"Ling'er, why did you act on your own without consulting me? What should I do if something happens?" When Jian Xinan heard what Hu Ling'er said about last night, she was dissatisfied and annoyed.
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"Isn't it okay now?" Hu Ling'er smiled with a meaningless look on her face.
Seeing her like this, Jian Xinan couldn't say anything else. She just shook her head helplessly. Maybe he was too worried.
Hu Ling'er is a smart woman who won't do anything she's not sure about. Since she can go, she must have thought about it.
After thinking about it, Jian Xinan added: "Now that Xia Yihan knows that his father was killed by Qi Hongqing, what is he going to do?"
"I don't know what he would do. After returning home, he locked himself in the room." Hu Ling'er shrugged, looking unconcerned.
But Jian Xinan still saw it. She said it easily, but she was actually a little worried about Xia Yihan.
After all, this is really a big blow to Xia Yihan.
His younger brother killed his father. No matter who it is, it is unacceptable.
The two were silent for a while. Hu Ling'er turned her head and looked at Jian Xinan. Seeing that he was looking at her constantly, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She coughed lightly and said, "Xinan, how is your health?"
Jian Xinan smiled softly and said, "It's okay. I'll recover after just two more days of rest."
"That's good, that puts my mind at ease." Hu Ling'er said and stood up, "I'm a little tired, so I'll go to the room to rest first."
Jian Xinan nodded and watched Hu Linger leave.
Seeing the door close, the smile on Jian Xinan's face faded and turned into worry.
I don’t know if he is being sensitive, but I always feel that Hu Ling’er is a bit strange these days.
"Hey, have you heard that the young lady from Zuo Xiangfu was favored by the emperor last night?"
"I heard it, I heard it, and it's even better."
"That's right. You said she is going to become our prince's concubine. How can the emperor do this?"
"What do you know? The emperor has been interested in Miss Sang for a long time, and even said that he would make her his queen. But Miss Sang only has deep love for our prince."
"But didn't the emperor already give her to the prince as his concubine? Why did he change his mind again?"
"Well, who can guess the emperor's heart? But it's okay, our prince doesn't like her anyway. In this way, he can live a good life with the princess."
"Hehe, yes. Miss Nasang has a bad temper, but our princess is better..."
The voices of discussion gradually faded away, and Hu Ling'er stood behind the tree with a slight smile on her lips.
It seems that the story about Sang Rong and Qi Hongqing has spread, and the entire Lingdu City must know about it now.
Now that everything is so heated, what will happen if people know that their emperor will never be able to have children again?
And as far as he knew, although Qi Hongqing had a child before, he unfortunately died in infancy, which meant that he would be divorced from now on.
Sang Rong and Qi Hongqing would end up like this, and Hu Ling'er had no sympathy for them at all, because it was all their own fault.
She thought as she returned to her room, but when she was at the door, she heard a burst of sobbing coming from inside.
Xia Yihan didn't go back to his room? Also, was he crying?
Hu Ling'er's hand paused while pushing the door open.
When she was at Qi Muqing's place before, after hearing the news, Xia Yihan yelled and rushed out like crazy.
She followed him all the way and felt a little relieved when she saw that he had returned to Prince Han's Mansion.
She knew he would be very sad, but she didn't expect him to cry.
Because as far as she knew, Xia Yihan had no feelings at all for her father.
Or maybe he just pretended not to care on the surface.
After standing at the door for a long time, Hu Ling'er finally opened the door.
Inside the room, Xia Yihan was sitting at the table, with his whole body lying on the table, and he was holding a piece of paper in his hand.
After a short pause, Hu Ling'er stepped forward step by step.
Perhaps hearing the sound, Xia Yihan slowly straightened up and looked at Hu Ling'er walking towards him. He suddenly beat his chest heavily with his hand, "Ling'er, I feel so uncomfortable."
Hu Linger stood still in front of Xia Yihan. She had seen him look regretful, angry, guilty, and cold, but she had never seen him look like this.
His eyes were red and red, with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, his face was pale, and his lips were bleeding from his bite.
It was a kind of deep regret and deep pain.
Hu Ling'er just stood beside him quietly, not knowing how to comfort him.
Xia Yihan looked at her, then dropped her gaze on the letter paper in her hand, pursed her lips and said: "This is the letter he gave me after Qi Hongqing ascended the throne of the prince. He said that if I forgive him, he will open it
Take a look at this letter..." At this point, Xia Yihan choked up and tightened the hand holding the letter: "But until he died, I still didn't open it and read it."
Hu Ling'er looked at the crumpled paper he had pulled, hesitated and said, "So, did you just open it and read it?"
