boudoir

Chapter 409 Where is the rest?

"Slave, servant really doesn't know!"

She panicked inexplicably, plopped and knelt down again.

Compared with King Dingbei's questioning, Mei's defense and concealment of her made her more frightened.She sacrificed everything to be obedient to Mrs. Mei. If Mrs. Mei is jealous, then she will not have children. If Mrs. Mei wants to be loyal, then she will have no reservations about her. She doesn't ask for much, since she can't ask for it in this life If she has the title of an aunt, then she can just ask for the title of a loyal servant. She only hopes that Mrs. Mei will always rely on her like this and trust her until she grows old. Just bury it in the ground.

However, when she was covering up all the shady evil deeds for Mrs. Mei, Mrs. Mei actually bypassed her and did this kind of thing!She suddenly felt that she had overestimated her position in Mei Shi's heart. Obviously, after so many years, Mei Shi still cared that she had a skin-to-skin relationship with him, and he was not that close to her.

This was the only appeal, and King Dingbei overthrew it and shattered it.

Not only did she understand him, it seemed that she was no different from a transparent person in his heart.With just one word, he can bring her back to her original form.

In King Dingbei's eyes, her trembling appearance was like a big leaf butterfly in the autumn wind, thin, cold and fragile, and he suddenly didn't want to ask any more questions.He already had the answer to the matter, and he didn't care if she said it himself.

Since he was estranged from her, he hadn't looked at her in the eye again.To him, it was no different from so many maidservants in the mansion.He still vaguely remembers how she looked back then, how she forgot how she looked, and only remembers that she was light, plump, soft, like a perfect autumn moon, and the big leaf butterfly now seems to be two people.But the tenderness in the brows and eyes is still there.

He had only had three women in his life, from Mrs. Ye to Mrs. Mei and then to her, the relationship became thinner and thinner.He looked at Xiangying, like looking at a book that had been kept at the bottom of the box for a long time, and when he took it out again, there was something new, but he also felt nostalgic for the past years.

They are all old.Only the dead are still young.

King Dingbei stood up and went out the door without a word.

There was a bright moon outside the door, it was cold and silent, and the leaves of the sycamore tree were rustling, covering up the sound of his footsteps.

King Dingbei didn't return to the main room all night, so Mei asked Xiangying early the next morning, "Where did your lord rest last night?"

Xiangying panicked and knocked over the old horn comb.Mrs. Mei looked at her: "What's wrong with you?" She picked up the comb, smiled, and said, "As you get older, your hands and feet become more and more uncomfortable."

Mrs. Mei looked at her up and down, curled her lips and said, "My lord, what happened yesterday, didn't he rest at your place?"

Xiangying was silent, raised her eyes and said: "The prince rested in the study yesterday, and the servant just came to report."

Mei turned around resentfully, and rubbed rouge on the mirror.

Xiangying turned sideways, calmed down, then turned back, and said to her as usual: "My lord told Wu Zhong to invite two craftsmen to come, and said that he wanted to block the door to the yard behind the study."

She turned around all night, but in the end she decided to remind her.Although Mrs. Mei has wasted her loyalty, if she is unlucky, who will she rely on?At least the Mei family still has her natal family and children. Even if she dies, there will be someone who collects her body.If Mei's leaking of secrets is revealed, she probably won't be able to ask for it, okay?If she died, who would collect her body and bury her in the future?

After hearing this, Mrs. Mei couldn't help her heart beating violently. She suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice, "What door?!"

Xiangying said: "I don't know."

Mei's hand tightened, and a branch of Huasheng was squeezed into the flesh.

King Dingbei came back late one after another in the past few days, rested in the study last night, and asked someone to seal the back door she secretly took out early in the morning. Did he know that she opened the door or didn't know?If he knew, why didn't he come to question her?If he didn't know, with his character, why didn't he ask the question?
She wasn't sure what he meant by bypassing her so quietly and directly blocking the door.He is the person she fears the most in this world, because she has never seen through him, and he has never opened his mind to her—she began to feel a little nervous, and prayed for the secret to be revealed that night when Yunhao took the antidote into the palace and almost suffered The catastrophe of extinction was the biggest mystery in the hearts of those involved in the incident. Seeing that Empress Xiaohui and the deposed prince were both dead, she was afraid that someone would find out about her!

However, how to determine whether King Dingbei became abnormal because of this secret?She hardly had the chance to communicate with him, and even if she had the chance, could she ask him?

Still have to rely on others.

Seeing Xiangying standing in front of her, her brows suddenly brightened, and she stood up: "My lord is probably busy with official business these days, so he lives in the study. The maids around me are afraid that they will not be able to serve you. Go and serve him for a few days. By the way, inquire, why did you think of closing that door?" After speaking, he glanced at her again and said, "It's better to go back to the room at night."

Xiangying's face turned pale, and she shook her body.

