One night, I fell asleep in Xuanyuan Chengtian's gentle embrace.
The early morning light filtered through the carved windows and scattered on Qingcheng's face. Outside, there were birds singing and the fragrance of flowers blooming. Qingcheng woke up in this scene.
"You're awake!" Xuanyuan Chengtian swept away yesterday's fatigue and became extremely energetic. He looked at Qingcheng's eyes full of smiles. He was going back to the battlefield again! He knew that soldiers could not be leaderless for a day, but he
He still came back day and night! He knew that it would be very disappointing, but he still came back regardless! Now that Qingcheng is fine, he has to leave again!
When Butterfly came in, Xuanyuan Chengtian was feeding Qingcheng a bowl of plain rice soup. Butterfly hesitated for a moment and then walked in: "I have met the Emperor!"
"But something happened?" Qingcheng knew that butterflies rarely came to disturb Xuanyuan Chengtian when he was around. If they came, something must have happened.
"Go back to the emperor, miss. The queen and the general's wife want to see you!" Qingcheng was startled. The general's wife is the eldest lady and Yunchu's mother! Why did she come to see her?
Qingcheng gently pushed away the porridge that Xuanyuan Chengtian brought to his lips: "Invite them in!"
Xuanyuan Chengtian frowned displeased and said to Butterfly: "Let them wait outside first!"
Qingcheng pressed the spoon Xuanyuan Chengtian sent over and said softly: "It's better to meet her first! There must be many young ladies whom Qingcheng has never seen before!"
"Okay!" Xuanyuan Chengtian said, wiping away the remaining soup from the corners of Qingcheng's mouth and passing the bowl to Butterfly.
"Meet the Emperor, Your Majesty!" As soon as she turned around the screen, before Qingcheng could see clearly, the First Lady knelt down and worshiped. Yun Chu on the side said with a blessing: "I, my concubine, meet the Emperor!"
"Mom, there is no need to be polite." Qingcheng's body had just raised up a little when Xuanyuan Chengtian pressed him down: "You are injured, so you can't move around casually!" He said, turning his head and looking down: "General, Madam, you can
Get up and talk!”
Yun Chu stood aside, and the eldest lady stood up with a thank you, took a few steps forward, knelt down in front of Qingcheng's bed and immediately burst into tears: "Qingcheng, aunt, please! Please let Xin Rui go! She
I know I was wrong!”
"Auntie, what are you doing? What happened to Xinrui?" Qingcheng looked at her in confusion, and his slightly raised body was gently pressed down by Xuanyuan Chengtian.
"Huh! You have made a mistake and still have the nerve to ask Qingcheng!" Xuanyuan Chengtian snorted coldly and stood up.
The eldest lady was startled for a moment, her face immediately turned pale. She kowtowed and said as if she was pounding garlic: "Your Majesty, the common woman knows that she is wrong! I hope the emperor can let my little girl go! If possible, the common woman would risk her own life in exchange for it.
!”
"Please, Your Majesty, please let Princess Xian's heart go!" Yunchu on the side also knelt down.
Xuanyuan Chengtian's eyes suddenly tightened and he looked at Yun Chu: "Do you think that because you are the concubine of a wise king, you will not die?"
When the eldest lady heard this, her face instantly turned pale, and she immediately bowed to Qingcheng: "My dear concubine, for the sake of me raising you since you were a child, please go and beg the emperor to let him let go of your heart!"
Qingcheng felt a throbbing pain in her heart: How long had it been since she remembered that she had traveled through time?
Looking at the old woman on the ground who was humbly begging her with tears in her eyes, she seemed as unfamiliar as the first time she saw her. The memory of the stern lady had gradually become blurred. But she still remembered the pain in the past very clearly.
:Without her care, would Qingcheng die? Without her care, would Qingcheng suffer from cold and hunger? Without her care, I might not have reached this point!
What a trick of fate! Qingcheng looked at the eldest lady on the ground indifferently, looking at her as if it didn't matter, as if she was an outsider!
The eldest lady may have noticed Qingcheng's indifference. She stopped crying and stood up, looking at Qingcheng fiercely: "If I had known you were so heartless, I shouldn't have raised you. I shouldn't have raised you at all.
