she has golden eyes

Chapter 65 Heartbreak
The day before New Year's Eve, Mei Xue got the news that Empress Shen occasionally felt cold, and Song Zhijie quietly returned to Luoyang at this time.

Mei Xue immediately went to meet Li Jinzhi in the courtyard of the outer courtyard.

She was still worried about Princess Chenyang.

Song Zhijie said that the Qingzhou side had already made arrangements, and the jailers didn't believe Cai Yu's words at all, they only thought that he was frightened and wanted to live a few more days.

As for the magistrate of Qingzhou, he wished he could be blind and deaf.

"Those who know the situation have already made arrangements, and they haven't been hurt, but they have been given better positions with money, and they have all been scattered to different places.

It took a few more days of work, and the things were done secretly and unnoticed. "

Speaking of this, Song Zhijie suddenly smiled, looked at Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi and said:

"However, my subordinate's trip to Qingzhou this time is really worthwhile."

He took out a thick page of white paper from his pocket and spread it out on the table. Song Zhijie said with a smile:

"Prince Lu's ambition may not only rest on Concubine Shu and the Fourth Prince."

Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi looked at each other, then lowered their heads to look at the white paper in front of them.

It is a detailed topographic map, even the locations of small villages and towns are clearly marked.

Hidden among the mountains and jungles are several large and small blue and red circles.

Li Jinzhi looked at it carefully for a while, then smiled lightly and said:
"Uncle Lu Wang deserves to be from the military. The food and soldiers' deployment are impeccable."

Song Zhijie nodded, smiled and said:

"Concubine Shu may not have imagined that she herself is just a stepping stone for others."

Li Jinzhi looked at Mei Xue and talked to her about something related to King Lu.

King Lu was the third son of the first emperor, only a few months younger than King Shu.

His mother, Concubine Xie, came from the Xie clan, a great family in the south of the Yangtze River. Although she only had one son, King Lu, she was loved by the late emperor, so her fiefdom was much better than that of the king of Shu who was born as a descendant.

But Concubine Xie was still dissatisfied, so that before the late emperor passed away, she invited herself to go to Qingzhou Prince Lu's Mansion to take care of her.

The first emperor died of illness, and she never returned to the capital.

As for the Xie family, their aspirations are quite high. The first concubine of Prince Li Jinyu is Xie Danqin, the daughter of the Xie family.

Although Li Jinyu had treated her indifferently these years, Empress Shen valued her very much. On some occasions, Empress Shen would not let the Crown Princess appear, but would bring Xie Danqin with her.

Mei Xue was not surprised when she heard this. It was well known that Empress Shen did not like the Crown Princess, but how could the girl selected by the Xie clan be a simple one?

After the discussion, both Li Jinzhi and Song Zhijie felt that they could not tell Emperor Mingde about King Lu's changes for the time being.

In terms of Emperor Mingde's current physical condition, if there was a sword fight at this moment, he might not be able to wait until the last moment, so in the chaos, the possibility of Li Jinyu successfully succeeding to the throne would be even smaller.

After all, Concubine Shu and King Lu colluded, and they still have no actual evidence in their hands.

Li Jinzhi smiled coldly, and said to Song Zhijie:

"Mr. is not in the capital these days, maybe he doesn't know about the changes in the East Palace yet.

Brother Huang probably knew something about Concubine Shu and Prince Lu's residence. Recently, he often rests at Concubine Xie's residence, probably because he wants to win the support of the Xie clan. "

Although Mrs. Xie made two-handed preparations, King Lu's status was not right after all.

Li Jinyu is a legitimate prince. As long as Xie Danqin can give birth to the emperor's grandson, the possibility of Xie's turning to support Li Jinyu will be greatly increased.

Mei Xue was silent, she lowered her head and slowly stroked the small white porcelain cup in her hand.

She thought of the Crown Princess who was still in Anguo Temple, and thought of the increasingly cold eyes of the Crown Princess.

When leaving Li Jinzhi's residence, Jiu'er was waiting in the main hall outside, holding a food box in one hand.

Mei Xue handed one of the food boxes to Li Jinzhi, and handed the other food box to Song Zhijie with both hands, saying:

"The weather is too cold, and my husband has traveled long distances for several days. Please drink this hot soup before going to bed to warm your body."

