Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 53 Chapter 1 Dust
The beaded curtain inside the bedroom trembled. As soon as Ning Fu stepped in, a snow blade was stabbed at the side of his neck. He paused and looked forward. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a plain-faced palace maid standing with a sword.

"If you take one more step forward, you will be killed." Dashuang shouted coldly.

Ling Qiong was leaning on a pillow in the bed tent in front of her. There were swaddling clothes placed on the edge of the bed. She patted them lightly with her hand. She roughly tidied up the room. The doors and windows were closed tightly. The smell of blood penetrated her nose before it had time to dissipate. Coolness.

Ling Qiong raised her face slightly and glanced at him.

Ning Fu saw this and said, "My lord..."

"There's no need to introduce yourself." Ling Qiong interrupted him, and finally she was willing to square her face and look at him, "I recognize you, the former prince of the Jin Dynasty, Nanningfu."

Ning Fu put down his hand that was unable to hold a bow, and looked at her with a smile on his face, but he should not agree with her.

Ling Qiong smiled low, with a graceful posture, and said casually: "Xie Lu hijacked the Queen Mother to issue an edict to depose the emperor, and the Xie family assisted you in ascending the throne in the name of supporting orthodoxy. You have made a good plan. It's just a pity. I disappoint you.”

After she finished speaking, she took out a yellow paper scroll with silk and silver dragons flying from under the quilt. She smiled at Ning Fu and said, "Do you know what this is?"

Ning Fu replied: "Imperial decree."

Ling Qiong grabbed one end and displayed the imperial edict in front of Ning Fu: "No, it's the edict of succession left by Emperor Gong'an of the former Jin Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, Ning Fu's warm and jade eyes, like green bamboo and bright moon, condensed slightly, staring at the edict, as if to distinguish the true from the false.

Ling Qiong asked with a smile: "Did you see it clearly? It is clearly written in the edict, 'There are no children, and the precedent has been changed. The successor of the Southern Jin Dynasty must be born by Princess Huaibi, and the minister of Jin in the court will be the assistant chief." The princess watches the government from the sidelines."

"You..." Ning Fu, such a smart person, reacted instantly and was involuntarily startled. There was a trace of mixed emotions that was difficult to identify in his suspicious eyes, "You are the eldest princess? Then why did you..."

The candles in the room are peeling, wax oil is dripping, and the room is dimly glowing.

"Why?" Ling Qiong sneered, "Don't you know best? Don't say you don't know what your adoptive mother, Mrs. Ning Er, wanted to do when she recognized me? How did your married wife die? Don't tell me you Nothing."

Ning Fu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and there was pain in his eyes. Every word that came out of her mouth seemed to turn into a hammer driving nails into his heart. Her cold eyes turned into a net, catching up all the bad things that had happened in the past and throwing them all at him, and she confronted him sternly. He didn't do those things, but he didn't stop him either. He took all the benefits and pretended to be innocent. All his past cowardly behaviors were exposed and she looked down on him.

"What? You failed to hold me hostage, and now you're here to eradicate it?" Ling Qiong threw down the edict, "Come on, don't you want to restore the country? Take the edict, tamper with it, or burn it clean." , kill my flesh and blood, and then kill me, it’s up to you! But you have to think about it. When the Xie family failed to protect their father, the emperor, and their mother due to the power of Emperor Wu of Zhou, don’t even think that they can protect you in the future! Xie Lu today If you dare to depose the emperor, I will kick you out tomorrow!

Ling Qiong didn't care about his devastation at all, and said loudly: "Nan Ningfu, you will never be that oriole, because your life is not yours at all. A person who can't even control his own life, How can you control the life and death of others?"

The words were sharp and hit the vital point. Ning Fu clutched his violently churning chest, and his internal organs were painful. He was in so much pain that he couldn't hold on, and he staggered back, making a tinkling sound on the beaded curtain.

