The prince panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly stood in front of Mo Simin, and whoever dared to step forward, he repelled whoever he wanted, until the emperor was angry and ordered someone to get the whip.

It was a soft whip specially used by the royal family to beam the children of the royal family, which has been passed down since the founding of the country, and has not been moved for decades.

Seeing this, the queen hurriedly took his hand and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, you see that the prince is young and ignorant, let him go, and when he goes back later, the concubine will tell him well, let him admit his mistake another day, now everyone is angry, what if you use the dragon whip to hurt the harmony between father and son? Prince, if you say something, just say that you are wrong, and you will not do it again in the future! ”

As she spoke, a few tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

It is estimated that it was because the queen's pleading appearance aroused the softness of the emperor's heart, he stopped in time and put the whip behind him: "Thinking of the relationship between father and son, I don't want to beat you, but I'm afraid you can't keep it." ”

"No!" When the prince heard this, he instantly became extremely excited, "As long as I live for one day, Simin will be my wife." ”

The tone was so firm that there was no room for negotiation at all.

The emperor was so angry that he slammed a whip on the prince.

The prince snorted in pain, but did not ask for mercy.

"Your Highness!" Seeing this, Mo Simin's heart ached like a knife, and she wanted to rush up to hold the person, or use her body to help the prince block the menacing soft whip, but she had more than enough heart but insufficient strength, Wang Zhen saw that the situation was not good, and directly ordered the guards to step forward and pull her down, she simply did not have enough strength to break free from the hands of the two guards, so she could only watch the prince being beaten.

The emperor whipped the prince a dozen times until his skin was torn apart, and although the whip did not fall on the onlookers, they could all feel the pain.

In the end, the prince didn't cry out in pain, let alone beg for mercy, but the queen couldn't stand it anymore, knelt on the ground and hugged the emperor's leg.

"The emperor begs you not to fight, if you continue to fight, the prince will really have no chance to reform himself."

Originally, the emperor didn't have the heart to beat people to death, but he just wanted to whip the prince a few whips to kill his arrogance, but he didn't expect this kid to be so stubborn and fight for so long, except for the first shout, the later whips actually gritted their teeth and fell! Now when the queen begged for mercy, he came down by the steps.

"For the sake of the queen also helping you speak, I will let you go, but the flesh injury can be avoided, but the punishment cannot be escaped, since you feel that you are right, go to the prison to reflect for a few days, and wait until your brain is clear and you know what you have done wrong, and I will release you."

Seeing this, Wang Zhen hurriedly asked, "What about the crown princess?" ”

"Shut them all in."

What happened to Mo Simin and the crown prince in the palace was unknown to An Xiabai and Lu Li, and soon after they left the Lu family, they also packed their luggage and left the capital while no one was paying attention.

Because An Xiabai was injured and couldn't walk, Lu Li carried her on his back, while Xiaodong Xiaoxue was held in his arms by Zhou and Lu Liuer.

The two children seemed to know that their family was going through a tribulation, and they were very well-behaved in their arms, not crying or making trouble.

"Where are we going?"

Seeing that the road was getting farther and farther, An Xiabai's doubts became deeper and deeper.

"Go outside the city," Lu Li paused for a moment and replied with a complicated expression, "I may have to grieve my wife these days." ”

An Xiabai thought to himself that life had come to an end, it would be very good to have a life, what grievances and grievances could he talk about? She smiled, her uninjured hand gently stroked Lu Li's cheek, and said softly: "As long as I can be with my husband, I am happy to go and live wherever I want." ”

Lu Li's heart warmed slightly.

He told An Xiabai that the end of their trip was a ruined temple on the outskirts of the capital, and not far from the ruined temple was the military camp responsible for defending the capital, where he had his old department.

Because the plan in his heart was a bit grandiose, Lu Li didn't dare to tell An Xiabai everything.

Fortunately, An Xiabai didn't ask any questions himself.

She lay quietly on Lu Li's back, and suddenly remembered her past life and Lu Li's past life. It is estimated that because her body can control her mind and memory, she almost forgot her previous experience, how Lu Li rebelled in her previous life, even she herself can't remember it clearly, she only vaguely remembers the time.

That's it.

Therefore, those secret thoughts in Lu Li's heart, even if he didn't say it openly, An Xiabai knew it.

The group soon came to the so-called broken temple in Lu Li's mouth, which was the place where Mo Simin was locked up when he was plotted before, and now it was covered with cobwebs and dust.

It was inconvenient for several women, so Lu Li cleaned it up by himself, and only after cleaning up the dust in the broken temple did he help them in.

The ruined temple in this deserted suburb collapsed a wall, it was okay during the day, the weather was hot, and it was a lot cooler after the wind blew in, but it was different at night, the wind poured in, only making people feel cold, especially An Xiabai, a weak wounded, couldn't help but tremble when the wind blew.

