Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 46

"Husband, let's go back to Beijing. The flood in Nanhe has been cured, the plague has been eliminated, and there is no need for us anymore."

"Don't go."

"You really want to stand by and watch?" Li Ying felt that Xiao Lian in front of him was a little strange.

"Why can't I just stand by and watch? Xiao Chengping is a beast with a human face and a heart. Xiao Chun can take the lives of the people all over the world to pave the way for him, not to mention Xiao Ling, who is a complete lunatic. It's ridiculous that I, Xiao Lian, would be stupid for such a family." I've been baffled for more than ten years. Before I knew the truth, I could still lie to myself, but now that the truth is in front of my eyes, do I still want to work for this rotten royal family?"

Xiao Lian's tone became colder and colder. At the end, his eyes were full of frost, which made people shudder.

"Even so, the imperial grandmother is still in the palace, what if something happens to her? And my parents, Xuan'er...they are all innocent and shouldn't be drawn into this storm."

Xiao Lian stared at his mother's last letter on the copybook, and after a while, he slowly said: "The Queen Mother, maybe she has known the truth for a long time."

Li Ying fell silent.In fact, she also thought about this, but she didn't dare to think about it further, because the truth behind it was too cruel.

That incident happened in the palace, the emperor had no empress, and the empress dowager, as the lord of the six palaces, couldn't possibly be ignorant of it.But for her, one side is her own son, and the other side is her daughter-in-law who is pregnant with flesh and blood, and the palms and backs of her hands are full of flesh. Which side should she help?

Like most people's choices, the Queen Mother chose not to help anyone.

However, in Xiao Lian's view, such behavior is undoubtedly an accomplice helping Xiao Chengping to hide.

Li Ying hesitated to speak, she wanted to speak for the Queen Mother, but felt that everything she said at this time was wrong, and it would only intensify Xiao Lian's hatred.

In the end Li Ying said tactfully: "I want to go back to Beijing to pick up my parents and brother..."

"No need." Xiao Lian flatly refused: "The road is dangerous, I will send troops to meet him, and you can stay at Nanhe in peace."

"But..." Li Ying wanted to say something, but Xiao Lian turned his back and refused to talk to her again.

The two of them that night, one turned inwards and the other turned outwards, vividly staged a "same bed with different dreams".

Li Ying was suffocating in her heart, tossing and turning, unable to sleep no matter what.On the other side, Xiao Lian felt shallow at first, but at first he resisted saying anything, and when the ugly time was almost over, seeing that the person next to him hadn't fallen asleep, Xiao Lian had a headache and said, "What's wrong?"

Li Ying didn't respond.

"I know you're not asleep."

"Humph."

"Angry?"

"No."

Xiao Lian didn't believe it. He got up and lit the candle, leaned over, and saw the person facing the wall behind him pouting angrily.

"I still said no, I can almost hang an oil can on my mouth."

"Don't you want to talk to me, don't you? Don't force yourself." The people inside were finally willing to talk to him, although the tone didn't sound very friendly.

"Why? When did I not want to talk to you?" Xiao Lian was very innocent.

Li Ying sat up slowly, and continued pouted: "Then you promise me."

"Promise you what?"

"Follow me back to Beijing and take them over!"

Xiao Lian also sat up, put his hands on Li Ying's arms, and said patiently: "Yingying, I didn't agree to you during the day. It's not because of my will, but it's not wise to go back to Beijing at this moment. Your identity and mine It's so easy to get sucked in, the best thing to do is wait and see."

Li Ying pushed Xiao Lian's hand away angrily: "You said it lightly, but the situation in the capital is changing rapidly, my family is all there, how do you tell me to watch the fire from the other side with peace of mind?"

"So I said, I will send people to meet them."

"When to set off?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"It will take five or six days at the earliest to get from Nanhe to the capital. None of us can guess what will happen in the capital within five or six days. I can't feel at ease if I don't go there myself."

"But I can't put you in danger."

The conversation between the two fell into a deadlock. The public said that the public was right and the woman said that the woman was reasonable, and no one could convince the other.

Finally, Li Ying found an excuse, wrapped her cloak and walked out of the room.

Xiao Lian did not chase him out.

The cold wind of early winter made Li Ying's spirits tremble, and it also cleared her mind, which was swollen from heat after the quarrel.

In fact, from Xiao Lian's standpoint, he was not wrong, his choice was rational.But besides rationality, people also have emotions. No matter how Xiao Lian tried to persuade her, she couldn't just sit idly by and ignore everything that was about to happen in the capital.

