Chapter 27: The Stepmother of a Wealthy Family (4)
"Mother, did that man really abandon us?" The little boy had a straight face, his eyes were serious, but there was a trace of sadness and anger in his two black eyes.
Touching the child's head, "Do you still have expectations for that man?" β
Li Qingyi shook his head, the number of men he had seen in the past eight years could be counted on one hand, and his expectations for his father had long since faded away little by little in the disregard of the years. Now that Li Xin has made such an act of abandoning his wife and children, he is not surprised, but he is unwilling in his heart. It's all your Li Xin's species, why do you only treat Li Qingfan and Li Qinghan as your children, aren't we your children? Then why did you give birth to us?
"In that case, what are you still sad about? Just treat him as if he were dead. Yao Huang said, "Taking advantage of this opportunity, we just get rid of them, and we can get away with them in the future." β
"Then I want to go to Jiangnan to eat shrimp and eel noodles and crab roe soup dumplings." Xiao Zhengtai is actually a foodie.
"Okay, let's go to Jiangnan to eat shrimp and eel noodles and crab roe soup dumplings, and we will eat crystal jade dumplings and three-silk gnocchi, and then we will go to the south to eat oyster phoenix feet and salt-baked chicken, go to the northwest to eat roast mutton and ramen, and go to the north to eat dumplings and ......."
With Yao Huang's story, Xiao Zhengtai has begun to look forward to life after leaving the palace.
"Mama Lin, please please and Ai Ai pack up and salute, and when it gets dark, we will leave the palace."
"Okay." Mama Lin said happily that for this day, she was prepared for hunger.
"Princess, the side concubine came to the courtyard with someone." Lin Qu reported that the seventeen-year-old young man was tall and fit, and his martial arts were only one line worse than Yao Huang. can be regarded as a top master in the rivers and lakes.
"Why does my sister have time to come to my yard?" Yao Huang asked Lin Qu to let people into the courtyard, and she guessed that the concubine was here to denounce Li Xin to her, a person with sympathy.
Concubine Chongrou glanced at Yao Huang, and there was no madness and anger on her face that Yao Huang guessed, but indifference after calm.
"My sister is still so young and beautiful, which makes my burnt roll envious. It's a pity that our prince doesn't know the goods, so he left a beauty like you and ran away by himself. β
Yao Huang smiled, "My relationship with the prince is not good, and it is not impossible for the prince to leave me." It's my sister, you are the top of the prince's heart, why did he leave you behind? β
Chongrou's face distorted, "Heart-to-heart? Only the eldest lady and the prince are the top of the prince's heart. β
Chongrou's voice was sharp, "Why did Li Qinghan's slut's husband make a mistake and want to drag our entire palace in?" As long as the prince tells the emperor to break away from the father-daughter relationship with Li Qinghan's slut, and marry the daughter who has gone to the palace and splash the water, the emperor will not blame the prince. But in order to protect that slut, the prince actually abandoned our entire palace. He and his good son fled, but sent us all under the emperor's butcher's knife. He's cold-blooded, he's ruthless, he's a bastard, a big bastard......"
Listening to Chongrou's incessant curses to Li Xin, Yao Huang Shi drank tea gently. Unexpectedly, a lady in the inner courtyard has such a rich swearing vocabulary, and most of them are extremely vicious, has she been in the market before?
Finally waiting for Chongrou to stop, Yao Huang picked up the teacup and handed it to Chongrou, "Dry mouth? Have a drink and keep scolding. β
Regarding Yao Huang's reaction, Chongrou was completely unexpected, "You're not angry?" β
Yao Huang picked up his teacup, took a sip and said, "What's so angry?" I had lost hope in this man a few years ago, and he was a stranger to me and Yi'er. I feel relaxed when you don't take us with you when you leave. β
"My life is gone, so it's naturally easy." Chongrou despised Yao Huang, "We are all lambs to the slaughter now. At the latest, the news of the prince's escape will be known by the emperor tomorrow, what will be waiting for us at that time? β
"Hehe," Yao Huang chuckled, "I don't know what Lu Dao is, I only know that Lu Dao will be the sea and the sky after tomorrow, and I will never be trapped in this square inch backyard again." β
"You're leaving?" Chongrou understood Yao Huang's thoughts, but, "The outside of the prince is full of the emperor's eyeliner, do you think you can escape?" β
Yao Huang didn't speak, his body shook, and there was an extra silver hairpin in his hand.
"My hairpinβ" called a little maid outside.
Chongrou stared at the hairpin and said, "Everyone underestimated you." β
Yao Huang smiled silently.
Chongrou took a deep breath, suddenly got up, and knelt straight in front of Yao Huang.
"What do you do?" Yao Huang was startled and hurriedly jumped away.
"I beg you," Chongrou never thought that one day she would kneel down to Yao Huang, a woman she looked down on, her tone and expression were stiff, "Please leave with Ze'er when you leave." β
Li Qingze, that kid? Yao Huang was not impressed by this child.
