Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 34 The king only likes you, so what about praying?
Meng Jing received Chu Ci's hint, but did not whet her appetite, and directly asked Han Zhe beside her, "Is the carriage ready for the palace?"

Hearing this, Han Zhe hurriedly stepped forward and said, "If you go back to the prince, you have already prepared it."

Meng Jing nodded, holding Chu Ci's hand, and said to Han Zhe, "Order the chariots and horses to enter the palace!"

"Yes, my lord!" Han Zhe responded and went out to prepare.

A quarter of an hour later, at the gate of the palace, Meng Jing helped Chu Ci into the carriage.

In the carriage, Chu Ci looked in Meng Jing's direction as if there was nothing there, and said tentatively, "My lord, can't you really reveal a little bit about what's about to happen?"

Meng Jing's eyes were dark, she looked at her calmly, and shook her head, "You will know later!"

Seeing his attitude, Chu Ci couldn't help being discouraged, "Forget it, we'll wait for a while."

Meng Jing prevented Chu Ci from asking again, and directly picked up a book on the table beside him, and read it page by page.

Seeing this, Chu Ci also understood his determination in his heart.

He snorted softly, tilted his head, resting his chin with one hand, and said, "My lord... do you always read books backwards? Are you still reading so fast?"

Meng Jing took a closer look, only to realize that she had held the book upside down.

Embarrassment flashed in his eyes.

He thought for a while, then put the book down again, then looked at Chu Ci's beautiful face like a flower, curled his lips and said with an evil smile, "A Ci, you are by my king's side, how can I read the book!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, hooked her belt and tugged lightly, and she threw herself into his arms.

One up and one down, one up and one up, the two looked at each other——Chu Ci showed embarrassment, while Meng Jing slowly became affectionate.

He raised his hand, gently lifted a strand of hair beside her ear, and said in a low voice, "What do you want to say?"

As if Chu Ci only came to his senses after being asked, he quickly lowered his head, "I didn't think about anything."

Meng Jing laughed softly, her chest trembled, she held her tightly in her arms, pinched her chin with her long fingers, forced her to meet her eyes again, and said in a low and hoarse voice, " So shy...huh?"

Chu Ci struggled slightly, looked away, blushed and said, "I'm thin-skinned, can't I be shy?"

When Meng Jing heard the words "thin-skinned", she seemed to think of something, and leaned close to her ear, and said in a tone that only the two of them could hear, "You are shy, the person who took the initiative on top of me last night... And who is it?"

As soon as he said this, Chu Ci immediately had some pictures that made people blush and heartbeat.

Her cheeks became even redder, and she stretched out her hand to squeeze the soft flesh around his waist. She stared into his eyes, gritted her teeth and said, "Meng Jing...do you know what your name is? You're so cheap that you're so good!"

Meng Jing saw her anxious and irritable appearance, but the smile in his eyes deepened, completely ignoring her troublesome hands, just turned his head close to her ear, and whispered something quietly.

This time, it used a tone that only Chu Ci could hear.

Then the next moment, although Chu Ci's eyes were pretending to be calm, but the roots of his ears were obviously red like blood, and he almost cooked himself.

……

The carriage continued to drive, and no one knew the ambiguity in the carriage.

After an hour, the carriage stopped.

"My lord, my concubine, the gate of the palace is here!" Han Zhe reminded from outside.

Meng Jing answered "Got it", then helped Chu Ci up, and the two walked out of the car side by side...

After getting off the carriage, the two changed into sedan chairs again.

The shadow of Xu Shi Baoyue's death still lingered, although Chu Ci's face could not see anything, but the hands clasped in his lower abdomen were tightly clasped, and his whole body was tense.

Meng Jing's observation skills are so keen that she can see her nervousness almost instantly.

He stretched out his hand and gently covered her hand, passing all his warmth and strength to her.Turning his head, he said with a gentle face, "Don't be afraid, today, this king will not leave your side again...Those who have hurt you, this king will make them pay the price they deserve!"

Hearing what he said with certainty, Chu Ci shook his hand back and nodded slowly, "I hope so."

……

Or even if he can't protect her today, she will protect herself.

