Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 68

Down the mountain, on the official road.

A sea of ​​fire.

If the team of the imperial army is a fire dragon, then the area under the mountain is the ocean, the sky, and the whole world.

That was the armored warrior under Su Yi's command.

The total number of armored soldiers exceeds 20. They are usually stationed outside the city and are not easily transferred.

What Lu Li found out in advance was that Su Yi will mobilize 5 people to besiege the imperial tomb today, and the remaining 15 soldiers are most likely already on standby at the gate of the city. Once the imperial tomb succeeds, the other side will immediately occupy the palace city .

Now it seems that this news may not be accurate.

Judging from the number of torches, there are far more than [-] armored soldiers at the foot of the mountain!

Of course, this does not necessarily mean that there will be fewer people at the gate of the city.

It is even more likely that the total number of armored soldiers far exceeds 20!
The Su family has passed down their families with martial arts and soldiers, and they have made great achievements for hundreds of years. It is not impossible to raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers privately!

How many soldiers are there in the entire Nanyue Dynasty?

Although the two countries often talked about "a million soldiers" when they were fighting each other, in fact, the total number of soldiers registered in the entire South Vietnam Dynasty was only more than [-].

Excluding 20 armored soldiers, there are 40 left.

The 40 generals were scattered across the borders and in the hands of many generals. It is conceivable how many of them can really be mobilized.

Su Qingyuan looked at the endless flames outside through the car curtain, feeling chills in her heart.

The team of the forbidden army escorted the royal family and all civil and military officials through the sea of ​​armored soldiers, everyone's palms were full of sweat.

Even if you have experienced many battles and your muscles and bones are strong, when you walk into the pack of wolves like this, it is inevitable that your legs will become weak and your scalp will be numb.

In front, the armored soldiers suddenly separated to both sides.

But it wasn't to make way for the Imperial Army team, but to let in a fast horse.

On the horseback, Su Yi held his head high and his chest high, in high spirits: "The old minister led his iron-clad guards to escort the emperor to the palace!"

The team behind stopped slowly, and the eunuch who followed the guard of honor at the front turned around and ran back. After a while, he reached Lu Li's horse and passed Su Yi's words to the audience.

Lu Li was silent for a long time, then said in a deep voice, "Then there will be General Lao Su."

The eunuch ran to the front of the guard of honor in a "squeaky" manner, and conveyed Lu Li's words to Su Yi.

After going back and forth, the team has been delayed for a long time.

Su Yi smiled "haha", and turned the horse's head slowly: "Let's go!"

Su Qingyuan sat in the sedan chair, clenched her fists again and again, but couldn't do anything.

It was already midnight when we arrived at the hotel.

Su Yi didn't make any small moves, but the soldiers of the imperial army and all the civil and military officials were exhausted.

All the way I was worried, as if my heart was hanging on a thin thread.The taste, only those who have experienced it will understand.

Su Yi was in high spirits, chatting and laughing loudly with the generals around him, without looking tired.

When Su Qingyuan was helped out of the sedan chair by Luoxia, she couldn't help but gouged out a hard look at the tall horse.

She knew what the old fox was up to.

The team was escorted by the imperial army, so it was already safe, so there was no need for that old thing to do anything extra.

The reason why Su Yi worked so hard was not to show his loyalty, and of course it was not for the safety of the team.He did it to intimidate people, to show off his military power, and to let everyone know that he is the one who controls the overall situation!

After dismounting, Lu Li first escorted Su Qingyuan to the Nuan Pavilion, and then returned to his residence with Xiao Luzi.

The hotel was built in an open place with several small towns nearby, so there would be no danger of being ambushed.

It can be said that it is really safe to enter the hotel.

However, Lu Li's heart was still irritated, and he couldn't lie down with peace of mind no matter what.

After tossing and turning for more than half a time, he finally couldn't hold back, got up, walked through the corridor, and slipped into the courtyard next door.

The lights were still on in the warm pavilion, and the figure he was thinking of was sitting in front of the window, talking to someone.