Xie Lu led a group of ministers to the palace of Concubine Qiong, and saw Si Yunye coming through the court with a group of senior ministers. The atmosphere instantly became cold.

The two parties met, looked at each other coldly, and at the moment when their swords were at war, a chamberlain hurried over and shouted: "My lords, Concubine Qiong gave birth to her son safely!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Lu frowned.

Didn't Ning Fu lead the troops to deal with Concubine Qiong? Hundreds of soldiers can't handle a woman in labor? How come she gave birth to a dragon child safely? !
What happened to Ning Fu when Concubine Qiong gave birth to Longzi? !
What did Si Yunye, an old man, do behind the scenes? !

Xie Lu had a lot of guesses in his heart, but Si Yunye was so polite that he didn't even ask why they led the troops into the harem in the early morning. He politely stepped aside and pointed his hand inward, "Shall we go over there and take a look?"

Everyone stepped into the imperial concubine's chamber, and a pale-faced Ning Fu sat at the table outside. He looked at the edict spread out on the table with a flat expression, as if the dust had settled and he had no desire or desire.

The ministers pushed and squeezed in to read the imperial edict.

It is an edict, rather it is an edict accusing Emperor Wu of Zhou of plotting to usurp the throne. The conditions are listed in detail.

Xie Lu glanced at Si Yunye, who was stroking his beard and smiling. How could he not know that he had exhausted all his skills but made a wedding dress for someone else? He was so angry that he shook his sleeves vigorously and left without looking back.

Old fox! It's easier for him!

When I woke up, the sky was still the same, but the master in the palace changed overnight.

At the gate of the palace, an official copy of the edict of Emperor Gong'an, the last emperor of the former Jin Dynasty, was posted. The letter stated that Emperor Wu of Zhou had usurped the Southern Jin Dynasty, ordered people to kill the eldest princess, and wanted to poison the emperor and the empress. The fact is that it is said that the princess is the parent and son of Princess Huaibi.

The previous emperor, Lin Yiheng, was placed under house arrest. None of the concubines in the palace were spared. Most of the ministers in the court were arrested by the Imperial Guards. The death row was filled with people.

In October, the young emperor Nanning Yan succeeded to the throne and restored the country to Jin.

In mid-October, the young emperor issued an order to recruit talented people, and Prime Minister Si Yunye made an exception by recommending those who were ill to become officials.

After everything had settled, Ling Dang looked at the eaves bells under the eaves of the corridor. The wind was strong in autumn, and the wind jingled the bells.

The plot in the southern country has basically changed beyond recognition. Ling Qiong has become the queen mother in charge of power, and the illness has been by her side to guide the country. Ling Feng will not be framed and killed by those in power when he is fighting abroad.

Ling Jing did not return to the Zhu family, and Wuxuan King Lin Yilong and Zhu Luoying became a pair of quarrelsome enemies. The Zhu family wanted to see Ling Jing, but could not. Ling Jing gave birth to a second child and did not see them at all.

The plot in the next book should be about the envoys from the Northern Territory coming to recognize Ling Huai and return to the Northern Territory. The envoy has arrived, and the terms of the peace negotiation are to take Ling Huai away and sign an agreement that they will not fight for a hundred years.

On the eve of Ling Huai's departure, Ling Dang said to him: "I want to go back to my ancestral home."

Ling Huai said: "Give me five years, five years at most. I will come back when the five years are up."

"Okay." Ling Dang nodded in agreement. As soon as he left, she approached her grandfather Si Yunye and directly stated that she wanted to go back to Shangfucheng.

Si Yunye asked: "Why do you want to go to the ancestral home suddenly?"

Ling Dang said: "I just want to go back and have a look."

This is an excuse.

She would not tell anyone that she had a dream recently, which gave her an immersive sense of reality.

That dream was completely contrary to reality. When they were fleeing in Quzhen, Jichang, there was war and plague. They followed the refugees to gather outside the city. Ling Qiong followed Master Xu out to explore the road, and brought back some food to fill her stomach. Unexpectedly, officers and soldiers came to drive them away with guns. Ling Jing and a few children fled in a hurry, following the flow of people towards the path.