She lowered her head to look at the sachet on her waist... Well, she is very well prepared today.

Half an hour later, the sedan chair stopped at the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

After Chu Ci and Meng Jing got off the sedan chair.

Then let people go in and report.

But Empress Dowager Ren seemed extremely unwell today, and kept the two of them hanging out for more than half an hour before letting Jianmei come out to invite them in.

"My lord, my concubine, please!" Jianmei was still the same as before, wearing a carmine red dress, wearing the simplest palace bun, with only a hair ornament made of pearls on it, expensive and simple.

Hearing this, Meng Jing didn't even look at her, she directly supported Chu Ci and walked towards the Palace of Compassion.

As soon as Chu Ci entered the Cining Palace, he couldn't help but look towards the place where Baoyue was killed with a stick.

But found that the place has been cleaned up, not even a trace of blood can be seen.

Her eyes were drooping, her breathing was heavy, and she was a little out of breath.

"Don't be afraid!" Meng Jing turned her head and whispered softly in her ear, "Don't be afraid..."

Chu Ci gave a "hmm" without explaining - the reason why she did this was not because of fear, but because of hatred, an unforgettable hatred.

After she straightened her back and calmed down, the two of them also walked into the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Chu Ci raised his head and saw that in the familiar palace, the familiar arhat bed, the familiar seat...even the sideways posture of the poisonous woman, and the smile at the corner of her mouth were exactly the same as before.

"Meng Jing has seen the queen mother!" When the two arrived, Meng Jing took Chuci to salute the queen mother, and both of them just bent slightly.

Seeing the appearance of the two, Queen Mother Ren raised her eyebrows subtly, dissatisfied in her heart, but smiled and said kindly on her face, "Jing'er and Ah Ci are here... I thought that you will not see each other for a while. Will come!"

Meng Jing cupped her hands and chuckled, "How could it be? Greeting the Empress Dowager and serving the Empress Dowager is what Meng Jing and A Ci should do."

When the Queen Mother heard the words, the smile in her eyes deepened, "I know that you are all filial, especially Jing'er, your daughter-in-law, since she entered Zhang Xiangfang in this palace, my sleep is much better now, every day Can sleep peacefully until dawn!"

As she said that, she looked at Elan at the side again, "Go, get the reward that I have prepared for the regent princess."

"Yes, empress!" Elan agreed, and retreated.

Next, Meng Jing looked sideways at Chu Ci, "The Empress Dowager wants to reward you, Ah Ci hastened to thank you!"

Hearing this, Chu Ci gave Meng Jing a surprised look.

But seeing his firm eyes, although he was unhappy in his heart, he still stepped forward respectfully, and saluted Queen Mother Ren, "Thank you Queen Mother for your reward, your love for Ah Ci, Ah Ci is unforgettable!"

She said the last four words through gritted teeth, and each word was accented.

Empress Dowager Ren has been in the deep palace for so many years, and she was the final winner of the last palace fight, how could she fail to hear the hatred in her words.

But she didn't show it, instead she smiled more gently, "You are my daughter-in-law, if I am not nice to you, who can I be nice to!"

After finishing speaking, she glanced to the side again, seeing that Elan hadn't come back, she couldn't help frowning and said to Jianmei, "Go and see, Lan'er, that girl..."

Before she could speak, there was a shrill scream that belonged exclusively to women.

"Is it Elan?" Chu Ci had excellent hearing, looked at Meng Jing, and said in surprise.

Meng Jing didn't say anything, just looked at Queen Mother Ren silently.

Empress Dowager Ren's full attention was attracted by Elan's scream, she was afraid that Elan would poke some trouble, so she quickly winked at Jianmei, "Go and see what's going on with that girl Elan, she's so undignified ... If it is her fault, she will be fined for a month!"

"Yes, Empress Dowager!" Aunt Jianmei agreed and was about to step back.

But the next moment, there were several screams, all of which were the voices of Elan.

Unlike Meng Jing's reminder, Chu Ci's eyes lit up.

Perhaps, this is the good show Meng Jing said.

