Poor monks do not break the precepts

Since Emperor Meng came, everyone could only talk about the scenery outside the palace, food, culture and interesting things, until they left the Ruxi Palace, they couldn't talk to Wanxin privately.Walking out of Ruxi Palace, Xu Sheng looked deeply into the eye door and said in a low voice: "Bad thing."

Huai Mingmo calmed down quite a bit, pulled Xu Sheng's sleeves, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

The afternoon sun slanted down through the palace wall, and the two of them were walking on the shady side. When they turned out of the Yuehua Gate, they almost bumped into the maid who was standing quietly outside the gate in an inconspicuous place.

The palace maid was a little flustered, but quickly stood still and said respectfully: "Mr. Xu, Mrs. Wei invites you two."

"Madam Wei?" Seeing the maid nodding her head, Xu Sheng was slightly puzzled.

Huai Mingmo patted Xu Sheng's shoulder lightly, and said politely to the court lady: "Madam, please lead the way."

Following the court lady's turn and detour to a remote garden in the palace, Mrs. Wei was sitting in a high pavilion in the garden drinking tea and enjoying the flowers, when the aunt beside her saw a few people approaching from a distance, and whispered in Mrs. Wei's ear.After getting the consent, she came down to meet people, and she sent the maid to guard outside the Plum Blossom Gate, leading people up the steps alone.

Madam Wei looked peaceful, and said with a light smile, "Qiu Xi, go down and watch."

Aunt Qiu blessed Fu Yingsheng, before leaving, she bowed slightly to Xu Sheng and Huai Mingmo, and walked down the corridor without turning her head.

"Sit down." Mrs. Wei's favor in the palace is second only to Concubine Wan, and she is already the wife after giving birth to a daughter. Under the great favor, she is still calm and peaceful, without the slightest arrogance in her eyes.

Xu Sheng and Mrs. Wei looked at each other for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, "I don't know why Mrs. Wei came here?"

Madam Wei didn't blame Xu Sheng for being presumptuous, she poured them two cups of tea, and then pushed the refreshment towards them, "I heard that Mr. Xu is Concubine Wan's elder brother? Your Majesty went to Concubine Wan's place in the morning today. You probably didn't have time to say much."

This Mrs. Wei's attitude is kind, she speaks in a slow voice, like a kind of magic power, it is hard to refuse, Xu Sheng slightly nodded and said: "Yes."

Mrs. Wei covered her lips with a silk handkerchief as if caught in the wind and cold, her voice became softer, like a breeze blowing past her ears, "The imperial concubine is being grounded, but the emperor didn't say to be harsh on food and clothing, don't worry."

Xu Sheng slightly raised his eyebrows and learned the lesson, and said slowly: "Now Mrs. Wei is in charge of all matters in the harem, I think she will treat the imperial concubine kindly."

Huai Mingmo's face turned pale, and he said in a low voice, "Xu Sheng! Do you want to kill you?"

Mrs. Wei's complexion remained unchanged, her eyebrows and eyes were still bright and crescent, she waved her hands and said without hesitation: "It's okay, Mr. Xu has entered the palace for the first time, but he is very familiar with the things in the palace."

"The empress is not out of the palace, so she is very clear about things outside the palace."

Mrs. Wei looked at Huai Mingmo with complicated eyes, and continued to play riddles: "After I entered the palace, the concubine sister took good care of me, and I almost had a difficult delivery. If it wasn't for my sister, I might not be able to give birth to Fule safely. I will never forget the grace of saving my daughter."

Huai Mingmo's hand shook, tea was spilled on his fingertips immediately, his brows furrowed for a moment, and he said in a low voice: "Niang Niang..." After calling, he didn't know what to say.

Xu Sheng suddenly got up and made a deep bow to Mrs. Wei, "I hope the empress can take care of Nianwan more. I know that she is often isolated in the palace because of being favored, and I also know that the empress takes good care of her. There are some things she has to do. If she offends The place where the empress is, I hope that the empress can tolerate it."

"Heh, get up. I know Concubine Wan's temperament, she is cooler, but her thoughts are not bad. Compared with other women in the harem, she neither harms people's hearts, nor does she have the intention to harm other people's heirs." Referring to other concubines, Madam Wei's eyes flashed a bit of lingering, and she smiled again: "A concubine should look like a concubine, whether she is shallow and flamboyant, or soft and charming, the most important thing is to win the emperor's heart, this Concubine Wan is very smart. "

Huai Mingmo sighed: "But she is not suitable to be in the palace."

