After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Meng Qianqian caught a cold in the palace. She had no taste in her mouth and her sense of smell was impaired, so she kept craving for sweet and spicy fried fruits.

"Madame Li told us not to eat this!"

Nanny Wan decisively took the fried fruits away.

Meng Qianqian sighed.

Nanny Li came over, sweating all over. "Oh, that girl was sleeping so soundly. I called her for a long time but she didn't work."

Meng Qianqian smiled: "Let Tan'er get some sleep."

Nanny Li asked worriedly, "Sleeping for so long... nothing will happen, right?"

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam. Tan'er is fine."

This is the truth. Madam Yan has examined Tan'er and taken his pulse. In Madam Yan's words, Tan'er is as strong as a calf. Don't take any medicine randomly. He will get better on his own.

Nanny Li still cannot see through her young lady's increasingly powerful abilities, but she believes what her young lady says.

Thinking of something, she said, "I'll go see Banxia."

Nanny Li is a worrier by nature. She worries about this and that and has been busy going back and forth between the three patients for the whole morning.

After lunch, the snow fell even harder.

The old lady loves to play in the snow. With such heavy snow, she must be able to come out. Meng Qianqian asked Nanny Wan to go and take a look at the old lady.

Nanny Wan went there, but didn't see anyone. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to explain herself clearly, so she brought Nanny Wang, who was by the old lady's side, over.

"Madam!"

Nanny Wang bowed.

Meng Qianqian nodded: "Madame Wang, where is my great-grandmother?"

Nanny Wang said, "The old lady has gone out."

Meng Qianqian was startled: "Go out? Where to?"

Nanny Wang said, "Go to the temple to burn incense. I thought the old lady would ask the eldest young lady to go with her."

Meng Qianqian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Who did the old lady bring?"

Nanny Wang said, "Xi Que and Zhao Si."

Xi Que is the old lady's personal maid, who is smart and clever. Zhao Si is the security guard in the mansion, and the old lady always asks him to drive the carriage when she goes up the mountain.

It seems that he did go to the temple.

The old lady seldom went out on weekdays, but whenever she went to the temple to burn incense, she was happy to go with her.

However, today was not a special day, so why did my great-grandmother suddenly want to go and burn incense? And she went alone.

Nanny Wang was startled: "Madam, this servant of yours..."

Meng Qianqian said, "Madam Wang, please go back to the courtyard first. I will send someone to pick up my great-grandmother."

Meng Qianqian returned to Haitang Courtyard and asked Nanny Wan to go to the outer courtyard to call Wu Ge'er. She gave him a bag of silver and said, "Pick a few skilled guards and go to Hanshan Temple to pick up the old lady. If the snow is too heavy, don't rush down the mountain."

Wu Ge'er weighed his purse and said, "Madam, you won't need so much."

Meng Qianqian handed him a bundle of clothes and two thick quilts and said, "Look for the best fighter and the fastest horse."

Wu Geer understood: "Yes!"

On the mountain.

In the meditation room where red charcoal was burning, the retired emperor finished writing the imperial edict. Next to him, knelt another middle-aged monk.

He is Eunuch Fu, the trusted eunuch of the retired emperor. Since the retired emperor was placed under house arrest here by Lu Yuan, he also followed him here to become a monk.

He ground the ink carefully.

The old lady was like a supervisor. She reviewed every stroke of the emperor's pen.

"Add more, add more!"

The Emperor sighed, "I can hardly write any more. How much is the old lady going to give that girl?"

Eunuch Fu laughed awkwardly: "Yes, you are the old lady of the Lu family, not the Meng family."

The old lady's eyes rolled around, and she leaned over to ask the emperor, "Can I be the Meng family's?"

The Emperor: “…”

Eunuch Fu: "..."

Heavy snow fell all day long.

Whenever Nanny Wan had time, she would go to the door to take a look. Unexpectedly, she did not see the old lady, but Lu Xingzhou who had not returned for many days.

Lu Xingzhou worked in the Ministry of Industry and was often on business trips away from home. He seldom returned home, especially on days like this when it was snowing heavily.

Nanny Wan bowed and said, "Sir..."

