Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 67 Let's See You in the Next Life

The sharp owl's cry naturally and inevitably fell into Su Yi's ears.

Su Yi's face changed drastically, and he stared at Su Qingyuan for a long time.

Then, he looked up at Lu Li again, and suddenly gritted his teeth and knelt down: "Before this humble minister listened to the rumors and misunderstood the emperor, and there were many offenses in his words, it was the fault of this humble minister - please forgive me."

Lu Li remained calm and looked at him quietly.

Su Yi took a few more steps on his knees, knelt down in front of Su Qingyuan, and kowtowed more than a dozen times in a row: "I just cherished the Queen Mother's reputation, so I didn't notice the villain's tricks for a while, so I actually Believe the rumors, if you are rude to the empress dowager, there is absolutely no redemption! I dare not ask for forgiveness, but I only ask the empress dowager to take care of the general's family and don't get involved..."

He kowtowed so hard these few heads that the center of his forehead soon swelled up high.

"So, the general admitted that he committed a capital crime?" Su Qingyuan asked coldly.

"If you commit the crime below, it is naturally a capital crime." Su Yi was heartbroken.

Lu Li patted the table heavily: "You caused such a big fight and made the Queen Mother suffer so much humiliation in public. At that time, did you ever think about how the Queen Mother made things difficult? Now that the truth is revealed, you remember the blood relationship again. , Remember the reputation of the Queen Mother again? Su Yi, I didn't know that my grand general of the Nanyue Dynasty was so confused!"

"My minister is guilty, my minister is guilty!" Su Yi prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing endlessly.

Su Qingyuan looked at Lu Li and said silently, "Kill him."

Lu Li showed embarrassment on his face, shook his head slowly, and said after a long time: "There is no such thing as a parent. You said that you are sincere to the Queen Mother. Although I didn't see it, I have to believe you. Otherwise, based on what you have caused today It is not an exaggeration to drag it out and ask for execution!"

Su Yi just kowtowed, and didn't say anything except the words "I'm guilty".

After a long time, Lu Li heaved a long sigh: "The Su family has the iron certificate of the alchemy book bestowed by the great ancestor, and it also has hundreds of years of loyalty and good military exploits... Forget it. As a general, I will serve as a third-rank servant in the Ministry of War, and I will be fined for one year, so let me punish you with a small punishment!"

"My humble minister, thank you Sheng Shang Long En, long live, long live!" Su Yi kowtowed heavily, his voice shaking the sky.

Su Qingyuan was so angry that she clenched her hands into fists and glared at Lu Li with wide eyes.

The latter responded with a very helpless wry smile.

Su Qingyuan turned her head angrily and stopped looking at him.

Lu Li sighed, "General Su, let's get down——He Shangshu, the ritual can continue."

He Zhengru, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly stood up, and carried out the sacrificial ceremony according to the rules of previous dynasties.

Kneel down, weep, get up, kowtow again...

Su Qingyuan used all her strength in every movement, and her forehead turned red even when she knelt and bowed down, which could have been perfunctory.

Lu Li knew that she was angry, but he didn't dare to persuade her under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"In addition to filial piety—" the voice of the ceremonial officer sang weakly.

Su Qingyuan slowly raised her hand, took off a plain white silk flower from her bun, and put it in the holding box in the little eunuch's hand.

The little eunuch lowered his head and walked behind her.

All the concubines and female family members also picked off the silk flowers on their heads and put them into holding boxes.

The civil and military officials have the same rules, but they only pick the plain silk that binds their hair.

After all the collected silk flowers and plain silk were thrown into the brazier and incinerated, Su Qingyuan knelt down in front of the altar and cried bitterly.

There was no such link in the ritual.Su Qingyuan made an impromptu thought, and the officials had no choice but to accompany her, pretending to cry for a while.

"My queen, my father is already in bliss, you...sorry." Lu Li advised her in a hoarse voice beside her.

A clever little eunuch came over and helped Su Qingyuan up, and winked at the ceremonial officer.

The ceremonial officer finally breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted loudly: "The ceremony is over—"

Su Qingyuan shook off the little eunuch, took Lu Junnuo's little hand, and went straight out.