Xu Sheng seemed to hear a joke, and chuckled, "Whoever is suitable in the palace is not suitable."

Mrs. Wei looked in the direction of the Moon Gate, and reprimanded with a stern face: "You are really not suitable to stay in the palace for a long time, don't talk nonsense, otherwise it will be a disaster."

At this moment, the maid from outside the Moon Gate hurried in and blessed Mrs. Wei, "Your Majesty, the carriage is ready."

Mrs. Wei nodded, waved her hand to let the maid look outside, and said to Huai Mingmo with a smile: "I will tell the concubine sister about your visit, you should leave the palace earlier. Don't worry, there is my brand, those A demon dare not embarrass you."

Accompanying them to the corridor, Mrs. Wei thought it was inappropriate, so she asked Qiu Xi to accompany them in person, until the carriage drove away from Fengxiao Gate, Qiu Xi walked back slowly, and she met the big palace lady sent by Mrs. Zhen on the way , but she was two steps too slow to stop anyone.

Mrs. Zhen was furious when she heard the news in the palace, and threw the blue and white porcelain vase in her hand. It looks really disgusting."

If the palace's words are not spoken behind closed doors, they will soon reach other people's ears. When Mrs. Wei heard about it, she just said lightly: "Let her go, the emperor is used to her mouth talking for so many years." , what are you angry about?"

After leaving the palace, although he knew that Concubine Ji's situation was safe for the time being, Huaiming Moyou felt his heart was heavy, so he didn't notice Xu Sheng was thinking hard for a long time.

When he was about to arrive at Ji's residence, he realized that Xu Sheng was different, and asked suspiciously, "What are you thinking?"

Xu Sheng frowned, pondered for a while, and Fang expressed his doubts, "This matter is strange. Since the prince has given up on the matter of marriage before, why did he suddenly bring it up again? This is unreasonable."

"You don't believe what Concubine Wan and Mrs. Wei say?"

Xu Sheng rubbed the ring crossbow with his thumb, and stared deeply at the foot of the carriage, "I believe them. But, I just feel something strange."

Huai Mingmo was also suspicious, but he just thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. Just now he listened to what Concubine Wan said, and roughly guessed, "Princess Yong'an is crying a lot, and the prince is honest and kind. Maybe it's because I can't bear to see my sister like this. That's why I wanted to fight. Speaking of which, he is not like this again."

Xu Sheng pondered for a long time without an answer, and sighed: "It should be like this. I've been suspicious lately, so I can't avoid complicating things."

The people in Ji's house stretched their necks waiting for the news, when they heard the boy said that the carriage had arrived outside the workshop, everyone went to the door to look around, but they were still not as fast as Chen Xiang, she was afraid that she would talk about it later, so she interrupted herself If he couldn't speak, he waited on the main street ahead of time, blocking people halfway.

"What's the matter?" Xu Sheng leaned out to look at Chen Xiang, looked at the letter she held in front of his eyes, glanced roughly, his face was gloomy like a rain cloud before a thunderstorm.

Huai Mingmo took the letter and touched it, and his expression was as embarrassing as if he had rubbed the bottom of the pot. When he returned to Ji's house, Ji Duorui was so frightened that something happened to his elder sister, and he followed behind to ask, but the two did not reply at all. .When he was in a hurry, he accidentally saw the letter Huai Mingmo was holding in his hand, and snatched it when he was not prepared. A moment later, his voice suddenly sounded, the voice was so loud that it almost knocked off the tile roof.

Ji Sushan knew it was a big deal when he saw this, he winked at Bai Zhaorong, dispersed the curious servants around, took the letter and read it, it seemed that the content in the letter was too shocking, he laughed a few times, shook his head and said: "Where is this Lianxin Huiji?" What kind of guts are you? You pretended to be the prince with your own son."

Ji Duorui paced around the room for a few times, and said repeatedly: "This matter has to be reported to the palace, how can she let her scheme succeed."

Huai Mingmo had calmed down quite a bit at this time, tightly gripped the handle of the chair, and said helplessly: "What about the evidence? Just based on this letter, slandering the identity of a prince? If Mrs. Zhen insists that this is her son, it is said that the Ji family deliberately The slander is intended to destroy the other princes to protect the crown prince, so what should I do?"

