Chapter 90 Is it Zhao Zhiyuan?
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"Mother, mother."
Meng Mingshu hugged Tuan'er tightly, "Tuan'er, don't be afraid."
As they were talking, the door of the dark room opened.
The person who came in was the same as yesterday, a mute and very old.
Still holding a bowl of medicine and their meals.
Meng Mingshu still didn't dare to take the medicine or eat the food that was sent to her.
But the little girl in his arms stared at the chicken leg and swallowed her saliva unconsciously.
Meng Mingshu's heart tightened: "Tuan'er."
Tuan'er quickly turned his head away, not looking at the chicken leg, and said to Meng Mingshu with his head tilted up: "Tuan'er is not hungry, Tuan'er doesn't want to eat!"
"Don't eat bad people's food!"
Meng Mingshu touched Tuan'er's head.
She didn't know who had kidnapped her and her daughter, but it shouldn't have been the emperor.
These people were obviously careful to avoid the emperor's secret guards.
Meng Mingshu was just thinking when Li Shen walked in.
"There's no poison in the food, but if you starve for another day, I'm afraid you'll die without me having to poison you."
Li Shen was not afraid of Meng Mingshu seeing him. He was only worried that Meng Mingshu and her daughter would starve him to death.
After all, keeping them alive would be of great use to him.
Meng Mingshu held Tuan'er tightly in her arms and looked towards the sunlight at the exit.
"It's you!"
Although she had only met Li Shen once in her previous life, Meng Mingshu still recognized Li Shen.
Li Shen was a little surprised: "You recognize me?"
Li Shen had the impression that he and Meng Mingshu had never met before.
Is this the first time we meet today?
Meng Mingshu didn't say anything.
Li Shen did not ask any further questions about this small matter.
After all, he had been to the palace, so it was possible that Meng Mingshu had occasionally seen him from afar.
"It's okay if you recognize me. You can't escape anyway. This is the secret cell I built a long time ago. It's heavily guarded outside."
"You can't run away, and there's no need to think about running away..."
Li Shen was in a good mood and warned Meng Mingshu.
Meng Mingshu: "Why did you arrest me?"
Li Shen rubbed the jade ring in his hand: "Why ask when you already know the answer?"
"Now that you know who I am, you should understand what I want."
"I'm not going to kill you. I just want to wait for the old emperor to pass away so I can negotiate a deal with Xiao Yan."
"Xiao Yan only cares about you, and this prince only cares about the throne, so I am the rightful emperor."
Li Shen smiled and looked at Meng Mingshu:
"Don't worry, as long as the transaction with Xiao Yan goes smoothly, he will grant me my wish.
I will let your family go and reunite you all."
"You can return to the common people. If you want to stay in the capital, I can even make Xiao Yan a prince, so that you can have a worry-free life."
As long as Xiao Yan voluntarily gave up the inheritance of the throne and abdicated it to him.
He doesn't necessarily want to kill them all.
Unlike the old emperor who was at the end of his energy, he was still young, capable and confident enough to hold on to that position.
So he doesn't mind being more tolerant and having a good reputation.
But no matter what, Meng Mingshu and his wife will live under surveillance for the rest of their lives.
If they are obedient, I will not take action. If they are not obedient, I will kill them directly.
Li Shen picked up the medicine bowl and said, "This is a medicine to keep the baby safe. The court doctor took your pulse when you were unconscious. Although the baby is still in your belly, you have already moved."
"Since I want to negotiate peacefully with Xiao Yan, I will not harm your lives, including the child in your belly, so you can drink this pregnancy-preserving medicine without worry."
Meng Mingshu lowered her head and thought silently for a long time.
She was thinking about the credibility of Li Shen's words.
Meng Mingshu subconsciously touched her abdomen. Ever since she fell while escaping that day, her stomach began to ache slightly, and it still hurts now.
Meng Mingshu bit her lip and closed her eyes.
Worried about her child, she picked up the bowl of medicine and drank it all.
Li Shen needs to use them as bargaining chips and hostages.
If the baby in her belly is fine, it will be another bargaining chip for Li Shen.
