Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 137
Aunt Nian hurriedly ran to open the door again.

Standing at the door were still the original two soldiers.One of them unfolded a portrait and shook it: "Did you see this person?"

Su Qingyuan was startled, and subconsciously raised her hand to cover her face.

Aunt Nian hurriedly said with a smile: "Hey, whose family is this girl? She was born really fresh!"

The soldier sneered and said: "See clearly, this is a crime! If anyone covers her, it will be a serious crime that implicates the whole family, understand?"

Aunt Nian nodded and bowed, smiling almost obsequiously: "Understood! We are all responsible people. In this age, we absolutely dare not let strangers in. Officials, please rest assured!"

"You don't need to panic," the soldier put away the portrait, "If you see her, you will be sent to the government no matter whether you live or die, and you will be able to make a fortune, and you will have nothing to worry about for a few lifetimes!"

Aunt Nian acted submissively, saying "I dare not".

The soldier turned around and walked away with a cold snort, clasped the portrait in his hand and complained loudly: "I almost broke my leg, and I didn't even see a shadow! I don't know where this rich man will fall!" Whose head is going to go! According to me, since the above said 'life or death is irrelevant', we might as well go to the fence and find someone who looks similar and beat him to death and offer it up! Those who want to live are afraid of being exposed, and those who want to die are afraid of being exposed. easy……"

The two talked all the way, walking farther and farther.

Aunt Nian sighed, closed the door slowly and turned back, holding Su Qingyuan's hand.

Su Qingyuan narrowed her eyes and smiled: "I almost believed you."

Aunt Nian looked at her suspiciously: "Why?"

Su Qingyuan shook off her hand, turned and went back to the room.

She was really close to believing it, if the two soldiers hadn't come back to sing the play with superfluous extravagance.

Criminal?Life or death?
The other party was obviously too eager to make her hate Lu Li, so he didn't hesitate to make up such a long nonsense, just to repeat these two words to her.

But they don't seem to understand the truth of "too much is too late".

Even if Lu Li really wanted her to die, it was absolutely impossible for him to put the words "life or death" on the table, let alone say that she was a "criminal"!
"Thou shalt not be respected" is a truth that everyone knows.She is the empress dowager of South Vietnam. Even if she committed a serious crime of treason, she can only declare that she was killed suddenly and quietly. How can she announce it to the world with such great fanfare?No matter how stupid Lu Li was, he would not accuse himself of being unrighteous and unfilial in the history!

Golden Armored Guard?
Ridiculous, do you think wearing a golden armor is a golden guard?

Su Qingyuan went back to the bed and lay down, curling the corners of her lips mockingly.

Aunt Nian followed and sat down beside the bed, "You suspect that those two people conspired with me to deceive you? At this point, you still choose to trust Lu Li?"

"I prefer to choose to believe in myself." Su Qingyuan sneered, and covered her face with the quilt.

***
In the palace, the atmosphere was still frighteningly oppressive.

In fact, there is quite a lot of good news in the past few days: the rebels were unable to siege the city and had retreated to camp [-] miles outside the city; The human reinforcements are only a few hundred miles away from the capital; the reinforcements from Luoyun City have been assembled and are rushing to the capital...

However, so much good news still did not dilute the cloud over Miyagi.

The reason for this is well known to everyone.

At the end of the day, Lu Li returned to the Fanghua Palace, which was cleaned spotlessly.

In March in Yangchun, the red flowers, willows and greenery all over the courtyard failed to lighten the dark clouds in everyone's hearts, and the scent of flowers mixed with the earthy smell could not dilute the bloody smell wafting from outside the wall.

The palace walls and floor tiles have been washed so many times, and the spring rain has also fallen, but the smell of killing still lingers.

When Lu Li entered, only two new unknown maids saluted silently and brought tea.

The old people in the palace were dead and wounded, and now they are all gone.

Duan Ran took Lu Junnuo's little hand and came in from the outside, frowning: "It's fine, what are you doing in Youth Palace again? Seeing things and thinking about others?"

