Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 86 What is Lu Li?Tasty?
"What sacrificial oration?" Su Qingyuan looked confused.

Aunt Nian took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and threw it to her: "Yesterday, I asked someone to test Lu Li to see if he would give up the country for you. See what he returned? He asked someone to draw it up that day. The sacrificial text was pressed on the table in the Yangju Hall, and it was deliberately passed through our secret thread! Think about it, what is his purpose for doing this?"

Su Qingyuan couldn't understand the meaning of these words at all, but felt that the three words "Yangju Palace" were inexplicably familiar.

She could only stare at Aunt Nian with wide eyes, and followed her words to ask: "What is the purpose?"

Aunt Nian sneered: "He wants to tell me that he doesn't care about your life or death at all, and he will never agree to any conditions I put forward for you! Of course, he may have another meaning——"

She glanced at Su Qingyuan, but she didn't get the expected effect, and her face became more and more ugly: "His second meaning is to remind you: you should make sacrifices for his country, in order to avoid being used by me, You should be dead now!"

Su Qingyuan carefully read the sacrificial text word by word, but did not read what Aunt Nian said.

She thought for a long time in distress, and asked uncertainly: "Isn't this a tribute to his mother by a dutiful son? What does it have to do with me? Could it be that the 'Empress Dowager' in the tribute is me?"

Aunt Nian nodded with a dark face.

Su Qingyuan suddenly jumped up and rushed to the mirror: "Am I that old already? My son can write articles?"

Before Aunt Nian answered, Su Qingyuan let out another ear-piercing scream: "Ghost! Ghost——"

In the mirror, her face was covered with bloodstains, and her appearance was indeed terrifying.

Aunt Nian pulled her aside and said coldly, "You are not a ghost yet, but someone wants you to become a ghost. What should you do?"

Su Qingyuan covered her face with her hands, peeked out from between her fingers, and screamed again: "Ghost! You are also a ghost! Evil man-eating ghost!"

Aunt Nian said with a dark face, "Don't pretend to be crazy, I won't do that!"

Seeing her stern face, Su Qingyuan made a fuss even more.

Aunt Nian had no choice but to ask Xiao Lizi to press Su Qingyuan on the bed, walked quickly to the table and poured a bowl of water, prayed a few words, then came over and poured it down for Su Qingyuan.

Su Qingyuan finally stopped making trouble, but stared at Xiao Lizi in horror, with a look of vigilance.

Aunt Nian forcibly pulled Su Qingyuan up and got back to the topic: "Lu Li wants you to die, what should you do?"

Su Qingyuan looked up at her in confusion, and said after a long time: "He didn't 'hope' that I would die, he said that I 'already' died."

"Yes, he said that you are dead, so what should you do?" Aunt Nian followed her words, persuasively.

Su Qingyuan frowned in distress, suddenly turned over and took out a hairpin from under the pillow, aimed at her neck and stabbed it fiercely.

"Yuan'er, don't—" Xiao Lizi turned pale with shock, and rushed over to stop her, but she was still a step too late.

The sharp silver hairpin penetrated more than an inch deep, shocking.

Xiao Lizi was stunned, and knelt on the edge of the bed for a long time in a daze.

At this time, Aunt Nian had rushed over, grabbed Su Qingyuan's hand without hesitation, and pulled out the silver hairpin.

Fortunately, although the wound was bleeding, it wasn't the kind of situation where a lot of blood gushed out.

"Fortunately, no vital injuries..." Xiao Lizi let out a sigh of relief, and slid off the edge of the bed.

Aunt Nian sneered, raised her palm and slapped Su Qingyuan's face heavily: "You are really not ashamed to seek life and death for a wild man!"

Su Qingyuan raised her head and still looked at her ignorantly: "You say he is my son, then I'm his mother... My son said I was dead, but I didn't. Wouldn't he be ashamed? Although I Don't remember him anymore, but I can't disgrace him..."

