Chapter 242: Suspicious
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By the time the streets were dwindling, the lanterns were getting weaker and weaker, and when the bustle had faded, only a long, silent dark night remained.
Bai Susu was carrying a lantern in the shape of a puppy, and was talking to Lord Lu.
There was a cold moon hanging in the sky, and the cold white moonlight shone down and sprinkled on the two people walking side by side on the street, pulling out a long shadow behind them.
Lu Zhiyuan suddenly stopped, Bai Susu looked back at him strangely, "Why did you stop?" ”
Under the moonlight, the woman tilted her head, and under the big cloak on her body was a small white face, Lu Zhiyuan took two steps forward, his height was more than a head taller than Bai Susu, looking at her like this, there was a feeling that her whole person was wrapped in it.
"You ......"
Before she could say her words, the light in front of her dimmed, and the warm lips fell on her lips, and the lingering feeling lingered for a long time, as if she was extremely reluctant to feel this feeling.
"Susu." A deep, low voice almost came close to her lips, making her heart tremble and jump at the same time, "I love you." ”
The three words are very light, like the wind passing through the ears, if you are a little distracted, you will miss it.
Bai Susu's eyes were wide open, and she looked at the person in front of her in disbelief, unable to imagine that these words would come out of his mouth. These three words made her heart beat faster than worried.
"My lord, are you hiding something from me?" Suddenly brought her here, and suddenly said something specious to her. This is not Lord Lu's temperament, a person suddenly makes a strange move that is different from usual, there must be an unusual reason behind it.
Lu Zhiyuan smiled at her, his eyes were gentle like water, "No." ”
"But you're worrying me about that." She frowned, obviously dissatisfied with his perfunctory answer.
Lu Zhiyuan glanced at her, stretched out his hand to pinch her face, and said angrily, "It's rare for me to say something to you, but you're good, just this expression?" ”
"Am I wrong, you can't treat me like this." Bai Susu knows Lord Lu's bad habits very well, and every time he is unhappy, he likes to pinch her face to get angry.
Lu Zhiyuan looked at her and smiled, leading her to continue walking.
The street is long, the light in front has been completely darkened, and the street seems to have no end in sight.
The wind blew on the two of them in the night, and a chill gradually penetrated through their clothes. Bai Susu turned his head sideways to look at the man next to him, and there was a strong worry in his eyes.
"By the way, what's going on with Concubine Xian?" The two walked for a while, and Bai Susu asked.
When the words fell, she sensitively noticed that Lord Lu was holding her hand tightly, and after a while, she heard his faint voice sound, "It's okay." ”
What does it mean to deal with it Bai Susu didn t understand, she just wanted to ask when she saw a man's face under the moonlight cold and scary, she was a little scared and reached out and tugged at his sleeve.
"Are you hiding something from me?"
Lu Zhiyuan came back to his senses and smiled at her, "It's okay." Seeing that her face was still worried, she continued to explain, "I remembered some things in the court just now, and I was distracted for a while, so I didn't scare you." ”
"It's not too early, I'm a little sleepy." Bai Susu didn't continue to ask, since he didn't want to say, no matter how many times he asked, he wouldn't tell her.
Hearing her say this, Lu Zhiyuan didn't pull her to continue walking, pointed to an inn with lights on in front of them, and the two of them passed.
Lu Zhiyuan said that in addition to the beautiful lanterns in Lantern Town, there is also a sunrise worth seeing, so they decided to get up early the next morning to watch the sunrise.
The sunrise did not happen the next day, and before dawn, Lu Zhiyuan received a message and left in a hurry, and before leaving, he sent someone else to send Bai Susu away.
Bai Susu was in a daze at the time, and fell asleep after being stuffed into the carriage, she took it for granted that the carriage was to take her back to Zhuangzi, so she didn't think much about it.
She was woken up by a jolt in the carriage, and when she opened her glasses, she was already in a strange place, and a strange maid was sitting in the carriage.
"Where is this?" Bai Susu didn't come back to her senses, she had a bad headache, she didn't understand how she could be so uncomfortable after sleeping for a while.
"In another hour, we will be in Mengyang County." The maid's voice was very crisp, and when she woke up, she reached out and poured her a glass of water prepared in advance, "Auntie is thirsty, drink some water to moisten her throat." ”
Bai Susu took the water cup, and before he could put it to his mouth, he was stunned, "Mengyang County? ”
"Yes."
"What are we going to do in Mengyang County?"
Mengyang County is a small county in the east of the capital, four or five days away from the capital, didn't she just sleep all night, how could she open her eyes and almost arrive in Mengyang County.
"Lord Lu sent a slave to send you to Mengyang County." The maid said with a smile.
Bai Susu was still confused, she lowered her head and drank the water in the cup, and drank two more glasses in succession, only then did she wake up from her dizzy state.
"I've been sleeping for a few days."