Song Zhijie took the food box and thanked Mei Xue with a satisfied smile in his eyes.

Early the next morning, Empress Dowager Jing'an sent a servant to send a message to Mei Xue, asking her to attend the palace banquet of the female relatives at night.

According to her rank, Mei Xue is not qualified to participate in this kind of banquet.

The reason why the news was delivered so late was probably that Empress Shen finally decided that she could not host the palace banquet, and changed to Empress Dowager Jing'an instead.

Mei Xue complied, and as soon as the servant left, she set off for Anguo Temple.

Although she didn't know why she was so anxious, deep down, Mei Xue always felt a little uneasy.

Only a thousand days of thieves, no thousand days of thieves.

No matter how careful the Queen Mother Jing'an made arrangements, Mei Xue still did not believe that Queen Shen would let it go.

Sure enough, as soon as she arrived at Anguo Temple, Mei Xue saw that Madam Jiang's eye circles were red.

Sure enough, Empress Shen gave the Crown Princess a fatal blow on the last day of the old year. She sent someone to pass the good news to the Crown Princess: The concubine of the Eastern Palace, Mrs. Xie, was found to be pregnant. around.

"Miss Mei, it would be fine if your mother was crying like before, but now she is silent, and this old servant always feels that something is going to happen."

Nanny Jiang didn't dare to cry out, she looked extremely cautious, probably because she was afraid of irritating the princess again.

Mei Xue sighed silently in her heart, and after shaking Nanny Jiang's hand, she went to the princess' bedroom alone.

The princess was sitting in front of the window doing needlework, holding a small cotton padded jacket, and she was concentrating on embroidering the patterns on it.

The not-so-bright light outside the window shone on her side face, reflecting a miserable paleness.

Mei Xue felt sore, she walked to the side of the princess and sat down silently.

Neither of them spoke, the princess was still concentrating on her work, but tears fell on the padded coat in her hand.

Mei Xue's eyes were red, and she walked up to the princess and hugged her in her arms.

The princess finally cried silently, her arms around Mei Xue's waist were trembling.

She is nearly ten years older than Mei Xue, but since they met, Mei Xue has gradually become her reliance.

Only by facing Mei Xue can she express the depression in her heart.

"I grew up beside the imperial grandmother, among the men I know, who doesn't have three wives and four concubines?
Therefore, even if she kept sending women to the East Palace, I never felt any dissatisfaction, and I always advised the prince to listen to her and give birth to a grandson as soon as possible. "

But after so many years, Empress Shen has confirmed the crown princess's reputation of being jealous.

And use this to torture her continuously.

All the mouths of gold, accumulating and destroying bones.

There are indescribable pains, how many people can understand them?
"I know very well that her ultimate goal is to drive me crazy or to death to prove that she is right and that I am an ominous person."

Mei Xue looked at the Crown Princess who was no longer crying and was smiling while talking, feeling terrified in her heart.

In the past, no matter how sad she was, the crown princess always called Li Jinyu "husband".

But today, she called Li Jinyu "Prince".

The tone was rusty and cold.

"The prince has always treated me very well, but since Ze'er was born, everything has slowly changed."

The princess smiled, cut off the red thread in her hand and tied a knot, saying:
"I don't blame him. After all, it's his mother who whispers the same thing in his ear every day. It's hard for him not to believe it."

Mei Xue was speechless, and could only sit quietly, listening to the princess's narration of the past.

It wasn't until almost noon that the princess finally finished the padded coat in her hand, put it in a wooden box and said to Mei Xue:

"Miss Mei, these are the clothes, shoes and socks I made for Ze'er, please take them back to him!"

Mei Xue nodded, shook the princess's hand and said:
"Your Majesty, the little emperor's grandson has recovered a lot. Yesterday, Shizi and I weighed him, and he gained more than a catty.

Take good care of your body, and when it gets warmer after the Chinese New Year, I will bring my little grandson to see you. "

As far as Li Mingze's current situation is concerned, if the Crown Princess sees it with her own eyes, it will only irritate her even more.

The princess smiled and nodded, and personally sent Mei Xue to the gate of the courtyard.

Mei Xue walked for a while, and when she turned her head, she could still see the princess still standing at the gate of the courtyard looking at her.

(End of this chapter)