Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 63 The princess still has no self-knowledge
When Su Qingyuan walked out of the gate of Fanghua Palace again, it was already many days later.

She couldn't remember exactly how many days later.

All she knew was that the number of assassins appearing in the Palace of Youth has gradually decreased recently, and Su Qingluan, who has always been diligent in coming, has not appeared for four or five days.

As for Lu Li - he hasn't been here since that night.

The weather in early October was already very cold. Su Qingyuan was wearing a jacket, a moon-white cloak with dark patterns of bamboo branches, and a silver-gray Zhaojun suit on her head. She was tightly wrapped, and stood at the gate for a long time, hesitating.

"Your Majesty, shall we go to the Palace of Yanxi Palace, or to the school to see the young prince?" Luoxia asked cautiously beside her.

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Let's go to Yanxi Palace first."

Luoxia agreed, and graciously helped her down the steps: "It's cold today, and the frost on the ground hasn't completely melted, so be careful where you step."

Su Qingyuan responded casually, turned her head, and saw Shuxing standing inside the door, looking at her with a complicated expression.

Danyue followed Su Qingyuan's line of sight, and couldn't help frowning: "Mother, are you still angry with Xingxing? I see that she is really suffering these days, and she is so sick that she is almost out of shape. It's gone! If you don't spare her any longer, what will you do if you make her sick?"

Su Qingyuan didn't respond, turned around and walked forward slowly.

Luoxia hastily tugged on Hua Tanyue's sleeves, not asking her to say any more.

Danyue still murmured unwillingly: "After so many years of friendship, even if Shu Xing was at fault, she wouldn't really be demoted to a third-class girl..."

No one spoke any more along the way, but when they arrived at the Palace of Yanxi Palace, the answer they received was somewhat unexpected.

The little eunuch guarding the gate respectfully said: "Concubine Shu has just left. If the Empress Dowager is not in a hurry, please wait in the hall first, and the servants will go and invite the empress to come back!"

Su Qingyuan stood still, frowning slightly: "Where did she go in such a cold day?"

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "I heard that it was General Su who asked for an audience. It is inconvenient for the empress to summon the foreign ministers in the inner palace, so she went to the Shiliujiao Pavilion on the other side of the Chaogan Hall."

"The general asks for an audience? Does the emperor know?" Su Qingyuan had some bad feelings in her heart.

The little eunuch hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "For such a big event, it is natural to go back to the emperor. It is really a coincidence that the concubine Shu does not go out for a few days. It is rare to go out today, and the queen mother just happened to be here!"

"It's really a coincidence that Ai's family came here. Since this is the case, I won't wait anymore. I just wandered here, and when Concubine Shu comes back, I don't need to say that I have been here." Su Qingyuan sighed, quite helplessly said .

The little eunuch smiled and said: "How dare the servants hide such a big event as the Queen Mother's arrival! When Concubine Shu comes back, the servants must understand what they said, and serve the queen as soon as possible to plead guilty to the Queen Mother!"

Su Qingyuan glanced at the little eunuch, and said indifferently: "Yanxi Palace is a well-raised slave! Well, it's up to you to return."

After finishing speaking, she didn't care how the little eunuch answered, and slowly turned back supporting Luoxia's hand.

Danyue hummed and said: "Why is it such a coincidence that she is not here when we come? According to my opinion, she is probably hiding in the palace, deliberately leaving us alone! Now our Fanghua Palace has not yet reached the end of its rope, she You are the first one to put on airs in front of us!"

Luoxia carefully helped Su Qingyuan look at the soles of her feet, and said calmly: "It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Now that our empress is in big trouble, it is not surprising that Concubine Shu refuses to mess with her." .”

Su Qingyuan walked with her head down, but her feet became slower and slower.

When she was about to reach the gate of Fanghua Palace, she stood still and said in a deep voice, "It's fine if you hide and refuse to see me. I'm afraid——that servant is not lying."

Danyue's face changed slightly: "You mean, the general really came to see Concubine Shu? What kind of tricks is that old thief playing?"

Su Qingyuan shook her head, and said with a wry smile: "How can we know what the treacherous and cunning General Su is thinking in his heart? I just thought that the time to get rid of filial piety is not far away. He hasn't been able to kill me for so long, probably It's time to plan the second plan and the third plan."

