Chapter 121
When Su Qingyuan woke up, the morning light outside the window was dim and the wind was strong.

Danyue heard movement outside, and ran in with a happy face: "Niang Niang, you're awake!"

Su Qingyuan frowned: "Why did I come back? Father retired?"

Danyue sneered and said: "He's not stupid, tens of thousands of Jinwu guards almost died completely, if he doesn't retreat, why don't he stay and wait for death?"

"How?" Su Qingyuan was a little puzzled.

Father is a veteran who has led the army all his life, even if he has no ability to attack the water pavilion in a hurry, the loss will not be so heavy!What method did Lu Li use?
"Where's Lu Li?" She hurriedly propped herself up and sat up.

The headache felt like it was going to explode, and the stomach was burning, which was very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the child is still there.

Danyue said calmly: "He is either in the Chaogan Hall or the Imperial Study Room these few days, and he is probably in the Chaogan Hall at this hour."

"A few days?" Su Qingyuan was confused.

Danyue frowned: "So you don't know? Today is the fourth day of the lunar new year."

Su Qingyuan was stunned: "The fourth day? So..."

"Well, you slept for two days and three nights. If Doctor Yu hadn't patted his chest and said that you would be fine, we would almost have ordered the Inner Court Secretary to prepare plain clothes and white flags." Danyue said seriously with a straight face.

Su Qingyuan smiled with a "chi" and felt much better.

Danyue deliberately made fun of her, which showed that the situation outside was still under control.

However, after so long, she was still worried.

Luoxia brought a few young maids to carry ginseng soup and various porridge and side dishes, and set up a table full, and then carried the table to the bed for her.

Su Qingyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What are you doing? Put a dozen kinds of porridge on a table, showing off your skills?"

Luoxia lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The imperial doctor said that the lady has not eaten for a few days. After waking up, she must feel uncomfortable in her stomach, but her appetite may not be good. So the servants are thinking of doing more, and there is always one that is yours. love to eat."

"But how do you know that I will wake up this morning?" Su Qingyuan asked suspiciously.

Luoxia pursed the corners of her lips, her face flushed slightly.

Danyue clapped her hands and laughed: "We can't predict the future, who knows when you will wake up? Luoxia and the others go to the kitchen to make porridge when they have time, and put it on the stove to warm it when it gets cold. Wen collapses without seeing you wake up for a long time Redo—I don’t know how many good things have been wasted these days!”

Su Qingyuan took Luoxia's hand, and shook it firmly: "I am self-willed, and I have caused you to worry about it, how can I feel sorry for it?"

Luoxia picked out a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup, and brought it to Su Qingyuan's mouth with a small spoon: "Your Majesty, please don't say that you are self-willed. That night you broke the trap of that temptress by yourself and saved the whole world. The servants are watching the situation with their eyes! You have worked so hard for the emperor, even if the servants are exhausted for you, they will be willing."

Su Qingyuan took two mouthfuls of porridge, raised her head and rolled her eyes: "I'm being polite to you, but you're acting hypocritical! It's just cooking porridge, why are you exhausted?"

Luoxia laughed embarrassedly.

Su Qingyuan finally drank half a bowl of porridge, and her stomach felt so uncomfortable that she stopped eating.

Luo Xia was busy calling for Doctor Yu to come, but Su Qingyuan took her hand: "Tell me first, what happened these two days? How is Lu Li's current situation?"

Luoxia asked someone to remove the table, and sat down by the bed: "That night, the rebels failed to break into the waterside pavilion, and withdrew at dawn. The emperor had already ambushed troops outside the palace, and Master Xue led the golden armored guards Chased and intercepted, killed the rebels' personal soldiers and Jinwu guards..."

"Master Xue? Xue Li?" Su Qingyuan frowned and asked.

Luo Xia nodded: "Actually, Lord Xue and the others were only released after being imprisoned for a day or two. The emperor secretly arranged for them to lead troops outside, and what they were prepared for was the day when Su Yi rebelled!"

This was the expected answer, Su Qingyuan nodded.

