Chapter 70

Duan Ran quickly chased after the rockery, and brought out a palace maid covered in snow.

Miss my aunt.

Luoxia and the little eunuchs were a little nervous, knowing that Su Qingyuan didn't like it, so they had to suppress their worries and carefully helped her out of the pavilion.

At this time, a little eunuch suddenly exclaimed.

Luoxia was about to scold her, but when she saw the place he was pointing at, her expression changed drastically: "No, quickly help the lady back!"

Xiao Linzi squatted down with a "whoosh": "Ma'am, this slave will carry you over!"

Su Qingyuan didn't have time to hesitate, Luoxia and Danyue had already pressed her on Xiaolinzi's back involuntarily.

A group of people quickly withdrew from the pavilion and ran outside.

Under your feet, there are icy pool water, scattered snow, and thousands of pieces of thin ice floating on the water.

It turned out that the pavilion was built in the pool water with nine extremely thick logs piled in the pool.The pavilion is connected to the shore by a winding bamboo bridge, which captures the quiet and elegant artistic conception.

But at this time, including the bamboo bridge, the whole pavilion fell obliquely into the pool!

The pavilion collapsed extremely quickly, halfway down in the blink of an eye.As for the bamboo bridge connected to the shore, it was nowhere to be seen. Only in the shallow water on the shore, a few bamboo poles could be seen scattered on the ice.

Two or three feet away from the shore, Xiao Linzi suddenly stepped on the ground and fell down.

Several young eunuchs rushed over to save them, but they missed one after another, and fell into the water screaming.

Danyue held Su Qingyuan's hand, but she couldn't stop Xiao Linzi from falling, and she was about to fall into the water with several people.

"Hurry up and protect your mother!" Luoxia was so panic-stricken for the first time, she yelled loudly.

On the shore, Duan Ran threw away Aunt Nian and rushed over.

Unexpectedly, just after taking two steps, Aunt Nian suddenly burst out laughing and rushed forward to hug his leg.

At this moment, Su Qingyuan fell into the water.

A bone-piercing chill instantly swept through his whole body.The cotton coat was soaked in water and sank straight down.

"Niangniang!" Danyue accidentally slipped her hand, crying anxiously.

A few young eunuchs who were still able to hold on hurriedly chased over to pick up Su Qingyuan, wading through the water and groping forward step by step.

"Crazy woman, let me go!" Duan Ran was so anxious on the shore that he was about to cry.

In the pool, a few young eunuchs were afraid of stepping into the air again, so they could only use their toes to find the way and walked slowly.Two people who fell and choked on water could only be helped to move out a little bit.

"Let go of me, I can go." Su Qingyuan gritted her teeth and shouted to the little eunuch.

Several young eunuchs dare not let go.

At this time, Duan Ran on the shore suddenly felt his legs loosen, and Aunt Nian let him go.

He was slightly taken aback, before he had time to react, he heard a "plop", and it was Aunt Nian who jumped into the pool, rushed to Su Qingyuan in three steps, and stretched out her hand, "Give it to me!"

Without hesitation, the little eunuchs subconsciously handed Su Qingyuan into her hands.

Su Qingyuan wanted to object, but she was unable to speak.

This Aunt Nian does have some skills.In such cold water, she seemed to be walking on flat ground, bringing Su Qingyuan to the shore in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the eaves of the pavilion were almost touching the water.

The little eunuchs and maids also landed safely one after another.At this moment, no one cares about what to say, they can only drag their bodies that are about to freeze into ice, and protect Su Qingyuan and run back to Fanghua Palace.

After returning to the palace, he changed his clothes, boiled water to warm his body, and asked the imperial physician to make medicine... All this fuss took more than an hour.

When Lu Li hurried over, Su Qingyuan had just taken the medicine and was lying on the soft couch by the stove.

"How are you?" Lu Li's face was paler than Su Qingyuan's.

Su Qingyuan didn't move.

There was still one thing on her mind.

On the way back, Aunt Nian ran all the way with her on her back, but her mouth never stopped:

"If you are pregnant, you should rest in the house. What are you doing outside for no reason?"