I was so soft-hearted that I kept you here, and I really regret not letting you go to hell with your mother!"
"Mom! Stop talking!" Yun Chu cried out, hugged her, and looked at Xuanyuan Chengtian who was covered with dark clouds in horror.
The eldest lady seemed to be alert. She knelt down and cried to Qingcheng: "Qingcheng, aunt, please let go of Xinrui. Although she hurt you and it was her fault, you are not dead."
Yeah, Xin Rui still has to sacrifice her life for you, do you think this is fair?"
Fair? Qingcheng smiled bitterly: Do they have this word in their hearts?
"Qingcheng, listen to me!" Yun Chu held back her tears and glanced at Xuanyuan Chengtian worriedly. She seemed to have calmed down. She leaned slightly closer and looked into Qingcheng's eyes: "Qingcheng, actually
Xin Rui hurt you just to save you, think about it! If Xin Rui hadn’t hurt you! Would you have been able to escape from Bei Mu Kuang? It’s not because you were hurt that he couldn’t hold you hostage and let you go.
You!"
The eldest lady stopped sobbing and looked at Yun Chu in shock. She was extremely surprised. She nodded immediately after reacting: "Yes, Qingcheng, Yun Chu only hurt you to save you!"
Qingcheng closed his eyes as if he couldn't bear to listen to their excuses anymore: "Chengtian, please relax!"
The eldest lady and Yun Chu were startled, looking at Qingcheng in surprise, and then immediately became happy.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Concubine!"
"Sister Xie Qingcheng!"
Xuanyuan Chengtian's face, which had begun to soften, suddenly turned gloomy again. He said angrily to Qingcheng: "If that arrow hit your chest instead of your left shoulder, would they still dare to say that it was to save her? You
Can you still open your mouth and say let her go?"
Qingcheng opened his eyes and looked at the slightly angry Chengtian, speechless!
The two expectant faces immediately froze there.
After a moment, Yun Chu turned around and said, "Xin Rui's archery skills are very good! How could there be a mistake?"
"I remember that among the Yan family sisters, you are the best in archery. If the queen wants to save Qingcheng, I really believe it." Xuanyuan Chengtian smiled coldly and suddenly changed the topic: "Listen to the interrogation.
Xiao Shi said that Princess Xian insisted that the arrow in her hand was not fired! I wonder if the murderer is someone else?"
Xuanyuan Chengtian looked at Yun Chu as he spoke. A trace of panic disappeared briefly on her face, but then she quickly returned to her original sad expression: "Xinrui has no intention of harming Qingcheng, how could she admit it in person?
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"Please, Your Majesty, there must be someone else who is responsible for this murder!" The eldest lady seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. She knelt down and worshiped Xuanyuan Chengtian with all her strength. Her forehead hit the ground with a "dong dong" and blood gradually appeared.
.This made Qingcheng couldn't help but feel moved, mother is mother!
"Please rest assured, Madam General, I will let people chase her to the end. How can I let the real murderer go unpunished!" Xuanyuan Chengtian said in a deep voice as if he was making a promise.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The eldest lady was overjoyed and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
"Mom, since the emperor has agreed, let's go back first!" Yun Chu helped the eldest lady, looked at the green color on her forehead, and said distressedly.
"Yes!" When the eldest lady responded, she glanced bitterly at Qingcheng, who had been watching all this quietly! Then she pulled Yunchu and resigned to the emperor.
However, the situation changes too fast, and things are always unpredictable. The next day, before Xuanyuan Chengtian sent people to interrogate again, the jailer who delivered the meal discovered early in the morning that Princess Xian on death row had left a letter in blood, admitting all her guilt.
He hanged himself and his whole body was cold.
Legend has it that the eldest lady fainted on the spot when she learned the news. When she woke up, she cursed Qingcheng loudly, calling her the reincarnation of an evildoer and a vixen, and cursed her to have a bad death in the future.,,,
Xuanyuan Chengtian also left the palace and rushed to the battlefield after learning that Xinrui committed suicide out of fear of sin!