The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

After that, the emperor continued to go to the imperial study to review memorials, and Meng Wen Yao secretly took the fake pregnancy pill.

Since the emperor did not confer the title on her because he was concerned about the empress, she wanted to see whether the emperor would continue to hide her existence after she had a child.

In Fengyi Palace, the Queen searched for half the night but couldn't find where Meng Wen Yao had gone. She wanted to ask someone to go to Qiande Palace to inquire, but the Qiande Palace was connected inside and outside, and she couldn't find out a single word.

She was anxious for half the night and fell asleep in the second half of the night. When she woke up at noon, she heard the servant report that the emperor had specially summoned Lord Meng today.

"Also, I heard that the emperor gave Lord Meng a sedan chair, and he rode it all the way from Qiande Hall back to the Meng Mansion."

"Is that weird?"

The Queen had countless questions in her mind. Could it be that something had happened to Meng Wen Yao in the palace, and the Emperor secretly took her out of the palace in order to protect Lady Meng's reputation?

What kind of unexpected event could happen? Since the emperor cannot have sex, he will definitely not favor Meng Wen Yao.

Could it be that Meng Wen Yao was molested by some audacious guard and threatened to commit suicide?

The queen also felt that something was not right. First of all, the guards in the palace did not have the courage to do so. Besides, even if this was true, either the guards would be killed directly or the emperor would do a favor to Lord Meng.

Otherwise, if the guard's status was good enough, the Emperor would have directly granted the marriage. There would be no reason to let Lord Meng secretly take his daughter home.

After lunch, she decided to ask the emperor again. When she arrived at the imperial study, she saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs standing outside the door.

"What is this doing?"

When the chief eunuch saw the queen coming, he saluted calmly and said, "The emperor dislikes us being an eyesore, so he called us out and waited."

It seemed that the Emperor was in a bad mood. The Empress hesitated for a moment, but decided that it would be better not to bring bad luck, so she decided to come back in the evening.

After leaving the imperial study, she asked someone to call Mingyuan. The current queen's family had no connections at all, so if she wanted to find out something outside the palace, it would be more convenient to let Mingyuan do it.

"Mingyuan, find a chance to ask Meng Wenyao what happened and why she came home so suddenly?"

"Going home?" Mingyuan was shocked.

Yesterday, Meng Wen Yao and Ming Shi were going to be married, and Meng Wen Yao was supposed to stay in the palace. But after a night, nothing happened, and she was sent home safely.

She asked again: "Are you really going home?"

The Queen was a little uncertain, and sighed, "I just can't get any news. Lord Meng came to the palace this morning, and the Emperor specially gave him a sedan chair to go back. He is most likely home. You can go out of the palace and find out."

Mingyuan felt that the situation was not going well after he left the palace. If Meng Wenyao had already left the palace and returned home, and the Ministry of Rites had not issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage, then there was a high probability that the marriage plan would fail.

It is very likely that the Zhenyuan Marquis' family will take this opportunity to propose marriage, and she doesn't know what happened to Meng Wen Yao in the palace. If something bad happens, she may directly agree to the Zhenyuan Marquis's proposal.

Not only would she and her brother lose the loyalty of two important officials of the imperial court, but they would also become the laughing stock of the entire capital because of this marriage. Once their reputation was damaged, it would be difficult to improve it again.

After much deliberation, Mingyuan felt that he could not just sit and wait for something like this to happen, and he must take the initiative.

When she returned to Prince Jing's Mansion, she began to prepare expensive gifts desperately, and then sent the gifts to the Meng Mansion with drums and gongs.

"County Lady, what is this?" Mrs. Meng asked curiously.

Mingyuan looked Madam Meng up and down, and seeing that her eyes were not red, he guessed that Meng Wen Yao did not have any serious problems.

She tried to put on a friendly smile, took Madam Meng's arm and said, "Madam, I just came to the capital and I don't know a lot of things. In addition, Prince Chen said he was not engaged, so I played around with him and accidentally accepted his hairpin."

"Who would have thought that, since then, I have heard that your young lady and Prince Chen were childhood sweethearts. I felt very uneasy, fearing that such a good marriage would be ruined."

"Madam Meng, have you and the Zhenyuan Marquis's family been engaged?"

In order to force Mingyuan to get together with Chen Dingbei as soon as possible, the Meng family created a wave of rumors, making everyone think that the Meng family and the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion were engaged.

Now Mingyuan goes directly to ask. If he says that the engagement is already done, and then Mingyuan shamelessly goes to ask the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, wouldn't the Meng family be embarrassed?

Thinking about how her husband came out of the palace today and said that his daughter's marriage had been decided, she didn't need to worry about it and would know when the time came.

She said vaguely, "Our two families are old friends, and the elders like to make fun of children. The county lady just listen to it."

"So it's just a verbal agreement and has not been formally confirmed?" Mingyuan continued to ask.

Mrs. Meng couldn't be vague any more, so she could only laugh dryly and said, "We have to slowly match the horoscopes, right?"

Nowadays, when getting engaged, if the horoscopes are not compatible, if the two families really want to become relatives, they can just find another master to match the horoscopes.

Now Madam Meng said that the horoscopes still need to be compared slowly. Regardless of whether the two families intend to continue the marriage or not, one thing is certain: it has not been decided yet.

She pointed at the gifts happily and said, "I have already worn the hairpin that Prince Chen won, but it is not convenient to return it to Miss Meng, so I brought some gifts here as an apology to Miss Meng. I wonder if I can meet Miss Meng?"

"The county lady also knows that my daughter went to the palace yesterday and fell ill when she came back today. How about I come to thank you another day?" Mrs. Meng said politely.

"I see. That's unfortunate today."

Mingyuan left the Meng Mansion with great regret, feeling very cold in his heart. As expected, Meng Wenyao was back, and perhaps it wouldn't be long before the Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion would come to propose marriage.

Yesterday in the palace, she clearly saw that Chen Dingbei still liked Meng Wen Yao.

He came to see her today specifically, to gather information about Meng Wen Yao, overtly and covertly. She must not let the people from the Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion have the opportunity to propose marriage.

She hadn't walked far from the Meng Mansion when she ordered the carriage to turn around and head straight for the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.

Arriving at the Marquis's residence, Mingyuan greeted the Marquis's wife and held her hand affectionately, saying, "The Queen just talked to me and asked me to pay more attention to Miss Meng. I didn't know how to care for her, so I just went back to the residence and picked some gifts to send to her. I don't know if Miss Meng likes them or not."

"I heard from Madam Meng that you are very familiar with Miss Meng. I would like to ask you what Miss Meng likes, so that we can get along better in the future."

What does it mean to get along? How could Meng Wenyao and Mingyuan get along?

The only possibility is that Meng Wen Yao is going to marry Ming Shi. Although there is no imperial edict yet, since the Queen has given Ming Yuan such instructions, the marriage is almost certain.

Madam Hou's heart sank. She looked at Mingyuan's happy smile and forced a smile back: "I'm not sure either. I guess they are all the ones that young ladies in the boudoir like."