"Have you ever noticed that you didn't enter the pavilion by yourself, but someone else led you in?"

"When you were in the pavilion, who kept talking to you, so that you didn't even notice that the pavilion sank?"

"There are nine pillars under the pavilion, and there are hundreds of piles under the bamboo bridge. Do you believe they will sink at the same time?"

"Who wants to harm you, you really don't know?"

Aunt Nian asked all the way, and Su Qingyuan thought all the way.

The more I think about it, the more frightened I become.

Seeing Lu Li at this moment, she felt a chill in her heart, even colder and more frightened than when she was immersed in the pool water.

She didn't like Aunt Nian, so of course she didn't want to believe it.

However, those questions had already taken root in her heart.

Lu Li asked several times but didn't get an answer, he was already panicking.

At this time, Duan Ran hurried in with a small porcelain bottle: "I'm back! I'm back! How can I make it in time... Hey, Lu Li? Why are you here? Are you with your noble concubine?" Wangyuelou, are you making an oath to each other..." "What are you holding in your hand?" Lu Li didn't have time to pay attention to his instigation, and snatched the porcelain vase with his hands.

Duan Ran immediately raised his hand: "Oh, that one? It was given by Imperial Physician Yu, it's for life-saving."

"Help who?" Lu Li glared at him.

"Your son!" Duan Ran leaned against the stove and narrowed his eyes.

"Ayuan..." Lu Li was at a loss as he clutched the porcelain bottle.

Su Qingyuan finally shifted her gaze to him.

Lu Li opened the cork and poured out the only pill inside: "A Yuan, do you want to take it now?"

Su Qingyuan stretched out her hand to take it, and stared at him blankly.

Luoxia came in with a bowl of ginger soup, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, take the medicine first, Imperial Physician Yu is still thinking of a way, so don't think about it..."

Lu Li turned pale with shock, "Is it dangerous?"

Su Qingyuan held the pill in her hand and closed her eyes: "Lu Li, if...if you say 'don't take it' now, I won't bother you."

"What do you mean?" Lu Li didn't understand.

Luoxia rushed over, snatched the pill from her hand, forced it into her mouth, and handed the bowl of ginger soup to her hand: "Now is not the time to think wildly, empress, you should save the child before talking!"

Su Qingyuan took the bowl, drank it all in one gulp, and lay down again.

Duan Ran stood up with a "hehe" smile: "The next medicine will be delivered by Imperial Physician Yu himself, so I won't get in the way here. Empress Dowager, please take care!"

"Stop!" Lu Li stood up.

"Hey, it's none of my business!" Duan Ran subconsciously shrank towards the door.

Lu Li rushed over to block the door: "What's going on? How could it be so good that it fell into the water?"

"Have you seen Yingyue Pond?" Duan Ran asked back.

Lu Li remained silent.

Of course he saw it.

The pavilion and bamboo bridge on the pool have disappeared, only a few bamboo poles and some broken ice are floating on the water.

That piece of water was like a piece of plain silk with a big hole burnt through it, it was ugly and terrifying, it made one's heart tremble.

Duan Ran put his hands in his hands and sighed: "Who would have thought that the beautiful pavilion would suddenly sink? The Empress Dowager is not in good health yet, and she has been soaking in ice water for so long..."

With a dark face, Lu Li slammed his fist on the door panel behind him: "Since you were there, why didn't you go to rescue him!"

"You should ask your Aunt Nian about this question!" Duan Ran said with her head held high.

Lu Li frowned.

Luoxia hurriedly stood up, and said in a low voice: "Aunt Nian is often confused, and that's not her fault. The pavilion is strangely heavy today, if Aunt Nian hadn't been arguing with Mr. Duan, I'm afraid we would have discovered it even later. What's more, in the end it was Aunt Nian who jumped into the pool and rescued the empress..."

Lu Li finally turned around and let Duan go away.

Su Qingyuan stretched out her hand to Luoxia: "Help me to lie on the bed."