She can obviously change all of this.

Li Ying stood in the long corridor, letting the strong wind in the dark night mess up her black hair.

Her frail hands under the cloak were tightly clenched into a ball.

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"Are you all ready?" A leading guard asked the dozen or so subordinates behind him.

"Ready!"

"Going to the capital, our only task is to safely escort the family of the princess out of the capital, and the rest of the trivial matters are not allowed, you hear?!"

"understand!"

A group of people were about to set off against the cold wind, when suddenly a crisp voice came from behind.

"Wait!"

In the morning light, three figures appeared.

"Princess?" the leading guard asked suspiciously.

"It's me." Li Ying walked out from the backlight, followed by Cao Wenxian and Duan Yanlin.

Looking at the burdens carried by the three of them, the guard asked puzzledly, "This is the princess?"

"We're going with you."

"Ah?" The guard scratched his head: "But the prince didn't order..."

"Your lord agreed, otherwise how would I appear here?"

"What about the prince..."

"My lord has just recovered from a serious illness and still needs a good rest. Moreover, I am most displeased with the crying scene when parting, so I deliberately forbid him to come out to see him off."

"So that's how it is." The guard suddenly realized, seeing the prince's obedience to the princess's words on weekdays, these words sound quite convincing.

"Don't delay, let's go!" Li Ying ordered.

The guard finally looked at the door hesitantly, but did not see Xiao Lian.

"Drive—" A group of people embarked on the road back to Beijing in the cold wind.

Along the way, Duan Yanlin rode to Li Ying's side at the right time, and asked in a low voice: "That incense, how many sticks did you light?"

"I ordered them all."

"What?!" Duan Yanlin almost fell off the horse: "Isn't it enough to order one or two?!"

"You don't know that Xiao Lian's body is as strong as a cow. I'm afraid it won't work if it's less."

"Then you can't just order all six ecstasy incense sticks!" Duan Yanlin accidentally raised his voice, causing the guards in front to turn their heads.

He quickly lowered his head and pretended nothing happened.

"Ah?" Li Ying became a little scared: "Will it hurt you?"

"That's not true...it's just that the prince may have to sleep for at least three days and three nights..."

Li Ying thought for a while, and said: "That's good, it won't save him from chasing me and taking me back."

Duan Yanlin looked at the sky helplessly, recalling everything that happened last night.At that time, he was immersed in a sweet dream, and for some reason, he kept hearing a woman calling him in the dream: "Physician Duan, wake up...Physician Duan, wake up quickly!"

The voice was very low, but it continued continuously, and finally Duan Yanlin was successfully woken up.

He rubbed his eyes, looking at the dark sky outside, he couldn't tell what time it was.

"Doctor Duan, are you awake?"

Duan Yanlin lit the candle, only to find a figure of a woman outside the door. Hearing the voice, it seems to be a princess?
He gently opened a crack in the door, and sure enough, the sneaky person outside the door was Li Ying.

"Princess, what are you doing in the middle of the night?" Duan Yanlin yawned and asked.

"Doctor Duan, do you have any drugs here?"

"What?" Duan Yanlin didn't understand for a moment: "Princess, what did you say? Drugged?"

"Yes, it's the kind that can make people fall asleep, but it doesn't hurt the body."

Duan Yanlin said righteously: "Princess, I am an imperial physician, not a warlock in the world!"

"Just ask if you have any?!" Li Ying's tone was tougher than Duan Yanlin's.

"...Yes, there is."

When Duan Yanlin heard that Li Ying wanted to use drugs to stun the prince so that he could escape back to the capital, he was so frightened that his scalp went numb.

"Princess, don't make me succeed?"

"Why did I harm you? I'm saving you! The capital is about to fall into chaos, do you know that, where are your parents? Leave them alone?"

As a medical officer, Duan Yanlin never cared about the court disputes, but when he heard what Li Ying said, he couldn't help but worry.

"Are they in danger?"

"Nonsense! The world has been in chaos since ancient times, and the first people to suffer are the common people. If you don't go back to Beijing with me to rescue them, I can't guarantee that you will see them again."

Duan Yanlin quickly succumbed to Li Ying's "coercion and lure" and "struggle with reason", and obediently handed over his treasured six incense sticks.

