Chapter 344 Grace

After the Empress Dowager left, Yu Meiren looked at the game of chess and sat in a posture for half a day without saying a word for a long time.

Shulan changed the tea several times, but the other party did not move a drop of the tea, but the tea was cold, so she added another pot.

After half a day, Yu Meiren felt thirsty and recovered from the chess game. She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, picked it up and poured it into her mouth.

The tea was hot, and the senses on the tip of the tongue were a little sharp. The hand holding the tea instinctively loosened. The cup of tea was knocked over on her shirt. She immediately stood up and only heard a "bang" sound. The teacup turned around on the ground, but it was not broken.

"Mother."

Shulan was shocked and quickly ran to her side to grab her hand and carefully checked the back of her hand. Seeing that it was not red and swollen, she sighed, but she saw that her clothes were mostly wet and couldn't help sighing: "What was the mother just thinking about? Are you so distracted?"

Shulan took a silk handkerchief and wiped the water stains on her clothes. Seeing that she didn't answer halfway, she had to sigh: "Forget it, let's change it."

"Where is Shulan and Xinyu?"

Beauty Yu came to her senses. Shulan saw that she didn't care about clothes, but just cared about people. She must have remembered something and became solemn.

"It's time to prepare dinner. It's time to come back."

As she was saying, Xinyu had already come in and said with a smile, "Are you talking about me? No wonder I just felt my ears getting hot all the way."

Before Xinyu finished speaking, she saw that Yu Mei was wet. She saw Shulan bowing to pick up the cup on the ground and couldn't help frowning: "What's wrong? Could it be that the one from the Anle Palace came to make trouble again? The master's water was bullied.

"Go, the master is shrewd. How can he be bullied?" Shulan stared at Xinyu: "I can't say good words. Just pick some bad things to say. The Empress just asked you for something, but you didn't see anyone."

"Are you looking for a maidservant?" Xinyu turned her face and turned to Yu Meiren: "I just saw some pumpkin and lily porridge cooked in the imperial dining room. I knew that my mother likes light food recently, so I waited for a while."

After saying that, Xinyu put the food box in her hand on the table, and her face was slightly solemn: "Do you have anything to tell me?"

"Xinyu, do you remember the person who exposed Yun'er's treatment last time?"

It's that woman. She is only one step away from meeting her, and she is only one step away, and they have missed it.

Xinyu was slightly stunned. She didn't know what the beauty wanted to express, so she had to ask, "I don't know why the Empress suddenly mentioned that woman?"

When the words came to her mouth, Yu Meiren immediately fell silent. This matter was related to the life and death of her parents. If she could not believe it, how could she tell it? Perhaps only her biological parents could know this secret.

Should she choose to let go or continue to wait?

"As long as the Empress has something to say, Xinyu will definitely not bear the trust of the Empress."

Xinyu can see her embarrassment. Although she has been together for so long, she used to be the empress dowager after all, and how can she be completely believed?

For a long time, Yu Mei opened her mouth, as if she had made up her mind.

"Not long ago, I learned that Lord Youcheng and his wife were not dead."

"What?"

Xinyu was stunned, and Shulan was also shocked. She immediately turned around and closed the door of the hall before hurried back.

"I also learned from Ying Hong that before she came to the palace, she accidentally saw my parents. She is my best sister. I know her and will not deceive me."

"Does the Empress want to meet Lord Youcheng and his wife?"

Shulan asked her doubts. Lord Youcheng and his wife should have been beheaded long ago, but now they are living well. Fortunately, not others have seen it. This is not a small matter.

"The Empress Dowager is very resourceful. She saw through the chess game in my palace at a glance. I don't know how many of her people are in the harem. I suspect that she is not in her current position, but wants to dominate the world."

Yu Meiren's voice fell, and the other two took a breath of cold air. Thinking of the possibility of Yu Meiren's words, then this chess game has been played for a long time. Each of them may be a pawn. They don't know whether they are abandoned or not.

"I'm not worried about myself. I'm just worried. If it's really as she wants, the world is in danger, because no one can really accept that the master of a woman and confuse the royal bloodline is also a rebellious act. My son will definitely be a puppet in her hands."

"Is it related to this matter if the Empress wants to see Lord Youcheng and his wife?"

Yu Meiren shook her head and solved their doubts: "The Empress Dowager has mentioned to me more than once that she chose me because she had a secret in me. I thought that if I could unlock this secret, maybe I would know what the empress dowager wanted to do and do. Now I can only pin my hopes on my parents. After all, they are the closest people in my palace.

"Shulan, you have met all kinds of people in Baihualou. What do women in Baihualou usually do when they meet opponents who are much stronger than themselves?"

Yu Meiren suddenly seemed to think of something, turned her eyes to Shulan, thought about her for a moment, and smiled: "The girls in Baihualou have been abandoned or sold by their parents since childhood. They are all masters who have experienced hundreds of battles. When they are strong, they are strong, because the stronger the weakness is, the greater her weakness. It's just that the weakness is deeper than ordinary people, and it's not easy to find.

"What if this person is behind the control of the chess game?"

"Those who try to control the chess game will be devoured by chess pieces. Because there will always be one or two disobedient chess pieces that distract her and lose her mind, and then that one will fall in the wrong position, and people will make mistakes. As long as she can make mistakes, she will have a glimmer of life.