"You should know that if you have a burden, the danger of being discovered will be one more point."
"You're so powerful, how can you be discovered?"
"Even if I don't find out, why should I take your son away?"
"He's still a kid? Can you bear to let him die so early? β
"There are many unfortunate children in this world, and many have died young."
"He's your son's brother, too!"
"Li Qingfan is also your son's brother."
Chongrou bit her lower lip tightly, racking her brains to think about how to get Yao Huang to take her son out of the city. If Yao Huang can't be convinced, her son's end can only be death.
"I can cover your escape." Chongrou raised her head, a determined gaze burst out of her eyes, "The names of you and the little young master have been filed with the emperor, even if you can escape with the little young master, you will be wanted by the emperor." As long as you take Ze'er to escape with you, I can help you eliminate future troubles. β
Yao Huang and Chongrou looked at each other for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "Tonight's third watch, outdated." β
"Thank you!" Chongrou gratefully kowtowed to Yao Huang, tears of joy flowed from the corners of her eyes.
"Lin Qu, you carry Qingze on your back; Ai Ai, you carry Mama Lin; Yi'er, you follow me. After arranging everything, Yao Huang led a few people to jump out of the Xinwang Mansion under Chongrou's gaze and melt into the darkness.
"Look, Miss!" Mama Lin pointed in the direction of the palace in shock, and after leaving the palace, she resumed her previous name for Yao Huang.
"Huh? How did it catch fire? Lin Qu said in surprise.
Yao Huang had a trace of admiration for Chongrou at this moment, this woman was willing to give her life for her son, and when she decided, she only hoped that she would not be involved too many innocent ......
"Motherββ, mother-" Li Qingze also understood what was going on, and struggled to call loudly, "Take me back, I don't want to find my mother!" β
Yao Huang stretched out his hand and tapped Li Qingze's sleeping hole, seeing him lying on his stomach on Lin Qu's back, "Hurry up." "I'm afraid that Li Qingze's two voices just now have attracted the attention of many people.
The next day, everyone in the capital knew the news that the prince and his son had fled the capital, and the princess and the concubine who were abandoned by him set fire to the city with sadness and resentment, and died in the fire with the two little princes...... It is really a great tragedy in the world. Many people want not to communicate with the prince to abandon his two biological sons for a rebellious daughter. Isn't it more important for a son to be able to pass on the family line than a daughter?
This letter to the prince is a fool! Many people thought so, including the emperor, so they did not embarrass the people of the palace who escaped from the fire, and ordered the burial of the two princesses and the little prince.
The young man in the corner of the wall huddled up in a ball with his knees, not eating, drinking, or moving, for three full days, seeing the young man's ruddy face turn pale, he was afraid that he would not be able to support it anymore.
Yao Huang walked up to the young man and asked in a serious tone, "Your mother exchanged her life for your safety, and you repay her like this?" β
The boy's ears moved, and he seemed to listen. Yao Huang made persistent efforts, "If you starve to death like this, will you still have the face to see your mother when you go underground?" β
The young man slowly raised his head, staring at Yao Huang with big blank eyes.
"It's really unfilial to give up your mother's life in exchange for your life!"
But these words were serious, and the young man immediately retorted in a hoarse voice, "I have no unfilial ......"
"Your mother was pregnant for ten months, fell your piece of meat from her belly, and made your baby abnormal for more than ten years, but she didn't care for her body and tortured herself hard, is she worthy of the mother who paid for you? Isn't this unfilial piety? β
Still a kid! The young man was reprimanded by Yao Huang and cried, "I'm not unfilial, I just miss my mother!" I miss my mother, I don't want my mother to die! Woo woo woo ...... "The little boy cried heartbreakingly.
Yao Huang's face softened, squatted down, and took the young man into his arms, "I know that you are sad, but no matter how sad you are, you can't wear down your body." Your mother knows under Jiuquan, and I hope you are healthy. β
"Mother, can my mother know my situation under the Nine Springs?" The little boy asked.
"Of course. There is a lookout platform in the prefecture, and people in the prefecture can climb the lookout platform when they miss their relatives, and they can see the situation of the people they care about through the lookout platform. Your mother is so precious to you, she will definitely stay on the Wangxiang platform all the time to pay attention to you. So, you have to cheer up and don't let her worry about you, Zhiludao? β
The young man nodded, and Yao Huang breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, let's go wash my face first, and then eat something." If you haven't eaten for three days, you can't eat greasy, dry and hard things, so drink some porridge first. β
As soon as the words fell, a delicate-looking Zhengtai walked in from behind the door, with a bowl of steaming vegetable porridge in the tray in his hand, "Second brother, Sister Ai Ai's vegetable porridge is the best, let's eat it quickly!" β
"Third brotherβ" The boy cowardly called out to his own brother, who was not familiar with him.
Zhengtai raised his face and replied to him with a big, kind smile, "Second brother, don't be sad, you and me and my mother, we are all your relatives." β
The boy's heart warmed, and it felt good to have a brother.