Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 61 Unfaithful and Unfilial, Su Men's Family Tradition

In the blink of an eye, four days have passed.

Su Qingyuan leaned against the railing on the porch, counting the days on her fingers.

In the past four days, Lu Li didn't come here even once, and only sent Xiao Luzi to pass on a few times, saying that the situation outside is not bad, and reassuring her.

Su Qingyuan knew the meaning of "not bad".

Today, the inside and outside of Miyagi City are almost full of rumors about the "Fanghua Palace". Various versions of the story are circulated in the mouths of ordinary people in the market, and also in the tabloids and books of various bookstores and teahouses.

The most widely circulated and most reliable, there are two versions: the first one is that the current emperor is so lustful, and he raped his aunt Empress Dowager Su, causing the latter to conceive his evil seed; The second type is that the empress dowager is young, unwilling to be lonely, and has hooked up with a certain lustful lunatic, and has long been secretly married.

The reason why these two versions are widely circulated is probably because the rumors are too detailed and true, including where the parties got involved, who helped them, how they acted, how they spoke, and what clothes they wore. fascinating.

This situation is indeed "not bad".Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and it was extremely difficult to convince each other in a short period of time, so Lu Li's situation in the court would not be very difficult.

Su Qingyuan thought to herself comfortingly: This can be regarded as her mistakenly hitting and breaking her father's poisonous plan, right?
Although—this way of demolition is more like turning a flood into a waterlogging disaster, avoiding an instant extinction, but it has to endure the torment of the vast ocean and nowhere to shelter.

Today, although the versions of the rumors vary greatly, there is one detail that is surprisingly consistent: the Queen Mother lost her virginity and is pregnant.

The scriptures demanding the execution of the Queen Mother began to be sent to the Yangju Palace in batches.The opinions of the courtiers were almost unanimous: the empress dowager was immoral and had already brought the emperor's reputation down. Only by killing her immediately could the shame of the royal family be erased.

In the ruling and opposition parties, only a few generals headed by the above-mentioned general Su Yi opposed it.Their action is: collectively request the emperor and the empress dowager to confront each other publicly, confess the truth in front of the officials, and give an explanation to the people of the world.

Lu Li suppressed all the notes, ignored the matter, and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Thousands of eyes of the ruling and opposition parties, as well as the subjects of the world, are all fixed on the same place - Fanghua Palace.To be more precise, he stared at the belly of the hostess of Fanghua Palace.

As long as it is true that the Queen Mother is pregnant, one of those rumors must be correct.

Therefore, this controversial empress dowager will inevitably apologize with death in an extremely disgraceful way.

Su Qingyuan naturally knew this too.

And she also knows that things like "rumors" have always been getting more and more black.There has always been only one most effective way to break rumors, and that is to give it time to let it break itself.

But in her matter, time will not let the "rumors" be self-defeating, it will only make her invisible.

At present, it seems that both advance and retreat are dead ends, and this round is almost impossible to solve.

But she still had to persevere.

Therefore, she has not lived in seclusion these few days, on the contrary she is much more active than before.

In the four days, she went to Yanxi Palace twice, went to the school twice, went to the imperial study to meet Lu Li once, and went to the imperial garden to see the chrysanthemums once.

There are probably only a few places in the palace where you can walk around.At this moment, she was worrying about where to show her face today.

At this time, Luoxia suddenly walked over with the wind on her feet.

Su Qingyuan was taken aback by her: "What's wrong with you? Is your butt on fire?"

Luoxia stood still and said in a deep voice, "Just now a figure flashed across the garden, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Su Qingyuan lazily leaned back on the chair, and said with a wry smile: "The third one? Our General Su is really in a hurry! It seems that if I don't die, he won't be able to sleep!"

Danyue said angrily: "Of course he is in a hurry! If it is delayed for a few more days, the matter may become cold, and then what will he use to make trouble again!"

Luo Xia's face was a bit uneasy: "The one who came today seems to be more agile than the previous two. And - he seems to be deliberately showing his whereabouts for people to see, I don't know what kind of tricks he is playing."

