Chapter 104: The Lan Family's Old Lady's Plot

The old lady of the Lan family watched her noble and dignified granddaughter fall into such a state, and was still worried about her brother.

A shrewd look flashed across her eyes.

She gently stroked Concubine Lan's back and comforted her, "Silly child, he is your biological brother and my grandson. How could I not save him?"

However, it is almost impossible to let him escape unscathed right now, and it is more important for you to regain the emperor's favor.

Only if the Emperor is willing to favor you will we have room to maneuver and save your brother."

Concubine Lan naturally understood this principle.

yesterday.

She figured it out after she came back from the imperial study.

I shouldn't be so impulsive.

If even I am disliked by the emperor, no one will help my brother.

She wiped away her tears and knelt in front of the old lady of the Lan family: "Grandma, please teach me."

"You've suffered a lot, my child." The old lady of the Lan family touched her head lovingly and slowly told her her plan.

She talked a lot about how to gain the emperor's pity.

Concubine Lan's eyes lit up when she heard this and she nodded repeatedly.

Finally, Old Lady Lan changed the subject: "Yu'er, you should promote a few more helpers..."

Before she could finish her words, Concubine Lan looked at her with a ferocious look.

"Yu'er, listen to me..." The old lady of the Lan family was frightened by her eyes and hurriedly wanted to explain.

The imperial concubine abruptly pulled her hand back, her expression cold: "I thought you really cared about me and my brother, but it turns out you want me to pave the way for those people.

Then I will tell you clearly now, it is absolutely impossible."

The old lady of the Lan family urged earnestly, “I know you are feeling uncomfortable.

But you and Hong'er are now isolated and helpless, with no one to help you... Think about it, if there were other brothers to help you, you and Hong'er wouldn't be so passive. "

"In the final analysis, Grandma is just taking advantage of my decline to force me to pull out those rubbish."

The old lady of the Lan family really wanted to slap her, but she restrained herself. She changed her tone to aggrieved: "Don't you even believe me now? Is my love for you fake?"

Concubine Lan sneered, "Love? Before I entered the palace, even before I was crowned a concubine, your love for us was just dispensable. As long as we didn't starve to death, that was all that mattered.

Even if I later became a noble concubine, it was only because I could gain greater benefits for the Lan family."

My thoughts were exposed.

The old lady of the Lan family avoided looking directly at Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan turned around and faced the old lady of the Lan family with her back.

The old lady of the Lan family understood her temper and knew that she would not listen to anything she said now.

"Think carefully about what I say." The old lady of the Lan family left quickly.

A long time passed.

Concubine Lan turned around.

Looking at the empty bedroom, tears fell like beads from a broken string.

She said to herself, “You are full of lies, but you are right in one thing.

It would be of no benefit to me to anger the Emperor. If I want to save my brother, I cannot fall out of favor."

She stood up and wiped away her tears: "No one can defeat me and my brother!"

Even the emperor can’t do that!

After two days of preparation.

Meng Xiyan brought Lord Song and his party to prepare all the necessary food and fodder.

Disaster relief is the job of the brother and sister.

However, they were short of food, fodder, and money, so they divided the work and cooperated.

Meng Xiyan first took the existing food and grass to Jinyang Prefecture, and while providing relief to the victims, he also eliminated local corrupt officials.

Meng Chifei stayed in the capital and continued to raise money and food.

But before leaving.

Meng Xiyan has another thing to do.

He came to Sun Rulan's yard.

Sun Rulan saw him and immediately came out to greet him: "Brother, have you prepared everything and are about to set off?"

Sun Rulan realized a few days after entering the mansion that Meng Xiyan had always been on guard against her.

Don't let yourself get close to Meng Chifei.

Now that the troublesome person is gone, Quanneng can take the opportunity to get close to Meng Chifei and find out the strength of the Meng family.

The emperor threw such a hot potato to the Meng family. Was it a sign of respect or a trap?