After thinking this through, Meng Mingshu no longer hesitated.
Rather than something going wrong, it’s better to take a gamble.
Li Shen saw Meng Mingshu drink the medicine and clapped his hands: "Not bad."
"Stay at ease and take good care of the baby."
"As soon as the old emperor dies, I will take you out."
What he wanted was to leave his name in history and be praised as a wise ruler by future generations.
Therefore, he wanted Xiao Yan to abdicate willingly and wanted the throne to belong to him legitimately, rather than being obtained through treason.
Meng Mingshu didn't say anything.
The medicine Li Shen brought was quite effective.
Not long after Meng Mingshu finished drinking it, the dull pain in her stomach seemed to get better.
Having already taken the medicine, Meng Mingshu simply stopped worrying about it.
She looked at the starving Tuan'er with pity and handed him the chicken leg.
"Dear baby, eat."
There is no problem with the pregnancy-maintaining medicine, and there should be no problem with the meals.
Li Shen was right, they couldn't really starve to death.
There is hope when you are alive, but there is nothing when you die.
Although Tuan'er's eyes were full of desire, she still kept her mouth tightly shut and shook her head: "No, Mommy won't eat it either."
Meng Mingshu took a light bite:
"It's okay, Tuan'er, eat."
Seeing Meng Mingshu eating it, Tuan'er took it hesitantly.
Then he began to swallow in big gulps, his cheeks bulging like a cute mouse.
Meng Mingshu looked at Tuan'er, rubbed her little head, her eyes full of pity and guilt.
Both she and Xiao Yan owed their daughter in this life.
Tuan'er suffered a lot living with their incompetent parents.
"Be good and eat slowly."
Tuan'er nodded like a little chick pecking at rice.
"Mother eats too."
Tuaner handed the chicken leg to Meng Mingshu.
Meng Mingshu picked up another one from the lunch box: "Mother, eat this."
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Li Shen looked at the mother and daughter in prison and scanned Meng Mingshu from top to bottom.
I have to say that Xiao Yan still has some vision.
Meng Mingshu has a great figure, with a willow-like waist and skin as white as mutton-fat jade, so white that it seems to glow.
The mess she had been in these past few days had caused Meng Mingshu's hair to be a little messy, but it didn't affect her beauty at all.
No wonder Zhao Zhiyuan cursed Meng Mingshu several times in front of him.
Meng Mingshu was described in a very unbearable way, as if she were a complete slut.
According to Zhao Zhiyuan, Meng Mingshu was cruel and ungrateful to Xiao Yan and her daughter.
Only calculations for glory and wealth.
But after spending a short time with Meng Mingshu, Li Shen realized that Meng Mingshu was not that bad.
At least you love your children.
I think it’s because Meng Mingshu’s appearance is no worse than Zhao Zhiyuan’s, and she’s even slightly better than her.
As for temperament, it's hard to tell who's better between the two.
Zhao Zhiyuan has a scholarly air. When she doesn't mention Meng Mingshu, she seems very normal and her temperament is very refined.
This is more due to the fact that Zhao Zhiyuan has an extremely pure face.
Thinking of Zhao Zhiyuan, who was as proud as a peacock, Li Shen smiled.
The laughter seemed extremely abrupt in the quiet prison.
He saw Meng Mingshu and her daughter looking up at him warily.
Li Shen smiled and said, "Don't overthink it. Although I have a bad reputation, I have no bad intentions towards you. I already have someone I love."
"She's a jealous woman. If she knew I provoked you, she'd probably want to kill me."
Li Shen naturally loves beautiful women, but Zhao Zhiyuan hates Meng Mingshu very much.
No matter who Li Shen wants to provoke, he will never provoke Meng Mingshu.
After he and Zhao Zhiyuan had become close friends for some time, he visited the concubines in the backyard less often.
No matter how beautiful these people are, they are not as good as the experience Zhao Zhiyuan brings him.
Zhao Zhiyuan, a proud and two-faced slut, made Li Shen regain some of the feeling of being a young boy in the past.
He was really quite impressed.
"Is she Zhao Zhiyuan?"
Meng Mingshu asked tentatively.
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