They had neither money nor food, so Ling Qiong and Master Xu probably couldn't find them, so Ling Jing had no choice but to entrust the care of their four children to the refugees who were fleeing together.

"Third sister, please take me with you." Ling Huai was worried about Ling Jing going out alone. Ling Jing couldn't resist him, so she had to take him out to look for food and look for the lost Ling Qiong and Master Xu.

The trouble lies here. All the older ones were gone, leaving only her, Ling Cen, and Xiao Qi Ling'an, who was only a few months old.

The couple who helped take care of the three children coaxed the three of them out and handed them over to the dealer.

The dealer blindfolded her and Ling Cen and took her and Ling Cen to the wilderness. They were locked in a cage in a dark room. There were three people in each cage. Each of them was given a bowl of water and a black steamed bun a day, and they were padded in the stomach to prevent them from eating. Starving to death, not having enough to eat and no strength to escape.

Ling Dang gave half of the black bun in his hand to Ling Cen, "You eat."

"Fourth sister, I'm not hungry yet..."

Lingdang pressed on regardless.

Ling Cen couldn't refuse at all. If she didn't accept it, Ling Dang would really throw the black steamed buns to the other side. The children in the cage opposite were fighting over each other till their heads were broken, but she said: "It's just right, I can't finish it either." , give it to them.”

Since being imprisoned, Lingdang has always shared food like this, and whispered: "I remembered the way when I came here. We secretly hide some buns every day, and we will always find a chance to escape. Until then, we will rely on this Order food and run away.”

After being imprisoned for more than a month, Ling Dang had already tied up Ling An on his back when the dealer moved them, pulled off the blindfold, and then dragged Ling Cen to the foot of the mountain.

Ling Dang was exhausted and couldn't get up after falling to the ground while running. She handed Ling An to Ling Cen and told him to run quickly. In order to buy Ling Cen time to escape, she used herself as bait to attract the trafficker and pointed him to a completely different path.

Not surprisingly, she was caught and beaten severely.

Several bones in her body were broken at that time, and she lay there in a daze for an unknown length of time. When she woke up again, she had arrived at a flower house in the Northern Territory that was engaged in the flesh business.

During this period, Ling Dang always thought that he was going to die, but he was always grabbed by his hair and force-fed into his mouth. He was left hanging until he was bought by the madam in the building and became a maid in the building.

Ling Dang was actually very grateful to the three dealers for beating her so badly that her face was bruised and bruised, which made the madam disdain her unsightly appearance and dislike her appearance, so he ordered her to boil hot water in the backyard for the girls in the building. Wash your body after receiving guests.

After staying in the building for ten years, I was used to seeing people coming and going, wine and money, and the madam was good at running the business. He made a small and inconspicuous building bigger, turned it into a cornice, and became a magnificent capital at the foot of the emperor of the Northern Territory. The Furong Pinjin Cave is one of the best.

What remains unchanged is that she spends her days lighting fires around the boiler at night and living in a cramped utility room during the day.

On the day I met Ling Huai, as usual, the sun was hidden in the west mountains. In front of the lights in the building, the servants in the building, men, women, old and young, crowded into the private courtyard to eat. Once I arrive late and encounter early visitors in the building, the girls open the door to do business, and the housekeeper will come from behind to help them get busy.

Ling Dang hurriedly grabbed two mouthfuls of rice, neatly hid two multi-grain steamed buns, and squeezed into the busy flow of people back to the boiler room. She chopped wood to make the fire and put out water. It was all her job alone.

When I was tired, I would take two bites of steamed buns and drink a large amount of water to satisfy my hunger. Sometimes I would throw a few potatoes, sweet potatoes or soybeans into the stove to bake, and they would be cooked in a short time.

