"If Princess Fanghua hadn't caused any accidents at the Qianqiu Banquet, how could I have caused any trouble?"
Song Chengze hadn't expected this. Before he could say anything, Meng Qi burst out laughing. "Then I'll just have to look for trouble. May I ask, Your Highness, is that maid named Qinxiang the Empress's?"
Song Chengze was stunned for a moment, then nodded. He didn't expect Meng Qi to be so perceptive and be able to detect it after just a few times. "Mother is right, you are indeed very smart."
Meng Qi pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not that I'm smart, but that the queen cares about me."
Song Chengze didn't respond. He couldn't say that when she first entered the palace, his mother arranged for Qinxiang to go there because she was afraid that she would cause trouble.
"That's all. I won't be bringing Ms. Li with me that day. Your Majesty can arrange for Qinxiang to stay with me when the time comes."
Song Chengze hummed, "No matter what, your safety is the most important. If there really isn't a good opportunity, then forget it. This isn't the only banquet in the palace. Maybe we can find another way after a while. If we succeed, we'll have to send two of your favorites in. Think about who to bring first."
"Well, if I really go to Hanyuan, will you and the Empress secretly send someone to protect me?"
"Of course." Song Chengze nodded.
Meng Qi exhaled, "Then let Yuan Dong go. She's more stable. Also, if possible, Your Highness should arrange for Wang Chenghai. It's more convenient for eunuchs to stay in the palace."
Song Chengze nodded, thinking the same thing as him. "Yuan Dong is fine. Wang Chenghai, I'll have Zhang Decheng observe him for a while. I didn't pay much attention to him originally, but since he's so important to you, I have to keep an eye on him for you."
Meng Qi didn't expect Song Chengze to be so thoughtful. He saw that she valued Wang Chenghai without asking the reason, but helped her investigate, fearing that she had used the wrong person.
"Will the prince blame me for not using Li Mancang?" After all, Li Mancang was the chief eunuch of the inner house, and he came out of the palace with Song Chengze.
Song Chengze shook his head. "How could that be? We've already agreed that you'll be in charge of matters concerning the inner chambers. Besides, Li Mancang isn't solely focused on the palace. He's too smooth and slick."
Meng Qi didn't expect Song Chengze to say this to her, and she didn't expect that he actually knew that Li Mancang was not wholeheartedly working for the Rui Palace.
That’s right, Meng Qi knew more about Li Mancang. After all, in her previous life, this eunuch Li had actually dealt with her in the inner house.
She remembered that in her previous life, she was sent to the farm. During the last two months of her life, Yuan Dong went to the capital to get medicine for her. The news she brought back was that Song Chengze had hung Li Mancang up and beaten him until his skin was torn and flesh was exposed, and it was Song Chengze who did it personally.
She lay there, not believing Yuan Dong was talking about Song Chengze. In her impression, Song Chengze was a man who hid his emotions very well. Moreover, she had done so many stupid things in her previous life, including the last time by the lake that almost made him lose face, but he didn't touch her at all.
But he hung Li Mancang and beat him, which shows that Li Mancang must have done something that Song Chengze could not tolerate, or even something that almost caused Song Chengze to lose his life.
However, she really didn't know why, and this was also an important person she wanted to slowly investigate. If she could find out what Li Mancang was like early on, it would help Song Chengze avoid losses.
Of course, since that incident happened nearly five years later, there was no need to include Li Mancang on her list of targets just yet. The few people she had arranged today were enough to take her energy away, and she didn't have time to focus on them any further, but she did need to be on guard.
That's why she mentioned Wang Chenghai. There must be a challenger to provoke the conflict and expose the fox's tail.
She didn't want to tell Song Chengze about what she was going to do, at least not now. She had to produce solid evidence.
"I feel relieved when your Majesty says so."
Song Chengze stood up and said, "As we agreed, you can just go ahead and do the things related to the inner house. Even if it involves them, you don't have to worry. My only request is that the children are not involved."
Meng Qi listened to Song Chengze talking about the children, thought for a moment and asked, "Now that the eldest young master has moved to the outer courtyard, has the prince ever considered that it is not a long-term solution for the second young master to stay with the wet nurse like this, even though Zhao has raised the second young master very well."
Song Chengze didn't expect Meng Qi to mention Song Bairan. He remembered what his mother said today, that she wanted him to raise Brother Ran in her yard.
Song Chengze smiled bitterly in his heart. She was not planning to be his long-term husband and wife, so why would she care about whether there was any guarantee?
"Well, your words remind me. Look, I think you are about to show your skills, so it's a good opportunity to see who is suitable."
Meng Qi was a little confused. Her original intention was to take advantage of this opportunity and let Song Bairan go to the outer courtyard. Although he was young, it was not uncommon for aristocratic families to do so in order to educate their sons.
However, he didn't expect that Song Chengze misunderstood him. Thinking about the people in the harem, Xiao Lin was impossible, Wu had her own daughter, and Bai was a concubine and had no qualifications.
Then it can only be Li. Could it be that Song Chengze is reminding himself in disguise that he can put Song Bairan in Jinmoju?
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Li looked at Meng Qi, who was sitting at the top, admiring her newly painted nails by the window. This was the first time that Meng Qi had called her to Jing'an Garden alone.
"The girls have grown up and have more thoughts. I'm afraid that a glance will make them misunderstand and do something inappropriate. In our Huainan Marquis Mansion, anyone who is 18 years old or above should be married. I just don't know what the rules are in the palace." Meng Qi gently lifted the lid of the tea and took a sip.
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