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Meng Qi bent down, grabbed the snow on the ground and held it tightly. After holding it firmly, she grabbed another handful and continued holding it until the snowball was bigger than her face. Then she stood up, raised the snowball high, threw it hard towards the center of the pond, and then turned and left.
"Tell Wang Chenghai to fill this pond for me next year when it's warm."
Yuan Dong looked at Meng Qi in surprise as she walked past him, and quickly responded.
Lixia looked back at the pond and wondered how to fill such a big pond.
In the evening, Song Chengze unexpectedly returned. While Meng Qi was preparing his dinner, she asked worriedly, "Didn't you say you wouldn't be back for the next two days? Is there anything wrong?"
Song Chengze let Meng Qi take off his cloak for him. "Don't worry, everything is ready. After the court tomorrow morning, I will take Qingning to Chengtian Palace. I was originally planning to spend the night in the palace, but I don't know what happened. I suddenly wanted to come back. Ever since that night, I always feel that I sleep especially well in your room."
When Meng Qi heard this, her face turned red. She thought about how when she woke up that morning, she was actually sharing a quilt with Song Chengze and lying in his arms. There were faint traces of wetness on his inner shirt where her right arm was resting.
"How do you want to bring Qingning in?" Meng Qi didn't respond to Song Chengze.
Song Chengze smiled slightly, looking at Meng Qi who was twisting his handkerchief with a blushing face. "A few days ago, when Father had a headache, Mother gave him a pill. After taking it, Father felt that it was much better than the usual pills."
"Is it Qingning's match?"
"Well, the Emperor agreed to let me take Qingning to treat him tomorrow."
Meng Qi exhaled and handed the handkerchief to Song Chengze, "The prince doesn't know, right?"
"Of course, he's very busy right now. Ever since he received praise from the Emperor for his work on disaster relief, he's become even more motivated. The Ministry of Revenue has been seeking the Crown Prince's help over the disaster relief funds. And the West Mountain Camp, they say they're paying less than the East Mountain Camp, and it's blocking the Crown Prince's carriage on his inspection tour."
Meng Qi pursed her lips and smiled. It's better to be busy. When you are busy, you naturally won't have much energy to pay attention to Song Chengze.
"What are you happy about?" Song Chengze threw the handkerchief back into the basin, took off his shoes and got on the big kang by the window.
"My uncle is the best at calculating. As long as he wants to calculate, nothing is perfect. And as for the West Mountain Camp, it seems that my second brother-in-law has been there several times with the young master of the Zhongguo Mansion."
The young master of the Duke Zhong's mansion is Meng Qi's cousin within five generations, his fiancée is the granddaughter of the Minister of War, and the co-governor of the Xishan Camp was promoted by the Minister of War.
Song Chengze laughed heartily upon hearing this, and reached out to pinch Meng Qi's chin. Meng Qi twisted around, "Your Highness, you're such a fool. Why do you always like to pinch this place? I already have a lot of flesh, and the more you pinch, the more it becomes."
Song Chengze smiled and said, "Oh? Then according to what Princess wants me to pinch, where do you want me to pinch?" As he spoke, he looked Meng Qi up and down.
Meng Qi's face turned even redder. She didn't know how to respond to his meaningful words when Su Xin's voice came from outside, saying that dinner was ready.
At night, the two of them slept together in the inner room, but they didn't share the same quilt. Song Chengze tucked the quilt in for Meng Qi, turned back to blow out the candle, and whispered, "Don't worry, tomorrow is just the first step. Any one of these three things will be enough for the emperor to punish him."
"Will he be willing?"
"How is that possible? The reason he attacked at this time is because he wasn't fully prepared. I caught him off guard and forced him to take action." After saying this, he patted Meng Qi's shoulder gently as if he were a child. "Don't worry, just wait for my good news."
When Meng Qi opened her eyes the next day, the people around her had left. Meng Qi lay back down again, thought for a while, and moved to Song Chengze's quilt. There seemed to be a pleasant smell of hay lingering there. For the first time in her life, she lay there until noon before getting up.
Meng Qi had just finished breakfast and lunch when Zhang Decheng trotted into the courtyard and said, "Princess, please go to the outer courtyard."
"Is the prince back?" Meng Qi stood up and asked anxiously.
Zhang Decheng wiped his face and said, "No, Hu Changsheng is back. The prince asked him to tell everyone what happened. He was afraid that everyone would worry."
Yuan Dong quickly put a cloak on Meng Qi. Meng Qi was so anxious that she got into the sedan chair without even taking the hand warmer.
When she arrived at the outer courtyard, Song Chengze had not returned yet. Lu Jinzhou, Song Lu and several staff members were listening to Hu Changsheng talking.
When they saw Meng Qi coming in, they hurriedly bowed and greeted her. Meng Qi waved her hand and said, "You accompanied the prince into the palace."
Hu Changsheng replied, "I have been waiting in the central hall. The prince first brought Young Master Qing in, and then I heard the emperor's angry shout. After a moment of silence, Eunuch Lu came out and asked the eunuch on duty to invite the crown prince. He also said that he wanted the crown prince to wear his usual hairpin."
Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief. That’s great. It seems that the emperor believes it.
"What else? Did you hear anything?"
Hu Changsheng replied, "After the Crown Prince entered, he heard something crashing shortly thereafter. Then he saw Eunuch Lu ordering the imperial physician to go. I was afraid he would see me and cause further trouble for the Crown Prince, so I used the eunuch who was there to announce it to leave the hall and stand at a distance."
"Where is the prince? Have you seen him?" Lu Jinzhou asked.
"It took a long time for the prince to come out, but Master Qing didn't follow. The prince asked me to come back and tell everyone that everything went well. He went to Concubine Lian."
Meng Qi sat back in the chair and went to Concubine Lian to bring Zhuang Jing over. Now, the prince's three sins were confirmed.
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