Seeing this, Luoxia continued: "The rebels escaped from the city and joined up with the trusted iron armored soldiers - at that time, the chief commander had led tens of thousands of horses to attack the iron armored army camp, killing about 5 to [-] people. Su Yi was furious, and immediately led the army back to counterattack. Fortunately, the cavalry led by Da Sima ran fast, and came back to the city and closed the gate, saying that he would not go out to fight, and the city gate is still exhausted right now!"

Su Qingyuan was thrilled to hear it, and asked again after a long time: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?"

Luo Xia hesitated for a moment, then said sadly: "Including the original guards, there are about 8 to [-] people."

Su Qingyuan clenched the quilt tightly, and said sadly: "However, even if the Iron Armored Army suffered heavy losses, it may still be far more than 20 now! This is not counting the other forces that my father wooed..."

"The emperor will find a solution, so don't bother your empress." Luoxia persuaded in a low voice.

Su Qingyuan knew from her expression that the current situation was not optimistic.

Think about it too.With soldiers approaching the city, and with such a disparity in power, who can be optimistic?Seeing that Su Qingyuan seemed a little depressed, Luoxia hurriedly comforted her: "The emperor's hole card has not yet been revealed, we must still have a way. Now that the envoys of Xiliang and Beiyan are in the capital, the kings of the two countries will never I will sit back and watch the capital fall..."

Su Qingyuan's face immediately turned ugly: "What I'm afraid of is that the two countries will interfere! The iron armored army is our South Vietnamese soldiers. Even if they rebel, they won't kill innocent people too much. If they are handled well, there is even a possibility of surrender. ; But if the troops of Xiliang and Beiyan come in, Nanyue will be completely finished!"

Luoxia's face changed greatly upon hearing this.

Su Qingyuan suddenly felt her heart "pounding" wildly, and there was a sudden ringing in her ears.

She quickly supported her head and fell on the pillow.

"Your Majesty—" the girls were terrified.

When Su Qingyuan heard the movement, she shook her head with difficulty: "I'm fine."

Luo Xia hurriedly squatted down beside the bed, and said anxiously: "Your servant, please send someone to remind the emperor, empress, please don't bother..."

Su Qingyuan nodded, then forced a smile and said, "Lu Li must have thought of this long ago. The situation has been so chaotic these past few months, it is impossible for him not to pay attention to the guards at the border... If he can't even think of this, the emperor won't have to worry about it." Done!"

Luo Xia hurriedly laughed and said: "Exactly, the emperor specially summoned Concubine Liang yesterday, it must be because General Yue is guarding the northwest. As long as the guards can hold out for a month or two, we can Stabilize the situation yourself!"

"Concubine Liang..." Su Qingyuan murmured in a low voice, feeling very uncomfortable in her heart.

Luoxia knew that she was talking too much, so she hurriedly changed the subject and said, "There are [-] to [-] guards in Luoyun City, and they should be able to transfer over in ten days or so. Besides, we also have vassals, Those kings each have their princes and princesses in Beijing, so it is impossible to sit idly by..."

"Is there any news about Princess Mingyue?" Su Qingyuan interrupted her.

Luoxia hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly, "Should still be recuperating."

Su Qingyuan sat up again, and asked urgently: "Did Aunt Nian catch her? She knows the secrets of Miyagi's underground, if she is allowed to escape, the consequences will be disastrous! And Princess Jingmin—Jingmin's heart is not bad, But now she is controlled by Aunt Nian, who knows what she will do..."

The more she talked, the paler her face became, and sweat began to ooze from her forehead.

Luoxia hurriedly pressed her hand, and said anxiously: "The emperor has already thought of it, so don't worry about it! It's like this now, if you get tired again, what will you ask the emperor to do?"

Su Qingyuan sat in a daze for a long time, and finally sighed hoarsely: "I won't ask any more."

Luoxia nodded again and again, and comforted her: "Nowadays, all the officials in the court are very respectful to the emperor, and they compete to offer advice every day in the court; most of the people in the capital also believed what the empress said, so the emperor's situation is actually better. A lot. All we need now is time—the Iron Armored Army will come in one day later, and our chances of winning will be one more point!"

"Really?" Su Qingyuan's eyes lit up.

