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Chapter 5 The Concubine

This is Meng Jiao's second time entering the palace. Compared to her first uneasiness, she has begun to get used to it now.

Even when passing by Shangyang Palace, I still have the intention to take a look at the glazed glass on the tiles. It looks very beautiful under the sunlight.

"Madam, let's go to see the concubine today, and we can't walk the last road."

"Why?"

"Last time, it was because you had no official position and were not a relative of aristocratic families, so you could only walk from Zhengyuan Gate. Now you are the third-rank imperial lady and have a noble status. Therefore, this time you will have to walk on the official road inside the Chongyuan Gate."

Official Dao and Mindao, Madam Lin, talked about it when chatting with her, but Meng Jiao didn't react for a while.

She still did not fully accept her current identity as a madam. These external things came too quickly and well. The good things were far beyond her expectations, and she would naturally feel at a loss.

It seems that she still has to try to get used to this identity.

At the same time, you must also get used to the many conveniences and rights that this identity brings to her, whether good or bad, are something she must bear.

After passing the Chongyuan Gate, I walked for about a quarter of an hour, and the one that caught my eye was Ruizhang Platform where the imperial concubine An was located.

Another group of palace servants who served in Ruizhang Platform had been waiting in front of the door.

Seeing Meng Jiao arrive, part of her hurriedly went in to report, while the other part was respectfully taking Meng Jiao inside.

Above the hall, Concubine An's figure was hidden behind the pearl curtain, and it was not clear.

Meng Jiao wanted to perform a great ceremony, but was stopped by the palace servants behind her. Only then did she remember that she was a third-rank imperial edict now, and she did not need to perform a great ceremony when she met the second-rank imperial concubine. She just bowed her hands and bowed her hands.

"My daughter pays homage to the concubine and wishes the concubine a thousand years old."

"No rituals, I want to have a separate conversation with the Imperial Lady. You all go outside and wait."

After Concubine An spoke, everyone serving in the hall came out one after another.

In a moment, in the huge Ruizhang platform, there were only Meng Jiao standing with her head hanging down, and Guifei An, who could not see clearly.

"I don't know what instructions do I have to ask the concubine to enter the palace?"

"It's true that I've grown a little bit. When I came back to see me, I only knew that I was kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to say a word."

Meng Jiao said something, and Concubine An on the seat smiled, got up and lifted the curtain and walked out.

Even though I had seen her once, Meng Jiao couldn't help but be amazed at her beauty.

The imperial concubine An was beautiful and famous. When she was in the boudoir, she was a famous beauty in the capital.

Slowly speaking, it is the capital city, even if you look at the entire Daqi, there are not many people who can compare with her.

Because of this beauty, he was favored by the Six Palaces. Later, he was awarded the title of imperial concubine because of his childbirth. He held the power of the harem for more than ten years and was the first person in the defending harem.

"The concubine gave her a confidant and a minister, so she naturally learned a little more rules."

"I will not tell you about these false things. There are rumors in the capital that you will be carrying Yinsha. I just want to tell you that this is nonsense. I will listen to it and don't be too worried."

Concubine An was straightforward, and Meng Jiao was a little stunned. She thought Concubine An summoned her into the palace to ask about her fate, but she never expected that Concubine An just wanted her to be relieved.

"You don't have to be confused. I know that for the past thirteen years you have heard people say that you are a star who defeated your father and mother. I'm afraid you have determined this fate. But I tell you that I have already had enough evidence to prove that your mother died of blood collapse that year, which is another hidden truth."

"What did you say? My mother died of bloody years ago...and my fate, are there other hidden things?"

Concubine An's words made Meng Jiao stunned. For a moment, she thought she had heard something wrong or a sentence wrong.

Since she remembered, almost every day, all kinds of people would stand in front of her, spitting on her and mocking her as a evil star.

Over the years, she has really determined that she is a bad star.