If he values ​​her, he will take the opportunity to cultivate feelings with Meng Chifei, making her devoted to him and regard her husband as her God.

If it is the latter, then he can also take advantage of the fact that there is no one in the Meng family to cancel the engagement with Meng Chifei and withdraw in time.

While he was thinking about it, he asked Meng Xiyan to sit down and have some tea.

Meng Xiyan still had a lot of chores to attend to, so after exchanging a few pleasantries, he got straight to the point: "As you know, I'm leaving for Jinyang Prefecture tomorrow. After I leave, only the women and children will be left at home. Although you and my sister are engaged, we're not married yet, so it's inconvenient for me to let you continue to live in the mansion."

The muscles around Sun Rulan's eyes trembled slightly. He was furious, but tried hard to restrain himself.

Meng Xiyan explained: "My family has a house on Yunan Street, which is closer to the six ministries and will be convenient for you to handle official business.

Although the house is small, it has everything you need. There is also an elderly couple looking after it, so you don’t have to worry about the trivialities of life.”

"Even if you don't come to tell me now, I will still say goodbye to you. As for the yard, don't bother me. I have already booked a room at the inn."

"How can an inn be as comfortable as your own yard? Brother Lan, are you angry with me?"

"In that case, Rulan will respectfully obey your order." In fact, Sun Rulan had no intention of moving out at all.

The room in the inn was just something he mentioned casually.

Why would he spend money when he has a free house?

"Then I'll arrange for someone to help you clean up when I get back." After Meng Xiyan said this, he stood up and said goodbye.

Sun Rulan immediately called the servant to pack up.

That evening, Sun Rulan moved to the small courtyard on Yu Nan Street.

**

Before Meng Xiyan left.

He gave his family members countless instructions, especially to Meng Chi, almost telling him everything in person.

Tell her not to bully other girls, not to beat up those boys when they disagree with her, and not to hang her elders on trees casually.

Meng Chifei covered his ears directly: "Brother, you are so nagging and talkative!"

Meng Xiyan: “…”

The disaster relief team set off.

The emperor went to the city gate and saw them off in person.

Meng Xiyan was dressed in a tight and brocade robe, riding on a tall horse, which made him look even more heroic and extraordinary.

After giving some instructions, the emperor handed a sword to Meng Xiyan. "This imperial sword is given to you. With it, you can act as if I were here in person. You can execute first and report later. At critical moments, you can act at your own discretion."

I have also sent a team of personal guards to assist you."

Meng Xiyan quickly knelt down to take the sword.

Meng Xiyan returned to the team, and there was an extra team around him.

Meng Xiyan looked at the leading soldier in the team.

His expression froze for a moment.

The emperor could have sent anyone else, but he sent this living ancestor to me.

The young soldier, on the other hand, smiled and bowed to him: "General Meng, let's work together from now on. I hope our cooperation will go smoothly."

The corners of Meng Xiyan's mouth twitched: "Everything went well!"

At Meng Xiyan's command, the team set off.

There were two more teams following behind the team.

One is Wen Yan’s carriage.

The other one is the caravan from Qingchuan.

After Meng Chifei saw his brother off, he turned around and followed the emperor's procession into the palace.

The relief team moved forward very quickly.

Before noon, Wen Yan was about to part ways with them.

After Wen Yan gave Qingchuan some instructions, she prepared to take the small path home.

Meng Xiyan rode over and said, "I'll take you home."

Wen Yan originally wanted to refuse.

Meng Xiyan snorted twice and asked, "Did you forget what arrangements Chi Fei made before departure?"

Wen Yan instantly gave up the idea of ​​resisting and let him send her off.

However, there is an extra tail behind Meng Xiyan.

It was the little leader of the team sent by the emperor to assist him.

Although he was wearing ordinary soldier's uniform, it was difficult to conceal his noble bearing and extraordinary demeanor.

You can tell at first glance that he is not an ordinary person.