Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 118 What's the matter with your stomach?

The dinner party is naturally very lively.

The newly built water pavilion in the Qingyin Pool Pavilion, the troupe and dancers that Lu Li personally selected are all extraordinary.

On such occasions, as usual, a few senior ministers would feel that "excessive expenditure is too much", but in such a good atmosphere like the New Year, no one was willing to say disappointing words.

Even better, the pedantic Dingguo Gong and the Chongzheng envoy who loves to challenge others are still in prison. Without the leader, no one will say those unpleasant things.

So in the waterside pavilion, a few flattering villains flattered and a few talented poets sang praises, the singing, dancing and feasting, the prosperous and prosperous scene became more real and three-dimensional.

Lu Li was very happy, and paid a lot of attention to those who flattered them with novelty and fun, and those who wrote poems that were more pleasing to the ear, and the voice of the eulogy became even louder.

That's how fools are made.

Su Qingyuan leaned on the soft couch, with soft pillows on her waist and thick blankets on her legs, how comfortable she was.

The singing and dancing are really beautiful, but she still can't cheer up.

Maybe it took too much effort in the afternoon.

Peach branches are boiled in water, the focus is not on the peach branches, nor on the water.

It was she who added something to the water with half-baked witchcraft to suppress the methods used by Aunt Nian.

As for whether she can hold it down, she has no idea in her heart.

That's all she can do.

Fortunately, judging from the performance of the youth palace servants, there should be some effect.At this moment, what Su Qingyuan is most worried about is Yanxi Palace and Yuxiu Palace - if there is any trouble at the dinner party, it is likely to be related to these two palaces.

Princess Jingmin has arrived, and she is as lively and lively as ever, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

Su Qingluan hasn't come yet.

Of course, she shouldn't have come.

Su Qingyuan looked at the dancers on the pool gracefully, but her mind was full of mundane things, so she couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Fortunately, few people noticed her at the moment.

By the time the wine was half drunk, the night was already dark.

Su Yi quietly got up and left the table, and the young eunuch followed immediately behind him.

Su Qingyuan saw it out of the corner of her eye, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said to Lu Li, "My father is out, is there something wrong?"

Lu Li didn't even turn his head: "He can't make any big trouble."

Su Qingyuan didn't feel relieved because of this.

After a dance, there was a little commotion at the door.

Su Qingyuan thought it was Su Yi who had come back, and looked up inadvertently, but she broke into a cold sweat from fright.

Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan is not scary, but she is scary when she appears in the water pavilion at this moment.

The team of guards sent to the Palace of Yanxi Palace, she personally saw that there was no problem, how could it be...

Su Qingluan walked over slowly, and when she arrived in front of Su Qingyuan, she didn't salute, but only smiled slightly: "Sister, didn't expect me to come, did you?"

"How are they?" Su Qingyuan asked sharply.

Su Qingluan smiled faintly: "Dead."

Su Qingyuan felt a chill in her heart.

Lu Li noticed something strange, and immediately stood up: "I remember you should still be grounded, who allowed you to come? Xiao Luzi, take her back!"

Su Qingluan raised her head high, without any usual humble and cowardly appearance: "The Spring Festival is celebrated everywhere. Does the emperor not even allow concubines to attend a dinner party? Are you taboo to see concubines, or are you afraid of some other people? s things?"

"Press it!" Lu Li waved his hand heavily.

"Who dares!" Su Qingluan stood upright, quite imposing.

Five or six young eunuchs surrounded him, but none of them dared to step forward.

Su Qingyuan hurriedly stopped the small path, and stretched out her hand to Su Qingyuan: "The emperor is just worried that your body will not be able to bear it, and it doesn't mean that you are not allowed to come. Since you are here, please sit down."

Su Qingluan walked over slowly.

Su Qingyuan pretended to grab her wrist inadvertently: "Come, sit here with me."

Su Qingluan hesitated for a moment, and really sat down.

Su Qingyuan lowered her voice, and whispered in her ear: "I know you came here for something, and I also know that I can't stop you today, but, Qingluan, for the sake of our brotherhood, I beg you Listen to me say a few words."

"Of course, for the sake of brotherhood, how dare a younger sister not listen to her 'last words'?" Su Qingluan smiled lightly, but what she said was creepy.

Su Qingyuan didn't even have time to be afraid.

She pretended to draw circles and bars on the back of Su Qingluan's hand inadvertently, and sighed: "Qingluan, I really didn't expect us to come to this point. I didn't have a mother since I was a child. My aunt took good care of me growing up, and I feel sorry for you, so why not just to repay Aunt Ruan's kindness... I always thought that our sisters could support each other until we grow old, but who knew... Sigh, how did my dearest relatives become like this?"

Su Qingluan was completely unmoved, and the smile on her lips was very cold: "Sister, it is useless for you to talk nonsense, time is limited, I advise you to choose the important ones to say!"