"Yes." Xia Yihan lowered his head and handed the letter in his hand to Hu Ling'er, "If I had read it earlier, even after he died, I might have guessed that his death was related to Qi Hongqing.
But I have been avoiding it."
Xia Yihan's whole body was buried in regret.
He originally thought that everything he did was right, but why in the end, everything he did was wrong?
This is true for both the father's affairs and Hu Ling'er's affairs...
Hu Ling'er looked at the letter Xia Yihan gave him. The words on the letter were vigorous and powerful. It can be imagined that the previous emperor was a vigorous and resolute person.
The general content of the letter stated his apology for Xia Yihan's mother, and his desire to have Xia Yihan recognize her ancestor and return to the palace. Hu Ling'er was completely stunned when she read the end.
It turned out that the old emperor wanted Xia Yihan to inherit the throne.
He asked Xia Yihan to help Qi Hongqing, depose the crown prince, and help Qi Hongqing ascend to the throne. It turned out that the purpose of all this was just to let Xia Yihan understand the entire political situation and get him involved early. And letting Qi Hongqing ascend to the throne first was just to provide a cover for Xia Yihan.
Therefore, from beginning to end, Qi Hongqing was just a pawn in the old emperor's attempt to help Xia Yihan ascend to power.
So if Qi Hongqing killed the old emperor, he must have known about it, so he refused to let Xia Yihan go after killing him.
After reading the letter, Hu Ling'er didn't say anything. She just reached out and patted his shoulder, but Xia Yihan grabbed her hand.
"Ling'er, I'm really useless, right?" Xia Yihan's voice was trembling and uneasy.
"No." Hu Ling'er didn't break away, but just shook her head and said, "You just care too much about family and friendship, so you have a lot of worries. And those worries will affect your judgment.
force."
Listening to Hu Ling'er's soft voice, Xia Yihan raised his head and looked at her blankly for a long time, then took her hand and suddenly hugged her waist tightly.
Hu Ling'er was caught off guard and wanted to break away, but as soon as her body moved, Xia Yihan's voice sounded muffled: "Ling'er, don't push me away."
The pleading voice made Hu Ling'er's movements stagnant, and she suddenly stopped moving.
Xia Yihan tightened her hands around her waist, put her face against Hu Ling'er's abdomen, then slowly closed her eyes and murmured: "Ling'er, just let me hold you for a while. That's the only way.
, I can feel at ease, and only by holding you and our baby can I breathe."
Hu Ling'er let him hold her. After a long silence, the hand that was hanging by her side moved, and then slowly placed it on his shoulders, patting him again and again.
Under Hu Ling'er's gentle caress, Xia Yihan's painful expression gradually relaxed. Finally, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he lightly opened his thin lips and said, "Ling'er, it's great to have you here."
Hu Ling'er's patting movements paused, and her heart felt bitter.
She raised her head, endured the sourness in her eyes, and then said: "You should rest first, I will ask someone to get something to eat."
"Okay." Xia Yihan nodded and loosened his hold on her waist, but did not completely let go.
He stood up, looked down at Hu Ling'er's cold face, and complained a little dissatisfiedly: "Ling'er, I haven't seen you smile for a long time."
Hu Ling'er paused for a moment, then twitched the corner of her mouth, revealing a faint smile. She looked up at Xia Yihan and said, "Is this okay?"
"Not enough." Xia Yihan shook her head, her tone almost coquettish.
This person...
Hu Ling'er was speechless. If it weren't for the fact that he was so sad just now, she wouldn't be too lazy to talk to him so nicely.
The curvature of the corners of her mouth deepened slightly, but Xia Yihan still shook her head, "It's not brilliant enough."
As he said this, Xia Yihan's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of cunning.
Hu Ling'er noticed it and felt something was wrong, but before she could react, Xia Yihan suddenly lowered her head and quickly pecked her lips.
"You..." Hu Ling'er was furious.
But Xia Yihan, who had succeeded, had already fled away. As he ran, he said, "Thank you Ling'er. I feel much better now and can sleep peacefully."
Seeing that he had gone to bed and got into bed, Hu Ling'er was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she just sighed deeply.
Forget it, I won’t argue with him today.
In fact, how could Hu Ling'er not see that the reason why he was teasing her like this and forcing a smile was actually to prevent herself from worrying.
Taking a deep breath, Hu Linger turned around and walked out of the room.
He must still be feeling very uncomfortable right now, so let him think about it quietly.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Xia Yihan, who had closed her eyes, opened them again, looked at the closed door, a flash of pain flashed in her eyes, and murmured: "Ling'er, I hope you can forgive me soon, except
You and I have nothing left."
