Chapter 138: The Queen Mother is back

"What's wrong with her? Say it! Lu Li was so anxious that fire rose in his throat.

The midwife touched the ground with her head and cried: "The old slave is incompetent, she didn't stop the mother, she ...... She gave the child ......"

Lu Li slowly sat back on the couch and closed his eyes: "You can say it boldly." ”

The midwife gritted her teeth and said stubbornly: "The mother just gave birth to the child, and the old slave turned around to serve hot water, and she ...... She strangled the child to death! The old slave was incompetent, so he didn't stop her...... Poor little prince who had just landed, he didn't even have time to open his eyes, and when he was about to leave, he grabbed Niangniang's clothes tightly with his little hands......"

"Enough!" Lu Li let out a roar and pressed his chest desperately, so painful that his whole face wrinkled.

"Changli, calm down!" Duan Ran hurriedly walked over and tried to appease him.

Lu Li shook off Duan Ran's hand and raised his head: "You said it was Ah Yuan's own hand...... Strangled the kid? ”

The midwife wiped her tears and said, "Yes." The old slave couldn't believe that there was such a ruthless mother in the world......"

"What else did she do?" Lu Li asked in a dumb voice.

The midwife raised her head and said cautiously: "Niangniang also found a handkerchief, dipped it in the blood of the child's body and wrote a few words, the old slave didn't recognize it, and didn't know what it was written...... Later, Niangniang asked the old slave to wash the little prince, wrap it in swaddling clothes, and send it to the palace with a handkerchief and a Zhaojun set...... The old slave was afraid of causing trouble, so he didn't dare to go back to the palace, so he hired a little man called Hanako to send it outside......"

"That's right." Duan Ran said with a frown.

The midwife hurriedly kowtowed again, wiped her tears and said, "When the old slave returned to the hiding place, the mother was gone. The old slave was afraid of getting into a lawsuit, so he had to go out day and night these days, hiding from the officers and soldiers while looking for his mother......"

Lu Li raised his hand to stop the words behind her, and said in a dumb voice: "'Father's debt is repaid by the son, and it is justified' - she actually hates me like that!" Why didn't she come back to me to settle accounts, why did she ...... to the child That's her own flesh and blood! ”

"Alas, the most poisonous woman's heart, you should have known it a long time ago." Duan Ran let out a long sigh.

Lu Li leaned on the table, covered his face with his hands, and remained silent, immersed in grief.

Duan Ran slowly walked up to the midwife, squatted down, and said in a low voice, "I know you're lying. Tell me the truth, and I'll keep you from dying. ”

The midwife kowtowed three times and knelt straight: "What the old slave said is true, don't dare to deceive the emperor!" The old slave neither took good care of his mother nor protected the little prince, and he knew that he was guilty of a great sin, and he did not dare to ask the emperor for forgiveness-"

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly jumped up, rushed forward a few steps violently, and slammed into the corner of the confession with a "bang".

"Oops!" Duan Ran shouted and walked over quickly.

Outside the hall, a little eunuch who was standing lowered his head and quietly retreated.

Duan Ran stretched out his hand and lifted the midwife up, frowning: "It's over, it's already dead." ”

Lu Li raised his head.

Duan Ran spread his hands, helpless: "I didn't ask anything." She was clearly premeditated, and she would die after saying what she had to say. ”

"Are the people out there staring?" Lu Li frowned.

Duan Ran snapped his fingers proudly: "That's natural!" I've been playing with them for so many days, and if I don't even have this preparation, I won't have to mix it up in the future! ”

Lu Li leaned back on the soft couch and said in a deep voice: "You'd better not brag." These days, you're really not doing very well. ”

"Hey, it's not that Ben Gongzi is not performing well, it's that the enemy is too cunning!" Duan Ran felt a little aggrieved.

Lu Junnuo wiped his tears and said, "I don't believe it!" The queen mother will not kill her brother! She likes her brother so much, how could she strangle her brother? It must have been the bad old woman who did it! She killed her brother, and I'm going to crush her to ashes! ”

Duan Ran patted his head and grinned: "Lu Li, your family's generation is really ......"