"Mother, please stay!" Lu Li hesitated a few times before finally catching up.

Su Qingyuan led Lu Junnuo and couldn't walk fast, so she stopped and stood at the gate of the hall waiting for him: "The emperor plans to go down the mountain overnight, or stay in the cemetery temporarily?"

At this time, all civil and military officials had followed behind, Lu Li could only grit his teeth and said, "It's cold at night, there are not many rooms in the cemetery, and most of the officials are old and weak... What I mean is overnight Go back to the hotel at the foot of the mountain to rest, and leave for the palace tomorrow morning."

"The emperor is very thoughtful, so let's do this." Su Qingyuan said coldly.

Lu Li wanted to say something else, but Su Qingyuan had already left him and went straight back to the West Side Hall.

In the side hall, all the concubines, female relatives and maids took off their plain filial attire, and put on the clothes they brought, and their eyes immediately became much clearer.

Su Qingluan was still lethargic, and her forehead was still a little hot.

Fortunately, the rules were not so strict when going down the mountain, so Su Qingyuan asked a few eunuchs to lift the sedan chair and carefully guard her down.

As for Su Qingyuan herself, under Lu Li's insistence, she also took a small sedan chair, which finally saved her half an hour of trekking.

At this time, the night was already dark, Lu Junnuo had already fallen asleep, and Su Qingyuan felt that her eyelids were heavy and her head hurt badly, but she couldn't fall asleep anyway.

The movement outside the sedan chair was a bit chaotic, it seemed that some soldiers passed by at one moment, and some orders were given by Lu Li at the other, but it was still not peaceful.

Su Qingyuan lifted the sedan chair curtain, looked at the sedan chair following her, and felt mixed emotions in her heart.

She loved her sister for so many years, but she finally came to this point!
She knew that Su Qingluan was definitely not drugged.

But, she didn't regret it.

At this time, the guards outside were lighting torches, and the eunuchs were also carrying lanterns, but the light inside the sedan chair was still very dim, like that underground palace where countless dead people were buried——

Two hours ago, at the gate of the underground palace, Su Qingluan begged her with her usual humble eyes, and coquettishly pulled her sleeves with both hands: "My dear sister, why don't you come in with me to have a look!"

Su Qingyuan has always been ruthless in rejecting this younger sister.

So, the two sisters held hands and walked into the deep underground palace together.

That underground palace is so deep!The steps seem to be endless, and the sky is gradually unable to shine in. There is only a long burning lamp far away on the wall, which can barely prove that this place is still in the world.

If the ever-burning lamp goes out, maybe the end of the steps is the underworld, right?
At that time, Su Qingyuan thought so in her heart.

As she expected, there was nothing at the end of the steps.

However, there was a large iron gate at the last corner of the steps, and two men in guard uniforms stood on either side of the iron gate.

When seeing those guards, Su Qingyuan paused involuntarily.

Makes no sense.

There was no one at the gate of the underground palace, and it was even more unreasonable for there to be so many people in the depths of the underground palace and in front of the Broken Dragon Stone!

She already understood in her heart, but she didn't say anything.

After turning that corner, the four guards were out of sight.

In front of the Broken Dragon Stone, Su Qingluan still held her hand tightly.

Su Qingyuan looked at the uneven walls all around, and suddenly smiled: "Qingluan, do you think we have been put into a tomb now?"

Su Qingluan shivered, and his face immediately turned pale.

Su Qingyuan broke free from her hand, took two steps back deliberately, and kept a little distance from her, smiling faintly: "What are you afraid of? People are always going to die."

"Sister, we... still have a long time." Su Qingluan eagerly followed, hoping to grab her sister's hand.

But Su Qingyuan backed away again.

She caressed the cold wall (or maybe it was the huge dragon-breaking stone), and said coolly: "That may not be the case, you know, we have always had a tradition of burial in South Vietnam. Now you are Lu Li's only one." Concubine, if he dies suddenly, you will most likely be forced to be buried."

"No..." Su Qingluan was so frightened that her legs went limp.