Lu Li raised his head and gave him a sideways glance, Duan Ran shrank his shoulders guiltily.

He knew that Lu Li was still complaining about him, so Lu Junnuo was his amulet right now, and he didn't dare to let go of it for a moment.

The two sat face to face, silent for a moment, Lu Li looked down at the few memorials on the desk: "There is still no news. Even the corpse of the traitor has been found, but she...she seems to have disappeared out of thin air. Not a single trace was left."

Duan Ran tried his best to squeeze out a smile: "No news, that's the best news! Think about it: she has already fallen into the hands of the rebel, but now that the rebel is dead, she has disappeared. What does that mean? ? It means that she killed the traitor and ran away! I knew that woman was unusual, a hero among women!"

"Do you believe what you said?" Lu Li asked back.

Duan Ran twitched the corner of his mouth.

Lu Li stood up irritatedly: "The midwife disappeared with her - the strange thing is, the midwife's family also disappeared out of thin air, do you think this is normal?"

Duan Ran couldn't make up anything.

Lu Junnuo was listening, and began to cry again.

At this time, Luoxia stood at the door with her cane on her back: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian is here."

"Please come in." Lu Li narrowed his eyes.

Duan Ran immediately rolled his eyes unceremoniously: "Hey, aren't you? Little Yuan'er's bones are still cold, and you actually want to summon another woman in her palace? Seeing this, you invited her here? Lu Li, you Do you still want to be shameless?"

When Lu Li heard the words "The bones are not cold", he immediately picked up the memorial at hand and threw it over.

Duan Ran nimbly reached out to catch it, ran over and put it back on the table.

At this time, Cheng Ruoshui had already entered the door, bowed his head in a gentle salute, and stood quietly by the side.

Lu Li sat down again and looked at her coldly: "Why are you dressed so plainly? Who are you attending the funeral for?"

Cheng Ruoshui shuddered, and quickly knelt down: "The concubine always likes plain colors. If the emperor doesn't like it, the concubine can just go back and change it."

"You don't need to change it anymore," Lu Li sneered, "You can explain to me first—what's the matter with the explosives in Beiyan Station?"

Cheng Ruoshui was startled, and raised his head: "What explosives? The concubine doesn't understand!"

"Bring people in!" Lu Li called out.

Xiao Luzi immediately escorted two tied men with several guards and threw them in.

Cheng Ruoshui's face changed slightly: "Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Lu Li leaned tiredly on the soft couch, and said in a cold voice, "I've already asked clearly what should be interrogated. If you feel that you have been wronged, why don't you ask the two of them to confess again in front of you?"

Cheng Ruoshui's face gradually turned pale, but it was not because of fear, but because of anger: "This is simply a crime... Your Majesty, this concubine has never seen these two people before, what crime are they going to put on this concubine's head?" Come on? You know how a concubine is..."

Lu Li avoided her gaze in disgust, and sneered, "Hu Mingzong, the little eunuch of Yuxiu Palace, received your favor three years ago, right?"

Cheng Ruoshui's voice stopped immediately.

But after a while, she immediately fell down again: "The emperor is clearly aware! It's true that my concubine saved the little eunuch unintentionally, but... this doesn't explain anything!"

Lu Li slapped the table heavily: "Do you think, since I have caught the clue, I will call you to grind your teeth before the interrogation is clear?"

Cheng Ruoshui froze with horror on his face.

Duan Ran walked over slowly, and squatted down in front of Cheng Ruoshui: "It's you? Our well-educated Miss Cheng San, the elegant and noble Concubine Xian? No wonder everyone says that a dog that bites doesn't bark." , your methods are ruthless enough! You can find out about such a secret matter as Lu Li planting explosives in the Beiyan Station—you have been waiting for that opportunity for a long time, right?"

Cheng Ruoshui shook her head desperately, and the blank expression on her face showed that she didn't want to plead guilty.

