stormy clouds

Chapter 180
The scene in front of him made Zhou Wei's eyes instantly moist.

The queen was dressed neatly in her regular clothes and lying peacefully on the bed.

One of her hands fell on the edge of the bed. On her pale wrist, a bloody wound was very eye-catching. The red blood under the bed had stopped spreading.

"Aunt——, Aunt——" Zhou Wei's voice was choked. He knelt down in front of the bed, took the queen's already cold hand, and said hoarsely: "Aunt, Wei'er will take you home right now."

Zhang Li stood in front of the tent with a look of shock.

Zhou Wei turned around with tears in his eyes and scolded: "Why are you still standing there? Let someone prepare the carriage and escort the queen back to Lindu."

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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Yuanyou.

In Lindu City, although there was no lively celebration like the Lantern Festival in previous years, as the Xia soldiers retreated, the people gradually settled down.

In the Changping Marquis Mansion, Chang Luoyun got up early in the morning and went to pay his respects to Mrs. Mu.

The day before the Spring Festival, she had personally gone to Luoxia Mountain to pick up Mrs. Mu back home. Mu Jingyi returned to Lindu on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the family had a belated Spring Festival.

When Chang Luoyun arrived at Mrs. Mu's yard, Kong Ling'er was telling a joke to Mrs. Mu. He didn't know what she said, which made Mrs. Mu laugh.

Chang Luoyun opened the curtain and came in, smiling and saying: "Why is mother so happy? It makes Yun'er happy too."

Mrs. Mu dipped her handkerchief into the corner of her eyes and said with a smile: "Ling'er told a joke. In the past, I only thought of her as calm and quiet. Who knew she also had such a playful side."

Chang Luoyun pursed his lips and looked at Kong Ling'er with a smile: "Ling'er has read poetry and books, and the jokes he tells must be extraordinary. Doctor Xu said that mother just wants to be happy. Now that Ling'er is here, mother can laugh often. "

Kong Ling'er was wearing a moon-white t-shirt, with only light cyan muslin rolled on it with a slightly darker wide edge, making it look even more plain and soft.

"I haven't read any books like Ling'er said. I just read a few books to pass the time when I have nothing to do." She smiled and reached out to take the tea from Yuncai's hand and handed it to Mrs. Mu.

Yun Cai cleverly lifted the tea up and avoided Kong Ling'er's extended hand. "Miss Ling'er, please rest quickly. This tea has just been brewed with boiling water. Please don't burn the girl."

Kong Ling'er looked at Mrs. Mu with a sneer, "Yuncai thinks I'm clumsy and can't even serve a cup of tea."

"That's not what Yuncai means." Chang Luoyun said with a smile: "She is just afraid that you will be favored in front of your mother and your mother will no longer love her!"

"Madam -" Yuncai said with a faint blush on her face, "Miss Ling'er has delicate skin and tender flesh. I'm really afraid that Miss Ling'er will get burned."

"Okay, okay, I understand." Chang Luoyun smiled, winked at Kong Linger, and said jokingly: "I know we Yuncai have good intentions."

Kong Ling'er also smiled and joked: "Then I'll thank Yuncai."

Yun Cai became even more embarrassed by what they said, so he had to put the tea on the table and go out looking for an excuse.

Mrs. Mu held the tea, skimmed off the foam with a lid, took a sip and said with a smile, "With you guys by my side, telling jokes, I feel better these past two days."

She smiled and looked at Chang Luoyun and then at Kong Linger.

Chang Luoyun wore a thin begonia-colored brocade jacket, a willow-green gold-woven skirt, and a pair of ruby ​​earrings, which made her skin look as smooth as cream.

Mrs. Mu smiled and nodded, "Yun'er's outfit today finally looks as bright as you should at your age.

Although Ling'er can't wear these bright colors, she can always wear plain colors such as sky blue and aqua. "

Kong Ling'er lowered his head and said, "What the old lady said is that Ling'er didn't think carefully."

Mrs. Mu looked at her look and said with relief: "I don't mean anything else. It's just that at your age, although there are extenuating circumstances, it is always not good to dress too plainly."

Kong Ling'er lowered her head and answered softly: "Yes."

Chang Luoyun said with a smile: "It's all my fault. I'm only focusing on the porridge shed right now, but I forgot to make a few more clothes for Ling'er. When I get back, I'll go to the warehouse in person to select the materials to make a few more clothes for Ling'er. "

Mrs. Mu knew that she was afraid of embarrassing Kong Ling'er and deliberately interrupted her, so she just pretended not to know and followed her words: "I also have two pieces of good material there, both of which are plain in color, so I took them together."

Chang Luoyun agreed, and Kong Linger thanked him again.

Mrs. Mu sighed, turned to Chang Luoyun and said, "Where's Jing Yi, has he gone to court?"

"I went out early in the morning and said it was cold. I asked my mother to sleep a little longer and come back to say hello when she comes back."

"It's rare for him to have such filial piety, but at my age, I can't sleep for a while longer." Mrs. Mu smiled and handed her hand to Chang Luoyun.