Luoxia smiled and nodded heavily.

After sitting for a while, Su Qingyuan became a little tired again, so she leaned on the edge of the bed and lay down again.

Luoxia hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, let's rest for a while, this servant will go down and ask someone to prepare cakes."

Su Qingyuan closed her eyes and said, "Tell people to follow Lu Li. One person counts the short and the other counts the long. Now he has a lot of things at hand. I'm afraid that when there are inevitable omissions, you should help him with everything. It is good."

Luoxia repeatedly agreed, and retreated with the little girls.

Su Qingyuan was very sleepy, but now she couldn't sleep.There seemed to be something sharp inside the skull, and it hurt so badly.

She knew that this was due to the exhaustion of her mental energy that night.This is also equivalent to suffering a moderate injury, but I don't know when it will heal.

Now is the time when Lu Li needs someone the most, but she can't help him anymore.

There must be a lot of useful information hidden in those miscellaneous things, but she couldn't help him sort them out...

This feeling of helplessness is really uncomfortable!

When he woke up again, it was already dark.

Su Qingyuan felt that her head seemed to relax a lot, so she sat up with her body propped up.

This time, Imperial Physician Yu was actually there.

Seeing Su Qingyuan waking up, Imperial Physician Yu smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really blessed, and she woke up in three days after suffering such a serious injury."

"Is three days less?" Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes at him.

Imperial Physician Yu smiled: "Your Majesty's temperament is just too strong. If it were someone else, she would absolutely refuse to sit up right now."

Su Qingyuan sighed: "If you lie down for a long time, you will die - what are you still doing here with me?"

Imperial Physician Yu said with a smile: "Wei Chen brought the medicine to the empress, and I have a few words to say to the empress. If I ask someone else to convey it, I am afraid that the empress will ignore it again."

Su Qingyuan couldn't help but give him another look: "You are going too far now, even I will be under your control?"

Imperial Physician Yu held her head high, without fear at all: "This is the emperor's order, if your empress is not convinced, why not go to the emperor to reason!"

Su Qingyuan was lost.

She knew it was Lu Li who was behind it!
Tong Yun watched the excitement from the side, and said with a smile: "This time at Shuixie, Imperial Physician Yu has made great contributions, and it is too late for the emperor to reward him! Your Majesty is going to sue the emperor for imperial physician Yu, I'm afraid she won't be able to sue!"

Su Qingyuan was not happy: "Physician Yu has made great contributions, so don't I?"

Tong Yun didn't know how to answer, so he could only giggle aside.

Luoxia came in and said with a smile: "Of course, your empress has made great contributions. It's just that you and the emperor are a family, and the emperor must first reward Imperial Physician Yu first."

"Reward Imperial Physician Yu first, and then forget to reward me!" Su Qingyuan said angrily.

Luoxia didn't know what to say, so she could only smile beside her.

Imperial Physician Yu shook his head, and sighed with a smile: "It seems that this humble minister is worrying too much. Your Majesty knows it well, and she probably won't take such a risk again."

Su Qingyuan straightened her face, lowered her eyes and said, "Don't worry, I still want my own life, and I won't easily smash your signboard."

Imperial Physician Yu smiled and got up to leave.

Su Qingyuan suddenly stopped him: "That day Lu Li's palm seemed to be bleeding, did you give him any medicine?"

Imperial Physician Yu shook his head blankly.

Luo Xia hurriedly smiled and said: "The emperor has medicine at his place, and the servants will apply it for him when he has free time."

Su Qingyuan didn't say any more when she heard the words.

After finally drinking medicine and eating some food, it was already completely dark.

Lu Li hasn't come yet.

Su Qingyuan wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask.

On the contrary, Luoxia saw her thoughts, and took the initiative to explain to her: "The emperor is too busy these two days, and he only has time to visit you at night, so you should go to bed first."

Su Qingyuan had no choice but to lie down, but couldn't fall asleep.

Luoxia had no choice but to explain to her again: "Early this morning, the servants told the emperor everything you said. The emperor is very happy to know that you are awake. He knows all those things in his heart, so you don't need to worry about them."

