"Women's?"
"Well, I don't know if he really likes it, or if he's just made a lot of the same thing. Whenever we get together privately, he'll insert it." Meng Qi said as he measured the size. "The quality is very good, emerald green and smooth, but no matter how good it is, it's still a woman's style, and it's so bright and obvious when inserted. Tell me, does he have any special fetish?"
Meng Wan was just about to laugh at Meng Qi for thinking too much, but suddenly he seemed to think of something and frowned, remaining silent.
"What's wrong?" Meng Qi stood up and sat in the chair next to Meng Wan.
"Sister Qi, do you know why Meng Juan hasn't gotten pregnant yet?"
Meng Qi snorted coldly at first, "Of course she has done all kinds of bad things. Now that she has gone to the temple, I'm afraid she will never have children in this lifetime."
Seeing Meng Wan's serious expression, Meng Qi put away her joking expression and said softly, "Could it be that there is something else going on?"
Meng Wan hummed, "I didn't want to tell you about this originally, I didn't think it was necessary, but now I've remembered something else. Tell me, and we can analyze it."
Meng Qishi had never expected that the reason Meng Juan had no children was because of the hairpin from the late Empress Dowager that Wang had given her as a dowry before she got married.
"Mother said that the hairpin was specially made, and there was medicine in the head. If you wear it for half a year, no matter if it's a man or a woman, you won't be able to have children again."
Meng Qi was surprised and said, "No wonder mother gave her such a precious hairpin. It turns out mother had this plan in mind at that time. Mother is so kind. She is avenging me."
Meng Wan interrupted Meng Qi, "There were two hairpins back then. The Emperor gave one each to the late Empress Dowager and the Empress."
Meng Qi looked at Meng Wan for a moment, and after a moment, he suddenly realized, "Could it be that the other one is the one the prince is wearing?"
Meng Wan said, "I'm not sure if it's worn by the Crown Prince. But if, as you said, the Crown Prince loves it so much, and he's also extremely filial, then I think it's probably true."
Meng Qi stood up and walked back and forth twice, saying excitedly, "Yes, it must be. The late Empress Dowager and the late Empress were not on good terms, and I'm afraid this was a plan that the late Empress Dowager had set up long ago. Meng Juan only wore it a few times when she went out to visit guests or to greet guests in the past two years, and then she became unable to have children. The Crown Prince liked that hairpin so much that he wore it almost every day, so the East Palace..."
"The Eastern Palace has no children." Meng Wan also stood up with a happy look on her face.
"Yes, that must be the case. It must be. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why so many women couldn't have children over the years."
"But." Meng Wan said.
"But what?" Meng Qi asked.
"Didn't a concubine give birth to a son a few months ago?" Meng Wan frowned.
Meng Qi sat back, touched her chin with a fist, and spoke softly after a while, "Second sister, do you think Donggong's new son might be..." Meng Qi changed the positions of the two teacups on the table.
Meng Wan exhaled, "It's not an exchange, it's more like borrowing."
Meng Qi's eyes widened, "How dare the prince?"
"What if he doesn't dare? How can a childless prince ascend to that position?" Meng Wan said calmly, "Sister Qi, this matter is very important. The prince must investigate thoroughly. If the hairpin is as we suspect, then there must be something fishy about the prince's son."
Meng Qi slammed the table. "That's right, he's even capable of such a thing as pretending to be of royal blood. Great! With this leverage over the prince, many things will become much easier."
Meng Qi stood up again and walked to the window. She carefully sorted out all of this. As long as it was information that was beneficial to Song Chengze, she would not let it go, provided that the information was accurate.
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"What? The prince asked you to accompany him?" Meng Qi asked in surprise, "Is it the same in previous years?"
Song Chengze shook his head. "This is the first time. I was also very surprised when he told me today."
"Your Highness, could he be up to something bad?" Meng Qi nervously sat down next to Song Chengze and reached out to pull at his sleeve.
It was truly unexpected that the Crown Prince would actually ask Song Chengze to accompany him to pay tribute to Empress Jiang. Empress Jiang's birthday was just two days away, and after a person passes away, it's natural to only celebrate their anniversary. But the Crown Prince, a filial son, had arranged a memorial twice before, but was reprimanded by the Emperor, so he didn't dare to make a big deal about it.
The prince bought a house outside the city and placed the tablet of Empress Jiang there. Every year at this time, the prince would go there in person to burn incense and pay tribute, and sometimes he would stay there for a few days.
Song Chengze was also clueless. "I don't know. Since he brought it up, I naturally can't object. And recently, I don't know if he has other ideas, or if he has realized that he will benefit more after Lao Wu's departure, so his attitude towards me is not the same as before."
"It seems to me that he has bad intentions and might be thinking of some bad ideas. I heard that his house is quite far away from the East City Gate. Who knows what accidents might happen along the way. Your Highness should find an excuse to push it away." Meng Qi looked worried and unconsciously increased the strength in his hands.
Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi's little hand pulling at his sleeve, and felt the cuff tightening little by little. He pulled her hand up, and their fingers were clasped together.
"No, I'm going to go no matter what his intentions are. I've asked Chu Yong to make arrangements, from the east city gate to his house, and anywhere else on the way. Don't worry, I'll just bring more people with me."
Meng Qi let Song Chengze hold her hand, and she gently leaned her head on his shoulder. After the incident with Prince Cheng, Song Chengze began to arrange various things against Prince Jing. Although she had no involvement in Prince Jing's affairs, seeing how busy Song Chengze was, and hearing Meng Wan mention it last time, Song Chengze had already arranged for Zhou Yu to start keeping an eye on the Hong family.
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