"Thinking about it, maybe it's like you said. After the Queen Mother's incident, His Majesty can neither punish Princess An, who is pregnant with the emperor's heir, nor can he punish you, the hero who saved the Queen Mother, so he can only blame you. My father is the Marquis of Pingchang."
Su Qingyu was full of doubts, but because she couldn't think of any other explanation, she could only acquiesce in this guess.
"The relationship between the Queen Mother and Her Majesty, mother and son, seems not to be very good..."
The Queen Mother has rheumatic heart disease and will have to take good care of herself for a long time in the future. Therefore, she still has to go in and out of the palace frequently. It is best to sort out the relationship here to avoid disaster.
"The Queen Mother is not His Majesty's biological mother."
"Since I can remember, the relationship between the Queen Mother and Your Majesty has not been as distant as it is now. Instead, it is like an ordinary mother and son, a loving mother and a filial son. Precisely because there is no blood relationship, Your Majesty is still very respectful and filial to the Queen Mother, which is why it was once popular among the people. As a good story, I call His Majesty the 'King of benevolence and filial piety'."
"Later, the Queen Mother, who always liked liveliness, suddenly began to stay only in her own Cikang Palace, rarely going out and walking around, and she was even more reluctant to show up for various palace banquets in the palace. The most common thing she did was to play with flowers and plants. And her white-haired dog.”
"I sent people to check, but nothing was found."
Speaking of this matter, Lu Yuncheng was originally in a low mood, but when he thought that Su Qingyu could make the Queen Mother return to her former self, he felt that the matter was not so bad.
Su Qingyu grasped the key point keenly: "I heard that it was the Queen Mother who made the decree to ground you in the palace for two years. Don't you blame her?"
Lu Yuncheng smiled bitterly and said: "When I was young, I acted on impulse and made many irreversible decisions. If my aunt hadn't tried her best to protect me five years ago, and then the imperial grandmother issued an order to ground me in front of the civil and military officials of the court, Without caring people's thoughts, there would be no Lu Yuncheng today."
The sorrow and regret in Lu Yuncheng's eyes were so dazzling that Su Qingyu couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
"and you......"
"Master, Princess, there is news from the Pingchang Marquis Mansion that Pingchang Marquis's wife passed away this morning."
"died?"
Su Qingyu secretly thought that Mrs. Liu's temperament was much stronger than she imagined.
After meeting that day, she knew Mrs. Liu's situation. If she was willing to rest in peace, she would have at least five days to live. Now it seems that she is very angry with herself.
"The Marquis of Pingchang is now confined to his residence, so the Liu family's funeral may have to be handled by outsiders."
Su Qingyu raised the curtain suspiciously: "You don't mean to say that the old man of Pingchang Marquis wants me to take care of Liu's funeral, do you?"
The corners of Qingfeng's mouth twitched again and again, thinking that the princess really treated everyone equally and was so rude to her own father.
"When the Marquis of Pingchang sent someone here, he did mention that he wanted the princess to take care of the funeral affairs of the Marquis of Pingchang's wife."
Facing Su Qingyu's anger and Mingyue's death gaze, Qingfeng could only bite the word 'step wife' harder.
Su Qingyu smiled coldly: "Okay! If he doesn't mind if I burn the body in the Hou Mansion, I certainly won't find it troublesome."
"ah?"
"Ah what? Why don't you turn the carriage around and go to the Marquis' Mansion?"
Qingfeng rubbed his head. He had not digested Su Qingyu's words so quickly, but his master suddenly changed his temper, catching him even more off guard.
Mingyue reacted quickly enough. She tightened her grip on the reins and made the carriage turn around.
Within a quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped at the door of Pingchang Marquis Mansion.
Su Qingyu followed Mingyue's men and got out of the carriage. Just as she was about to tell Lu Yun to ride slower on the way back, she saw that Qingfeng had already been moved down together with the wheelchair.
"Aren't you going back?"
