Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

When they reached the outside of Yiku Palace, Meng Xiyue shook off Xie Junyi's hand.

She clenched her hands and lowered her head, "My Lord, this is against the rules."

"Don't tell me any more rules."

Xie Junyi almost growled as he said this, and he reached out to pull her again.

Meng Xiyue quickly took a step back and said, "I will follow behind the prince."

"you…"

Xie Junyi looked at her for a long time, and finally said helplessly.

"Okay, then follow me."

After saying that, he walked forward quickly.

Meng Xiyue hurriedly jogged to catch up, and when he slowed down, she followed him.

Always keep one step behind him.

Xie Junyi knew the rule. Except for the wife, no one, whether concubine or heir, could stand side by side with the husband.

Meng Xiyue's action was simply telling him that he could never give her the same status as his legal wife.

If the two were forced to be together, she would become a puppet that obeyed the rules, without a soul and without freedom.

He wanted to tell her loudly that even if she lost her soul, she could only stay with him.

But he couldn't bear to say such cruel words to her.

He turned around, picked her up, walked quickly out of the palace and got into the carriage.

"Your Majesty, what you are doing is against the rules and will cause criticism."

Meng Xiyue still spoke calmly.

Xie Junyi hugged her fiercely in his arms, trying to rub her into his bones so that she would never be able to be so cold to him again.

"Yue'er, don't be like this."

"Hasn't the prince always wanted me to be your concubine? I also want to satisfy the prince, but these are the rules that concubines must abide by. I am just following the rules. How can the prince not stand it?"

Meng Xiyue felt pain all over her body from being hugged by him. If it were in the past, she would have cried out in pain.

But now she seemed to have no feelings at all, and her voice was terrifyingly calm.

"You are the woman I love most. I will never let you enter the palace and be harassed by my mother again. In Prince Qi's mansion, I have the final say, and Princess Rong An will not dare to use those rules to pressure you."

Xie Junyi explained anxiously, "These rules are just to deal with the Queen Mother and Princess Ning'an, you don't have to take them to heart."

"What about when we leave Prince Qi's Mansion?"

"what?"

Xie Junyi didn't quite understand what she meant.

Meng Xiyue broke free from his arms and looked straight into his eyes.

"When you become the crown prince and the emperor in the future, where will you put me?"

"Princess Rong'an is the queen, and you are the imperial concubine..."

Before Xie Junyi finished speaking, Meng Xiyue sneered and looked at him mockingly.

"Is it the same as your father, mother, and concubine?"

Hearing this, Xie Junyi's body trembled violently, as if he was struck by lightning.

Yes, what is the difference between what he is doing now and what his father did.

It was obvious that the person he hated the most since he was a child was his father, he liked the imperial concubine, and he married his mother for the power of the Song family.

As soon as he secured the throne, he began to suppress them. This was simply ungrateful.

Isn't it because of his father's partiality that he is so obsessed with the throne?

But now he has become him.

Xie Junyi almost ran away. He suddenly couldn't look Meng Xiyue in the face, and he couldn't look himself in the face.

Meng Xiyue looked at his distraught back, her heart aching. She knew how damaging her words just now were to him.

Comparing him to the person he hates most is undoubtedly a dig at his heart.

In fact, he could never be like the emperor. If he married Princess Rong An, he would give her everything except love.

The position of queen, including the future heir, will definitely be the child of Princess Rong'an.

He will not hurt others just because he loves himself.

But she still wanted to stab him hard in the heart, only then would he let go.

After returning to Prince Qi's Mansion, everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Except for Prince Qi, he hasn't appeared in front of her for three days. Even when she went to ask for a meeting, he avoided her.

Even now, he still wants to escape.

Just when Meng Xiyue was about to leave on her own and force him to show up.

But something happened that she had not expected.

Mei Ran committed suicide.

If Wang Ruixuan hadn't told her this news, she would definitely think it was a huge joke.

How could a woman as strong as Mei Ran commit suicide?

But Wang Ruixuan's pale face and frightened eyes clearly told her that this was the fact.

Mei Ran really committed suicide.

She stumbled out of the palace and happened to meet Xie Junyi's worried expression.

"Yue'er?"

He also got the news.

"Your Highness... He said Mei... Sister Mei committed suicide. I want to go and see her. Can you take me with you?"

She had to see it with her own eyes, otherwise she wouldn't believe it.

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Just as the two were about to get on the carriage, Yin Wumei's voice came from behind.

"My Lord, please take this servant with you as well."

Mei Ran used to be her sister-in-law, so it was reasonable for her to go there.

Meng Xiyue was not in the mood to pay attention to her, so Xie Junyi nodded and agreed.

When they arrived at Mei Ran Academy, Mei Ran's body had already been taken down and covered with a white cloth.

Looking at the white silk on the beam of Mei Ran Academy, she couldn't imagine that Mei Ran would choose to die in this way.

"Your Majesty."

The yamen runner who was in charge of the investigation came running to report, "Mr. Mei did commit suicide."

Xie Junyi nodded and asked everyone to leave.

Meng Xiyue was also certain that she committed suicide, so she even took down the plaque of the academy and the painting she had given as a gift, wrapped them in cloth and placed them in a corner.

On each table, there was a message she left for her students. It was obvious that she had thought for a long time before making the decision to commit suicide.

She walked to the podium where Mei Ran was teaching. On it was a piece of paper with seven big words written in blood.

"It's just wishful thinking on my part."

The last time I saw her, she was full of ambition, aspiring to expand her academy, recruit more students, and become the best female teacher in the world.

But in just one month, what happened to make her so desperate?

"Yue'er."

Xie Junyi walked forward and gently put his arm around her shoulders.

"Cry if you want to."

Meng Xiyue, who had been enduring all the way, finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Why did all this happen? Why did it suddenly become like this?"

Mei Ran was not a weak woman. She was full of talent and had a strong character. Even though she was divorced by the Yin family and scolded by the world, she never had the thought of committing suicide.

"She said that suicide is a method that only the most cowardly people would choose, and she despises people who despise life."

"But why would she do that?"

Meng Xiyue was eager to know what had happened.

Xie Junyi opened his mouth, but his voice was stuck in his throat and he could hardly speak.

"She probably hanged herself because she was ashamed and couldn't face the world."

Yin Wumei's cold words fell into her ears word by word.