Lu Qingtang knew that she might not be able to escape this time, so the moment the knife fell on her body, she spoke.
"Wait a minute."
She looked at the group of masked men.
The masked man holding the knife stopped what he was doing and looked at her with doubts in his eyes, "Do you have any last words?"
Their mouths have a strong Nanzhou dialect. Even if they speak Mandarin, their accent cannot be changed.
Lu Qingtang shook his head and looked at them with a pleading look on his face, "I don't have any last words. You can just kill me, but don't touch him, okay? It's okay for the child to be without his mother, but he can't be without his father."
She glanced at the unconscious Mo Zeshen next to her, "Kill me and no one will know who hurt him, and you can still escape the blame."
The masked men looked at each other and discussed some more.
Some people agree, some disagree, and some are neutral.
Several people discussed it and decided to follow what Lu Qingtang said and just kill her and let Mo Zeshen go.
Anyway, he wouldn't be able to survive in this situation. It was still twenty or thirty miles away from the city. Even if he could be sent to the city for treatment, it would be too late.
The butcher knife was raised again, and Lu Qingtang closed his eyes, waiting for death to come.
She hoped that the knife would cut more neatly, so that her death would be faster and less painful.
But at this moment, a shout came from my ears, "Bold thief, please spare the life of the princess!"
Opening her eyes, Lu Qingtang saw Yuan Lang rushing over with a group of guards. She kicked the masked man with the knife in the face, and the man suddenly fell to the ground.
Upon seeing this, the other masked men immediately scattered and fled, with Yuan Lang and others chasing after them. After a fight, although not all the masked men were wiped out, many people were injured, and one of them even dropped his waist card. .
Yuan Lang picked up the waist tag and put it away, and then he and several others carried Mo Zeshen back to the carriage.
After half an hour of treatment, Mo Zeshen finally saved his life. However, it was getting late and they could not go into the city and could only rest in the carriage.
Lu Qingtang sighed while wiping the blood on his body with alcohol cotton.
She seemed to be talking to herself and said: "Forget it, if you block an arrow for me, we can settle the past matters. From now on, the bridge will return to the bridge, the road will return to the road, and no one of us will care about the other." .”
She didn't understand Mo Zeshen's heart, but the arrow she blocked alone was not fake. She always believed that it didn't matter what a person said, but what he did was the most important.
Just like Zeng Ke, even though he is usually careless, does things out of tune, and becomes weak when he is strong, but at the critical moment, he is not timid at all. He is such a timid person and actually blocks the knife for her.
Mo Zeshen, on the other hand, said so many cruel words to himself and even insulted himself by divorcing his wife, but in the end it was he who protected him.
Lu Qingtang knew that he must be hiding something from him. As for what it was, she had to ask carefully.
She covered him with clothes and then quietly climbed out of the carriage. Yuan Lang, who was warming himself by the fire in front of the carriage, stood up smartly.
He asked Lu Qingtang: "Princess, how is the prince doing?"
Lu Qingtang shook his head, "Your life is not in danger, don't worry."
Yuan Lang nodded and muttered "Okay", then bent down and placed a Mazhazi in front of the fire, "Princess, sit down and warm yourself by the fire. It will keep you warm."
Lu Qingtang was not polite. She bent down and sat on the mat, looking directly at Yuan Lang, "Yuan Lang, I am no longer your princess. Don't call me that, others will misunderstand me."
Yuan Lang lowered his head, whispered "Oh", and then said: "Actually, the king... Madam, the prince..."
"He has his own reasons, right? He didn't mean to divorce me, but he had a reason, right?" Lu Qingtang interrupted Yuan Lang.
Yuan Lang frowned and whispered: "Your Majesty won't let me say..."
The corners of Lu Qingtang's lips raised slightly, "Okay, if he asks you to say it, then I will."
She cleared her throat and said, "Your Majesty saw me always causing trouble and felt that I was not worthy of being Princess Chen, so he wanted to attack me, so Mo Zeshen divorced me and attacked me in advance to seal His Majesty's mouth." .”
Yuan Lang didn't respond and lowered his head, obviously acquiescing.
Lu Qingtang raised the corners of his lips and continued: "It just so happened that Mo Zeshen had another woman. He had long wanted to divorce me, and then he just took this opportunity. In this way, he could live happily with his sweetheart. I can also please His Majesty and win two birds with one stone."
After saying that, she saw Yuan Lang's face flushed.
He gritted his teeth and held it in for a long time, "Madam, how can you miss the prince so much? He has always been loyal to you..."
Lu Qingtang looked disapproving, "Can't you tell, stop talking nonsense, if he is really consistent, will he divorce me? You also know that your prince has no affection for me from the beginning, maybe he is. Tired of it."
Yuan Lang quickly looked at her and said, "Madam, I misunderstood. I don't know the reason for this. I only know that early the morning after you left, Eunuch Xu issued an imperial edict saying that His Majesty wanted to die and asked you to be buried with the Queen Mother." .”
After hearing this, Lu Qingtang immediately understood.
No wonder Mo Zeshen lost his temper at him for no reason that night and opened his mouth to divorce him. It turned out that he knew Emperor Kang Yuan's virtues and deliberately provoked him to leave.
He did so much just to protect himself.
But then again, he said that he didn’t consult with him when doing things, wasn’t he the same way?
It's obviously for the other person's good, but they don't say it out loud, deliberately hurting people's hearts and making both of them feel uncomfortable. It's really embarrassing.
She is like this, and so is he.
Lu Qingtang looked at Yuan Lang, "Then you knew all along? Even Yu Bai was driven away by Mo Zeshen on purpose?"
Yuan Lang opened his mouth slightly and looked at Lu Qingtang dumbfounded, "You... you... you tricked me, you did it on purpose, to provoke the general!"
Lu Qingtang cleared his throat and became serious, "As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit, and as the saying goes, soldiers are also crafty. You said that you were also on the battlefield with your prince, and you didn't even understand the strategy. You still have the nerve to say that you are Chen. The palace guard."
Yuan Lang made a bitter face and was about to cry, "Princess, you have done me a terrible job. The prince said that if I tell anyone, I will be beaten to death. My little life will not be saved..."
"Who said it was you who said it?" Lu Qingtang curled his lips, "Didn't you guess it by yourself because of your talent and beauty? You didn't say anything and I didn't hear anything. I just pretended that what just happened didn't happen. Isn’t that enough?”
The other guards quickly echoed after hearing this.
"That's right, I've been suffering from typhoid fever recently. My ears are always buzzing and I can't hear anything clearly. I just see you opening your mouths and making no sound."
"Me too. I always feel dizzy after getting typhoid fever, and I just fainted."
"I'm not sick. I was just too sleepy and fell asleep. I didn't hear anything you said."
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