After a while, she tremblingly reached out to Su Qingyuan again: "Sister, I'm afraid!"

This time, Su Qingyuan didn't dodge.

However, Su Qingluan let out a piercing scream and fell heavily.

Of course Su Qingyuan knew why.

The warmth from her hand had been sucked away by the cold stone wall just now.When Su Qingluan touched her finger, it was like touching a cold stone sculpture, or—a legendary ghost.

Poor Qingluan, she has always been timid, and this time she doesn't know what she's going to be scared into!
After the screaming stopped, Su Qingyuan smiled faintly: "What are you afraid of? It's a great thing to be buried for him. With him on the way to Huangquan, you won't be lonely at all... Unlike me, child The day I land on the ground is when I die, alone and with no one to accompany me..."

"Sister, stop talking! You won't die, we won't die!" Su Qingluan burst into tears.

Su Qingyuan felt a little bored, curled her lips, and really didn't say anything.

Su Qingluan sat up slowly, leaning against the wall and sobbing.

Su Qingyuan leaned over and hugged her tenderly.

Su Qingluan shivered and curled up into a ball.

After feeling the temperature on Su Qingyuan's body, she finally raised her head slowly, holding Su Qingyuan's arm, like a lost child finally returning home: "Sister..."

Su Qingyuan patted her on the back comfortingly: "Qingluan, tell me the truth, are we really not going to die?"

"No, definitely not!" Su Qingluan shook her head desperately.

Su Qingyuan sighed sadly: "You won't die, but I will. You brought me here, didn't you follow the order of your father to kill me here? You see, Even the people carrying the corpses are waiting at the steps!"

Su Qingluan shook her head again and again: "No! Sister, my father is reluctant to let you die! He just asked me to feed you this pill-although it looks dangerous to take, but as long as you find a doctor within a day, you will be able to die. The poison can be cured! My father said that it is enough for you to make a gesture of committing suicide. There is no need to take the life of our daughter of the Su family seriously! My father also said that as long as the emperor is willing to abdicate, we don’t have to kill him , father is willing to help you leave the capital and go far away... Sister, don't make things difficult for me, okay?"

Su Qingyuan slowly stretched out her hand and took the pill: "You work so hard for General Su, what did he promise to give you?"

"Sister..." Su Qingluan just shook her head.

Su Qingyuan laughed mockingly: "I don't really need to ask this question. Maybe he will support Jun'er to be the emperor for a few days, maybe he won't. No matter which path he chooses, the final result must be usurping the throne and proclaiming himself emperor. Change the dynasty. As long as he succeeds, you will be the most honorable princess of the Su family dynasty—even if I didn’t die at that time, I would have gone to somewhere. You, the only princess, are naturally unique in the new dynasty. A proud girl who doesn't need to look at other people's faces, right?"

Su Qingluan just shook her head, but couldn't say a word.

Su Qingyuan picked up the pill and put it to her mouth: "Forget it, as long as I can be with Lu Li, what's the point of living in the rivers and lakes? I am very grateful that you are willing to give him to me. Qingluan, I wish you the best of luck." become."

After that, she twirled the pill around her fingertips a few times, and put it neatly into Su Qingluan's mouth.

"Sister!" Su Qingluan was shocked and cried out.

Su Qingyuan smiled mockingly: "Qingluan, you are still so kind, you haven't changed at all. Even if you want to help father do such a wicked thing, you still don't forget to intercede with my father for me, leaving Lu Li and me alive... ...Even forcing me to take poison to kill myself, you can't bear to use such a poison that there is no cure... With such a good sister, what is there for me to be dissatisfied in this life? Qingluan, good sister, see you in the next life... "

Her voice was getting lower and lower, and she seemed to be very weak.

Su Qingluan scratched her throat desperately, but she didn't hear Su Qingyuan's confession clearly.

Later, Su Qingluan suddenly realized that she should have asked the guards at the iron gate for help.

But it was too late, Su Qingyuan's hand had already covered her mouth.

"Hmm..." Su Qingluan struggled desperately, but gradually lost her strength.

The pill melted in her mouth, and had already flowed into her stomach along with body fluid.

