After the divorce, the four big guys became my servants

If His Majesty and the Meng family knew about this, would they spare her?

If she hadn't locked Meng Changning in the torture chamber, would someone have taken the opportunity to poison Meng Changning to death?

What's more, anyone who dares to poison the daughter of an official in the palace must be no simple person.

The housekeeper is just a servant and she doesn't want to get involved.

At this time, the palace maid had an idea and came up with an idea: "Mammy, if you want to suppress this matter, I have a plan."

"Say!"

The maid lowered her voice and said, "Tuberculosis. We said Meng Changning died of tuberculosis."

"Will this work?" The housekeeper was a little hesitant: "What if His Majesty sends a royal doctor?"

"No, who would want to see a doctor for a disease like tuberculosis? We just need to create some evidence that Meng Changning is coughing up blood, and report it directly to His Majesty, bypassing the Imperial Hospital."

The housekeeper was in great turmoil; she was so frightened that she could not think of any other ideas.

So, after hearing this, she had no choice but to nod.

"Just do as you say!"

And the subsequent development was exactly as the palace maid said.

When Emperor Chu learned that Meng Changning had suffered from tuberculosis and suddenly died, he was only surprised for a moment and then made a decision.

He ordered people to transport Meng Changning's body away and burn it, and then appease the Meng family.

Emperor Chu was very open-minded: tuberculosis is a natural disaster and there is nothing human can do about it.

A life was lost just like that.

The housekeeper and the palace maid both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks to you, I will not treat you unfairly in the future." After returning to the Ye Ting, the housekeeper said to the palace maid.

The palace maid was overjoyed: "I am Liang Cuiyun, thank you very much, Steward!"

She took the opportunity to let the steward know her name.

The housekeeper looked at her with admiration.

What no one knew was that it was this palace maid named Liang Cuiyun who handed the kettle to Meng Changning last night.

...

Meng Changning's body was dragged out by two eunuchs that morning.

This tuberculosis is so contagious that she had to be burned on the mountain.

The mountain road was bumpy and difficult to walk on, and the two eunuchs pulled the cart with great effort.

The wheel was blocked by a stone, and the eunuch behind kicked it hard: "Damn it!"

Unexpectedly, with this kick, the cart lost control and rushed downhill at high speed.

"Ah--" The eunuch in front was swept away by the cart and was so scared that he quickly took the opportunity to jump to the side.

The cart went straight down the cliff.

The two eunuchs were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

At this moment, they knew that they were in the same boat, so they tacitly kept silent.

When the two eunuchs finished burning the body with trepidation and returned to the palace to report, the news of Meng Changning's death was brought to the Meng Mansion by Eunuch Su, the chief eunuch beside Emperor Chu.

Also taken along were some gold and silver as compensation.

Upon hearing the bad news, Mrs. Meng fainted on the spot.

Meng Qingyun picked up a knife and was about to rush to the palace.

"My daughter was fine when she entered the palace. How could she die just a few days later? I want to ask His Majesty for justice!"

Eunuch Su quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, please mourn for me. The eldest lady died of tuberculosis. This is a natural disaster. There is nothing anyone can do about it!"

"Bullshit!" Meng Qingyun's eyes were red, and he picked up the knife and chopped on Eunuch Su's arm.

"If you stop me, I'll kill you!"

Eunuch Su had never suffered such an injustice. He stared at Meng Qingyun with wide eyes and dared not stop him anymore.

Meng Qingyun rushed to the palace in a rage, but the door of Qiankun Palace was closed. He knelt at the door and shouted loudly to protest his injustice.

"Your Majesty, my daughter died unjustly. I beg Your Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation!"

"Your Majesty, Meng has made great contributions to Nanchu. I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for my daughter!"

"His Majesty--"

When he shouted for the third time, a palace maid brought the bloody handkerchief coughed out by Meng Changning and placed it in front of Meng Qingyun.

Meng Qingyun's lips trembled and he fell to the ground weakly.

"This is……?"

The palace maid looked at his bloody knife and explained with fear in her heart.

"General, this is the evidence of Miss Meng's coughing up blood. The palace said that a palace maid had died of tuberculosis before, and she left some things behind that she had not had time to throw away. Your daughter... may have used something by mistake."

Hearing this, Meng Qingyun's eyes turned red and he cried out in agony: "Why? Why don't you burn those things quickly!"

"Your Majesty has punished the Eternal Palace, but they didn't do it on purpose. We can't just kill them."

The palace servant trembled: "You...you are crying out for justice here, which makes His Majesty very embarrassed."

Meng Qingyun clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turning white.

When he raised his head again, his eyes were empty and he said woodenly, "I know."

So he returned home in a daze.

"Master!" Mrs. Meng had woken up and was crying bitterly while grabbing her husband.

"How could Ning'er die? What does His Majesty say when you go to the palace?"

Meng Qingyun's hands drooped weakly, and he said hoarsely: "Your Majesty said that Ning'er was infected by the palace maid in the palace. Madam, I saw the bloody handkerchief, so much blood... Ning'er must be in great pain."

"No! No!" Mrs. Meng screamed and her whole body convulsed in pain.

"Master, what should I do? What should I do?"

At the critical moment, Meng Qingyun became his wife's backbone. He closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Now that things have happened, the key is to bury Ning'er first and let her rest in peace."

Then he said to Xu Bo in a hoarse voice, "Write a letter to Sui'an as fast as you can, and ask him to come home to see his sister for the last time..."

Xu Bo said quickly: "I will go right away!"

Mrs. Meng collapsed in Meng Qingyun's arms, crying silently, without any strength left.

This matter quickly spread throughout the city.

When the news reached Prince Jing's mansion, Yuwen Qi, who was lying in bed reading a book, tore off a page as thick as a fingernail.

His heartbeat quickened, and his handsome face was filled with shock and confusion.

So Li Liang was called immediately.

As soon as Li Liang entered the door, he was hit on the head by a book.

He immediately knelt down in fear and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. If I have made you uncomfortable in any way, I will kill myself, but... you have to let me know why I died."

Yuwen Qi angrily rebuked: "You still say, this king asks you, what are you going to do?"

"What did you do?" Li Liang was startled. "What is the matter that the prince is talking about?"

"What else could it be!"

Yuwen Qi lowered his voice cautiously, his eyes fierce: "Tell me why you killed Meng Changning?"

"What? Miss Meng is dead!"

When Li Liang heard this, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kowtowed several times in fear.

"I swear to heaven, I just sprinkled the medicine you gave me into the old duck soup. I didn't add anything myself!"

Seeing Li Liang's horrified expression, Yuwen Qi slowly regained his senses.

"Who is that?" The expression on his face was extremely confused, he was breathing rapidly, and his eyes were out of focus.

Who killed Meng Changning?

Yesterday, when Li Liang was going to the palace, he happened to overhear Meng Changning and Black Hawk talking.

This woman actually colluded with the Eastern Palace.

He asked Li Liang to put drugs in the old duck soup only because he was worried that she would expose his secret after defecting to the Eastern Palace.

At most, the medicine would make Meng Changning a deaf, dumb and blind person.

Even if he hated her for being fickle, he wasn't crazy enough to kill her.

But, there are people who are crazier than him.

Yuwen Qi suddenly thought of someone, his expression changed: "Where is the princess? How did Meng Zhaoge react?"

He wanted to know Meng Zhaoge's reaction.

Li Liang did not dare to delay and immediately got up and went to Meiyuan to inquire about the news.