Su Qingyuan nodded, and said with a forced smile: "You all go down and rest too. I probably slept too much in the past two days, so you don't have to worry about me."

Tong Yun smiled and said: "The little prince has been arguing for the past two days to sleep with the empress. If the empress can't sleep, why don't you ask him to be your companion?"

Su Qingyuan narrowed her eyes, and smiled a bit wickedly: "Isn't that good? You are his wife, and if he wants to sleep, he sleeps with you. How can there be any reason to sleep with me?"

Tong Yun blushed, stomped her feet and said, "My lord is just a kid talking nonsense, why don't you--"

Seeing her embarrassed and flustered look, Su Qingyuan couldn't help patting the pillow and laughing.

Lu Li walked in quickly, and when he heard the laughter, a smile spread across his face.

Seeing him, Su Qingyuan was stunned for a moment: "Didn't the girl say that you are very busy?"

"No matter how busy I am, I will come to see you." Lu Li sat down by the bed and held her hand.

Luoxia hurriedly waved to the little girls, and they all retreated.

Su Qingyuan stood up and rubbed against Lu Li's arms, "I thought you couldn't care about me anymore."

Lu Li reached out his hand to touch her forehead and said with a smile, "It's not that serious. The current situation is even better than I originally imagined."

Su Qingyuan was skeptical.

Lu Li took off his boots and lay down on the edge of the bed: "Yuan, you don't have to think about anything. For the rest of the day, you just need to care for your baby—I assure you, when our baby falls to the ground, he will see It must be a stable and peaceful South Vietnam."

"Within three months, are you sure you can handle this situation?" Su Qingyuan was a little surprised.

Lu Li reached out and rubbed her stomach, and smiled slightly: "It's pretty sure."

Su Qingyuan narrowed her eyes and looked at him for a while, then smiled: "You seldom brag."

Lu Li's smile froze for a moment.

Su Qingyuan grinned, "So I'll just trust you once!"

"Naughty!" Lu Li laughed again.

Su Qingyuan took advantage of the opportunity to rub against his arms, and asked again: "Will you come to my place, won't you delay the business?"

"Coming to your place is the most important thing." Lu Li said without hesitation.

Su Qingyuan slapped him on the chest casually.

Lu Li had no choice but to hug her, and said with a smile, "Of course I came here after finishing my business. The people raised by the imperial court are not fools, and they don't dare to do their best at this moment, so I don't need to do everything myself. "

Su Qingyuan nodded: "So you accompany them every day just to make them believe that your licentiousness and ignorance of government affairs before were all fake!"

"A Yuan is the smartest." Lu Li rubbed her head approvingly.

Su Qingyuan glared at him dissatisfied, but she was happy in her heart.

"Go to sleep." Lu Li helped Su Qingyuan tuck up the quilt, and said softly.

Su Qingyuan closed her eyes obediently, and then opened them again: "Why don't you take off your clothes? You still have to go?"

Lu Li hugged her together with the quilt, and said softly, "I'll wait until you fall asleep before leaving."

"What else do you need?" Su Qingyuan felt that she couldn't sleep anymore.

Seeing that she seemed to get up, Lu Li hurriedly pressed her shoulders, and said anxiously, "There's nothing else, but I have to go to court tomorrow morning. I'm afraid I'll disturb you, so I have to go back to the Yangju Hall to sleep."

After hearing this, Su Qingyuan frowned and thought about it for a long time.

Brain hurts again.

Lu Li hugged her tightly, and said urgently, "Stop thinking about it—if you want me to stay, I will stay!"

"Let's go." Su Qingyuan forced a smile.

Lu Li frowned, sat up and began to undress, "Forget it, I'll stay with you here."

Su Qingyuan sat up and pressed his hand: "You don't have to accommodate me. You must have your reasons for choosing to go back... Now that I am a month old, I don't sleep well at night, I'm afraid it will disturb you instead. You go."

Lu Li hesitated, and left if he refused.

Su Qingyuan squeezed out a smile at him: "Let's go! If you don't go, I will always think that you are going to go, so I won't be able to sleep."

Lu Li thought about it carefully, and felt that what she said seemed reasonable.

