After returning a while later, Lady Wen asked, "How did things go?"
The magpie replied, "Everything has been completed as instructed. There will be no problem."
"Okay, that's good, you can leave now."
The magpie stood still and looked up and asked, "Excuse me, my beauty, what should we do next? I want you to prepare for it early."
Wen Meiren glanced at him impatiently and said, "What happens next has nothing to do with you. Please leave now and don't bother me."
"yes."
Finding that he couldn't get any more information out of it, the magpie had no choice but to leave.
After coming out, the little eunuch with round face and round eyes said: "Sister, how is it, what are you going to do next?"
Xi Que sighed, pulled the eunuch aside, and after looking around to see if there was anyone around, he said, "She didn't say anything. We can only keep a close eye on her and take things one step at a time. It's said that the person behind this will also be attending the banquet. If we find him, we must seize the opportunity to get rid of him."
"Okay, definitely."
At the southwest corner outside the city, after the head of the Meng family led his men to the palace, the chieftain came with two men. However, upon arriving, they were immediately suppressed. Seeing the soldiers lying on the ground, the chieftain immediately gave up struggling and asked, "How did you do it? How did you know people were here?"
Among those who stayed behind, Commander Wang had the highest official rank. Commander Wang did not intend to pay any attention to him, but directly tied the man up, gagged him, knocked him unconscious and threw him aside.
Then he left five hundred people here to watch over the prisoners and took the remaining one thousand people to the palace.
Because before Li Jingchen left, he told him privately that someone would come soon, and when the person came, he would subdue him directly. After subduing him, he would leave some people to watch, and the rest would quickly return to the palace to guard, in case something unusual happened in the palace and there was no one to support him.
Everyone arrived one after another. The banquet was held in the main hall. The male relatives were on the left, and the female relatives were on the right behind a curtain.
The emperor sat in the middle, with the queen on his left and Princess Mingman on his right.
After everyone was seated, the palace maids began to serve the dishes one after another.
Because Concubine Wen was in charge of this matter, she stood up from her seat and walked to the back. Xi Que followed closely beside her, while the young eunuch stayed in the hall to observe who was behind the scenes.
When Concubine Shu saw Concubine Wen leave, she hurried to follow.
Jiang Tuantuan, who was observing the situation from the side, found that two concubines left one after the other. Feeling that something must be wrong, she left her seat on the pretext of changing clothes.
At the same time, he asked the elf to help monitor the two people and tell her immediately if there was anything unusual.
The elf complained as he watched, "I find you humans are really complicated. You always love to fight with each other and do things behind our backs. I really can't understand it. It's so troublesome."
Jiang Tuantuan said, "I find it troublesome too, but there's nothing I can do about it. No one can live a comfortable life all the time."
Concubine Shu followed Lady Wen, and Jiang Tuantuan followed Concubine Shu. When they found that these people had come to the kitchen, Jiang Tuantuan found a corner to squat in and asked the elf to help monitor the situation inside.
When Lady Wen arrived at the kitchen, she walked around a few times, looked around, and then stared at a pot of soup in the corner and asked, "Does this soup have to be served to every table?"
The cook said, "Yes."
Lady Wen continued, "Then which one did Your Majesty or the Empress eat?"
The cook pointed to the pot next to him, and Wen Meiren smiled and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll take care of these two pots of food myself. You just need to take care of the other dishes."
"yes."
While no one was paying attention, Lady Wen took out a packet of medicine powder from her sleeve and asked Xi Que to cover for her so that no one would discover her. Xi Que stood aside and helped her keep an eye on them.
Then Concubine Wen quickly poured the powder into it. As a result, Concubine Shu suddenly rushed in and saw this scene. Concubine Shu opened her mouth wide and pointed at Concubine Wen. When she was about to speak, Concubine Wen turned around, covered her mouth with her hand, and quietly put a knife against her waist.
Concubine Shu was so frightened that she dared not speak. She immediately forced a smile and said, "Sister Wen, I just came to the kitchen to take a look. This dish looks very good. I'll leave first."
"Sister, go with your elder sister."
After leaving the kitchen, Concubine Wen grabbed Concubine Shu's arm tightly and signaled Xi Que to pull with her. Concubine Shu knew that she had a knife and did not dare to resist. She could only follow her obediently. When they arrived at an empty yard, her hands and feet were tied up and her mouth was gagged.
Lady Wen said coldly, "You'd better stay here, otherwise death will be waiting for you!"
Concubine Shu was so scared that she nodded quickly and shrank into the corner of the room, not daring to speak. After Concubine Wen left the room, she locked the room.
After leaving the yard, Lady Wen asked Xi Que to go back to the banquet first. Xi Que nodded in agreement and pretended to go to the banquet. When he reached the corner, he immediately stopped and secretly followed Lady Wen's next move.
Lady Wen walked behind a rockery and met a man. After talking to the man for a few words, she turned around and went to the banquet. Xi Que also hurried to the banquet.
Fortunately, he ran fast and arrived at the banquet earlier than Lady Wen, otherwise he would have been discovered. After Lady Wen came back, the man also came back. He stood behind the head of the Meng family. Xi Que spotted the head of the Meng family at a glance, but he was not 100% sure.
The young eunuch quietly tugged at Xi Que's sleeve. Xi Que followed the young eunuch to a corner. The young eunuch said, "I've been observing here for a long time. I feel that the person behind him is the head of the Meng family. I saw that the guards behind him had swords with leaf shapes carved on them."
Xi Que also said, "I also suspect it was him. The follower next to him just came out and whispered to Lady Wen, but I didn't hear what they said clearly."
After the two exchanged messages, they went back immediately.
Li Jingchen, who was sitting at the banquet, looked left and right but couldn't see his wife. He was extremely anxious and thought that something must have happened again.
Jiang Tuantuan, who saw all this from behind, smiled mischievously and immediately came quietly to the room where Concubine Shu was imprisoned.
Because the house was locked and the lock was difficult to open, I had no choice but to find another way to get in. After looking around, I found a window that I could enter through.
Without caring about his image, he rolled up his sleeves and started climbing inside. However, the window was too high to climb up, and his first attempt failed!
Concubine Shu in the room seemed to have heard the noise and moved slowly towards the window.
Jiang Tuantuan ran to another room, found a stool, and finally climbed in by stepping on the stool.
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