Chapter 43: Discovered
"What? Morning sickness! Xiao Lumo said in surprise: "Are you sure there is no misdiagnosis?"
The imperial doctor also hated that others questioned his medical skills, but the other party was a prince, so he had to say angrily: "The old man has been practicing medicine for more than 30 years, how can he not even diagnose the happy pulse!"
At the beginning, everyone speculated that Liu Mengyan was pregnant, but as soon as the results came out, there was a lot of discussion, and scolding was everywhere for a while. Before the emperor could speak, the officials and the ladies stood up one by one, begging the emperor to sink him into the river.
The emperor stood up in disbelief, slapped the table and said angrily, "Are you sure there is no misdiagnosis?"
The imperial physician immediately knelt on the ground: "Back to the emperor, the minister guarantees his life, it is indeed a happy pulse!"
"Yoo Meng-yeon!" The emperor was furious: "Look at the good things you have done, you have embarrassed the royal family!" Come on, take it, and sink the river on a certain day! ”
"Father, how can you be so sloppy! What if she ......," Xiao Lumo said anxiously. was interrupted angrily by the emperor: "What in case, what else is there to say about being pregnant before marriage!"
"Father, this, this ......" Xiao Lumo was also at a loss, and hurriedly pulled Liu Mengyan, who had recovered a little, next to him: "Jing'er, you quickly explain to your father, the child is Jing Xuan's, right, tell them quickly, we can protect you!"
"It's not!" Liu Mengyan smiled and shook her head: "It's not his!" Isn't it just death, it's okay, sink! "It's good to die, you don't have to worry about the trivial things of life anymore, and you don't have to bear the torments of life anymore. Don't have to face the deceit and duplicity between people, and suddenly feel so tired, maybe this time, there will never be these feelings again, how good~
The emperor didn't hear them whispering anything, and saw Liu Mengyan shaking her head with a smile, and her anger became even heavier, and she directly swept away all the items on the table: "Come on, take it away!"
Seeing that the guards who came to take Liu Mengyan away, Xiao Yuanmo's pale and weak rebuttal was useless, and even he himself panicked, never thinking that Nettle would suddenly become pregnant. Pulling at his father's clothes, he shouted, "Father, father, can't you wait?"
"Wait, wait! Tomorrow will sink! It's all gone! The Emperor left in a rage. The crowd also left with gossip. "Lan Jun, I saw that you were so interested in Jing'er on weekdays, but I didn't expect that at the critical moment, you didn't say a word, I really misjudged you, hum!" Xiao Lumo roared at the stunned Lan Jun, then turned around and left, and hurriedly found someone to release the news to King Xuan.
The panicked people, none of them paid attention to the smug smile of Miss Du Si in the corner: "I know that you can't tell the child's father because of the taste, now it's okay, it's sinking hahaha~"
Lan Jun was still in the news just now and didn't come back to his senses, "Netting, Nettle is actually pregnant?" "He came this time, in fact, he wanted to marry Liu Mengyan, he didn't care about the destined person, he just wanted the person he liked. However, Nettle is actually pregnant, is she too late?
When he came back to his senses, only he and his entourage were left, as well as the palace people who were cleaning. Lan Jun thought about it, but got up and walked to the place where Liu Mengyan was being held with the support of his entourage.
From ancient times to the present, gossip has spread the fastest, and almost overnight, the whole city knows about the ugly story of the county lord's unmarried pregnancy. It's not terrible to get pregnant before marriage, at most you secretly flow out or find someone to marry. The terrible thing is that the unmarried pregnancy was discovered, or the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the ladies and ladies of the Manchu Palace, the sons and grandsons, and the high emperor!
Widows are to be burned when they become pregnant. A married woman who was unfaithful to her husband and became pregnant, was discovered by her own family, and for the sake of fame, she would make a white silk and let her hang herself by hanging herself. If anyone knows about it, they will send out their families and let them dip in the pig cage. And when an unmarried woman is pregnant, either a person with status comes out and recognizes the child and marries her, or she is tied to a heavy stone and sinks into the river!
