Chapter 25 She Bit Him

Meng Yan was filled with fear and even a hint of bitterness.

On Lu Haozhi's face was the look of longing that she was once familiar with but now tried hard to forget.

In her previous life, she had been in such a state of passionate love with him while being watched by him.

She didn't want to get involved anymore, but could she refuse?

As a royal concubine, serving the king is her duty.

"mother……"

A soft child's voice suddenly sounded, and a small figure suddenly ran in from outside and bumped into Lu Haozhi's legs.

Lu Haozhi was stunned for a moment, then looked down and saw Doukou's big black eyes looking at him pitifully, with her small hands tightly clutching his trouser legs.

It seems to mean, don't bully my mother.

"Oh, Princess, you can't go in!"

Several palace maids and eunuchs were chasing after Doukou. When they saw this scene, they were suddenly silent and knelt on the ground.

Meng Yan suddenly saw Doukou running towards her, and she was surprised and happy. Now she had a plan to escape.

"Your Majesty, please let me down. It's not good for the child to watch over me."

Okay, it’s over now. He can’t do anything today.

Lu Haozhi was filled with rage and felt extremely aggrieved, but in front of a child, he had no choice but to let Meng Yan go to the ground.

Meng Yan gathered her hair, pulled Doukou over, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here? Are you here to look for your mother?"

Doukou grinned, nodded, hid behind Meng Yan, only showing her little head, and looked at Lu Haozhi timidly.

Lu Haozhi was completely confused. What did this child mean? He was her uncle!

Even though she had this mother now, it was he who found her. He was not happy that her wife was taken away by her, but she was the first to look sour.

Meng Yan comforted the little princess and said to Lu Haozhi, "Your Majesty, I have been dining with the little princess these past few days. I believe the princess is used to it and can't leave me. I dare to ask Your Majesty to let me return to Changchun Palace to take care of the princess."

What else could Lu Haozhi do? Was he going to snatch her mother from a little kid?

Helplessly, he could only nod casually and said, "Well, let's take the princess back."

Meng Yan took the little princess with her to pay her respects and left the Yangxin Palace.

When she walked out of the Yangxin Palace, a gentle breeze blew towards her, blowing away the heat from her body.

Ruizhu, who was waiting outside the hall, hurried forward and was about to ask something when she suddenly saw a red mark on her master's neck. She couldn't help but lower her head and smile.

She was the dowry that Meng Yan brought from her mother's home. She had served her master all the way here, so she naturally understood what this was.

She knew that the emperor still doted on the imperial concubine the most. It was a pity that the little princess came at the wrong time and disturbed the good thing.

Meng Yan asked, "What's going on? Why did the princess suddenly break into the Yangxin Palace?"

As Ruizhu helped her put on her cloak, she said, "I heard from the wet nurse that when it was time for dinner, the little princess saw that the queen hadn't returned yet, so she refused to eat and insisted on looking for the queen. The servants were worried that the princess would starve, so they brought her here. They had originally said they would wait for the queen outside the palace, but who knew that the little princess was so sharp-eyed that she saw the queen inside and slipped in when no one was looking. She's small, but her legs are very nimble, so no one can catch up with her."

It turned out that Meng Yan was currently conditioning Doukou and had prescribed some medicines that had to be taken after meals. She had also issued a strict order that the princess must not be delayed in taking the medicine.

The palace maid was afraid that she would delay the princess from taking her medicine and be held accountable by the imperial concubine, so she brought the princess to the Yangxin Palace.

After hearing about this previous incident, Meng Yan did not pursue the matter any further. She took Doukou with her and got on the sedan chair and returned to Changchun Palace.

On the way, Ruizhu couldn't help but whispered, "Your Majesty, why are you pleading for the Imperial Noble Consort now? She's been so proud for so many years, and now that the Emperor has finally punished her, why not let her suffer a little more and see if she can become more powerful in the future?"

"You have the same old temper. You haven't changed at all." Meng Yan stroked Doukou's head and smiled slightly. "These newly selected ladies will soon enter the palace. This wonderful show will be greatly diminished without her."

At this critical juncture, if Liang Chengbiruo was confined to her house, she would be the highest-ranking concubine in the harem. Wouldn't she immediately become the target of those newcomers?

Others are not a concern, but the heroine of the original book, Lin Yanrong, is not an easy character to deal with.

Meng Yan knew she couldn't afford to provoke her, nor did she want to confront her directly, so she decided to pull Liang Chengbi out to block her.

As for whether these two people will love each other as sisters or love and hate each other as enemies in this life, it is not her concern.

After Meng Yan left the Yangxin Palace, Lu Haozhi was so angry that he had no place to vent. The eunuchs in the imperial court who failed to stop the princess naturally suffered misfortune.

Everyone was beaten with a stick and no one escaped.

Even the eunuch Rong An, the chief steward of the imperial court, was not spared this time.

There were also some who were so blind that they had the audacity to give the emperor advice, suggesting that he should choose a decent-looking maid from among the palace maids serving in front of the emperor.

The emperor gave him fifty lashes of the cane and then threw him into Yongxiang to clean the toilet.

At night, while his apprentice was serving him medicine, Rong An lay on the kang, touching his old buttocks and sighing: It would be better if the imperial concubine had not come, the emperor is getting even more angry.

Liang Chengbi was happy at first when he heard the eunuch's oral order that the emperor had pardoned his house arrest. But then he heard that it was Meng Yan who went to the emperor to ask for mercy, and he couldn't help but become suspicious.

"How can Meng Yan be so kind? What's she up to?"

Liang Chengbi leaned against a goose feather pillow, holding a snow lion cat in his arms, and asked in confusion.

A beautiful woman in a purple satin dress smiled and replied, "Good Empress, you've always been in charge of the palace affairs. Without you, wouldn't it be chaos? The Imperial Concubine wants to take charge, but can she? Does she have the talent? I'm sure she knows she doesn't have the ability. Rather than causing trouble and being held accountable by the Emperor, it's better for her to plead for mercy and appear to be a good person."

The woman was in her early twenties, with a beautiful face. Her name was Zhao Fangchun. She was originally a concubine selected for the crown prince when the previous emperor was still alive. She and Liang Chengbi were sent to the crown prince's mansion with a name badge, but neither of them had ever been favored.

The original book arranged it this way to highlight how jealous Meng Yan was and how she monopolized the male protagonist Lu Haozhi.

However, in this case, Meng Yan alone enjoyed the favor, and these unfavored concubines naturally joined together to hate her.

Zhao Fangchun was of humble origin and the emperor never looked at her with favor, so she had no choice but to rely on Liang Chengbi and was only then granted the title of noble lady.

Liang Chengbi shook her head and said solemnly, "I feel that Concubine Meng is no longer so easy to deal with."

After pondering this for a while, she still couldn't figure it out, so she had to speak again and give instructions: "The new young lady is about to enter the palace. Keep an eye on everything and don't cause any trouble. Since Yongshou Palace is the good intention of the Imperial Concubine, you must do your best to ensure that the Imperial Concubine's kindness is not wasted."

The attendants responded, and Liang Chengbi smiled at Zhao Chunfang again, "Lady Zhao, this newly selected Consort Lin is a wonderful person. We should get along well with her."

Zhao Chunfang understood and replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I understand everything."

Five days later, the newly selected lady officially entered the palace.

The heroine in the original book, Lin Yanrong, finally entered this imperial city.