Otoharu

Chapter 495
Li Meier nodded, she hesitated for a moment, and asked aloud: "Ma'am, can I see my husband?"

Mrs. Xie couldn't say well, she didn't know where Jiang Shanqing would be locked up at this moment, but with Xu Daru as his escort, the people in the palace shouldn't treat him too much.

"It should be possible. Jiang Tanhua has not been convicted of a crime now, and it is not considered a crime. When the time comes, you will beg the empress, the empress has always been kind, and she may let you meet." Xie can only comfort in this way for the time being. Li Meier.

Li Mei'er nodded, and didn't ask any more questions, but her expression was still very solemn.

After driving for about two quarters of an hour, the carriage arrived outside the gate of the palace. The servant girl helped Xie Shi and Li Meier get off the carriage. People, you can pass the sign to see the empress, but they are not people who the empress particularly dislikes, and they will usually meet for face.

Mrs. Xie handed the sign to the servant outside the palace gate, and waited patiently.

The waiting time is less than half an hour, and it is already summer, even in the morning, the sun is quite poisonous, Xie's personal servant girl, Heng Wu, was afraid that she would suffer from heat stroke, so she proposed to let her go into the carriage and wait The servant inside came back, and she came to inform Mrs. Xie again.

But Mrs. Xie shook her head and said: "We are outside the palace now, we can't be too rude, the sun is not too hot, I think the servant will come out soon, just wait."

Heng Wu didn't say anything else, just raised his hand and used a handkerchief to help Mrs. Xie cover the sun above her head.

Li Mei'er felt a little guilty, if it wasn't for her, Xie wouldn't have been exposed to the sun here, so she and Hengwu helped Xie to shield from the sun.Because of her tall stature, she purposely stood in front of Mrs. Xie to create a shade for her.

Seeing her move, Mrs. Xie was both moved and funny, but she didn't refuse.

After an hour, the servant finally came back and respectfully invited several people to follow her in.

Both Xie Shi and Li Meier breathed a sigh of relief, they were finally able to enter the palace, and this hour was not in vain.

Several people followed a small servant on foot.Although it was the first time she was walking on the palace road, Li Meier was very calm, she just walked quickly behind Xie with her eyebrows down, without looking aside.

Because she didn't secretly look around like other women who entered the palace for the first time, the servant who led them in secretly looked at her several times, wondering how this girl who looked like a mediocre girl was quite a big lady. .

The servant took them directly to the Queen's Palace of Kunhe.

Cui Nvshi, a female official in the palace, received them personally.Cui Nvshi was very polite to Mrs. Xie, and served her tea before saying to her: "Your Majesty has something to do right now, Madam Sun, you may have to wait for a while."

Li Meier, who was standing next to Mrs. Xie, felt a "thump" in her heart when she heard the words, wondering if what the empress was busy with had something to do with Jiang Shanqing.

Mrs. Xie obviously thought the same way. After deliberating for a while, she asked again: "I heard that one of the emperor's servants was poisoned yesterday. Is the empress busy with this matter?"

Cui Nushi obviously didn't expect that Mrs. Xie would know about this matter, but she also didn't think that the reason for her entering the palace today was because of this matter. After all, the Sun family and that Jiang Tanhua couldn't fight each other.

Because this incident caused a lot of commotion, and many people inside and outside the palace knew about it, there was nothing to say, so Cui Nushi nodded and replied: "Yes, your majesty called me over early in the morning. Well, it’s because of this, it’s really strange to say that the internal official went to give gifts properly, but he was poisoned to death. It’s really unlucky for a happy event to turn into a disaster.”

Mrs. Xie glanced at Li Mei'er calmly, and seeing that she looked okay, she continued to ask: "Then that suspect, Jiang Tanhua, how is he doing now?"

Cui Nvshi gave Xie a suspicious look, not understanding why she cared so much about this matter.

Mrs. Xie immediately explained: "Then Jiang Tanhua and my family, A Yuan, are Jinshi of the same discipline. The two of us have a good personal relationship. A Yuan also went to drink his wedding wine yesterday, and he was at the scene. I am also very concerned about his affairs at the moment." Worry."

Cui Nushi understood, she also sighed, and said with sympathy: "I also heard about those little servants chatting about it. Jiang Tanhua was brought into the palace last night. At first, those servants wanted to send him to the prison department. He went, but Xu Daru, who entered the palace with him, refused to let him go. Those prison officials didn't dare to do anything to Xu Daru. The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, and the prison department took a step back. First, I found a spare palace and guarded Jiang Tanhua, planning to tell His Majesty to make a decision at dawn."

After listening to Li Meier, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves eased a little, thinking that Brother Shan Qing finally didn't suffer much, and when His Majesty and Empress find out the truth, he should be fine.

"Then where is Jiang Tanhua now?" Mrs. Xie asked what Li Meier wanted to know the most.

Cui Nushi immediately replied: "Naturally, it is in the imperial study. Speaking of which, Your Majesty also values ​​Jiang Tanhua very much. In the morning, the prison secretary reported this matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty immediately summoned him to the Imperial Study to inquire personally. That's right, after our empress got the news, she also went over immediately."

"How long have you been there?" Xie asked again.

"About an hour." Cui Nushi replied, she thought Mrs. Xie was afraid that she would have to wait for a long time, so she smiled and comforted her, "Mrs. Sun, don't worry, I guess the empress will be back soon."

Mrs. Xie who wanted to ask has already asked Li Meier for her. In order not to make Nvshi Cui suspicious, Mrs. Xie wentssip with her again, until Nvshi Cui was called away by another little palace lady, she said nothing more .

Although Cui Nvshi left, there were still two young maids serving in the side hall. It was still not very convenient for Mrs. Xie to talk to Li Meier, so she could only pat Li Meier's hand and signal to her with her mouth so that she don't have to worry too much .

The two waited for another quarter of an hour, when Kun and the people outside the palace suddenly became noisy, as if there were many footsteps coming and going in a hurry.

Li Mei'er's expression changed, she thought something happened, and her expression was a little nervous.Her eyes were fixed on the door, and she wanted to go out and find out.

Mrs. Xie seemed to see what she was thinking, so he quickly grabbed her hand, frowned and shook his head at her, then turned to look at the two bewildered court ladies behind him, and said with a smile: "There seems to be something going on outside. What's the matter, do you want to go out and have a look, if it is not convenient for the empress to summon us today, then we will leave first."

(End of this chapter)