Chunman Palace

Chapter 134

The situation was urgent, after Mo'er told Mu Pingting about Lin Qingyu's instructions, Mu Pingting followed Mo'er directly to Yanxi Palace.

Mu Pingting walked straight into the hall, straight to the point and said to Lin Qingyu who was on the soft couch, "You sent Mo'er to deliver the news to me, have you thought about it?"

Lin Qingyu raised her head in astonishment, "Why is sister here?" She raised her hand and signaled to the palace man: "You all go down first, I have something to talk to Concubine Jin alone."

Mu Pingting stared at the person silently for a long time before saying, "What do you mean by asking Mo'er to pass on the news to me? Let me be prepared? Staying in this deep palace, is it possible that there are still people who can escape from the palace? risk?"

Lin Qingyu said with a dejected expression: "The Queen Mother has already laid a net. If you want to escape, it is impossible, but we can still work together to tide over the difficulties."

Mu Pingting looked at people coldly, and let out a very soft snort: "Work together? Are you saying that I will join forces with you? My sister's means are not enough to compete with the Queen Mother, but it doesn't mean that I have no way to deal with this matter."

"The Empress Dowager has already found out the problem in the sandalwood. As long as the emperor knows, how will my sister get rid of the crime?"

Mu Pingting raised her lips and smiled lightly: "I gave those sandalwoods to the empress dowager, but even so, there is no poison in the incense. I just added some auxiliary spices to temper the effect of the sandalwood. It’s a good thing for blood and energy, how does the emperor want to condemn me?”

She sat on the soft couch indifferently and contentedly, and said slowly: "Not to mention that I am pregnant with Shaorong now, and he is a prince and a princess, the emperor must trust me."

Lin Qingyu said: "If my sister had full confidence, she wouldn't come to Yanxi Palace now."

When Mu Pingting was hit, she was a little impatient for a while: "The Queen Mother is weak now, anyone just needs to push her lightly and it will disappear, why do you have to worry so much?"

Lin Qingyu said anxiously: "My sister's thinking is too simple. After all, she is the queen mother, the most respected person in the palace, and the person with the greatest power. And is my sister sure to retire? If you are not careful, you can It's the end of being smashed to pieces and smashed all over the house!"

She sighed, and continued: "What's more, the queen mother still has many cronies holding our evidence. If the queen mother dies suddenly, those people will definitely report us with the evidence left by the queen mother, and we will die faster .”

Mu Pingting frowned and said, "You're always looking forward and backward like this, that's why you can't do anything... In the worst case, just quietly settle the cronies entrusted by the Queen Mother. If there is no evidence, everything will be fine."

Lin Qingyu sighed: "Then sister is sure to find all the cronies of the Queen Mother? In the past three years, who has the Queen Mother bought in private? Is there any connection with the people from the previous court? If these people can't be solved at the same time, they will definitely Pass the news to the emperor, and at the same time, the absence of these people will also arouse the emperor's suspicion."

Mu Pingting couldn't think of any other way for a moment, so she said, "Then what do you think is the solution to this matter?"

Lin Qingyu pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "If you want to get out of your body, it is absolutely impossible... The only plan for now is to think about how to protect the people around you. We don't know how much evidence the Queen Mother holds. We can only adapt to the situation. Missteps are not feasible."

"If you do this, it's tantamount to sitting and waiting to die." Mu Pingting's words drifted away coldly, like a shadow covered by dark clouds, penetrating coldly into Lin Qingyu's body.

Seven days later, the envoys from the country brought gifts and entered Xuanming City. Before that, the envoys from the country and their troops temporarily lived in the Linfeng Inn in the middle of Beijing.

Since there was a living animal among the gifts presented by Liguo on this trip, Liguo also specially sent General Hu Lie'an as an envoy.

Several people ordered a table of delicacies and were about to eat when they suddenly heard a woman screaming from upstairs.

Everyone looked up and saw a woman in an apricot-colored red gauze skirt running down the stairs in a hurry, followed by two gorgeously dressed men, showing an obscene attitude.

Only a stern scolding sound was heard: "What a bitch, you turned your back on your promise! Give me back my money!"

The woman had tears in her apricot eyes, hiding behind the beams and pillars, showing a weak and pitiful appearance, crying and crying: "Master Ke, Xiao Min only promised to drink with your friends, and never promised you anything else!"

