Chapter 539: Meeting an old friend in the middle of the night
Xiao Ziyan said nothing, ate with chopsticks, and left the table.
Xiaosi looked at the food on the table and murmured in a low voice: "This is a dish that took me two hours to prepare. Why doesn't he give me some face and eat more?"
Several days passed and Mu Ci did not see Xiao Ziyan again.
In her opinion, it is better not to see each other than to meet each other. She and Xiao Ziyan are two separate lines and should not intersect again.
That night, she went to bed early as usual, but she never thought that a sound suddenly woke her up at midnight.
She stood up and took a look and found an extra note on the dressing table.
She looked carefully through the light, and it said that she should go to Fang Yuan, where there would be a surprise waiting for her.
Just a few days ago, she was worried about not finding a chance to go to Fang Yuan to meet people there. Today, someone sent her a message? Who is this person? Or maybe there is a trap here?
In fact, being under house arrest in the Zhou Mansion, the situation could not be worse than now. Even if there was a trap, she would admit it.
I just wonder if Mother Chen will notice when she walks out.
She dressed neatly, put on her cloak, and quietly left Hengwuyuan. It seemed that everyone had fallen asleep, including Mother Chen.
Yes, since the other party was able to send in the news, he must have taken care of Mother Chen as well.
She went to Fang Yuan based on her memory, and the journey was smooth. There was no one guarding even in front of Fang Yuan.
When she entered Fang Yuan without any obstruction, she found that Fang Yuan was quiet and there was no one there.
The huge garden looks like an empty garden. Under the dim and dim lights, it looks a bit cold and strange.
If it were anyone else, she would probably run away in such an atmosphere, but this was Mu Ci, and she had always been bold, so this gloomy atmosphere would not scare her at all.
She entered the main hall and then went to the right wing. When she saw the two maids sleeping in front of the door, she knew that these two maids had also been put down.
Someone had already cleared the way for her.
The woman resting inside heard strange footsteps and woke up from her sleep.
When she opened the curtain and saw the person coming in, her eyes widened: "Mu Ci?"
Through the dim light in the corner, Mu Ci could clearly see the face of the woman on the couch, and was equally surprised: "Zhao Ling, why is it you?"
She had guessed the possibility that the beauty in Fang Yuan might be an old friend she knew, but she never expected that this beauty was actually Zhao Ling.
"Were you also sent to the Zhou Mansion?" Zhao Ling asked.
She picked up her coat and put it on.
Because she hadn't seen an acquaintance for a long time, she moved closer. When she was sure it was Mu Ci, she was inexplicably excited.
Even though this person was once her enemy, she was still very happy.
Mu Ci didn't know how to answer this question. From what Zhao Ling said, she knew that she was sent in. You must know that Zhao Ling was once the emperor's woman, and later she had to leave the palace because of the emperor's pardon.
Even so, it was impossible for Zhao Ling to get married again, but on the contrary, Zhao Ling was sent to the Zhou family and became Master Zhou's plaything.
If this kind of thing spreads to the palace, it will be a big deal.
"I was still in Chenxiang Palace half a year ago, and then when I woke up, I was in the Zhou Mansion. What about you, when were you sent in?" Mu Ci decided to tell the truth.
Zhao Ling had regained her composure. She glanced at the sleeping mother-in-law and maid outside, turned on the lamp, and then replied: "I was sent in shortly after I left the palace. It's because Mr. Zhou met me once four years ago.
, when he learned that I was sent out of the palace, he asked the Duke of Zhao for me. You also know that I am an abandoned concubine, but even if I was demoted to a commoner, I was once the emperor's woman. How could the Duke of Zhao give me away casually?
people?"
"What happened next?" Mu Ci asked.
There must be some reason why Duke Zhao's mansion sent Zhao Ling to Zhou's mansion, right?
"Do you still remember how I entered the palace?" Zhao Ling asked without answering.
Mu Ci nodded: "Of course I remember, you entered the palace because you wanted to avenge Zhao Meiren."
"Before entering the palace, I had an engagement." Zhao Ling added.
Mu Ci is such a perceptive person. When Zhao Ling said this, she immediately thought of Ningchang Houfu.
Zhao Ling used to be the fiancée of Zhang Jian, the eldest son of the Ningchang Hou Mansion. Because Zhao Ling entered the palace, the emperor took advantage of her, so Zhang Jian had no choice but to suffer the loss.
It was because of the emperor's reputation that Prince Zhang couldn't afford to have an attack, but Prince Zhang must have cared about it.
Even if others don't say it, the world knows that Prince Zhang's fiancée was snatched away by the emperor. Which man in the world doesn't mind this kind of thing?
"Is it because of Prince Zhang that you were sent to the Zhou Mansion?" Mu Ci drew inferences and figured out the truth.
"It seems that you still don't know that the Zhou Mansion and the Ningchang Hou Mansion are related by marriage. The wife of the third room in the Ningchang Hou Mansion is Zhou Yueting's aunt. I have fallen, so Prince Zhang naturally tried to find ways to humiliate me. The Duke's Mansion was destroyed by Ningchang
The Hou Mansion found out, so I was given to Master Zhou as a play pet." Zhao Ling smiled coldly: "I thought I was once a virtuous concubine, but now I have ended up like this. It's only because of the consequences I planted at that time.
There is a bitter consequence today.”
Mu Ci also felt that things in the world were unpredictable.
Zhao Ling must have never imagined that she would come to Lin'an City that day.
She remembered one thing. Not long ago, she asked Mother Chen if she had any relatives in the Zhou family. Mother Chen avoided her question at that time.
It seems that Mother Chen doesn't want to know about the contacts between Zhou Mansion and Ningchang Hou Mansion.
As for Xiao Ziyan not wanting her to meet Zhao Ling, it was just because he didn't want Zhao Ling to tell her these things.
If the people of the Zhou Mansion have a clear conscience, why should they be afraid of her learning about the Ningchang Hou Mansion?
If you think about it carefully, the Marquis of Ningchang not only married a princess, but also married the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and later married his daughter to the King of Zhou.
Now even Xiao Ziyan and the Zhou Mansion have a close relationship.
When this network of relationships is connected, it becomes a big deal.
No wonder she felt that Zhou Mansion was not simple when she first entered it. Her intuition was right.
"Do you want to leave Fangyuan?" Mu Ci thought for a while and asked.
Zhao Ling is indeed heinous, but she was once the emperor's concubine. No matter what, it would not be Zhou Ling's turn to trample Zhao Ling.
"You want to help me?" Zhao Ling asked.
Mu Ci smiled bitterly: "I am also under house arrest in the Zhou Mansion, and I cannot protect myself. But if you want to leave, I will find a way."
She wasn't completely sure either. Although she could play some tricks, she was not sure she could escape unscathed under Xiao Ziyan's nose.
Even she didn't know if Xiao Ziyan had other purposes for bringing her into the Zhou Mansion.
"Do you think the emperor still loves you and will protect you no matter what you want? This is the Zhou Mansion. You yourself are under house arrest and you still want to take me away. You are just talking nonsense." Zhao Ling sneered mercilessly.
