After changing his clothes, Luqi went downstairs.

It was still early, but it was seven o'clock in the morning.

Seeing that in the living room, Lux started eating an ice cream in the morning, and Lu Qi was also angry.

Immediately walked towards her, and at the same time called: "Miss Crown, look at me." ”

"Huh?" Lux, who was sluping the scoop of ice cream, heard the sound and lifted her head to look at Lucky.

Finding that from her point of sight, Lu Qi also cast a tiger body shock on the spot, and in an instant, his momentum changed suddenly, as if there was a wind and wave blowing out of him, full of aura!

Lux's brilliant blonde hair shook twice, her eyes were startled, and she also showed a trace of concern under this powerful momentum: "What kind of illness are you doing in the morning?" ”

Lucci: "."

Seeing that he was still in a stance, Lux tilted her head, then looked away and continued to eat ice cream.

"Don't you feel like I'm different?"

Lu Qi scratched his head and asked unwillingly.

"Yes, indeed." Lux nodded and said, "I'm feeling sicker than usual." ”

Luffy was silent for a second, then decided to ignore the thing.

He speculated that it might be because of the little golden retriever's tendons, so he didn't feel anything.

So he walked out of the courtyard, and it happened that Miss Kenji walked in from the courtyard gate.

"Ahem."

Luki quickened his pace, moved to her side, and cleared his throat to draw Fiona's attention.

When she looked this way, she immediately cast a shock of the tiger's body, and another gust of wind blew from him.

Fiona stood still, staring at Luqi for two seconds without saying a word, as if she were looking at a fool, and then walked towards the backyard without a single expression.

Only Lu Qi was left standing in place.

For a while, the atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward.

After a while, Sana also walked into the courtyard and saw Lu Qi standing motionless at the door, and curiosity flashed in her eyes.

Lu Qi immediately let out another shock of the tiger's body.

Sana tilted her head, her eyes full of confusion.

Then he thought that His Highness might be doing some strange operation again, so he just glanced at it and walked towards the courtyard.

At this moment, Lu Qi looked at the tiger body in the skill list and fell silent.

He seemed to have found skills that were useless than flashes of white light.

This special meow is not as real as his casting of the Infinite Sword Intent.

caused him to become a clown so early in the morning!

But then I thought about it, anyway, it's a skill from a prostitute, and it's better than nothing.

Luki turned back into the courtyard, came to Sana and put his hand on Sanhua and asked, "Where's Kahina?" ”

"She's going to the Illuminator Church today, probably won't come."

Suana's sweet voice came.

Luki nodded, withdrew his hand, and returned to the main house to begin preparing breakfast.

At 8 a.m., breakfast is ready for five people.

A few people sat down on time, looking at the hearty breakfast, and chatting warmly and harmoniously, while eating without hurry.

"By the way, the day after tomorrow, I'm going to participate in the academy's hunting competition."

At this time, Luqi told Fiona and Sana, who were unaware, about the incident.

When Fiona heard this, she casually asked, "Oh, how many days are you going?" ”

Lu Qi thought for a while and said, "I estimate that it will take at least half a month." ”

Hearing this, Fiona's hand stiffened slightly, and her expression paused.

Fifteen days?

She took into account a crucial issue directly at the first time.

If Lu Qi is going to go for half a month, then during this time, won't he be able to eat?

After such a long time, the appetite of several women has long been raised by Lu Qi a little picky, in other words, the stomach is almost in the shape of this guy.

Now it's suddenly coming for half a month, who can withstand this?

Glancing at the light dishes on the table, Fiona's eyes suddenly changed.

She suddenly became quiet, but when she looked closely, she could see that she was picking up the food much faster.

She immediately thought that if she was going to face a hunger strike for half a month, it would be better to eat a little more, just a little!

And Sana and Lux, it was also at this moment that they keenly discovered Fiona's strange behavior.

Then, with a turn of their minds, they also realized the problem.

At the same time, both of them sped up, and suddenly the dinner table fell silent.

What was originally a breezy breakfast suddenly became turbulent.

Lu Qi looked at the dishes on his plate that were visibly declining, and wondered if today's breakfast was delicious.

He picked up a pair of chopsticks and tasted it, and found that it was no different from usual.

However, watching the three girls eat more seriously than the other, he also felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

A breakfast that illustrates what is called a disc action.

This saved Fiona a lot of trouble for the next dishwashing work.

And Lu Qi, who was full of food and drink, also came to the front yard, lying on a rocking chair, enjoying the leisurely time on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

At this time, Yuna will clean the living room and then water the flowers and plants in the yard.

When her work was almost done, she would read quietly on a stone chair in the garden in the front yard, waiting for Lu Qi's orders.