Lu Li casually picked up a memorial and played with it in his hands. He sneered, "The matter of the post house is just one of them. If you want to deny it, you might as well explain the second thing together: the day the rebels attacked the city, you brought Beiyan and Princess Jing came to Fanghua Palace and talked to A Yuan for a long time, right?"

"Yes." This time, Cheng Ruoshui readily admitted.

Duan Ran's expression changed: "Why did it involve He Jing?"

Lu Li waved to him, still looking at Cheng Ruoshui: "After you left Fanghua Palace, A Yuan immediately went to the Imperial Study Room. How dare you say that this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Cheng Ruoshui was so anxious that he was a little incoherent: "Where did you start with this? The concubine just had a chat with the queen mother to persuade her to relax! The concubine never provoked dissension, nor did she persuade the queen mother to go to the imperial study to disturb the emperor. , is it a sin to chat a few words?"

Lu Li stared at her in disgust: "So your methods are very clever! You never said a word that was inappropriate, and you really didn't push anything, but it's because you said a few words at the 'right' time, A Yuan It was just a temporary decision to go to the Imperial Study Room—how could it be such a coincidence that Jingmin just listened to your persuasion and decided to visit me in the Imperial Study Room that day! If there were not two other things, I would never have thought of it anyway This matter has something to do with you, let alone your every word, deed, and every action, there is actually such a big evil hidden in it!"

Two lines of tears fell from the corners of Cheng Ruoshui's eyes, but the expression on his face gradually became a bit stubborn: "Hiding evil intentions? So the emperor sees me like this... You feel ashamed in your heart, but you refuse to admit your mistakes, so you can only shift the responsibility to others Even the concubine has nothing to say about him!"

Lu Li clenched the memorial in his hand, his expression became more and more gloomy.

Cheng Ruoshui let out a low sneer: "Yes, I really shouldn't have come that day, and I really shouldn't have persuaded the Queen Mother to let go of my heart knot! But why didn't you ask yourself - if you behaved well and sat upright, , Even if the queen mother comes to the imperial study, she will not be sad and angry, and she will not give birth prematurely! While the emperor is asking me why I have the intention, do you dare to ask yourself: what did you do to make the queen mother angry? Be like that!"

Lu Li lowered his head, avoiding her gaze, and gritted his teeth after a long time, "I do feel ashamed of her, but it's also because of your insidious methods! If there were no explosives, how could Ah Yuan not believe me!"

Cheng Ruoshui curled the corners of his lips silently, laughing mockingly.

"Brother Huang, did this woman kill the queen mother?" Lu Junnuo blinked and opened his mouth crisply.

Duan Ran immediately reached out and pulled him into his arms: "That's right, it's this bad woman! She almost killed your mother, and made your mother sad and difficult to deliver. It almost killed your master!"

"Master, I won't mention it, the person who harmed my mother, damn it!" Lu Junnuo jumped up angrily.

"Hey, why didn't the master mention it?!" Duan Ran felt very wronged.

Lu Li nodded to Luoxia, and said with a sneer, "Punishment for two crimes is enough for you to die a few times. Can you still quibble about the third matter?"

Cheng Ruoshui bit the corner of his lips and widened his eyes.

Duan Ran immediately came over: "There's a third thing? Concubine Xian is hiding it deep enough!"

Luoxia waved to the outside, and immediately someone brought four or five young eunuchs over.

Duan Ran recognized that those were the eunuchs who took the lead in the rebellion in the palace a few days ago.

Cheng Ruoshui's face changed slightly.

Lu Li stood up and walked in front of her, "Do you know why I called them here?"

Cheng Ruoshui hesitated for a long time, then slowly shook his head.

Several young eunuchs knelt down together, and one of them immediately shouted: "Concubine Xian, you have to save us! You agreed at the beginning, as long as we create a little chaos and delay the time so that Jin Jiawei dare not come out easily Go to the palace, this is a great credit - now the credit is not reaped, but will be beheaded instead, you can't leave us alone!"

Luoxia sneered sneeringly from the side: "It's 'credit'! Who do you think is the one who poisoned your food one after another these days? She has done something wrong, so naturally she wants to kill her to silence her. What's your 'credit'!"

