Chapter 123: Self-Medication
Chinese As soon as the son of the Lou family came back from the expedition, he married the red-sleeved girl of the Mirror Flower Water Pavilion and entered the house.
This affair was known to everyone in the capital at that time, and no one knew about it, and it attracted onlookers from all over the capital on the day of marriage, which was comparable to Lou Yue marrying the princess.
At that time, everyone was thinking that the one who could get the favor of Lou Shizi, the first son of Dayong and who had never been close to women, was definitely one of the best beauties.
Today, the red sleeves dressed up showed their faces on the stage, which immediately caused a heated discussion at the banquet.
When the guests were amazed by the appearance of the red sleeves, some ministers recognized her appearance, which was actually the favorite concubine of the East Palace Qiong Niangniang nineteen years ago.
Emperor Huicheng, who was sitting on the top, had a wine glass in his hand, but he still didn't know it, and looked at the 'Concubine Qiong' on the stage in shock, and her face changed color!
And Queen Lou, who was sitting side by side with him, turned pale in an instant, and her expression was frightened, as if she had seen a ghost!
The red sleeves were wearing the silver-white light lily skirt that Concubine Qiong wore most often when she was in the East Palace, with a flower bun on her head, and her favorite pink peach hairpin on her sideburns.
Red Sleeves is already somewhat similar to Concubine Qiong, coupled with her deliberate imitation, not only the appearance and portrait, but also the demeanor is abnormally similar.
Even Su Liuying had to admit that the red sleeves on the stage at this time were very similar to A-Niang's appearance.
A gong sounded, and the big play officially began. The first scene sings the scene of Emperor Huicheng and her affection after Concubine Qiong entered the East Palace, the two held an umbrella together to enjoy the pink peach in the drizzle, and Concubine Qiong danced Hu Xuan dance for Emperor Huicheng under the peach tree...... At this time, the previous speculation on the stage was about Concubine Qiong, but at this time it was confirmed.
And the old minister who knew about Concubine Qiong's violent illness couldn't help but look at Lou Yue with a strange face - the big drama that Lou Shizi dedicated to Queen Lou today as a birthday gift was actually about Concubine Qiong, the favorite concubine of the East Palace!
Suddenly, there was already a whisper of discussion among the guests. Those who knew the old things of the past couldn't help but talk about it privately, and those who didn't know pointed their ears to listen to the seniors relive the old things.
Looking at the sweet appearance of 'Concubine Qiong' and Wang Qingqing on the stage, even if she knew that it was acting, Queen Lou was still resentful, and her teeth were clenched.
And what she hated the most was that Lou Yue actually attacked herself at such a moment! The whole body is like falling into an ice cellar, and the whole body is really trembling with hatred, Queen Lou stared at Lou Yue who looked at her defiantly with her eyes, in addition to hatred, there was endless panic and suspicion in her narrow phoenix eyes - what did he find, is his real life experience?
Or did he know the truth about his mother's death? No, the slut with red sleeves was married to Princess An before she died, could it be that since then, this son of evil has been preparing to deal with himself?
Could it be that he really just wanted to stand up for Su Liuying's slut and make enemies of himself?! For a while, countless thoughts and conjectures crossed her mind, but no matter what the reason, Queen Lou finally recognized the fact that Lou Yue had 'betrayed' the Lou family and her...... The sudden change not only made the atmosphere in the entire hall extremely weird, but also made Queen Lou, who had always been unable to change her face before Mount Tai collapsed, completely confused.
Now that the play has begun, looking at the drama on stage, she can already predict how thrilling the plot will be, and these are a sharp blade that pushes herself into the abyss, which will push her into a situation from which she will never recover...... So, what is she going to do?
How can we turn the situation around and overcome this crisis? Because he was still in the 'recuperation' period, King An Lou Yu, the uncle of the country, was unable to participate in Queen Lou's birthday banquet today, so Queen Lou, who was out of proportion, didn't know what to do for a while, but sat cold all over, like sitting on pins and needles.
She looked at the prince, but the latter watched the play with relish, not realizing that her mother was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and did not realize that the crisis was coming.
And although Princess Rongqing felt that the red-sleeved dress was a little strange, she didn't know the old things nineteen years ago, after all, she was still in her mother's womb at that time, and she would know that the opera that seemed to be a wind and snow moon was hidden and turbulent.
Empress Lou didn't dare to look at Emperor Hui Cheng's face beside her, and the fierce chill beside her had already frozen her heartbeat.