Lu Li raised his eyelids and rewarded him with a white eye.

Duan Ran stretched out his hand and hugged Lu Junnuo over, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, little guy, your mother and 'younger brother' are not dead, they are just hidden by the bad guys." ”

"Really?!" Lu Junnuo immediately burst into tears and laughed.

Lu Li held on to the table and slowly stood up: "It seems that I should thank this mother-in-law...... After so many days of worrying, what she brought was good news. ”

Lu Junnuo stood on tiptoe, looking at this, looking at that, with a blank expression.

Duan Ran smiled: "That's right. If it is somewhat credible to say that the child was born dead, but what they sent you was clearly a child who was strangled to death by life - your child, of course, is more useful than dead, and a fool will send you a living strangulation! It's useless to do this except to make you sad and angry, but you're not Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms, you're thick-skinned and black-hearted, and you're not angry! ”

Lu Li sneered: "They took all this effort to make a feud between me and Ah Kite, so that they could get in the way!" If what we expected is right, Ah Kite, there must be someone fanning the flames! ”

Duan Ran stomped his feet and said, "This is not good! That woman is so stupid, if you are taken advantage of at that time, you will be miserable! ”

Lu Li said gloomily: "Her body must be weak after giving birth, if she believes in those people's tricks, I am afraid that she will be sad and angry again...... I don't know if she can survive it. ”

"Come on, now let's think about how to get her back!" Duan Ran waved his hand impatiently.

Lu Li's expression became a little darker: "Where to find it?" Didn't ask anything! The Golden Guards have been looking door to door, but ...... The mud cow entered the sea, and there was no news at all. ”

Duan Ran sat down next to him: "Now, we can only hope that the little ear that just exited can bring us a little surprise." ”

Lu Li nodded, not much easier in his heart.

His kite, his child, still no news.

Danyue leaned against the wall and slowly moved in from the outside: "How do you know that the midwife is telling a lie?" In my opinion, maybe my young lady hates you so much that she strangled the child to get angry! At this time, Miss doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, but you are talking and laughing here, which shows that you have no heart and no liver! If my young lady chooses to strangle your child, I will definitely clap her hands and praise her for pinching well! ”

Lu Li was helpless: "You are angry with me, just scold me, why do you curse Ah Kite and the child?" ”

"I didn't ......," Tatsuki immediately covered her mouth.

Lu Li sighed: "It's not that I'm not worried about the kite, but judging from these small actions of the enemy, it should be useful for them to keep the kite, so I judge that the kite should be hidden somewhere, and there is no danger for the time being." ”

The light moon will be skeptical.

Lu Junnuo suddenly jumped up: "I know!" The imperial brother and the master had long suspected that the child sent that day was not the younger brother at all, so as soon as the damn midwife showed his flaws, the imperial brother immediately saw it! ”

"Hey, I saw it first!" Duan Ran was very dissatisfied with Lu Junnuo's statement.

Danyue was still confused: "What flaw?" ”

Luo Xia beckoned a few little palace maids to send a large table of food, and said with a smile: "You really care about it, you don't see such obvious flaws?" The midwife's words were clearly taught. If no one teaches, she should call our mother 'Queen Mother', not 'Niangniang' like us; Also, she actually calls Niangniang's child 'Little Prince', and she is not surprised when the emperor calls Niangniang's name, don't you think it's strange? ”

Danyue listened in a daze for a long time, and suddenly slapped her head hard.

Lu Junnuo slapped his face and laughed: "Sister Danyue is stupider than me!" ”

Danyue was ridiculed, but she was not angry at all.

She grabbed Luo Xia's hand and grinned: "So, Niangniang may really be safe?" ”

Luo Xia looked at her and replied cautiously, "It's very possible." ”

Lu Li said in a deep voice: "I will definitely not let her have anything to do." ”

"Talk about who wouldn't!" Danyue sneered and limped out with her head held high.

Duan Ran gestured on his face, and said with shame: "It's a shame, I was actually trained honestly by a little palace maid!" ”

Lu Li was helpless: "Ah Kite's people, where do I dare to offend!" ”

At this moment, even Luo Xia and Lu Junnuo covered their mouths and laughed.

