Chapter 50050 Implications

Chapter 50

After Meng Yuning took Yi'er to wash and change clothes, she went out to find Qi Jingyan.

As soon as I walked to the garden, I heard him say he was looking for me, so I quickly said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I'm here."

Qi Jingyan turned his wheelchair and turned around. He saw a girl in a light green dress walking towards him with a bright smile in the morning sun. Her steps were light and bright, which made him feel happy.

The corners of his lips curled up, and he watched her approach quietly, then asked softly, "Did you sleep well?"

Meng Yuning nodded: "I slept well. How about His Highness?"

Qi Jingyan: "I slept well too."

Mu Yun, who was pushing the wheelchair, sighed in his heart. He heard from the two brothers who were on duty last night that His Highness was fanning himself for most of the night, so how could he sleep well?

We have to think of a way to cool down the room where His Highness lives today.

Seeing that Qi Jingyan was just looking at her and smiling, Meng Yuning asked again, "What did Your Highness want to talk to me about just now?"

Qi Jingyan: "The person sent by the Empress Dowager has arrived. I want you to take the people with you to gather them and settle them down."

Meng Yuning was a little surprised and pointed at herself: "Should I go?"

Qi Jingyan: "Yes, An Ning."

Meng Yuning glanced at Mu Yun and thought that these miscellaneous affairs in the mansion should be the responsibility of Mu Yun, the chief guard.

Qi Jingyan noticed her gaze and explained in a gentle voice, "When I was in the capital, the housekeeper took care of all the trivial matters in the mansion, but later..."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Mu Yun and the others have always been responsible for external affairs, and are not familiar with these inner-house matters. We had no choice but to ask them to take care of them when we were on the road earlier. Now that we've arrived in Canghai County, there are still many matters waiting for them to deal with outside, and they are too busy to do anything."

As he spoke, he lowered his eyes to look at his legs, his long, bony fingers unconsciously stroking his knees: "I'm in this condition now, it's really inconvenient for me to move around, so I can only trouble An Ning to take care of me."

Meng Yuning couldn't bear to see him look so miserable and pitiful, so she agreed without hesitation: "Okay, okay, where is the thing? I'll go right away."

Qi Jingyan looked at Mu Feng who was waiting on the side and said, "At the gate, let Mu Feng take you there. You don't have to do anything yourself, just give the instructions."

Meng Yuning said yes repeatedly, took Yi'er's little hand, and followed Mu Feng away in a hurry.

Looking at the backs of several people, Mu Yun suddenly sighed: "Miss Meng really cares about His Highness."

He had discovered several times that as long as His Highness pretended to be pitiful, Miss Meng would soften her heart and agree to any request.

Qi Jingyan understood the hidden meaning in Mu Yun's words and glanced at him indifferently.

Mu Yun quickly shut up and looked up at the sky.

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When Meng Yuning, Yi'er and Mu Feng arrived at the gate, they saw a long row of carriages parked outside.

The leader was about thirty years old, but his face was as white as jade, his jaw was smooth, and he looked very gentle and handsome.

Mu Feng stepped forward, smiled and bowed: "Eunuch Song, His Highness invites you in."

Only then did Meng Yuning realize that this man was a eunuch in the palace.

Eunuch Song was about to follow Mu Feng inside, but when he turned sideways, he saw the little boy following Meng Yuning. He immediately became excited, his eyes red, and took two steps forward and knelt down to kowtow: "Your servant Song Tian, ​​pays respects to His Highness the Seventeenth Prince."

When the young prince left the capital like that, the Empress Dowager cried countless times.

The journey from the capital to Lingnan is long, and everyone is worried about whether such a young child can arrive safely.

Now seeing the little prince jumping around happily and seeming to have grown a little fatter, he was so happy that he cried. He wanted to fly back to the capital immediately to tell the Empress Dowager the good news.

Yi'er was too short to see Song Tian's face just now. Now he was kneeling on the ground and could only see the back of Song Tian's head. He said, "Get up first. I can't see you."