In the end, her eyes finally fell on Lou Yue again. Lou Yue sat with a frosty face, drinking wine with a sullen head, and the muscles of the hand holding the wine were bursting out.
If the eyes can kill, it is estimated that Queen Lou has delayed Lou Yue tens of thousands of times. In the end, she finally gritted her teeth to suppress the endless panic and outright hatred in her heart, and waved her hand heavily, and her gorgeous wide sleeves swept a sharp light in the air, but she raised her hand to stop the play on the stage.
Seeing Queen Lou waving her hand, the sound of drum music immediately disappeared, and the red sleeves on the stage looked back hesitantly at Lou Yue, whose face was like heavy frost, and his face darkened, and finally led the actors to stop and knelt quietly on the stage.
Queen Lou smiled stiffly
"But what else is there to play? is older, but I don't like to watch this kind of too sweet and greasy drama, like "Five Women's Birthday", but it is lively and appropriate. Queen Lou said in public that she didn't like to watch the current show, and waved her hand again to let Red Sleeves and the others retreat.
As soon as Queen Lou spoke, Rong Qing, who was at the beginning, also reacted to the unusual appearance of Fang Cai's opera, and couldn't help but say that she wanted to change the repertoire.
Yingluo was so frightened that she couldn't stand on her feet since she saw the red sleeves dressed up as Concubine Qiong, and now she saw that Queen Lou asked the troupe to stop, and immediately stepped forward to order the class owner
"Today is Niangniang's birthday, hurry up and let them go down, and change it to Niangniang likes "Five Women's Birthday"!" After speaking, his eyes did not forget to turn his back on everyone's backs and glanced at the red sleeves kneeling in the middle - slut, dare to be the enemy of the queen, you wait for a good death!
If it were normal times, when I heard Queen Lou say this, I was afraid that the people in the opera troupe would have already knelt down and pleaded guilty, and then changed the repertoire.
But the red sleeves on the stage didn't seem to hear the words of Queen Lou and Yingluo, even though his body kept trembling, he gritted his teeth and knelt in the middle of the stage.
Lou Yue didn't let her go, she won't leave...... For a moment, the audience fell into a terrible dead silence, and the guests did not realize that the situation was unusual until this time, and for a while everyone was silent and couldn't help but carefully covet the faces of the emperor and queen.
Xiao Mo and Han Yu also discovered that things were strange. And Su Liuying, who was standing behind them, stared at Emperor Huicheng nervously, his face was as pale as paper, his hands were twisted together, he couldn't care about the pain of the wound on his hand, and he was so nervous that his heart jumped to his throat - the situation has evolved to the present, Lou Yue has exposed his hatred for Queen Lou and his rebellion against the Lou family, and he has completely torn his face with Queen Lou, which can be regarded as a complete face-to-face confrontation!
At this time, the play was forcibly stopped by Queen Lou, she is the mother of a country and the host of the banquet, even if Lou Yue and Red Sleeves insist, they can't withstand her edict.
Therefore, now everything only depends on the mind of Emperor Huicheng! If Emperor Huicheng objected to Queen Lou's change of repertoire and insisted on watching this play from the beginning, it meant that he also wanted to know what happened to Concubine Qiong back then, and was willing to bring up the old things again, and was also willing to retry the grievances of Concubine Qiong.
Then, Lou Yue won half of the battle, just waiting for Princess Linglan and Concubine Ning to stand up together to expose more crimes of Queen Lou, so as to bring her to justice.
But if Emperor Huicheng followed Queen Lou's wishes and let her change to other tracks, it meant that he didn't want to pursue the past anymore, but he stood on Queen Lou's side.
Then, Lou Yue was completely defeated. Not only did he lose, but he also put himself in the most dangerous situation.
Because, after being exposed, Lou Yue is public and private, Queen Lou and King An will not let him live one more day!
Her heart trembled, Su Liuying couldn't help but pounce on the center of the hall and knelt down, kowtowing heavily to Emperor Huicheng, who was as cold as frost, and cried
"Your Majesty, why did Concubine Qiong suddenly die of a 'violent illness' nineteen years ago, don't you really want to know the truth?" Su Liuying's sudden appearance broke the terrifying dead silence in the hall.