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, then sneered: "It's nothing more than poisoning or setting fire, or strangling me with a rope while I was asleep at night...Swords and the like should not be used, after all, the wound is faked to commit suicide It's not easy. These days, I have to make everyone look hard, so as not to give the thieves an opportunity."

Luoxia agreed as she said, and said, "There is one more thing...Xiao Linzi and the others have just verified it. The news first came from the mouth of that elementary school apprentice of Imperial Physician Zhang."

Su Qingyuan thought about it carefully, but she didn't remember any little apprentices.

Luo Xia explained: "It was brought by Doctor Zhang to boil the medicine. He didn't know the details at first, but it was Hong'er who told him, and then spread it to the outside world."

"It really is Hong'er, I knew she was not a good thing! What should I do now?" Danyue asked angrily before Su Qingyuan.

Luoxia's expression was calm: "I killed him on the spot at Xiaoluzi."

"It's cheaper for them!" Danyue still resented herself.

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, and told Shu Xing: "Hong'er belongs to Qingluan, she is probably unhappy at the moment, you go and see her for me."

Shu Xing stood for a while, and said awkwardly: "Just say go and have a look, can't you tell me to stand and stand? You have to take a word to go there, right?"

Su Qingyuan took a deep look at her: "You have been by my side for so many years, and you can't even say a word? You just say, 'The slaves below are restless. If you deal with it earlier, it will save her from making trouble again; Concubine Shu If you are in need of someone to order, just go to the person in charge of the palace, don't be overwhelmed, and don't get angry for the ignorant servant.'"

Shu Xing agreed to go, and Luoxia added: "The emperor brought a word, saying that everything is under control, and the empress does not need to worry, and she does not have to work hard every day. The time for removing filial piety is approaching, and if the empress If you don’t want to go out, you declare to the outside world that you are copying Buddhist scriptures, and you can just stay behind closed doors.”

Danyue clapped her hands and said: "This is a good idea! The Empress Dowager is willing to copy Buddhist scriptures for the late emperor, so she has a clear conscience. With this reason, it is more effective than going out for a walk twenty times a day!"

Su Qingyuan really had no place to walk around, so she really started to stay behind closed doors, and "copy Buddhist scriptures" in Fanghua Palace with peace of mind.

At the same time, Shu Xing, who hurried to Yanxi Palace, did not see Su Qingluan.

After being told that "Concubine Shu is not in the palace", Shu Xing hesitated for a moment, turned around, turned back to the lane, and walked north.

At the gate of the majestic palace city, a soft sedan chair has stopped for a long time in the wind.

The civil and military officials who returned from the imperial court passed by here, talking in twos and threes about the troubles in the court hall, and no one paid much attention to the soft sedan chair.

When Xue Li, the envoy of Chongzheng, passed by, there was finally movement in the sedan chair.

The sedan chair curtain was lifted, and a pretty little palace maid came out from inside, and bowed to Xue Li as a salute: "Master Xue, my mother is here to invite you."

"Your mother? Queen Mother?" Xue Li's face immediately sank.

The little palace maid grinned: "It's Empress Shu of Yanxi Palace."

Xue Li frowned, his face softened a little, but it was still dark, like the Bao Gong in the painting.

He glanced at the small sedan chair, and said coldly: "I am a foreign minister, and it is inconvenient to meet with your empress. Miss, please go back."

"Is it inconvenient for you to see me, or you dare not see me?" The little maid smiled, with a hint of provocation in her tone.

Xue Li snorted coldly, and walked quickly to the sedan chair: "I see you, Xue Li, what advice does Concubine Shu have for you?"

In the soft sedan chair, the handkerchief in Su Qingluan's hand had already twisted into a knot.Her face turned slightly pale, she opened her mouth several times, and finally managed to utter three words: "Master Xue."

"Your Majesty, if you have something to say, please tell me. I am busy with business and must return home as soon as possible." Xue Li looked very impatient.

Su Qingluan suddenly raised her head, and looked directly at the figure outside through the car curtain: "I only have a few words, and I will leave after I finish."