Lu Xingzhou didn't even look at him and rushed into the mansion in a hurry.

Nanny Wan looked suspicious and went out to ask the driver, "What happened?"

The driver said, "Master Liu's mother has passed away."

Lord Liu was a colleague of Lu Xingzhou. They had worked together in the Hanlin Academy and had a close personal relationship. Later, Lu Xingzhou went to the Ministry of Works, and Lord Liu was transferred to the Ministry of War, where he served as the head of the Treasury Department.

Although his official rank was only fourth grade, it was a lucrative job. Moreover, Lord Liu's father-in-law was the Marquis of Yong'en and his mother-in-law was the Princess of Changning County, both of whom were well-known figures in the capital.

When Madam Liu was in good health, she often came to visit the old lady. She was one of the few outsiders that the old lady could still remember even after she became demented.

Nanny Wan brought the news back to Haitangyuan.

Nanny Li sighed and said, "I remember that Master Liu is the youngest son of Old Madam Liu. She is about the same age as the old lady. At this age... it can be considered a white wedding."

Meng Qianqian changed into plain clothes and said, "I'm going to see my great-grandmother off on her behalf."

Nanny Li was a little worried about Meng Qianqian's health, but she thought that the Liu family lived on this street, and if the old lady was at home, she would definitely go to see Madam Liu off for the last time.

Madam Li nodded and said, "Madam Wan and I will accompany the young lady."

Meng Qianqian and Lu's mother were the first to arrive at the door.

The two got on the same carriage.

Soon, the second lady came up with Lu Linglong.

The relationship between the two houses is now very delicate.

The Second Madam smiled at Mother Lu and Meng Qianqian who were holding hands, "Oh, sister-in-law, your good daughter-in-law is about to divorce your son, why are you so kind to let her ride in your carriage?"

Mother Lu said sternly, "If dinner can't stop you from talking, get out!"

This sister-in-law has always been a hard-working person, and it is rare to see someone so tough.

The second wife curled her lips and said, "Why are you mad at me? It's not me who asked her to divorce."

Mother Lu said coldly, "You didn't ask Qianqian to divorce, you just instigated Xiao Ge'er to divorce his wife. Didn't my second brother warn you not to plot against Xiao Ge'er?"

The second wife didn't take her husband's words to heart at all, and naturally she was even less likely to listen to Lu's mother.

She snorted.

Mother Lu no longer paid any attention to her.

Ever since Lu Linglong got in the car, she couldn't take her eyes off Meng Qianqian.

She was jealous of Meng Qianqian's beauty and wished she could scratch Meng Qianqian's face which was a hundred times prettier than hers!

The old lady sat in a car alone.

Lu Xingzhou, Lu Lingxiao and Lu Erye were in the same car.

There are many guests coming to pay their respects tonight, some of them are relatives, neighbors and colleagues of Lord Liu, and the rest are relatives and friends of Marquis Yong'en and Princess Changning.

As the incident happened suddenly, the Liu family was in urgent need of manpower and even the mourning hall had just been set up.

Lord Liu knelt in the mourning hall, his eyes red and swollen from crying.

After the Lu family paid their respects to Madam Liu, he kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Lu Xingzhou knelt down opposite him and patted his shoulder: "My condolences."

Then he said to Lu Lingxiao and Master Lu, "Take the servants from the mansion with you to help build the mourning shed."

He was from the Ministry of Works, and construction was his forte, and the servants in his mansion were also skilled in this.

He then said to Mother Lu, "Take Qianqian to the inner house to see Madam Liu and ask her if there is anything she can help with."

Lu Linglong said: "Uncle, I'm going too!"

"Don't cause trouble!"

Lu Xingzhou knew very well that among so many female members of the Lu family, only Lu's mother and Meng Qianqian were reliable in doing things.

"I'll be there in a minute, you go to the wing room and rest for a while."

Mother Lu said to Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian said: "Grandmother and Second Aunt are watching."

The old lady and the second lady were now hoping that she would make a mistake, and she couldn't let them catch her.

Mother Lu said distressedly: "I'm afraid you can't handle the whole night's work."

As the two were talking, a loud announcement came from not far away:

"The Grand Commander has arrived—"