At this time, the atmosphere in the palace was very tense.
What happened in the cold palace between the emperor and King Han's concubine last night has long been spread throughout the palace. Just now, a gag order was issued, prohibiting anyone from discussing this matter anymore. There is also a person
The unlucky eunuch was caught red-handed and was beaten to death on the spot to scare the monkeys. After that, no one dared to talk about it again.
In Shouning Palace.
"Hong'er, what do you want the Queen Mother to say about you?" The Queen Mother, who was sitting on the throne, was trembling with her fingers and scolding Qi Hongqing, who was standing below with his head lowered.
"Before, you said you wanted to marry Sang Rong and make her your queen, and the mother-in-law agreed. But then you said she didn't like you and liked Han'er, so you gave up and even gave them a marriage. Now that you're gone
At this point, why would you do such an outrageous thing?"
"Queen Mother..." Qi Hongqing was mute and had trouble speaking. He couldn't say that they wanted to set up Hu Ling'er, but ended up going against her.
After a pause, he could only admit: "I was wrong."
"Wrong? Can one wrong sentence solve the problem?" The Queen Mother kept panting, her chest heaving violently, "How are you going to explain to Han'er now, how are you going to explain to Zuo Xiang and Rong'er?"
Qi Hongqing gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought of Xia Yihan and Hu Ling'er. His hands in his sleeves were tightly pulled, but there was a look of regret on his face. He thought for a while and said: "Mother, the matter has come to this, I can only do this."
Bring Rong'er into the palace. As for King Han, he has no interest in Sang Rong in the first place, so he shouldn't blame Er Chen."
Xia Yihan did not want to marry Sang Rong. The Queen Mother naturally knew this. Xia Yihan came to her to tell her the truth a few days ago.
She stretched out her hand to caress her chest, took a few deep breaths, and then said: "This is the only way, but in order to appease the left prime minister and compensate Rong'er, you should make her the queen as you thought before."
Qi Hongqing frowned, "Mother, this..."
Unexpectedly, he only said three words, and the Queen Mother glared at him and said fiercely: "What, you have lost interest in her after you took her by force? Didn't you want to give her this post before?"
Yet?"
Seeing the Queen Mother's non-negotiable expression, Qi Hongqing could only nod and said, "I know what to do."
Although his consciousness was a little blurry last night, he could still tell whether San Rong was a virgin or not.
He just picked up the broken shoes that Xia Yihan dropped. Why should he be responsible for her? And he also wanted to give her the position of queen?
But this matter has become such a mess, so it can only be settled in this way, otherwise the Queen Mother and the Left Prime Minister will not be able to explain it, and the ministers and people in the DPRK will be left talking about it.
Isn't it just a back seat? I'll give it to you, but it depends on whether she can sit in it.
After Qi Hongqing left the Queen Mother's bedroom, he walked towards a side hall on the left.
After she was discovered last night, the Queen Mother brought the unconscious Sang Rong here. She also heard that she was bleeding heavily, and the Queen Mother finally stopped her bleeding and saved her life.
He couldn't remember the specific situation last night. He only knew that after the drug took effect, he became so hungry and thirsty that he knocked her down directly. As for how many times he did it, how did the two of them pass out together in the end? Really
I have no impression at all.
But judging from the fact that Sang Rong was bleeding profusely and that he could barely get out of bed in the morning, the battle last night was absolutely fierce.
Although I have lost interest in her shabby shoes, I still enjoy the feeling of having the woman I have always wanted under me.
But from this point of view, he should still thank Mu Wanru.
No, it should be Hu Ling'er... When he thought of this name, his whole body tensed up.
This woman is really not an ordinary danger, and Xia Yihan, he will never let these two people go.
While meditating, Qi Hongqing had arrived in front of the palace where Sang Rong lived.
With a sneer on his lips, Qi Hongqing opened the door and walked in.
"My servant comes to greet your Majesty." The palace maid who was guarding the palace saluted quickly when she saw Qi Hongqing coming in.
"You go out first." Qi Hongqing waved his hand and walked straight to Sang Rong's bed.
On the bed, Sang Rong still had his eyes closed tightly, his face was pale and bloodless.
Qi Hongqing stood in front of San Rong's bed, pondered for a moment, and said in a cold voice: "Sang Rong, you can't blame anyone for what happened last night, because you prepared the medicine yourself, and I am just a victim, so I
There is no such thing as responsibility or compensation. But now my mother must let me marry you and make you my queen. I thought about it, and this is the only way I can save my reputation and avoid being accused of being debauched and immoral.