Xue Li didn't respond.

Su Qingluan took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "The late emperor's Empress Xiaoxian didn't die of cold disease, does Mr. Xue know?"

"What did you say?" Xue Li's expression changed drastically.

Su Qingluan let out a chuckle, but her voice was trembling: "Master Xue is a smart man, so I don't need to say more. You will know who will benefit after the death of Queen Xue."

"Of course it's your Su family!" Xue Li gritted his teeth and said firmly.

No one in the soft sedan responded.

Xue Li became irritable, and said in a cold voice: "It's not just a day for your Su family to make troubles, and it's not uncommon to kill a filial empress—if you finish what you said, please let Rong Weichen leave!"

"Wait a minute!" Su Qingluan wrapped the handkerchief around her fingers and straightened her body anxiously.

"Concubine Shu, what else can I say?" Xue Li looked impatient.

Su Qingluan felt timid in her heart, and pretended to be calm: "I still have a second sentence to say-Master Xue, now General Su wants to get rid of the Queen Mother more than you, and you must know the reason. This will If you force Queen Mother Su to death, you will be doing the General a great favor!"

Xue Li snorted coldly, and mocked: "It turns out that the concubine Shu came to beg me to let the queen mother go? Please don't worry about it, the evildoer who will bring disaster to the country must die! As for how to clean up the situation after she dies, I have to wait and see. Do your best, don't worry about your empress."

Su Qingluan's face turned pale, and the circles of his eyes immediately turned red.

She forced herself to sit still, gritted her teeth and said, "Master Xue, please think twice. The queen mother and the Su family have long turned against each other. Even if you kill the queen mother, you will not lose half of the general's wings; but—if you remove If the general is gone, the queen mother will inevitably be like fluff in the wind, and she will have nowhere to hide. You hate the Su family, so you should start from the root of the big tree of the Su family, why bother staring at an innocent woman Do not let go?"

After saying this, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength, leaning against the car window and panting.

Xue Li outside the curtain was silent for a moment, and then let out a deep sneer: "Your Majesty's words are only half right. It is true that I hate the Su family, but——I am loyal to the emperor! For the emperor, for the world of Nanyue, Empress Dowager Su must die!"

Su Qingluan opened his mouth, but did not make a sound, but his face became paler and paler.

Outside, Xue Li's thunderous voice continued: "Forgive me bluntly, Concubine Shu, as a child of the Su family, actually persuaded my ministers to get rid of your father, Lord Su. Is this a bit inappropriate? I have always only known about Su. It is a family matter that you are not loyal, and today I know that 'disloyal and unfilial' is the Su family tradition!"

Su Qingluan's courage was exhausted. Although she was very angry when she heard the words, she couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.

Xue Li paused for a moment, then continued: "Your Majesty, please don't worry, Su Yi, an old moth, won't live long! Su's family will not let any one of you off, including your Majesty, of course—the Majesty is here with you." This is the empress dowager's concern, why not think about your own way out first!"

After all, he did not salute and leave, and left with a cold snort.

Xiaozhi came back to the sedan chair, her face turned blue with anger: "How dare a little political envoy be rude to the empress! The empress should have asked someone to pin him to the ground and beat him half to death just now. Wouldn't it be nice to let him go like this?" Fueled his arrogance!"

"Xiao Zhi, what should I do?" Su Qingluan leaned against the window and asked in a hoarse voice.

Xiaozhi panted for a long time angrily, but finally lowered her head helplessly: "Niang Niang, you have tried your best."

Su Qingluan sighed lowly: "These days, he is the one who quarrels the most in the court. I thought he would be sad and angry after learning the cause of Queen Xue's death, and turned to deal with father, but I didn't expect ..."

"I didn't expect that judge's face to be heartless at all! He didn't care how his sister died, he just wanted to pick a soft persimmon to attack! I think he probably doesn't have the ability to deal with the general, so he bites the queen mother tightly." Right?" Xiaozhi finished cursing the rest of the sentence for her, trembling with anger.

Su Qingluan sat in a daze for a long time, and finally raised her head: "Let's go to Fanghua Palace."