I have to say that among the women she has met, in addition to Ying Hong, Shulan is the most admirable. It is not that she has a smart heart, but that she treats people coldly, which is easier to be calmer than ordinary people, and her judgment will be more accurate.

"Well, send someone to secretly inquire about my parents' whereabouts later. Remember that you must not disturb anyone, so as not to startle the snakes. If you don't talk about big things, it will implicate them."

"Yes."

Shulan got the order and immediately walked out of the hall.

"Xinyu."

"There."

"These days, you stay in Zihua Palace and take good care of the little prince for me."

"Ah?" When Yu Meiren's words fell, Xinyu couldn't help poking: "The Empress just came to find a slave maidservant. Isn't it just for this matter?"

"The matter of Concubine Yun is not over, and I don't know what will happen halfway. I asked you to take good care of the little prince in order to avoid the worries of the palace, because this time, even the emperor can't intervene, and I can only face it alone."

The emperor can't intervene, and Xinyu can't help worrying. Over the years, the reason why Yu beauty has been able to firmly hold the position of imperial concubine and firmly suppressed the queen's honor, in addition to her previous achievements, more is the constant favor of Beiqiu Yin for several years and the eccentricity of the empress dowager. And this time, the person she wants to deal with is the empress dowager, so the emperor must be unable to intervene.

Although she hasn't really seen the means of the Empress Dowager, she has been with her for a long time, and she can't help but respect and fear this person. Now, she doesn't know where she came from and repeatedly disobeyed her meaning. Fortunately, she is still safe and sound.

If the beauty of Yu is really defeated, then her ending should be imaginable. If she is not afraid, it is impossible. Both sides are full of kindness, and she doesn't want to really hurt her twice.

"Mother, if you really win in the end, can Xinyu ask for a grace?"

Xinyu suddenly opened her mouth and looked a little uneasy. Yu Meiren's heart softened and answered, "Come on, I will listen to it first before I can decide whether I can promise you."

A heart began to be nervous. In fact, if she stood on the other side, she would eventually ask the same question.

After a long time, she finally became cruel and said, "Can you agree to Xinyu? If the empress dowager really defeats, can you let her go and keep her in the palace to enjoy her old age?"

After Xinyu finished speaking, she saw her tightly staring at her, and her eyes became colder and colder.

Beauty Yu stared at the other party's face, and she just vaguely guessed what she might hear. If it were someone else, maybe earlier, she could still promise her, but...

"Do you know that this palace, like you, wants to ask for a grace from the Empress Dowager. Do you know how she answered this palace?"

Looking at the other party's expression, Xinyu only felt more uneasy. Now when she heard such an answer, she felt more anxious. If she jumped faster, she would fall to the bottomless cliff and suffocate from then on.

"Please forgive Xinyu's ignorance. Xinyu can't guess what the empress dowager is thinking."

I can't guess. Yu Meiren can't help humming coldly in the bottom of her heart. I'm afraid she doesn't want to guess. After all, people's initial feelings are affection for a long time. After staying for a long time, they will also be reluctant to give up.

So most of the time, she will try not to get the two girl involved too much. Unfortunately, they play tricks on people, but fate has to make a choice.

"I just asked the Empress Dowager if I am defeated, can I ask for a grace? Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager told me that I am not qualified."

Yu Meiren said that she paused here and saw that the other party's face turned pale. Although she couldn't bear it, she continued.

"I asked again how I could be qualified to ask the Empress Dowager for this grace, but the Empress Dowager told me when I defeated her. You come to ask for this grace for her now, and I have the same words.

"Mother."

Xinyu's face changed from white to blue, and she suddenly knelt down on the ground. It happened that Beiqiu Shuo was coming in from the outside. Seeing this formation, her little face turned white and she walked closer in panic.

"Did Aunt Xinyu do something wrong and make her mother angry?"

Yu Mei's heart tightened, and Beiqiu Shuo's appearance made things impossible to continue. She had to reach out and take Beiqiu Shuo into her arms and said gently, "Silly child, just now your aunt Xinyu knocked over the teacup and got her mother's concubine with tea. The mother's concubine just scared her. Who would scare her like this."

When Yu Meiren spoke, she had already wink at Xinyu. Xinyu immediately got up from the ground and gradually smiled on her face.

"How can the maidservant be scared? The maidservant is just cooperating with the maidservant, lest everyone outside say that the maidservant is a temperamentless master and will not pay attention to the maidservant in the future."

"Is there anyone bullying the mother and concubine?"

There was obvious worry on Beiqiu Shuo's face. Yu Meiren reached out and pinched his little face, and his smile gradually deepened: "As long as Yun'er is fine, no one dares to bully his mother."

After Yu Meiren finished speaking, she looked at Xinyu: "The little prince likes to eat the cake given by the emperor yesterday. You should get some and prepare some porridge by the way. It should be hot. The little prince is growing."

Xinyu immediately nodded. She knew that Beauty Yu was afraid of the little prince's suspicion. She said something wrong again, simply held her away, and immediately turned around and walked out of the hall.

When Xinyu left, Yu Mei was relieved and turned her head to look at Beiqiu Shuo in her arms.

This child has always been old. Although he doesn't ask some words, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand.

However, how can she involve this little child in right and wrong? The worst plan is to send him out of the palace in the end. Without a puppet, that person is not right.

Gradually, the candlelight swayed, and the shadows of the people were suddenly bright and dark, leaving only a seemingly short-lived warmth in the hall.