Lu Li has been sleeping and eating for many days, and today he finally ate more, and he was so happy that Xiaoluzi chanted Buddha outside the door.

In the afternoon, Lu Li was reading the recital of the military department, and suddenly a gold-armored soldier came to report, saying that the queen mother had news.

Lu Li was startled and immediately stood up: "Where is it?" ”

The soldier said cautiously: "At the gate of the palace, it was Qi Shen who led them to find it, and they are about to be sent over." ”

"Take me over—take me over!" Lu Li was immediately anxious, tidied up his clothes all the way, and rushed out while speaking.

The people at the bottom couldn't help it, and they didn't even dare to pass it, so they ran directly to pull the fastest horse.

Lu Li rode his horse all the way, and when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw several palanquin bearers carrying a small sedan chair with green yarn, slowly walking forward.

Qi Feng, the leader of the Golden Armor Guard, saw Lu Li, and hurriedly commanded the palanquin man to kneel on the ground: "Thank the emperor Hongfu, the queen mother has been found!" ”

Lu Li rolled the saddle and dismounted, directly bypassed everyone, and ran to the front of the sedan chair in three steps and two steps: "Ah kite, is it you?" ”

There was no one in the sedan chair who answered.

Lu Li tried hard to squeeze out a smile, and softened his voice: "Ah Kite, it was my fault for failing to take care of you before—there are a lot of misunderstandings between us, you have to give me a chance to explain slowly...... You must be tired, let's go back and talk, okay? ”

There was a low "um" from the car, which was an answer.

Lu Li cried with joy.

Qi Feng hurriedly commanded the sedan chair drivers to get up and lift the sedan chair, and everyone was full of spring breeze.

Lu Li held the sedan curtain and was reluctant to let go.

Seeing this, the sedan chair drivers didn't dare to say much, so they had to stand and wait with the sedan chair.

Lu Li endured and endured, but he was still reluctant to let go, so he simply had the courage to open the sedan curtain: "Don't worry, I still want to ...... with you"

"Yikes!" The person in the sedan car exclaimed, subconsciously raised his hand, and covered his face with his sleeve.

Lu Li was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

"No, nothing." The other party hurriedly lowered his sleeves again and raised his head.

Lu Li's heart sank immediately, and the sad and joyful expression on his face suddenly froze, and gradually disappeared.

"The emperor ......" The person in the sedan chair looked at him worriedly.

Lu Li stood silent for a while, and stretched out his hand to the sedan chair: "Come down." ”

The man in the sedan chair hesitated for a moment, slowly raised his hand, and put it in his palm.

Lu Li didn't shake her hand, but grabbed her wrist and pulled it violently.

The man was so light that he was almost dragged to his feet - he flew out of the sedan and fell heavily to the ground.

Zhu Hai is scattered and the flowers are discolored.

Lu Li looked at that face steadily.

That's good.

The face is at least seven points similar, and with the deliberately retouched makeup, it looks like a nine points at first glance.

The missing point is only Shen Yun.

His kite is stubborn and loose by nature, and he has never been upright and elegant unless he deliberately puts it on the shelf.

This woman is obviously a well-informed boudoir, even at the moment of embarrassment, she still has to carefully protect the corners of her skirt, for fear that her shoes will be exposed and rude.

It's a pity that such cautious and courteous women are everywhere, but there is only one of his kites.

Lu Li turned around and looked at Qi Feng, who knelt on the ground again: "Where did you find a pheasant and send it to the palace to pretend to be a phoenix?" ”

Qi Feng's face was as frightened as earth: "Weichen, Weichen are looking for it according to the portrait......"

"Looking for it in the portrait? You didn't ask her, didn't you? Could it be that she can't speak? Lu Li asked in a deep voice.

Qi Feng kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Queen Mother...... The girl is naturally able to talk, but ......"

Lu Li interrupted him with a sneer: "Since you can speak, she won't deny it if you admit it?" Or, do you want to say that she lied to you, and that she dared to pretend to be the queen mother? ”

The woman slowly got up, and knelt on the ground with her clothes neatly dressed: "The courtier is Ling Qiao'er, the daughter of a foreign minister of the ministry, not the queen mother." The courtiers have never deceived the general, and the courtiers dare not accept this crime of deceiving the king. ”

Qi Feng raised his head suddenly: "What did we say before, you actually ......"