In Fanghua Palace, Su Qingyuan was lazily dozing on the bed.Danyue and Tongyun sat at the table, with a Buddhist scripture and a stack of papers in front of each of them, and they were yawning from copying.

Seeing Su Qingluan coming in, Su Qingyuan was slightly taken aback, and sat up straight: "Why are you here?"

Su Qingluan stood at the door for a moment: "Is my sister not welcome me?"

Su Qingyuan looked at her suspiciously: "You come here every day, when did I stop welcoming you? It's just that I just asked Shuxing to visit you today, but you came to me again, could it be that girl Shuxing spoke improperly? , what did you say wrong?"

Su Qingluan was still frowning, but Xiaozhi rushed to say: "The empress dowager is overthinking. Our empress just came back from the gate of the palace, and we haven't seen Sister Shuxing!"

Su Qingyuan and Danyue looked at each other, and they both frowned.

Dan Yue wondered: "Shu Xing has been out for less than half an hour, if she can't see Concubine Shu, won't she come back first?"

Su Qingyuan's heart moved, then she smiled nonchalantly, and called Tong Yun: "Go to Yanxi Palace and call Shuxing back for me! That girl is getting more and more sophisticated now, tell her to run an errand, She took the opportunity to hide away!"

Tong Yun agreed to go, Su Qingyuan stood up and held her sister's hand, frowning and asked: "Why are your hands so cold? You don't look good, who bullied you?"

Su Qingluan lowered her head and stared at her toes, before sighing for a long time: "Sister, are there not enough people bullying us now?"

Su Qingyuan pulled her to sit down on the soft couch together, and sighed: "I'm the one who hurt you. Qingluan, the most sensible thing for you now is to protect yourself wisely and stop walking around my place. If necessary, you can even Pick a moment and step on me hard—at this time, self-preservation is the best policy."

"Sister, you have said similar words to me no less than five times." Su Qingluan smiled wryly.

"Really?" Su Qingyuan smiled awkwardly, and didn't say any more.

Su Qingluan kicked all the maids out of the palace, held Su Qingyuan's hand, and asked seriously: "Sister, do you... hate them now?"

"Hate? Who do you hate?" Su Qingyuan was a little surprised.

Su Qingluan gritted her teeth and said, "Everyone! Ding Guogong, Chongzheng Envoy, Minister of Rites... so many people want to harm you, don't you hate it at all?"

Su Qingyuan leaned on the soft pillow and thought about it for a long time without answering.

Su Qingluan tightened her hands: "Sister, I just went to see the Chongzheng envoy. He said that he would not let anyone in the Su family go..."

"Xue Li? It's well known that he didn't deal with our Su family! Why did you go to see that stone?" Su Qingyuan frowned.

Su Qingluan's eyes were red with anger: "I don't understand... Are those people in the court unreasonable? You haven't done anything bad, why are they biting you!"

Su Qingyuan sighed: "For Lu Li. My existence is Lu Li's stain. Of course they will not allow me to live."

"Stupid!" Su Qingluan gritted her teeth and cursed angrily.

Su Qingyuan smiled casually: "It's good to get used to it. Xue Li is like a stone in a hut, the smelly and hard kind. Are you mad at him? Would you like a cup of tea to calm down— —if you still dare drink my tea."

Su Qingluan took the tea bowl, drank it to the bottom, and knocked the tea bowl upside down heavily on the table: "The one surnamed Xue is really smelly and hard! But sister, are we being bullied for nothing? ?"

"Otherwise, what should we do? They are the pillars of the Nanyue Dynasty!" Su Qingyuan spread her hands and smiled.

Su Qingluan gritted her teeth secretly: "I can't see what kind of talents they are, and I can't see that they are doing it for the emperor's good! I only know that they are committing crimes below! Sister, I really hate..."

Su Qingyuan waved her hand and interrupted her words: "Don't think about it, you can't bite them, be careful not to let their smell suffocate you."

Su Qingluan bit her lip and said nothing.

Su Qingyuan leaned on the soft couch, half-closed her eyes, and didn't intend to find another topic to talk about.