Chang Luoyun helped her up, and Kong Linger also stood up and followed her outside.Yun Cai has already set breakfast on the table outside.Mrs. Mu sat down, Chang Luoyun sat next to Mrs. Mu, and Kong Linger sat down next to Chang Luoyun.

Mrs. Mu looked at the rice porridge and steamed buns on the table and said, "Jing Yi didn't even have a proper meal at home when he came back this time. Today he asked the kitchen to make a wine-stuffed eight-treasure duck."

Chang Luoyun smiled and said, "What a coincidence. When the Marquis went out today, he also told me that he wanted to have a good meal with my mother, and it would be best to make a duck stuffed with wine."

Mrs. Mu laughed and said, "Did Jing Yi really say that?"

"Is there still a day off?" Chang Luoyun took a steamed bun and handed it to Mrs. Mu, smiling and saying, "When I came here, I had already told the kitchen to go to the market to buy ducks early. The Marquis also said to come back early today."

Mrs. Mu smiled sadly, "The new emperor has ascended the throne. I'm afraid he will be busy for a while."

On that day, Mu Jingyi led the Black Armored Army to escort the prince back to Lindu, and the people in the court immediately divided into two factions.

The conservatives headed by Qin Guogong opposed the crown prince's ascension to the throne and believed that the top priority was to rescue the Holy Emperor from Xia Bing.

However, those who supported the crown prince believed that the country could not live without a king for a day, not to mention that the prince was originally the crown prince. At present, the people of Qi were in a state of chaos. If the new emperor did not ascend the throne, the country would probably be ruined.

The prince was very filial and had to wait for the emperor and empress to return before talking about his enthronement.

Mu Jingyi went to court on time every day, listening to the arguments of the ministers, but never said a word.

It was not until Duke Qin suggested that Lord Mu lead the Black Armored Army to rescue the emperor that Mu Jingyi said, "The rules of the Black Armored Army are that if you want to send troops, you must only obey the Holy Order."

The prince had just agreed to ascend the throne.

The day favored by Qin Tianjian is the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.Although the prince has repeatedly stated that the emperor and empress have not returned and everything should be kept simple, after all, it is a grand ceremony for enthronement and cannot be rash.

In the past few days, after the dynasty is over, the prince will also stay with Mu Jingyi to talk about the specific details of the enthronement ceremony.

Mrs. Mu chewed the steamed bun carefully and said, "It has been several days since the prince came back. Now that the Xia Kingdom has not sent an envoy over, maybe the queen and Prince Yongchang really rescued the emperor."

Chang Luoyun said: "There is also this possibility. After all, in these days, the Queen and Yongchang Hou Shizi should have arrived in the capital of Xia Kingdom. But now there is no movement in Xia Guo. There is only one possibility, that is, the emperor is no longer with them. In hand."

Kong Ling'er put down the porridge bowl and said, "If this is the case, God will bless me."

Mrs. Mu said: "This is the best. If the emperor and empress can come back safely, the country of Qi will have no worries for the time being."

After breakfast, Yun Cai came in with a smoking basin to smoke Mrs. Mu's legs.

When he was in Luoxia Mountain, Yu Lun specially prepared medicine for Mrs. Mu, and insisted on using medicine to smoke her legs in the morning and evening to relieve the pain. After a period of smoke, the effect was really good.

When Mrs. Mu saw Yun Cai carrying the incense basin into the dark room, she smiled and said, "You have been with me for a long time. I won't hold you back. You can go do your own thing."

Chang Luoyun and Kong Ling'er came out of Mrs. Mu's place with smiles. Kong Ling'er went back to the house on the pretext that the embroidered handkerchief was still almost finished.

Jade just came out after cleaning up the house. She met Kong Ling'er in the yard and said, "Girl, I happened to be going to pick you up. Why did you come back by yourself?"

Kong Linger said "hmm" and hurried into the house.

Jade looked at Kong Ling'er's reddish eyes and exclaimed, "Girl, you were fine when you went out just now. Why are you crying?"

Kong Ling'er didn't say anything, just walked to the bed and sat down, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

Jade walked up to her and said carefully: "Girl, don't be sad. I see that Mrs. Hou is really good to you. It's better for you to explain your thoughts directly to her than to go to the old lady. "

"What do you understand?" Kong Ling'er choked and said, "If she and I can talk it out, why would we bother to please the old lady?"

Jade felt sour in her heart and said, "Girl, please stop crying, you're worried that your eyes will be damaged by crying."

Kong Ling'er thought about Mrs. Mu's mild dissatisfaction today and became even more sad, "I am an unlucky person now. I am living under someone else's roof. Why am I afraid of hurting my eyes?"

Jade said: "Miss, you just worry too much. I think Mr. Hou is also very gentle to girls. If you go to see Mrs. Hou again?"

"Shut up." Kong Ling'er's tearful eyes were filled with anger, "Don't say such stupid words again in the future."

She held the handkerchief tightly against her chest, and there was an abnormal blush on her face after crying, "If she had this heart, she would have known what I was thinking, and since she didn't say it, she just didn't want to. "

"People say that it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to provide help when the time is right. I am like this now. I can't count on anyone except myself." Kong Ling'er gritted her teeth and looked at her open hands, "Since God wants to send me here, I will definitely fight for what I want.”

(End of this chapter)