After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

After Meng Qianqian left, Shangguan Ling sneaked into the room, sat on a stool, grabbed the medicine bottle on the table and sighed, "Madam is still too cautious... Well, she gave herself a shot for nothing."

Lu Yuan didn't say anything.

Shangguan Ling said with a sigh, "It has only been a short time, and Madam can already hurt you, the Grand Commander. You are making great progress every day."

Lu Yuan asked: "Are you finished?"

"That's all." Shangguan Ling took out a secret letter from his pocket, "It just arrived."

Lu Yuan unfolded the secret letter, which contained only four short words: Taibai returns to the court.

When Meng Qianqian finished washing up, it was already late.

She left a light on and lay quietly on the marriage bed.

She is not afraid of the dark, she just simply doesn't like the night.

She had just gone to Lu Yuan specifically to deliver the antidote, and the conversation was purely for the sake of making small talk. Asking whether the prince was killed by Lu Yuan was a sudden thought that came to her mind.

I didn't expect that the conversation would die down in an instant.

Tonight was not the first time Lu Yuan reminded her that it was dangerous to stay with him.

"Being my subordinate is an extremely dangerous thing. Before getting involved with me, you'd better think carefully. Can you afford this danger?"

He said this to her before he went to the border.

He is so contradictory.

While making deals with her, he kept reminding her not to be on the same page with him.

But when I think about it carefully, I really don't know Lu Yuan well.

It should be said that no one in the capital knows much about him.

His life experience remains a mystery to this day. He has never mentioned his family to others, and everyone thinks he is an orphan without a father or a mother.

One winter ten years ago, the prince rescued a young boy named Lu Yuan who was almost frozen to death on the roadside. He brought him back to the prince's mansion and found that he had some talents, so he kept him in the mansion as his aide.

The prince is Princess Wanping's younger brother, which also explains how Princess Wanping met Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan relied on the prince's influence to enter the court. Although he had no merit, he squeezed out those successful candidates in the imperial examinations and gradually emerged in the court, gradually rising to a high position.

Everyone thought he would help the crown prince to become emperor, creating a good story between a monarch and his subjects. But who would have thought that he would kill the crown prince, force the emperor emeritus to abdicate, and let the ninth prince Zong Zhengxi, who was less than ten years old, sit on the throne and become a puppet emperor.

The above are the rumors about him in Beijing.

But are rumors necessarily true?

First of all, his background is wildly wrong; he is not an orphan.

So, did he kill the crown prince? Did he force the emperor to abdicate? Did he help the nine-year-old Zong Zhengxi become emperor for his own ambitions, or because Zong Zhengxi was his cousin?

It was a pity that grandma left for Miaojiang the day before their wedding, otherwise she could have found out something indirectly.

"elder sister."

Tan Er's dazed voice came from outside the door, "Uh, I want to come in."

Meng Qianqian stopped thinking and said softly, "Come in."

Tan Er pushed open the door and climbed onto Meng Qianqian's bed holding her pillow: "I want to sleep with my sister tonight."

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "Sleeping inside or outside?"

"in."

Tan'er crawled over her, pulled open the quilt, got into Meng Qianqian's arms, and hugged Meng Qianqian tightly.

Meng Qianqian touched her head and asked, "Are you homesick?"

Tan Er said dazedly, "I miss my mother."

Meng Qianqian whispered, "Do you want to go back?"

Tan Er yawned: "I can't go back..."

Meng Qianqian had asked Tan'er about her background before, but Tan'er always refused to tell her.

What she didn't tell Tan'er was that from the first moment she saw Tan'er, she felt a sense of destiny in her.

"Sister, I called you a few times before you heard me. What are you thinking about?"

Tan Er asked.

Meng Qianqian gently rubbed her hair and said, "I'm thinking about Lu Yuan."

Outside the door, Lu Yuan paused slightly.

Tan Er nuzzled against Meng Qianqian's chest, yawned, and asked, "Why do you miss him?"

Meng Qianqian said softly: "Think about what kind of person he is."

Tan Er hugged Meng Qianqian tightly and murmured sleepily, "Mother said, don't get to know a man too well, if you still want to live with him."

"Just keep living..." Meng Qianqian looked at the bright red tent ceiling and said calmly, "I don't know if I can live with him anymore."

Lu Yuan always said that he was dangerous, but wasn't the path she was walking on also dangerous?

Tan Er's voice was soft, like a dream: "If you have a life, do you want to live with him?"

Lu Yuan stood quietly in the corridor, and left resolutely before hearing the answer.

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The next day was the day for the three-day visit to the parents’ home. Although I couldn’t go back to the Meng family in Youzhou, I had to go to Feng Shui Hutong.

Nanny Li had prepared the return gift early. Although Manager Cen was confident in handing it over to her, Nanny Li did not dare to become the accountant so soon.

She took the list to Manager Cen for review.

Manager Cen's expression was indeed somewhat serious: "These return gifts are inappropriate, right?"

Madam Li was stunned: "Ah, yes, it is a bit too much, then I will follow the arrangements of Manager Cen."

Manager Cen waved his hand and doubled the return gift.

Nanny Li was dumbfounded.

Lu Yuan went to the morning court first. When he returned home, Meng Qianqian had just finished breakfast with Baoshu and the old lady.

