Chapter 98

Youth Palace.

Su Qingyuan was holding a book and thinking hard.

Lu Li pushed the door open and entered.Su Qingyuan raised her head and saw it, hurriedly hid the book, and smiled: "Why did you come back so soon?"

Lu Li reached out and pulled out the book from her waist, put it on the table, and leaned over to wrap her in his arms: "After the trial, I'll be back."

Su Qingyuan froze slightly.

Lu Li didn't continue talking, he still held her in his original position, but his right hand stretched out from her shoulder, casually flipping through the book on the table.

Su Qingyuan couldn't hold back, she raised her head and looked at him: "The trial is over, what's the result?"

"Guess." Lu Li twitched the corner of his lips slightly, but did not reveal a complete smile.

Su Qingyuan looked at him fixedly, and said after a long time: "I don't remember the past. No matter what the result is... I have nothing to say."

"What else?" Lu Li closed the book and lowered his head.

Su Qingyuan avoided his gaze: "You said that day that Cheng Yu is our friend—I think he should be just a friend."

"Continue." Lu Li's tone remained flat.

Su Qingyuan found that he spoke very little today, and felt more and more uneasy.

Only Lu Li knew that if he said one more word, he might not be able to control his laughter.

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time, and had to add: "I don't believe that worm... If I really have an affair with Cheng Shizi, how can I not remember him at all? I know I have been in a daze recently , but even when I was the most confused, I knew that the word 'Lu Li' was important; when I heard Cheng Shizi's name, my heart didn't even fluctuate at all, so... that crime, I Do not accept!"

Lu Li smiled: "What charges? Who is going to accuse you of any crime?"

Su Qingyuan looked at him suspiciously.

Lu Li hugged him and sat down on the soft couch together, holding her cool hands, "Don't you think I would believe that nonsense? Do you think I brought that servant back to the palace for interrogation to convict you of something? ?”

Su Qingyuan lowered her head dejectedly: "Of course you don't want to convict me, but... there will always be some suspicion? If you are not suspicious, why do you need to interrogate him?"

"You're so stupid!" Lu Li sighed a long time, looking at Su Qingyuan like a fool, with a sad expression on his face.

Su Qingyuan pursed her lips, feeling a little wronged.

Lu Li embraced her and sighed, "Don't even think about it. How could it be such a coincidence that the servant knew about it the moment we entered the theater? There are guards guarding our box, how could he break in so easily? The children in the play are the best at observing words and expressions, why did that kid say the last thing he shouldn't have said?"

Su Qingyuan's eyes widened.

Lu Li smiled wryly: "You little brain is indeed much more blunt than before. You used to be able to see through such a crude situation with a single glance."

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time, bit the corner of her lips and said aggrievedly: "Caring makes chaos, how can I think so much..."

"If you care about it, you're in chaos? What's wrong with you? Are you guilty?" Lu Li's voice was meaningful.

Su Qingyuan glared at him fiercely: "I don't remember anything, and occasionally I feel that I have no idea, what's so strange?"

"Stupid!" Lu Li made a short comment.

Su Qingyuan felt even more aggrieved.

Her cheap brother named "Chong'er" is so convincing, who can not worry about it!However, she can't remember the past, so it's strange if she isn't guilty...

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time, but Lu Li kept looking at her with a smile, as if he was watching the show.

Finally, Su Qingyuan plucked up her courage and raised her head: "You mean, you brought Chonger back for interrogation because you realized early on that he was ordered by someone to sow discord, so you wanted to ask him if he was Instigated by whom?"

Lu Li smiled, "Fortunately, there is help."

Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes, ignoring his beating expression: "Then what did you ask?"

Lu Li suppressed his smile and remained silent for a long time.

Su Qingyuan panicked immediately: "What, is it serious? Is it that woman..."

Lu Li hesitated for a while before saying, "The person who ordered Chong'er to say those words was Su Qingluan."

Su Qingyuan frowned, looking puzzled.