Duan Ran stayed for a while, then suddenly extended two thumbs to Cheng Ruoshui: "Concubine Xian, admire, admire!"

Lu Li bent down, put his hand around Cheng Ruoshui's chin, and gritted his teeth: "It's really a good strategy, so courageous! Ah Yuan is at a critical moment, and you even plotted the eunuch's rebellion in order to hold back the Jin Jiawei and prevent anyone from saving her." Can do it all!"

"I didn't." Cheng Ruoshui remained expressionless.

Lu Li flicked her hand and threw her out disgustedly: "No? I'm here to ask you: What is the purpose of the eunuch's rebellion? Could it be that a group of eunuchs can change the dynasty? What's more, if you want to rebel, you should break into the Imperial Palace to get the jade seal, and It’s not about making a scene in the harem! Tell me, what’s the point of them abducting you and Jingmin?”

"Maybe they just misjudged the situation and thought that the rebels were about to break through the city. In order to give themselves a chance to survive, they wanted to tie us up and surrender to the rebels..." Cheng Ruoshui said hard.

Lu Li leaned down and looked at her: "You have read so many history books, do you remember any time after the change of dynasty, the new emperor entered the palace and slaughtered the eunuchs? They are not my confidantes, so what is the point of killing them by rebels?"

Cheng Ruoshui gritted his teeth and said: "The emperor is naturally aware of this, but the people below are confused, and sometimes they can't figure it out for a while."

Lu Li looked at her sarcastically: "You probably forgot that the late emperor got the country by burning the Weiyang Palace, and I also killed the late emperor to sit in this position - if you want to kill the palace people, the people in the palace in the past 16 years will have to be killed." People should have changed two batches earlier, where is it the turn of the rebels to do it?"

Cheng Ruoshui's face finally changed drastically.

Although the succession methods of these generations of kings are disgraceful, once the things that everyone tacitly understands are put on the table, it will be different.

There is only one explanation for Lu Li's words in person.

He was murdered.

Cheng Ruoshui sat paralyzed on the ground, and raised his head unwillingly: "The emperor's deduction seems to be flawless, but you have no physical evidence, so you can't just rely on the eunuchs and guards' one-sided words, or even your conjectures to force the charge on the concubine's." On the head! The concubine pleads not guilty!"

Lu Li sat down before returning to the case, and said in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter whether you plead guilty or not, I won't keep you in the palace."

Cheng Ruoshui raised his head and knelt up straight: "The emperor wants to expel me from the palace? I have not been in the palace for half a year, and I have no morals on weekdays. You have no reason to expel me! What's more, the war situation is not peaceful now. At the same time, my father and brother have always been loyal to you, if you drive me out now, aren't you afraid that my father and brother will turn against you?"

"You think too much," Lu Li sneered, "I have listed your crimes and sent them to the Duke's Mansion together with the confessions of those servants. If Duke Ding still chooses to defend his shortcomings after reading those confessions, I have no choice but to There is something to say."

"My father..." Cheng Ruoshui immediately collapsed again.

Ding Guogong is a man, and his daughter certainly knows it.

It's not like the old man has never done the righteous killing of relatives!
"Your Majesty, the situation is so chaotic now, where do you want your concubine to go? If my father knows about those things, he will definitely not allow me to go back to the Duke's mansion..." Cheng Ruoshui burst into tears.

Duan Ran smiled "hehe": "Where else can you go? There are already tens of thousands of soldiers clearing the way for you on Huangquan Road, aren't you satisfied?"

Cheng Ruoshui immediately yelled: "The emperor's heart is kind, he won't kill me!"

Duan Ran bared her teeth at her: "Yes, Chang Li has a kind heart! But think about who you have harmed? You have caused Chang Li's women and children to be alive and dead, and they still want to live? Changli has a good temper, if it were me, I would definitely cut the flesh off your body with my own hands!"

