Meng Qi sighed, thinking of that very beautiful woman with a strong personality. Meng Zhi was a branch of the Meng family, and the family depended on the family for their livelihood. They were a very honest family.
Meng Zhi has an older brother. Originally, the family of four was neither rich nor poor, but better off than most. Her brother, in particular, went to the clan school and did quite well in his studies. He was the hope of the family.
But no one expected that when Meng Hai came back at the beginning of last year, in order to please King Cheng, he asked Huainan Marquis Meng Changfeng to choose a little girl from the Meng family and send her to King Cheng.
Meng Qi's heart tightened. Meng Zhi was younger than herself, and because of Prince Cheng's special hobby, she had no idea how she was doing in Prince Cheng's mansion.
When Meng Qi thought of this, she suddenly sat up straight with an excited look on her face.
"Princess, what's wrong with you?"
Meng Qi waved her hand, signaling Madam Liu not to speak, and she leaned back gently into the pillow. Yes, why hadn't she thought of this? They say it's hard to pry into things in Prince Cheng's mansion. Could she use this Meng Zhi?
If he formed an alliance with Meng Zhi, wouldn't he have a chance to learn something about what was going on in Prince Cheng's palace? After all, Meng Zhi was still Prince Cheng's concubine. Since she was able to go to the Huainan Marquis's palace to add to Meng Juan's dowry, it proved that in Prince Cheng's eyes, Meng Zhi was still somewhat respectable.
If she proposed an alliance with Meng Zhi, Meng Zhi would definitely not object because they had the same enemy, Meng Hai.
That's right, Meng Zhi didn't have the ability to reach out to Meng Hai, but he could slowly plan. He didn't have the ability to reach out to Prince Cheng's mansion, but Meng Zhi could help. This was definitely mutually beneficial.
"Talk to your second sister tomorrow and see if you can find a way to make friends with Meng Zhi. It would be best if your second sister could talk to Meng Zhi. I know this is difficult. Although Meng Zhi is a concubine, she is still a concubine. It is not easy for her to return to the Marquis' Mansion. I am afraid it will be difficult for your second sister to say a few more words to her." Meng Qi said while knocking on the table.
"I think it's that Meng Zhi who wants to befriend the Second Young Lady."
"How do you say that?"
"Qingrui came into the mansion today to tell me about this. She happened to see it yesterday when she was delivering something to the Second Young Lady on behalf of Madam Liu. The Second Young Lady also told Qingrui that she was surprised that Meng Zhi was so unfriendly to the Meng family, yet she got along so well with the Second Young Lady. This caused Madam to urgently ask the Second Young Lady to accompany Meng Zhi back to Qin Garden to talk."
Qingrui was a maid who served Meng Qi for many years. After her marriage, she moved to the palace as a concubine, helping to manage Meng Qi's dowry shop. Qingrui's aunt, Liu Mama, was Meng Wan's godmother when she was still called Su Qing, and she has a very good relationship with Qingrui.
Because of this relationship, Meng Qi looked up to Qing Rui, and some of the matters dealing with Meng Wan were also handled by Qing Rui.
(For those who don’t know these characters, I still recommend you to watch “The Substitute Bride…”. I reiterate that this is not a recommendation. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to watch it. These two characters do not affect the overall reading.)
Meng Qi was stunned. What did she mean by saying that Meng Zhi relied on herself to get here, and even relied on her second sister?
Meng Qi tried to think about Meng Zhi's past life. She had met Meng Zhi twice after she got married. Once, Song Chengze took her to a banquet at Prince Cheng's mansion, apparently celebrating Princess Cheng's birthday. Meng Zhi seemed quite favored by Princess Cheng at that time. The second time was when Meng Changfeng fell ill due to Meng Hai's anger. She met Meng Zhi when she returned to the mansion to visit him. That time, Prince Cheng had actually accompanied her.
Later, when Prince Cheng failed, she didn't care what happened to Meng Zhi, nor did she have the time to care. At that time, her already miserable life became even worse because of several "accidental" encounters with Hong Zhe.
But no matter what, as the concubine of Prince Cheng, how could Meng Zhi have a good outcome after Prince Cheng was punished?
Meng Qi thought of this and laughed at herself. Although Meng Zhi and Meng Hai were far more powerful than each other, her desire for revenge had never changed. Looking back at herself, she had never considered taking revenge on the people in the third house who had pushed her into the abyss in her previous life.
From the beginning to the end, she put the man who teased her first, above her mother and third brother.
Perhaps God thought she was so foolish and pitiful that he gave her another chance to live. She would never let Meng Hai or Hong Zhe have an easy life. She would never let any of those who hurt her in her previous life go unpunished.
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Song Chengze watched as Changsheng helped the eunuch pick up the scattered debris. The eunuch bowed and apologized to Song Chengze repeatedly. Song Chengze lifted his cotton robe and boarded the carriage. Changsheng sat in the front room. The driver cracked his whip, and the carriage of Prince Rui's Mansion drove out of the east gate of the palace. Dong Hai and his guards followed closely behind.
"What's the matter?" Song Chengze rubbed his eyebrows.
Changsheng gently pushed the car door open a little and said softly, "Empress Lian wants to talk to the prince. It's difficult for the Empress to explain in just a few words."
Song Chengze was stunned. His first reaction was that Meng Qi had done something wrong today. He had very few opportunities to meet his mother, and they didn't even make eye contact in front of outsiders.
A lot of information was delivered by loyal servants, and the mother and daughter would only meet when they encountered difficult decisions.
Of course, other princes didn't meet their mothers casually; it was usually their princesses who would handle the affairs and pass on information. Due to the special circumstances of the Rui Palace, he never relied on his own princess.
"How long did the Queen and the Princess talk today?"
"It seems like almost half an hour." Changsheng thought for a moment and said, "I haven't brought out the specific details yet. I'll go find out later."
Song Chengze said no, thinking about what they had talked about for half an hour. For a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who don't see each other often or are even completely unfamiliar with each other, more than half an hour is enough to arouse those people's vigilance.
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