The two girls stood blankly for a long while, and finally Luoxia reluctantly opened her mouth: "I don't know how the little prince's homework is improving. Let's go to the imperial study for a walk?"

Su Qingyuan shook her head: "Not good. Since father and Qingluan met without telling me, if I bumped into each other accidentally, wouldn't they be embarrassed by each other? Besides..."

Besides, she didn't want Lu Li to think that she was looking for an excuse to meet him.

He hasn't come to Fanghua Palace for so long, she is angry!
She didn't understand, even if it was inconvenient to come at night, she could always make an excuse to "please hello" during the day and show her face, right?

Although it is necessary to avoid suspicion now, doesn't he think that deliberately avoiding it is easier to make people think about it?
Such an obvious alienation is a bit of a cover-up, isn't it?
Su Qingyuan complains like this in her heart every day, but she refuses to show it on the surface, and naturally she doesn't want to let Luoxia know.

After thinking wildly for a long time, she finally made a decision: "Let's go back."

Luoxia hurriedly smiled and joked: "The back? The Imperial Garden? Well, at this time, the hibiscus in the Imperial Garden is in full bloom! We've been bored these days, so it's good to go to the Imperial Garden to relax."

Su Qingyuan twitched the corner of her mouth and turned her head away.

"Niangniang?" Luoxia was a little puzzled.

Su Qingyuan smiled lightly and said, "It's been so long since I've been in the palace. It's boring to only walk through these places. Today, let's go around the back of Zhaoyang Palace and take a look at the deserted small Buddhist halls in the palace. Is there any?"

Luoxia guessed her intention, and felt a little worried.

Su Qingyuan walked steadily, with a calm expression.

From time to time, court ladies and eunuchs walked by the side of the road, and when they saw Su Qingyuan and his group, they hurriedly retreated to the side to avoid it.

It's just that their curiosity seems to be too heavy, often before Su Qingyuan walks over, they have already secretly turned half of their faces, and quietly looked at them with round eyes.

Such sneaky eyes are really annoying!

Luoxia seems to have the same feeling.Before she had gone far, she slowed down her pace and advised Su Qingyuan: "The road is a bit slippery, and walking is very strenuous, why don't you ask Xiao Linzi to go back and pass on a set of walking chariots, maybe we can walk faster. "

Su Qingyuan said casually: "Since it's just a stroll, why not take it slow? I'm bored in the palace all day long, and my legs are almost unable to walk."

Luoxia didn't dare to persist, so she had to give up.

Walking to the gate of Zhaoyang Palace, Su Qingyuan paused and did not go in.

Danyue and Luoxia both breathed a sigh of relief, but in a blink of an eye they saw Su Qingyuan entering the small Buddhist hall behind.

The maids in the Buddhist hall seem to be quite old, and their demeanor and speech are very calm.Seeing Su Qingyuan coming in, they all just bowed and saluted without being too surprised.

Su Qingyuan has never believed in Buddhism, but now she looked up and saw the golden statue enshrined in the front, she only knew it was a Bodhisattva, but she didn't know what it was for.

A court lady in plain clothes hurriedly came over with three sticks of incense, and said with a smile: "The one enshrined here is Iwato Guanyin. The main worshiper is full of kindness, filial piety, righteousness, and virtue. The Queen Mother offered a stick of incense here, and she will surely be able to govern me in South Vietnam. The four generations of the Tian family live under the same roof, and the ancestral business is prosperous."

Su Qingyuan avoided the incense she handed over, with an indifferent expression: "How many years has this 'Iwato Guanyin' been enshrined here?"

The palace maid hurriedly laughed and said: "It is said that the great grandfather's Empress Xiaozhen invited me in, it must have been hundreds of years."

Su Qingyuan let out a low sneer: "Since it has been enshrined for hundreds of years, why did the Nanyue Dynasty see neither kindness, filial piety, nor prosperity, but gradually declined?"

The palace maid's face changed drastically when she heard the words, and the three sticks of incense in her hand broke off all at once, causing a lot of panic.

Su Qingyuan looked up at the solemn Bodhisattva, and smiled slightly: "I've been sitting here for hundreds of years, and I don't know if you're tired. There are so many devout people who believe in you, and I'm sure I'm not the only one behind. I don't want to take a bath and fast, nor have I been half devout, so let me avoid this stick of incense for now."