And what she said made everyone even more in an uproar! Before everyone came back to their senses, Queen Lou had already shouted coldly
"A little lowly maid is making a noise on such occasions and disturbing the Holy One. Someone, drag her outside the temple and beat her to death! Han Yu's face turned white, Xiao Mo's eyes sank, and then, without waiting for the two of them to intercede for Su Liuying, Lou Yue had already gotten up and knelt beside her, and said earnestly to Emperor Huicheng, whose face was so gloomy that he could already drip water
"Your Majesty, it took several months for Weichen to find out the truth about Concubine Qiong's violent illness nineteen years ago. Today's everything, just to return Concubine Qiong's innocence, and not to mention the emperor's deep love for Niangniang. Hearing this, Emperor Huicheng's face was still cold, but the hands on his knees were unconsciously clenched into fists!
If there is a sword in her hand, Queen Lou will definitely cut down on Lou Yue without hesitation!
Gritting her teeth to suppress the trembling and hatred in her heart, Queen Lou squeezed out an ugly smile on her face, and said with pretense of disgust
"Yue'er, today is your aunt and my birthday, when is it bad for you to avenge the late Concubine Qiong, why do you choose this time? Hurry up, if there is anything, leave it until the end of the banquet, don't let the guests see the joke......" After that, he looked at Su Liuying, who was kneeling in the middle, with extremely hateful eyes, and said coldly to the palace people who were in a dilemma
"What are you still doing in a daze, dragging this unbelievable out of the hall......
"Does the queen think that today's Yongkun Palace is not festive and bright red enough, and she wants to add color to people's blood?" Emperor Huicheng, who had not spoken for a long time, finally interrupted Empress Lou's words in a deep voice, and his voice was cold and piercing, and it sounded like a terrible voice from hell in Empress Lou's ears.
The Son of Heaven was furious, including Queen Lou, and they all knelt in front of the palace to plead guilty. The cold eyes fell straight on the Empress Lou who was at the bottom, and then moved to the prince beside her, and Emperor Huicheng's cold eyes tightened slightly.
The eyes swept over Lou Yue and Su Liuying, and finally landed on the 'Concubine Qiong' with her head hanging down in the middle of the stage!
knew that the person on the stage was not really Concubine Qiong, but from the moment she appeared, it still shocked Emperor Huicheng's heart.
And as the play progressed, the 'Concubine Qiong' on the stage brought Emperor Huicheng back to his good memories and yearning for the past, which actually made him deceive himself and treat the people on the stage as the real Concubine Qiong!
Heartache flashed in his cold eyes, and Emperor Huicheng said tiredly
"Let's all be flat, watch the show!" With that, he waved coldly and let the red-sleeved women continue. Seeing this, Su Liuying's almost suffocating heart finally resumed beating again, but Queen Lou's face changed instantly, her body was about to get up from the ground, and she fell down weakly, until the palace people stepped forward to help her, and then helped her slowly back to the first place.
Emperor Huicheng had already spoken herself, and no matter how much she struggled, she had to sit like a puppet who had lost her soul...... And Concubine Ning and Princess Linglan, who had been carrying their hearts all the time, also breathed a sigh of relief like Su Liuying, and they were secretly prepared...... The drum music sounded again, and Concubine Qiong, played by Red Sleeves, once again 'lived' on the stage, and with her smile, the plot came to the emperor's personal gift of rosewood Buddha beads to the princess and Concubine Qiong of the East Palace, and the two were in a garden tea room, but they accidentally took each other's Buddha beads...... When the two strings of rosewood Buddha beads personally appreciated by Emperor Huicheng appeared in front of him again after many years, Emperor Huicheng's eyes were hot, and the days when he was with Concubine Qiong became more and more vivid, which completely aroused his thoughts about Concubine Qiong.
On the contrary, Queen Lou, who was sitting stiffly beside him, saw two strings of Buddhist beads appear at the same time, but as if she had seen a terrible amulet, her whole body trembled, and she almost fainted with fright...... And Yingluo, who was standing beside her, finally couldn't hold on, her body went limp, and she slipped to the ground...... All the guests, including the prince, clearly heard the drama on the stage read out the word 'Yun' in the name of the queen's boudoir on the Buddha beads, and finally understood that this big drama was coming for Queen Lou.
Since everyone was excited and frightened, they couldn't understand why Lou Yue was Queen Lou's own nephew, why did he make such a big show on Queen Lou's birthday, wasn't it obvious that he was demolishing his aunt's stage?
However, at this moment, the ** part of the show finally came! Concubine Qiong, who was dressed as the queen of Lou, was pretended to be the queen of Lou and poured a bowl of thick black soup with the palace maids.
The black medicinal juice was pungent and unpleasant, and even through the temple gate, everyone still smelled the pungent smell.
