No one knew what Song Chengze had said to the Lin family, nor how he had comforted Song Baimo. No one raised any objections to Xiao Lin's treatment. Song Baimo even took the initiative to visit her twice, personally serving her medicine.
Meng Qi had been very busy during this month, and now only Li and Wu were left in the inner courtyard. Li had always been quiet, and Wu, perhaps frightened by Xiao Lin or for some other reason, had become unusually quiet.
Both of them sent their mothers to visit Xiaolin, but the gatekeeper replied in a neutral tone, telling them to ask Meng Qi for permission. However, neither of them mentioned the matter.
Song Nongyu, on the other hand, had recently stopped going to Song Baimo's outer courtyard and instead came to play with Song Bairan every day. The weather had warmed up, and the two children sometimes spent time in the courtyard, sometimes in the backyard garden. The two housekeepers, Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Zhao, had also become closer.
Listening to Wang Chenghai's arrangements for the mansion, Meng Qi nodded with satisfaction. "Although the mansion is quiet now, we can't let our guard down. We can't let our guard down even for a moment. I always feel that there are people in the dark who have not been discovered by us."
Yuan Dong asked in confusion, "What is the princess still worried about? Are there any signs?"
Meng Qi shook her head. "I don't know. I just feel like something's wrong, but I can't find any clues. Have the people who went out been arranged?"
Wang Chenghai said respectfully, "Yes, after Cheng Dianyi passed away, the Cheng family sold their original residence and bought a smaller house in Xicheng. His mother and daughter-in-law saw the silver you sent and kept clamoring to kowtow to you. In my opinion, as long as the plan is well calculated and the family finds other ways to make a living, they can still make a living."
Meng Qi nodded. She had asked Wang Chenghai to deliver the money because, firstly, Cheng Qian's death had been publicly explained as an accident. If the palace didn't make any statement, it would easily arouse suspicion. Secondly, Cheng Qian's mistakes weren't enough to cause him to vent his anger on his mother and wife.
"As for Baochun, her family has already found a husband for her. When I went there, Baochun was thankful that Master Cheng died early. If it had been a month later, Baochun would have been married." Yuandong continued, "Baochun thanked the princess for the dowry she had prepared for her. I saw that Baochun seemed to have come to terms with it and even knelt in the courtyard to kowtow to you."
Meng Qi sighed. Baochun had been someone else's pawn from the beginning. She drugged Song Bomo on behalf of Xiaolin. She drugged Song Chengze on behalf of Jinzhi on behalf of Ms. Li. She deceived herself on behalf of Madam Hai. To put it bluntly, it was all greed. If she had married properly like Haitang, she wouldn't be in this situation now.
Wang Chenghai stepped forward and continued, "Everything has been arranged with Madam Lu and Liunian. After a while, once we've investigated whether their families know about it, these two will..."
Seeing that Meng Qi didn't respond, Wang Chenghai continued, "As for Li Mancang, Eunuch Zhang doesn't want us to worry about it anymore. He will take care of it himself."
Meng Qi understood, "The letter from Ms. Li can be sent now. She will be entering the palace in a few days. We can use this as an excuse to ask the Queen to send another Ms. Li to the palace."
Yuan Dong sighed, "I don't know who they will send next time."
"They won't be close to us anyway, it's just the rules." Even so, she had a plan in mind. Since the aunt in charge of the Shanggong Bureau was a member of Concubine Lian's staff, then she should be able to have two female historians of her own, provided the Empress didn't force her way in.
Meng Qi thought carefully about the people he had dealt with. He had thought about the ending of each person over and over again and cleaned up the mess.
Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief. Okay, now she would focus on the affairs of the palace.
Now, not only did he need to coordinate with Song Chengze regarding Prince Cheng's arrangements, but he also had to deal with Meng Wan's affairs. He was thinking about Meng Wan's plans for the marriage of the Third Young Master of the Shen County Palace. Zhou Zheng was the legitimate son of the current Princess of the Shen County Palace. It was because of him that the Prince of the County had been hesitant to ask for a title for Zhou Yu. If he were to marry Princess Yong'an, Zhou Yu's position as Crown Prince would be extremely difficult.
In order to stop this or create some trouble, we still need the help of youth.
Meng Qi stood up. Princess Yong'an's birthday was still over a month away. She would go to the palace to discuss it with Fanghua in a few days. There should be a good plan, and it would be appropriate to arrange it later. Of course, the premise was that Meng Wan brought it. It was true that Princess Shen wanted to tamper with Princess Yong'an's birthday and facilitate the birth of her son.
Thinking of this, Meng Qi suddenly became a little anxious. There were too many things she had to do in the palace for Concubine Xian's birthday this time. She didn't know if Song Chengze had any way to let Meng Zhi enter the palace as well.
Song Chengze hadn't been in the inner chambers for several days. Meng Qi didn't know if he was busy with Prince Cheng's affairs or if he had other things to do. Everyone in the mansion came to see him, and it seemed like Meng Qi had lost her child, which had displeased Prince Rui.
It was not until Meng Qi had completed her confinement and the Concubine Xian's birthday was two days away that Song Chengze had time to enter Jing'an Garden.
"Oh? So, Prince Cheng will bring Meng Zhi into the palace?" Meng Qi said happily.
Song Chengze sat on the chaise longue, tugged at his collar, took the handkerchief handed to him by Meng Qi and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Why is it so hot so early this year? It's only May, and already at noon it's like a scorching heat."
Meng Qi went to pour tea for Song Chengze, "That's right, the second young master and the eldest young lady have been fascinated by the small pond these days, and they spend half a day playing there."
Song Chengze put down his handkerchief, took the teacup and took a sip. "These two kids, in the winter, I was happy to see them running to Brother Mo's house all day long, thinking they could learn and see something. I never thought they were just taking advantage of the fact that no one was watching over them at their brother's place."
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