"Hey, don't be afraid! Since it's not highly poisonous, I won't let you die." Su Qingyuan slowly let go of her hand, and gently stroked her sister's small face.

At this time, Su Qingluan was speechless.

After she fell powerlessly to the ground, Su Qingyuan leaned into her ear and asked in a low voice: "Qingluan, do you really believe that this poison will not kill you?"

Su Qingluan's expression was terrified.

Su Qingyuan smiled, put on Su Qingyuan's gentle and cowardly tone, and said loudly: "Sister, don't worry, I will call someone to take you out in a while, and I won't let you freeze to death here—" I am very happy that you are willing to listen to your father!"

After saying this sentence, she gently helped Su Qingluan to put it in the corner of the wall, slowly stood up straight, and walked towards the way she came from.

In fact, she is not good at imitation.She can learn Su Qingluan's intonation perfectly, but the difference in timbre is not small.

The wonderful thing is that the echoes echoed one after another in the underground palace, and the human voices had already been severely distorted after being transmitted out. It should be extremely difficult to distinguish clearly if it is not a close relative.

Su Qingyuan didn't know if her sister had contact with those guards before.If they knew each other, even if she had great abilities today, she might be doomed.

Before the iron gate, Su Qingyuan put on the Guanyin on the cloak, and involuntarily quickened her pace.

Five steps, four steps, three steps...

It was getting closer and closer to the iron gate.

Su Qingyuan was so nervous that she even forgot to breathe.

Still two steps away.Go through this iron gate, if you haven't encountered any trouble, you've passed this level!
Just as Su Qingyuan was thinking like this, the four people suddenly turned around: "Fifth Miss!"

Even though she had been prepared for a long time, Su Qingyuan still couldn't help shivering.

At that moment, she felt that she was done.

But when she saw the guards showing doubts, she immediately calmed down.

"I have completed what my father told me... what are you going to do?" The panic on her face still remained.

The fifth young lady of the Su family who is famous for her timidity, if she can remain calm at this moment, that will be her biggest flaw!

One of the guards took a step forward, bowed his head and said respectfully: "This matter is of great importance, please forgive me for asking too much—that 'Death Letter' was ever placed on the Queen Mother?"

Su Qingyuan collected herself, raised her hand and patted her cuff: "Of course, of course it's ready."

"In that case, please go back, Miss Fifth!" The guard bowed and made a "please" gesture to Su Qingyuan.

The direction his hand was pointing at was not the exit of the underground palace, but the location of the broken dragon stone below.

He had no intention of letting anyone out at all!
Su Qingyuan pondered for a while, glanced at the other three people, frowned and said: "Fourth sister is no longer useful. You should leave here as soon as possible, otherwise people from Yande Palace will come later, it will be difficult to explain!"

"Yes," said the leading guard with a smile, "the subordinates were originally here to assist Miss Fifth, but I didn't expect Miss Fifth to handle things so neatly that they don't need my subordinates to take action!"

Su Qingyuan lowered her head, her tone was a little sad: "It's not that I do things neatly, it's just that my fourth sister believes in me... Please forgive me for asking one more question, is the order you received to kill me together with my fourth sister?" here?"

Several guards looked at each other, and the leader smiled and said, "Fifth Miss is overwhelmed. The general's intention is to ask Fifth Miss to stay with the Queen Mother here for a while, to be a witness, so that I can go to Yande Hall to speak. "

Su Qingyuan shook her head, and smiled slightly: "It turns out that my father really ordered so, I thought he was going to kill me too."

"The general loves Miss Fifth very much." The guard's attitude was very respectful.

Su Qingyuan smiled: "At first I didn't believe that my father would love me, but today... It seems that as long as the fourth sister is gone, he will still have me as a concubine in his eyes! I was just joking with you just now, in fact— —When I came, my father changed his mind again and told you to listen to me."

The guard seemed a little unconvinced, but he still said respectfully, "Miss Fifth please give me instructions."