So during those years, in addition to the heavy workload at the beginning, she was still young, and if she couldn't do anything good, she would be picked up and beaten by the housekeeper, and starved several times. After a long time on her birthday, she got used to it, and she couldn't do it. Practice makes perfect, so she has free time to sneak around, make some food to fill her stomach with the convenience of lighting a fire, and her life can be said to be comfortable and smooth.

Sometimes the building was too busy, and her grandma would ask her to help her carry a full bucket of water to the clean pool to fill it with hot water.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the young master from the palace is coming to the building today! Mr. Tianhuang! He is a noble man among the distinguished guests!" Grandma urged.

Tianhuang noble?

Ling Dang thought that now the Northern Qi Emperor only had one son. There seemed to be no other prince in the palace except the Emperor and Prince Qi Sang.

"The distinguished guest has already come upstairs when he asked Miss Pingting to play the piano. Why are you so clumsy?" Ling Dang hid behind a corner with her back. The madam pulled her and saw the expression on her face. The scarred Scar immediately pinched his brows, covered his nose tightly, and said in disgust to the steward, "Hey, where did you get this damn girl from? How can you be so virtuous! It's dirty my eyes!"

"That skinny girl who was lighting the fire in the pot room." The steward's grandma laughed along with her and nudged Ling Dang towards the back door along the corridor.

"How are Pingting's preparations?" Lingdang vaguely heard the Madam's voice, "Today, two Gods of Wealth came, both of them are masters of the palace. But I heard that the Emperor recently went to the South to find one. Prince, everyone praises Huainan Wang Zhilan Yushu for her beautiful appearance, but there is no one who knows her well in the house. Auntie, cheer up, don’t be so embarrassed. With your appearance and talent, you can really win over this new master. Son, didn’t you just pick up Princess Side, it’s not your fault…”

King Huainan...these three words came to Ling Dang's ears clearly, like thunder in the clear sky.

It's Linghuai.

He recognized his ancestor and returned to the Northern Territory.

Ever since I knew that Ling Huai had come to Hualou, he was so close, so how could Ling Dang still be in the mood to work?

All she wanted to do was to miss the opportunity and not come back again. She had to meet the King of Huainan today. After racking her brains to think of a solution, she finally used the excuse of having diarrhea and asked the servant who came to get water to help watch the fire. She chose another path and went straight to Miss Pingting's attic.

God had his way, and as soon as he touched the corner, he bumped into Ling Huai's bodyguard.

The feeling of the knife on his neck was uncomfortable, Ling Dang's heart was in his throat, and he looked straight ahead with fear. Only then did she realize that at this corner, apart from the guard who was threatening her with a horizontal sword, there was only Ling Huai who was protected by the guard.

There were only the three of them and no one else. It could be said that they were in the right place at the right time and the right people. Ling Dang immediately opened his mouth and said, "Ah Huai, I am Ling Dang, fourth sister."

Afterwards, Ling Dang was especially grateful that he was scared out of his wits. He was thinking about recognizing each other, and ignored the way Ling Huai looked at her at that time. It was as calm as looking at a dead thing.

"Fourth sister?" Ling Huai's eyes were slightly tangled, but still cold, but he stood firmly on the spot without moving at all.

However, the guard quickly took action and swiped some water stains on Ling Dang's face. Then, the guard aimed his palm at her face and rubbed it, smoothing away the scars and pimples on her face, revealing a colorful face. Color face plate.

The gorgeous face can't hide the gorgeous eyebrows and eye contours, and there is still a vague look of childhood.

"It's me." Ling Dang knew that her face had grown a bit more beautiful, and she was afraid that outsiders would see her and force her to be a flower house girl to receive guests, so she subconsciously covered her face and whispered back to him.

Immediately, she heard footsteps on the corridor. Ling Dang was really afraid of being caught slacking and would be beaten and starved. She was even more afraid of being exposed. Her body instinct drove her to turn around and run away.

(End of this chapter)