Lu Li had no choice but to tell her some things about Su Qingluan in detail, and then explained: "Recently, she has been a little restless, and Danyue ordered her not to leave the gate of Yanxi Palace. The servants around her are all The person I trusted, I thought it was safe——but I underestimated her."

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, and said in a muffled voice: "She must hate me very much, right? Although this plan of alienation is not very clever, but as long as you have the slightest doubt about me, this blow will be fatal to me. That's right. Besides, she doesn't even have a single person to take advantage of her, yet she can arrange such a scheme, which shows that her scheming is not bad."

Lu Li nodded solemnly: "That's true. But she only arranged for Chong'er alone, and even Chong'er didn't understand why he broke into the box so easily under the watchful eyes of the guards."

Su Qingyuan turned pale with shock: "You suspect that there is something wrong with the guards? But those are all your personal guards, how could..."

Lu Li gritted his teeth: "There is no problem with their loyalty. I have interrogated them carefully, but they are so confused that they can't say anything. Some of them didn't even see Chonger break into the box at all."

"Are you that stupid?" Su Qingyuan was a little incredulous.

Lu Li's expression was solemn, and he said after a long time: "They are not stupid. You know, as bodyguards, their keen sense of danger has been trained since childhood. The birds in the sky and the insects and ants on the ground, as long as there is a slight movement, they can detect it. .”

"So..." Su Qingyuan was puzzled.

Lu Li said in a deep voice, "Chong'er has been beheaded, so he can't be a great expert. The only possibility is that the guards are under the control of others—or at least interfered with."

Su Qingyuan's gaze subconsciously fell on the book she was reading earlier.

"You think it's her too?" Lu Li asked in a deep voice.

Su Qingyuan nodded: "Among the secret arts of the witch clan, there are indeed such methods. Controlling people's hearts and creating illusions are the most common methods. The more I read the books you found, the more I feel that my heart is full of fear. shock."

"If it's not good, don't watch it." Lu Li said worriedly.

Su Qingyuan raised the corners of her lips: "It's better to take a look. We can't keep being so passive. The case of the imperial concubine being cursed a few days ago has not been found out yet, and now our most trusted guard has something like this again. about..."

Su Qingyuan stopped talking suddenly, her heart suddenly brightened.

"What's wrong?" Lu Li looked at her worriedly.

Su Qingyuan raised her head and said with a smile: "I've always been thinking about learning witchcraft, but I didn't even understand why I wanted to learn it. Only now did I finally remember—the eunuchs, maids, and guards in this palace, more or less They are all under the control of that person, if we don't have a decent wizard, the whole world will become her puppet! Isn't it ridiculous that you want to command her puppet to catch her?"

Lu Li clenched his fists, his eyes grew colder.

Su Qingyuan turned around and leaned into his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, just give me two or three months - I don't know who will die!"

"When you say that, I'm even more worried." Lu Li said seriously.

Su Qingyuan was puzzled.

Lu Li stroked her shoulder and sighed, "The imperial doctor said that your body needs to be rested, but you still want to learn those things that bother you... What's more, those witchcraft techniques are heresy, so there is no guarantee that there will be no more terrible ones. Consequences! In order to deal with a temptress and hurt you, this account is not worth it!"

Su Qingyuan sat up straight, and said solemnly: "The so-called heresy is just because ordinary people don't understand it. I think that since these techniques have been passed down for so many years, there must be something special about them. The techniques themselves There is no distinction between good and evil, as long as you don’t come to do bad things, it’s not considered heresy, right?”

Lu Li thought for a long time, finally sighed, and led Su Qingyuan to sit down in front of the dressing table: "The dinner party is about to start, do you want to comb your hair again?"

Su Qingyuan looked in the mirror, and said in a muffled voice: "There's no need to comb it, just insert a few hairpins to fool around. They are all from my own family, who can make fun of me?"

"How did you become 'one of my own family'?" Lu Li felt a little funny.

Su Qingyuan poked his face in the mirror, and teased: "My daughters-in-law, why aren't they from my own family?"