Su Qingyuan gritted her teeth: "Okay, I said it's important. Qingluan, if I want to kill you, I can do it every day before today, but I never thought of it. Even in the underground palace, I and I The child's life was almost in your hands, and I never wanted to kill you. It's not that I don't know that you have had a difficult time - when the child is born, you and I don't have to Acting, Lu Li and I will forgive all your mistakes, you are still the honorable Concubine Shu..."

The more she spoke, the lower her voice was, and the sweat dripped down her forehead one by one.

Tired, sore, exhausted.

What Aunt Nian used on Su Qingluan was not the ordinary soul-absorbing technique, but the most troublesome soul-controlling method among the secret arts.

No wonder Su Qingluan, who has always been cowardly, seems to be a different person today, even the aura of the whole person is different!

It can be said that Su Qingluan just now was almost as if Aunt Nian had come in person - most of her words and deeds were Aunt Nian's will!

Fortunately, that is no longer the case.

Seeing that Su Qingluan's gaze gradually turned from sharp to confused, Su Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly let go of her hand.

Although she already knows the secret arts well, but after all, she has only a short time to practice, and she has more energy than energy.

It was almost a failure.Fortunately, she finally won "a little bit".

Su Qingyuan collapsed on the soft couch, not wanting to say a word anymore.

Su Qingluan looked at her in confusion: "Sister? What's wrong with you, sister?"

Lu Li walked over quickly, but he didn't dare to get too close in front of everyone, so he could only support Su Qingyuan's hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Is the queen mother tired? How about asking the maids to take you back?"

Su Qingyuan shook her head slowly: "I'm a little tired, I'll be fine in a while, don't worry about me."

Looking at her pale face, Lu Li knew in his heart that things were definitely not as simple as "tired".

But Su Qingyuan's current state obviously cannot be easily helped out by one or two girls.If you move rashly, I'm afraid it will reveal your secrets.

So Lu Li could only suppress the worries in his heart and sat down again.

At this time, a little palace maid serving tea suddenly raised her head and let out a piercing laugh: "Your Majesty, who can you deceive yourself like this? Why does the queen mother get tired so easily? Do you really not know?" ?”

"Where did the lowly maid come from here to be presumptuous? Drag her out and slap her!" Cheng Ruoshui stood up and shouted sharply.

Xiaoluzi and the others saw that the situation was not good, they had already rushed forward.

Unexpectedly, the maid's strength was so great that she had time to break free from the eunuch's grasp, jumped neatly, and landed on the stage.

"Are you going to rebel? Bind me!" Lu Xin's heart jumped wildly, so he had to sternly order the guards and eunuchs to go up and arrest him.

At this time, the stage was brightly lit, but no one was singing, only a few musicians sat in a corner and fiddled with the strings.

The maid rushed straight to the center of the stage and shouted: "If you kill me today, will you be able to cover up your scandalous disobedience to human relations? That day in the Yande Palace of the imperial mausoleum, General Su had already exposed your incest and adultery. You cover up the past like a tongue; today the sky net is restored, but you can no longer cover it..."

Su Qingyuan forced herself to sit up straight, seeing the maid making a mess, she was powerless to do anything else.

The guards rushed up to the stage and hurriedly grabbed the maid's arm, but because she was struggling so hard, they couldn't cover her mouth for a while.

None of the generals present was Lu Li's confidant, and none of them came to help.

The guards were in a panic, and for a moment they couldn't think of directly knocking the maid unconscious.

Of course, they may not dare.

The maid had already said so much, if she was knocked out at this moment, it would almost be tantamount to admitting that there was something wrong in her heart!
"Yan'er, stop talking!" Su Qingluan stood up slowly, looking a little anxious.

The court lady had already been stepped on the ground, but she still raised her head hard and said sharply: "Concubine Shu, you have been hiding it for them for several months, and you have worked so hard to pretend to be a pregnant woman for several months, aren't you tired? Are you really willing to make wedding clothes for others? Your clothes are stuffed with pillows. Don’t you know that you are a slave? The current emperor does have a child, but whose belly is that child? Whoever sits and dare not get up, the truth will be clear at a glance..."

Having said that, finally a nimble eunuch stuffed the sweat towel into the maid's mouth.

The palace maid laughed "hehe" twice, but she didn't struggle any more.

In the water pavilion, civil and military officials, clan and royal family members, and envoys from various countries all turned their eyes to Lu Li and Su Qingyuan beside him.

The guards were escorting the maid to get off the stage, when the maid suddenly shook her shoulders, rushed out of the door, and dived into the pool.

"Take her! Don't tell her to run away!" The guards and eunuchs became flustered again.

Outside the water pavilion, on the bank of the pool, lights were lit up everywhere.All the guards and eunuchs held torches and looked for people everywhere.

