Song Chengze chuckled, "There are still many things to come. Later, even Zhang Decheng said that I was lucky to have such a trustworthy person serving me. I have always thought of her that way, especially after we opened the mansion. Lin's ability was limited, so she helped to take care of the affairs of the mansion, so that others would not laugh at me. Haha, but I didn't expect that she was the wolf, so cruel that she even killed the child she gave birth to with her own hands. How much she hopes that I will have no descendants."
Hearing this, Meng Qi gently loosened her grip. "Everything will have an answer. Perhaps some things are not what we thought. Fortunately, it's not too late to discover these things now. Leave everything else to me. However, regarding the Crown Prince, I suggest His Majesty not delay any further. Who knows if there is any other special way for the Crown Prince to communicate with the Li family?"
Song Chengze turned around and nodded. "I understand what you mean. After you've dealt with Mrs. Wu's matter, you can go and interrogate Mrs. Li. If she's willing to talk, that's great. If she doesn't, there's no need to waste time talking to her."
Meng Qi looked at Song Chengze's fierce eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Song Chengze was a decisive person.
A report came from outside from Zhang Decheng, saying that Dong Hai wanted to see him.
Dong Hai came into the room with two letters and a purse in his hands.
Song Chengze took it and asked, "Where did you find it?"
Dong Haiyi clasped his fists and said, "It wasn't found during a search. When my subordinate mentioned the letter that Hu mentioned, Concubine Wu took it out."
"Where is the person?" Song Chengze asked as he opened the envelope.
"In the west wing."
After Dong Hai left, Meng Qi looked at Song Chengze, who was frowning as he read the letter, "But is there any other information?"
Song Chengze handed the letter to Meng Qi and poured out the jade pendant inside.
Meng Qi looked at the letter. There wasn't much content on it. It started with "Do you still remember the jade pendant from your old friend?" and then there were some threatening words like "Be good and obedient" if she didn't want anyone to know about the jade pendant.
Something seemed to pass through Meng Qi's mind. She looked up at Song Chengze again, only to see that Song Chengze had sat back in the chair with the jade pendant in his hand.
"But, but the jade pendant you mentioned?"
Song Chengze didn't say anything, but handed the jade pendant to Meng Qi. Meng Qi took it. The front side had the word "Ruyi" written on it, and the other side had the word "Xiu Yunying" written on it.
Before Meng Qi could ask more questions, Song Chengze stood up and said, "Let's go. It seems like another story."
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Meng Qi couldn't believe her ears as she listened to Wu's story. It turned out that it was her fault that Concubine Xiu hadn't been able to enter Prince Rui's palace.
Wu and Xiupin were from the same batch of selected girls. During the preliminary and re-selection, they lived in the same room and had a good relationship. They were inseparable until the clan office finally assigned the selected girls to various palaces.
Once, Wu went to Qionghua Palace to look for Concubine Xiu, and happened to see Song Chengze who came to pay his respects to Concubine Lian. She fell in love with him at first sight. Unfortunately, she went there many times and never saw Song Chengze again.
She tried to curry favor with the palace maids at Qionghua Palace and learned that Concubine Lian was not close to her son and rarely came to pay her respects. She also learned that Concubine Lian was very pleased with Concubine Xiu and intended to make her Song Chengze's concubine and enter the Ruiwang Palace.
After hearing this, Wu couldn't sleep that night. She had been assigned to serve Concubine Xiang's palace, where she was lukewarm and indifferent. Whenever Prince Duan came to pay his respects, his gaze made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She knew that if she wasn't kept in the palace to serve the old emperor, she would be sent to Prince Duan's mansion to serve the overweight and erratic prince.
Compared with Song Chengze, how could she be willing?
At this time, an elderly woman in the yard started chatting with her. Her words were full of pity for her. She also said that among the emperor's sons, the most suitable one to marry was Prince Rui, who was a truly handsome young man.
They also said that Concubine Xiu was lucky and that when the time came, Concubine Lian would just go to the emperor and ask for it.
The more the old woman said this, the more Wu Shi felt dissatisfied. Why did she get to marry the man of her dreams when they entered the palace together, while she had to...
In the days leading up to the final selection, the old woman said mysteriously that she had seen through Wu's thoughts and asked if Wu would be willing to try if there was a chance to fulfill her wish.
Wu was naturally happy, but she didn't know where to start, and she was very skeptical about the ability of the old woman, an old palace maid.
The old woman smiled and said that all she had to do was ask Wu to secretly take out the jade pendant from Concubine Xiu and give it to her, and the rest would be just waiting for good news.
Two days later, to confirm the final fate of the concubines, they were no longer required to serve in their original location and returned to the courtyard. Wu, under the pretext of parting, prepared a pot of wine and ordered some side dishes for everyone to eat. She also placed the medicine given by the maid into Xiupin's cup.
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Song Chengze closed his eyes. Wu looked up in fear, then crawled to his feet and placed her hands on his knees. "Your Highness, that's all. I really didn't do anything else. I only gave the jade pendant to that woman and didn't know she used such a method."
Meng Qi sighed. What was there to be confused about? The person who could accomplish such a thing must be someone of high rank like the Queen or Concubine Xiang. However, she suspected that it was the work of the Crown Prince.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li to use this handle to threaten Wu, but it is also possible that this matter was later discovered by the prince or the princess and used?
In fact, the truth is no longer important. A jade pendant separated two people who were in love with each other.
Meng Qi looked up at Song Chengze. At this time, Song Chengze had opened his eyes and was looking at Wu, with an expressionless face and no emotion.
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