Lux and Sana started a duel in backgammon.

Their chess skills have risen to a more balanced level, and the winning rate is evenly matched, while Fiona is slightly higher than them.

Of course, the highest is still Luqi, who has not faced an opponent in a short period of time.

But I can feel a little bit of pressure.

After washing the dishes, Fiona went to the backyard to continue her morning exercise.

There is a lot of fun in this small courtyard, and there is a warmth everywhere.

Lying on the rocking chair, with the gentle undulation of the chair, listening to the sound of chess not far away, feeling the breeze blowing in the morning.

Lu Qi also gradually felt a feeling of fatigue, and as soon as his eyes were closed, he was ready to continue to sleep.

However, as soon as he closed his eyes for a while, the sound of a carriage was heard outside.

"Huh~!"

Then, with the neighing of horses, the carriage stopped outside the courtyard.

When Luki opened his eyes, he thought it was Kahina at first, but it turned out to be the carriage with the symbol of the Light Shield family.

Jiawen IV lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage, and walked towards the courtyard with a serious face.

It's just that his steps are a little strange, he looks limping, and he is slightly pouting.

Seeing this, Lu Qi couldn't help but be surprised: "Big brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

He could see that Gavin IV was slightly injured.

Only, where did this minor injury come from?

"Alas, yesterday the old woman didn't know what to smoke like crazy, and rushed in and asked me to accompany her to practice."

Jiawen IV had a puzzled expression, and waved his hand, "Brother Ling, after all, I am a person who respects the old and loves the young, so naturally I can't be ruthless, who would have thought that she would kick her in the ass." ”

Luki listened and was silent for a moment.

Old woman, don't think about it, it must be Tiana.

Thinking of this, Lu Qi suddenly understood the cause and effect, and he also glanced at Jiawen IV's ass with some sympathy, and silently apologized in his heart.

Big brother, I can't stand you.

Lu Qi got up from the rocking chair and said, "I've brewed some wine recently, and I'll send two barrels to my eldest brother another day." ”

"Oh? And this good thing? ”

Jiawen IV was surprised, his expression was very surprised, and he was also quite moved, "Big brother is really not good to you in vain!" ”

The last time Lu Qi carried a barrel of wine and went to his fortress to drink and chat with him, he knew that his second brother was a good winemaker.

The result is a masterpiece.

It's just that I was drunk that night, and I forgot what we talked about, but it doesn't matter.

Looking at the sensible Lu Qi in front of him, Jiawen IV sighed in his heart, this is sincerity for sincerity.

He treats Lucci sincerely, and Lucci treats him sincerely!

Not happy in his heart for two seconds, he suddenly remembered the business he had come to this time, and his face returned to seriousness.

"I'm here to tell you something important."

Look at his serious face.

Lu Qi also put away his playful mentality, and then asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Jiawen IV said, "My stepmother's coffin has been brought back from the border town. ”

Hearing this, Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, Jiawen IV's stepmother, isn't that his mother?

Mellie?

"I just came back this morning, and I happened to be in the palace, so I will inform you as soon as I see it."

Gavin IV looked at Lu Qidao.

Over there, the two daughters, Lux and Suona, who were playing chess, also raised their heads and looked at them when they heard this.

Lu Qi came back to his senses and immediately said, "Enter the palace." ”

A month and a half ago, the people of the palace set out for the small town of Talen to bring Melly's body back to the royal capital.

Lu Qi didn't expect it to be so soon, after all, it took him two months to come to the royal capital, and it was still one-way.

However, the means of rushing are different, and the royal family must have some way to speed up.

When Yuna heard the first words of Gavin IV, she sensibly began to prepare the carriage.

"I'm going too."

And Lux immediately put down the chess pieces in his hand, stood up and ran over.

Seeing this, Sana was also ready to go together.

Luki even called Fiona in the backyard.

The four of them got into the carriage and immediately set off towards the palace.

After a while, the carriage slowly stopped.

The four of them got out of the carriage and saw Zhao Xin waiting at the entrance.

"Uncle Zhao."

Luqi stepped forward and shouted.

"Come with me."

Zhao Xin glanced at him, turned around, and led the way in front.

led the people and walked for a while.

They came to a bright, spacious, and empty hall, and the whole hall had a white sense of holiness.

The sun shone softly from the top of the main hall, and these rays shone on a wood-gray coffin in the middle.

Next to the coffin, there was Garvin III and others, and Tiana was among them, as well as Barrett of the Bouvier family and Winward of the Menke family.

and many ministers who were born in front of each other, all gathered in this hall at this moment.

Hearing the footsteps behind them, they all looked over, and soon saw the leader of Gavin IV and Lu Qi.

