After the divorce, the four big guys became my servants

Meng Zhaoge was a little puzzled, but still quickly stood up to greet him.

A woman in pale blue clothes came in accompanied by two maids.

Although Madam Meng was not young, she still had the delicate and pretty look of a young girl. She had almond-shaped eyes and willow-shaped eyebrows, and her cheeks had dimples when she smiled, which made her look particularly pretty.

Every time Meng Zhaoge looked at her, it was like he was seeing the older Meng Changning.

On the contrary, she doesn't look like her mother at all.

"Zhao Ge." Madam Meng stepped forward and held her hand enthusiastically, and asked with concern, "Why are your hands so cold?"

"I have had cold hands and feet since I was a child, mother forgot." Meng Zhaoge said lightly.

This problem was left over from her childhood.

When she was four years old, her parents found a charlatan who said that as long as she was half dead and her soul was about to leave her body, she would be able to see the direction of Meng Changning. So she was thrown into the ice and snow by her parents and froze to death for several hours.

In the end, of course, nothing was seen, and the charlatan had already run away with the silver.

But her parents didn't care about her dying, but said, "It's a pity that the charlatan is fake. I don't know when Ning'er will come back."

Mrs. Meng realized something and dodged her gaze. "Look at mother's memory. She forgot everything."

Meng Zhaoge was too lazy to expose her.

She soon returned to her usual smile: "Zhao Ge, your grandmother's memorial day is in two days. Mother hopes you can go to Pingyang with me to pay tribute. Do you remember? When you were a child, your grandmother loved you the most."

When talking about his grandmother, Meng Zhaoge's expression was dazed for a moment.

It has been ten years since her grandmother passed away. Whenever she thinks of her, her heart aches.

In this world, only her grandmother loves her.

So, even though she could guess that Mrs. Meng's motives were probably not pure, she nodded and said, "Okay."

"Then mother will come to pick you up tomorrow!" Mrs. Meng smiled happily and patted her hands. "Mother will leave first."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Meng Zhaoge didn't keep her. He just looked at her back as she disappeared so quickly, and curled his lips sarcastically.

It must be so uncomfortable for me to be with her that I just left after saying that.

Yes, only by getting along with Meng Changning can I make my mother happy.

She had long been accustomed to it. Ever since the day she was thrown in the snow, her hands and heart had been cold.

...

Madam Meng left the Prince of Jing's Mansion and got on the carriage.

When Meng Changning saw her coming, she asked excitedly, "How is it, mother? Is she willing to go?"

"Don't worry, she is willing." Madam Meng held her daughter's hand and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will take you out in the name of ancestor worship. When you get off the carriage at the palace, I will take Zhaoge away."

"Then you will be able to meet King Jing, and the people in our general's mansion will only think that you have returned to Pingyang."

Meng Changning raised her lips confidently, "Great! As long as I meet the prince, everything will be fine! His Royal Highness Prince Jing likes me, not Meng Zhaoge."

"Yes, yes, who wouldn't like our Ning'er?" Mrs. Meng looked at her proudly and pinched her cheeks.

"But, Ning'er, after you broke up with the one from the East Palace, you turned around and got together with the King of Jing... Will he hold a grudge against you?"

"Do we still need to be afraid of him? Yuwen Lian can't even protect himself!" Meng Changning said with disdain when mentioning this.

The eight princes of Nanchu are all tough guys.

Who knows, Yuwen Lian might die inexplicably in the East Palace one day.

Hearing this, Madam Meng also put aside her fears, touched her daughter's face, and said gently: "Our Chang Ning will definitely become the Princess of Jing. Mother believes in you."

"Wrong—" Meng Changning corrected her confidently: "Your daughter will not only become a princess, but also a queen!"

"Okay, okay." Madam Meng smiled: "Queen, it's the Queen."

In the palace of Prince Jing.

As soon as the outsiders left, Meng Zhaoge went to the yard alone and set up a grill.

He also asked Mohuan to get vegetables and meat from the kitchen, and asked the servants to chop some bamboos, cut the meat into pieces, and string them together with the vegetables on bamboo skewers.

After working for a long time, he and Mohuan finally lit the fire and put the skewers of meat on it.

"Go find another palm-leaf fan." Meng Zhaoge ordered.

Mo Huan hurriedly pulled out a fan from the corner at the bottom of the box.

In broad daylight, two women were grilling skewers around a fire.

Mo Huan wasn't quite sure what this was. She had eaten grilled meat before, but this was the first time she had seen meat cut into pieces and skewered, then wrapped with vegetables and grilled. It was also the first time she had seen grilled mushrooms and corn.

It looks weird.

But it seems to be getting more fragrant?

Mo Huan swallowed his saliva, and before he could ask, Meng Zhaoge brought another small bowl.

She took a look and saw that the bowl was bright red, sprinkled with sesame seeds, and shiny with oil, which seemed to be chili sauce.

"Alright!" Meng Zhaoge took a skewer of meat, smeared it with the chili sauce, and handed it to Mo Huan, "Try it."

Mo Huan took a bite while it was still hot with awe in his heart.

The meat was crispy on the outside but tender and soft on the inside. Paired with the spicy sauce, it smelled so good that her scalp went numb.

"This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten!"

She ate the whole string in no time. "Madam, how come you know this? I've never heard you mention it before."

Meng Zhaoge forced himself to smile: "I'm a very secretive person."

Of course she couldn't bring it up, because this was something she learned from Nalang, who lived just across the wall from her when she was locked up in a separate courtyard in her previous life.

The doctor seemed to have been imprisoned by Yuwen Qi, and one of his legs was cut off. She felt sympathy for him, so she took care of him a bit, and he also taught her a lot.

Meng Zhaoge grilled the skewers skillfully and gave some vegetables to Mo Huan.

Mo Huan quickly pushed him away: "Your Majesty, eat too."

However, just as he finished speaking, a sharp voice came from outside: "Empress Lan has arrived!"

Meng Zhaoge was stunned.

What day is it today? Both mothers come to see her.

Over there, a graceful and elegant woman, surrounded by palace maids, had already walked into the small courtyard.

Mo Huan was so scared that he stood up and wiped the oil off his mouth: "Greetings to the Queen Concubine Lan!"

Meng Zhaoge greeted her with a smile: "Mother, your presence here today really brings honor to the palace."

"Stop talking so smoothly." Lan Fei glared at her, and when she saw the grill behind her, she became so angry that smoke came out of her head.

"You are a princess, but you don't know the rules at all. You rolled up your sleeves and fanned the fire in the yard. It's not decent!"

Meng Zhaoge said disapprovingly: "Food is the most important thing for people. What's more, my daughter-in-law only cooks at home..."

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat!"

Concubine Lan was horrified and looked at Meng Zhaoge with anger at her innocent face.

"The most important thing for a woman is to obey her husband and be virtuous, and to help him solve his problems! But you are not busy serving your husband, but thinking about this useless thing."

"Qi'er has been gone for a few days. He has been working so hard to appease the refugees in Chengzhou. But you are just lazy and ate all day in the palace. You didn't even go to pay respects to your mother-in-law! How outrageous!"

Meng Zhaoge reacted this time.

Oh, it turns out this woman is here to cause trouble.