this kind of stupid thing over and over again?"

Zi'an said fearlessly: "No, I'm not implying that Concubine Mei fabricated the facts, I made it clear that Concubine Mei fabricated the facts, such a thing could never have happened."

Concubine Mei was furious, "Xia Zi'an, how dare you frame me for fabricating facts?"

Although the empress dowager changed her mind about Zi'an, without any evidence, she directly pointed out that the concubine of the court fabricated the facts. liar."

Concubine Mei's character, the Empress Dowager can still trust her. She has been in the palace for more than 20 years. Although she is not virtuous, she still abides by her duty to serve the emperor, and she has given birth to a son and a daughter for the emperor. She cannot tolerate people outside the palace Feel free to slander.

But the Empress Dowager didn't know that the current Concubine Mei is no longer the Concubine Mei of the past. After the Emperor became seriously ill, she began to plan for future plans. She is just as strong as a mother. Although this sentence is not suitable for her, the truth is so.

Just as Zi An was about to speak, he heard the eunuch shouting from outside the hall, "The regent is here!"

As soon as the voice fell, before the empress dowager could say anything, Murong Jie came in with big strides.

After entering the palace, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Concubine Mei, "Concubine Mei, I heard you lose your temper when I was outside. Who made our always gentle Concubine Mei furious? You should be punished!"

After finishing speaking, he stepped forward and bowed, "See the queen mother."

The empress dowager said angrily: "You are not busy with your political affairs, what are you doing in the harem all the time?"

He said so, but patted the chair beside him, "Sit down."

Murong Jie looked at Zi'an with a teasing expression, "Of course my son is here to stare at his daughter-in-law."

Zi An blushed, then lowered his head.

Prime Minister Xia and Mrs. Linglong looked at each other and almost jumped up. What do you mean?

Mrs. Linglong's face is pale. This is impossible. Xia Zian is going to marry the regent? How could the regent marry her? Who wants to marry Xia Zi'an? Now, no wealthy businessman or son of an official in Beijing will marry Xia Zian. What does the regent mean?

The empress dowager laughed, "The Ai family hasn't issued an order yet, so you just call your daughter-in-law, are you ashamed?"

Murong Jie looked at Zi'an with a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Zi'an, did you offend Concubine Mei just now? Apologize to your mother."

Concubine Mei's face was also slightly pale, "My lord, you and Zi'an?"

The regent said: "Well, well, this king is embarrassed to say, lest the queen say that the king is shameless, you can ask the queen."

The empress dowager was amused by him, "Come on, get out of here, you just have no shame."

The queen was not in the mood to make trouble, she looked at Zi'an, "You just said that what Concubine Mei said was fabricated, do you have evidence? According to what Concubine Mei said, this court lady is very hard to find nowadays."

Zi'an bowed and said, "Empress, this maid is actually not difficult to find. Just now, Empress Meifei said that this maid is very popular with her, and she is a palace maid who serves in the palace. Beloved, even if Concubine Mei can't remember her name, the people around the concubine will definitely remember it. If they can't remember, you can ask the internal affairs eunuch to find out who the maid is. .”

The queen hummed, "It makes sense, so let's order someone to investigate."

She told Eunuch Sun, "You go there and look up Yuan's records of entering the palace when Concubine Mei was still a concubine, and then check the people who served Concubine Mei at that time."

Concubine Mei turned pale, but she couldn't stop Eunuch Sun from investigating.

As long as we investigate, we can know that when she was a noble concubine, Yuan Shi never entered the palace at all.

Yuan shi only entered the palace to greet her in the first year of her marriage to Prime Minister Xia, and at that time, she had not been sealed as a concubine by the wind. Ever since Prime Minister Xia brought Linglong back to the mansion, she has lived in seclusion and never entered the palace.

There is a record of the minister's family entering the palace, and one only needs to check to know that she was lying just now.

The queen didn't know about this, but Zi'an knew that Zi'an still had the memory of the original owner in his mind, and he clearly remembered that since the original owner was sensible, the Yuan family had never stepped out of the prime minister's house.

She was punishing herself, punishing her for seeing the wrong person, in her own way.

The queen looked at Concubine Mei's face, and knew that Zi'an's army was right.

She didn't make a sound, just looked up at Murong Jie, and he rushed over suddenly, naturally he couldn't come to see the excitement, she found that Murong Jie was protecting Xia Zian intentionally or unintentionally.

Sure enough, Murong Jie spoke, and asked Prime Minister Xia, "Master Xiang didn't go to court today, he said he was sick at the government office, why are you all right now?"

Prime Minister Xia was already bewildered by the matter of Zi'an bestowing a marriage to the Prince Regent. Hearing Murong Jie's question, he replied perfunctorily, "I'm better after taking the medicine."

"Master Xiang should pay more attention to his health. I'd like to ask Lord Xiang to share this burdensome state affairs with me." Murong Jie said seriously.

Prime Minister Xia secretly slandered, what are you talking about sharing state affairs now? In the court, he had already targeted him time and time again. In the past, he had to go through the prime minister's papers and submit them directly to the regent's palace.

Naturally, he didn't dare to say these words, he just said embarrassingly: "Yes, I know."

Mrs. Linglong couldn't help asking: "My lord, is the daughter-in-law you mentioned just now our family Zi'an?"

Murong Jie smiled and said: "Aside from her, who else in this palace can be my concubine? Does Madam not agree?"

Mrs. Linglong's face was pale, but she did not give up and said: "Thanks to the prince who does not dislike our family's Zi'an and made an appointment for a marriage, it is natural for me to be a concubine."

Murong Jie laughed, "Why would this king despise it? What is this engagement? Didn't Madam also get married once? Didn't she marry the Prime Minister and be loved by the Prime Minister for many years?"

Seeing Mrs. Linglong's expression suddenly turned ugly, Zi'an couldn't help but smile, she didn't expect Murong Jie to have such a vicious side.

Yuan's most jealous of people saying that she was married, if anyone in the mansion dares to mention the word "widow", she will definitely make trouble.

But now, he can only hold his face, not daring to vent his anger.

The Empress Dowager has been staring at Concubine Mei, and just now when Zi'an asked Eunuch Sun to investigate, she noticed that Concubine Mei's complexion was not good.