Su Qingluan was a little unwilling, and asked tentatively: "Why doesn't my sister go out today? The rumors outside are getting more and more popular, what are you going to do?"

"It's up to fate, one more day is a day." Su Qingyuan narrowed her eyes and said slowly.

Su Qingluan was about to frown, when Tongyun hurried back from the outside: "Your Majesty!"

"What's wrong?" Su Qingyuan sat up straight.

Tong Yun glanced at Su Qingluan, hesitated for a moment, and gritted his teeth: "The little eunuch at the gate of Yanxi Palace said that Sister Shuxing did not enter the gate of Yanxi Palace. After knowing that Concubine Shu was not in the palace, she turned around gone."

"Going away?" The two sisters Su Qingyuan's eyes widened at the same time.

Su Qingluan became a little nervous: "The journey from Yanxi Palace to Fanghua Palace takes only a quarter of an hour. If she turns back immediately, how could she still be gone by now?"

Tong Yun said: "The slaves have asked the people at the gate of Yanxi Palace. They said that they saw Sister Shu Xing walking north."

Su Qingyuan frowned tightly and did not speak for a long time.

Su Qingluan was surprised and said: "North? That's Zhaoyang Palace! There is no master over there, and Shuxing is not an old man in the palace. What is she going there for?"

Su Qingyuan didn't answer her words, but a figure flashed inexplicably in her mind.

In the Buddhist hall behind Zhaoyang Palace, there is the old palace lady called "Aunt Nian".

But she quickly dismissed the idea.After all, Aunt Nian has been in the palace for at least 15 years, but she brought Shuxing here from the Su family.The possibility of these two people getting acquainted should not exist at all.

Besides Aunt Nian, who else?
Zhaoyang Palace?
Could it be Queen Xue's person?

Could it be that a loyal servant noticed the cause of Queen Xue's death, so he hated everyone in the Su family and bought Shuxing to murder her?
However, is Shu Xing someone who can be bought easily?Is it true that the love we grew up with since we were young can't stand the test?

Su Qingyuan couldn't understand it.

"Sister?" Su Qingluan leaned forward suspiciously.

Su Qingyuan turned around and looked at her carefully.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Su Qingluan subconsciously raised her hand and rubbed her face.

Su Qingyuan forced a smile and looked away.

Her heart suddenly became chaotic again.

It is true that Shuxing started to go out often after Su Qingluan entered the palace.

What does Sparse's disappearance mean at this moment?Did she misthink, wrongly blame Qingluan, or is Shuxing so suspicious?

In an instant, Su Qingyuan had made many guesses, but she didn't know which one was right.

After a while, she finally sighed helplessly: "Forget it, the girl's heart is wild, and I can't control it. When she comes back, don't say that I told you to find her."

Tong Yun complied vaguely, and quietly retreated out.

Su Qingluan looked at her sister worriedly: "You suspect that Shuxing has a ghost? But she has been with you since childhood..."

"It's because I've been with me since I was a child that it's so scary." Su Qingyuan met her gaze and said meaningfully.

Su Qingluan was silent for a long time, and gritted her teeth: "Sister, you are in a dangerous situation now. If someone around you betrays, the consequences will be disastrous! I know that you value love and don't have the heart to expose her, but in case...you still have to be ruthless Just come!"

Su Qingyuan looked at her deeply: "Shuxing has been with me for seven or eight years. Although she is not her own sister, she is already better than a relative... I can't be cruel, so I don't understand..."

"Sister, if you don't treat others cruelly, others may not treat you cruelly!" Su Qingluan persuaded earnestly.

"Qingluan, if it were you instead, would you be able to calm down?" Su Qingyuan asked casually.

Su Qingluan thought for a long time, then gritted her teeth and said, "You know, I can."

Su Qingyuan sighed and smiled wryly: "Well, I can do it too."

"Sister?" Su Qingluan seemed a little worried.

Su Qingyuan smiled and stood up: "Perhaps, it's time to torture my Shuxing girl!"

(End of this chapter)