Aunt Nian stared at Su Qingyuan with a dark face for a long time, finally sighed, took out a box of ointment from her bosom, and helped her apply the wound while muttering.

At this time, the place where she was bitten by Su Qingyuan was no longer bleeding.She randomly dug out some ointment and applied it, and threw the rest to Xiao Lizi: "Cure the wound."

Xiao Lizi bowed his head on his knees and said: "Unless the Queen Mother approves, this servant dare not treat wounds."

Aunt Nian let out a mocking sneer: "Now it's the 'Queen Mother' again? What did you call her just now?"

Xiao Lizi lowered his head, not daring to answer.

Aunt Nian kicked him aside, and sneered, "A sheepdog who has done more than succeed but failed has learned to change his master! Don't even think about it. When she wakes up, she will be the first to think about it." Who will be the one to kill!"

"Slaves dare not betray their master." Xiao Lizi hurriedly kowtowed, with a look of panic on his face.

Aunt Nian glanced at him disdainfully: "You are no longer suitable for this job. From now on, you go back and replace your senior brother!"

Xiao Lizi's face changed drastically: "No... I know my mistake, please give me another chance, auntie!"

Aunt Nian's face became even more ugly: "Why, you can't bear her? Don't you think that you belong to her if you have slept with her? You should be very clear about the rules of practicing seduction..."

"The slave doesn't dare to go beyond the rules, it's just that... the empress dowager's current state is not suitable for a replacement." Xiao Lizi kowtowed desperately, and his forehead soon swelled up.

Su Qingyuan jumped out of the bed, walked to Xiao Lizi and squatted down, stretched out her hand and placed it on the ground in front of him.

When Xiao Lizi kowtowed again, his forehead touched Su Qingyuan's hand.He froze for a moment, then raised his head.

Aunt Nian looked at it thoughtfully for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Yuan'er, do you really not remember Lu Li?"

"What is Lu Li? Is it delicious?" Su Qingyuan was still in a daze.

Aunt Nian narrowed her eyes and smiled happily: "It's not tasty. He's a human being—you said earlier that you would definitely kill him."

"Why should I kill him? Is he a bad guy?" Su Qingyuan tilted her head and asked seriously.

Aunt Nian came over and held out her hand: "Yes, he is a bad person. You have done nothing wrong, but he tortured you, bullied you, and now wants to kill you. You hated him very much before, but now How did you forget?"

"I haven't forgotten!" Su Qingyuan felt that she had been insulted, and she was a little unhappy.

Aunt Nian finally grabbed her hand: "Yes, you have not forgotten. Now I will teach you how to deal with him, you must learn with your heart."

"But you are also a bad person, you still beat me!" Su Qingyuan said angrily, shaking off her hand.

Aunt Nian frowned and thought for a while, then she smiled again: "Aren't you hungry? I asked someone to prepare your favorite meals and snacks, do you want it now?"

"Yes!" Su Qingyuan immediately became excited.

At this time, the door suddenly rang twice, and the voice of a young eunuch hurriedly said from outside: "The emperor is coming to the dungeon immediately, please prepare quickly, aunt!"

Aunt Nian was slightly startled, and immediately walked out quickly.

Su Qingyuan didn't even think about it, she ran after her.

Aunt Nian immediately stood still and her face darkened: "What are you doing next?"

"I'm hungry!" Su Qingyuan said confidently.

Aunt Nian's face softened a bit: "Xiao Lizi will stay and serve you dinner, you don't have to follow me. Also, without my permission, you can't leave this door!"

"Why?" Su Qingyuan was not convinced.

But Aunt Nian refused to answer her, opened the door and hurried away.

Su Qingyuan wanted to chase her out, but Xiao Lizi held her back: "Queen Mother, please stay - don't make Auntie angry."

"But, I want to go out to play! I don't like staying here at all!" Su Qingyuan immediately started crying.

"You can't get out." Xiao Lizi lowered his head, his eyes dim.