Luoxia was about to agree when Lu Li turned around and said, "I'll hug you."

Su Qingyuan didn't refuse, but closed her eyes as soon as she got into his arms, refusing to meet his gaze.

Seeing that she had nothing to do with herself, Luoxia packed up the medicine bowl and wanted to return it.

Su Qingyuan raised her head and asked: "You guys also remember to boil more hot water to warm up your body, and cook more ginger soup. Especially those who fell into the water should be taken care of, whoever is sick Now, don't hold on..."

Lu Li grabbed her hand: "You're still worrying about them, why don't you first see what you've become!"

Su Qingyuan lay down, wrapped up the quilt, and turned her back.

Lu Li scratched his head anxiously beside him.

Su Qingyuan couldn't fall asleep either, she stared at the carved flowers on the bed with her eyes open, in a daze.

Obviously, it has been soaked in hot water for so long, and a few more charcoal basins have been burned in this room, but she still feels cold.

The imperial physician said that the cold and fright this time might be a bit bad.

When Su Qingyuan heard that sentence, she suddenly became disheartened.

Suddenly I don't want to hold on anymore.

Since so many people are thinking about it, since so many people are trying their best to take this child's life, she might as well give up, and everyone can rest assured.

Once the idea took root, it could never be thrown away.

Think about it in a few days, there will be more Yingying Yanyan in the palace, and there will only be more troubles.How long can she hide her big belly?
After birth, how long can this child's life experience be kept secret?
Even if the child is lucky enough to grow up, how should it face its unbearable identity?
Thinking about it this way, the more I think about it, the more boring I feel.

Lu Li lay down on the side of the bed, hugging Su Qingyuan and the quilt in his arms.

Su Qingyuan shrank her body instinctively, hiding her whole face under the quilt.

Lu Li stroked her waist through the quilt, and whispered, "It'll be fine."

Su Qingyuan pulled the corner of her lips.

Will something happen, how can he know?

That spot was hurting so badly at the moment, she could already feel it wanting to flee.

It shouldn't have come, and it has never been treated kindly—what reason does it have to insist on staying?

It was wrong from the beginning.

Lu Li rubbed against the bed, and said in a low voice, "I've already asked someone to investigate. It's so cold, it's definitely not something one or two people can do to destroy all the stakes in the pool. If they're targeting you ..."

"I'm fine, let's go." Su Qingyuan said in a muffled voice.

Instead, Lu Li hugged her even tighter: "I want to spend more time with you."

Su Qingyuan let out a low sneer.

Lu Li reached out his hand to the bottom of the quilt, found Su Qingyuan's hand, and grabbed it: "I should always be with you... If I don't go out with Jing Min, you will be fine."

Su Qingyuan turned around slowly, opened her eyes and looked at him.

Lu Li propped up half of his body and looked at her quietly.

After a long time, Su Qingyuan pulled the corner of her lips: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

"Really?" Lu Li heaved a sigh of relief.

Su Qingyuan looked away, and said lightly: "Really. I figured it out."

"What?" Lu Li felt something was wrong.

Su Qingyuan closed her eyes and said calmly: "This child, if you want it, I will give birth to it as safely as possible; if you don't want it, I am still willing to give it up now. If you can still visit me in the future, I'm naturally happy; if you can't come, I understand. If my entanglement caused you trouble before, I'm sorry...it won't happen in the future."

"A Yuan, what are you talking about?" Lu Li sat up and looked at her angrily.

Su Qingyuan smiled shyly: "I've been trying to persuade myself to forget all the bad things, pretending that I can't hear or see anything, but...it's too tiring. Lu Li, I don't want to lie anymore. is you."

"What did you lie to me?" Lu Li clenched his hands tightly, suppressing the turbulent emotions.

Su Qingyuan coughed twice, and smiled wryly: "I pretended not to care about anything, pretended to be the same as before, but...it's too tiring to keep acting like this! Lu Li, I actually don't like you that much anymore..."

"You're lying!" Lu Li grabbed her shoulder.

"It hurts." Su Qingyuan frowned.