The man's eyes were as narrow as a mouse, and he said in a serious tone: "Before, he was obedient and obedient, but now he has installed a chastity archway for himself? Hurry up and come here and stay with these two, otherwise..."

Hu Lie'an couldn't see it, and threw the leg of lamb in his hand on the table, and said with a sneer, "There is still such a mess in Beijing."

The man was also not to be outdone, and replied cursingly: "What are you, you dare to take care of your father's business!"

"I'm your heavenly king!" Hu Lie'an frowned, and punched him firmly. The man who was hit was killed immediately, and his brains flowed all over the floor.

The crowd screamed again and again, shouting incessantly: "Killer! Killer!" and fled in haste.

Soon, officers and soldiers patrolling the city were attracted, and they took up their sabers and surrounded Li Guo.

The Liguo envoy hurriedly said: "We are from the Liguo, and we came here to declare the treasures in the city according to Yot, and now we just rest here for a while, but when we encounter this person who bullies men and women and disrespects our general, we teach him a lesson. Who knew he was so helpless..."

"The murderer pays with his life, do you think that you can escape the crime because you are from the country?!"

At this time, there was a burst of bold laughter from outside the door, and a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes came in, opened his folding fan and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, when the road is uneven, draw your sword to help. Well, the people from Liguo really are A man of blood! The general has done a great job except for this bully!"

All the officers and soldiers saluted and said, "I have seen King Rong Ning."

King Rong Ning nodded and said: "It's none of your business here, take this man down."

"Yes." All the officers and soldiers nodded, and worked together to lift the man who was dying on the ground out.

Seeing this, Hu Lie'an couldn't help but marvel in his heart: this King Rong Ning is also considered to be powerful, and he can settle the matter of the dead in Beijing with a single order. Such help, it seems that he intends to make friends with him.

Just now he didn't control the strength of his punches, and he regretted it a little bit. Although he may not be punished on the spot as a vanguard general who left the country, it is somewhat unjustifiable to kill people rashly in Beijing.

Hu Lie'an immediately bowed and said, "I've seen King Rongning."

King Rong Ning smiled and said: "General, hurry up and give up the courtesy! I just heard the general speak up, and I know that the general is a man of good character! This king is willing to make you a friend, but I don't know what the general wants?"

"If that's the case, then I'll meet friends with wine and toast the lord!" Hu Lie'an said, picking up the wine glass and drinking it in one gulp.

At this time, a pair of catkins picked up the flagon and filled Hu Lie'an with wine.

Hu Lie'an looked up, and it was the woman who was bullied just now.

The woman saluted immediately, and said respectfully: "Little girl Qiu Lianmin, thank you General! If the General hadn't rescued me just now, I'm afraid Xiaomin would have... woo... Xiaomin is willing to follow the General, no matter where the world is, and please agree with the General!" Qiu Lianmin The words are pitiful, and the dark waves of the pupils of the autumn water are flowing, full and moving.

Hu Lie'an hurriedly said: "Miss, please get up quickly, it was just a matter of raising your hands, so why worry about it!"

"If the general doesn't agree to the little girl's request, the little girl won't be able to kneel forever." After speaking, Qiu Lianmin knelt down at Hu Lie'an's feet and wrapped her arms around Hu Lie'an's thigh.

Hu Lie'an has been marching and fighting away from the country all year round, exploring the country, and has no intention of getting close to women. It is difficult for him to control himself when he is actively shown favor by a woman, and his words are a little stuttering: "This, this, what are you doing, girl? Hurry up!" Go home!"

The Liguo envoy smiled and said: "Yes, Miss, you should leave as soon as possible, lest those people come to trouble you again."

Qiu Lianmin shook her head, choked with sobs and said: "The little girl is lonely and has no one to rely on. She plays the Yueqin for a living, and now she has no branches to rely on. I beg the general to take the little girl with mercy, as long as you listen to the birds chirping a few times." General, please love me!"

King Rong Ning said: "This girl is very pitiful, if the general takes her in, it would be a good thing!"

Looking at Qiu Lianmin's watery eyes, Hu Lie'an finally moved his heart, nodded and said, "Okay, since the girl insists on this, just follow me!"

Qiu Lianmin laughed through tears, and thanked again and again: "Thank you, General, for taking me in! Thank you, General, for your mercy!"

King Rong Ning said happily: "It's rare to encounter such a happy event today, I offer a toast to the general, the general must not shirk!"

"Okay!" Hu Lie'an toasted and drank, having fun with everyone.