The queen mother dared to kill Baoyue beside her, and Meng Jing made the queen mother lose her left and right hands.

Thinking of this, she immediately said, "Maybe Aunt Elan has some kind of sudden illness, I'm a doctor, why don't you follow me to have a look..."

She used a probing tone towards Queen Mother Ren, but after speaking, she didn't give her an excuse to refuse at all, turned around and walked towards the direction where the voice came from.

Empress Dowager Ren looked at her leaving back, her face was livid, she opened her mouth, and was about to let someone take down Chu Ci, but she was stared back by Meng Jing's cold eyes.

Meng Jing looked at the Queen Mother, word by word, with a voice as if icy slag, and said, "I don't worry about the princess!" After speaking, he saluted casually, and then chased in the direction where Chu Ci left.

Chu Ci and Aunt Jianmei stopped at the door of the side room next to the Compassion Ning Palace.

I saw that the door of the east side room was wide open, and there were two naked figures competing inside... It was clearly a man and a woman, doing some indescribable things.

She was startled, and then, before she had time to look carefully, Meng Jing, who was chasing over, covered her eyes, "Don't look!"

His warm breath sprayed on the back of her neck along the direction in which he lowered his head.

After Chu Ci shivered slightly, he turned around slowly, looked at him with sparkling pupils, and asked with his eyes: This is all arranged by you?

Meng Jing, you nodded.

Taking a step forward, holding her hand, he said, "Let's go back first, and see how the queen mother will deal with her two confidantes in front of the emperor!"

Chu Ci nodded.

When the two returned to the Compassionate Ning Palace again, there was indeed one more person on the main seat.

The man was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and his eyebrows and eyes were four to five points like Meng Jing, but he had a beard, about one finger long... He looked much older for no reason.

"My brother has seen the emperor!" Meng Jing walked to the center of the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, arched his hands, and saluted Emperor Jingming who was sitting on the throne.

Chu Ci followed beside him, and slightly blessed his lower body.

Emperor Jingming gently stroked his beard, and gave the two of them a meaningful look, "Why did the fourth brother remember to greet the queen today?"

The corner of Meng Jing's mouth twitched slightly, "The younger brother brought the princess to thank the queen mother."

"Thank you for what?"

"Last time, it was obvious that Ah Ci was taking care of the empress dowager's nine-tailed phoenix hairpin, but the queen mother only blamed the maid beside Ah Ci, Baoyue. Both the ministers and Ah Ci were very grateful for the queen mother's generosity, so Ah Ci's body After a little improvement, I will bring her to the palace to thank you!"

"So that's how it is..." Emperor Jing Ming gave the two people a meaningful look.

After a pause, he said again, "Did you just come here?"

Meng Jing shook her head and cupped her hands, "It's been a while!"

Just as I was talking, there was another scream from Elan outside.

"What's that sound?" Emperor Jing Ming didn't know what was hidden in it, as soon as he heard it, he frowned and asked the big eunuch beside him.

When the eunuch heard this, he immediately winked at the servants.

The people below went out to check.

After a few breaths, the little eunuch who went out to investigate came back to report back, but he looked at the Queen Mother and Emperor Jingming, but he couldn't say anything.

"What's going on!" Emperor Jing Ming couldn't bear the little eunuch's silence, he slammed down the table and asked sharply.

The little eunuch trembled all over, and after a long while of murmuring, he said, "Your servant...you dare not say it!"

"Say, I forgive you for your innocence!" Emperor Jing Ming threw out the condition with serious eyes.

Hearing this, the little eunuch dared to speak, "Return...to the emperor...the father-in-law of the Compassionate Ning Palace did not know what was wrong, but suddenly...suddenly insulted Aunt Elan..."

Father-in-law defiled Aunt Elan? !

Emperor Jing Ming didn't react to receiving this message number for a long time!
Father-in-law is a father-in-law, how can father-in-law defile a court lady!
He was thinking irritably, but he didn't notice at all that the face of Mrs. Ren sitting next to him had changed several times, and her fists hidden in her sleeves were clenched tightly until the golden armor was firmly pinched into her palm. , didn't let go.