Xu Sheng rushed to the front and said: "The emperor may not listen to it, let alone the blood test."

Standing in front of the two of them, Ji Duorui kept tapping his forehead with his palm, and said annoyedly: "Could it be that he is allowed to frame the prince and sit on the seat?"

"There is Meng Guangheng in front, that seat is still out of reach for him, they should be the ones who should be in a hurry now." Xu Sheng sneered and said: "Emperor Meng is clearly going to store easily, but with pearls and jade in front, they are working hard If you try hard, you will still be dimmed by the light. Therefore, he must get rid of Meng Guangheng, but wouldn't the oriole be waiting behind the praying mantis and the cicada? They don't dare to act rashly now because they are afraid that the Ji family will retaliate."

Opening his half-closed black eyes, Ji Sushan pulled down his younger brother, sat beside him, pinched the bridge of his nose lightly, and sighed, "That's right, so we can only wait until he makes a move to get rid of Meng Guangheng."

There were many worries on Xu Sheng's face, and he said worriedly: "It's just that we watched their brothers fight, and Ji Guifei is afraid that he will blame him."

Huai Mingmo turned his head sideways, with endless tenderness in his eyes, he slowly stretched out his hand to cover the back of Xu Sheng's hand, and said with a faint smile: "I'm here, you don't need to take care of it."

"That's not what I meant." Xu Sheng wanted to explain, but Huai Mingmo shook his head and stopped talking.

The atmosphere in the room was heavy, and no one was too lazy to speak.Chen Xiang is not very good at interrupting, just halfway through the conversation, she didn't have time to say Mr. Gong's words, now is a good time, she has an inappropriate light smile on her face.

Chen Xiang seized the opportunity to break the tranquility, her tone was not as flat as before, and said slowly: "Lord, Mr. Gong said that he wants to apologize to you."

"what?"

"He missed the investigation that you asked him to investigate secretly, and he wants me to tell you that there are not only a few official ladies on the list for you in the capital, but also two in the palace." Chen Xiang spoke more and more slowly in the following words , and said word by word: "Madam Zhen and Madam Wei."

Thinking of Mrs. Qian Wei's possible actions when she left the palace, she was the first to become the object of Huai Mingmo's suspicion, "Could it be..."

Xu Sheng interrupted: "Mrs. Wei doesn't know martial arts, and she has been by Concubine Ji's side for many years, it is impossible for the empress not to notice it. As for Mrs. Zhen, I haven't seen anyone, so it's hard to make a conclusion. If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't admit it." For Mrs. Wei's feelings, go to the meeting first to have a better understanding."

Ji Sushan frowned a little, stroked his beard and pondered, and reminded for a while: "None of these people can move easily, so don't act rashly."

Huai Mingmo got up suddenly, motionless like a stone statue, sat back on the chair for a long time, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and said angrily: "I know."

The atmosphere here was so frozen that it was hard to breathe, the front yard steward took the post into the room, and said with a smile: "Third Prince, please visit the house with Mr. Xu." After finishing speaking, he dully noticed that the atmosphere in the room was different, Timidly said: "What's wrong?"

Ji Duorui was irritated, so he got up and took two steps to vent his anger. He took the post and waved the steward to leave.He had already read a lot of characters before, but now he felt dizzy and was not in the mood to read the densely packed lower-case characters, so he stuffed it directly into Xu Sheng's hand, and walked back to the chair he was sitting on just now. Sighing heavily, he stood up, and quickly went upstairs with the wind under his feet. Not long after, there was the sound of the door being slammed shut upstairs.

The hoarse and suffocating breath coming from upstairs completely attracted Xu Sheng's attention, suddenly his eyes were dark, he raised his hand to look down, flipped through the post, "I just entered the capital yesterday, I haven't rested for two days, and now I have to go everywhere again." toss."

In the evening, the carriage from Prince Liang's Mansion arrived as scheduled and stopped outside Ji's house.Now Yongping Square is like oil mixed with water, and the people are full of curiosity about the owner of this house. After all, it is not easy to meet an official lord on weekdays, let alone someone from the palace and the palace, so they have speculated about the identity of this person .

Therefore, during the days in the capital, everyone around them was very polite to them, for fear that they would offend the nobles without paying attention to their chatter. Of course, this is all a later story.