Su Qingyuan made more and more trouble.The scratching and biting was already exhausted, so she casually grabbed the vases, tea trays, mirrors, screens and other things on the table, and greeted Xiao Lizi's head and body facelessly.

The exquisite room soon became nothing but a mess.

Little Lizi didn't dodge even once, and let those things smash him all over his body.

Su Qingyuan was finally tired, she leaned against the bed and gasped for breath.

Xiao Lizi wiped the blood that flowed from his forehead, and said sadly: "Queen Mother, please calm down, the phoenix's body is the most important thing."

Su Qingyuan sat down on the edge of the bed with her stomach in her arms, shedding tears inexplicably.

She only knew that she was angry and sad, but she didn't know why.

The weird man in front of him was very annoying, and the woman who just went out seemed even more annoying.Su Qingyuan really wanted to leave this place, but she didn't know what she should do.

A little eunuch came in with a food box, and Xiao Li quickly reached out to take it.

The door was locked again from the outside.

Xiao Lizi silently took out the meals and snacks from the food box and put them on the table, then carefully straightened the chair: "Queen Mother, please have a meal."

"I suddenly don't want to eat, you can eat for me!" Su Qingyuan said sullenly.

Xiao Lizi really picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of each dish, and then stood beside her with her head bowed: "It's not poisonous, please don't worry, Queen Mother."

Su Qingyuan jumped up suddenly, rushed over and slapped him twice: "Who told you to steal my food?!"

Xiao Lizi didn't speak, but silently knelt down beside him.

Su Qingyuan sat down angrily, looking at the table of delicious food, but she didn't have any appetite.

She was a little surprised.

Inexplicably, I feel like I shouldn't be like this.But she couldn't say what it should be.

After barely taking a few mouthfuls of food, she put down her chopsticks and stood up.

She hadn't liked that door for a long time.

There seemed to be something outside that was attracting her, although she didn't know what it was, but - she couldn't just do nothing, right?
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Lu Li took Xiao Luzi and appeared at the entrance of the dungeon, surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs.

He always knew that there was such a place, but he didn't really want to use it until Su Qingyuan locked Aunt Nian here.

In fact, Lu Li didn't know why he came here today.Maybe it's because there's nothing else to do.

After Aunt Nian was imprisoned, something happened to his A Yuan before he could deal with it, so Aunt Nian was forgotten together with the case of the spell.

But Lu Li will never forget.

Using the reason of that case, he has already pulled out those two-faced and three-handed grass in the court.Now the situation between North Korea and China is stable, and everything looks smooth.

If it wasn't for the fact that there was an empty space in the palace, and an empty space in his heart... these few days can actually be said to be very peaceful.

In the past few days, Lu Li thought over and over again, and always felt that many things had some inexplicable connection with Aunt Nian, so he had no choice but to come.

When he saw Aunt Nian, Lu Li was faintly disappointed.

This woman is well and truly locked up here.The little eunuchs who were imprisoned with her back then were also there.

Everything looks the same.It's also not possible to send messages out of the dungeon.

So, what happened later really had nothing to do with her?

Although he had already guessed the answer, Lu Li's heart was still anxious.

The last possibility he could think of was also rejected—where did A Yuan go?

When Aunt Nian in the dungeon saw Lu Li, she rushed over screaming, stretched out her hand through the iron bars, and yelled at him.

Crazy, angry, fierce-eyed, like every time over the years.

Lu Li suddenly frowned.

He keenly noticed the scar on Aunt Nian's neck.

It was a bite, and it was medicated.

But the few eunuchs who were locked up with her in this dungeon all respected her, which one seemed to bite her?Where did the medicine for healing come from?

After noticing this, Lu Li was startled, and soon discovered a new doubt: This woman's clothes seemed to be too clean!

Although the dungeon is not considered dirty, Aunt Nian has been imprisoned here for four or five days, and her clothes are still as clean as new. Is this normal?

Lu Li's heart was beating wildly.

Aunt Nian noticed Lu Li's gaze and felt a little flustered.

Lu Li saw the fluster in her eyes.