Lu Li had no choice but to let go.

Su Qingyuan opened her eyes and looked at him: "People always have to move forward, none of us can go back. Ask yourself, do you still like me like before?"

"Of course I..." Lu Li was a little annoyed.

Su Qingyuan smiled sarcastically: "If you want to say 'of course', I may understand that you have never liked me very much. Lu Li, if the relationship between you and me can be together smoothly, maybe I can live a life in peace and stability, but...so many things happened in the middle, and there will be more things in the future. How long can our relationship last? I can't hold it anymore, let's...let's be safe separately Bar."

Lu Li leaned down again: "I've reached this point, and you tell me you want to give up? Tell me the truth, is there someone whispering something in your ear again? When will you have a little bit of your own in your mind? Things, don’t always be led by others!”

"Aren't you being led by the nose by others... You don't even have to hold the nose. If someone holds your hand or your sleeve, you will go away with him..." Su Qingyuan was depressed typical.

Lu Li was stunned for a long time, then shook his head and smiled wryly, "Are you still angry about Jing Min?"

Su Qingyuan shook her head: "The most ridiculous thing is that after giving birth for a long time, I suddenly realized that I don't even have the right to be angry."

"A Yuan!" Lu Li squeezed her hand and growled hoarsely.

Su Qingyuan opened her eyes and looked at him: "They are your legitimate concubines, and I'm just a concubine, the most shameful kind...I'm jealous with them, why? Lu Li, my fate with you It's already broken, it shouldn't have started at all..."

"I thought your knot had been untied." Lu Li sighed sadly.

Su Qingyuan shook her head slowly, and said after a long time: "It's fine if you deliberately didn't think about it before... Now look at Jingmin, and think about it in a few days when your concubines come to the palace and call me ' Queen Mother', the more I think about it, the more I feel...too disgusting."

"You feel sick?" Lu Li's throat was clogged badly.

Su Qingyuan smiled wryly, but did not answer.

Lu Li lowered his head to kiss her face, but she didn't hide.

Lu Li suddenly realized that the humiliation she suffered when she first entered the palace had already left a deep imprint on her heart—it never faded away.

At that time, he tried his best to make her feel humiliated, and made her feel sick all the time, but he couldn't escape...

Now, that "disgusting" feeling is deeply imprinted in her heart, like an old scar that will come out and hurt for a while every time it is cloudy and rainy.

He regretted it, but he didn't know how to coax her back.

How can he convince her that this kind of thing between "mother queen" and "children" is not disgusting at all?
How could he force her to treat something that the whole world couldn't tolerate?
For a while, she was pretending so well that he didn't think much about it carelessly—a few months ago, she was still a naive little girl who didn't know the world, how could she accept it so easily when she encountered a sudden change?
A while ago, she was pretending to be crazy and stupid, so why not because that unscrupulous state can let her let go of the burden in her heart?
He can't force her to be crazy all the time, thinking of nothing...

After a long time, Lu Li heaved a long sigh: "I'll tell the Ministry of Rites that those women don't need to be sent in."

"Don't say such childish things." Su Qingyuan lowered her eyelids.

Lu Li lifted the corner of the quilt and got in, hugging her body: "A Yuan, I just didn't know how to speak to you before, so I didn't say anything... Enriching the harem is what the courtiers have been clamoring about, not me. The idea. I originally thought of using them to deceive people, not to let them block you. You don't have to worry about the courtiers, I can stand it."

"If you can stand it, you won't agree to this from the beginning." Su Qingyuan said lightly.

Lu Li pursed his lips.

Su Qingyuan looked at the top of the tent, and said in a deep voice: "Since you have chosen, you can send it in. Your foundation is not stable now, and it makes no sense to go and grind your teeth with the courtiers again because of my willfulness. I say these words today, and I don't want to let you in." Not to threaten you to vacate the sixth house for me—I'm not that naive."

"I'd rather you were threatening me." Lu Li smiled wryly.

Su Qingyuan pushed his hand away: "I'm tired, you go out."

"A Yuan, you still have to push me away!" Lu Li was anxious.

