It was a lot easier for Lu Zhiyao to have Shen Xing, a Qingming countryman, to guide him. Under his guidance, the group of people quickly arrived at the town. But for these two little people, Lu Zhiyao was not completely helpless. She was on guard. She was paying attention to whether anyone was following her along the way, and after arriving in the town, she was also paying attention to whether Shen Xing had left any suspicious traces as a mark. But in the end, she felt relieved. It seemed that she was really overthinking.
After finding an inn to stay at, Lu Zhiyao called the innkeeper, threw a certain amount of silver on the table, looked at his greedy eyes and said, "Go get me some milk."
"Milk...milk?!" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then looked at the baby in Lu Zhiyao's arms and understood.
Looking at Lu Zhiyao's dress and her generous actions, we can tell that she is a wealthy owner. But the two children beside her, an older one and a younger one, don't look like they are related to her.
There are traffickers in Xia Lai Country, and there are also traffickers in Qingming Country. And just like Lu Zhiyao's joke before, there are really traffickers here who specialize in selling children.
The shopkeeper is a businessman and knows not to cause trouble that shouldn't be caused. But the free money still has to be earned.
"Why, not enough?" Lu Zhiyao asked coldly when he saw that he was not moving.
"Enough! Enough!" The shopkeeper quickly put away the money, turned around and walked out. After a while, he brought a woman and smiled flatteringly at Lu Zhiyao: "This is my wife, our child. He was just born, so if you don’t mind, why not..."
Lu Zhiyao understood what he meant, and it was much better than she thought in advance. She thought it would be good if the shopkeeper could get some goat milk, but she didn't expect...
Lu Zhiyao nodded, and the shopkeeper walked out immediately.
Lu Zhiyao sat aside and saw with her own eyes that Xiao Liluo had been fed and had stopped. She took him over with satisfaction and said to the woman: "You can come here regularly during the few days I live here, and you won't be in trouble." It’s yours.”
The woman nodded repeatedly and left the room happily. Lu Zhiyao looked at Li Luo's contented sleeping face and pondered for a long time. The slightly sad face made Shen Xing dare not say a word.
Lu Zhiyao turned his head and looked at Shen Xing. The weather was already cold, but he was still wearing thin clothes. Although Xiao Liluo survived, she was not suitable to follow Lu Zhiyao too much when she was young. .And myself... Lu Zhiyao's hand slowly brushed up his belly. Although he left there, his heart also disappeared. No matter what, she wanted this child. Even if he didn't want it, everyone in the world would. No, but she must be born.
"Shen Xing." Lu Zhiyao called the people around him softly and asked him: "Will you really be happy with me?"
Shen Xing, who was still young, didn't understand the real meaning of Lu Zhiyao's words. As a young child, he had witnessed the destruction of his family and the death of his family. Someone was willing to accept him. It was a gift from God to prevent him from starving. How could he not? happy?
Shen Xing looked at Lu Zhiyuan timidly, thinking that she regretted taking him with her. He didn't say anything immediately, lowered his head and looked at his toes without saying anything, clenched and unclenched his little hands several times, and then said slowly: "If you don't want me, I can leave."
Such humility and timidity made Lu Zhiyao's heart sting. She was like that that night, right? Like a panicked child, she asked him, will you never want me again? He didn't answer, but Now she can't.
"Look at how dirty you are, I really don't want you anymore." Lu Zhiyao forced himself to laugh, stood up and placed Li Luo on the bed, then walked out of the room and came back after a while.
The large wooden bucket was filled with warm and clean water. Shen Xing's face turned red and he struggled not to let Lu Zhiyao take off his clothes, but in the end Lu Zhiyao stripped him naked and threw him into the bathtub.
"Clean up before I come back, or you won't have food to eat tonight."
Lu Zhiyao looked down at Shen Xing who didn't even dare to raise his head, and then left the room. He went to the street and bought some children's clothes, because he didn't say hello in advance to order them, but he bought them with a strong attitude. I buy other people's clothes, so the price is naturally not low.
Lu Zhiyao thought to himself that it was a good thing that he had taken enough advantage from Chu Ziqian, so he could carry these two little things with him today, and his back was still so straight.
When Lu Zhiyao returned to the inn, Shen Xing had already washed it. Lu Zhiyao was a little surprised when he looked at the fair and beautiful face. It seemed that the "son" he had picked up was really good.
"Change your clothes." Lu Zhiyao threw the clothes she bought into his arms. While Shen Xing was changing clothes, she clearly heard the growl in his stomach.
Shen Xing, who hadn't eaten for two days, was stunned when he saw a table of food. He wolfed down the food and didn't notice that Lu Zhiyao beside him was a little absent-minded.
Lu Zhiyao forced himself to eat something, and it was getting dark. Sitting in front of the window and looking outside, Lu Zhiyao was afraid of the silence around him.