Lu Li hesitated for a moment, lifted the curtain and walked in.

The person who was talking was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty."

Lu Xin's heart tightened, his face changed slightly: "It's so late, why are you still here... What's wrong with A Yuan?"

The person kneeling is Yu Shen, the imperial physician.

He raised his head, hesitantly: "It's nothing serious, it's just that I'm a little tired... From now on, I just need to take care of myself."

Lu Li didn't believe it, and looked up at Su Qingyuan.

The latter turned his head away, and said calmly: "There are too many people in the hotel, the emperor shouldn't come."

"A Yuan, I'm worried." Lu Li walked over and held her hand.

Su Qingyuan winked at Imperial Physician Yu, and the latter retreated silently.

Seeing Lu Li, he became even more suspicious: "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"Physician Yu is your person, if I have something to hide from you, how can I discuss it with him?" Su Qingyuan asked back.

Lu Li frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed helplessly: "If you don't want to say it, that's fine... A Yuan, you are tired today."

Su Qingyuan lowered her head and stared at the corner of the table: "Everyone is working hard today, not just me. If you really feel sorry for me being troubled, you should leave here earlier, so that I have time to close my eyes."

Lu Li pulled a small stool and sat down beside Su Qingyuan, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch her belly.

Su Qingyuan patted him casually and blocked him back.

Lu Li was full of disappointment, and it took him a long time to stand up with a sigh: "I won't bother you anymore. It's almost dawn, and I'll help you lie on the bed for a while."

Su Qingyuan pushed away his extended hand again, with an impatient expression on her face: "I can go by myself, and there is no shortage of people to serve me. If you don't want to make any troubles that cannot be dealt with, you should leave here quickly it is good."

Lu Li stood there with his hands outstretched in embarrassment, somewhat at a loss.

At this moment, Luoxia came in with a medicine bowl, and frowned: "Why is the emperor here? The empress is angry right now, you'd better avoid it."

"What do you mean? Does Ah Yuan bite when she's angry?" Lu Li was a little dumbfounded.

Luoxia sent the medicine bowl to Su Qingyuan's hand, and said lightly: "Bite is not good. It's just that you are the one who is annoyed by the empress. Now you are swaying in front of her, which is obviously adding fuel to the fire." !"

Su Qingyuan drank the medicine in one go, and threw the empty medicine bowl to Luoxia: "You have learned to talk too much now!"

Luoxia shrank her neck and hurriedly retreated.

Lu Li bent down and picked up Su Qingyuan, put her back on the bed, and smiled slightly: "I thought you'd play tricks and not let me hug you."

"Why don't you take the free sedan chair?" Su Qingyuan withdrew her hand, still expressionless.

Lu Li took the opportunity to touch her waist twice, and frowned: "Now... your waist is much wider."

"Why, are you starting to dislike him?" Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes at him and said angrily.

Seeing that she was still willing to quarrel, Lu Li felt relieved and said with a smile, "I don't dislike it. If you are fatter, our baby will live in a spacious room."

Su Qingyuan couldn't hold back for a moment, picked up the pillow and threw it on his face.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry!" Lu Li was anxious.

Su Qingyuan lay back powerlessly: "Stop making trouble, I'm exhausted today."

Lu Li sat down by the bed and reached out to touch her forehead.

Su Qingyuan pushed him away irritably: "You are here, I can't sleep!"

"Don't worry, these courtyards are all our people." Lu Li persuaded in a low voice.

Su Qingyuan sighed: "Lu Li, if you weren't the emperor, you would probably be a bachelor for the rest of your life—you're so stupid, which woman would like you?"

"Isn't there already a woman more stupid than me who likes me? She already has a baby." Lu Li smiled and brushed her hair behind her ears, his fingertips resting on her cheek, unwilling to move away.

Su Qingyuan closed her eyes and shrank into the quilt.

Lu Li knew she was tired, but he just couldn't bear to leave.