But if he had known that the princess would order all six incense sticks for the prince, he wouldn't dare to give them anything!He is just a ninth-rank imperial doctor, what crime did he do to be targeted by the princess and forced to "poison" the prince...

If the prince wakes up and realizes that he helped the concubine to stun him, will he kill him with a sword?Duan Yanlin couldn't help shivering.

"Don't worry, if the sky falls, I'll take care of it." Li Ying who was on the side seemed to see through his thoughts, and patted his chest to assure him.

Come on, Duan Yanlin slandered, seeing how the prince looks like, what can he do to the princess?In the end, he must be the only one who is unlucky.

Duan Yanlin was out of breath, so he had no choice but to slow down his forward speed in desperation, and went back to walking side by side with Cao Wenxian.

When they first came to Nanhe County, one of the two was in charge of developing prescriptions, and the other was in charge of decocting medicines and taking care of patients.But ever since Cao Wenxian was unfortunately infected with the plague, and Duan Yanlin completely lost control over it and lost his temper, there seemed to be some unexplainable emotions between the two of them.

Of course, the two of them didn't point it out, so it's good to just maintain the status quo.

It takes about six days to go back to the capital from Nanhe County.The scene on the road is quite different from when we came here. The rainy season has passed, and Nanhe County, as the most important part of the southern water system, has repaired the dam, which relieved the crisis in the downstream counties. In addition, the food and silver for disaster relief from the imperial court have been distributed, and many people have been displaced. When the victims heard the news, they all returned to their hometowns one after another.

Who wants to leave their hometown and wander outside if they can?
Seeing these county towns regain their former vigor, Li Ying felt a sense of pride spontaneously in his heart.Yes, it was her husband who risked his life to cure floods and prevent plagues, in exchange for a stable and peaceful life for the people.

Thinking of this, Li Ying couldn't help thinking of Xiao Lian who was far away in Nanhe now, wondering if he was awake?

If he wakes up and finds himself gone, will he come after him?
He once chased her once, just the night before their wedding.Will he come after him this time?Or just stay quietly in Nanhe and watch the dirty royals kill each other, as he has decided?
she does not know.

The only thing she knows is to follow her own heart and do what she thinks is right.

Six days later, outside the south gate of the capital, Li Ying looked at the deserted gate and was filled with emotion.When they left, there were still many refugees gathered here. Unexpectedly, only a few months later, the grass here has dried up, and it looks extremely bleak.

But as soon as he entered the city gate, the capital was still bustling with hawkers, jugglers, bustards soliciting business, all kinds of voices came and went, and there was no sign of a change in the sky.

It seems that the news of the emperor's serious illness has not yet spread, and it is also a secret in the palace. Except for the emperor's close ministers, few people may know about it.

A group of people concealed their identities and quietly stopped at the gate of Li's residence.Seeing the familiar mansion gate again, Li Ying almost couldn't hold back tears.

"Father, mother, brother, I'm back!" Li Ying shouted as soon as he entered the door.

However, in the empty mansion, no one responded.Strange, where did everyone go?

"Hsinchu? Mrs. Zhang?" Still no one responded.

Li Ying bent down to take a closer look, and found that there was a layer of dust on the coffee table.

Mother likes to be clean the most, she has to clean and tidy up every day, how can she allow the coffee table to be dusty?

Looking at the plants and trees in the mansion again, many of them have withered and died.

Bad, Li Ying suddenly had an ominous premonition, could it be that something bad happened to her family? !
Li Ying's heart suddenly rose to her throat, did she come late?

At this time, Cao Wenxian ran in with a panicked face: "Sister Ying, there is no one in my family!"

Li Ying grabbed Cao Wenxian's hand: "My parents and brother are gone too."

Tears flowed down Cao Wenxian's face: "Why did this happen? What happened?"

Don't panic, don't panic, Li Ying told herself.

She calmly analyzed that someone in the court knew the news of the emperor's serious illness, Xiao Ling's faction would definitely seize the opportunity to seize power, and the eldest prince Xiao Chun was not a good one, so he would definitely be prepared.

The question is, who took her family?

"Is that lunatic Xiao Ling?!" Cao Wenxian thought of him first: "I'm going to ask him face to face right now!"

"Xian'er!" Li Ying hurriedly stopped her: "If it's Xiaoling, if you go now, wouldn't you be looking for your own death?"

"Then what should we do? Woohoo..." Cao Wenxian couldn't stop crying.

"It seems that I have to go to the palace." Li Ying narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the palace.

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(End of this chapter)