Ling Qiao'er looked indifferent: "Before, you said that I had a noble appearance and persuaded my parents to send me to the palace to serve the emperor." When I got on the sedan chair, you still called me 'girl', and I didn't know how to get off the sedan chair when I changed my generation, and somehow became the 'queen mother'? ”

Lu Li's face had already darkened: "Okay, Qi Feng, you are very good!" ”

Qi Feng heard that this was not right, and did not dare to respond.

Lu Li held the green gauze sedan chair, coughed twice in a suppressed manner, and sneered: "Who gave you the guts to take a fake to perfunctory me?" Are you blind or stupid? ”

Qi Feng hurriedly kowtowed and said urgently: "Weichen is confused for a while, and the crime deserves death!" Weichen just heard that the emperor didn't think about finding the queen mother for tea and dinner these days, so he ...... So I had a crooked mind, thinking of finding a woman with a similar appearance to soothe the emperor's heart......"

"So, it's time for me to reward you for your loyalty!" Lu Li sneered and said sarcastically.

Qi Feng trembled with fright, and didn't dare to speak.

Duan Ran didn't chase after Lu Junnuo until this moment, and when he saw the woman kneeling on the ground, he was stunned for a while.

Lu Li said in a deep voice: "Qi Shen Ling is loyal, if he is not praised, it seems that I am not sensible - pass the order down and bury it!" ”

Qi Feng thought that he really wanted to reward him, but when he heard the word "thick burial", his face immediately turned white.

Lu Li looked at the kneeling bystanders on the ground again, gritted his teeth and added: "The old department led by Qi Feng is responsible for seventy military sticks, and they are demoted and retained. As for you-"

He stretched out his finger and pointed to the sedan chair man kneeling on the ground: "The face is a memory, and the punishment is a slave for generations of untouchable people, and you will never be allowed to leave the country!" ”

Several palanquin drivers immediately collapsed to the ground in fright.

When they entered the palace this time, they thought it was a lucky errand of great luck, but they didn't expect to fall into the mud from the clouds all of a sudden, and this gap can be imagined.

Lu Li looked at their fearful and desperate looks, and the evil breath in his chest was reduced a little.

It's time to let these unscrupulous people taste the taste of loss - no one knows how much it hurts when he lifts the sedan curtain.

He was full of joy and thought that the torment of the past few days had come to an end, and he was full of joy and sorrow, and he was anxious, and he used all his courage to dare to open the sedan curtain, full of thinking that he could see his kite.

He was greeted by a pair of strange and ignorant eyes!

At that moment, Lu Li clearly felt that he had gone back and forth from death to life and from life to death.

Even though they are very similar, this woman is still not his kite.

Lu Li glanced down at the woman in disgust.

Ling Qiao'er was looking up at him, her expression was indifferent, and she didn't have much panic.

Lu Li sneered.

He had just killed one Cheng Ruoshui, and another one came in a blink of an eye.

Do these women really think that if they pretend to be confident and not surprised, they will be looked at differently by him?

Amusing.

Lu Junnuo shrank into Duan Ran's arms, his brows furrowed: "That person is not the queen mother!" She smells so disgusting! ”

Duan Ran came to Lu Li's front with a smile and stuffed Lu Junnuo into his arms: "Hey, this woman, what are you going to do with it?" ”

Lu Li frowned, and the word "kill" lingered in his mouth for a long time, but he finally couldn't say it.

In front of such a face, his heart ...... After all, there is still something unusual.

After a long while, he sighed silently: "Let it go, wait for Ah Kite to come back." ”

"Hey, aren't you afraid she'll be mad at you for this?" Duan Ran was anxious.

Lu Junnuo also interjected: "The queen mother must not like her!" ”

Lu Li turned around and said irritably: "If she is angry, she should come back and quarrel with me by herself!" What's the matter with hiding from me? ”

Duan Ran spread his hands: "Okay, you are the emperor, you are justified, keep it!" ”

Anyway, he is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, keep this woman, maybe there will be more good shows to watch in the future!