"Empress Dowager..." The maid hesitated to speak.

Su Qingyuan looked around at the crowd, frowning deeply: "Is Aunt Nian not there?"

The former palace maid hurriedly lowered her head and replied: "Aunt Nian went out early in the morning, and the servants don't know where she went."

"That being the case, let's go." Su Qingyuan immediately lost interest.

Luoxia helped Su Qingyuan out the door, then turned her head and smiled at the previous maid: "When Aunt Nian comes back, I'm sorry to trouble you to tell her, just say that Luoxia from Fanghua Palace asked her how she is doing."

The maid hurriedly agreed, and Danyue couldn't help laughing beside her.

Before he finished laughing, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter coming from the front.

It seemed to be Princess Jingmin's voice.

Su Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that the road ahead was passing through the Imperial Study Room.

Princess Jingmin must have come from the imperial study.So - is Lu Li here?
Su Qingyuan suddenly felt a little timid, subconsciously turned and walked back.

At this moment Princess Jingmin had already turned the corner of the wall and saw her: "Empress Dowager! Jing Min just mentioned you to the emperor's brother, who knows you are here!"

Su Qingyuan had no choice but to stand still, and after a long time she smiled: "Okay, what are you talking about me?"

Princess Jingmin thought of saluting at this moment, bent her knees in a perfunctory manner, stood up and smiled, "Of course it means that the Empress Dowager has been in trouble recently, and she is afraid to go out in Fanghua Palace! I was afraid that you would be bored, so I wanted to I went to talk to you in the past, but the emperor brother said that the empress dowager's reputation is not very good, and he is afraid that it will hurt me, so he won't ask me to go!"

Su Qingyuan looked at her quietly for a long time, and finally said with a smile: "Your emperor brother is thoughtful."

"Of course, the emperor's brother always loves me!" Princess Jingmin smiled triumphantly, and pulled Lu Li out from the other side of the gable.

"Mother." Lu Li bowed and saluted.

Su Qingyuan nodded slightly, glanced at Lu Li's body, and immediately moved to another place.

Lu Li held Princess Jingmin's hand, walked a few steps forward, and said in a calm tone, "It's rare that the queen mother is interested in going out—it's been cold recently, is the queen mother feeling better?"

"It's nothing serious, I'm sorry for the troubled emperor." Su Qingyuan responded flatly, her voice hoarse.

Princess Jingmin ran over and took Su Qingyuan's hand, and said with a smile: "You are all talking about the cold weather, why don't I feel it at all? You see, I only wear two layers of single clothes! Why is the Queen Mother so afraid of the cold? , even wearing a jacket? And wearing such an ugly Zhaojun suit—like an old lady!"

"Ugly?" Su Qingyuan subconsciously helped her temples.

Princess Jingmin tilted her head and sized her up carefully, then said with a smile, "It's really ugly to dress up like this, but fortunately you're good-looking, you're only a little worse than me!"

Su Qingyuan smiled wryly and shook her head: "After so many years, the princess still doesn't know much about herself."

Danyue couldn't help but let out a "chi" laugh, and quickly covered her face with her sleeve.

Princess Jingmin immediately pursed her lips: "Hey! As an elder, how can you compare yourself to me? No matter how good-looking you are, what's the use? Isn't it the same as staying widowed to death!"

"Jing Min!" Lu Li frowned.

Su Qingyuan said in a calm and unhurried manner: "The Princess probably doesn't know yet, but talking to the elders like this is going to get a big mouth!"

Princess Jingmin crossed her waist reassuringly: "You should try it! If you dare to hit me, the emperor brother will not spare you!"

Su Qingyuan reached out and pinched her cheeks: "If you don't know the rules, how can you enter the palace and become a concubine in the future?"

Princess Jingmin patted her hand off, put her hands on her hips and said, "I've never understood the rules. Doesn't the emperor dote on me just the same? In a month or so, I'll be the imperial concubine. By that time, your delicate little sister will have to ask me for help." Salute!"

"Jing Min, aren't you going to see the newly opened Hibiscus?" Lu Li reminded suddenly.

Princess Jingmin still hugged Su Qingyuan's arm tightly: "It's a rare encounter, the Queen Mother will go with us?"