Lu Li was a little annoyed, and immediately leaned over to put her on the dressing table: "Your 'daughters-in-law'?"

Su Qingyuan shrank herself into a ball, wishing to hide her neck and head in her shoulder like a frozen quail: "That... I actually..."

Before she could say anything, Lu Li lowered his head and sucked her lips.

"Hmm..." Su Qingyuan tried to push him away.

Lu Li unceremoniously bit her lip and gnawed it all over, his hands reached into her clothes unscrupulously, rubbing and fumbling.

After lingering for a long time, when they finally separated, the breath of the two of them was a little messy.

Su Qingyuan stared at her watery eyes and complained silently.

Lu Li smiled evilly: "The queen mother's body is really soft."

"You bastard." Su Qingyuan sniffed and glared at him angrily.

Lu Li hooked her waist again, and smiled happily: "I admit that I am a 'bastard', but you, a 'mother', don't you also enjoy it?"

Su Qingyuan's face was flushed red by his smile, she shrank her shoulders and refused to look up.

Seeing this, Lu Li laughed even more bluntly.

Su Qingyuan twisted his waist with her backhand, and said bitterly: "Shameless!"

"It's fine if you like it." Lu Li laughed out loud.

By the way, Su Qingyuan threw another elbow on his stomach, sat up straight angrily, and looked at herself in the mirror: "You gnawed my lips like this, how can I see people?!"

Lu Li tapped her lips with his fingertips, feeling a little dazed.

Once, he intentionally bit her lip to embarrass her.At that time, she was extremely embarrassed, but stubborn.

At that time, no matter what, he could never have imagined that he would be so lucky in this life, and that he could have a heart-to-heart relationship with her and continue the relationship.

Today's years are quiet and good, it can be regarded as the favor of fate.

Lu Li sighed softly, gently rubbed the corners of Su Qingyuan's lips, opened the makeup box, picked out lip balm, and carefully wiped it on his lips.

Su Qingyuan looked at Lu Li's face quietly, and suddenly grinned.

"What's the matter?" Lu Li hastily withdrew his hand, almost smearing bright red fat on her cheeks.

Su Qingyuan pointed at the corner of Lu Li's mouth and laughed loudly: "Do you dare to go out for a walk like this?"

Lu Li leaned over to the mirror and took a closer look, only to find that his lips had some rouge on them, the tender red was really pretty.

Su Qingyuan laughed so hard: "I said, why do you like to gnaw on my mouth so much? It turns out that you are greedy for my rouge! If you want to eat it, just say it, it's not like I won't give it to you..."

Before he finished speaking, a magnified face approached.

Her mouth was sealed again, Su Qingyuan was annoyed, she beat Lu Li's arm vigorously, pinching and twisting.

After a while, Lu Li finally let her go.More than half of the lip balm that Su Qingyuan had just applied was on his lips again.

Su Qingyuan was a little annoyed: "If you gnaw, you know how to gnaw! How many times have you never had a full meal?"

Lu Li straightened his face and said sternly, "To be honest, there aren't many times when you're full. Especially after knowing that you're pregnant, I'm afraid of hurting the child. Every time I taste it, it's not enough to 'satisfy'." I can't even think about it!"

Seeing his increasingly wicked smile, Su Qingyuan wished she could pat him with the sole of her shoe.

In other words, since when did she starve him?In the past few days when I came back, which night was not...

snort!
Su Qingyuan patted the dressing table and stood up.

Lu Li suppressed his smile, and put on an aggrieved attitude: "You told me to 'tell me if you want to eat'. I think we are so familiar, so I didn't treat you politely. Who knew you would be angry again... "

Su Qingyuan rolled his eyes at him, carefully smoothed her lips, drew her eyebrows, and turned to go out: "The family banquet is at Yong'an Palace, right? What time is it, if you don't go there, I'm afraid you will be scolded!"