The more Duan Ran thought about it, the more excited he felt, and when he saw Lu Li leaving, he took it upon himself to order the little eunuch to help Ling Qiao'er up and send her to Yikun Palace.

It's not far from the Chaoqian Hall and the Yangju Palace, so from now on, hehe.

Duan Ran reached out and pinched Ling Qiao'er's familiar little face, and smiled obscenely.

Ling Qiao'er shuddered, and took two steps back with a pale face: "I am the emperor's person, son, please respect yourself!" ”

Duan Ran laughed out loud.

Lu Junnuo did the same, and also stretched out his little hand and pinched Ling Qiao'er's face: "Tsk, is it the emperor's brother?" The toads in this palace also claim to be the toads of the imperial brother, and the cockroaches also claim to be the cockroaches of the imperial brother, but they are useless, and the imperial brother does not know them. ”

Qiao'er's fair cheeks gradually turned a strange red, and then gradually turned from red to purple, from purple to blue.

Lu Junnuo looked interesting, clapped his hands and jumped: "This fake is not as good as the queen mother, only one is stronger than the queen mother - she changes her face much faster than the queen mother!" ”

Ling Qiao'er frowned, looking impatient: "Qiao'er is tired." If the two sons have nothing else to do, I'll go first......"

"Presumptuous!" Lu Junnuo put on a face.

Ling Qiao'er was stunned.

The eunuch next to him hurriedly shouted: "Ignorant slut, dare to be rude to the prince!" ”

Qiao'er was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down: "Qiao'er doesn't know that you are the prince, what offended, please forgive the prince!" ”

"This king does not 'forgive sins', what will you do?" Lu Junnuo rolled his eyes and asked with his head held high.

Ling Qiao'er was speechless, kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Duan Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at her inquiringly.

This woman is getting more and more interesting.

pretended to be calm and calm in front of Lu Li, but when he arrived at Lu Junnuo, he was very good at showing weakness - ordinary women would never be able to do this.

It's even more fun to come prepared.

Duan Ran picked up Lu Junnuo casually and said with a smile: "That's it, it's just a pheasant, I can't bother with her." ”

"Better not let me see her again!" Lu Junnuo puffed up his chest and snorted.

Duan Ran took two steps with him in his arms, turned his head suddenly, and unexpectedly saw the fierce light in Ling Qiao'er's eyes that he didn't have time to hide.

"Tsk!" Duan Ran praised her twice and gave her a thumbs up.

Ling Qiao'er looked at him in surprise, looking inexplicable.

***

In the suburbs of Beijing, in an ordinary courtyard, Su Qingyuan sat in a daze in the courtyard wrapped in a thick headscarf.

It's the fourth day.

Regarding her child, no matter how she knocked on the side, Aunt Nian never revealed any more information.

Just say it's dead.

Su Qingkite still didn't believe it.

As soon as she closes her eyes these few nights, she can see her children—crying, laughing, calves kicking, limp little fingers scratching in the air......

A living child, when she was in the womb, she could even see his little hands and feet through the belly - how could it be gone?

Su Qingkite began to be suspicious often, seeing the shadows of the trees swaying and hearing wild cats jumping over in the yard, she couldn't help but get up and look, always thinking that it should be her child back.

This is a terrible sign.

Su Qingyuan knew that she shouldn't be like this, but she always couldn't control herself. So she had to sit in the courtyard, lest she should nest in the dark room and have more and more strange thoughts.

Aunt Nian came back from outside, saw her, and sighed: "You always think like this, can the child come back?" I've never seen you so dead-eyed! You're still young, how many children do you want in the future? You can't afford to give your own life for a short-lived little evil, can you? ”

Su Qingyuan held on to a hibiscus tree next to her and slowly stood up: "I won't die...... The child's revenge has not been avenged, how can I die willingly! ”

"It's good that you can see it," Aunt Nian sighed, "Although you shouldn't see the wind in the confinement, you're not a Ken'an person." Tomorrow I will accompany you out for a walk and relax. ”