"Auntie Nian, we haven't talked properly for many years." Lu Li calmed down and said calmly.

Aunt Nian roared and stretched out her hand desperately: "Damn you! I'm going to kill you—"

Lu Li frowned, but refused to step back.Aunt Nian tried her best to stretch out her arm, even touching his skirt.

The little eunuchs in the dungeon knelt on the ground and did not come to stop them.

Of course, Lu Li didn't have to worry about safety with the iron fence.

It wasn't until Aunt Nian's voice was almost hoarse from cursing that Lu Li said again in a deep voice, "Although I don't know why you hate me so much, but -- no matter how much you hate me, you shouldn't attack people I care about. "

Aunt Nian didn't answer him, she just shouted and cursed at her own pace.

Lu Li stood quietly for a long time, and finally sighed: "I respect you because you helped me twice when I was in the most difficult time. Thinking about it now, you probably didn't know my real identity at the time, right? I I still remember that when you scratched and bit me for the first time, Nanny Han was talking about some old things, and she seemed to have accidentally mentioned that I am actually the prince of Emperor Zhao."

"Damn you! I will eat your flesh and drink your blood sooner or later..." Auntie Nian's cursing was still nothing new.

Lu Li looked at her coldly: "If I'm not mistaken, you hate my father, right? I'm not interested in old things, but so many years have passed, and my tolerance for you has gone away. Exhausted. Aunt Nian, if I repay my kindness in the future, don't blame me."

After saying these words, Lu Li asked the guards to open the cell door and restrained Aunt Nian and the young eunuchs who were locked up.

Then sent a team of guards to break into the dungeon and search carefully.

Lu Li himself walked in and watched them pound and dig inch by inch.

The small cell was searched for more than an hour.

Got nothing.

From the beginning, Lu Li was full of anticipation and nervousness, but in the end he was only full of disappointment.

Actually... did you guess wrong?
After searching the last corner, the guards withdrew.

Lu Li walked out of the dungeon slowly with his head down, looking back unwillingly.

Aunt Nian who was sent back was still struggling and cursing while clutching the iron bars with both hands, and the little eunuchs were still kneeling on the ground in fear—everything was normal.

Xiaoluzi shook his head, with a puzzled expression on his face: "It's weird, those little monkeys are really quiet today, not a single one complained of injustice! When the slaves came over in the past, they wished they could make a fuss!"

Lu Li suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Bring out the little bell!"

Xiaoluzi hurriedly took the guards to do it.

Lu Li walked out of the dungeon door, and when the guards came out with a small bell, they asked someone to close the secret door leading to the dungeon and seal it.

"Arrange a team of reliable people to guard this place, and don't let anyone in," Lu Li ordered coldly.

Xiao Zhongzi frowned slightly, but did not speak.

Lu Li turned his face and looked at him: "The slaves and masters should have been killed long ago. I remember the kindness of the past, and I couldn't bear to do anything to Aunt Nian, so I let them fend for themselves inside, what do you think? "

Little Zhongzi hesitated for a moment, then knelt down: "I dare not speak nonsense."

"What if I allow you to 'talk nonsense'?" Lu Li asked.

Little Zhongzi raised his head: "This servant thinks that the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, and that the emperor should spare Aunt Nian from the death penalty."

"What if I refuse?" Lu Li continued to ask.

Xiao Zhongzi's expression remained calm: "The emperor is the ruler of the world, life and death are at stake, so naturally no one dares to say anything."

Lu Li raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "You are a sensible person. But you have to know that if we don't allow people to enter the dungeon again, within three to five days, the people inside will die. Of course, if they kill each other , Raw cannibalism, maybe you can live longer, what do you think?"

"Since the emperor is furious with thunder, the slaves must have deserved it, and the slaves dare not speak too much." Xiao Zhongzi's attitude was respectful, his words were thoughtful, and he was neither humble nor overbearing.