Su Qingyuan withdrew her hand: "That's all. You young people go and play, I, an elder, won't join in the fun."

Princess Jingmin curled her mouth when she heard the words, and was not happy: "You said you are an elder, you really put on the spectrum of an elder! Among us, you are the youngest, what are you pretending to be!"

Su Qingyuan was still hesitant, but Lu Li agreed, "The hibiscus in the Royal Garden is blooming exceptionally well this year. The queen mother hasn't been out for many days, so she should come out to relax."

Su Qingyuan glanced at him, with a faint smile on her face: "Ai's house is indeed here to see the flowers, I'm afraid you young people will find it annoying, why don't you go shopping in your own place."

"The queen mother was joking." Lu Li's tone was somewhat helpless.

Princess Jingmin grabbed Su Qingyuan's hand again: "Although you are annoying at times, you are much better than your delicate little sister! I have visited the hibiscus flower several times with the emperor's brother. It would be nice to go shopping with you again! Today, I agreed with the emperor brother to open the pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine that was hidden under the moon-watching pavilion the year before last, so there will be more people!"

"You... come here often?" Su Qingyuan asked pretending to be careless.

Princess Jingmin nodded emphatically: "Of course! There are so few places to play in the palace, so we came to the Royal Garden just by turning around!"

Su Qingyuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Lu Li followed behind the two, a little absent-minded.

Princess Jingmin refused to walk properly as usual.After only a few steps, she dragged Su Qingyuan and complained: "Why are you walking so slowly? There are no outsiders here, and you are still acting like an empress dowager? Hurry up and show your true colors, I want to follow you You run a race, no more than a puppy!"

As she spoke, she pulled Su Qingyuan and tugged heavily.

Luoxia turned pale with shock, and rushed over to support Su Qingyuan: "Your Majesty, be careful!"

Princess Jingmin frowned: "Why are you so nervous? At most, you can only fall once, and you won't get hurt! You are so afraid of falling, and you keep staring at your toes when you walk. Could it be that you really have a baby?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Li hurried to follow up, and pulled Princess Jingmin back into his arms.

Su Qingyuan stood firm and asked calmly, "Do you look like it?"

Princess Jingmin looked her up and down, thoughtful.

Su Qingyuan glanced at her arrogantly: "Don't look, you can't see anything! Now you can laugh at me, and when you enter the palace by yourself, the servants around you will also restrain you from running or jumping." Yes—after all, if you fall now, you only lose your own face, and when you become a concubine, you will fall again, and you will lose the face of the royal family!"

"Then what if the Queen Mother falls?" Princess Jingmin asked in disbelief.

Su Qingyuan raised her head high: "That would be a disgrace to the whole world!"

Princess Jingmin curled her lips unconvinced: "You are obviously a crazy girl yourself, so it's your turn to teach me!"

Su Qingyuan smiled generously and didn't care about her.

After making a fuss all the way to the Wangyue Pavilion, Princess Jingmin immediately ran to find the jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

Su Qingyuan walked into the pavilion and sat down, staring at the hibiscus flowers outside.

Lu Li hesitated for a while, walked over to her and sat down, "Are you cold? This pavilion doesn't block the wind. If you can't stand it, let's move to the next pavilion."

Su Qingyuan still looked outside, as if she didn't hear his question at all.

"Yuan," Lu Li lowered his voice, "There are a lot of things going on these days, so..."

Su Qingyuan still didn't respond, but Danyue took the lead for her and said: "There are a lot of things these days, so I only have time to visit the garden with Princess Jingmin, but I don't have time to show my face in Fanghua Palace! I know, the emperor doesn't need to explain!"

Lu Li's face was a little embarrassed, and he said after a long time: "The rumors have finally calmed down a bit, if I go to Youth Palace, I'm afraid I will give the other party a chance... If there are new topics, we may not be able to resist live."

"Since that's the case, when Jing Min invited me to go with you just now, you should stop it." Su Qingyuan finally turned her face and said lightly.

Lu Li had a bitter expression on his face: "Since we met, there is no need to deliberately avoid it, and..."

"And" what was behind, he didn't say, and Su Qingyuan didn't ask either.

After a moment of silence, Lu Li said in a deep voice, "It's almost over... A Yuan, there are still four days left, we must hold on! There is no problem with the court now, as long as you are safe and sound, the day of filial piety will be the day when the situation will calm down." Time!"