Su Qingyuan couldn't bear it and patted his hand: "It's dead! You poked here and there, are you looking for milk to drink on me or something? Either sleep with me or get out of here ..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Li had already kicked off his boots and climbed onto the bed: "So there is an option of 'sleeping with you', no wonder I was called stupid just now..."

"Be more honest!" Another slap was made.

"Oh..." Lu Li felt aggrieved, but in the end he put his hand on a soft place.

With the warm fragrance of nephrite jade in his arms, his heart immediately settled down.

Although there is still some "unstableness" in other places, today we have to endure it for the time being.

"A Yuan." Smelling the familiar fragrance of hair, Lu Li suddenly sighed.

"Yeah." Su Qingyuan didn't fall asleep either.

Lu Li carefully moved forward, and sighed in her ear: "Today's result is already very good. Your Majesty Yande, although we have the upper hand, but Su Yi's men have a lot of good food. If we rashly kill him If they are punished, the Iron Armored Army will definitely turn back. As you can see, there are far more than [-] Iron Armored Soldiers under the mountain, and we don’t have many available manpower in Miyagi... If we really push him back, we still have no chance of winning .”

Su Qingyuan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "I understand the truth, but he has clearly turned against you, but you can only swallow your anger and make peace... Those old foxes in the court are not blind. If things go on like this, what prestige do you have? "

Lu Li sighed and remained silent.

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time, then sighed again: "We tried our best this time, not only failed to deal with him, but let him show off his might... I'm afraid those weak bones in the court will fall against him even more. Next In this confrontation, do we still have a chance of winning?"

"Of course." Lu Li comforted with a smile.

Su Qingyuan turned around slowly.

Lu Li pulled her into his arms again, and said with a smile, "Don't forget, we have only been preparing for this battle for a month, and he has been preparing for decades. You can calculate the account carefully, what is it? Who is more capable?"

"I thought you had been preparing for at least ten years." Su Qingyuan said coolly.

Lu Li's face froze for a moment, and he casually poked his finger on Su Qingyuan's forehead: "Who are you talking to?"

Su Qingyuan rubbed her forehead and glared at him angrily.

Seeing this, Lu Li smiled happily.

It was the fourth watch in the blink of an eye, and Lu Li still couldn't bear to sleep.

But Su Qingyuan was already unwilling to chat with him anymore, and went to meet Zhou Gong on her own.

Lu Li dawdled reluctantly for a long time, and finally got up quietly and got out of bed.

It's almost dawn.

After all, the hotel is not his own territory, and he should restrain himself when it is time to restrain himself.

The sky in the east has turned white, and it's time to leave for the palace in a while.

Lu Li didn't go back to his room at all, and walked out slowly along the corridor.

The imperial guards are all guarding outside the hotel, civil and military officials live in the front courtyard, and the courtyards in the northeast corner at the back are occupied by female relatives...

Everyone was too tired yesterday, so in this time that should belong to hardworking people, there is still no one in the hotel.

Only the servants guarding the gates of each courtyard raised their eyelids weakly when they heard the footsteps.

Lu Li couldn't help but think of the Iron Armored Army he saw last night.

It was already midnight at that time, and the armored warrior had gone through a long day of trekking and stood at the bottom of the mountain in the middle of the night, but he was always full of energy, without a trace of tiredness.

This point, even those well-trained imperial guards can't compare.

What's more frightening is that Su Yi himself, who is nearly fifty years old, is equally high-spirited, and he can't see the signs of decay and exhaustion that are unique to the elderly at all.

Therefore, there is indeed a long way to go to defeat that old fox!

Lu Li strolled to a small garden, and suddenly saw a figure swaying behind the rocks.

It was only when he got closer that he realized that it was a person kneeling with his back to him.

I didn't see anyone else around, and I don't know how long that person had been kneeling.

Lu Li became curious, so he lightened his steps and walked over quietly.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps on the opposite side, and it was Duke Ding who walked in front of that person.

Lu Li finally recognized it—the kneeling one was Duke Ding's eldest son, Cheng Yu.