Red Sleeves acted very realistically, from the painful pleading before drinking the medicine, to the desperate struggle and wailing when the poison was poured in the back, the desolate pleading sound resounded throughout the Yongkun Palace, but it shocked everyone to the point of being stunned!
The moment the poison was poured down, Emperor Huicheng, who was on top, trembled violently all over, and looked at the realistic and murderous scene on the stage with a pale face!
Seeing that the red sleeves were grabbed and poured poison, Su Liuying seemed to see the situation of A-Niang back then, and her heart was crining, and tears rolled down...... In the next moment, the red sleeves who had been poured poison struggled painfully on the stage.
She fell on the stage, her face hideous, her fingers white and scratching the floor of the stage, as if she was experiencing the inhuman pain of devouring her heart and bones.
Countless jet-black blood spilled from between her pale lips, and the plain silver-white lily skirt on her body was stained with blood, and the pieces of blood with a strange luster were shocking.
The autumn wind blew, and the smell of blood with a fishy smell wafted into the hall, and it was only at this time that everyone reacted, and the red sleeves were poured with real poison, but it was not acting fake!
For a while, everyone was shocked! Before everyone was so shocked that they couldn't come back to their senses, a black shadow flashed in front of them, but it was Lou Yue who flew onto the stage and picked up the red sleeves that fell in a pool of blood.
"You...... What did you take? Lou Yue looked at the red sleeves with a pale face like paper in surprise, his cold face could not hide his shock and worry, and his eyes looked eagerly at the bloodstained woman in his arms.
According to their previous plan, Redsleeves was just pretending to take a bowl of inconsequential potion and not killing her.
But now, looking at the description on her dying, she hid from him and drank the real poison.
"Master...... If it can't be realistic, how can you move the saint...... At this point, the concubine only hopes to rely on the concubine's life...... Help! Red Sleeves understood that Lou Yue was willing to find herself to help him because she and Concubine Qiong had a five-point similar face.
This scene is played by her, which will be more realistic and easier for Emperor Huicheng to bring into his feelings...... However, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and not to let Queen Lou and King An be suspicious, Lou Yue had to allow her to marry her into the palace as a concubine, but the two were not husband and wife.
From the moment she really stepped into the palace, Red Sleeves understood her identity - she was not Lou Yue's concubine, but just a pawn for him to deal with Queen Lou.
When Lou Yue told her these things clearly, she willingly agreed. Because, even if she is a pawn of him, she is happy...... And now that this scene is coming to an end, no matter who wins or loses in the end, her fate has long been doomed, and that is a dead end!
Therefore, instead of dying in the hands of Queen Lou and King An in the end, it is better to drink this bowl of poison and fight for the last ...... As soon as the red sleeves spoke, Lou Yue immediately understood what she meant, and her heart ached, and she was speechless.
Although he had no feelings for Red Sleeves, and even just took advantage of it, he had to say that watching her drink poison for herself, and looking at her pitiful appearance lying in her arms at the moment, his heart was shaken, and his eyes were red unconsciously.
"Lord Shizi...... If there is an afterlife, if I can meet you one day before her...... Will you grant my request last night? Last night, Lou Yue asked Red Sleeves for the last time and asked her if she regretted it?
Lou Yue knew the danger tonight, and even he couldn't guarantee that he would get out of the way, make the decision to break the net, and even know the fate of the red sleeves.
She, a prostitute from a lowly background, is worse than an ant in front of Queen Lou and King An...... Red Sleeves smiled lightly and told him that she did not regret it, and only begged Lou Yue at the end, if she could survive by luck, she had only one long-cherished wish, that is, to give birth to a child for Lou Yue...... But Lou Yue didn't agree to her.
Lou Yue said, I can promise you glory and wealth, but I can't agree to your request. If you don't agree, it's too late to regret it...... After saying this, Lou Yue left the courtyard with red sleeves.
He thought that after he rejected her last night, she was no longer willing to be his pawn, but even so, Lou Yue didn't want to force her.
But unexpectedly, before going out today, she was dressed up, and sat in the carriage one step ahead of him and waited for him to enter the palace together...... Lou Yue is cold and ruthless on the outside, but he is not a ruthless person on the inside.
Coupled with looking at the humble and pitiful begging of the red sleeves, he couldn't help but think that he had begged Su Liuying like this, and he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.
His hands trembled almost inaudibly, and he lost his voice
"Where's the Imperial Doctor...... The imperial doctor ...... "There is a imperial doctor during the banquet, and I don't dare to come forward to save people without authorization, because today's events are too dangerous, and the slightest carelessness will cause a big disaster."