Lu Li hurriedly chased after him, and while wiping his lips with the back of his hand, he said anxiously, "I've never seen such a bastard like you! You should wipe it off for me too! How can I see people like this?"

Su Qingyuan helped Danyue's hand, and walked out quickly: "What are you wiping? It looks so pretty with red lips and white teeth! Your concubines are looking forward to the stars and the moon waiting to see you, you don't rush to see them, just worry about yourself What kind of reason is this to paint and paint!"

Lu Li couldn't laugh or cry because of her trouble.In the end, Xiao Luzi came to wipe his lips and straighten his messy robes, sort of hastily.

Lu Li quickly caught up with Su Qingyuan, and asked in a low voice, "Did you do it on purpose? You want to see me get embarrassed?"

Su Qingyuan held her head up, and said calmly: "The one who caused you to be embarrassed is yourself, what does it have to do with me?"

Lu Li smiled casually: "Who is going to make an embarrassment? I'm afraid it's uncertain at this moment! Even if my clothes are messy and there are some intriguing marks on the corners of my lips, others will only dare to smile. After all, everyone in this palace All the women are mine—but your empress dowager, her lips are swollen like that, did she eat a pot of spicy crab?"

Su Qingyuan hurriedly stood still and looked at Danyue: "Is it swollen?"

Danyue frowned slightly: "A little bit."

Su Qingyuan took the small mirror from Danyue's hand and looked at it carefully for a while, gritted her teeth and said: "Swollen is swollen! There are many wild dogs in the palace, it's not a strange thing to take a bite or two, and I can't blame me for that!"

After that, she flicked her sleeves freely and quickened her pace.

On the other hand, Lu Li was inexplicably astonished, and stood in the corridor for a long time in a daze.

Dingo?

Why does this example seem familiar?

He was a little suspicious, did she remember the past?
If not, how would he be ashamed if he was compared to a "wild dog" by her twice!

When they arrived at Yong'an Palace, everyone had already been waiting for a long time.

Princess Jingmin sat at the head, facing Concubine Xian Cheng Ruoshui and Concubine Shen Junan.Ding'an Wang Lu Junnuo was nestling in Cheng Ruoshui's arms, winking at Princess Jingmin opposite.

After Su Qingyuan entered the door, Lu Junnuo immediately threw Cheng Ruoshui away and threw herself into her arms: "Jun'er is so hungry that her chest is on her back, why did the queen come here!"

Su Qingyuan smiled slightly, and took him to the seat together: "If the queen mother doesn't come, won't you eat first?"

"The order of respect and inferiority, Jun'er dare not overstep." Lu Junnuo said sternly.

Su Qingyuan couldn't help laughing again.

When she saw Lu Junnuo, she felt kind. Although she couldn't remember the past, it didn't affect her treating this little doll as her own.

Lu Li sat down on the main seat, frowning and glanced down.

Several concubines saluted together and sat down in sequence.

"Let's start the banquet." Lu Li said calmly.

Princess Jingmin dragged the chair to Lu Li's side, and looked at him with aggrieved eyes: "Brother Emperor, I'm so sick, you don't even come to see me!"

Lu Li looked down at her, and frowned slightly: "Your complexion is still not very good. Since you are uncomfortable, why bother to come out?"

"If I don't come out, I won't be able to see you!" Princess Jingmin sniffed aggrievedly, with tears in her eyes.

Lu Li patted the back of her hand reassuringly: "After taking care of your body, are you afraid that you won't be able to see her again? Once you come out, if there is a sudden wind and you get sick again, you may not be able to go out again for a whole winter!"

Princess Jingmin chuckled: "Where am I so useless? I got sick this time because someone secretly murdered me, not because I was weak! I'm not the weak Su Qingluan, where is it?" Is it that easy to fall ill?"

Lu Li frowned, and let go of her hand: "Okay, why mention her?"

Princess Jingmin let out a "hey" and said with a smile: "Who wants to mention her? The two of them mentioned it just now, saying that since they entered the palace, they only met Concubine Shu once in Fanghua Palace, and they don't know yet. What's the temperament of that 'Sister Concubine Shu' who is raising her baby while recuperating from her illness!"

