Chapter 104: The Imperial Garden at First Sight

  Have you seen the royal garden?

  See me?

  Who could it be?

  Forget it, I'll go and talk about it later. I folded the note, looked up and glanced around hastily, and then walked straight to the Xue Palace. In my hurry, I didn't notice a deep gaze from afar at all.

  The next day

  It was said that it was the time when the temperature was highest throughout the day, and there were few people walking in the Imperial Garden, she was indeed mysterious.

  I walked into the Imperial Garden under the scorching sun. Before long, a palace maid came walking towards me.

  Taking a closer look, it was yesterday's palace maid.

  At this moment she raised her head and stared at me: "The queen has been waiting for a long time, madam, please go."

  I followed the palace maid for a while and arrived at a secluded corner of the imperial garden. The palace maid bowed and retreated.

  I looked around and calmly sat down on a stone bench beside me.

  "Indeed a prime minister's wife," a figure emerged from the shadows, "to be so unruffled."

  "It's really you." I looked at the newcomer, and a sneer spread across my face: "How, after being neglected for so long, is the noble Consort Meng finally going to strike back?"

  Meng Guifei didn't get angry, and instead walked straight to the opposite side and sat down. She spoke slowly and calmly: "I know that the birthday gift the Empress gave to the Dowager on her birthday wasn't made by her personally, but was actually done by you. The Empress took credit for your work, aren't you even a little angry?"

  I smiled: "So Princess Meng was originally for this matter. If I were as you said, wouldn't I have become a petty person like you?"

  "Ah..." Consort Meng's plan had failed, and she was now furious with shame.

  "If you have nothing else to attend to, Princess, I will take my leave. Farewell." I stood up and was about to walk away.

  "Hold on!" Empress Meng also stood up and blocked my way: "I might as well tell you the truth, I found out that the Empress Dowager really likes the birthday gift of sachet from the Queen. And has already prepared an edict to let the Queen do it again. Originally, I wanted you to expose the Queen's true face in public. Who would have thought... never mind, now I want you to put poison in the Queen's sachet, no matter how much money you want, I can give it to you."

  I couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I think Empress Meng also knows that I'm not interested in this small amount of money. If I agree with your idea, wouldn't I be giving you a handle to grasp? Does Your Highness really think I'm as foolish as you?"

  "You... you're just a dog by the queen's side! You're really loyal! That cheap woman, the queen, if you don't help me today, she'll still die! And it will be at my hands!"

  Before I could respond, someone shouted out: "Meng Guifei, you are so bold, daring to harm the Empress!" Then a figure in bright yellow emerged from behind the artificial hill.

  "Your Majesty... Your Imperial Highness..." Meng Guifei's face turned deathly pale as she fell to her knees with a thud.

  "Long live the Emperor, may he live forever!" I also bowed and paid respects to Your Majesty.

  "Hurry up and get out of here! You, the Prime Minister's wife, are not like her, and that is truly praiseworthy."

  Meng Guifei glared at me fiercely: "It's you..."

  As soon as the words fell, another person came out from behind the fake mountain.

  A red robe, with an air of satisfaction.

  I was taken aback—

  Tanggu!

  "It was I who discovered that your sister's movements were suspicious, so I sent someone to follow her. As soon as any clues are found, I will report them to the Emperor." After speaking, she looked at me deeply once again.

  My spine was chilled: the one who had been following me all day yesterday was actually her! In other words, if I accepted Meng Guifei's condition, wouldn't I also be implicated?