Chapter 17: Your Highness the Crown Prince is Dead
"You are a woman, and you have never been to the battlefield, what do you know?" Lu Yan said coldly.
"It's the concubine who lost her word." Wen Yujiao hurriedly lowered her eyes.
There was silence in the room for a moment, except for the faint "beep" sound coming from the charcoal basin.
"The Liu family is probably jealous and resentful because I punished the Yu family, so he will attack Mei'er," Lu Yan turned his head, looked at the little face of the hibiscus through the snow, and suddenly felt that there was an old hen who wanted to protect the chicks, and he still pretended to be reserved on his face, "Such a bold woman, my palace can't stay." ”
"Lord, the concubine always feels ...... The person who poisoned him was not Concubine Liu. The woman raised her eyes timidly, and could not help but tremble when she met his fiery gaze.
"Oh? Why? Lu Yan took advantage of the situation to meet her gaze and approached her face.
"Think about it, isn't it too obvious that she came to the Chunhan Courtyard in a grand manner and gave the poison to Mei'er?" Wen Yujiao leaned back, turned her head away, and continued, "The prince doesn't know these twists and turns in the woman's heart, and the things that hurt people...... It will never be done in the open. If Concubine Liu really had the intention of killing Mei'er, how could she make such a decision? ”
This also said the doubts in Lu Yan's heart, just now he asked Mama Qiu to press the matter for the time being, and did not torture the Liu family, but he felt that this matter was suspicious.
"Let's not talk about the Liu family." Lu Yan rubbed his eyebrows annoyance, looked at her flickering apricot eyes, and was a little hoarse in his voice, "Last night, I had something to tell you." ”
He had something to say last night, but he got drunk and ran to the Chunhan courtyard to make trouble for her.
"What does the prince want to say?" Wen Yujiao looked at his long eyebrows slightly frowned, and suddenly felt a little cute.
"The spies sent by this king to Liang reported that Zhao Zheng may have died in the south." Lu Yan said as he observed her reaction, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... He's dead. ”
Wen Yujiao's face turned pale, her pupils dilated instantly when she heard the words, and she felt her heart sink, as if something had sucked away the last ray of hope in her body, leaving only an empty shell.
It's not that she has deep feelings for Zhao Zheng, but if Zhao Zheng is here, she at least bears the name of the princess of Liang Kingdom, and Mei'er is also a little princess, and when she grows up in the future, there is still a hope.
As soon as Zhao Zheng died, she and Mei'er really became orphans and widows, and when they were thrown into the pile, others would not take a second look, and they would know that they would have to suffer a lot in the future.
"Cry if you want." Lu Yan had already prepared a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears, and when she cried until her liver and intestines were broken, she stepped forward to comfort her and took advantage of the weakness.
"The concubine is fine, and she had planned for the worst." Wen Yujiao lowered her eyes calmly, her little hands twisted her sleeves, and her voice trembled slightly, "I just don't know...... How is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... How did he die? ”
"My spy reported that after Zhao Zheng and the Xu family arrived in the south, they bought a big mansion and lived incognito, and their lives were not bad. Who knew that not long ago, probably because their life was too extravagant and ostentatious, a group of mountain bandits suddenly broke into the mansion and robbed the property, ransacked the mansion and set it on fire. As for Zhao Zheng and Xu...... It is said that Xu was robbed and taken to the mountains to be the wife of the village, and Zhao Zheng was burned to death. Lu Yan said, and looked at her quietly.
Her face was full of disappointment and seemed to be a little sad, but she didn't shed tears.
This woman is really a bland and heartless person. In Lu Yan's eyes, Wen Yujiao is tender and shy on the outside, but in fact, she is indifferent and indifferent, and she is indifferent no matter how she flirts.
What he didn't know was that in the past few days, bad news has come one after another, and Wen Yujiao's heart has already sunk to the bottom.
If she is weak and easy to shed tears, in the past three years in the East Palace, the tears have also dried up.
can survive under the oppression of Concubine Xu for so long, and can still protect Mei'er, Wen Yujiao has a set of armor for her self-protection.
When she sees that she is not emotional, no one can hurt her, and when she sees that Zhuyu is not emotional, no one can harm her.
After a while, Wen Yujiao raised her head, her eyes were gray: "So that's the case, thank you for telling the concubine the news." ”
"In the future...... What are your plans? Lu Yan squinted at her.
"The concubine plans to take Mei'er back to Luqiu's hometown. In the future, I will live the life of an ordinary person in Egret Hill. The Fu family is also considered to have a head and a face in Luqiu, although after this chaos, the family is in the middle, but it must not be a problem to feed our mother and daughter. Wen Yujiao looked forward to her future life, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
"Wouldn't it become a problem for the old lady to go back like this? In the future, you and Mei'er will also become a burden to others. Don't you want to...... Raise Meier on your own? Tonight, because she was talking about her deceased husband, Lu Yan didn't start directly, just stared at her and knocked on the side.
The woman bowed her head and did not speak.
It's not that she doesn't want to rely on herself, but she was in a hurry that night of the Wandu Rebellion, she didn't even take more jewelry and money, and now she is so poor that she is about to go to the street to beg for food.
Not to mention feeding Mei'er, even paying Luzhu and Mama Fang's wages has become a problem.
She has a strong personality, but she doesn't talk big, she can't make ends meet now, and she can't support Mei'er.
Lu Yan suddenly took out a box of ointment from his sleeve.
Wen Yujiao saw at a glance that this ointment was the same as that given to her by Doctor Zhang, and asked in surprise, "How can the prince have such a thing?" ”
"I asked Mama Qiu to ask for another box from Dr. Zhang." Lu Yan's cheeks were slightly red, he loosened his collar, and coaxed her again: "Lie down, this king will give you medicine." ”
Seeing that he mentioned this matter again, and really took out the ointment this time, Wen Yujiao was shocked and shook her head vigorously: "How can this be done?" The prince's status is noble, how can he let the prince ......"
Thinking of the injury again, Wen Yujiao was even more ashamed to raise her head, waved her hand and denied: "The concubine is fine, it doesn't hurt anymore!" The concubine's injuries have been healed. ”
How could he be so kind to drug himself? Don't you want to coax yourself to do that? The little admiration and goodwill that Wen Yujiao had just given birth to in his heart disappeared in an instant.
Lu Yan thought that she was embarrassed and couldn't let go, so he comforted her and said, "Why should you be polite between you and me? Since you are injured because of this king, it is only natural that this king should give you medicine. ”
Lu Yan really got up and went to get a candlestick as he spoke, and looked at Wen Yujiao with fierce eyes, signaling her to take off her clothes and pants quickly.
Wen Yujiao was so frightened that she was about to cry, and wiped her tears vigorously and said, "Lord, the concubine has already been drugged before she came." Only...... I won't have to do it myself. ”
Seeing her frightened look, Lu Yan realized that she was really unwilling, so he handed the ointment to her, and his tone was quite disappointed: "Then you remember to take the medicine on time." ”