Chapter 35: Indulgence

  Meng Ruxue locked herself in her room after waking up yesterday, refusing to eat or drink, and not seeing anyone. It is said that the sound of smashing things kept coming from inside the room.

  Meng Ruxue's dream has been shattered. Yesterday, something like that happened. Don't mention marrying Xuan Yuan Ye, even if it were a ordinary young master of a wealthy family, no one would marry her.

  Finally reaped what he sowed, can't live on after doing evil deeds.

  Meng Fu Ying followed the little eunuch directly to Feng Qi Palace, and Qing Zhu naturally also followed her.

  As soon as she entered the Phoenix Palace, Meng Xuan had not yet paid her respects when the Empress walked over with a gentle smile on her face, warmly pulling her along and softly saying, "You've arrived, come, quickly come in and sit."

  That face of kindness, a face of affection, made Meng Fu's shadow slightly stunned, and the corner of his mouth subconsciously twitched. This woman is really good at pretending, isn't she?

  Because of yesterday's events, now the queen must be hating her to the bone, yet she can still pretend to have such a deep affectionate attitude, it's not simple.

  She felt sick for her.

  The corners of Qing Zhu's lips twitched slightly.

  "The Queen has summoned me, is there something?" Meng Fu Ying made a great effort to ignore her disgusting smile and asked in a low voice.

  She was really puzzled, the queen called her today, what did she want to do?

  Pamper her? Let her be obedient and listen to her in the future, becoming her pawn?

  "The Emperor has already decreed that you and the Seventh Prince will be married, and I have instructed people to choose a good day for it. From now on, we will be one family, and when you come to my palace, there is no need to be too restrained. Whatever you want, just tell me, as long as I have it, I won't deprive you of it." The Empress's smile grew even more radiant, her voice also became a few degrees warmer.

  However, when her eyes gazed at those precious things in her own room, there was a hint of pride and complacency deep within her eyes.

  She's not even married yet, and she's already become one of the family so quickly? By bribing her with material things? Hmph, how ridiculous.

  Her eyes swept lightly over the room, and everywhere in the room were extremely precious decorations, at a glance, it was really dazzling.

  Vanity, in this deep palace, without the emperor's favor, can only use these external things to satisfy one's vanity.

  The queen has been in the palace for so many years, and in the end, she is probably just guarding these things, alone in an empty house.

  She really pitied this woman.

  The queen's eyebrows slightly furrowed, she was indeed a wall-top grass, blowing in the direction of the wind, and wanting to sell out her master so soon.

  However, it's not something she can buy and sell at will.

  "Thank you, Your Majesty." Meng Fuying smiled slightly and replied politely. The Empress's eyes gleamed with satisfaction once again, but Meng Fuying's next sentence made the smile on her face stiffen slightly.

  "But I don't need these." Meng Fuying slightly lowered her eyelids and didn't even look at those things anymore.

  The queen's face added a few more awkward expressions, and her heart had even more hateful intentions, but on her face, she once again broke into a gentle smile, softly saying, "Hehe, you little girl, are just so straightforward."

  Although extremely annoyed in his heart, he still forced a smile and praised him.

  "If the empress is not busy, then I will go and pay my respects to the dowager empress." Meng Fu Ying really did not want to see her fake smile again, really did not want to waste any more time with her here.

  "You child, why are you in such a hurry? I still have some things to tell you." The empress, however, once again grasped Meng Fuyao's hand, with the same gentle smile on her face, but with a few more threads of tension in her eyes.

  Then she turned to Qing Zhu and said, "Just now the palace let someone calculate the birth date of Rui'er and Yan'er. The two are really a match made in heaven. You go first and show it to the Empress Dowager, also make the Empress Dowager happy. Happily, tell the Empress Dowager that I'm keeping Rui'er here, teaching her some things about being a girl."

  Her words were somewhat reasonable and in line with reason. Although Qing Zhu was a bit unwilling, after all, it was the queen's order, and she didn't dare to disobey.

  Moreover, if something happens to the master and servant here, the empress is absolutely not related, so the empress also does not dare to do anything to the master.

  Her eyes gazed at Meng Xiangying's shadow, and seeing that Meng Xiangying slightly nodded to her, she took the folded paper handed over by the palace maid and left.

  "Come, I had ginseng soup specially cooked for you. Try some." After Qing Zhu left, the Empress nodded to a palace maid to pour a bowl of ginseng soup, took it herself and handed it to Meng Fu Ying.

  Meng Fu Ying's eyes sank slightly, this decoction originally had a hint of medicinal taste, and the color was also slightly yellowish. At first glance, it seemed normal, but relying on her keen sense of smell, she could confirm that the Empress had added another medicine to the soup.

  The corners of her mouth slightly curled up with a hint of cold ridicule. It seemed that this was the Empress's true intention in letting her come today.

  But she really couldn't figure it out, with the cleverness of an empress, how could she be poisoned in her own palace?

  Her eyes narrowed slightly, fine, she wanted to see what the empress really wanted to do.

  Due to the previous chill, Meng Fu Ying now had a calm expression as she gazed at the bowl of soup, not directly reaching for it.

  "What? Not even this little bit of face is given to me?" The empress said with intentional dissatisfaction.

  Meng Fu Ying hesitated for a moment, then took it over and brought it to the corner of his lips. It seemed like he had drunk it all in, but little did anyone know that the soup was completely absorbed by the sponge hidden in his sleeve.

  After Meng Ruxue poisoned her yesterday, she thought that there were many people who wanted to harm her now, and poisoning was one of the most common methods in ancient times. In order to be prepared for any situation, she hid a specially made sponge in her sleeve.

  I didn't expect it to be useful so soon.

  "I'm going to pay respects to the Empress Dowager now."

  Because she was unsure what medicine the queen had given her, Meng Fu Ying drank the medicine and then stood up as if to leave. However, her body swayed slightly, "My head is so dizzy."

  Then fainted on the table.

  Only in this way can we find out what kind of medicine the queen gave her.

  "Fu'er, Fu'er, what's wrong with you?" The empress gently pushed her a few times, but seeing no reaction, she pushed harder several times. However, Meng Fuying still didn't move, lying motionless on the table.

  "What's going on? How did she faint?" The empress turned to the only palace maid in the room and asked in a low voice.

  "I don't know, last time when the medicine was administered, she didn't faint at all, and was fine, just like nothing had happened, but two days later she became stupid. This time maybe the dose of the medicine is too strong, that's why she fainted." The palace maid replied in a low voice, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Or else I'll try to wake her up first."

  "Hurry up, or else we'll be in trouble if Qing Zhu finds out." The empress hissed in a low voice.

  Meng Fu Ying's heart secretly sneered, never expecting that 'she' was harmed by the Empress, and this time, the Empress even wanted to poison her.

  Because the poison won't take effect until two days later, the queen dared to be so blatant and give her the poisoned medicine here.

  Hmph, wanting to play dumb with her? Fine, she'll come and keep the Empress company for a good game, guaranteeing that the Empress will never forget.

  At the moment when the palace maid was about to strangle her with a rope, Meng Fu Ying suddenly jumped up...

  Meng Fu Ying didn't know that in the dark, there was another pair of eyes watching her every move. When they saw her sudden action, a hint of a smile flashed across those deep eyes, still with an air of indulgence.

  Since she wanted to have fun, he accompanied her, and for the first time, he wanted to indulge someone so much that he also indulged himself.

  "Guard the outside and don't let anyone in or out of Feng Qi Palace." The voice was still cold, but at this moment, it had a somewhat unusual indulgence.