pungent peasant girl

Chapter 404 Arrested
"Your Majesty, this is already the biggest concession that I can make. The big deal is, after two or three years, I will just bring Mrs. Zhaoyi back."

The emperor closed his eyes, with a sad face on his face, "Okay, if you insist so much, I have nothing to say, then I will arrange it. In just a few days, I will send Ru Zhaoyi to you in front of the entire capital. Temple, are you satisfied?"

"Emperor Shengming."

"Forget it, I have already agreed, you go down first." The emperor waved his hand, "After so long, you are not tired, and I am too."

"I'm waiting to retire."

A group of ministers stood up one after another, and then withdrew from the Hall of Qinzheng.

After leaving the Hall of Qinzheng, the expressions on their faces relaxed a lot.

After these ministers left, some young eunuchs secretly ran to the direction of Mulan Palace.

"How? How is it?"

As soon as the little eunuch stepped into Mulan Palace, Su Meiru greeted him, and then asked anxiously in a low voice.

"Miss Zhaoyi, something is wrong. The emperor has already agreed to send Mistress Zhaoyi to the temple."

"Temple—" Su Meiru frowned deeply, her watery eyes showed anxiety, "Did you say when you'll be back?"

"It seems to say that it will take two or three years—"

Su Meiru staggered, "How could this happen?"

"Miss Zhaoyi, you'd better think of a way on your own. I'm afraid that the servant will come here, so the servant will go first."

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he turned around and ran away.

Su Meiru returned to Mulan Palace, restless.

"No, if this continues, I really want to leave the palace. I finally got everything today." Su Meiru became flustered and kept twisting her handkerchief.

Suddenly, she thought of something.

He trotted to the door and closed the door and windows tightly.

"You all go down."

Then the palace people retreated from the screen.

She found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Carefully wrote a note privately, and anxiously wrote on it.

When she finished writing, she swallowed her saliva and opened the window a crack.

She looked around to make sure no one was outside.

He pulled out a black jade hairpin from his head, turned the top of the hairpin, and blew it lightly, making a different sound.

Not long after, there was the sound of light wings vibrating outside, and it was a small gray pigeon that landed in front of her window.

She quickly tied the note to the little pigeon's leg, then gritted her teeth and let it out, "Don't worry, I can't do anything!"

The pigeon flapped its wings and quickly flew into the sky.

The feather arrow pierced through the air, and with a whoosh sound, it went straight to the pigeon's body.

It fell straight to the ground before it finished its last flutter.

Someone ran over and picked up the pigeon.

"My son-in-law, I've shot it."

Luo Ziyan stood there with serious eyes, "Take the things down."

The small scroll was on the pigeon's lap, and the man untied it and handed it to Luo Ziyan.

Luo Ziyan unfolded it gently.

Bang bang bang!
"Open the door, open the door!"

There was a hasty knock on the door outside the gate of Mulan Palace.

Su Meiru stood up in a jerk.

Before she could react, the door was knocked open, and a dozen palace guards rushed in, surrounding Su Meiru.

Su Meiru was taken aback, "What are you doing! This is the palace's bedroom, what right do you have to come in casually?"

"What if the empress dowager sent me here?"

With the sound of Qingyue's male voice, these guards gave way, and Luo Ziyan strode forward and stood in front of Su Meiru.

"Consort." Su Meiru frowned.

"Hehe, Lady Zhaoyi, the Empress Dowager is here to invite you, please come with me to Yongshou Palace."

"To what Yongshou Palace?"

The empress dowager didn't like her, she wouldn't let her in at all, how could she let her in unless there was something wrong?

Thinking of the news from Qinzheng Palace, her heart sank.

"Ms. Zhaoyi, please!" Luo Ziyan stretched out an arm, his voice suddenly raised, which startled Su Meiru.

Under the urging of the palace guards, Su Meiru followed them to Yongshou Palace.

In Yongshou Palace, the Empress Dowager was dressed in a phoenix dress and sat on the most important seat. Beside her were Yue Guifei and Eldest Princess Mo Geyi respectively.

Meng Qianyan stood by the side of Concubine Yue.

When Su Meiru saw these people, she became frightened.

"Bold Su Meiru, don't kneel down yet!"

With a bang, the empress dowager slapped her old hand on the table, and even her favorite cat was scared, but she didn't blink because of it.

Su Meiru fell to her knees with a plop, "Mother——"

"Shut up! What qualifications do you have to call Ai's mother queen! The daughters-in-law of Ai's family are all famous families, there is no such woman as you who is a dancer whose parents are unknown!"

The empress dowager scolded.

Su Meiru didn't dare to refute, and knelt anxiously, "Yes, this slave will see the Empress Dowager."

"Hmph, Su Meiru, tell me, who are you!"

Su Meiru was taken aback, "Queen Mother, I don't understand what you mean, my servant, I belong to the emperor."

"Aijia is asking you, who is behind you?!"

The Empress Dowager spoke harshly, and Su Meiru's heart was beating violently.

Her eyeballs rolled quickly, "Queen Mother, there is no one behind this servant, it's true that this servant is just a dancer, and this servant also met the emperor by chance."

"Hehe, seeing you, I really don't cry without seeing the coffin! Son-in-law, show this woman what you found!"

After the Queen Mother's words fell, Luo Ziyan took it from the box on the side, and held a bloody pigeon in his hand.

Su Meiru's eyes changed instantly.

"Miss Zhaoyi, you should know this pigeon, right?"

"I, I don't know."

"I don't know? Then you know the note on it, right?" Luo Ziyan asked lightly, and took out the note, "Ms. Zhaoyi, I don't know if you are clear, but there are two courtiers It’s a bachelor, they have too much research on things like handwriting, but as long as you write another word, they will be able to recognize whether these notes are related to you.”

Hearing this, Su Meiru's fingertips trembled.

Luo Ziyan looked down at her fingertips, "Miss Zhaoyi, you still don't know him? Maybe you can answer me, who is this note for?"

"The servant girl wrote to my friends outside the palace."

"Hehe." The Empress Dowager sneered, "Didn't you just say that you didn't know each other?"

"The slave just denied it, yes, because she was afraid that the empress dowager would be angry."

"Hmph, you know that Aijia will be angry, but do you know that casually communicating with outsiders in the palace is a serious crime in the palace, and you will be expelled from the palace."

"My servant, my servant is just afraid, because there is news from Qinzheng Hall that the emperor will send me away, and my servant panicked, so I will ask my friends outside, what should I do under such a situation."

(End of this chapter)