Meng Qianqian was a little surprised to see him: "Don't you have to review memorials today?"

Lu Yuan said, "I'll review it when I come back."

Meng Qianqian looked at the pile of gifts for returning home and thought that he couldn't accompany her, so she asked Manager Cen to prepare so many gifts.

Coincidentally, today is the day when the Lu family delivers the betrothal gifts to the Duke's Mansion.

The two sides met halfway.

You don’t know until you compare. Once you compare, you will be shocked. The betrothal gift of the Lu family for marrying a daughter-in-law is not as much as Lu Yuan’s return gift.

The two elders of the Lu family blushed with embarrassment and wished they could cover their faces. If they had known this would happen, they would not have agreed to help.

Meng Qianqian and Lu Yuan didn't even look at the Lu family.

After arriving at Fengshui Hutong, Baozhuzhu called his grandfather and great-grandfather, then went next door to call his great-grandmother, and then went to look for the big axe.

Tan'er and Banxia followed her.

Meng Qianqian and Lu Yuan offered tea to Meng Tianlan and his seventh uncle.

The two elders drank it with satisfaction.

Meng Tianlan's expression suddenly became serious: "Third girl, I want to tell you and your nephew-in-law something."

Meng Qianqian said: "You say."

Meng Tianlan said: "Your seventh uncle and I are planning to return to Youzhou."

Meng Qianqian was stunned: "So soon? Didn't you say you would stay for a few more days before leaving? And only Uncle Seven will go back alone, didn't you decide to stay in the capital, Uncle Three? Aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by grandfather?"

Meng Tianlan cleared his throat awkwardly: "Ahem, in front of my nephew's husband, at least give me some face."

Meng Qianqian thought for a moment and said, "If you don't leave, I'll save your face."

Meng Tianlan sighed: "If you don't go back, your grandfather will really beat you to death."

The old man is super fierce.

Meng Qianqian did not try to keep Meng Tianlan and his seventh uncle.

What she is about to do next will be very dangerous, so it is safer for them to return to Youzhou than to stay in the capital.

At this moment, she seemed to understand Lu Yuan a little.

Meng Tianlan and his seventh uncle set off right after finishing their meal, and Lu Yuan arranged for the Jinyiwei to escort them along the way.

Uncle Lei is not at home today. I heard from Grandma Feng that he hasn't been home for quite some time.

Ji Li hasn't appeared since. I wonder where this guy went.

Granny Feng said guiltily, "I don't like crowds, so I didn't go to your wedding banquet. I'll give you a gift as compensation."

Meng Qianqian's eyebrows jumped: "No... Is it another skeleton?"

"What are you thinking about? Where do you get so many good things for you?"

Grandma Feng said as she took out a black iron box from the cabinet, "This is my husband's hand bone. I won't give it to anyone else."

Meng Qianqian, who didn't want it, said: "..."

Meng Qianqian and Lu Yuan stayed in Fengshui Hutong until the evening before returning.

As soon as the two got off the carriage, a well-dressed maid came up to them with a smile on her face: "Miss! Son-in-law!"

"You are--"

Meng Qianqian didn't know her, but she called herself Miss and Lu Yuan uncle.

The maid smiled and said, "My surname is Lu, and I am from the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion!"

really--

Meng Qianqian looked past her, glanced at the carriage parked on the side of the road, and said, "You've got the wrong person. I'm not the eldest daughter of Marquis Anyuan."

After saying that, she carried the sleeping Baoshu up the stairs.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan ignored the nanny named Lu and followed his wife and children.

Madam Lu was anxious: "Hey - Miss! Don't leave! Aunt -"

After all, Lu Yuan had a bad reputation, so she didn't dare to call him son-in-law a second time.

Seeing the two men entering the mansion, she chased after them up the stairs, but was stopped by two servants guarding the gate.

She was so anxious that she was running around, glancing from time to time at the carriage standing quietly in the night.

At this time, there was finally movement in the carriage.

A lady in gorgeous clothes lifted the curtain, frowned and got off the carriage, and shouted at Meng Qianqian's back: "Do you have to do this to me?"

It’s Yu.

Meng Qianqian paused.

Lu Yuan looked at her: "Do you want to chase her away?"

Meng Qianqian heard the sound of whispering, and some passers-by were attracted by the noise and gathered nearby to watch the excitement.

In the past, most people would not have the courage to do this, but as Lu Yuan's reputation improved, people gradually stopped viewing him as a scourge.

It is easy to drive Yu away, but if it damages the reputation that Lu Yuan has worked so hard to build, it will be a loss.

Meng Qianqian said to Lu Yuan: "No need, I'll take care of it."

Meng Qianqian handed Baoshu to Banxia.

"Miss."

Banxia looked at her worriedly.

Meng Qianqian said: "It's okay, you go in first."

Lu Yuan went in.

He is a decisive person who never hesitates in doing things.

Banxia thought about it and followed her brother-in-law.

Only Tan'er was sitting on the doorstep, clutching a candied haws she had bought on the way, staring at the people from Anyuan Marquis' Mansion with a fierce look in her eyes.

Meng Qianqian walked down the steps, walked to Yu, and asked coldly, "Madam Xie, I wonder what brings you here so late at night?"