Fanghua stood up with the help of the palace maid and said to the emperor aggrievedly, "Father, I didn't mean to do that. I really didn't know there would be a snake. I..."
The emperor walked up to Fanghua and gently stroked her shoulder. "I know you are scared too. Go back and have a good sleep. Come to Chengtian Palace tonight and play a few games with me."
No one knew what the emperor meant. He didn't say who would be punished or reprimanded. After asking, he just let the person go.
Song Chengze looked at the emperor standing by the window, looking outside, and pondered his behavior. The emperor asked Princess Jing to explain what happened, obviously believing that this matter had nothing to do with Princess Jing.
Then he casually said that Princess Duan and Meng Qi were competing with each other, which must be due to her dissatisfaction with Prince Duan.
After he said that, he didn't respond and didn't ask Meng Qi anything. That was because in his heart, he had no weight at all, or he thought Meng Qi didn't have the courage at all.
As for Fang Hua, who was provoked by the incident, even if it was not a severe punishment, a reprimand was always necessary. However, the emperor showed his love on his face, not only comforting her, but also asking her to play chess with him at night.
Song Chengze felt his brain was failing. What did the emperor mean by this? What was his strategy? What signal was this sending? He thought about the news Lu Jinzhou had brought back from the northwest, especially the fact that Meng Hai had actually set up Prince Duan and caused him to lose so much money. He wondered if Prince Duan had noticed it yet.
"In your opinion, was it an accident or man-made?" The emperor spoke after a while.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, we should first analyze how the snake entered Kunning Palace and came to Queen Mother's east room." The prince coughed and stepped forward and said softly.
"Have you asked them to search and make sure there is no one else nearby?" The emperor said in a deep voice to Lu Chengbao.
Lu Chengbao nodded, "Yes, I went to check it myself and confirmed that there is nothing. But..."
"Just what?" the emperor asked impatiently.
"I just found a few holes in the northeast corner of Kunning Palace. They look like snakes crawled through them. I have a bold guess, I wonder..."
"speak."
"Yes, I thought. It's getting cold, and snakes are starting to prepare for hibernation. Could it be that the little green snake came in from that cave and accidentally entered the main hall, thinking it was warm and a good place to hibernate?"
The prince nodded, "That's right, father, what Lu Chengbao said makes sense. I'm afraid that the snake was hiding in a corner, and after being tossed around by my second brother and sister-in-law..."
The Emperor hummed, and Prince Cheng frowned. Initially, Princess Cheng and he reasoned that someone must have brought it in with the intention of harming the Queen. But after considering it, they realized that even if they had the will, they didn't have the guts. While the snake wasn't venomous, who among those in the room would dare bring it in?
Thinking about it this way, maybe it's really like what Lu Chengbao said, that the snake found a warm place and crawled in?
"No matter what, the servants in Kunning Palace were negligent in letting a snake into the Queen's bedroom. We'll punish these useless people later," said the emperor.
Several people responded in unison.
"Looking at it this way, this incident was an accident. Even if Fanghua and the others hadn't bickered and gotten angry, the snake would have come out sooner or later." The emperor glanced at Prince Cheng. "Your mother just recovered, and now she's been frightened again. Fortunately, this time she wasn't frightened by some invisible thing. I think she should recover faster than last time. What do you think?"
Prince Cheng was shocked and didn't dare to look up. He bowed quickly and said, "Yes, I think so too. Please allow me to stay in the palace to take care of you for the next few days. I believe that your mother will recover faster."
The emperor nodded and said, "Alright, after all this trouble, let's all go back."
After saying this, the emperor left the west room first, and paused for a moment while standing in the central hall, as if he wanted to go to the east room to take another look. After thinking for a while, he lifted the corner of his robe and left the main hall.
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"I thought the emperor would punish Fanghua and me." Meng Qi sat in the carriage and looked at Song Chengze opposite her. After listening to her whole story, he kept his head down and said nothing.
Song Chengze really didn't expect that Meng Qi would come up with such an idea.
"Where did you catch that snake?" Song Chengze didn't answer Meng Qi's question, but raised his head and asked.
"During the month I lived in Hanyuan, there were always these little creatures in that deserted yard, such as snakes, bats, rats, etc...."
Song Chengze was stunned. This was the first time he'd heard Meng Qi talk about this, and of course, he'd never asked about it before. Suddenly, he felt like he really owed Meng Qi something. A little girl had actually been living with these things for a whole month.
"Aren't you afraid?" Song Chengze's face was full of pity. "I mean when you were in Hanyuan."
"Except for mice, which are a bit disgusting, the others are fine." Meng Qi tilted her head and chuckled, "You forgot I told you that I like small animals the most. When I was at home, my third brother always found these for me to play with to cheer me up. Let me tell you, I also raised a spider. It was so big. One time, it crawled out and landed on my eldest sister-in-law's shoulder. She fainted from fright. Haha..."
Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi smiling and gesturing with her hands, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slowly, "So, you asked someone to go to Hanyuan to catch the snake?"
Meng Qi nodded. "Snakes are easy to catch now. It's cold, and they all seek warm places."
"Aren't you afraid that the snake is poisonous?"
"Don't be afraid, I know it. When I asked him to catch it, I specifically told him to go to the backyard of Hanyuan. That's where I found a snake den. The snake is not poisonous."
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