The little eunuch was confused when he saw Emperor Jingming, so he had to repeat what he saw just now, and finally pointed out that Eunuch De might be a fake eunuch, and he didn't cleanse himself when he entered the palace...or he didn't clean himself up. Male function is restored.

After hearing the little eunuch's words, Emperor Jingming's face turned dark.

His mother's queen, the queen mother of Yunchao... There is actually an impure man hiding in the palace.

It also made a big mess in the harem.

"Mother's queen..." He pondered for a long time before looking at Queen Mother Ren with a face full of anxiety, and said in a helpless voice, "From your point of view..."

"Your Majesty will just deal with this matter." The Empress Dowager Ren was so angry that she wanted to kill someone, but she had to keep a small face on her face, and said softly, "I don't have any opinions, and I won't defend that hateful man." Diao Nu!"

Emperor Jingming let the Queen Mother finish speaking, and heaved a sigh of relief.Immediately, he looked at Meng Jing again, frowned, and said cryptically, "Fourth brother, what happened today..."

"Only the dead can reassure the living." Meng Jing didn't promise anything, but just replied to him equally vaguely.

Emperor Jing Ming's face turned black in an instant, and he scolded Meng Jing in his heart, but he couldn't help but smile and said, "What the fourth brother said is that only the dead can reassure the living!"

Then he said, "Grandpa De and Elan didn't keep their duty and caused trouble in the harem. From now on, they will be sent to death row. After being tortured 72 times, they will be executed at a later date!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Meng Jing got the desired result, his expression softened slightly, and he bowed his hands to Emperor Jing Ming with a little respect.

Emperor Jing Ming didn't have the energy to deal with him anymore, and said directly, "I still have something to talk to the Queen Mother, the fourth brother might as well take the fourth younger brother and sister to the imperial garden to see the scenery."

This is already clearly chasing customers.

Meng Jing's goal was achieved, so she didn't want to stay longer.Therefore, without hesitation, he agreed and left the Compassionate Ning Palace with Chu Ci.

On the way to the Imperial Garden, Chu Ci was a little preoccupied.

Meng Jing gently squeezed her palm in his hand, and said, "What are you thinking?"

"Eunuch De." Chu Ci lowered his voice and said without hesitation, "Is he actually raised by the empress dowager?"

Meng Jing didn't expect her to be so sensitive, and after a while, she nodded with complicated eyes, "How do you know?"

"If it wasn't for the empress dowager's acquiescence, how could he have been hiding for so many years!" You must know that every year, the palace will check the eunuchs who have been cleansed to see if they are clean.

If it is clean, then of course everything will be fine.

But if it's not clean, it must be cut again.

Eunuch De didn't become the leader of the Palace of Compassion and Ning as soon as he entered the palace... So, if there were no people behind him, he wouldn't have been able to escape the screening of those years.

Meng Jing also knew the deep meaning hidden in Chu Ci's words, he glanced at her again, and said a little dullly, "Don't mention these things again in the future."

Chu Ci nodded.

I understand Meng Jing's concerns.

For some reasons, private restraint is private restraint, but it cannot be put on the surface.

After all, the Queen Mother is also a member of the Meng family's royal family.

If she loses face in front of the world, then Meng Jing will lose face again.

The two walked slowly in the palace garden.

Two quarters of an hour later, we arrived at the Royal Garden.

It is indeed the garden of the emperor's house, even in late autumn, the inside is also colorful.Green peonies, golden silk begonias, hydrangeas... all kinds of colors are in full bloom.

To say that there is no woman in the world who doesn't like flowers.

Chu Ci is a normal woman, so she also likes flowers.

Looking at the sea of ​​flowers, my mood naturally improved.

The two were wandering in the flower field, when suddenly, a court lady with a double bun came over, said with a blessed body, "My servant Yingyue has seen the regent king, and the regent princess... Our master, Concubine Lan, is in the pavilion above. I happened to see the princess coming, so I wanted to invite the princess to see her."

Concubine Lan?

Chu Ci raised his head and looked at Meng Jing with doubts in his eyes.