Lu Qi walked straight to the coffin and shouted to Jiawen III: "Father." ”

Gavin III didn't speak, he stretched out his hand and rubbed it on Lu Qi's head, a smile appeared on his face, but this smile didn't show any happiness, with a faint sadness.

His eyes were red as if he had cried.

Those blue eyes are also full of pain, and looking at them can't help but make people feel a little distressed.

You can imagine how painful this man's heart hurts at the moment after seeing this coffin.

Lu Qi's gaze also fell on the coffin, and he couldn't help but fall silent, and his eyes also showed reminiscence.

As he remembers, this coffin was hand-picked by him, and inside lay the body of his mother, Melly.

Now, when Luch sees the coffin again, he has a different mindset than he had when he left the town of Talen.

For this woman who is both strange and familiar, his heart is actually very complicated.

The days I really got along with her were only three days.

The deepest impression of this woman on him was lying on the hospital bed, coughing day after day, as if he wanted to cough out his heart and lungs, and he was tormented by the pain.

After learning more about her story, Luci felt that she was a poor woman.

In order to resist fate, he escaped from Noxus, met true love, but was blocked everywhere, and then left his lover alone, in a country where he was not born and unfamiliar, and it was eighteen years.

And in these eighteen years, she gave birth to a child herself and raised this child.

And the child she raised with hard work couldn't bear the oppression of life and chose to commit suicide, but under the coincidence of karma, Lu Qi lived another life.

Without her, there might not be the current Luki.

Placing his hand on the coffin, Luki stroked it gently, as if he was sorting out her loose hair.

Then he whispered, "Mother." ”

It was his heartfelt call, and his final goodbye to the poor woman.

Gavin IV silently put his hand on his shoulder, silently comforting.

Behind her, the Lax girls looked at the coffin, as if they saw a poor woman dedicated to love.

This woman's home is so simple even after death.

I sighed in my heart.

Lu Qi remembered the regret and regret in her eyes as she said her final goodbye to her.

At this moment, he made a decision in his heart.

Maybe it's time to find out the truth about why Melly chose to leave alone with her unborn baby.

Why can it disappear like the world evaporates?

There is no doubt that behind this incident, there must have been someone who contributed to the troubles.

Who these people were, he had to know.

Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Qi looked at Gavin III beside him: "Have you seen her for the last time?" ”

Jiawen III shook his head, his sad face seemed to be a little older, his hand rested on the coffin, and said softly: "I can't bear to disturb her last restful sleep." ”

Nineteen years, he hadn't seen Melly in nineteen years.

What remained in the mind of the third world was still the young, proud, brave girl.

Every time he woke up in the middle of the night, when the girl's pure smiling face flashed through his mind, his heart would ache so much that he couldn't breathe.

After all these years, he really wanted to see how Melly was doing, and see what she had become.

However, when her coffin was placed in front of her, Gavin III did not dare to open it and take another look.

He was afraid, he was afraid to open the coffin and see his cowardly self back then.

"I'm here to let you see her one last time."

As he spoke, Lu Qi and the man behind him ordered, "Go and get the drawing paper and pen." ”

Hearing his words, Jiawen III was stunned.

And Tiana had already reacted, repeating the command: "Go and get the drawing paper and pen." ”

"Yes!"

Someone immediately took the order and turned away.

In a few moments, they brought a pile of paper and pens, many colors, and a drawing board.

"Your Highness, the pen and paper are ready."

One walked up to Lu Qi and said respectfully.

Ludge nodded, took the sketchpad from his hand, stood in front of the coffin, and then put the canvas on, pen in hand, and paused in place.

People were a little puzzled when they saw him standing still, but no one dared to disturb him at this moment.

Luci was rummaging through the shattered fragments of his memories, remembering the most beautiful image of Melly in his mind.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Suddenly, Lu Qi moved.

Without a hint of hesitation, he rendered the color of the brush on the white paper.

This movement did not stop at all, one stroke after another, as if it did not need to be brewed again.

It was as if he was the only one left in the world.

Govin III raised his hand, and the onlookers immediately dispersed backwards.

And he personally held the paintbrush and stood beside Lu Qi to wait.

Lucky doesn't know how to draw, and he doesn't unlock the skills, but he excels in ingenuity and wholehearted seriousness.

At this moment, his serious face even moved the crowd of onlookers.

What is strange is that the sun's rays that should have fallen on the coffin are now sprinkled on Lu Qi's body.

It is holy and shining, incomparably dazzling, so that people can never take their eyes off it after just looking at it.

At this moment, the people present couldn't help but be a little trance-like.

Lux looked at Luki's focused side face, and before she knew it, she was fascinated, and she couldn't take her eyes off.