But thinking about it again, he felt that she seemed to be angry.

He couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he was even more afraid to go, so he simply lay down again.

Su Qingyuan frowned and stared at Lu Li for a while, then murmured, "Your concerns are right. Now the witchcraft of the servants in the palace has been solved, and they have returned to the previous state of being crowded; In addition, the current situation is changing rapidly, and even the slightest disturbance will be widely spread... In this cusp, you can no longer be caught by others, so avoiding suspicion is the best choice. In the future, don't come to see me at night, Ye If you walk a long way, it's hard not to run into ghosts."

"A Yuan, are you going to lose sight of me in a fit of anger?" Lu Li asked distressedly.

Su Qingyuan shook her head: "If you want to see me, just come during the daytime. It's better not to do such sneaky things in the near future."

Lu Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Your concerns are reasonable. After what happened with Aunt Nian, these so-called 'confidants' may not be completely trustworthy now, we'd better be careful."

Su Qingyuan smiled at him and said, "So, let's go!"

Lu Li was still hesitating, so Su Qingyuan straightened her face: "You are the one who wants to leave, and you are the one who refuses to leave. You are such a big man, you don't even know if you want to leave, right?"

Lu Li thought for a long time, and finally picked up his clothes and put them on again: "I'll come and see you tomorrow."

Su Qingyuan didn't speak.

Lu Li helped her to lie down, covered her with the quilt, and said, "If you feel unwell, remember to call someone to tell the doctor at any time. Now you can't worry about your brain, let alone get angry, so..."

Su Qingyuan immediately answered for him: "So I don't listen to anything, I don't ask anything, I don't think about anything, I promise I won't even step out of the door—don't worry!"

Lu Li lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, then turned and walked out.

Su Qingyuan watched him leave, heard the footsteps walking away, and finally collapsed.

Obviously, Lu Li had something to hide from her.

And it won't be a trivial matter.

Wars are generally fought during the day, and even if there is a night attack, the generals defending the city will adapt accordingly, so that Lu Li will not be informed of even the slightest disturbance.

As for other things, it is even more impossible to happen in the middle of the night, and it is impossible for a person who is an emperor to not even have a peaceful sleep!

What is it?
Could it be that something has changed tonight?Are the servants in the palace preparing to make trouble?
Or is it because he foresaw a night attack at the city gate, and he planned to visit the city tower in person?

Or, is there some important person who must come to see him late at night?
Lu Liming knew that she had become suspicious. If it was an ordinary matter, how could he deliberately hide it from her and let her think wildly?
Of course, there is another possibility that Su Qingyuan doesn't even want to think about.

In the palace, Princess Jingmin is from the Baili family of Xiliang, Cheng Ruoshui is the daughter of Duke Ding, Concubine Liang is the daughter of Jing Zhaoyin, niece of General Yue, and Concubine Shen Gui...

Behind every woman is the power of a big family.

For Lu Li now, the help from the family is what he desperately needs.And the calmness of Xiliang and Beiyan is the key to him successfully getting through this difficulty.

So, at such a critical time, is it possible for him to choose a shortcut for himself?
There was a bang in the ear again.

Su Qingyuan pressed her temples hard twice, gritted her teeth and endured.

But a self-pity came out unexpectedly in my heart: Every woman in the palace has a prominent background, only her is different.

She is the daughter of the Rebel.

Now the situation is not clear, everything is easy to manage.

But what about the future?
How much room can a rebel's daughter have in the palace?
The more Su Qingyuan thought about it, the more anxious she felt, but she couldn't think about it.

Some messy thoughts kept flashing in my mind, flying around like arrows on the battlefield.

She wanted to grab something, but couldn't.There was only the sound of piercing through the air and sharp stabbing pains, attacking her from all directions.

"Can you stop thinking about it..." Su Qingyuan gritted her teeth, cursing this worthless self in a low voice.

At this time, the door opened with a "ah--".

Su Qingyuan thought it was Luoxia and the others who came in, but she heard a sneer from outside the screen: "Is it uncomfortable to stay alone in an empty room? Do you want to know where he went?"

(End of this chapter)

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