Pei Shan usually doesn't go out at night unless he goes to Lu's house.
When Xu Yanxin heard that he was going to Gao's house, she thought it must be Mei Min's problem.
Sure enough, when Pei Shan came back and talked about it, this was exactly what happened.
Xu Yanxin asked: "It is found out that Mei Min was the mastermind this time. Will the emperor kill her?"
Pei Shan shook his head and said: "Li Jin killed the person, Mei Min will not be blamed, and the emperor will not kill her."
Xu Yan thought: "Then why do we still need to arrest her?"
Pei Shandao: "The reason for arresting her is because the incident is somewhat related to her, but not all of it will be blamed on her. It will only be clear after the trial. The emperor will deal with it as appropriate."
Xu Yanxin breathed a sigh of relief. She grabbed Pei Shan's arm and said with some fear, "I'm really afraid of seeing her beheaded. After all, we've known each other for so long, we're similar in age and we've gotten along with each other, but I'm still embarrassed."
Pei Shan hugged her and comforted her: "The emperor is going to hold a ceremony for the queen's conquest. Even if he really has to behead her, it will be after next autumn. Don't worry too much."
"Think about it, there are so many changes in a year, maybe it will be changed to exile by then?"
After hearing this, Xu Yanxin felt that it was right and there was no need to worry too much.
She immediately poured tea for Pei Shan and said slowly: "Listening to what you said, I feel much more at ease. Tomorrow I will go to accompany the mistress. She is heavy and has to take care of the whole house. It is very difficult to think about it.
Hard."
"Then I'll pick you up after going to court tomorrow. We'll have dinner and then come back."
Xu Yanxin smiled and said, "Do you want to follow me to get some food too?"
Pei Shan nodded and said, "If you can save a meal, it's a meal."
Xu Yanxin couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said happily: "Pei Shan, don't tell jokes seriously, it's too funny."
Pei Shan also pursed his lips, a smile slowly flowing in his eyes.
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Mrs. Li heard the report from her servants and said that Gao Xian was here.
She was stunned for a moment and asked: "Who did you say is coming?"
The housekeeper spoke again: "Master Gao Xiangao is here. He said he wanted to see the Duke."
Mrs. Li snorted. Gao Xian came in time. But he would never have thought of such a thing. Someone must have reminded him.
Mrs. Li asked: "Sir Gao, please go to the living room and ask, by the way, who has been to Gao's house in recent days?"
The butler nodded and quickly followed the instructions.
When he came back again, he said: "I heard that Mr. Pei has gone."
Mrs. Li said "Oh" and smiled and said: "Even Lu Yunhong is impatient to care about him."
"Okay, has the Duke passed?"
The steward said: "It's over."
Mrs. Li said: "Just go over there. If he wants to see me, just say I'm not feeling well. Do you understand?"
The housekeeper nodded and said quickly: "Don't worry, old lady, I understand."
Mrs. Li nodded and continued to bask in the sun in the yard.
Gao Xian took the initiative to care about Mei Xinjue and collected many test questions for Mei Xinjue from past scientific examinations. He was very considerate.
Because of this, he did not go to Prince Cheng's Mansion to pick up Princess Yanyang, but Prince Cheng and his wife were very surprised when they found out that he had been in contact with Mei Xinjue.
Even Princess Yanyang felt that he seemed to be a different person and smarter.
But she hasn't decided yet whether to return to Gao's family.
Here, the time for the conferment ceremony is set for the eighth day of October. At that time, all the ministers and Madam Gaoming will enter the palace to congratulate, including Gao Xian and Princess Yanyang.
Therefore, within a few days, Gao Xian took his daughter Gao An'an to visit and went to Prince Cheng's Mansion to pick up Princess Yanyang and her daughter Gao Yingying.
Princess Yanyang saw that Gao Xian's expression had become much calmer and he had returned to his previous calm manner in dealing with people. She thought that maybe Mei Min's incident had temporarily confused him, but when he figured it out, he still knew what he should do and what he shouldn't do.
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Furthermore, no matter how incompetent Gao Xian is, he is still the father of her child, and she always has to save some face for him.
In this way, Princess Yanyang and Gao Xian returned to the Gao family.
At this time, Mei Minjing was sitting next to the wooden bed in the prison. The cell she lived in was much better than Li Jin's, but it was only cleaner. The guards still stared at her with malicious eyes from time to time.
Her eyes were like a poisonous snake waiting to strike in the cracks in the wall.
Mei Min frowned and thought carefully, she had made three mistakes in her life.
The first one was that he did not choose to return to Beijing, but returned to the village to be plotted by Gao Xian.
The second one, he fought for power with the Liu family, gave birth to a child and was exposed by the Liu family, and he suffered a complete defeat from then on.
The third one was Li Jindu who admitted her crime personally, but the fire still burned her body.
Counting them down, Gao Xian, Liu, the Emperor.
Gao Xian changed her destiny, the Liu family cut off her future, and the emperor cut off her future.