Song Tian agreed, then stood up while wiping his tears, but he did not stand. Instead, he half-squatted and half-knelt in front of the young prince, allowing him to look at him.

Yi'er looked at him for a while and smiled: "You are the eunuch Song who was beside the Empress Dowager."

Song Tian's tears fell directly, and she quickly raised her hand to wipe them away, and said with a smile: "It is this servant."

Yi'er leaned over and looked behind him: "Why didn't the Empress Dowager come to see Yi'er?"

When the Empress Dowager said she would send him to find his brother, he hugged her and asked her to go with him. But she told him to go first and that she would come to see him later.

Looking at the innocent and naive appearance of the little prince, Song Tian thought of the time when he left the palace, when the Empress Dowager burst into tears, as if she wanted to tell him something but didn't know what to say. His tears couldn't stop flowing again, and this time he couldn't wipe them away.

It was obvious that His Highness the Seventeenth was still waiting for his reply, so he forced a smile and said, "To answer His Highness the Seventeenth, the Empress Dowager is busy right now and can't leave."

Yi'er nodded somewhat disappointedly: "Okay, then Yi'er will wait for the Imperial Grandmother."

Seeing Eunuch Song crying miserably, he took out a handkerchief from his bosom and went up to wipe his tears: "Eunuch Song, why are you crying?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't asked. When she did, Song Tian burst into tears. However, she couldn't tell the truth, so she just made up a lie: "Your Highness, this servant is hungry."

Yi'er hurriedly pulled him up and said, "Then go find Mu Shan and ask him to make you some noodles."

Song Tian burst into tears. What a wonderful little prince! How could he have encountered so many things?

Meng Yuning felt sad when she saw this. She looked at Mu Feng, whose eyes were also red, and reminded him softly, "Mu Feng, why don't you take Eunuch Song to see His Highness first?"

Otherwise, if the two of them continued talking, who knows how long Eunuch Song would stop crying.

Mu Feng agreed and walked forward to help Song Tian up: "Eunuch Song, His Highness is still waiting, let's go in first." Song Tian bowed respectfully to Yi'er, then bowed to Meng Yuning, wiped his tears and followed Mu Feng.

The two men entered the courtyard, walked for a while, turned a corner, and disappeared.

Yier suddenly turned around, hugged Aning's legs, and buried his little face deeply in her legs.

Meng Yuning's heart softened, she squatted down and took the little boy into her arms.

Sensing Yi'er's low mood, Meng Yuning patted his back gently and asked softly, "What's wrong with Yi'er?"

Yi'er didn't say anything, but the two little hands around her neck tightened even more.

Meng Yuning didn't know how to comfort him for a moment, so she could only hug him tighter and said softly, "It's okay, An Ning is here."

She knew that Yi'er was thinking about the Queen Mother.

Fortunately, in the book, after Qi Jingyan brought Yi'er back to Beijing, the empress dowager was still alive, and the two brothers lived in her care for a year until the old lady passed away.

If Qi Jingyan could cheer up sooner and return to Beijing sooner, the Empress Dowager would surely be happy to see her two grandsons return safely.

The old man is in a good mood and may be able to live a few more years.

In this way, the two brothers are not completely alone and helpless.

Perhaps Qi Jingyan would not have ended up with a miserable ending of dying alone in front of the Queen's Mausoleum on New Year's Eve in heavy snow.

The two hugged for a while, and noticing that Yi'er's mood had eased a little, Meng Yuning took Yi'er out of her arms, pointed at the carriages, and said with a casual smile: "Yi'er, these are all sent by the Queen Mother to you and your brother. Shall we move in first?"

Children's emotions come and go quickly. When they heard that it was something sent by the Empress Dowager, they clapped their hands and said, "Let's move it."

Meng Yuning nodded to the guard who had been waiting quietly for a long time. "Since the other courtyards haven't been cleaned up yet, let's put them in the main courtyard first."

The leader Mu Jiang agreed and rushed forward with his brothers, carrying all the things down box by box and carrying them into the yard.

Meng Yuning held Yi'er's hand and followed her back to the main courtyard.