Everyone was in high spirits, drank freely, and finally opened a few guest rooms to rest. Qiu Lianmin and Hu Lie'an lived in the same room. After dripping, Qiu Lianmin wrapped a layer of clothes on her body, put on her coat and walked to the backyard of the inn. cry.

After she was expelled from the palace, she learned that her elder sister Linggui was disabled and died of torture due to being left alone. She completely collapsed and wanted to find a way to re-enter the palace and avenge her own sister. .

But she was banned from entering the palace. In order to get revenge, she had no choice but to become Le Lian to curry favor with the official again, hoping to get some news from it.She didn't know how many Yueqin she played, how many officials she committed herself to... Those disgusting words and touches made her want to escape this nightmare place several times.But the hatred in her heart urged her to constantly give up her self-esteem, to cater to those high-ranking officials with hideous faces.

When she learned that her sister was killed by concubine concubine, she even sacrificed all she wanted to enter the palace and become a court lady to take revenge, but those officials didn't want to take a risk for her little pity and deceived her time and time again. , and even threatened her to continue serving other people, turning her into a tool to curry favor with upper-level officials.

In the end, she became the most lowly girl in a brothel that everyone can bully. Ever since she was bought by a landowner, she was always forced to act as a chatterbox, disrespected, and bullied wantonly.

She thought about death several times, but the hatred in her heart has not dissipated, so what's the use of death?

Fortunately, she was introduced to King Rongning a few days ago. She thought that King Rongning, like those officials, would eat her up like a hungry wolf and suck her marrow, and then throw away a piece of her. Throwing it to others like a rag, but what she didn't expect was that King Rongning didn't touch her, but patiently listened to her experience.

Finally, King Rongning asked her if she would like to have a chance to take revenge.

She agreed without thinking.

So, she collaborated with King Rongning to make a play, just to charm the general who left the country, Hu Lie'an.

Before that, she did not get nothing in the hands of those officials. She collected many things with the technique of charm, even the map of the palace, secret passages, and even the number of guards.

In addition, more secrets were also secretly copied by her in letters and hidden in secret places.

She only told King Rongning about this matter, but King Rongning asked her to sell her body again to tell Hu Lie'an these secrets, so that Hu Lie'an could help them create chaos when they made sacrifices and seize power in one fell swoop.

She thought that she could sacrifice her dignity to please and cater to Hu Lie'an as usual.

It's just that during those days with King Rong Ning, the rare peace and reliance in her heart had long been entrusted to him.

But now, the man she relied on in her heart actually pushed her to someone else.

She covered her face and wept, tightly grasping her arm, pinching and twisting vigorously, trying to make her heart feel less uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a clear male voice appeared from behind her: "What are you doing here?"

"King Rongning?" Qiu Lianmin raised her head with red eyes, full of grievance and sadness, she wiped the tears from her face, and said, "I...I... want to be alone..."

King Rong Ning frowned and said, "It's Hu Lie'an who treats you badly? Then the king, go and tell him, come back to the mansion with me."

Qiu Lianmin grabbed King Rongning's arm and said, "No, no, how can the prince delay the plan for Xiao Min!" She subconsciously let go of her hand, and said timidly: "Didn't Xiao Min intentionally touch the prince... "

King Rongning said: "What are you talking about? In the eyes of this king, you are naturally more important than Hu Lie'an. Without him, can this king not succeed?" He reached out to stroke Qiu Lianmin's hair. Lianmin avoided carefully.

Tears welled up in Qiu Lianmin's eyes: "Xiao Min is very dirty...how can the king's precious body be tarnished..."

King Rong Ning sighed, and put his arms into his arms: "In the eyes of this king, you will always be the beautiful woman holding the Yueqin and shining brightly in the moonlight."

Qiu Lianmin was moved in her heart, and couldn't help crying, sobbing: "My lord's kindness to Xiao Min, and Xiao Min is willing to use everything to repay it, but Xiao Min feels that she is no longer worthy of the lord!"

"Hey, hold on for a few more days. After seven days, when the envoys from the country enter the palace to present gifts, you will be able to be with me dignifiedly. The king will allow you to be my queen and make your mother honor the world..." Rong Ning Wang Hua turned around and his eyes became cloudy: "It's just that you have to charm Hu Lie'an as soon as possible and make him willingly cooperate with my soldiers, otherwise all previous efforts will be in vain."

Qiu Lianmin nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Xiao Min will definitely do her best to make my master's plan come true!"

(End of this chapter)