Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

After mounting the inscriptions and calligraphy and hanging them in the academy, Meng Xiyue asked Mei Ran to spread the news deliberately.

As expected, the academy soon attracted the attention of people in the capital after having Mo Ran's inscription.

After all, Master Mo Ran’s paintings are priceless, and many people have only heard of them but have never seen them.

At the beginning, many people did not believe it and thought that Mei Ran had deliberately forged it in order to recruit students. But when the landscape painting was taken out.

No one dared not to believe it. After all, no one else could imitate Master Mo Ran's paintings.

Everyone who came asked Mei Ran about Master Mo Ran's whereabouts and whether he was in the capital.

Mei Ran also responded to everyone as she had said beforehand.

Seeing this, several people began to send their children to the school, hoping to get in touch with Master Mo Ran.

But many people still didn't want to send their children to school because Mei Ran was a girl.

I think a woman who has read the Four Books and Five Classics is very talented and cannot have any unique insights.

But time will tell. The fact that three children have signed up for the school is already an improvement.

At least Mei Ran and Meng Xiyue were satisfied.

The reappearance of Master Mo Ran's painting also attracted the attention of the powerful. After confirming that the portrait was authentic, they all wanted to find Mo Ran's whereabouts through Mei Ran.

The result was no clues at all.

Qiujingxuan Study Room

Xie Junyi stared at the fishing picture on the wall. He fell in love with the painting at first sight. He had never liked any painting so much.

He was willing to spend a huge sum of money to buy it back from Zhou Chengjing, and Master Mo Ran became someone he admired.

A big part of the reason he went to Qingyun City last time was to find the whereabouts of Master Mo Ran, but he didn't find the master. Instead, he fell in love with Meng Xiyue at first sight.

He had never thought about the relationship between these two people. In his heart, Mo Ran was a master of his generation and must be an elegant and insightful old man.

And Meng Xiyue is just a delicate and weak girl who can't even write big characters. How could these two people be the same person?

But he should have thought of it earlier. Mo Ran, Meng Xiyue and Zhou Chengjing all knew each other in Qingyun City, and there was no such person as Master Mo Ran. All signs indicated that the two were the same person.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly. There were so many things about Meng Xiyue that he didn't know.

"My Lord, it's all done."

A figure appeared in the darkness.

"Okay, don't let anyone find any clues about Mo Ran, otherwise you will be beheaded."

"Yes."

As soon as the words were spoken, the figure in the dark disappeared.

Xie Junyi's gaze fell on the painting again, "No matter who you are, you are my Yue'er."

"Your Majesty?"

Yin Wumei's voice was heard outside, and if you listened carefully you could hear a hint of excitement in her voice.

"come in."

As the door was pushed open, Yin Wumei, dressed in a light yellow dress, walked in.

Although she had served in the mansion for many years, she seldom entered Xie Junyi's study. According to the prince's order, no one was allowed to enter without his permission.

Today, she was suddenly summoned by the prince and asked to come to the study. She was so happy.

I dressed up carefully before coming here.

Seeing Xie Junyi sitting at the table, she hurried over to pour him a cup of tea.

"Your Majesty."

That shy and timid look made Xie Junyi frown slightly.

"When did you learn this affectation? It doesn't suit you."

The prince's words made Yin Wumei, whose cheeks were flushed, feel as if struck by lightning, and her face turned pale.

"I thought the prince liked it."

Didn't Meng Xiyue seduce the prince with this kind of seductive method? Why doesn't it work for her?

She bit her lower lip, trying hard to hold back the tears.

"I don't like it, and this color of dress doesn't suit you, so don't wear it in the future."

"Yes."

She already had this dress, and she didn't wear it on purpose to imitate her. The prince's words hurt her self-esteem.

"My Lord, is there something that you want me to do for you?"

Xie Junyi took a sip of tea and asked casually, "Then Mei Ran was once your sister-in-law, right?"

"Yes, but she killed her brother just a few months after she got married. She is an unlucky person."

"No one knows better than your Yin family how your brother died. Why blame it on an innocent woman?"

His words made Yin Wumei stunned. After thinking for a moment, she understood what he meant.

"Your Highness, the Yin Mansion did not blame her. After my eldest brother died, my mother gave her a divorce letter and allowed her to remarry. She has no relationship with our Yin Mansion."

Xie Junyi sneered at the divorce letter. It was not a divorce at all. It was clearly a case of being kicked out of the house, and even the dowry was not returned.

However, Xie Junyi didn't want to say much about these past events.

He replied coldly, "Since they are no longer related, her opening of a school has nothing to do with the Yin Mansion, so don't make things difficult for her."

Yin Wumei's face turned even paler, realizing that the little things he had done in secret had been discovered by him.

"Your Majesty, it is not in line with the customs for a girl to open a school. Let's not talk about whether her action will affect the reputation of the Yin Mansion. Even if Your Majesty gives her the documents to open a school, I'm afraid she will be embarrassed by those censors."

As she spoke, Yin Wumei's tears fell, "Others don't understand the pain your Highness has endured, but I know that I did all this for your sake."

If any other man had heard such a confession from a beautiful woman, he would have been completely softened.

But Xie Junyi just didn't buy it. "Don't use me as a cover, Yin Wumei. If you behave yourself, I can still keep you in the mansion. Otherwise, you should go back to the palace to serve the queen mother."

Hearing this, Yin Wumei fell to the ground. She had only done some harmless things. She had done a lot of them in the past. But as long as it did not harm the mansion, the prince would not ask about it.

Now, for the sake of Mei Ran, why would the prince say such harsh words to me?

No, it was not for Mei Ran, but for Meng Xiyue. It was only because Meng Xiyue and Mei Ran had a good relationship that the prince made an exception to protect Meng Xiyue and gave Mei Ran the documents to open a school, and also forbade the Yin family to target her.

Everything is for Meng Xiyue.

For the first time, Yin Wumei felt deeply threatened by Meng Xiyue.

In the past, I only thought that she won the prince's favor because of her beauty, and that she was spoiled and arrogant, and that this relationship would not last long.

After all, with her status, she is at most a concubine. She should be more patient. When the princess enters the palace, someone will take care of her.

But now it seems that her position in the prince's heart is extraordinary, and she is no longer just a concubine.

In fact, when Princess Zhaohua came to the mansion and became friends with Meng Xiyue, she should have seen it, but she just didn't want to believe it.

The prince really holds her at the top of his heart and cares about everything about her.

I just don't know if he would even give up that position for her.