Instead, it became strangely quiet in the water pavilion.

A low whimper sounded, which made people's hearts tighten.

It's Su Qingluan.

"Sister, I didn't teach that slave... I don't know anything!" Su Qingluan raised her head, crying like pear blossoms with rain.

Cheng Ruoshui walked over slowly, and said in a deep voice: "You should be punished for your evil words to confuse people! Your Majesty, if that slave is caught, he must not be forgiven lightly! Although my sister, Concubine Shu, didn't know about it, but the matter happened in Yan Palace of Jubilee, I am afraid my sister will not be able to escape the crime of 'laxity under the imperial court'!"

"It's not me..." Su Qingluan choked and defended in a low voice.

Princess Jingmin was so angry that she slapped the table and jumped up: "Who else could it be if it wasn't you? It was clearly ordered by you! I knew you were restless, and I don't want to see the emperor's brother! Are you going to die today? You're a coward, stand up and let's fight! We all know that your stomach is fake, why are you pretending to be weak? Do you really think you have a baby in your arms?"

She spoke very fast, and she finished speaking in one breath, before Lu Li realized that something was wrong with what she said.

Now, Lu Li was even more speechless.

He Zhengru, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward slowly: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine and the maid just said that the concubine's pregnancy is a fake. Check it out and find out the truth."

Lu Li clenched his fists and remained silent for a long time.

Su Qingyuan leaned on the soft couch and smiled wryly.

She was really too stupid.

She only knew that Aunt Nian controlled almost all the servants in the palace, but she never thought that it was just a cover-up.

Aunt Nian knows the secrets of the palace well, and when it comes to big things, she only needs to control a few people.

Su Qingluan, Princess Jingmin, plus a little maid.

You only need to throw a stone, and the pool of water will turn up a huge wave by itself!
"Your Majesty?" He Zhengru frowned and looked at Lu Li with burning eyes.

Princess Jingmin suddenly rushed in front of Su Qingluan, dragged her up from the chair, and stretched out her hand to pull her waist forcefully.

Cheng Ruoshui rushed forward to stop her, but Princess Jingmin was used to being wild, and she was very agile.

In the blink of an eye, a cloth bag slipped from Su Qingluan's waist and fell to the ground.

The high protruding belly immediately deflated.

Su Qingluan covered her face and burst into tears: "Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it..."

Su Qingyuan's face was already pale as paper, but there was no change at all.

She supported the back of the soft couch and slowly sat up straight, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Lu Li stared at Su Qingluan, gritted his teeth and asked angrily, "So, it's a lie that you're pregnant?"

"Your Majesty, are you really ignorant?" He Zhengru raised his head and suddenly became aggressive.

Lu Li glanced at him coldly: "Should I know?"

He Zhengru hesitated for a moment, but did not continue.

Su Qingyuan stood up slowly, and said in a hoarse voice: "He Shangshu, it is reasonable for you to care about the royal blood, but is it a bit presumptuous to interrogate the emperor in such an aggressive manner? A confused concubine pretending to be pregnant and competing for favor, and then With the addition of a court lady with ulterior motives pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, can you actually turn your majestic Minister of Rites into such a level and rampant?"

Minister of Rites hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Su Qingyuan, but the instinct of being a courtier to hide for the venerable made him realize that he should stop talking.

He has even begun to regret his rashness just now.

It's no use regretting it though.

The ministers had doubts in their hearts, even if he didn't ask, others would ask.

The waterside pavilion became quiet again, only Su Qingluan's low sobs and Princess Jingmin's stamping of her feet echoed lowly.

The officials were waiting for an answer, while Lu Li was waiting for a chance to save the situation.

After a stalemate for a while, no one could get what they wanted.

The Dingguo Duke who spoke his mind and was loyal to Lu Li in the court was not there, the General Su who wanted to trample Lu Li on his feet so that he would never recover was not there, no matter what happened to him, he wanted to get to the bottom of everything and never give up until he achieved his goal. Not there either.

Those present were all the people who were the best at protecting themselves. They were usually extremely rampant, but now they started shrinking their heads and pretending that they were soft-spoken.

Lu Li was very worried about Su Qingyuan's body, but he didn't even dare to look at her at this moment.

Su Qingyuan gritted her teeth, gesticulated a few times on her stomach indistinctly, and walked towards the crowd.

Seeing that she was barely standing still, Lu Li subconsciously wanted to reach out to help her, but Xiao Luzi hurriedly grabbed him.

At this time, a chuckle suddenly sounded among the envoys, and Qin Jiao stood up clapping his hands, "It's a good show, a good show! This is the first time we have seen such a scene in the barren land of Beiyan." It’s lively, I’ve learned a lot today! I’ve seen fake silks and satins, and fake money, but this is the first time I’ve seen a fake belly, it’s interesting, it’s interesting..."