Su Qingyuan shook her head slowly: "Forget it...the matter is not urgent, it's the same if you wait until you get tired of it. From now on, I will say I'm sick and not go out, and your concubine doesn't have to come to see me after she enters the palace."

"You still think I'll get tired of you?" Lu Li was helpless.

Su Qingyuan smiled shyly: "Just pretend I didn't say anything. I'm really tired right now."

"You sleep with you, I'll accompany you." Lu Li was still worried and refused to leave.

At this time, Luoxia suddenly reported outside the window: "Physician Yu sent some more medicinal materials, and he is already sick. Is your mother okay now?"

Su Qingyuan didn't answer, Lu Li panicked again: "Yuan, how are you today? What did the imperial doctor say?"

Su Qingyuan asked in a muffled voice: "If I can't keep this child, will you still treat me like this?"

Lu Li hugged her and remained silent for a long time.

Su Qingyuan smiled self-deprecatingly, and said nothing more.

After a long time, Lu Li let out a long sigh: "I did it myself... A Yuan, you don't believe me at all now, do you?"

Su Qingyuan didn't answer.

It's not that I don't believe him at all, it's just that... I won't believe him like I used to.

From the moment she realized that she needed to use scheming and tricks to please him, she no longer believed in him as before.

Even if some scars have scabbed and some misunderstandings have been cleared up, she can't go back.

Su Qingyuan is extremely envious of the present Princess Jingmin.

In the past, she and Princess Jingmin were like-minded - a pair of silly girls who were not afraid of anything, they didn't like each other but they were friends with each other. …

But now, she is no longer the former Su Qingyuan, but Princess Jingmin is still the former Princess Jingmin.

If Lu Li likes such a girl, it will only be a matter of time before Princess Jingmin replaces her.

Perhaps, it has been replaced by now?
Now he is still willing to coax her, but because he can't let go of a little obsession in the past, at most it is out of guilt, and there will be nothing else.

Since ancient times, which emperor would not pursue eternal fame?Lu Li is the emperor, he will not allow a stain that is destined to be criticized by others to exist.Sooner or later, she and those past events will be quietly erased by him, without leaving any traces.

Isn't the matter of Yingyue Lake today the best example?

There are many people in the palace, and it is absolutely impossible to destroy a pavilion silently.Even if he didn't instigate this matter, at least he acquiesced in it.

As for Luoxia and Duan Ran... Which of these people is not his confidant?

Su Qingyuan knew that she should pretend to be confused.But she was a little unwilling, afraid that one day she would die silently, and the other party would still complacently think that she didn't know anything...

It was an unbearable ordeal.

Lu Li had been looking at Su Qingyuan, seeing her frowning deeply, he knew she was still thinking about something.

However, he dared not ask.

At this time, Luoxia knocked on the window lattice outside again: "Madam, Aunt Nian has made some soothing soup and brought it here in person, would you like some?"

"No, let her go!" Su Qingyuan immediately sat up.

Seeing that she couldn't sit still, Lu Li quickly reached out to support her: "Be careful!"

Aunt Nian's voice came from outside the window: "Does the Empress Dowager feel pain in her lower abdomen and flustered at this moment?"

"No! I'm fine! Even if I'm not good, I'll be treated by an imperial doctor, what are you!" Su Qingyuan patted the corner of the quilt vigorously, shouting angrily.

Lu Li patted her on the back reassuringly, while persuading her cautiously: "A Yuan, it's for your own good to miss Auntie, not to mention...these seniors, there are always more ways."

Su Qingyuan turned her head and looked at him blankly.

Seeing that she was still willing to be quiet, Lu Li called out to let Luo Xia and Aunt Nian come in.

Su Qingyuan stared at Lu Li, and said coldly, "She tried to persuade me to get rid of the child several times, but you still dare to let me drink the soup she brought...you really have a big heart."

I just don't know if it's really big, or is there an ulterior motive?
Su Qingyuan sneered, and stretched out her hand to Aunt Nian: "Take it here."

(End of this chapter)

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