When Cheng Ping woke up, he thought he was dreaming again.
In the dream, his mother was still there, sitting next to him, looking at him with sadness and unwillingness.
Cheng Ping was startled and quickly reached out to grab his mother's hand, shouting subconsciously: "Mother! Don't leave."
As soon as the words of prayer were spoken, Cheng Ping was stunned.
Familiar words have been said thousands of times in dreams, but never once have they been so true.
The woman's hands were soft and white, carefully maintained and tender, with human body temperature.
This is not a dream, it is real.
He looked at the clenched hand in his hand, dumbfounded, and reason told him: he should let go.
But he didn't want to let go.
It's as if this person will disappear without a trace as soon as he lets go.
Su Liniang was also stunned. She did not expect that she would hear such a frightened and weak call from her son who was already in his early twenties.
At that moment, Cheng Ping really looked like a child of just a few years old, just like when mother and son parted ways.
Feeling guilty, Su Liniang patted her son, her voice softer than ever: "Don't worry, Ping'er, I won't leave."
I can’t leave either.
Cheng Ping felt relieved, held Su Liniang's hand, and slowly closed his eyes.
Su Liniang touched Cheng Ping's forehead, he still had a high fever.
This high fever has lasted for three days.
After finally waking up today, Su Liniang hurriedly asked the guards to ask for the imperial doctor.
The imperial doctor looked at it and prescribed medicine. He washed it, applied it, and fed him to drink.
Su Liniang's conscience realized that she had been taking care of him for the past three days.
Mother and son have been living in the same room for the first time in many years, and their scents are lingering, making each other feel a little dazed.
It's like going back to the past.
Knowing that everything was hopeless, Su Liniang calmed down for a rare moment, fed Cheng Ping medicine, and carefully wiped and cleaned his wounds with medicine.
The weather is hot and there is no way to bandage the wound. It can only be left uncovered to facilitate scabbing and healing.
She was afraid that he would be itchy, so she would moisten his wounds from time to time with goose feathers dipped in the medicine prepared by the imperial physician.
Cheng Ping just lay there, looking at his mother and saying nothing.
Su Liniang looked at Cheng Ping with a complicated look on her face, and suddenly smiled: "If I had known this would be the outcome, why would I have fought? It will hurt you, and it will also hurt myself."
Cheng Ping twitched the corner of his mouth bitterly: It seems that my mother's reflection was a little late.
She committed suicide in various ways and used up the trust of the new emperor. Not killing her was already a gift. Now it is difficult for the new emperor to show mercy and let her go.
But...
"Mom, I am very satisfied that you can accompany me. This is not your harm to me, this is my life."
Su Liniang smiled miserably: "Yes, this is fate."
But why are some women’s lives so good?
You already have a child with someone else, but you still fall in the prince's favor?
However, the prince can still become the emperor, and the throne is still vacant for her...
I’m not willing to give in!
But what's the use of being unwilling?
Mother and son each have their own thoughts.
When the sound of shattering rubble sounded, Cheng Ping realized something was wrong: There were guards outside, how could anyone be walking on the roof?
But before he could react, a broken arrow suddenly shot down from the roof and went straight into the park above Su Liniang's head...
Su Liniang didn't say a word, but her mouth and nose began to bleed, and she slowly fell down...
Cheng Ping watched Su Liniang fall, eyes wide open, but speechless.
With so many guards, how could no one know there is an assassin?
Since they knew, why didn't they stop it?
Then there is only one possibility: Your Majesty has acquiesced in this matter.
My mother has repeatedly tried to commit suicide, but has she finally committed suicide?
It was obviously a natural thing, but Cheng Ping was still heartbroken.
He gasped for breath, finally regaining control of his hands and feet, and stood up suddenly. Regardless of the cracked wound on his back, he rushed over and hugged Su Liniang.
Su Liniang's brain had been completely destroyed by the broken arrow, her breath was gone, her eyes were hollow, and there were blood stains at the corners of her eyes...
"Mother..."
"Mother..."
Cheng Ping used his sleeve to carefully wipe the blood stains from Su Liniang's ears, nose, mouth and eyes.
When his sleeves were dirty, he wiped them with the handkerchief Su Liniang left beside him...
But it can’t be wiped clean.
The blood is still flowing out...
Cheng Ping was slumped, holding Su Liniang's bloody head and face tightly in his arms, Yang Tian let out a hoarse long howl: "Ah...ah..."
The cuckoo cries blood like this.
Before he passed out, a thought flashed through Cheng Ping's mind.
I don’t have a mother anymore.
The former guard received the holy order and allowed the killer to sneak in.
Now that it was confirmed that Su Liniang had expired, she quickly brought the imperial physician in to treat Cheng Ping's wound.
The imperial doctor finished the treatment with trembling hands and feet, and followed the guard's instructions, giving Cheng Ping a calming medicine before leaving in panic.
I seem to have seen something I shouldn’t have seen. Will I be silenced?!
After the wound was treated, a carriage came in. The guards carefully lifted Cheng Ping and stuffed him into the carriage. The carriage left Zhuangzi and headed southwest.
In the palace, the new emperor, who learned the news, was playing chess with Concubine Rong.
"If you let Cheng Ping go at this time, will he hold a grudge and be detrimental to Xiaoer and the others?"
The new emperor snorted softly: "He is not stupid, it's just because the idiot has been soft-hearted again and again. Now that he has no worries, the person he hates the most in his heart should be me. He doesn't hold grudge against them that much."
Concubine Rong frowned slightly, got distracted, and made a bad move.
The new emperor made a neat move and picked up a large piece of black chess: "Hahaha! You are going to lose."
Concubine Rong took a look and saw, isn’t it!
She took action decisively and confused the chess game: "Who said I lost?"
Xintei decisively admitted his mistake: "I lost. I just made a mistake. How about another round?"
Concubine Rong has lost her sex: What’s the point of playing chess with no chance of victory?
"I want to see Xiao'er."
"You're not allowed to go." The new emperor immediately refused.
"But I haven't been with him for many years!" Concubine Rong sighed.
The new emperor's tone softened, but he still refused: "If you go, it will increase the burden on him. Now he has to take care of his wife and the refugees, so how can he have time to take care of you?"
"Your Majesty..."
Concubine Rong began to tug on the new emperor's sleeves to act coquettishly...
"No, no, no, no... no..." The new emperor refused and was defeated.
……
The news of Su Liniang's murder reached Shenjia Village earlier than Cheng Ping.
After learning that the person who harmed her was dead, Shen Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, but then she became worried: "Will Cheng Ping hate us for this in the future?"
Qi Yunxiao didn't care about this at all: "He will never have a chance to get close to you and me in the future."
With thousands of dragon guards and painful lessons from the past, if Qi Yunxiao still doesn't know how to protect Shen Qingyu and the children at all times, then he deserves to die alone.
Shen Qingyu thought about it and seemed to have no other choice, so she let it go.
But half a month later, she gained weight again.
Before Qi Yunxiao said anything, Zhao Yuzhu became worried and went to Shen Qingyu in private: "My dear, you are gaining weight too fast. You should pay attention to your blood sugar, blood pressure, high blood lipids, heart load, etc..." p>
Shen Qingyu was also helpless: "I didn't eat sugar! I also moved! But my weight is so free and unrestrained! What can I do?"