Meng Qi was about to retort when she heard someone behind her say, "Fourth sister, why are you wasting your time on irrelevant people?"
Meng Qi turned around and saw Meng Wan hurriedly approaching her. He approached her and whispered, "Meng Zhi is here."
Meng Qi nodded, and the two sisters hurried out of the yard. Meng Juan stamped her feet and pointed at a maid, saying, "Take me to the Third Madam's yard."
The old woman seemed not to hear and went outside.
As the two of them stepped into the study courtyard, they saw a figure standing in the mourning hall. People around them were pointing and talking. Meng Shao took the three incense sticks from the maid and handed them to Meng Zhi, "Sister Zhi, you..."
Meng Zhi seemed to be brought back to her senses by Meng Shao. She turned her head and said coldly, "Meng Changfeng is not worthy of me burning incense for him."
Meng Zhi's voice was very loud. Meng Yuan came over after hearing this and said, "If you are not here to burn incense, what are you doing here? Let me tell you, Meng Zhi, there is no one to protect you from being presumptuous now."
Meng Zhi seemed not to have heard what Meng Yuan said. She was about to walk inside. Meng Shao hurried forward and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I want to see if Meng Changfeng is really dead or not."
"You, what nonsense are you talking about? How can such a thing be fake?" Meng Shao wanted to pull her away, but felt it was inappropriate. When he didn't know what to do, he saw his two sisters walking into the yard out of the corner of his eye and hurriedly greeted them loudly.
Meng Wan didn't say anything. She turned to look at Meng Qi, only to hear Meng Qi say loudly, "Let her go and see."
"Fourth girl, what nonsense are you talking about?" Meng Yuan said unhappily.
"Father, let her go and take a look. Don't worry, I will take responsibility for all the consequences."
Meng Zhi watched Meng Qi walk to her side and tears suddenly flowed out.
"Let's go, I'll go with you." Meng Qi said, and walked in first.
Just as Meng Shao was about to follow, Meng Wan stepped forward to stop him, "Don't worry, big brother, Fourth Sister knows her limits."
Meng Changfeng's heavy coffin was placed in the main hall of the study. Meng Zhi followed Meng Qi in. Meng Qi looked around at the servants waiting on him and said, "You guys go out first."
A few people looked at each other, lowered their heads and retreated.
"Go back later, get on the carriage, and change your clothes. When you turn the corner, you'll encounter an oxcart loaded with tung oil. The horse carriage will collide with it and catch fire. You can take the opportunity to run away. There's an oxcart in the alley. It belongs to Ma Da, who usually drives for me. Just tell him I asked you to find him. He'll take you to my second sister's dowry yard in Jinming Hutong first. Wait for the decree from Prince Cheng's Mansion to come down, and after the prince has settled your case, he'll go to my farm outside the city."
Meng Zhi stared at Meng Changfeng's coffin and nodded, "Don't let my family know for now."
"Yes, I think so too. You can stay here first and wait for the storm in the capital to pass. From then on, it all depends on your wishes. If you want to go home, the prince will arrange another identity for you. If you don't want to go back, it's no problem to live in my manor. Or if you have other ideas, we can talk about it later."
Meng Qi looked at Meng Zhi and said, "Today is not the time to talk. I will come find you when I have time."
Meng Zhi retracted her gaze, looked up at Meng Qi, thought for a moment, took a step forward and hugged Meng Qi tightly in her arms, "Thank you."
Meng Qi was stunned at first, then hugged Meng Zhi back, "Thank you."
Meng Zhi left the Huainan Marquis Mansion in the same way she came, wearing a bright red summer dress and with a loud laugh.
After a while, people in the palace learned that the carriage carrying Prince Cheng's concubine collided with an ox cart full of tung oil at the corner of the street, and Prince Cheng's concubine Meng Zhi was burned to death in the ox cart.
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