The candlelight in the study also went out.
When he went to court in the morning, many court officials suggested that the matter of the late crown prince should be thoroughly investigated.
Not only did the emperor ignore him, he even scolded him.
All these supernatural things happened because he did not maintain the imperial mausoleum properly.
Situ Yao just agreed respectfully, saying that it must be a fabrication, and lightly let the matter go.
He hadn't planned to be there.
He still had a backup plan and was not worried that the emperor would try to fool him again.
Just as Situ Yao was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the helpless voice of his personal eunuch coming from outside.
"Consort Su, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has truly gone to bed, and you haven't summoned him, so you can't go in."
Su Mengyan's voice followed immediately, sounding submissive and docile. "I'll just stay in the yard. I had a nightmare, so... I'm a little worried about His Royal Highness, so I wanted to come and keep watch. Eunuch, please be kind and let me stay in the yard. I promise I won't do anything and won't make any noise."
My father-in-law was also a little hesitant.
Although Su Xianshi was of a low rank and no different from the servants, she was at least someone who had accompanied the Crown Prince to the Imperial Mausoleum.
After she came back, everyone saw how much the prince doted on her. It was said that he had even rewarded her with gifts not long ago.
It should be... okay, right?
The father-in-law gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble: "If Concubine Su becomes rich and powerful in the future, please don't forget me."
"Of course." As Su Mengyan spoke, she stuffed two small pieces of silver into her father-in-law's hand, and her eyes curved with a smile.
When she was in the imperial mausoleum, Situ Yao had never cared much about the money. After discovering that she didn't have much money, he gave her what she needed without being harsh on her. So after Su Mengyan returned from the imperial mausoleum, she was considered a wealthy woman.
When my father-in-law got the money, he smiled.
Su Mengyan really did not disturb Situ Yao and stayed in his yard all night. When it was dawn the next day, Su Mengyan was sitting on the steps and sleeping soundly.
She was half asleep and felt her neck was sore. She turned over and threw herself into the arms of Mother Earth. Then she heard some noise coming from the study door.
Situ Yao helped her up steadily. Su Mengyan was so frightened that her whole body trembled. Without saying a word, she knelt in front of Situ Yao.
Situ Yao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Did you sleep here all night? I don't remember when I summoned you. What are you doing here?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Su Mengyan pinched her thigh and forced tears out.
In addition, she had stayed up all night, so her eyes were red and realistic: "I came to see you! Last night, I dreamed of..."
Before she could finish her words, Situ Yao stepped forward, picked up Su Mengyan and brought her into the study. He closed the door, threw her on a chair, and asked, "What did you dream about?"
"I dreamed of that lady again!" Su Mengyan started talking nonsense, with tears in her eyes when she looked at Situ Yao.
"I have been asked to follow you, Your Highness, for the past two days. I cannot leave you even for a moment. So I have been in your courtyard since last night. The eunuchs around you can all testify to this!"
"Why?"
"I don't know either." Su Mengyan lowered her head.
Situ Yao was silent for a moment, and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Su Mengyan, then said softly: "Since you are willing to follow, then follow."
No matter why Situ Yao agreed, the short answer is that the other person is willing to let him stay by his side.
Su Mengyan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that her life was saved. She followed Situ Yao closely for almost the entire day and didn't even realize when she fell asleep.
When she woke up, the last memory in her mind was reading with Situ Yao in the study. Situ Yao turned the pages of the book very quietly and asked her to sit next to him. There was a pleasant fragrance in the room, so she fell asleep as expected.
"Concubine Su has woken up." The maid next to her glanced at her with a strange look on her face.
She handed the water cup next to her to Su Mengyan and said softly, "His Highness has instructed that when Consort Su wakes up, she should go directly to the study. His Highness has something to tell her."
Su Mengyan hurriedly took the water and gulped it down, then ran out the door. Panting, she stopped at the door of Situ Yao's study. She adjusted her breathing and stepped forward, saying, "Please inform them."
The guard at the door gave Su Mengyan a pitying look, and without entering, he said directly, "His Highness has already instructed that if Consort Su is coming, there is no need to announce it."
The look didn't seem very friendly. Su Mengyan walked in with her head held high and found several people kneeling in the study.
Among them is Meng Lianlian.
Meng Lianlian's face was pale and her body was shaky, either because she had been kneeling for too long or because she was punished by Situ Yao.
Su Mengyan was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything more. She knelt down in front of Situ Yao as soon as she entered the room and said, "Greetings, Your Highness. I am late."
"Did Consort Su sleep well?" Situ Yao closed the book in his hand, looked at the people below with a half-smile, and asked, "Consort Su, do you know why I called you here?"
"I don't know."
Looking at Meng Lianlian's tearful face, I always feel that nothing good is going to happen.
"Since you don't know, then let them explain it to Concubine Su." Situ Yao threw a jade hairpin in front of Su Mengyan and sneered, "After they hear it, you can explain to me why the thing I gave you appeared at the door of the imperial kitchen and was stained with poison!"
really!
Su Mengyan looked at Situ Yao. She really wanted to say that she had been by Situ Yao's side from last night until now and had never left him.
The words were already on the tip of her tongue when Su Mengyan suddenly came to her senses.
Situ Yao knew that I had been following him, and he didn't doubt me at all!
Well, I’m good at acting…
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