"Why is the situation calming down? What are you whispering about?" Princess Jingmin rushed in with a wine jar in her hand, smiling.

At this time, a young eunuch had already brought over the oven and fresh raw meat, obviously intending to roast and eat it in the kiosk.

Princess Jingmin played with the wine jar in her arms for a while, and then slapped the clay open, and the scent of cinnamon overflowed in an instant.

Su Qingyuan frowned when she smelled the wine, and subconsciously pressed her chest.

"Empress Dowager, do you want to drink together?" Princess Jingmin raised the wine cup in her hand provocatively.

Su Qingyuan smiled and shook her head: "I've been taking medicine recently, and the imperial doctor ordered me not to drink alcohol, so this time I'll take advantage of you first! I'll fight with you when I recover, and I'll drink until you lie down! "

"Can't drink? What's so weird?" Princess Jingmin looked at Su Qingyuan suspiciously.

The latter said helplessly: "I don't know if it's the strange disease or the strange medicine. Anyway, I'm afraid of death, and I dare not refuse to listen to the imperial doctor."

Princess Jingmin rolled her eyes, put down the wine cup suddenly, and rushed towards Su Qingyuan.

Su Qingyuan subconsciously put her right hand on her lower abdomen to protect it, but Princess Jingmin's hand happened to be precisely on the same position, hitting the back of her hand impartially.

"What are you doing?" Su Qingyuan turned cold.

Princess Jingmin pressed the back of her hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't seem to have grown bigger, but——why are you so nervous? What treasure is there?"

"Jing Min, don't be rude!" Lu Li stood up and shouted sharply.

Princess Jingmin leaned in Su Qingyuan's arms, turned her head and smiled and said, "I'm just playing around with the Queen Mother, why is Brother Emperor so nervous?"

Su Qingyuan let out an exaggerated sigh of relief, and suddenly pushed her away: "I was scared to death! I thought you were hiding a knife in your hand, and you were going to kill me!"

Princess Jingmin laughed "hehe" twice, and her gaze stayed on Su Qingyuan's chest for a moment.

Su Qingyuan gave her a white look: "It's useless to be envious, there won't be anything that shouldn't exist!"

"You obviously didn't have it before..." Princess Jingmin muttered in a low voice.

Lu Li stood by the table and watched the two laughing, clutching the wine cup tightly, his knuckles turning white.

"Jing Min." He said in a deep voice with a stern expression on his face.

Princess Jingmin grinned and was about to speak when a person suddenly appeared outside and rushed towards Lu Li.

"Emperor brother, be careful!" Princess Jingmin shouted immediately.

Su Qingyuan tried her best to stabilize her figure, not allowing herself to lose her composure.

She quickly recognized the person who came—it was the crazy "Aunt Nian".

Aunt Nian roared and jumped on Lu Li's body, aiming at his shoulder and biting hard.

The little eunuchs next to him hurried up and hurriedly pulled him away.

Through the thick robe, Lu Li was naturally not injured.

He sighed, and looked at Aunt Nian helplessly: "What did Changli do wrong, every time Aunt sees me, she gets so angry?"

Aunt Nian ignored his words, but turned to Su Qingyuan and shouted sharply, "Kill him!"

Su Qingyuan met her gaze, and said coldly: "There are not many people who dare to say the word 'kill' in the palace. The emperor is thinking of the old kindness and refuses to argue with you, but the Ai family has never received your kindness." Last time at the gate of Fanghua Palace, the Ai family has already forgiven you once, this is the second time—it’s only three things, Aunt Nian must be careful!"

"You...you want to kill me?" Aunt Nian withdrew her teeth and claws, and looked at her blankly.

Su Qingyuan snorted coldly: "If you keep yourself safe, Aijia naturally doesn't want to kill you, I just hope you don't seek your own death!"

Lu Li sighed, and walked over to block between the two: "Mother, Miss Auntie..."

Su Qingyuan glanced at him, turned around and left the pavilion, and left in a flick of her sleeves.

Aunt Nian seemed a little unwilling, and struggled to push the little eunuch away, wanting to chase after him.

But I heard Su Qingyuan coldly drop a sentence: "I've been playing the game of pretending to be crazy for 15 years, aren't you tired?"

(End of this chapter)