The noisy teahouse was full of people coming and going. At this moment, Su Mu lowered his head and sobbed softly, which became a sight to behold.
Mo Zeqing looked at Su Mu's profile, and his heart suddenly trembled.
In fact, this little girl is quite pretty.
He patted Su Mu's shoulder and said softly: "You see, you are soft-hearted. You think about her at all times, but why are you still not aware of what the fourth sister-in-law has done to you? As long as you do what I say, The position of concubine must be yours."
These words are quite sincere.
"Are you serious? Your Majesty's words count?" Su Mu raised his head, his wet eyes filled with light.
Mo Zeqing's heart suddenly moved, and he raised the corners of his lips to give her a beautiful smile, "That's natural, I won't lie to you."
I won’t lie from now on.
Seeing Su Mu's expression of emotion, Mo Zeqing immediately took advantage of every opportunity, fearing that Su Mu would regret it if he delayed for a while.
The two of them had something to eat at a nearby restaurant, and Mo Zeqing personally sent Su Mu into the palace.
It was already evening when he returned to Longqing Palace. Su Mu returned to his room and waited for Lu Qingtang to come to him after dark.
With a "squeak" sound, Su Mu was embroidering a handkerchief under the candlelight, which was to be given to Mo Zeqing.
In fact, it was not a gift, but Mo Zeqing insisted on it.
When she heard the sound, she turned around and saw Lu Qingtang crawling in from the window with his butt stuck out.
"Fortunately, it's only been more than three months now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to climb in." Lu Qingtang muttered and closed the window, got up and walked to Su Mu's bed to lie down.
Lu Qingtang took great pains to prevent Jiang Mei.
She had to climb out of the window while pregnant, as if she were a thief.
Seeing this, Su Mu immediately poured her a cup of tea and helped Lu Qingtang get up to drink it.
Lu Qingtang took the teacup, lay sideways on the bed, and asked, "How's it going? What does Mo Zeqing want you to do?"
Before Su Mu could speak, Lu Qingtang rushed to answer, "Don't tell me yet, let me guess."
She drank the tea in the cup, then got up and walked around the room, "Did Mo Zeqing want you to poison or drug Concubine Shu while I was giving her the second treatment, so that she would be miserable for the rest of her life?" Can’t get up?”
"It's the same as what I heard here!" Su Mu exclaimed, "But it's not poisoning, it's changing the medicine. He asked me to change the medicine that you, Princess, used for Concubine Shu. Then if anything happens to Concubine Shu, it will all be blamed on you. On the head!"
Lu Qingtang nodded, this is almost the same, it means the same thing.
But this guy is ruthless enough, even more ruthless than Concubine Ning.
No, she should be called Concubine Ning.
Tomorrow morning the imperial edict will appear in Qingquan Palace and be read out.
Su Mu opened the cabinet, took out a pack of preserved apricots from the horse, pushed it in front of Lu Qingtang, and asked: "Princess, why did your Majesty call you to Wende Hall this morning?"
"Of course, Mo Zeshen has been rewarded by His Majesty for his great achievements. I'm going to receive the reward." Lu Qingtang patted his chest and put a piece of apricot preserves into his mouth.
Su Mu was a little surprised, "Didn't the prince go to Hengzhou to train troops? Can this also make meritorious service?"
"The thing is like this, Mo Zeshen led a group of people to train troops. When he found it boring, he went to suppress the bandits in actual combat. At first, there were only a dozen or so small bandits, but later he wiped out a group of hundreds of people. Na!" Lu Qingtang opened his arms and gestured.
Su Mu opened his mouth in a "Wow" shape, and then asked, "Then what reward did His Majesty give you?"
"It's nothing. I just begged your Majesty to lift Concubine Ning's grounding." Lu Qingtang stuffed apricots into his mouth and said, "Your Majesty gave me a great favor. Not only did he lift the grounding, but he also allowed her to recover. The position of noble concubine.”