Lan Jun came to the door where Liu Mengyan was being held, and after setting up the guards, he went in to see her. Liu Mengyan sat on the bed with her legs crossed, Lan Jun walked over, sat down in front of her gently, and stretched out her hand to hold her tearful face out: "Nettle, look at me."
Lan Jun smiled and said, "Jing'er, I don't want to find someone who is destined, and I don't want to conform to the destiny of heaven, I like you, let me marry you, okay?"
Liu Mengyan bit her lip and shook her head: "No, no, the child is not yours, it's not fair to you!"
"It's fine." Lan Jun rubbed her head: "As long as you marry me, you will be my child, and no one will object!"
"Thank you, but no." Liu Mengyan grabbed his hands and let them leave her face: "The child's father, maybe he is on his way to save me?" Lan Jun, I'm sorry! ”
"Nettle!"
Liu Mengyan turned around: "You go, I won't marry you!" Let's go, let's go~"
Lan Jun pulled her over and hugged her in his arms: "Jing'er, I really want to marry you!" At the bottom of the cliff, the moment when you are devoted to protecting each other; The moment when I carried the heavy weight on my back despite my serious injury; In order not to let me sleep, the moment when you have to talk to me when you take a step and stop; I have already decided, in my Lan Jun's life, you Liu Mengyan will not marry! ”
"Don't do that!" Liu Mengyan pushed him away and cried: "Lan Jun, don't be like this, I have someone I like, even if he doesn't like me, I don't want to like others anymore, and I already have a child!"
"It's because you have a child, it's because you have to protect your child, you should live more!" Lan Jun wiped away her tears: "Jing'er, I said it, I will only marry one lady in this life, if you marry me, I will take you to retreat, no longer participate in the filth of this earthly world, take you to contact the simple villagers, take you to see the big rivers and mountains, take you to ......"
"No, no, don't!" Liu Mengyan shouted: "Lan Jun, I can't destroy you!"
"No, Nettle, you didn't ruin me, for me, you are my happiness!" Lan Jun didn't wait for her to answer: "That's it, you wait for me!"
Ignoring Liu Mengyan's objections, he quickly left, leaving Liu Mengyan alone to hug her head and cry: "Jingxuan, where are you!" You obviously said that you wouldn't let me be wronged~"
Lan Jun left Liu Mengyan and went to the emperor's bedroom, but who knew that the emperor was really angry because of Liu Mengyan's matter and refused to meet. It wasn't until Lan Jun said that the child in Liu Mengyan's belly was his, and the emperor announced him in.
"Your Majesty!" When Lan Jun entered, he knelt directly on the ground regardless of his leg injury: "I beg the emperor to be gracious, the son in the womb of the child is mine, and I am willing to marry her as the only wife in my life!"
"Alright, get up!" The emperor ordered someone to bring a chair over and let him sit down: "The imperial doctor just told me, the child in the womb of the child has been more than two months, when did you come over, how could it be your child!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Father!" Xiao Lumo's voice came from outside the hall, and he didn't even report it, he ran in directly, rushed to the emperor in a few steps and knelt down in front of the emperor: "Father, the child in the womb of the child is the son's minister's, the son's minister is willing to marry her as a concubine, beg the father and the emperor not to sink her into the river!"
"Bastard!" The emperor slapped the table and stood up, kicked Xiao Luanmo's chest, stretched out his hand and pointed at him tremblingly: "The child is really yours?"
"Yes!"
The Emperor was furious and said, "If it is really your child, then it must sink the river!"
"Why!" Xiao Lumo didn't understand why it was his child who had to sink into the river.
"Even you can't run away, you will have to shave off the title of the prince, go to your hair, and you will never be able to take a step out of the imperial temple!"
The emperor's words stunned Xiao Lumo, since he was a child, his father had never spoken to him like this. This is the first time, the first time, it is so ruthless.
"The emperor is angry!" Lan Jun said: "The child is definitely not Lord Mo's, if he must have said it at that time, why wait until now, there must be no way to make this decision."
The emperor took a breath, thought about it, and glared at Xiao Luomo fiercely: "You can pay attention to anyone in your life, but you can't!"
"Why?" Xiao Lumo yelled.
