Perhaps, my daughter will not suffer these hardships.
Listening to the sound of her daughter swallowing harder, the Duke's wife felt more and more guilty.
If she had broken into King Zhao earlier to meet her daughter, if they had not agreed to such a marriage.
Fortunately, her daughter is still alive and the mother and daughter can meet again.
Luo Jiuli breathed a sigh of relief and took his mother's arm.
"Okay, don't think about those unhappy things anymore. Isn't my daughter neatly staying with her mother now?"
The Duke's wife nodded.
"Who is your master? Invite him to your house for a reunion someday. Mother will personally thank him for saving his life."
Luo Jiuli shook his head.
"The master's name is Ling Xuzi, and he has left the Changning Dynasty."
The Duke's wife was stunned for a moment, with an expression of indescribable surprise on her face.
"What did you say? Your master's name is Ling Xuzi?"
"Um."
Luo Jiuli nodded.
The Duke's wife covered her mouth.
"Ling Xuzi? Is that the quack fairy doctor who sees the dragon but never sees its end?"
"Your master turned out to be Ling Xuzi. Should mother say that you were a blessing in disguise, or that you were wasted and reaped in the east?"
"Um."
Luo Jiuli still nodded.
She didn't dare to say a word now, lest her mother break the casserole and ask the truth.
Fortunately, this tortured questioning did not last long.
The steward came to report again.
"Madam, Second Miss, people from the Ninth Prince's Palace are here."
One sentence instantly brought the mother and daughter, who had different thoughts, back to reality.
"Nine Princes' Mansion?"
"Who did you send?"
The butler reported back.
"Back to Madam, as for the second young lady, she is a guard named Qin Wu."
Luo Jiuli thought about it, it was the Qin Wu who sent her home last time.
"Mom, let me go and take a look."
"Go ahead."
The Duke's wife waved her hand.
Luo Jiuli stood up and walked out of the flower hall.
In the flower hall, the Duke's wife looked up at the lanterns that were gradually lighting up outside the courtyard and the darkening night.
His eyes were dazed for a moment.
"lady."
Aunt Xu poured warm tea and handed it to Madam.
"Mother Xu, has our second young lady changed a lot?"
Since the divorce, her daughter seems to have become a different person.
Aunt Xu sighed.
"Madam, if I have to say something disrespectful, this incident may have been a huge blow to the second lady and she must have been stimulated. Therefore, it is not surprising that her temper has changed."
"Madam, think about it, if a woman experiences the pain of losing a child, the pain of separation, and suffers all kinds of grievances and hardships, even her docile temperament will have its edges sharpened."
The Duke's wife took the tea cup and nodded slightly.
"Yes! This may be what Master often said, the price of growing up."
"Although everyone must learn to grow up, the cost of growing up is too high."
Ever since her daughter's accident, she, as a mother, has been feeling guilty every day, feeling guilty that her omissions had allowed King Zhao and his concubine to almost kill her daughter, as well as the life of her unborn child.
Now, her daughter has finally seen the moonlight and the clouds have cleared, and she has finally figured it out.
As a mother, she should protect her at all times. How could she have all kinds of suspicions just because of a temporary change in her temperament?
It really shouldn’t be.
In the front yard, Luo Jiuli didn't know what her mother was thinking at the moment.
As if there was wind under his feet, he saw Qin Wu from the Nine Princes' Mansion.
"Subordinate, I have met Miss Luo Er."
Qin Wu is respectful.
Luo Jiuli said:
"But something happened to the jailer?"
Qin Wu shook his head
"The jailer is awake. Your Majesty asked his subordinates to come over and pick up the second young lady for a visit."
As soon as he heard that the jailer had woken up, Luo Jiuli showed a rare smile.
"Wake up? It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up."
"Wait a minute, I'll go back and get the medicine box."
Luo Jiuli turned around and ran to the backyard
"yes."
Qin Wu raised his head and chest, stood aside, and waited quietly.
He did not tell Luo Jiuli why his master asked him to come to the Duke's Mansion to find her.
The master only said that as long as Miss Luo Er knew that the jailer was awake, she would definitely come over.
In Fuquyuan, Luo Jiuli asked Chunrong to take the medicine box and follow him out of the house.
He also sent his housekeeper to tell his mother, and then followed Qin Wu into the carriage of the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
——
Half an hour ago, in the Nine Princes' Mansion.
The jailer who woke up soon drank some porridge and gained strength. Although there was pain from the wound, it was a blessing to be able to save his life.
He seemed to have forgotten what happened in the Penal Department Prison. At this moment, he looked at the Ninth Prince in front of him, at a loss.
"Slave, I send my regards to the Ninth Prince."
The jailer hurriedly rolled out of bed and knelt on the ground, pulling the wound painfully.
Xiao Mingxuan glanced at him, said nothing, and sat on the chair with a majestic look.
"May I have your name."
It was Qin Yin who asked the question.
"Minion, my name is Wang Xiaoliu."
"Wang Xiaoliu, you are so brave, you dare to let a repeat offender of the imperial court go without permission."
"Tell me, why did you let Yan Tinglian go?"
Wang Xiaoliu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground. His brain was numb, his eyes were blank, his whole body was trembling, and he looked at Xiao Mingxuan in a panic.
"Ninth Prince, slave, slave did not let Yan Tinglian go."
"The slave is injured, the slave is going to die, the slave doesn't know what happened, the slave doesn't remember anything."
Xiao Mingxuan narrowed his eyes coldly and distantly.
"You don't remember?"
Wang Xiaoliu nodded, shook his head in confusion, then looked down at the wounds on his body and said in horror.
"Slave, all I remember is that it was chaos, everything was chaos, and then I raised the dagger and watched helplessly as the dagger pierced my chest, but I didn't feel any pain -"
As soon as Xiao Mingxuan and Qin Yin heard Wang Xiaoliu's retelling, the master and servant looked at each other.
"Wang Xiaoliu, did you really not remember that you let Yan Tinglian go in the prison of the Criminal Department?"
Xiao Mingxuan confirmed again.
Wang Xiaoliu shook his head, with confusion in his eyes. He carefully recalled what happened in the prison of the Criminal Department in his mind, but the more he thought about it, the more his mind went blank.
"Ninth Prince, I have an old father and mother at home, and a wife and children to support. Even if you give me a hundred courages, I don't dare to let go privately of the felons described by Emperor Zhu."
Xiao Mingxuan looked at Wang Xiaoliu's look and understood that he might not be faking it.
He stood up and glanced at him lightly.
"I will give you another half an hour to think carefully about it. I will come back after half an hour."
"If you dare to hide it, I will destroy all nine of your clans."
The voice is not loud but it contains a domineering and threatening tone that cannot be ignored.
After saying this, Wang Xiaoliu strode out of the house regardless of the fact that he was scared to death.
outside the house.
"Qin Wu, go to Yiguo Duke's Mansion, invite Miss Luo Er, and tell her that the jailer is awake."
"Master? This late at night——"
Qin Wu stopped talking.
"As long as she knows that the jailer is awake, no matter how late it is, he will definitely come over."