After a while, Situ Yao rushed over. He knew that if there was nothing wrong, Su Mengyan would never ask anyone to invite him.
Since he ascended the throne, there have been a lot of things to do. He used to be with Su Mengyan often, but now it has become less common. Fortunately, Su Mengyan can understand him.
"Yan'er, what happened?" Situ Yao asked hurriedly as soon as he came in. At the same time, he saw Lu Xian standing beside him.
Could it be something about the musk bonsai?
Sure enough, Su Mengyan told Situ Yao that she had found musk bonsai in the residences of various concubines. After she finished speaking, Situ Yao fell silent.
"In that case, let's bring everyone here and ask them." Situ Yao said. Su Mengyan had the same idea, and the two of them once again coincided with each other.
After looking at each other, the unhappiness of many days seemed to disappear in an instant.
Everyone gathered in Su Mengyan's palace, none of them knew what was going on. First, the Empress's maid went to her own palace to look for something, and then the Empress and the Emperor summoned them personally.
This clearly means something has happened.
However, no one knew what had happened and they were all worried, fearing that they had gotten into trouble.
"My sisters, I think you have also discovered that my maid took something away from your palace." Su Mengyan spoke first. For this matter, Situ Yao only needed to say a few words at the critical moment. After all, it was a matter of the harem, so naturally it was the responsibility of the queen herself.
Everyone responded quickly. Su Mengyan looked at everyone one by one. Finally, her eyes fell on Lin Xiangru, which made Lin Xiangru feel uncomfortable.
"Empress, what are you looking at me for? I haven't done anything, have I?" Lin Xiangru asked somewhat unhappily.
Unexpectedly, Su Mengyan lowered her voice and asked, "Lady Lin, why don't you explain to me why other people's palaces have musk bonsai, but you don't?"
What? Musk bonsai? There was actually a musk bonsai in their own palace? Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They had never seen such a thing in their palace.
Oh no, I don’t know when the musk bonsai appeared in my palace, and whether it will cause any harm to my body.
At this time, everyone was worried about their own health. Although they had not yet been favored by the emperor, if the emperor remembered them one day, they might die.
What if her body was damaged? In the harem, relying on appearance was only temporary. They all knew that having a child was the only way to keep their position.
"What does the Empress mean? How would I know what's going on?" Lin Xiangru's face changed. She had never heard of musk bonsai.
"You don't know? Then, sisters, do you still remember who has given you a bonsai?" Su Mengyan knew that Lin Xiangru might not know about this.
Giving herself a bonsai? Reminded by Su Mengyan, everyone started to think about it, and Lu Xian had already remembered it, but she wanted them to say it was the Prime Minister's wife.
"Oh, I remember now. It was sent by the Prime Minister's wife." Fu Liu was the first to be reminded. She was just a commoner girl and she still remembered clearly that the Prime Minister's wife had given her a gift.
After all, no one has ever flattered her, and her identity as the Prime Minister's wife is not so easy to forget.
"Yes, the Prime Minister's wife also gave it to me."
"So do I."
After Fu Liu said that, everyone remembered.
Oh, it turns out to be the Prime Minister’s wife.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could it be my mother?" Lin Xiangru couldn't believe it. How could this matter be related to his mother? And he had no idea.
Her reaction made Su Mengyan completely believe that the matter had nothing to do with her. It seemed that the problem was with the Prime Minister's wife.
Although the matter had nothing to do with Lin Xiangru, and she didn't even know about it, it didn't mean that Su Mengyan would let her go easily.
"How dare you, Concubine Lin. This matter is inseparable from you. Before the matter is investigated clearly, lock Concubine Lin up first." Anyway, this matter was caused by the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he might as well take action against Lin Xiangru in the harem.
"Your Majesty." How could Lin Xiangru just accept his fate? He called Situ Yao unwillingly, hoping that he could speak for him.
However, Situ Yao just gave her a cold look and said, "I have already handed over the decision on this matter to the Queen. It's useless to call me."
Lin Xiangru was unwilling and wanted to say something, but unfortunately, Su Mengyan did not give her a chance and asked someone to take her away directly.
Seeing Lin Xiangru's fate, everyone was silent. The Queen Mother did not take action, but when she did, she locked up the most boastful Lin Xiangru.
In fact, this was also done intentionally by Su Mengyan. She deliberately locked Lin Xiangru up in front of everyone just to make an example of him.
"Don't worry, sisters. As long as everyone behaves well, nothing will happen." Su Mengyan took a sip of tea and said.
Everyone hurriedly agreed. They also realized that Su Mengyan was warning them not to do anything small, otherwise, it would hurt themselves and others.
Seeing that everyone was behaving well, Su Mengyan knew that there was no point in having them stay any longer, so she said, "I think you sisters are all very worried about your health. Go back, I will have the imperial physician check you all out. If there are any problems, they will be discovered and treated as soon as possible."
It must be said that Su Mengyan's words won a lot of goodwill. Everyone thanked Su Mengyan and then left.
After everyone left, Situ Yao habitually held Su Mengyan in his arms. He didn't expect that Su Mengyan had grown so much when he didn't notice.
He rubbed his head against Su Mengyan's neck. This action made Su Mengyan pause. It had been a long time since the two of them were so intimate.
My heart softened involuntarily.
"You have to take care of yourself when I'm not around." Situ Yao's voice was a little hoarse. He always felt that he had paid too little attention to Su Mengyan during this period.
So little that he felt a little guilty.
However, Su Mengyan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself. You just need to take care of the things of the previous dynasty, don't worry about me."
It means there is no need to worry, not that there is no danger. Situ Yao understood what he meant. It is true that the former dynasty is not stable now, but the harem is also in a turbulent time.
"If you don't take good care of yourself, I will feel bad."
In the woodshed, Lin Xiangru yelled, "Why is she, a noble lady, being locked up in such a place? Even the Empress cannot humiliate her like this."
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