Since he knew two years ago that he was not His Majesty's biological son, Qu Jiuning rarely entered the palace.

Every time I enter the palace, I have never been so anxious as now, for fear that if I am one step late, He Jin's life will be gone.

After Qu Jiuning entered the palace, he went straight to the imperial hospital without stopping.

"Follow the list above, gather the medicinal materials, hurry up."

The imperial doctor made a promise and took the list: "His Royal Highness the King, please sit down and drink tea for a while." ”

After beckoning Qu Jiuning to show tea, the imperial doctor secretly summoned the people around him.

There are rules in the hospital, and the medicine must be recorded, otherwise it will be notified to the above.

Qu Jiuning sat down and drank half a cup of tea, and when she began to shake her legs anxiously, and then saw that there was no imperial doctor around, she simply put down the teacup in her hand and was about to get up to ask, when a eunuch hurriedly walked in front of her from outside.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty has summoned you to the imperial study."

Qu Jiuning's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, and he hummed softly.

...

Come to meet me at this time, isn't it that the mother already knows about me entering the palace to get medicine?

No wonder those doctors didn't come out just now.

Qu Jiuning didn't procrastinate, and strode towards the imperial study.

In the imperial study, there is not only the empress Qu Fengran, but also the loyal king Qu Xiaoyi.

Qu Xiaoyi was sitting at the low table next to the empress Qu Fengran, the table was full of folds, she was still reading the folds with a pen, and when she noticed Qu Jiuning's sight, she also smiled softly at Qu Jiuning.

Qu Jiuning saluted the empress Qu Fengran in a regular manner: "Erchen has seen the mother emperor. ”

Empress Qu Fengran was holding a list in her hand, obviously the list she handed over to the imperial doctor, and the empress asked: "King Jing, what do you want these wound medicines for, there are many medicinal materials that are very valuable, do you know?" ”

Qu Jiuning bowed his hand, and he was already ready to speak: "Yes, Erchen knows that the soldiers under Erchen didn't shoot lightly when they fought, and they were injured, and they came back in a hurry this time, and they didn't have any preparations, so Erchen entered the palace." ”

This matter can't be known to Empress Qu Fengran, otherwise it will be too unfavorable for Lu Tingsen.

It was too much of a blow to his career.

Empress Qu Fengran looked at her and groaned, "King Jing, I will ask you again if what you just said is the truth." ”

Qu Jiuning paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Erchen didn't lie. ”

Empress Qu Fengran suddenly slapped the list on the table, and the whole person was angry, and shouted: "Nonsense! King Jing, you still dare to deceive me now! ”

Qu Jiuning's heart was shocked, and then he knelt on the ground.

Empress Qu Fengran glared at Qu Jiuning angrily, and said angrily: "The people in your barracks were not injured at all because of their private matchmaking, they were abused and beaten by Lu Zuo's squire!" If it weren't for King Chung telling me, would you still want to lie to me like this all the time! ”

Qu Jiuning raised his eyes and looked at Qu Xiaoyi, Qu Xiaoyi's expression suddenly became nervous, and he opened his mouth as if he had something to say to Qu Jiuning.

But Qu Jiuning quickly looked away, knelt down at the empress Qu Fengran in front of him, and said sincerely: "Erchen didn't mean to deceive, this matter hasn't been sorted out yet, and it may not be done by Lu Zuo Shilang, so Erchen wants to wait until the matter is clarified before convicting." ”

Empress Qu Fengran picked up the fold on the table and threw it directly at Qu Jiuning's head.

Qu Jiuning knelt on the ground, not moving, bearing the anger of the empress Qu Fengran, some blood came out of her forehead, and she didn't reach out to wipe it.

When Empress Qu Fengran saw her bleeding, her angry heart slowly calmed down, took a deep breath, and said: "How to hand over the truth of this matter to the Criminal Department, you dare to deceive me, disappoint me, and go down to receive the punishment yourself." ”

"Yes, the retainer is commanded." Qu Jiuning didn't get up, and said firmly: "Mother Emperor, Erchen requests that this matter be handed over to Erchen to deal with, and Erchen will definitely give a satisfactory answer to the Mother Emperor." ”

Empress Qu Fengran snorted coldly, "For the sake of a Lu Tingsen, you have deceived me, how can I still believe you?" ”

To do it for the sake of a man, she really doesn't open her eyes at all!

Qu Jiuning said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Mother Emperor, Erchen is not protecting Lu Tingsen, but to find the truth, if the truth is really Lu Tingsen's doing, then Erchen will personally deal with Lu Tingsen, please give Erchen this opportunity, so that Erchen can give an explanation to the soldiers in the army." ”

Empress Qu Fengran looked at Qu Jiuning, who was kneeling below with an extremely firm face.

Think about it, if it wasn't for Qu Jiuning last time in Nanli Temple, she might have had an accident at this time, and she has been in the border pass in a regular manner in the past two years, guarding the border pass well, and there has not been a mess.

If... It would be nice if this was my own daughter.

Empress Qu Fengran closed her eyes and said coldly: "If you have the slightest dissent, you are welcome." ”

Qu Jiuning's face was overjoyed, he kowtowed again, and said again and again: "Thank you for the gift of the Emperor!" ”

Qu Jiuning walked out of the imperial study after thanking her, and was about to find someone to take the medicinal herbs out, and when she went to receive the punishment herself, a voice from behind her stopped her.

"Third sister, third sister! Wait for me. ”

Qu Xiaoyi, the king of loyalty, quickly caught up with Qu Jiuning's footsteps, panted slightly, and explained anxiously: "Third sister, it's not that I deliberately want to say it, but... It was the mother who ordered me to investigate, and I had no choice. ”

Qu Xiaoyi stepped forward and held Qu Jiuning's arm and persuaded softly: "Third sister, you have to believe me, okay?" ”

Qu Jiuning stared at Qu Xiaoyi's hand with lowered eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Eldest sister, can I really trust you?" ”

Qu Xiaoyi's face became softer, stroked her arm, and smiled like a big sister, "Of course I can believe it, which time over the years did you quarrel with King Lu didn't me make peace in the middle, do you remember when you were a child?" ”

"Every time you are bullied by your father, you come to me to cry, but then you grow up and my studies are heavy, so you rarely take the initiative to come to me, in fact, I have always missed the time when I was a child."

Qu Jiuning smiled, with a soft smile: "I remember all this, I really thank you very much for the things I did when I was a child, I will never forget it for the rest of my life." ”

Hearing this, Qu Xiaoyi showed a lonely look on her face, and sighed softly: "It would be good if we were children of ordinary people, so that there would be no lonely souls between us, like sisters, and there would be no need for so much intrigue." ”

"But my sister's heart for you has always been true, and my sister has never hidden anything from you."

Qu Jiuning's voice changed, and he asked coldly, "Then sister, can you tell me something?" ”

"Is it you the one who appeared in the Duanfei Cold Palace two years ago?"