Xu Lingmiao's heart sank.

"What about me?"

"When the Hou Ye came back today, I heard the conversation between the lady and him, and they are going to send you to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs, mother, you should know that the people in the Zhuangzi have made big mistakes, and if they go, they will be guilty, and they will not be able to get out for the rest of their lives."

Hearing this, Xu Lingmiao's face was stunned.

Then she bit her lip.

"It's good that my mother is still alive, although my mother can't come out, if you miss your mother in the future, you can come and see me."

Qin Wenyan stared at her and didn't say a word.

Then, as if sighing.

"Mother, you are so naïve."

Xu Lingmiao didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

In the next second, she heard Qin Wenyan say.

"Mother, you can't live anymore."

Xu Lingmiao felt that her mind was blank for a few seconds.

Her eyes widened.

"Wenyan, you ...... What do you mean? ”

"If you are guilty, then my life will be ruined, and I can't even participate in the imperial examination, how can I get into the office, and what can I talk about getting ahead?"

Qin Wenyan sighed: "I finally saved you today, and I didn't let my wife hand you over, thinking that I could get rid of the fate of a criminal, but who knew that I would still be guilty in the end." ”

Xu Lingmiao's brain was "booming".

Something collapsed.

She said in a trembling voice, "You beg the son of the world to spare me today...... Is it for ...... Just to prevent me from being criminalized, so as not to implicate you? ”

"Of course not only that, you are my mother, I definitely want you to live in my heart."

"So you ...... now And why do you want me to die? ”

Qin Wenyan pursed his lips and said nothing.

Half of the side of the face was cut out in a sharp arc by the candle flame.

On Junxiu's face, the expression was so calm that it was almost indifferent.

After a while, he said slowly.

"Mother, if you live, my life will be ruined, do you want to see it?"

As he spoke, Qin Wenyan stretched out his hand and took off the golden hairpin on Xu Lingmiao's head.

It was in her hands.

His voice was low.

"Mother, please fulfill me."

When he was born, the old lady gave him a golden lock.

Later, when he was five years old, he took the lock and changed the golden hairpin for Xu Lingmiao.

When he was young and handed the golden hairpin to Xu Lingmiao, she cried and laughed, hugged him tightly and didn't let go, crying over and over again and shouting "Mi'er".

This golden hairpin is one of the few rays of light in her dark and hopeless life.

But now, Qin Wenyan wants to end her life with this golden hairpin.

Xu Lingmiao trembled her lips, tears falling down her eyes.

Her heart was desolate, and a deep layer of despair welled up.

This despair is heavier and heavier than today when we think we are going to be condemned and sentenced to death.

She was almost out of breath.

Qin Wenyan called again.

"Mother."

Xu Lingmiao came back to her senses.

She turned her head to look at the boy in front of her.

Then he slowly reached out and stroked his face.

There was a deep reluctance in his eyes.

"Isn't it...... If your mother is dead, will you live better? ”

Qin Wenyan was silent for a while.

Then, he nodded slowly.

Xu Lingmiao smiled miserably.

Tears rolled down his face with laughter.

Her son, her son who is so painful at the tip of her heart......

Now he wants to exchange her life for his future.

Since he wants her dead.

So......

Xu Lingmiao raised her head sharply and picked up the golden hairpin.

She gritted her teeth and plunged hard into her throat.

In an instant, blood gushed out.

Everything happened in an instant.

A few drops of blood splashed on Qin Wenyan's eyebrows.

His pupils twitched slightly.

Then, it went back to normal.

Xu Lingmiao's eyes widened, and the despair and severe pain made her clench Qin Wenyan's sleeve tightly.

There was a "ho-ho" sound in his throat, as if he wanted to let out a final scream.

However, only more and more blood gushed out.

Her eyes widened, and she stared hollowly and desperately at the dark roof.

The light in his eyes gradually dissipated.

In the dark firewood room, there was a dead silence.

After a long time.

Qin Wenyan's low call came.

"Mother."

There is no echo.

The dancing candle flame casts his shadow on the wall, making it lonely and eerie.