You are a foolish king who wants to be a concubine. Of course, if you don't want to, you can also tell the Queen Mother, but by the way, I also want to clarify with the people of the world that I am not forcing you to do this, but you do it voluntarily."
After Qi Hongqing finished speaking, Sang Rong still showed no reaction, as if he had really fallen asleep.
"Haha..." Qi Hongqing smiled coldly and continued: "Whether you want to be alone and think about Xia Yihan's chaotic rest of his life, or whether you want to deal with them two together with me, the choice is in your hands. I will
Let’s go now and think about it carefully.”
After saying that, Qi Hongqing turned around and left, but he had only taken two steps when Sang Rong's voice suddenly sounded behind him: "I agree."
Turning around, Qi Hongqing and Sang Rong met with stern eyes, and a sinister smile appeared at the corners of their mouths: "Okay, then let's cooperate well."
Early the next morning, Hu Ling'er took Min Mo and Miao'er to the streets of Lingdu.
Although Xia Yihan was a little worried, because the Queen Mother summoned him to the palace, he had no choice but to let her go.
After arriving on the streets of Lingdu, Hu Ling'er went on a shopping spree. She bought a lot of food, some cotton-padded jackets and quilts, and filled a full cart. She had asked Min Mo to hire that cart.
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After filling them, Hu Ling'er said to Min Mo: "Min Mo, take these to the ruined temple in the north of the city."
Min Mo raised his eyebrows, Xiao Miao blinked and said with a look of disbelief: "Miss, these things you have are enough for them to feed and clothe them for a whole year."
"The longer the better." Hu Ling'er smiled lightly, then turned her eyes elsewhere.
Min Mo frowned. He always felt that Hu Ling'er was a bit strange these days, but he still responded: "Okay, but let Min Mo take the lady back home first."
There have been constant dangers recently, and he really doesn't feel comfortable letting her wander around the streets of Lingdu alone.
Hu Ling'er shook her head and said: "No, you go first, Xiaomiao and I will go shopping for a while. Don't worry, we won't go shopping for too long."
Min Mo wanted to say something else, but Hu Ling'er had already picked up Xiao Miao and walked forward excitedly.
Looking at the backs of the two of them, he shook his head helplessly, then drove the train towards the ruined temple in the north of the city.
Seeing Min Mo leave, Hu Ling'er rolled her eyes and said to Xiao Miao: "Xiao Miao, do you have the prescription for the medicine I have been taking?"
"Of course, I took good care of it." Xiaomiao nodded, with a serious look on his face.
"Show me."
After listening to her words, Xiaomiao obediently took out the prescription from her arms and handed it to her while saying: "Miss, do you want to take the medicine? What I took last time was much better, so there is no need to take it for the time being."
"Anyway, they're all out. Let's grab more." Hu Ling'er said while watching, and then walked towards the drug store not far away.
Xiaomiao had no choice but to follow closely.
After grabbing the medicine and taking it out, Hu Ling'er returned the prescription to Xiaomiao. She turned around and her eyes fell on the clothing store in front. She excitedly took Xiaomiao's hand and said, "Come on, let's go over there and take a look."
After the two entered the store, Hu Ling'er looked here and there, then grabbed a pink dress embroidered with golden butterflies and said: "Xiao Miao, this dress suits you very well, please try it on quickly.
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When Xiaomiao saw the high-end material, she quickly refused and said, "Miss, no, I have plenty of clothes to wear."
Hu Ling'er smiled and said, "Oh, we have been together for so long, and I haven't given you a gift yet. Please try it quickly. If it looks good, I will buy it for you."
Xiaomiao was surprised and happy, waving her hands repeatedly, "Ah, miss, no need, really no need."
"Miss, it's rare for me to be caring. If you don't appreciate it, I'll be heartbroken." But Hu Ling'er didn't care whether she used it or not. He picked up the clothes and stuffed them into her hands, then pushed her towards the fitting room.
After Xiaomiao entered, Hu Ling'er turned around and went to the men's clothing section. She picked out two sets of men's clothing and marked them on her body, then had them packed away directly.
Xiaomiao changed into new clothes and came out. She stood there awkwardly. Hu Ling'er took a look and praised: "Tsk tsk, my Xiaomiao is really a beauty. The maid uniforms in this mansion are really too old-fashioned. They have ruined your natural beauty."
Her beauty was covered up."
"Miss, you are making fun of me." These words made Xiaomiao blush.
But Hu Ling'er wasn't going to let her go yet, so she leaned towards her again and said, "Oh, she looks even more beautiful when she blushes. If someone sees her pretty face, even a man will be tempted."