"Your Majesty, now, let's think about how to do it first!" Lan Jun hurriedly diverted the topic between the two.
"Second prince, don't worry, I just want to see if the child's father will appear. If you don't show up, you will bear it, Nettle has not been by my side since she was a child, although she has never suffered hardship, I can't do my best to hurt her, I am very guilty! The emperor said tiredly: "Now that this incident has happened, I also have a certain responsibility, but I can't bear it!"
"What does the emperor mean?" Lan Jun was surprised.
The Emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "That's right, Nettle is my daughter! Therefore, I also hope that she can be happy, not like her mother, who is unladylike and killed, but I have no choice! ”
"Lan Jun understands!" After Lan Jun understood what the emperor meant, he retreated back to the princess's mansion.
"What? Nettle is my sister? Xiao Lumo couldn't believe it.
The emperor sighed: "Yes, so you can't be together!"
"I can't be with her, can you give birth to her with my aunt?" Xiao Lumo may understand why Mo Yuhang wanted to kill the princess, for his wife and her brother, I am afraid that even a man can't accept it!
"Smack!" The emperor slapped Xiao Lumo in the face: "What nonsense are you talking about, that's your aunt, how can you insult her." Nettle is your sister, your own sister, the same mother and the same father, a twin child, the sister of the dragon and phoenix! ”
"Dear, dear sister?" Xiao Lumo looked at the emperor blankly: "Then why is it my aunt's daughter?"
"You are born without a heartbeat, so your aunt will take care of it. It just so happened that she was also pregnant in October, and it happened that she was drugged and gave birth to a stillborn prematurely. And when your aunt was sad, she cried loudly, so your aunt adopted her. ”
Xiao Lumo sat on the ground, no wonder, no wonder if the child was his, his father was so resolute.
At noon the next day, the moat was full of people, and Liu Mengyan was tied tightly by a rope, standing by the river, with a large stone tied under her feet, and when the hour came, she pushed it into the river.
Seeing that the hour was coming, the emperor, who was secretly observing, was disappointed that the child's father did not appear. Just as they were about to push Liu Mengyan into the river, Lan Jun suddenly appeared to stop someone from pushing her in.
In the midst of public opinion, he spoke: "Everyone, don't be impatient, please listen to what I will tell you in detail." The second prince of Xia Nai Nan was in distress on the way back from the previous envoy to your country, and was rescued by the lord of your country. I secretly had a love for her, so that immediately after I recovered from my wounds, I came to your country and wanted to marry her. Who knew that I had a little wine and made a mistake that night, and yesterday I didn't dare to admit it because of my timidity, and now I can't bear to see that the laws of your country are so cruel.
The child in the womb of the county lord is more than a month, and his father is below, for last night's retreat, he expressed deep guilt, and then married her into the mansion and became the only wife in this life! ”
After Lan Jun finished speaking, he bent down deeply in front of the people, and only raised his head halfway. The crowd gave applause: "As a man, it's not wrong to be timid, the most important thing is to be responsible, to stand up at this moment, I must have fought for a long time, I hope you can love this county lord for a lifetime as you said!" This is what a passing chivalrous man said, and he left with a straight smile and a smile.
Everyone also began to bless them, but some people scolded them for being shameless. Lan Jun gladly accepted and stepped forward to untie the rope on Liu Mengyan's body, picked her up and left slowly.
Liu Mengyan buried her head in his chest: "Why are you so stupid?"
Lan Jun smiled: "Where are you stupid?"
"To protect me, ruin my reputation." Liu Mengyan rubbed in his arms.
"I earned it by exchanging fame for one of you!" Lan Jun carried her into the room and gently put her on the bed: "Okay, don't think so much, you are now sitting on your mother's person, you have to rest well, you know?"
Liu Mengyan nodded, lay down obediently, and looked at Lan Jun's departing back, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable. She knew that even if she said King Xuan at that time, I was afraid that it would be useless, and everyone would definitely say that she slandered King Xuan. But now that Lan Jun is so kind to him, how can he repay him?