Su Qingyuan walked over to him slowly, and forced herself to smile: "Everything in the world is illusory, truth is illusion, and illusion is truth. Not only can the stomach be fake, even this water pavilion, this song and dance, and even you People like me are really illusions, who can tell clearly?"

Listening to her voice, Qin Jiao gradually became a little dazed.

After a while, Qin Jiao smiled again: "Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager of Nanyue has a lot of experience in metaphysics. It's just that Xiao Wang is not interested in these false and real things. Xiao Wang just wants to know that the girl just said that the Nanyue Emperor has A child—in whose belly is that child?"

Su Qingyuan raised her head and looked around at the crowd, with a faint smile: "The lowly maid's nonsense, how can it be taken seriously? Except for the concubines, all the concubines have entered the palace for a short time, so how can it be so easy to have the blessing to conceive the emperor?" Are you an heir? You are all relatives of the emperor and pillars of the court, are you so easy to be led by the nose by slaves?"

When she said this, no one could refute it.

Qin Jiao didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, so of course he also had some ulterior motives; as for those clan relatives and courtiers in South Vietnam - they almost believed Su Yi's words in the Yande Palace that day, and now they were The little maid yelled for a while, and everyone already believed that the problem was Su Qingyuan.

In particular, Su Qingyuan didn't show up very often in the past few months, and even if she did, she often sat from the beginning to the end, and her waist was really bloated...

Everyone thought this way, but when their eyes fell on Su Qingyuan, they were puzzled again.

Although the empress dowager's figure was not slender, she could not be called "bloated", and it was completely different from what they had seen at the dust-cleaning banquet a few days ago.

Thinking about that day again, was the Queen Mother really bloated?
Obviously the ribbon on the waist is too wide, covering part of the waist...

The more people thought about it, the more they felt that perhaps they were really being overwhelmed.

After turning Su Qingyuan's suspicious eyes around, they moved to other places one after another.

Su Qingyuan supported Luoxia's hand, walked back slowly, and still sat down on the soft couch.

There was a stabbing pain in her waist and abdomen, and her cold sweat came down again.

God knows, a small blindfold has completely drained her little strength left!
She could only hide that moment, and if someone questioned her at this moment, she would be completely helpless.

Su Qingyuan leaned on the soft couch and closed her eyes.

Qin Jiao couldn't find anything interesting for a while, so he had to look away reluctantly.

At this time, Xiliang Baili Angju laughed again: "The Queen Mother of Nanyue is really a hero among women, Angju admires it!"

Su Qingyuan didn't have the energy to talk to him.

Lu Li glanced up, then sat back slowly, "A little farce made everyone laugh. It's a good night, everyone, let's watch the song and dance!"

At this time, a sneer suddenly came from outside the door: "Is the emperor planning to just muddle along like this after such a big incident happened?"

Lu Xin shuddered.

Su Qingyuan didn't even have the strength to "shock her heart".

She could only lean helplessly on the soft couch, thinking in despair: It's over.

It was Aunt Nian, Su Qingyuan's mother who came.

She was still in the usual court lady's attire, but when she walked over, her lotus steps were light and her youthful beauty attracted all eyes with ease.

This is the real power of the secret arts of the Wu Clan!
Su Qingyuan tried her best to raise her head and looked at her in a daze.

Aunt Nian came over, stood beside Su Qingyuan, and said with a low laugh: "Your talent is really good. I have already made the highest estimate of your ability, but I almost underestimated you."

Su Qingyuan just stared at her, without the strength to speak at all.

Aunt Nian leaned down and whispered in her ear: "I'll give you one last chance - just like your father told you last time, put all the blame on Lu Li, and I will protect you from death!"

Su Qingyuan slowly closed her eyes.

Aunt Nian suddenly grabbed her wrist: "Lu Li will surely die today, no matter how stubborn you are, it's just costing your own life, why bother?"

Su Qingyuan turned a deaf ear, slumped on the soft couch and continued to pretend to be dead.

Aunt Nian waited for a while, then slowly stood up straight.

The eunuchs, guards, and concubines present all knew that this woman should be arrested immediately, but they couldn't move. They could only watch her walk over and lean down to talk to Su Qingyuan.

From the very beginning, Lu Li wanted to go and stand in front of Su Qingyuan, but Princess Jingmin hugged his arm and refused to let go no matter what.When he finally got rid of Princess Jingmin, Aunt Nian had already arrived at Su Qingyuan's side, ready to strike at any time.

Lu Li didn't dare to touch the mouse.

Aunt Nian walked slowly to the front of the stage, and jumped up lightly: "Queen Nanyue, Su Qingyuan? You have learned the trick of blinding your eyes well, but it's a pity that you can't last long. At this moment, do you dare to stand up again and tell Man Chao Civil and military, tell the whole world—what happened to your stomach?"

(End of this chapter)