Meng Qi bit the brush handle and looked at the relationship diagram drawn on the paper.
After reconciling what I heard from the lady today with her memories of her past life, I think they still match.
Moreover, these women of King Rui have not changed at all in her memory, which means that they were the same ones before she lay there unable to move in her previous life.
In fact, Prince Rui was a very self-disciplined person. Compared with other princes, he did not have many women, and none of them was taken in by him on his own initiative.
He was also indifferent to marital affairs, as if being able to meet basic needs was enough. At that time, she had never heard of Prince Rui staying in any courtyard for a long time. If he stayed overnight, he would let those women come to show off in front of him the next day.
Meng Qi snorted coldly. In her previous life, she had never wanted Prince Rui to visit her house; she even hated seeing him face to face. After a few times, Prince Rui had become sensitive to her indifference towards him, and perhaps because of her and Hong Zhe's affairs, Prince Rui no longer came to her courtyard.
This gave the household a hint that she was unloved. The servants, who had initially waited and watched after her marriage, began to take sides within a few months. She remembered that the majority of people were behind Xiaolin.
But in her previous life, she cared nothing about these things, not even interested in taking over the palace's household expenses. Li and Xiao Lin had taken control of a large portion of the finances, especially Xiao Lin, who later even tried to take over the personnel transfers and financial transactions within the inner chambers. It was only Nanny Hai's tight grip that prevented her from seizing the funds, and this was a constant source of contention between the two.
It's so ridiculous. Meng Qi rubbed his forehead and wondered if he had any brains in his previous life. How could he have pushed such an important matter aside? His mind was full of unrealistic ideas all day long.
Especially after meeting Hong Zhe unexpectedly many times in the palace and at parties, Meng Qi's heart was broken when she saw Hong Zhe's lingering eyes and helpless look.
A grown man burst into tears in front of her, saying that he had let her down, that he had no ability and could only obey his family's arrangements and marry a woman he didn't like.
He said that the commander of the Dongshan camp's youngest daughter was completely emotionless and as annoying as a tigress. But he had no choice but to accept it and pretend to be affectionate with her.
He also said that it was not easy for him, being the third child in the family, and that nothing good ever happened to him. Especially since he had no chance to show off to his brother-in-law, King Jing. He wanted to prove himself so badly, and he wanted everyone to know that the Hong family had a third young master.
Hongzhe wiped his eyes and said how much he wanted to show up in the palace and gain face in front of King Jing.
Looking at his expression, I felt so distressed. What did she say? Yes, she said, it doesn't matter, she will help him, no matter what.
Hongzhe asked happily, really? Can she help? Didn’t she say she didn’t like going to the palace?
She told him that she liked to go for his sake, and she would go if he needed her to go.
Seeing Hong Zhe's happy face, she felt so happy that she was willing to do anything for him. She completely forgot that it was because of this man that she was burdened with such a reputation, her mother did not have a good end, and her third brother was implicated by her.
So, from then on, her life suddenly had direction, but she and King Rui were drifting further and further apart.
A drop of ink dripped from the brush that was bitten in his mouth, moistening the three words "Song Chengze".
Meng Qi took out a handkerchief and tried to soak up the ink, but ended up staining the three words black.
Song Chengze, Song Chengze...
Meng Qi's mind flashed to the gentle face of Prince Rui, fair, serene, and tranquil. It was rare to see any emotion in his eyes. In her previous life, she had been married to him for so many years, and even losing his composure by the lake was the first time she had seen him do so.
Song Chengze always behaves elegantly, and his eyes are always as clear and calm as the surface of a lake.
Even when facing the princes, especially Prince Duan and Prince Cheng, who had bad intentions or did it on purpose, and even made him lose face, he remained the same, as if to say, "As long as you are happy, that's all that matters."
To be honest, Prince Rui is the most handsome among the emperor's sons. The four words "gentle as jade" seem to be tailor-made for him.
In fact, in her previous life, if she had been an honest Princess Rui, had not acted like a demon, and had not gone down the same path as Hongzhe, her ending would not have been too bad.
After all, she was able to become the Princess of Rui despite carrying such a reputation, and it was obvious from the beginning that the Prince of Rui wanted to live a peaceful life with her.
She had messed up everything herself, challenging his bottom line time and time again, trampling on his dignity as a prince.
But even so, after she made him look so embarrassed, she only said that one sentence.
After her rebirth, she had been wondering who had sent the two women who had held her in the lake. She had never seen them before. She had even suspected it was Prince Rui, because of what he had said.
But she instinctively knew that if Prince Rui wanted her to "disappear," he wouldn't do that. Furthermore, after Madam Liu, who had rushed over, discovered her and shouted for help, the two maids were forced to let her go. Prince Rui even summoned the imperial physician to treat her. Even after the physician declared her hopeless, he still sought out quack doctors.
It was also because of the acupuncture of a quack doctor that she had to lie there for another three years instead of going directly to see her mother.
So, she didn't believe it was Prince Rui.
Who could that be, wanting to kill him? And who could that figure be, seen across the lake?
Meng Qi's head started to hurt again. Living her life over again, she was powerless to change everyone's fate. As long as the people around her were fine, it would be enough. She had to plan carefully and start in advance. The more she knew, the better.
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