Shangguan Hongye narrowed his eyes and ordered: "Let me find out who has appeared around Ming Lanruo recently, where he has been, and who he has met!"
He knew very well that he drank too much and fell asleep in the restaurant that day, and the seed in Ming Lanruo's stomach was definitely not his.
But he planned to use the illusion of having a relationship with her to make Ming Lanruo, who was about to become the crown prince's concubine, devoted to him.
This woman has always been obedient to him, and now her attitude has suddenly changed. There must be something wrong!
The news that Ming Lanruo took his personal maid to a restaurant to meet King Qin privately quickly reached Cang Qiao.
A mocking smile flashed in his dark phoenix eyes, and he tapped Huanghuali's small table with his fingertips: "Okay, my niece is very courageous."
The gloom and coldness in his smile made the people on the side and his father-in-law afraid to say anything.
It seems that Ming Lanruo has exhausted Qiansui Master's patience and affection for a King of Qin, and the good days are over.
This Ming Lanruo just said that he hated King Qin and went out to meet his lover in private!
It's a double act!
Cang Qiao walked out on the bloody snow and said coldly: "Get ready and enter the palace."
When Ming Lanruo returned to the Duke's Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, the servants saluted her one after another: "Miss."
She could see the contempt for her in their eyes.
Pregnancy before marriage is a scandal wherever it is left.
She sighed secretly and went back to her courtyard.
The other two eldest girls beside Ming Lanruo, Jinghe and Chunming, came over to support her.
"Miss, how are you?" Jing He was worried.
Ever since the eldest lady became pregnant out of wedlock and was demoted to the title of concubine of the crown prince, she became a laughing stock in the capital.
The daughters of those aristocratic families would mock and bully the eldest lady whenever they had the chance.
But Ming Lanruo went out early in the morning and refused to let them follow her.
Ming Lanruo waved her hands to them and said thoughtfully: "I'm fine."
In my previous life, I drank too much love wine in a restaurant and became dizzy. I decided that King Qin had a romantic relationship with me, so I fell in love with him.
But why can't Cang Qiao remember that he was the one who had sex with her in the restaurant?
How to overcome this predicament now?
Before she could clear her thoughts, she suddenly heard many chaotic footsteps walking towards her yard in a hurry.
Before anyone in the yard could react, the door was opened with a bang.
A middle-aged blue-robed eunuch led a group of people in with a bright yellow imperial edict and rushed in.
Ming Lanruo was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to greet him: "Eunuch He, what are you..."
"Minglan Ruo listens to the decree!" He and his father-in-law unfolded the decree expressionlessly.
Ming Lanruo couldn't ask more questions, so she could only kneel down with Jing He's support.
"Minglan, the daughter of the Ming Dynasty, has a gentle and graceful appearance, a virtuous nature, bows respectfully and carefully, and refers to the wedding mourning king..." He and the father-in-law's cold voice sounded.
Everyone in the Ming family who came in a hurry was dumbfounded. Why was it not the crown prince's concubine, nor Princess Qin, but Princess Mourning?
Ming Lanruo raised her eyes and looked at Eunuch He in disbelief: "What?!"
If she remembered correctly, this mourning king was the son of the late emperor and the most disliked nephew of the current emperor, but - the most important thing is that he has been dead for a month, and there is still a vigil at his house!!
Does this mean she is going to have a ghost marriage? Marry a dead person?
Ming Lanruo looked at Eunuch He with a pale face: "Is this what Cang Qiao means?"
He and his father-in-law looked at Ming Lanruo sarcastically: "Didn't you say you would rather marry a dead person? Prince Mourning happened to have died young and had no heirs. If you marry him, you can be considered as inheriting the lineage of Prince Ming, and you still don't thank the emperor for his kindness!"
"
Ming Lanruo clenched her fists, her heart filled with anger.
Can……
She knew she couldn't have an attack now.
"Your Majesty, I kneel down to thank you for your kindness!" Ming Lanruo took a deep breath, saluted and thanked you.
He flicked his fly whisk with his father-in-law, revealing a white sedan following him and the bearers, matchmakers and others all wearing sackcloth and paying filial piety.
"Miss Ming, oh, no, Princess Mourning will leave tonight. Since it is a ghost marriage, of course she will get married at night." He and the father-in-law said with a smile.
Ming Lan Ruohan stood up straight with a pair of watery eyes: "Then I really have to thank Master Qian Sui for not letting Lan Ruo bury the dead!"