Seeing that the weather was good, the guards thought of putting the box in the yard first.

Meng Yuning said, "Lingnan is different from the capital. The rain comes at a moment's notice. Brothers, please take the trouble to move the boxes to the east wing."

When she got up in the morning, she and Yi'er walked around the yard and saw that everyone had cleared out the east and west wings. Now they were both empty, and the east wing was just right for use as a warehouse.

As for the west wing, she wanted to keep it and discuss it with Qi Jingyan and move there herself.

Originally she had thought that she would have her own little courtyard when she arrived in Lingnan, but now she found that she was dreaming too much. In this big shabby courtyard, the guard brothers would have to live in tents for a while, so it would be good enough if she could have a separate room.

Mu Jiang took out a small box and handed it to Meng Yuning: "Miss Meng, Eunuch Song said that this is the account book, please take a look."

Meng Yuning opened the box, took out the account book and took a look.

When she saw the densely packed traditional Chinese characters, she felt overwhelmed.

She thought for a moment and handed the account book to Mu Jiang. "So, you guys sort the boxes according to the order in the account book, and then place them in the east wing. Number the boxes and write the box numbers on the corresponding places in the account book. This way it will be easier to find the things later."

Mu Jiang nodded in agreement. Following Meng Yuning's arrangement, he numbered the boxes according to the account books, and then moved them to the east wing one by one.

By the time all the boxes were moved in, the east wing was already more than half full.

Mu Jiang asked, "Miss Meng, what are we going to do next? Unpack it and take a look?"

Meng Yuning felt that she was just a temporary receiver, and how these things would be arranged in the future would depend on the boss Qi Jingyan.

So he said, "Let's do this for now. I'll ask His Highness later."

Mu Jiang agreed.

Meng Yuning added, "Mu Jiang, go and invite those people outside in for some tea and lunch."

Regardless of whether they are the Empress Dowager's people or not, just because they have worked hard to travel thousands of miles and bring so many things, they deserve to be treated to a good meal.

Mu Jiang explained, "Miss Meng, among those who came today, only Eunuch Song is from the palace. Those driving the carts and delivering goods outside are escorts hired by the Empress Dowager at Eunuch Song's behest from the Beijing Escort Agency. They have their own accommodations and do not need our arrangements for food and lodging. As soon as they finished unloading their belongings, they went back to the inn to rest."

Meng Yuning felt relieved: "That's good, then you can get busy."

Mu Jiang took his men away.

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Meng Yuning closed the door of the east wing and said, "Are you hungry, Yi'er? Let's go to the kitchen and see if there's anything delicious."

After a busy morning, she was already hungry, and Yier must be hungry too.

Yi'er touched her flat belly and said, "A Ning, Yi'er wants to eat egg custard."

"Okay, Aning will do it for Yier." Meng Yuning said with a smile, taking Yier's hand and walking out.

Last night, the work of more than 200 people was not in vain. The courtyard that was originally overgrown with weeds is now clean and there is not a single weed to be seen.

The two of them walked around and passed through several doors before arriving at the back kitchen.

In the kitchen, Mu Shan was wearing an apron and working hard with his kitchen helpers.

When everyone saw Meng Yuning and Yi'er coming over, they all smiled and stepped forward to greet them: "Your Highness, Miss Meng."

The two of them responded with a smile, then walked into the kitchen and saw that the shelves against the wall were filled with all kinds of fresh ingredients, including vegetables and meat.

Meng Yuning smiled and asked, "Did you buy this early in the morning?"

Mu Shan smiled: "Yeah, we haven't had a good meal recently. Now that we've finally settled down, the brothers want to make a good meal and practice our cooking skills so we don't get rusty."

Several people talked at once: "Yes, Miss Meng, you just need to give some pointers from the side."

Meng Yuning smiled and said yes, then asked, "Have you all eaten breakfast?"

"Oh, how could I forget?" Mu Shan slapped his forehead and walked over to the steaming steamer. He opened the lid and brought out two bowls of steamed eggs with minced meat. "His Highness ordered two bowls of steamed egg custard for Miss Meng and the young prince. I almost oversteamed them."