Now that she is in jail, she can no longer think of anyone who can save her. Or, how will she survive after she gets out?
It's better to just break the jar and throw it away. Just pretend that you can't get out for the rest of your life and give up all thoughts.
However, someone she didn't expect came to see her.
That is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Across the iron door, His Royal Highness, wearing a brocade robe, seemed to be taller than her.
"Aunt Mei, how are you?" His Royal Highness called her, with concern in his voice.
Mei Min covered her face with her hands and cried helplessly. In her current state, she did not dare to look directly at His Highness.
The prince sighed softly: "I asked the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and they said that a servant identified you, but I still can't believe it."
"Aunt Mei, if you are unjustly accused, just tell me. I will definitely ask my father to investigate thoroughly and clear your name."
clean?
What is that?
Mei Min bent over and prostrated, howling loudly.
She never thought that she had done anything wrong, or how cruel or inhumane she was.
But when the prince asked her so concernedly, as if he wanted to make the decision for her, she finally couldn't hold it any longer, and she felt overwhelming regret...
Back when she was taking care of His Highness the Crown Prince in the Lu family, she should have understood that even if she could not become a queen, at least she would be a high-ranking young lady of the Mei family. She had the character of the Mei family and no one else would dare to underestimate her.
But she was so wrong. How could she force herself into this desperate situation step by step?
Mei Min did not respond to the prince with a single word, but her long-suppressed emotions broke out and she cried heartbreakingly, as if she had some deep grievances that could not be appealed, which made the prince particularly worried.
He did not leave, but stayed at the iron gate for a full hour.
The guards who were changing shifts were all blocked out by Hua Zimo, and the prince's feet were sore from standing there. Not far away was the chair where the guards sat when interrogating mortals, but he did not go over and kept waiting there.
It wasn't until Mei Min's crying could no longer be heard that he continued: "When Aunt Mei took me with her, she was very patient and made me a purse. I also brought that purse today."
The prince moved it with his hands. It was embroidered with light blue clouds and water patterns. The color looked a little old, but it was still intact.
"Aunt Mei, I have grown up and can take care of you. As long as you are wronged, I will definitely beg my father to protect you. If it doesn't work, I will beg my mother. My father listens to her the most, so I can definitely do it.
Saved you."
But the premise is that she is wronged, right? Mei Min smiled bitterly.
How much she wanted to tell the prince that your father was so smart, what could he not think of?
Your mother is an amazing person and knows the whole story without guessing.
It's just you, you little fool who doesn't know anything, but you rush to save me.
Mei Min's heart felt sour and painful, and she was overwhelmed by the pain.
She squeezed her hands tightly, digging her nails into her palms, and said sadly: "If you really want to help me, go and ask Mr. Hua to come in for me."
The prince was stunned, and then said: "Whatever you want Hua Zimo to do, I can do it too."
Mei Min smiled, but the crack on her lip was painful and blood burst out.
She tasted the taste and it turned out to be bitter.
But originally, she would have thought that she was extremely bloodthirsty, at least at this point, she shouldn't have had a trace of compassion.
But for some reason, she only felt that her heart ached terribly, and her whole body was in a trance on the verge of death. The only thing that made her unable to close her eyes was perhaps the kindness shown to her by His Highness.
She didn't want to drag such a clean child into this abyss of cannibalism.
So she gently said to His Highness the Crown Prince: "Be good, listen to Aunt Mei. You are Your Highness, you should let the people below do the errands."
Hearing this, the prince had no choice but to nod his head and said, "Okay then."
Looking at the back of the prince as he left, Mei Min slowly raised her head and pushed away the messy hair.
But she didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would turn back and face each other, both of them stunned.
Mei Min was worried about scaring the prince, so she quickly pulled her hair to cover it, but the prince took a breath and said, "There must be so many scars, it must have been very painful at the time, right?"
As he said that, he took out the gold cake wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms and said, "I remember you like to eat this, here it is."
Mei Min's hair was wet with tears. When she saw the golden golden cakes, she felt as if she had gone back in time. At that time, the people in the imperial kitchen would please her father and would always make golden cakes when his father was on duty. His father would
Bring it back and give it to her to eat.
It happened like this several times. I put it in my arms to keep it warm, but it was still hot when I got home.
Mei Min took it, her body was shaking, and she choked with sobs: "Thank you, Your Highness."
The prince smiled and said happily: "The ones I put in my arms are still hot. Aunt Mei, please eat them quickly."
"Then I'm going to call Hua Zimo, and I'll tell him to listen to you."
After the prince finished speaking, he left happily as if he had accomplished a great event.
Mei Min burst into tears. The golden cakes in her hand were crushed and fell to the ground. But she still picked them up piece by piece and put them in her mouth...
Such a familiar scene, it seems like it was just yesterday, when my father was still alive.
Mei Min cried. She wanted to tell her father that she was wrong, but she really knew she was wrong.
But she knew very well that perhaps, somehow, His Highness the Prince was the person her father had come to rescue her, to save her remaining conscience.