What does Mei Shi think of her?When you asked her to find out the news, did you think of asking her to serve him?She also explained that she had to go back to the room at night, she was almost forty, and Mei was still so guarded against her!
Xiangying's heart was filled with a chill, she nodded her head wordlessly, and stepped back.

In the small flower hall of Chaoqing Hall, Liuli held the copybook and asked Wu Zhong, who was standing in front of him, with doubts, "Please craftsmen to seal the door?"

"Yes, it is the small garden at the back of Wang Ye's Academy. The door was not opened there, but for some reason, Wang Ye found another door on the carved wall in the courtyard yesterday."

Liuli was holding the copybook, but her mind had already drifted to King Dingbei's study.

She has been in that courtyard many times, every time King Dingbei talked to her, he was there. Through the window, you can see a small courtyard with hibiscus and wisteria flowers in the back of the courtyard. There are flowers blooming all year round, and the scenery is pleasant. , but because of its small size, there is only one entrance and exit, which is the door through the main entrance.What Wu Zhong was talking about was obviously a door other than this one. Who would open the door privately in King Dingbei's territory?The purpose of opening this door is to avoid the people in the yard, but what is this person doing in and out of the yard in private?
Almost instantly, Mei's shadow slipped before Liuli's eyes.

Except for Mei Shi, no one dared to make such a move.When the palace first moved here, Mei was in charge of the inside and outside of the palace, so it was easy for her to do something.Although I don't understand why Mei Shi did this, but because of opening this door, Mei sneaked into the back garden of the study without anyone noticing, and heard the conspiracy between Prince Dingbei and his son Lu Zhao. The news was only passed to the palace - this inference is very reasonable, because Liuli really couldn't figure out why the news would still leak when they were so careful?Naturally, King Dingbei came to his mansion with suspicion because of what she reminded him.

"Did Madam say anything?" That was what she cared about.

Wu Zhongdao: "The lord didn't tell his wife at all, and he didn't go back to the room last night. The lady just called Xiangying to serve the lord."

Liuli put down the copybook, got up and took two steps.The performance of King Dingbei is more and more like he has already put his doubts into practice. At least he has targeted Mei Shi. It seems that she just needs to wait for a suitable time to add fire, Mei Shi will be There is no escape.

It's just why the Mei family sent Xiangying to serve the king of Dingbei?Is it also suspicious?

She didn't ask after all, and gave Wu Zhong the right card to pay, and then called Yue Gui, "Find someone to keep an eye on Xiangying."

King Dingbei didn't return until midnight.

Entering the courtyard of the study, seeing Xiangying waiting under the door, he couldn't help being stunned.I wanted to ask her what she was doing here, but my heart paused, and the words came to my mouth again: "Why are you here?"

Xiangying looked at the ground: "Madam sees that the prince is busy with affairs, and she is afraid that the maids will not be able to serve him well, so she asks the servants to come and take care of her."

Dingbei Wang nodded invisibly and entered the house.

Xiangying went inside to make tea, changed his clothes, spread out a cooling mat, handed him a fan, and after he rested for a while, asked someone to prepare hot water for him to bathe.When he came out of the shower, several plates of snacks and fruits were placed on the study table.

Xiangying quit after finishing all this, went out and went back to the upper room.

Although she accepted Mei's arrangement to come to inquire about the news in the name of a servant, but she didn't want to inquire for her at all. She felt that her life was humiliating enough, and she didn't want to listen to her orders from the bottom of her heart.In just one day and night, the distance between her and Mrs. Mei was instantly separated, and she no longer wanted to be the faithful dog beside her. If King Dingbei really wanted to punish Mrs. Mei, then so be it.

In fact, what Mei committed was an unforgivable crime. It's not that she didn't know the methods of Empress Yuanhui and the abolished prince. The moment she delivered the letter to the palace, she should have done a good job of King Dingbei and Qiyun. Hao father and son's plan to die, right?Because of that, she can occupy the entire palace with her children and spend the rest of her life peacefully.King Dingbei's silence and avoidance these days is because he dare not face such a fact, right?His wife, by whom he had three children, had sold him out for her own comfort.

He is a great hero in the world, but unexpectedly, he was plotted against by his wife. Not only did he almost die, but even his son was almost killed!She can understand his pain and anger, but as herself, isn't she the same?Mei Shi can give away her husband's life just because she is greedy for everything in the palace. When the crisis comes, will she still care about her, a housewife?
In front of Mei's room, the servant girl opened the curtain to let her in.Mei stood up and said urgently: "Did the lord say anything?"

Xiangying walked up to her, and said respectfully: "The prince just returned to the mansion, and sent the slaves back. The prince didn't say anything."

Mei Shi was a little disappointed, frowned, waved her hand, and told her to back off.

Xiangying walked out of the corridor and let out a long breath in the night sky.

(End of this chapter)