Lu Li felt displeased, so his face darkened and he didn't answer.

On the other hand, Lu Junnuo, who was in Su Qingyuan's arms, suddenly raised his head, made a grimace, and said in a soft voice: "What else can I do, it's just a beauty lamp, only a pair of eyeballs are alive, the rest It’s as if the place where it’s stuck is glued, and it refuses to move all day long, even if it moves occasionally, it’s slow, making people angry when they see it!”

Lu Li couldn't help laughing.Princess Jingmin laughed so hard that she slapped the table several times, choked a mouthful of water into her throat, and couldn't stop coughing.

Su Qingyuan frowned, and cast a reproachful glance at Lu Junnuo: "Where did you learn this accent?"

"Aunt Concubine Shu has such an accent!" Lu Junnuo twisted her body and said with a smile.

Su Qingyuan looked at Lu Li worriedly: "I think this kid is going to be bad."

"Back when you chose such a master for him, you should have known that he would suffer badly sooner or later." Lu Li said without changing his face.

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time with a bitter face, but she still couldn't remember who Lu Junnuo's master was.

It was Lu Junnuo who jumped up by himself: "I don't want to change my master! My master is very good at teaching!"

Su Qingyuan was helpless, secretly thinking in her heart, she must go to the school tomorrow when she has free time, to see who is this kid's master.

Cheng Ruoshui gracefully put down the teacup, pursed her lips and smiled: "The last time we met in Fanghua Palace, I felt that Concubine Shu's knowledge and speech were quite outstanding, but it's a pity that I didn't have the chance to listen to the teachings face to face. I feel a little sorry."

Princess Jingmin patted the table and laughed: "You want to see her, so what's the problem? I heard people say that her illness is not to the point where she can't leave the house. It's the empress dowager who thinks she's restless, so she specially ordered her to do so. Grounded! Now we intercede for her and relieve her grounding, won't we just see it?"

When Cheng and Shen heard the words, they looked at Su Qingyuan together.

Su Qingyuan frowned and looked at Princess Jingmin: "When did you become so enthusiastic?"

Princess Jingmin straightened her chest and stiffened her neck: "I've always been very enthusiastic! Besides, I'm not doing it for myself! You see, Concubine Liang's injury is not healed and she can't go out today, and Concubine Shu is restraining her feet again. There are only so few people in a family banquet, how boring! The winter solstice is a day for reunion, so it’s outrageous that there are so few people!"

"So, that's why you went out at random during the lockdown?" Lu Li narrowed his eyes and asked coldly.

Princess Jingmin shuddered, and pouted again: "The matter of the foot ban is over, isn't it?"

Lu Li said in a deep voice, "The empress dowager punished you because you made a mistake! During this period, you did several wrong things in a row. Don't think that both I and the empress dowager have forgotten!"

Princess Jingmin stood with her eyes wide open for a long time, then she suddenly flattened her mouth and shed tears: "Even if I went out privately, it was for you... If it wasn't because I was worried that you would freeze to death overnight in Ye Ting Palace." Body, why should I meddle in my own business..."

Su Qingyuan's head got a little dizzy from the disturbance, and Lu Junnuo yelled out for her: "It's fine, you two are arguing again, do you still want to eat?"

Princess Jingmin sat down heavily, wiping her tears with her sleeve and sobbing, how could she still be in the mood to eat?

Cheng Ruoshui stood up slowly, and bowed to Su Qingyuan: "Since ancient times, harmony is the most important thing for the Qi family to prosper. Today's Winter Solstice Festival, it is indeed regrettable that the palace cannot be reunited. What the concubine sister said is not unreasonable. Although I don't know what crime Sister Concubine Shu has committed, I still dare to ask the Empress Dowager to forgive me for a while, so that Sister Concubine Shu can have a feast with her, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the palace."

(End of this chapter)

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