Only Dingguo Gong let out a heavy "hum": "Nizi! Do you know that you are wrong now?"

"My child doesn't know." Cheng Yu straightened his spine and replied stiffly.

Before he finished speaking, the crutch in Duke Ding's hand hit him on the back: "I don't know? You knelt here all night, what have you been thinking about?"

Cheng Yu raised his head, and said calmly: "I only hate that I mistrusted you at the beginning... The medicine was passed to Yuan'er through my hand, if something happened to her..."

"If something happens to her, what can you do? Will you bury her?!" Ding Guogong was furious.

Cheng Yu gritted his teeth, and asked word by word: "Shouldn't it be?"

"You... Nizi!" The crutch in Duke Ding's hand dropped again.

Cheng Yu didn't hide, his back was still straight.

Amid Duke Ding's scolding, Cheng Yu gritted his teeth and said, "You know she hasn't done anything bad, but just because she's the daughter of an old thief, you're going to put her to death. Is this what you mean?" Is it the style of a gentleman? Poisoning a pregnant woman with the medicine of tigers and wolves, where is your "benevolence" reflected? You know who the father of the child in her womb is, but you still insist on poisoning, your "loyalty" 'Where is it again?"

Duke Dingguo was so angry that he trembled all over, the crutch dropped from his hand, and it fell heavily on Cheng Yu's back: "I am obsessed with obsession! I am obsessed with ghosts! In my opinion, all the books you have read for so many years have been for nothing!"

Cheng Yu caught the crutch, held it in both hands and raised it in front of Duke Ding, without saying a word.

But his expression was clearly still unconvinced.

Ding Guogong took the crutches, still angry, and slapped Cheng Yu on the shoulder twice: "You say that woman is innocent? Her existence is a crime! A monster who charms the king's heart, do you still need to do it yourself?" Murder and arson? The king lost his nature and did wrong things because of her. Isn't this her sin?"

Cheng Yu pouted his neck, and argued unconvincedly: "Changli has not lost his true nature! Since he took the throne for several months, you have seen in his selection of talents, diligence in government and love of the people..."

Ding Guogong stomped his crutches on the ground heavily, lowered his voice and said, gnashing his teeth: "Poisoning the emperor, rebelling against the relationship and caring for the mother, isn't that considered lost! It's true that he chooses the best, can be diligent and loves the people, but those can only be counted" Xiaode', what he committed is a serious crime that is not tolerated by ghosts and gods!"

"But Yuan'er..." Cheng Yu instinctively wanted to defend himself, but under his father's stern words, he was a little timid.

Duke Dingguo sighed for a long time: "You have been friends with the emperor since you were young, and your father knows it; you have always been close to the daughter of the Su family, and you know it as a father... But Yuer, you can't be fooled by love." Eyes! The emperor is confused, if you follow him in confusion, you can only be a sycophant for the rest of your life! Our Dingguo government has been loyal and good for generations, what do we rely on? It's 'sobriety'! The current situation, you should understand—— Your majesty can be a wise king, but the premise is that the daughter of the Su family must die, and that evil seed born of disobedience must not be left behind!"

"Father, even if they are wrong, it's not our business..." Cheng Yu's confidence has weakened.

Duke Ding shook his head, hating iron for being weak and said: "It seems that you are really confused... For example, if your parents have a cancer, since you have seen it, how can you ignore it? Even if your parents hate you and hate you, you should do your best It is your duty to cut off that cancerous tumor, and this is true loyalty and filial piety!"

Cheng Yu didn't answer, his straight back had already collapsed.

Ding Guogong stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of his head, and sighed dejectedly: "Father, I know that you value love and righteousness, but...you have to know that beyond 'love and righteousness', there is also 'great righteousness'!"

After the rock, Lu Li clenched his fists at some point.

Ding Guogong's words are all words of loyalty, worthy of the name of loyalty for generations.

but……

Such a man of righteousness would certainly not understand his thoughts—even if he understood, he would not agree with him.

