It would be best if they could stay together as husband and wife and grow old together.
If the emperor breaks his oath, it doesn't matter. Anyway...this is just his words. Who knows what will happen in the future?
If one day he is like the previous emperors and has a harem full of beauties, it won't be a big deal. She just needs to be her own queen.
Of course, if anyone wants to take her position, or... wants to do something detrimental to her, she will not be merciful.
"What my daughter said makes sense. As for this man, once he has power, there are few who will remain loyal. Anyone whose family is a little more prosperous, even an ordinary person, may have a concubine, let alone the emperor? There are very few dignitaries in the capital who are as unwilling to take concubines as your father and your three brothers." Ms. Lu nodded lightly.
"Yes!" Meng Shu said softly: "If I really married Wei Qingyun, I couldn't guarantee that he would not take concubines."
Meng Shu said and smiled: "What's more, doesn't Wei Qingyun already have a concubine? The emperor treats his daughter like this, and her daughter already feels very good. Even if the couple separates in the future, thinking about what happened today, she will not As for turning against each other, life will always work out.”
Meng Shu is not a person who feels sorry for himself.
Even if she is in adversity, she will find a way to turn around, not to mention that she is having a smooth life now.
Even if we have to prepare for a rainy day, it will only take a while.
"Do you know anything about that concubine?" Mrs. Lu was also afraid that her daughter would think too much, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Concubine Shun has been in the palace for several years. She is not much different from the other concubines in the palace, but..." Meng Shu lowered her voice as she spoke: "Last time Concubine De was poisoned, it was most likely Concubine Shun. hand."
Lu's eyes widened when she heard this: "Then Concubine Shun not only cultivated her own power in the palace, but was also very capable. If not for this, she would have never been able to hide the matter until now. Neither the Queen Mother nor Concubine De found out. The murderer behind the scenes still has great trust in Concubine Shun, which shows that she is not a good person. "
"Yeah!" Meng Shu nodded: "She is not as docile as she looks on the surface. She is particularly good at showing weakness to others. In fact, she is very clever and can strike quickly and accurately."
He is a man who is particularly good at seizing the opportunity.
Otherwise, she would not have gone to Taigan Palace to ask for an audience with the emperor today.
"But having said that, why did she poison De Concubine? I have heard that among the concubines in the harem, apart from De Concubine, the Empress Dowager's favorite is Shun Concubine. Could it be that... she is jealous of De Concubine and has some intentions? dissatisfied?"
Meng Shu smiled when she heard this: "She is not going to compete with Concubine De in front of the Queen Mother, but... she likes the Emperor. Concubine De is pregnant and she still showed it off at the New Year's Eve family banquet. Isn't this obviously humiliating the emperor? In Concubine Shun's heart With the emperor, it is natural that she can't stand it, but she always pretends to be well-behaved and sensible in front of the Queen Mother and Concubine De, and she looks soft and weak. In addition, she handles the matter very cleanly, so she was not discovered. "
"How did Shu'er know?" Mrs. Lu asked curiously.
"If you don't want others to know it, unless you do nothing yourself, the emperor's control over the harem has actually... long surpassed that of the queen mother. She soon learned about it and told me about it."
Meng Shu said and smiled.
The emperor turned away Concubine Shun today. Could it be that he was avoiding suspicion and was afraid that she might misunderstand?
After all, Concubine Shun likes the emperor very much.
The mother and daughter were talking when a palace maid suddenly reported that the emperor was coming.
It's still early before lunch time.
"Hurry up and greet her!" Mrs. Lu reached out and gently pushed her daughter.
The emperor came here so early, he must be missing her Shu'er.
After lunch, Meng Shu and the emperor personally sent Meng Huaiyuan and Lu to the palace gate.
Madam Lu, who got on the carriage, opened the small curtain on one side of the carriage and saw her daughter and son-in-law standing side by side, like a couple, the smile on her face became deeper and deeper.
As a mother, of course you want your daughter to live well.
Before entering the palace, she was still a little nervous, but now she felt very relieved.
"I know you can't let go of Shu'er, and it doesn't take long. In two or three years, we will go back to the capital to see her. Madam will just stay for a few more months." Meng Huaiyuan said with a smile.
"This girl in our family is not only beautiful, but also a wonderful person. At the beginning, I was still thinking that no matter who married Shu'er, it would be a great blessing. I didn't expect that she would eventually become the mother of the world. The queen..." Mrs. Lu sighed with emotion.
Having an emperor as their son-in-law is naturally a very honorable thing for them.
However, when they reached the status of the couple, they actually didn’t care much about power and wealth. They just wanted their daughter to live well.
"Don't worry, the three of us, father and son, will do our best to protect Shu'er. At least in my lifetime, no one can bully my daughter, not even the emperor. As long as our Meng family is good, who will take the position of queen, Shu'er?" I can’t move either,” Meng Huaiyuan said.
"Yeah." Mr. Lu nodded.
Her husband would never lie to her, let alone talk nonsense, she was extremely sure of this.
What's more, when she returned to her parents' home a few days ago, her father also told her that the emperor was an excellent son-in-law, so she didn't need to worry.
Her Shu'er is a very lucky child. She will definitely live a harmonious and beautiful life in the future.
On the day Lu and Meng Huaiyuan left the capital, the emperor and Meng Shu both went to see them off in person.
In order not to attract attention, the two of them left the palace incognito.
After the Queen Mother learned about this, she did not scold the emperor, but called Meng Shu to Taikang Palace, and became very angry.
Meng Shu didn't bother to pay attention to her. On the surface, she agreed well, but in a blink of an eye, she forgot about it.
The emperor said that she could just deal with the Queen Mother now, and there was no need to bother to cover it up.
Days flew by in mid-May, and it had been two and a half months since Meng Shu was married into the palace.
The capital is still a little hot this year, and the Queen Mother proposed to go to Chengxing Palace to escape the heat.
This trip will take several months on the road, and another two or three months at the palace. By the time we return to the capital, it will probably be mid-September.
The emperor took Meng Shu to stay in the capital on the grounds of being unwell.
The Queen Mother originally wanted to take Meng Shu with her, not because she liked Meng Shu as her "daughter-in-law", but just to manipulate Meng Shu.
Meng Shu refused on the grounds that he had to take care of the emperor.
After the Queen Mother took people to Chengping Palace, Meng Shu and the emperor moved to Xiyi Garden on the outskirts of Beijing to escape the summer heat.
Just like last year, the Queen Mother took away her son King Wei and some of her confidants, and went to Chengping Palace to protect the Queen Mother. There were a total of 20,000 troops, all of whom were elites selected by King Wei from the five battalions in the suburbs of Beijing.
As for Wei Mingtao, who is in charge of the bodyguards, he did not go to Chengping Palace with the Queen Mother this year.
He took his guards and stayed in the capital. Following the Queen Mother's instructions, he went to Xiyi Garden to protect the emperor and Meng Shu.
It's called protection, but it's actually surveillance.
It is worth mentioning that Wei Qingyun has returned to the capital.