Su Qingyuan leaned against the wall, biting the corner of her lips and muttering: "Father said, I saw my sister take poison and fainted in the underground palace. It is true, but after waking up, I should run outside in a hurry. Here is the reason for waiting for someone to come to rescue. So, at this moment, I should run out and break into the Yande Hall, and your new task is to go to the mountain road to check the defense of the Imperial Army! I just heard from the fourth sister that the Imperial Army Our defense line will change every half an hour, if our people rush forward rashly, I am afraid we will suffer a big loss!"

The guard leader's expression changed: "Really?"

"Why not? If you don't believe it, go out and have a look!" Su Qingyuan stomped her feet anxiously.

Several guards looked at each other in blank dismay: "This matter needs to be reported to the general as soon as possible!"

Su Qingyuan said seriously: "Father, I'll tell you! You should find a way to catch a small commander of the imperial army as soon as possible, find out if there is any regularity in the deployment changes, and then try to notify our team!"

The leader of the guards bowed his hands solemnly: "I would like to follow Miss Fifth's order!"

Although the task in this underground palace is important, it is obviously not difficult in their eyes.Therefore, after confirming that "Su Qingyuan" has fallen, they are very happy to accept new tasks as soon as possible in order to strive for greater credit.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Su Qingyuan felt a little embarrassed on her face: "I'm walking slowly, can you...leave someone with me? I'm afraid of the dark when I walk alone..."

The leader of the guards frowned, and handed her the torch in his hand: "It's not too late, please forgive me, Fifth Miss."

"Forget it, you guys go." Su Qingyuan took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind.

The four guards saluted her in unison, and quickly ran up the steps.

Su Qingyuan threw the torch in her hand to the bottom of the steps, crawled slowly while supporting the wall, and left the underground palace with difficulty.

When she finally returned to the ground, those guards had of course disappeared.

Su Qingyuan borrowed a horse from the general of the imperial army, galloped down the mountain, and intercepted the fifty thousand armored warriors who were rushing over on the official road—with her sharp tongue, it was not difficult to convince that solid-eyed second brother.

Even better, according to her previous arrangement, Lu Junnuo slipped out of Yande Hall smoothly, holding the token she had found a craftsman to imitate, and stopped Su Qingjia already.

The mother and son sang together perfectly.

After deceiving Su Qingjia and returning to Yande Hall, everything was logical.

In this round, what Su Qingyuan was most proud of was not that she countered Su Qingluan, nor did she deceive Su Qingjia, but that she taught a son who was brilliant.

Today, everyone is exhausted.The five-year-old baby in her arms did something that even adults might not be able to do smoothly.

Aside from being proud, Su Qingyuan's heart was unavoidably a little sour.

Isn't it too cruel to expose such a young child to such things?
This question is probably unsolvable.Strife in court and battles in the palace are unavoidable for everyone living in Miyagi.She hoped that she could protect the child, but she was afraid that if she protected him too well, he would lose the ability to fight against the wind and rain independently.

Today's matter seems to have come to an end, but it is far from over.

It can even be said that it has just begun.

In the Hall of Yande, Su Yi was clearly about to rebel, but the punishment he received in the end was just a mild relegation to his salary—a punishment of this magnitude was like pulling two hairs out of a tiger. meaningless.

His fangs and claws are still there, and he can counterattack at any time!

Su Qingyuan was very annoyed.

After planning and planning for so long, how could she be content with such a result!
"Empress Dowager!" A little eunuch rushed over from behind and stopped the sedan chair.

Su Qingyuan asked through the car curtain: "What's wrong?"

The little eunuch said anxiously: "Ms. Concubine Shu vomited a mouthful of blood just now, do you want to rush to see the imperial physician?"

"No need," Su Qingyuan said coldly, "Let's talk about it after we get to the hotel at the foot of the mountain."

The little eunuch agreed, and there was no other movement outside.

Su Qingyuan rubbed the center of her eyebrows, her expression indifferent.

There are many dangers on the mountain. If you stay for a moment longer, you will be more dangerous.

For Su Qingluan, it's not worth it.

It is difficult to travel at night, and the torches in the hands of the guards are like a long dragon, winding from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain.

almost.

When you arrive at the mountain resort, where the terrain is flat and crowded, you will be safe.

(End of this chapter)