My father-in-law and I were choked by her and snorted coldly: "Get in the sedan."
Ming Lanruo raised her voice slightly: "Always give me some time to clean up and take care of things."
A chubby middle-aged nun in mourning clothes came up and said with a smile: "I have met Princess Mourning. This old slave is Nanny Zhang from Prince Ming's Mansion. According to the wishes of the palace, you can't take anything away from the Ming Dynasty Duke's Mansion. Come in."
Prince Mourning's Mansion, you can't leave the palace any more."
Although she was smiling, Ming Lanruo could see the contempt in her eyes and the disdain when she looked at her belly.
She endured her anger and looked at her father-in-law: "What do you mean, confine me?!"
"Yeah, where are you not allowed to take anything with you?" Jing He couldn't help but speak out, the young lady would definitely be bullied without them!
Eunuch He looked at Ming Lanruo sarcastically: "Master asked me to give you a message - do as you wish, and from now on, you can do it for yourself!"
Ming Lanruo was stunned, and she suddenly understood that this was the lesson Cang Qiao had given her.
He promised that she would not have to marry the prince, but now that he had asked her to marry in secret, it was impossible for her to marry anyone.
Moreover, from now on, he will never take care of her again, leaving her to her fate.
Ming Lanruo felt cold and suppressed the anger in her heart. Cang Qiao was a narrow-minded bastard who was determined to retaliate!
But...no matter what.
At present, she at least does not have to marry the prince and the king of Qin, and can still keep the child in her belly.
She had to figure out the rest slowly.
After making up her mind, she looked at the confused and shocked people in the Ming Palace and said, "Go and ask father to come."
The gentle-looking noble lady Qin, who is the leader, is her father's stepmother. At this moment, she is still in shock and hesitates: "My lord..."
Xiangxue sneered: "Miss, don't you have a bad memory? The Duke said he never wants to see you again in his life."
"Xiangxue!" Jing He was angry and yelled at Xiangxue.
Xiangxue rolled her eyes: "I'm just telling the truth, slave. Who's father wants to see his daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock? What's more, this daughter is now getting married in secret, which is embarrassing!"
Princess Mourning, listen to this title. Mourning Princess is obviously an unlucky and mocking title!
Xiangxue was still pretending at first, but now she saw that Ming Lanruo's future was ruined and she couldn't fulfill King Qin's entrustment and couldn't be King Qin's concubine. She couldn't wait to vent her resentment.
Ming Lanruo glanced at her and suddenly said to Mrs. Qin: "Er Niang, please do one thing for me. After I leave, find a good place for Xiangxue for me."
Mrs. Qin was stunned, wondering why she suddenly mentioned this matter: "Where are you going?"
Ming Lanruo said calmly: "From now on, she can only work in the washing room and cannot go anywhere else."
Ms. Qin didn't want to cause trouble at the moment, she just wanted to send Ming Lanruo away quickly, and nodded: "Okay."
Xiangxue's eyes widened in disbelief: "What, you can't do this to me!"
She was originally a first-class maidservant serving Ming Lanruo. She had no fingers in the water and only had to serve Ming Lanruo. She was more respectable than the ladies from small families outside.
But cleaning a room is the most painful, tiring and humble job! People will age ten years after working there for just a few days!
Ming Lanruo said calmly: "Even if I become Princess Mourning, I am still your master. I am showing mercy by not selling you out!"
After that, at the urging of the people from Prince Mou's Mansion, she turned around and got on the pale and gloomy sedan, holding her belly.
"Get up the sedan!" Aunt Zhang from Prince Mourning Palace smiled and clapped her hands.
Jinghe and Chunming couldn't help but shed tears and shouted to her: "Miss!"
Ming Lanruo looked at the starry sky with a faint expression and whispered softly: "You...all should take care of yourself."
As long as you are alive, you are already good. As long as you are alive, you have hope of turning around.
All she has to do now is give birth to the baby in her belly safely.
In the dark night, a team of people wearing sackcloth and mourning carried a sedan chair and moved along the deserted quiet streets, constantly scattering paper money.
It was obviously a funeral, but there was a matchmaker and a suona troupe playing festive songs to welcome the bride, which was strange and terrifying.
But in the distance stood a group of armored guards armed with swords.
The leader was none other than Cang Qiao. His handsome face had a ghostly look in the dark night, and he watched the team enter the palace of Prince Mou with gloomy eyes.
"Supervisor, do you want to see Miss Ming?" He and his father-in-law stepped forward and asked in a low voice.