Lu Li was distressed, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the person in his arms.

From their point of view, they happened to be able to see the stars twinkling in the sky through the window.

"It's so pretty." An Xiabai said with emotion.

"Madame is right." Lu Li agreed sullenly behind his back.

An Xiabai was so sensitive, as soon as he heard it, he could hear that something was wrong with his voice, and tried to turn his head to look: "Husband, why is your voice so wrong, is it a cold?" ”

Before she could turn her head, she was gently pressed by Lu Li's hand.

"Don't look."

An Xiabai immediately understood what he meant.

She sighed in her heart, and her whole body nested in Lu Li's arms: "Husband, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault that things have gotten to such a point, if you really want to say who is at fault, it should be those people in the royal family, not us victims." ”

Lu Li didn't speak, just buried his head in An Xiabai's hair, and paused for a long time before speaking: "It's not my fault that things are in such a situation, but if I can't give you a stable life in the future, it's my fault." ”

"Husband?"

"It's okay, I'll just sigh." He smiled, and his arms hugged An Xiabai's body hard, as if he wanted to draw strength from her.

She solemnly promised An Xiabai: "Give me a little time, and I will definitely let you all live a stable life." ”

This night was a night that was difficult for them to dream in the broken temple, and it was also the same for Qin Shuang'er.

The gossip in the village has been going on for several days, and since she brought the injured Chang Wen home, the villagers have gradually spread the news that she had an adulterous affair with Chang Wen, for which they often pointed at Qin Shuang'er's back and scolded her.

These Qin Shuang'er don't care about it, after all, this kind of thing is not the first time it has happened, when her parents were murdered by her brother and sister-in-law before, she was framed, and those villagers also pointed at her back and scolded her, none of the gossips were said with noses and eyes, if she wasn't the person concerned, she probably would have believed it.

Compared with the attitude of the villagers, Qin Shuang'er cared more about the thoughts of Changwen, which caused her to be a little absent-minded when she was eating dinner.

Chang Wen put a piece of meat in her bowl and called her name softly.

Qin Shuang'er suddenly came back to her senses.

"I've been seeing you in an inexplicable daze lately, is there something on your mind?"

Qin Shuang'er nodded with a complicated expression, anyway, things are always buried in my heart and can't solve the problem, so it's better to ask the meaning of the common news directly!

As soon as she said that, Qin Shuang'er raised her eyes and asked, she didn't even want to eat: "Brother Chang, have you heard the gossip that has been widely circulated outside recently, that is, those words that talk about our affairs?" ”

"I hear you." He hadn't been out much lately, but he had good ears, and he could hear the deliberately elevated cynicism of people passing by the door of the house once in a while.

"Don't you care?"

The reaction of Chang Wen made Qin Shuang'er feel uncertain.

The person who thought he would mind just raised his eyelids and was still trying to eat: "What's there to care about, you said it yourself, those words are all gossip, and it's not worth it to compare it with gossip." ”

Hearing him say this, Qin Shuang'er began to feel relieved.

"Brother Chang, it's good that you don't care, when I heard them before, I was afraid that you would be annoyed." She smiled shyly, and suddenly turned her face as if she remembered something, "Brother Chang, I'm sorry, I caused you to be a burden this time, if it weren't for me, you might not have an accident, and it wouldn't have caused the mansion to be raided and your official position to be lost....."

These days, Qin Shuang'er has been living in guilt.

Looking at her low-hanging guilty appearance, Chang Wen smiled disapprovingly.

"The current life is actually quite good, better than the previous life, I can be raised by you, I can eat and drink without doing anything, I don't think it's a loss, but I'm afraid that you will dislike me one day and drive me out."

"No!" Qin Shuang'er shook her head with a serious face, "Brother Chang, you are my benefactor. ”

Speaking of living a life, it was inevitable that he thought of silver money, and Qin Shuang'er took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve and handed them to Chang Wen.

Chang Wen raised his eyebrows and asked puzzledly: "Give me money, do you really want to send me out?" ”

"No," Qin Shuang'er waved her hand again and again, explaining that giving money was not what she meant, "This silver ticket was taken out of the pocket of the clothes when I helped Brother Chang wash the clothes today, and now it is returned to the original owner." ”

Chang Wen pushed the silver ticket back intact: "This money should be regarded as a reward for taking me in, and some of it will be used to buy vegetables for you, after all, I will be a little embarrassed to eat and drink for nothing." ”

You can't buy groceries for that much money.

Qin Shuang'er tried to push the silver ticket back, but it happened that Changwen's hand also stretched out.

He pressed his generous palm on her hand, and said with the strength and tone of no refusal: "You must accept this money, otherwise I will feel uneasy to live here, and I may have to leave one day." ”

"Don't, I'll just take the money!"