Asking this question, it was obvious that she had already figured out that something was wrong, and the maid did not hide it from her, and answered truthfully, "You slept for four days." ”
Although Bai Susu was ready, she was still stunned when she heard this number, and she remembered that before she fell asleep, Lord Lu brought her a bowl of soup, saying that it was specially prepared by someone.
At that time, she was already about to sleep, and she didn't have the idea of drinking soup, so she finally drank it while being coquettish. After drinking the soup, she seemed to be very sleepy, and she didn't know anything in a daze, and she woke up now.
"Do you know why you want to go to Mengyang County?" Bai Susu asked.
The little maid obviously didn't know anything, she shook her head, "The slave doesn't know the reason, Lord Lu just asked the slave to take good care of you." ”
Bai Susu didn't have much hope, and this would not be disappointed, since Lord Lu had even secretly drugged her and sent her away, it was obviously not a trivial matter.
She did not speak any further, and after another hour the carriage stopped, an old house, which looked to be some years old.
"This is the house of a good friend of Lord Lu, and the friend's family moved to another place a few years ago, so the house is empty, so my aunt can just stay there." The maid saw her doubts, and explained before she could ask.
Bai Susu nodded, and just as she was about to enter the door, she heard a burst of laughter coming from the yard, and after a pause, she hurriedly walked inside, and the two children in the yard were squatting together to play, seeing her coming, the little girl's big eyes lit up and rushed towards her, "Mother." ”
The two children are Jin Cao and Lu Huai'an, and when Bai Susu saw that they were also here, he was even more sure that Lord Lu was in a lot of trouble this time, otherwise he would not send everyone away.
"Mother, you're really slow, we've been waiting for you for a day." Jin Cao laughed silly as she spoke, she had been waiting for Bai Susu to come back since she arrived here, and even her voice couldn't help but be a lot louder when she came.
Bai Susu touched her head, she was just about to open her mouth when she saw a person appear at the door of the house, she lowered her head and said to Jin Cao, "Mother, there is something delayed on the road, so it's a little late, you and Brother Huai'an can play together." ”
As soon as the golden grass child heard about playing, he immediately ran back to Lu Huai'an's side, and the two children lowered their heads and played happily.
Bai Susu entered the house and saluted the people in the house, "Madam." ”
She had a lot of doubts now, and when she saw that Roche was here, she wanted to ask her.
Luo's face was not good-looking, but her spirit was still good, she waved her hand to let Bai Susu sit down, and said first, "I don't know what you want to ask." ”
"Why did you do this, is there something going on in the capital?" That's probably the only explanation I can think of.
Roche still shook his head, "We women don't have to worry about men's affairs, since the adults sent us here, then we can just wait for the news with peace of mind." ”
Having said so, Bai Susu was not at ease at all, not only not at ease but also extremely worried.
The days passed in a flash, and the old house was calm, and the people in the house did not know anything, and the people who served them were no longer the old people before, and they were all new faces.
Roche had to drink medicine every day, and he didn't have time to care about the rest when he was not in good health, leaving Bai Susu alone in the house for three days.
After half a month like this, all Bai Susu's patience has been worn out, she can't wait, there is no news here, she doesn't even know if something happened in the capital, and if Lord Lu is still safe now.
"Madam, I want to go back to the capital." Bai Susu went to see Luo, she was ready, even if Luozhi didn't agree to leave this time, she had been panicking recently, and she always felt that something was going to happen.
Luo Shi looked at her, and finally sighed deeply, "It's useless for you to go, it's very chaotic in the capital now, and you will only cause trouble for him if you go." ”
"You know what's going on?"
"I don't know, but I always know more than I know." Luo continued, "This matter starts with Concubine Xian being demoted to the cold palace. ”
The first thing that happened to Concubine Xian was the Lu family, although the reason for the demotion has not been able to be investigated, but there will always be some rumors revealed, which is related to the stillbirth of the imperial concubine twenty years ago.
When the emperor went out on an expedition, he left the queen and the imperial concubine who were almost suspicious in the palace at the same time, and left a message that whoever gave birth to a son first would be crowned the crown prince.
The final result was that the queen successfully gave birth to the crown prince, but the imperial concubine was stillborn due to dystocia, and all the emperor could see when he returned was a cold tablet.
More than 20 years have passed since this incident, and I originally thought that no one would mention it anymore, but who knew that just a while ago, there was a sudden demotion of Concubine Xian, and Old Man Lu was the first to notice that something was wrong, so he secretly asked people to investigate, and sure enough, he found some problems.
The day before the Holy Minister's Xian Concubine, he met with someone, who was the former Lin'an Mansion Taishou Wu Zhiyi.
This person was almost beheaded because of the plague a few years ago, and in the end it was Master Lu who came forward to save him, and then he was relegated to the northern cold land to herd sheep. A few years have passed, and when many people have forgotten about this Wu Zhiyi, he suddenly came back.