Liu Mengyan kept in bed for several days, and one day she had nothing to do, and walked out of the yard with the help of a small person. Only then did she know that because the princess's mansion could not hold happy events, she was in the palace, living in Xiao Lumo's palace, which was very festive inside and out.
"Nettle! You're up! Xiao Lumo ran over from afar: "Jing Xuan, Jing Xuan has a letter, look!"
Although Liu Mengyan was not in a hurry on the surface, she was very panicked in her heart, and when she opened it, King Xuan's handwriting was immediately imprinted.
I'm sorry, but I can't be by your side to protect you in this time of crisis, and it's my fault that you are wronged. However, don't you get married, wait for me to come back, soon, soon I can come back! Even if you don't agree, I won't let you marry someone else, no matter what the price, I will definitely snatch you back!
Liu Mengyan held the letter, and tears hit it drop by drop: "Then you are back!"
"He'll be back, trust him!" Xiao Lumo encouraged her and said: "It's just that what should Lan Jun do, my father has already decreed, let Lan Jun take you to Nanguo in three days!"
"I don't know, I don't know what to do~" Liu Mengyan covered her head, she didn't want to hurt Lan Jun, but she didn't know what method to use not to hurt him.
At this time, Lan Jun was standing in the distance, watching them quietly, watching her cry bitterly, clenching her fists, and leaving quietly.
The three days soon arrived, King Kexuan still did not come back, the wedding team embarked on the return journey, the dowry given by the emperor was not over for ten miles, the fourth lady's plan fell through and smashed the porcelain in the entire room, and shouted frantically: "Why, why is she so lucky, no matter what she does, there are people to support her." If you lose the most important chastity of a woman, someone will still marry her, why, why, why, ah~"
The fourth lady was lying on the table crying, her little hands were white, why were she the same people, but her fate was so different?
Liu Mengyan sat in the carriage with tears in her eyes, sitting upright with her head covered. Perhaps, her fate with King Xuan will end here. Touched the child in the belly: "Baby, I'm sorry, I can't let you see your father again~"
The emperor and Xiao Ranmo stood on the Cheng Tower and watched, Xiao Ranmo was indifferent and gloomy, his sweetheart suddenly became his own sister, and his sister was about to get married in less than half a month. Looking at the red-hot costumes, I felt very sad.
The long procession had just left the city gate, the carriage was walking in the center of the procession, and Lan Jun was riding a horse in front of the carriage, looking at Liu Mengyan in the carriage from time to time. Then he observed the surrounding environment: King Xuan, if you don't show up today, I, Lan Jun, will not return her to you in this life!
Suddenly seeing a figure in the distance, riding a horse and moving quickly, Lan Jun smiled and laughed self-deprecatingly. In fact, he hoped that King Xuan would never appear again, but when he saw Liu Mengyan's sad and thoughtless appearance, he thought: As long as you are happy, what does it matter if you are with him?
A horse suddenly broke into the procession, and the formation immediately became chaotic, and the pace of progress had to be stopped. King Xuan rode his horse and stood quietly in front of the carriage.
His face was pale and bloodless, and there were some small mustaches on his face, although not obvious, but they added a little fatigue to the whole, he steadied himself, and said in a hoarse voice that had not drunk water for several days in order to hurry: "I want to take her!"
Lan Jun naturally understood his current situation, his physical strength was exhausted, and at the end of the crossbow, he waved his hand, and a team of archers immediately stepped forward to prepare.
"Why did you take her?" Lan Jun stood in front of the carriage.
King Xuan said softly: "She needs me!"
"Hehe, do you need you?" Lan Jun smiled mockingly: "When you heard the news of someone else, you left without hesitation, and you didn't even listen to her, what qualifications do you have to be needed by her?"
King Xuan understood that it was his fault, and if he had been willing to listen to her at that time, none of this would have happened. "I know I owe her an explanation, an explanation to the people who care about her and love her. But will you let me meet her first? ”
Lan Jun said resolutely: "Don't let it!"
"Lan Jun!" King Xuan held his horse rope tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if the emperor is here today, you don't want to take the dragon away." Even if it is a betrayal of the emperor and betrayal of the world, I will not let anyone marry a nettle! Even if the lives are ruined, they will not hesitate! ”