The woman's sudden kneeling caught Lu Qingrong off guard.

After being surprised, Lu Qingrong raised her hand to let her up, but the latter was unmoved.

In the end, it was Luzhu who stepped forward to help, and the woman was no longer stubborn, and was supported by the maid beside her, and reluctantly got up.

However, when Lu Qingrong asked her to sit down, she refused anyway.

Looking at her high bulging abdomen, Lu Qingrong only felt that the last time he saw Lu Fangyu, he didn't have such a heavy body.

Simply no longer insisting, Lu Qingrong opened his mouth and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Mrs. Hui Shizi, slave and maid Lijuan." The woman stood in the middle of the room and spoke respectfully.

The self-proclaimed title of this "slave maid" made Lu Qingrong slightly stunned, and he didn't pursue it for the time being, and continued to ask: "How many months has the child been?" ”

"In a few days, it will be eight months." Lijuan's voice was somewhat similar to her name, and although there was a slight tremor in her voice at the moment, it was still crisp and pleasant.

Especially her unabashed attitude made Lu Qingrong extremely surprised.

It's almost eight months old......

In this way, this child was indeed there before she met Jiang Xuan and them.

It's just that she didn't expect her to say so frankly and bluntly.

There was progress so easily, and for a while, Lu Qingrong hesitated how to continue.

Thinking that she once told someone from Anlehou's Mansion that this child was Jiang Xuan's...... Lu Qingrong then asked: "You are a woman alone, and I heard that the search for relatives has failed. Is that the father who is looking for his child? If this is the case, you might as well tell me about his origin, and the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion will find someone. It's easier than that. ”

When Lijuan heard this, he didn't see any joy, his lips opened one by one, and he stopped talking.

Seeing this, Lu Qingrong was hesitating whether to let Luzhu avoid it first, but Lijuan had already taken a step ahead of her and took out the pink-clothed maid who had been following her.

Now there is only one pregnant woman left. Lu Qingrong didn't worry about it anymore, and directly waved her hand to let Luzhu go to the courtyard to wait for her.

Lijuan still didn't speak.

Thinking about this after all, it was hard to talk about, Lu Qingrong turned to ask: "Why did you appear on the way back to Beijing of the Mobei army." Who sent you? ”

If it weren't for Lijuan's frank statement just now, Lu Qingrong would definitely not ask so directly at this moment.

Sure enough, this time, Lijuan didn't flicker again.

For her. Now it's stuck in a quagmire and can't extricate itself. It seems that no matter how you choose, there is only a dead end.

And the sudden visit of Mrs. Jingyuan Hou Shizi seemed to be a life-saving straw in a desperate situation, making her faintly feel a trace of vitality. Whether it is hope or luck, Mrs. Shizi's gentle and respectful attitude makes her think about it again.

Lijuan turned his heart sideways and said to Lu Qingrong.

"The slave maid was originally a low-level palace maid in the East Palace. Later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince died, and the Crown Princess reduced the manpower of the East Palace. The slave maid was assigned to the Fengning Hall of the Queen Mother, and did a more low-level job of sprinkling clothes. ”

Speaking of this, Lijuan paused, raised his head slightly, and looked tentatively at Mrs. Shizi.

When Lu Qingrong heard this, he tried his best to maintain his composure on the surface, and a thunderclap had already sounded in his head.

East Palace, Fengning Palace, plus this child's month......

Lu Qingrong secretly thought in his heart, only hoping that this Lijuan had left the palace for a while before meeting Jiang Xuan and them.

"When did you leave the palace?" Lu Qingrong couldn't help but ask.

"The day before I met the prince." Lijuan's tone was firm, and his voice was resolute.

When Lu Qingrong heard this, he was a little flustered, and he didn't interrupt again, waiting to hear her continue.

Lijuan noticed Lu Qingrong's strange appearance, spoke again, and first confirmed her guess: "As Mrs. Shizi thought, this child of the slave maid is really not done by others. ”

When she said this, Lu Qingrong was not as entangled as he was just now, and the matter had come to this point, but he was a little more relieved.

Seeing this, Lijuan suddenly had a little more courage.

"When I was in Fengning Palace, the slave maid was the last palace maid and a newcomer, so she was often assigned some night vigil errands...... On that day, it was the slave and maid who were on duty in the ancestral hall at night, and it was a coincidence...... I heard that the emperor had never drunk wine in Fengning Palace, and that day it happened to be the good news of Mobei's victory, and the emperor was so happy that he was so drunk that he was drunk......"

Between the words and the mouth, the content inevitably has some preambles and afterwords.

But in Lu Qingrong's ears, it was already very clear.

The thunder in my heart sounded again.

This kid turned out to be the emperor!

I saw Lijuan with a dignified face in front of him, with a sincere attitude and clear eyes, which didn't seem to be lying at all.

Lu Qingrong wished she was talking nonsense!

"You say this kid is...... In this case, why don't you make it clear to the saints, but go all the way to Mobei and return to Beijing on the way, and entangle with the princes? Even tried to count this child on the head of the world? Lu Qingrong asked a lot in one breath.

This was quite like a questioning tone, which made Lijuan immediately plop down and kneel again.

Lu Qingrong didn't want to toss and turn over again, so he didn't stop her anymore.

"The slave maid was born in an official family, and because the family committed a crime, she was demoted to the lowest palace maid, so she read some books in the past and was a little reasonable." Lijuan then continued: "It was a coincidence in the ancestral hall that day. As a slave and maid, he has no chance to face the saint at all, if he entrusts others to do it, I am afraid that the life of the slave and maid will be gone long ago! ”

Seeing Lu Qingrong frowning and looking at him, Lijuan hurriedly explained: "If there is no such precedent in this dynasty, maybe the slave and maid will really be lucky, after all, this is the flesh and blood of the saint...... However, this kind of thing is not the first time in the Jingxi years! ”

"The palace maid last time was far more decent than me, she was serving tea and water in front of the masters, and she could show her head, she was also from Fengning Palace, and she was deeply loved by the Queen Mother, and then this happened, and she still couldn't escape the ending of one corpse and two lives...... This matter has long been known among the palace maids. ”

Even if Lu Qingrong didn't want to believe it, he had to admit that there was no obvious loophole in Lijuan's words.

Killing the emperor's children, an act that normal people can't imagine, often has its logic in all dynasties.

Speaking of Jingxi alone, the emperor who has entered middle age has only two princes who have lived to adulthood, one is the crown prince who died last year, and the other is the second prince King Jing.

Therefore, it seems not difficult to understand if the royal family is unwilling to let a palace maid from a humble or even tainted background be the heir of the emperor for the sake of the orthodoxy of the heir.

What Lu Qingrong didn't understand was why she ran out to make waves outside? (To be continued......)