That woman, that child, they are not some "cancer", but his bones, his blood, his life.

If he could scrape the bone, heal the poison and regenerate his arm, he could do it himself, so why would there be any need for these loyal people to persecute him again and again?

The poison has entered the heart and cannot be cured.

On the other side, Cheng Yu lowered his head: "Father, I'm afraid... I can't help you anymore."

Duke Ding glared at him angrily at first, then sighed helplessly: "Forget it, I can't force you. From now on, the Su family will be on guard, and it will not be easy to strike again...Let's talk about it later."

Lu Li's heart suddenly felt cold.

After a while?

how long?
During the Spring Festival?During the festival of lights?Or... when the child landed?
Thinking of someone behind him always watching Su Qingyuan and the child waiting for an opportunity, he felt horrified.

If possible, he really wants to avoid future troubles forever.

However, Dingguo's mansion has been loyal for generations, how should he start?

Over there, Duke Ding stood up leaning on his crutches: "Did you still refuse to say what my father asked you last night?"

"Father already knows." Cheng Yu said calmly.

Duke Ding became angry again: "Of course I know that you bought those doctors for the Su family! From this, it can be seen that the woman's temperament is unstable and she is definitely not a good person! She has followed the emperor, but secretly Hanging you to work for her, you still think of her as a treasure..."

Cheng Yu stood up with a "huh": "Father, please be careful! Yuan'er has never looked for me, I feel ashamed of her, and doing small things for her is just for my own peace of mind! You can maliciously speculate Your son, but please don't speak ill of Yuan'er - she is not the kind of person you think!"

Duke Ding was startled by his actions and staggered for a while, before hitting the ground with his cane, he said angrily, "How dare you contradict your father for a woman!"

"I don't dare." Cheng Yu lowered his head.

Duke Dingguo snorted heavily: "Those two doctors are not ordinary people, how did you bribe them?"

Cheng Yu hesitated for a long time, then said with a guilty conscience, "It's just giving some money."

"That's not enough to coax me," Duke Ding said with a sneer, "that doctor Yan is nothing more than that, Shen Chong is half of Old Fox Su's confidant, how can money buy it? You can tell it yourself before I reveal it." Your skin!"

Cheng Yu knelt down slowly.

"Don't dare to say?" Duke Ding was so angry that his face turned blue.

Cheng Yu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Doctor Shen's only son is suffering from a strange disease, and one of the medicinal materials he needs is a thousand-year-old ginseng... I thought we happened to have one in the warehouse, and it would be useless to leave it alone, so I gave it to him. .”

"Things that are hard to come by, you use them as favors for others?" Ding Guogong was so angry that his whole body trembled.

Cheng Yu raised his head and said anxiously: "The child was not all for favors, after all the situation at that time... If Yuan'er's pregnancy was really diagnosed, General Su would definitely put all the blame on the emperor! Would father be willing to watch Has something happened to the emperor and he watched the world fall into the hands of General Su?"

Ding Guogong knocked his crutches on the ground heavily: "You can still talk! If it wasn't for the fact that you indirectly helped the emperor, do you think I can allow you to live until now? You count yourself, here How many mistakes have you made in this matter-you have stolen treasures from your home and bribed others, instigated doctors to lie and conceal the truth, deceived and contradicted your father in many ways, and acted uneasy in the court... The Cheng family has been loyal for generations, and the poems and rites have been passed down from generation to generation. An unrighteous and unfilial rebellious son like you has been born!"

Cheng Yu knelt obediently, not daring to speak a word.

Duke Dingguo scolded enough, and turned around angrily: "After you go back, you will go to the ancestral hall and kneel obediently for two months, and read Cheng's family motto three hundred times every day!"

"Father!" Cheng Yu called out hastily, straightening up.

Duke Ding stopped in his tracks: "Why, three hundred times is not enough?"

Cheng Yu gritted his teeth: "Father, Yuan'er is the empress dowager of South Vietnam, you make things difficult for her everywhere, does that count as... disloyal?"

(End of this chapter)