Meng Jing obviously knew this Concubine Lan, because after hearing the name, the expression on his face softened, and then he nodded at her and said, "Since Alan wants to see you, you can follow Yingying." Let's go up together!"

"Oh." Chu Ci didn't refuse, waved to Meng Jing, and left with Yingyue.

On the way to Lanyue Pavilion, Chu Ci glanced at Yingyue indifferently and asked, "Your Highness and Concubine Lan know each other?"

Yingyue smiled when she heard the words, "Our empress, the emperor, and the prince are childhood sweethearts, we played with each other since we were young."

Chu Ci said "hmm" and didn't say any more.

After climbing dozens of steps, the two finally arrived at Lanyue Pavilion.

In the empty pavilion, there was indeed a tall and beautiful woman in a blue palace dress sitting, holding a hawthorn in her hand and slowly using it.

Seeing this, Chu Ci couldn't help frowning.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is here!" Yingyue didn't notice the change in Chu Ci's expression, and took two steps forward, wanting to report to her master.

After hearing this, Concubine Lan raised her eyes and looked at Chu Ci.But seeing that her face was gloomy, she froze for a moment, and asked tentatively, "What's the matter? There is something wrong with me."

Chu Ci lowered his head, glanced at her still undulating belly, and the Empress Dowager, glanced at the faint spots on her face, and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty is pregnant with a dragon?"

Concubine Lan froze for a moment, "No?"

"Let me take your pulse for your empress!" Chu Ci said, stepped forward and sat down on the stone bench beside Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan came from a family of generals, so she didn't care about her abruptness, instead she stretched out her wrist for Meng Jing's sake.

Chu Ci raised his hand and gently pinched her wrist. After a while, the corners of his lips curled up and he said with a smile, "Your Majesty is overjoyed, you are already three months pregnant..."

Three months.

Hearing these three words, Lan Fei's face immediately changed.

On the side, Yingyue's face also changed.

Chu Ci was not a fool, and he also noticed something was wrong.

She withdrew her hand, stepped back silently, and said anxiously, "If there is nothing else, I will step back first..."

"Don't go!" Lan Fei seemed to react suddenly, and opened her mouth to yell anxiously.

Chu Ci straightened his back, his face was slightly troubled, "I don't know what orders the empress Lan Fei has?"

Lan Fei's eyes were red, and she looked at her steadily.She didn't know what she was looking at, and after a long time, she looked away, and said, "I...the palace is fine, you can go, it's best not to come into the palace again in the future!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Chu Ci hurriedly agreed, fearing that she would be abrupt.

Then, turn around and leave.

When she walked outside the pavilion, she seemed to be thinking of something, turned her head suddenly, looked at her lower abdomen meaningfully, and reminded, "Pregnant women, it is best not to eat this red fruit, it is not good for the fetus..."

After speaking, regardless of whether Concubine Lan listened or not, she walked down to Lanyue Pavilion.

In the imperial garden, Meng Jing was still waiting in the distance.

Chu Ci walked to his side with his front foot, and gouged him hard with his back foot.

Knowing that her intentions had been seen through by Meng Jing, she smiled awkwardly, slightly tensed her face, and asked in a low voice, "How is Alan now?"

Husband has so many ex-girlfriends.

Chu Ci couldn't help losing his temper. He glanced at him coldly, and said in a strange way, "Okay, how could it be bad? I'm pregnant with a dragon now, and it's been three months..."

"Alan is pregnant?" Meng Jing looked surprised.

Chu Ci nodded, paused, and then slanted him hard, "Why, you still hope that someone will guard you like a jade for you!"

"This king doesn't mean that!" Meng Jing shook her head and said clearly, "For so many years, this king has always treated her like a younger sister."

Chu Ci snorted coldly.

Meng Jing held her shoulders and explained, "Her father is the lieutenant general under my king... That year, when he fought in the Northwest, his father was the vanguard... Before he died in the battle, he specially entrusted her to my king's care... This king just can't chill the hearts of the soldiers."

"In my heart, from beginning to end, you are the only one."

……

"What about praying for the heart?" Chu Ci suddenly asked after being silent for a while, with a hint of anger and deliberation.

(End of this chapter)