On the way here from Xia Lai Kingdom, Lu Zhiyao kept thinking about her and Lin Yinan. In the past, she had thought about many possibilities for the two of them to separate, and even the worst one made her I thought about it, but never thought that I would leave first. How would he feel when he found out that he was missing? If he couldn't see her, he wouldn't be upset, and he would be happier, right? He can't see the heart. Don't worry, this is the best for both of them, right?
"Zhiyao, you're crying."
Hearing Shen Xing's voice, Lu Zhiyao stiffened.
He still refused to call her mother as she wished, not even sister. Instead, he kept calling her from afar after knowing her name. No matter how Lu Zhiyao threatened her, it was useless.
"Nonsense, how is that possible?" Lu Zhiyao sniffed and retorted, raising his hand to wipe it away, but there were really no tears. He just felt that the corners of his eyes were dry and his heart was pounding.
"Zhiyao, do you really not want us?"
Finally, Shen Xing asked out the fear in his heart.
"No." Lu Zhiyao gritted his teeth and answered him, "Don't worry, it won't be."
Reaching out to hug the little person into his arms, Lu Zhiyao bit his lip hard, his eyes a little red.
How she wished she could hear such an answer at that time, but now she understands that she can no longer do it. She is not qualified, and she also owes him. The moment she walked out of the palace, it was already destined to be there. It no longer belongs to her, and neither does that person.
The nights in Qingming Kingdom are so cold, but the nights in Xialai Kingdom will only be even colder.
Su Mozi, who was outside the capital, rushed back to the capital immediately after discovering that the checkpoints in various towns were strictly guarded. However, the seriousness of the matter was far beyond her imagination.
"Zhiyao...is gone?!" Su Mozi looked at Lin Yinan with wide eyes and asked in disbelief, how is this possible?
"Mo Zi, stop talking." Su Shi, who had always been unafraid of big troubles, also restrained himself a lot at this time. He tugged on the corner of Su Mo Zi's clothes and whispered to her.
Su Mozi knocked off Su Shi's hand with a snap, and still looked at Lin Yinan with an attitude of disbelief. She didn't understand what happened between the two to make Lu Zhiyao leave, but...
"Your Majesty." Su Mozi's voice was trembling, "You don't know that she is pregnant, right?"
The atmosphere in the room was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe. Lin Yinan lowered his eyes, listened to Su Mozi's words, his throat moved, and asked: "When did you find out?"
"The night before entering the palace, she said that she was afraid that the emperor would find out and be distracted, so she didn't want to say it out so quickly. I just want to ask the emperor, why did she leave?"
Su Mozi's questioning tone made everyone hear her dissatisfaction. No one knew the reason why Lu Zhiyao left, but it was precisely because Lin Yinan didn't say anything that they felt more and more that he was a villain and that Lu Zhiyao was being raped.
He forced him to leave.
Lin Yinan didn't speak, he just sat there with his head lowered.
Su Mozi was so angry that she slammed the door and left. Su Shi couldn't bear the atmosphere of being alone with Lin Yinan and quietly slipped away. When Lin Yinan was the only one left in the huge room, he slowly raised his head.
His eyes were filled with confusion.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother wishes to see you."
Liu Lei's voice came from outside the door, and the emotion in Lin Yinan's eyes slowly changed. He spoke calmly and said, "Let her in."
Lin Yinan knew why Nangong Liu Xi came here.
Both the Xia family and the Nangong family fell under the charge of "collaboration with the enemy and treason", but now he has brought back the living Xia Han, and brought Bai Lixuan, Liu Xisheng and Qing Ling back into everyone's sight.
Entrusted with an important task. This is undoubtedly a mockery to the Nangong family. As the Queen Mother, how could Nangong Liu Xi swallow this breath?
Lin Yinan smiled after listening to Nangong Liu Xi's words. A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a harem cannot be without a master for a day. This is something he has heard too much in the past few days. Ever since Lin Yinan was asked by Yudie that day, if he planned to start summer.
After Han became the queen, he had been thinking, why did she ask that? How did the news that Wanyue said she heard from other servants come to be spread?
"Queen Mother, I seem to be in a good mood now. Can I talk to you about this kind of thing?"
Lin Yinan asked in a cold voice, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, but his eyes were full of sinister light.
Nangong Liu Xi was startled when she caught Lin Yinan's gaze. She also smiled and said, "Since the emperor is in a bad mood, the Ai family will go back first."
"If I want you to take this seat of the Queen Mother, you will be the Queen Mother. If I don't want you to sit, you will be nothing." Lin Yinan spoke when Nangong Liu Xi was about to turn around.
If there was anything wrong between him and Lu Zhiyao, with so many pairs of eyes in the palace staring at it, how could Nangong Liu Xi not notice it?
"You don't need to worry about who should be the queen. From today on, you are not allowed to step out of the palace. Otherwise, I can kill you at any time."
After Lin Yinan finished speaking, he stood up. When he passed by the stunned Nangong Liuxi, he smiled evilly and said, "If you don't believe it, you can try it."
