Otoharu

Chapter 587 Hot Potatoes
Sun Xiaowu didn't know that Lu Zhiwei had hurt Li Meier several times. She always thought that Lu Zhiwei colluded with those bandits to harm herself, so she only thought that Li Meier said these words to comfort herself.

She wiped away the tears on her face, and finally regained some energy, but the melancholy between her brows still lingered, she hugged Li Meier's arm and asked, "Sister Mei, what do you say... about the concubine? Does the prince brother know? Is he willing?"

Li Meier was silent for a moment, and could only reply euphemistically: "I think the prince just obeyed the empress's wishes." The imperial decree has been issued, how could the prince not know.

Sun Xiaowu bit her lower lip with her teeth, her eyes dimmed a bit, and she said slowly: "I... have been wanting to see the prince's brother for the past few days, and to hear him explain something to me, even if it's just a letter. A message would do, but nothing..."

Li Meier could feel Sun Xiaowu's sadness and disappointment, but she didn't know how to comfort her. If it was her, her fiancé would have to marry another woman before she married her, so whoever could bear it.But from Sun Xiaowu's point of view, she still has to bear it. After all, she is the future princess, or even the queen. The prince is just accepting a side concubine. hospital.

"Xiao Wu, there are actually some things I don't want to say. Since you have decided to marry His Highness the Crown Prince, shouldn't you already have such an awareness?" Li Meier finally said it. Five, she still has to say.

Sun Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Sister Mei, you are right, I was stupid..."

Seeing Sun Xiaowu's lonely appearance, Li Meier couldn't bear it, but since she chose that person and that path, she had to give up other things.

Seeing Sun Xiaowu's sleepy look, Li Meier persuaded her for a while, then got up to leave.Some things, no matter how much others say, it is useless, you still need to figure it out yourself.

After Li Meier returned home, she told Jiang Shanqing about Jurui, Jiang Shanqing thought about it and asked, "Do you believe what Mrs. Xie said today?"

Li Meier was taken aback when she heard the words, obviously she didn't understand what Jiang Shanqing meant.

Jiang Shanqing immediately explained to her, "Do you really think the Sun family will tear themselves apart from Lu Zhiwei?"

"Isn't it? Lu Zhiwei and the Song family colluded to frame Xiao Wu and killed so many people. The third lady really hates her to the bone." Li Meier said with a frown.

Jiang Shanqing just smiled, shook his head and said: "Girl, you are still too naive. The aristocratic family always puts interests first. Some things are not worth mentioning in front of interests. Besides, those who died in the Sun family are just maids. What Lu Zhiwei did did not harm the fundamental interests of the Sun family."

"But Lu Zhiwei has been named the crown prince's side concubine. This is not a violation of the interests of the Sun family. After all, Xiao Wu will be the crown prince in the future!" Li Meier disagreed.

Jiang Shanqing was very patient, and explained to Li Meier from another angle, "The reason why Lu Zhiwei was named a side concubine must have been written by the queen. You and I can see such a simple thing clearly. How could the Sun family not understand it?" Well, the queen was actually dissatisfied with Sun Xiaowu being the crown princess, but both her majesty and the crown prince favored the Sun family, so she couldn't say anything.

But from what happened with Lynx last time, it can be seen that Empress Song still wanted to destroy the marriage. Since she couldn't destroy it later, she used another roundabout way to contain the Sun family.Then Lu Zhiwei should be a move she had prepared long ago. "

"The Lu family is not a prominent family, why did the queen choose her?" Li Meier asked.

"Because the Lu family is not a family, the queen will choose her. The Lu family and the Song family are somewhat similar. They are upstarts who have risen in the past ten years. They are not so well-established, so they are not so easy to get out of control. And the old lady Lu He has been in charge of the official department for more than ten years, and most of the official department is his confidant. Now Lu Xingyun has also served in the official department. If there is no accident, Lu Xingyun will be able to take charge of the official department for at most five years. It is still a great help to the queen." Jiang Shanqing said very carefully, almost trying to figure out all of Queen Song's thoughts.

"According to what you said, shouldn't the Sun family be more wary of the Lu family and prevent Lu Zhiwei from marrying the prince?" Li Meier asked again.

"You're wrong again." Jiang Shanqing smiled, "From the point of view of the Sun family, it is actually beneficial for them to have Lu Zhiwei as the crown prince and side concubine. One is that the Lu family's foundation is not deep. I'm afraid of them, and the second is that Lu Zhiwei has a handle in the Sun family now, so instead of letting daughters from other families compete with Sun Xiaowu for favor in the future, it's better to be Lu Zhiwei."

After hearing this, Li Meier frowned even tighter, feeling a little chilly in her heart, and asked in a shy voice: "So you mean, the third lady asked me for Jurui just to hold the handle in their own hands?"

Jiang Shanqing nodded, glanced at Li Meier's unattractive face, hesitated and said, "Maybe I was wrong, maybe she really wanted to help her daughter solve Lu Zhiwei."

"Brother Shanqing, should I give them the chrysanthemum pistil?" Li Meier frowned and asked Jiang Shanqing's opinion.

"Give it to them." Jiang Shanqing replied, "If the girl stays in our hands now, she will only be a hot potato. Returning it to the Sun family is considered a return to the original owner."

Li Mei'er bit her lip and said nothing, her expression was clearly very depressed.

Jiang Shanqing reached out and touched her head, comfortingly said: "I know you feel uncomfortable, and I know you want to take revenge, but now is not the best time, I assure you, all those who have hurt you, I will I won't let it go."

Li Mei'er heard this, but shook her head stubbornly, "Brother Shanqing, there's no need for it. I avenge my own revenge. What's the point of asking others to avenge me?"

Jiang Shanqing pinched her face dotingly again, and said with a smile: "My silly girl has achieved great success, and now she doesn't need me as a husband, but if you are so capable, it doesn't mean that I am useless."

"How come, brother Shanqing is the most powerful!" Li Meier used to praise her man, mother had taught him a long time ago, men should always be coaxed by boasting.

Jiang Shanqing acted very quickly, and secretly sent him to the earl's mansion that night.

The person Sun Yaoguang personally picked up hid him in another, more secure place.

Mrs. Xie didn't sleep that night, and didn't wait for her husband to come back until after the third watch.

"Master, what's the matter, is that girl Ju Rui?" Mrs. Xie went up to meet her and asked.

(End of this chapter)