Lu Yuncheng looked up at the huge plaque on the door of the mansion. The four characters "Pingchang Houfu" on it were very majestic.
"You're already here, so let's go in and take a look. After all, this is your natal family, and you may not have the chance to come again in the future."
Su Qingyu was stunned and followed his eyes to look at the huge plaque.
It wasn't that she wasn't feeling sad.
It has been five generations since the Marquis of Pingchang succeeded to the throne. I dare not say that each generation is glorious, but they are all loyal and loyal to the country. Unexpectedly, Su Yuanrong's generation would decline and become so corrupt.
Su Yuanrong brought the blame on himself, but he in vain caused the innocent people in his house to suffer.
Especially Su Changgeng, he didn’t even have a home in the future...
Su Qingyu was in a daze for a moment.
She wanted revenge and wanted Su Yuanrong to pay the due price for everything she had done, but she couldn't bear to let Su Changgeng lose his family...
"Squeak"
The thick vermilion door was opened from the inside, and the housekeeper was holding two white lanterns to hang them up.
Seeing Su Qingyu bringing Lu Yuncheng back, the expression on the butler's face was wonderful.
"Quick! Go and tell the master! Just say that His Highness Prince Ling and the Princess are back!"
The boy ran in quickly, and the housekeeper humbly invited the two of them in.
Su Qingyu walked in calmly: "When I came back last time, wasn't my wife in good health? Why did she suddenly disappear?"
The housekeeper raised his hand to wipe the sweat. He never dared to tell the truth that Mrs. Liu was mad to death by the master, so he could only make up nonsense.
"After you and the second young lady got married, my wife's longing for me day and night has already taken root. During this period, I have been unable to recover from the constant decoction and medicine. Yesterday, my wife called the Marquis over to talk. She probably knew that her end was approaching... ..”
Miss you day and night?
I'm afraid you are hoping that she will die early day and night, right?
"Su Qingyu."
Su Qingyu stopped and saw Su Qingxue walking from the other end of the corridor.
After getting closer, Su Qingyu discovered that Su Qingxue's delicate face had lost a lot of weight, and the tears that had not been wiped away were still there. It did look a bit pitying.
Su Qingyu didn't expect to meet her in the Hou Mansion, let alone the banned Prince An.
"What you are carrying in your belly now is a precious golden lump. How come Concubine Hui and His Highness Prince An are willing to let you come to this unlucky place?"
Su Qingxue's eyes showed resentment: "Su Qingyu, are you happy that my mother is dead?" A despicable ugly monster dared to call her mother bad luck!
Su Qingyu nodded cooperatively: "Evil people are rewarded with evil, so I am naturally happy."
"Su Qingyu!"
Seeing Su Qingxue suddenly take two steps forward, Su Qingyu immediately covered herself with her hands and took two steps back: "What are you doing?"
She was not afraid of Su Qingxue, but she was worried that Su Qingxue would use the child in her belly as a weapon to frame her.
No matter what, she couldn't run away from her job as a doctor, and her nature couldn't bear to see innocent people lose their chance of living.
Seeing this scene, King An suddenly grabbed Su Qingxue's arm: "Qingxue! Calm down!"
Su Qingxue looked back and forth between An Wang and Su Qingyu in disbelief, and finally said with difficulty: "My lord, you actually believe Su Qingyu, do you think I will use our child to retaliate against her?"
Su Qingyu and Lu Yuncheng looked at each other. Of course they felt that the couple was an eyesore and noisy, and they were about to turn around and leave.
"Seventh brother, wait a moment."
Prince An did not answer Su Qingxue directly: "You should know what is most important now. After you have done what you need to do, you should quickly return to the palace."
As he said that, he made a 'please' gesture towards Lu Yuncheng, and the two of them went to the outer courtyard.
Su Qingxue could no longer stabilize her emotions: "Su Qingyu! If I want you to die today, you will definitely not be able to walk out of the Hou Mansion alive!"
Su Qingyu crossed her arms and said, "You really don't want to use your child as a price, do you?"