Xiao Luzi snorted coldly, raised his foot and kicked him on the shoulder: "You have a clever mouth! It seems that your loyalty to Aunt Nian is only mediocre! If that's the case, why don't you just do what you did with that tricky woman before?" Let's speak out clearly one by one about the things that are harmful to the sky, evil in reason and treasonable!"

"Aunt Nian has not done anything wrong." Xiao Zhongzi said in a deep voice.

"Are you still stubborn? Give me a slap!" Xiao Luzi was annoyed.

Lu Li stopped in a deep voice, and said with a sneer, "What's the point of slapping your mouth? We've caught quite a few people these days, which one do you see willing to recruit?"

Xiao Luzi hesitated and said, "Why don't you invite Mr. Duan? He is very good at interrogating prisoners. He was the one who interrogated the incident at Yingyue Lake last time."

Lu Li smiled wryly and shook his head.

Where did the matter of Yingyue Lake come out of the "trial"?It was clear that Duan Ran had already identified Aunt Nian as the chief envoy, and after capturing those little eunuchs, he casually made a confession to frame her!

This is also the most troublesome thing for Lu Li - all those who work for Aunt Nian, no matter whether they are maids or eunuchs, no matter whether they are meek or rebellious, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are tight-lipped and would rather die than recruit!
This little clock is obviously no exception, it does not eat hard or soft, oil or salt.

Fortunately, Lu Li didn't bring him out for interrogation.

He ordered the little bell to be taken to a vacant palace and locked up.

Then it was revealed.

Xiao Luzi was a little puzzled, so he chased him and asked, "If Xiao Zhong doesn't do anything, are we really going to starve Aunt Nian and the others to death in the dungeon?"

Lu Li sneered: "Guess, will Aunt Nian really starve to death in the dungeon?"

Xiaoluzi dared not answer.

Lu Li himself didn't know what would happen next, but he just believed inexplicably that the woman would not die.

Although nothing was found in the dungeon, the few small details he just noticed were enough to confirm that there were ghosts in the dungeon.

All he needs to do now is to lure the snake out of its hole.

Then follow the "snake" to find a bigger "hole".

Although it was difficult, Lu Li had already vaguely seen some kind of hope, which made his heart that had been depressed for many days jump up again.

At the same time, he inevitably had new worries.

As expected, the sacrificial oration on the table yesterday was taken away.He didn't know if A Yuan had seen it, let alone if she could understand his implication from those cold words.

He hoped that she could understand, but of course he was even more afraid that she would not understand.

If she didn't understand, she must be angry and sad right now?
I hope she is safe and sound - this is Lu Li's only hope at the moment.

If she was sad and angry, he hoped that after she came out safely, she would beat him, scold him, punish him... as long as there is a day of reunion, whatever is fine.

"Your Majesty, the concubine Liang is here." The little eunuch at the door suddenly called out.

Lu Li frowned.

Xiao Luzi immediately walked out quickly and blocked the door: "The emperor is busy with government affairs, please come back, my good concubine."

Concubine Liang stood still and refused to leave.

Xiao Luzi had no choice but to add: "The emperor has eaten the snacks and food sent by the empress every day, but these two days are really busy - the emperor said that when he is free some other day, he must go to the empress's palace to talk."

Concubine Liang lowered her head and said cautiously: "I came to ask to see the emperor today because my father sent a message that there is news about the queen mother."

Lu Li immediately opened the door and came out: "What news? Why didn't Jing Zhaoyin come to report to me, but took a lot of trouble to send the letter to you?"

Concubine Liang's expression was a little flustered, and then she raised her head and smiled: "My servant heard that the emperor likes sweets, so I specially made sweet Taishi cakes today, and I invite the emperor to taste them."

"No need. If you really have news about the Empress Dowager, I will be happier than a carload of Taishi cakes." Lu Li stood at the door, not intending to let her in.

Concubine Liang folded her cloak, and asked timidly: "Your Majesty, it's cold outside, may I allow my concubine to come to the palace to report in detail?"

(End of this chapter)