But today someone suddenly told her that everything you have determined over the years is fake.

Your mother's death, your own destiny, everything is false.

Just like she had only been deciding to be a bad star for so many years, she believed that these were fake and could not have happened overnight.

"Seldom people know that your mother and I were close friends in childhood. Later, your mother refused to listen to the advice and insisted on marrying Meng Zhongting. I was so angry that I broke off contact with her. Later, I heard that when your mother was pregnant, Meng Zhongting married her current second wife Liu Qingqing. I was worried that your mother was sad during pregnancy, so I went to Meng Mansion."

Although he was annoyed that Xue Wan refused to listen to advice and insisted on her own, the love she grew up with was still there.

Concubine An went to the Meng family and everyone was waiting at the door. When she first met Liu Qingqing, who had just entered the door, she only saw Concubine An, who had been in the harem for three or four years, knew that this woman was not simple.

"I talked to your mother about this Liu Qingqing. Your mother only said that she kept her respects quietly after entering the door. She didn't look like a concubine at all, but she was like a maid. I reminded her that she was always guarding others, but she was too kind and didn't take my words to heart. I lived in the Meng family for a while, and Liu Qingqing did abide by the rules and regulations, and I gradually lost my guard. Later, I returned to the palace. Your mother suddenly felt palpitations and coma when she was eight months pregnant. It was Liu Qingqing who came out of the house to find a doctor. It was because of this that I was completely out of guard."

Concubine An took off her spy in the Meng family, and she didn't believe that Liu Qingqing could pretend to be virtuous and kind for such a long time.

But she still underestimated the sinister nature of people. On the second day, Liu Qingqing opened up and changed the doctor who served Xue Wan.

At the same time, the fetal anti-fetal medicine that Xue Wan took was also replaced.

"If I get the letter again, Wanwan died of blood collapse. I wanted to take you into the palace to raise him personally, but during that time, Jun'er was ill and was unable to do anything in my house. Who would have thought that after three months of delay, you would be called a evil star and sent to the unknown Xiaozhuangzi. If I have the intention to investigate, these three months will be enough for Liu Qingqing to destroy all the evidence of the crime."

Concubine An was three months late and had no way of knowing where Meng Jiao was.

After three years, I heard the news from the small village in the suburbs of Beijing that a girl sent by the Meng family was in danger of high fever. Concubine An hurriedly ordered her confidant imperial physician to go over for treatment, and barely pulled Meng Jiao out of the gate of hell.

"But at that time, no one knew that you were the legitimate lady of the Meng family. Just think that you were an abandoned baby in the Meng family, I could not bring you with me by the reason of adopting the daughter of an old friend. I was even more afraid of being shocked. The poisonous woman Liu Qingqing would take the lead in killing you forever and eliminate future troubles. Therefore, she could only keep her troops and bribe an old woman sent by Liu Qingqing. On the surface, she beat and scolded you every day, but in fact she was to cover up her eyes and protect you for more than ten years."

Meng Jiao then remembered that from childhood to adulthood, there was a mother-in-law named Gao who was following her.

He beats and scolds her during the day, but at night, he always sneaks in to deliver a bowl of food.

Occasionally, she would knock over the food she ate. Meng Jiao always felt that it was because Grandma Gao was moody, but she didn't know that she was actually the person sent by Concubine An to secretly protect her.

The food that was knocked down is likely to be highly poisonous.

"The Imperial Concubine said that there is evidence, so why do you have to go through a lot of effort to issue a secret order to summon the minister to the palace and take the evidence to interrogate the second... Wouldn't it be better to interrogate Liu Qingqing?"

"I do have evidence. Three months ago, the people in this palace found the trace of the doctor arranged by Liu Qingqing that year, sent someone to interrogate and received testimony. However, when they were secretly escorted to Beijing, the man suddenly died."

Although the testimony was obtained, the person who confessed suddenly died, and in this way, there was no evidence of death.
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