Cheng Ruoshui was so frightened that his teeth chattered, and he no longer had the usual elegant and noble demeanor.

Lu Li leaned against the table and sat quietly for a long time.

Cheng Ruoshui began to sit on the ground and cry silently, the kind that only shed tears and didn't even choke.

But Lu Li never looked at her again.

After a quarter of an hour passed like this, Cheng Ruoshui suddenly stood up: "The emperor really wants to kill me? When will the execution be executed?"

"When you cry enough." Lu Li turned around.

Cheng Ruoshui raised the corners of his lips and smiled hard: "Then now, it's fine."

Duan Ran praised twice with a "tsk tsk": "Awesome, awe-inspiring! It's clearly a crime that deserves death, but you just made the visual effect of heroic sacrifice, what a talent!"

Cheng Ruoshui's face froze, almost failing.

Lu Li narrowed his eyes and gave her a disgusted look: "You don't have to act like this. I always knew you were different, but your intentions are not right. It’s just a poisonous weed with a unique appearance.”

Cheng Ruoshui's calm expression finally changed.She raised her head high and yelled loudly: "I am not a poisonous weed! In terms of talent and family background, I am the most suitable person to be a queen! I have the ability to help you become a wise king, and I am willing to follow you wholeheartedly ——Why are you never willing to look at me more? You have been hanging around with Su Qingyuan all the time, regardless of human relations, is it because you want to risk the world's displeasure and make her a queen! "

Lu Li looked at her, seeming to regret: "So this is the reason why you murdered A Yuan... You want to be a queen? Is your sweetheart gone?"

Cheng Ruoshui raised his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes vigorously: "I don't have a sweetheart! I've never had a sweetheart... The tutors in Dingguo's mansion have always taught me to be virtuous and virtuous. Since I was sensible, my father taught me to be knowledgeable. , please teach me the palace rules - I knew since I was a child that I was going to marry the emperor, how could I have a private life with the housekeeper's son!"

Duan Ran grinned and narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Yo, I wanted to be an imperial concubine and empress since I was a child? Your ambition is not small, but when you were young, the emperor was not Lu Li!"

Lu Li twitched his lips mockingly: "It's not surprising. Duke Ding is loyal to the emperor, but he doesn't care who is the 'lord'; similarly, if he wants to raise his daughter to be a queen, of course he doesn't have to care who is in charge." Be emperor."

"It's okay..." Duan Ran opened his eyes wide.

Cheng Ruoshui said anxiously: "My father doesn't care, but I do! Your Majesty, can you really not see Ruoshui's heart!"

Lu Li subconsciously glanced at her chest, and said coldly, "I really can't see it. If I saw it, I wouldn't have seen your true face until today—you're right, I'm sorry A Yuan’s person is myself.”

"Your Majesty..." Cheng Ruoshui broke down in tears.

Lu Li turned his back and said in a deep voice, "I don't need your help, and I don't want to be a 'Mingjun'. You'd better pray that A Yuan is safe, otherwise I can't guarantee that the things you did will not hurt the Duke. government."

"Your Majesty, my father didn't know!" Cheng Ruoshui yelled in panic.

Lu Li waved his hand heavily: "For Duke Ding's sake, I will keep your whole body and declare to the outside world that you were frightened and died of a sudden illness—you can go."

Cheng Ruoshui has always been calm, but at this moment, before the word "death", he couldn't help but feel weak: "Your Majesty..."

Xiao Luzi brought the guards over and dragged her out without any explanation.

Hearing that they were going out, Lu Li turned around and stared at the door.

Duan Ran came over and patted him on the shoulder silently.

Lu Li smiled wryly and shook his head: "I killed her, but Ah Yuan..."

At this time, a little eunuch suddenly ran in from outside and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the midwife who disappeared with your empress that day has been caught!"

Lu Li stood up with a "huh": "Where is it? Where is A Yuan? Did A Yuan find it together?"

The eunuchs surrounded and brought the midwife over.

When the latter saw Lu Li, he immediately collapsed on the ground, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please—"

(End of this chapter)