Sana put her hands on her chest, feeling the throbbing heartbeat of Luki's inner emotions.

Fiona's eyes did not blink, and the scene in her mind could no longer linger.

Time passed minute by minute, because the canvas was large, and Lu Qi painted carefully and seriously.

So, it's very time-consuming.

It wasn't until near noon that Luci's painting slowed down, and with his last stroke, the painting was completed.

And on that canvas, a lifelike beautiful woman has been sketched, and people are watching her fall into the canvas little by little.

Gavin III looked at the woman's face on the canvas and couldn't hold back it any longer, tears welling up in his eyes.

I saw that on the canvas, a young and beautiful woman dressed in a simple white dress, she stood on the endless green lawn, with her hands outstretched, as if she was smiling at you, and seemed to want to hug you.

The hem of her dress was gently fluttered by the wind, and her jet-black hair was also rippling in the wind, and the sun was gently shining on her face.

There was a beautiful smile on that beautiful face.

It was just a painting, but inexplicably, everyone present felt a strong sense of happiness.

People can feel that the woman in the painting must be extremely happy at this moment.

"That's Mellie. Queen? ”

"It's her, I've seen her before."

"It's really beautiful, and her smile is so contagious."

In the main hall, because the third generation did not leave, the other people who did not dare to leave also forgot the fatigue of standing all the time at this moment.

All eyes were drawn to the woman in the painting.

Whether it was someone who had seen Melly before, or someone who had never seen it, they were all amazed by her at this moment.

"This is the image I remember when I was very young, my mother standing on the lawn, calling my name, and I ran towards her, and she opened her hands to hug me."

Lu Qi's voice was much softer, and this picture flashed in his mind once again when he spoke.

It was just a fragment of memory, even a little blurry, but it gave him a sense of reality.

Looking at Melly's happy smile, Gavin III's heart tightened even more, as if he was being held by a hand.

He burst into tears, looked at the painting and muttered, "Yes, she too. . . Have you ever been so happy? ”

Seeing the woman he loved also showing such a happy smile, Jiawen III's heart hurt even more.

If only he had been there at that time.

Raising his hand, Gavin III tried to caress the face of the woman in the painting, but halfway through, he flinched.

After taking a deep breath, I took it back.

Then he turned around and said to the ministers behind him: "It's not too early, let's disperse first." ”

Minister Roy bowed: "I'll retire." ”

"I'll retire."

After all the ministers shouted in unison, they dispersed and headed towards the whole of the palace.

Lu Qi glanced at the third world, knowing that he only wanted to be alone at the moment, so he also bowed: "Erchen retires." ”

Jiawen III gave him a soft look and nodded.

Soon, all the people in the great hall were dispersed.

Lu Qi came to the garden not far from the temple, where there was a gazebo, found a place and sat down.

It took him a lot of attention, but there was only so much he could do.

Gavin IV sat beside him, looking at the blue sky, his eyes were far away, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In fact, he was also very touched.

At least, Luki remembers what his mother was like and can recall the bits and pieces of his life with her.

But he, since he was born, has never seen his mother again.

Everything that is known about the mother is also known from the mouths of others, from those portraits.

What he lacked since he was a child is maternal love, and what Lu Qi has lacked since he was a child is fatherly love.

But his conditions were much, much better than Lucky's.

Therefore, when he first met Lu Qi, he felt in his heart that he must be kind to this younger brother.

It wasn't out of guilt, sympathy, or the idea that he should have been like himself in his childhood.

But Gavin IV knew that Lu Qi was one of the few relatives in this world.

The two brothers looked at the blue sky together, each thinking about what was on their minds.

At this moment, a soft note came out.

Sensing the hearts of their hearts, Sana made up a new track, and her hands landed on the strings, a little sad, but more calming, and played.

A breeze blows in the garden, and the flowers make a "whooshing" sound, as if to accompany this music.

Everyone listened and were immersed in the moment.

Music was introduced into the main hall.

In the hall, Jiawen III, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the painting, heard the music, looked at the woman in the painting, and wiped the tears from his face.

Then raise your hand.

Behind him, a figure immediately appeared, it was Zhao Xin.

And at this moment, the gentle temperament of Jiawen III's whole person has changed, and the majesty of the king of a country emanates.

"What happened back then, how was the investigation?"

He asked aloud.

"In those days, there were too many people who stood up against it, and the time was too long, and there were very few clues found at this moment."

Zhao Xinyu reported.

Jiawen III stood up, his eyes full of coldness: "If it is difficult to investigate, it must be investigated, and all the people who were uneasy and kind-hearted back then must be investigated!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Xin immediately said seriously.

Today should be a change

(End of chapter)