Yier clapped her hands and said, "Yier wants to eat egg custard."

Mu Shan brought the egg custard to the kitchen door and placed it on the small table in the corridor: "It's hot in the room, Miss Meng, your highness, please sit here and eat."

Then he turned back and brought out two plates from the steamer on the next level. "These are shrimp dumplings and glutinous rice chicken I bought at the morning market. They looked delicious, so I bought some to try."

Looking at the glutinous rice chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, Meng Yuning's eyes lit up: "Thank you so much." She was just craving it.

Yi'er followed suit: "Thank you so much."

Mu Shan chuckled, turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue working.

Meng Yuning picked up the chopsticks, picked up a shrimp dumpling and put it in Yi'er's bowl, then used a spoon to scoop a spoonful of minced meat and egg custard and put it in his bowl: "It's a little hot, blow on it before eating."

Yier nodded obediently, picked up the shrimp dumpling with a spoon, and blew it "ah-ah-wu".

Meng Yuning turned around and asked through the window, "Mu Shan, has His Highness had breakfast?"

Mu Shan nodded: "Yes, His Highness had noodles with us earlier."

Meng Yuning agreed, took a glutinous rice chicken, untied the lotus leaf, and ate it. It tasted good, but the glutinous rice was not soaked properly and was a little hard, and there was not enough chicken. She would make it herself later.

Seeing Aning eating the glutinous rice chicken with relish, Yier licked his lips and said, "Aning, Yier wants to eat it too."

Meng Yuning agreed, opened the other glutinous rice chicken, scooped out a piece of chicken with a little glutinous rice with chopsticks, and fed it to Yi'er: "This rice is a little hard, Yi'er, just taste it to avoid indigestion. I'll make it for you later."

Yier nodded obediently, took a bite, and didn't want any more, concentrating on eating his egg custard and shrimp dumplings.

Soon, the two of them were full and drank a glass of warm water.

Mu Shan and his friends prepared the ingredients for lunch, put them all in basins, and then picked up buckets and prepared to go out to fetch water.

Meng Yuning asked curiously, "Such a big yard, isn't there a well?"

Mu Shan told her about the conditions of the several wells in the yard.

After hearing this, Meng Yuning quickly waved her hands and said, "You can't use that. It will damage your health."

Mu Shan nodded. "Yes, that's what His Highness said. We've checked the well and confirmed there's nothing dirty in it. We've already filled it with soil and are looking for craftsmen to dig a new well. We'll go to the city to fetch water in the next few days."

Meng Yuning felt relieved: "That's good."

Seeing that Mu Shan and the others were about to go out, Meng Yuning took Yi'er and walked out as well, intending to take a stroll outside the gate to see what was going on around them.

Mu Jiang was collecting broken bricks and tiles in the yard with his men. When he saw the two men walking out, he quickly put down his work and followed them with more than ten guards.

"Miss Meng, Young Prince," Mu Jiang clasped his fists and saluted respectfully, "His Highness has instructed that if you two want to go out, you must allow us to accompany you as guards."

Meng Yuning gladly accepted it: "Thank you." Yi'er has a special identity, so such an arrangement is indeed necessary.

The group walked towards the gate in a mighty manner. As soon as they stepped over the threshold, they saw Cai Yuezhao standing in front of the door with a complicated expression. Behind her, Yuan Qing and Fudong were holding various objects in their arms, as if they were here to deliver something.

When Meng Yuning saw Cai Yuezhao, she immediately smiled happily: "Sister Zhao, why are you here?"

After entering the city yesterday, everyone dispersed. She had thought that after arriving here, neither Young Marquis Yu nor Sister A Zhao would come to see them again to avoid suspicion.

Cai Yuezhao's gaze swept across the mottled door behind Aning and the dilapidated courtyard wall, and he felt very uncomfortable.

She suddenly stepped forward quickly, hugged Meng Yuning in her arms, and said with a slightly choked voice: "A Ning, this place is really too shabby. Otherwise, you should come with me."