While the imperial doctors were hesitating, Emperor Huicheng shouted angrily
"Hurry up and save people!" Emperor Huicheng, who can't distinguish between reality and drama, has long regarded the red sleeves on the stage as 'Concubine Qiong'.
So seeing her on the verge of death, it was heartbreaking. Hearing this, the doctors didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and climbed onto the stage to rescue the red sleeves.
In the chaos, a person mixed in behind the stage, stuffed a pill into Lou Yue's hand, and said eagerly
"Hurry up and let her take it!" Lou Yue turned around in surprise, it was Xue Nian! Looking at the troupe clothes on Xue Nian's body, Lou Yue instantly understood that he had actually mixed into the troupe and into the palace.
But at this time, Lou Yue was overjoyed to see him, and he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly stepped forward and stuffed the pill into Red Sleeves' mouth.
After discovering that the real poison under the red-sleeved suit was poured on the stage, not only Lou Yue ran to the stage, but Su Liuying also ran to the stage without freedom.
But she walked to the edge of the stage, heard the murmuring of affection from Red Sleeves to Lou Yue, and understood that the bowl of poison just now and everything Red Sleeves did tonight were all for Lou Yue.
I couldn't help but think of the first time I saw Red Sleeves, she danced for Lou Yue on the high platform of the Mirror Flower Water Pavilion, just to stay Lou Yue's gaze for a moment.
And now, for the sake of Lou Yue, she actually drank the deadly poison without hesitation, and her deep affection for Lou Yue made Su Liuying have a different kind of emotion, with mixed tastes...... On the stage, the imperial doctor was busy rescuing the red sleeves, but in the hall, there was a dead silence.
When the curtain came down on the last play, Queen Lou's eyes were cold, and she had completely woken up from her hopeless despair - she knew that now, she couldn't retreat and be afraid, and she still had someone to shelter.
Until the last moment, she couldn't say defeat. With trembling hands, she dignified her sideburns and her messy hair, straightened the red gold phoenix crown of Fengfei on her head, and then tidied up the luxurious Ming Huang Feng Zhai on her body, and Queen Lou sat with her face straight, her spine straight.
Ignoring the strange eyes of the guests throwing at her, Queen Lou's eyes looked at the dark night sky outside the hall calmly and voidly, and her heart was as dark as the night sky.
She said in a blank voice
"Thank you for celebrating the birthday of this palace today. In the middle of the night, the feast is dispersed, and everyone is gone! "The play just now, from beginning to end, reproduced the truth of Concubine Qiong's violent illness nineteen years ago without reservation, and everyone can see it clearly.
It is related to the secrets of the palace, but also to the favorite concubine of the saint and the queen of the dynasty, everyone is shocked and trembling, just begging to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
In addition to Rongqing Li Xiu and the crown prince, there were also Princess Linglan and Concubine Ning, including Xiao Mo and Han Yu, all the guests dispersed.
Shura instead of Su Liusu pushed Han Yu and Xiao Mo to Su Liuying on the side of the stage, Han Yu looked at her pale little face, and already knew in her heart that tonight was an evil scene for her and Lou Yue to join forces to deal with Queen Lou, and couldn't help but smile gently at her
"Don't be afraid, I must be on your side to support you - you must believe that God will not spare the evildoers." Su Liuying's complicated and flustered mind instantly calmed down after hearing his comfort, and she had to ask Shura to take care of Han Yu out of the palace for herself, and said softly
"Childe, when I'm done with my own affairs, I'll go back to the post house." Han Yu smiled softly,
"I'll wait for you to come back with Anu and them at the inn." While the two were talking, Xiao Mo's eyes fell heavily on Lou Yue on the stage, and the light in his eyes was complicated and indescribable.
Lou Yue also looked at him, and the moment the four eyes met, remembering the true life experience that Su Liuying had told him, Lou Yue's eyes looked at Xiao Mo, and the meaning was also unclear.
After a while, the Yongkun Palace, which was overcrowded a moment ago, became empty, except for the tables and chairs in the hall, there was no longer any festive taste, and there was only a cold atmosphere in the hall.
Seeing that everyone had left, Queen Lou suppressed the panic in her heart, got up and was about to prepare to argue with Emperor Huicheng about the opera, but Emperor Huicheng, who came back from the play, didn't think about it, and slapped Queen Lou in the face with a backhand.
"Smack!" The strength was so great that it echoed in the empty hall, and it directly fanned the queen of Lou from the high phoenix chair and rolled down the steps!
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