Qin Wenyan slowly stretched out his hand and gently held Xu Lingmiao's hand.

These hands fan him in summer and warm him in winter.

Now, little by little, the warmth is disappearing, and finally it becomes a cold corpse.

"Mother, thank you."

Qin Wenyan muttered in a low voice.

He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, then slowly got up and walked towards the door.

He pulled the door open.

Seeing the scene in front of him, his footsteps stopped instantly.

At some point, the courtyard was already full of people.

Qin Orbit and Lu Qiong stood at the forefront.

Qin Chengxuan was sitting in a wheelchair, surrounded by Shen Ruoxi, who had left the house a long time ago!

Qin Wenyan had a bad premonition in his heart.

In the next second, his eyes turned red, he threw away the candle flame in his hand, and fell to his knees with a "poof".

"Master Hou, madam...... Hurry up, save my mother! ”

Hearing this, Lu Qiong's expression changed slightly.

She instructed the butler beside her.

"Luo Bao, take someone in and have a look."

Luo Bao nodded and took the two family members to the firewood room.

It came out in a short time.

His face was a little solemn.

"Master Hou, madam, Xu Lingmiao is dead."

"Dead?"

Qin Wei twisted his eyebrows slightly, and subconsciously looked at Qin Wenyan on the side.

Qin Wenyan's tears burst out of his eyes.

He sobbed.

"No, not really...... My mother can't die......"

Qin Wenyan's voice was sad.

But no one responded.

Lu Qiong stared at him coldly.

"Qin Wenyan, why are you here?"

"I was worried about my mother, so I wanted to come and see her, but I saw that she couldn't think of wanting to die, so I couldn't stop her......"

Lu Qiong's eyes were suspicious.

"Xu Lingmiao didn't seek death when her crime was revealed today, and now that I said that she would be given a way to live, why can't she think about it?

Qin Wenyan, I have always thought that you are very smart, and I don't want to make up such a clumsy lie today! ”

Qin Wenyan couldn't believe it.

"Madame is suspicious of me?"

Lu Qiong didn't speak.

But the sharp eyes speak for themselves.

Qin Wenyan seemed to be a little anxious, he turned his head and looked at Qin Chengxuan on the side: "What about the prince, you also doubt me?" ”

Qin Chengxuan looked at him fixedly.

Suddenly.

"Wenyan, let me ask you again, you really don't understand medical skills?"

Qin Wenyan was stunned for a moment, and then pursed his lips: "I don't understand." ”

"I really don't understand?"

"I don't understand ......"

Hearing this, Qin Chengxuan's eyes flickered, and a trace of disappointment oozed from his eyes.

Qin Wenyan said in a low voice.

"Shizi, what do you mean by that?"

Shen Ruoxi spoke.

"Young Master Cousin, it's quite a coincidence, today I passed by the door of the shopkeeper's pharmacy, and the shopkeeper told me about you, saying that you had come to help Du Yishan get medicine, and you could also remind the apprentice that there is less red peony, if the young master doesn't know medicine, how can he know medicinal materials?"

"I followed my mother, I did know a few flavors of medicinal materials, and I did help Du Yishan get medicinal materials, so what, what can it mean?"

Qin Wenyan looked at Shen Ruoxi with burning eyes.

"Miss Shen, I grew up in the Hou Mansion since I was a child, the prince treated me very well, and I have always treated him as respectful and close as an eldest brother, don't rely on other people's words to speculate on me!"

Hearing this, Qin Chengxuan smiled.

With a bit of sarcasm.

"Is it really speculation?"

"Shizi, you don't believe me either, but an outsider?"

Qin Wenyan looked at Qin Chengxuan, with great shock and sadness in his eyes.

After a while, he seemed to laugh a little self-deprecatingly.

"I don't have a mother now, but you still doubt me like this, it's not enough to force my mother to die, you want me to die, right......?"

He suddenly took a dagger from his sleeve and pointed it at his chest.

Qin Chengxuan twisted his eyebrows.

"What are you going to do?"

"Since you don't believe me, then I can only prove my innocence by death!"