Su Mu's mouth grew into an "ah" shape again, and he reached out to grab the apricot breast and hid it behind his back.
This was obviously not for Lu Qingtang.
Lu Qingtang had only eaten two slices, but he was still not satisfied. He immediately reached out to grab it, "What are you doing? Give it to me."
"Why are you? After a long day of hard work, isn't it in vain?" Su Mu was greatly disappointed and put the bag of preserved apricots back on the table.
Lu Qingtang laughed when he saw this, then stretched out his hand to pinch a piece of apricot preserved and fed it to Su Mu, and said in a flattering manner: "Good Su Mu, listen to me first."
"Concubine Ning has two sons, and her mother's family is an important minister. Even if I don't plead, His Majesty will definitely release her before August 15th. But if I plead, it will be different. I am the victim. Me begging for mercy means that I am tolerant and generous. Another point is that since I can let Concubine Ning in, I can also let her out, this is a show of authority." Lu Qingtang said, stuffing a piece of preserved apricot into his mouth.
Su Mu seemed to understand a little, and suddenly said: "The prince will be back soon. If he knew that you grounded Concubine Ning, he would definitely be angry with you. But if you let her lift the grounding, the prince will not be so angry, right?" ?”
"I have to bow my head under the eaves. I still have to count on Mo Zeshen to give me a letter of divorce. I can't go too far." Lu Qingtang said, "But if I let her out this time, she still attacks me. , the nature is different."
She said, raising an eyebrow at Su Mu and smiling.
Su Mu nodded, "The princess is still smart, now I will catch them all so that they dare to bully others!"
The two chatted for a while. Lu Qingtang glanced at the half-embroidered handkerchief on the table and asked, "Did Mo Zeqing ask you to embroider this?"
"Yeah, he's not happy if I don't embroider. I don't know why." Su Mu picked up the handkerchief and continued to embroider.
Lu Qingtang did not speak, but continued to look at the veil, lost in thought.
…
The time soon came to August, which was the third month after Lu Qingtang entered the palace, and it was also the day for Concubine Shu to remove the steel plates.
She told Concubine Shu about her purpose, and Concubine Shu was willing to cooperate with her.
The two reached an agreement and waited for a good day. Lu Qingtang sent Su Mu out two days in advance and asked her to meet Mo Zeqing to get the medicine on the pretext of getting Mo Zeshen's letter.
But Mo Zeshen really sent a letter. The letter said that he had set off to return to Yanling City and expected to arrive in about five or six days.
Lu Qingtang was not surprised by this news. He would come back sooner or later, and it was impossible to train for a lifetime.
But her good days were coming to an end. Lu Qingtang felt uncomfortable whenever he thought of Mo Zeshen by his side.
On the day when the steel plate was to be removed, Lu Qingtang specially arranged it in a side hall of Longqing Palace, which was convenient for Jiang Mei to report.
"Is this the medicine Mo Zeqing gave you?"
Lu Qingtang took a small blue porcelain vase from Su Mu.
Su Mu nodded, "The King Xian told me that Concubine Shu will sleep for up to two days after taking this medicine, but I guess it must be poison."
Lu Qingtang opened the stopper and used his other hand to fan the air under his nose. The strong smell of medicine hit him.
She couldn't help but frown, "Yes, this is Gelsemium elegans, or extracted venom, which is rich in poison."
Lu Qingtang said, covering the medicine and putting it away.
"Isn't it too scary?" Su Mu curled his lips, "You lied to me and said you would only sleep for two days, pretending to be real."
Lu Qingtang pursed his lips and smiled, "It's as if you didn't lie to him. It's even!"
Su Mu also laughed after hearing this. She thought it was right to say so.
"Hey, master and servant, have you laughed enough? There are still patients here?"
Concubine Shu, who was sleeping on the bed waiting for Lu Qingtang to operate on her, spoke with resentment on her face.
