Chapter 225 Losing and winning, just in this blink of an eye
Ji Qingwu was hesitant to take the dagger.
At this time, the door of the new house was pushed open.
The two maids were kicked out, and Princess Qingyun's angry voice was heard outside.
"Where did your eyes go? Why did those two earrings disappear out of thin air when they were placed on the table?"
Qingyun finally waited until Li Chengxun came back and had already changed into the red lining he wore for bed. Before the two of them had exchanged a few words, they learned that the emperor was coming.
She was frightened and anxious. She had to rearrange her hair accessories before going out to meet people.
But the pair of gold and pearl earrings could not be found. The more anxious I became, the less I could find them.
Princess Qingyun said angrily: "If we can't find it again, when the emperor asks about it later, you may be able to take responsibility?"
Li Chengxun held her shoulder with one hand and moved the other hand. The golden crown in front of the makeup mirror.
"Princess, don't worry, we've found it now."
He put it on for her, brushed her ear beads, and said in her ear: "The emperor is here, it's not good to keep the emperor waiting. I Go to the front hall to greet her first. It’s not too late to go out after the princess has packed up.”
The figures in the new house were shaking, and Li Chengxun, who was dressed in red, was about to go out.
Ji Qingwu’s eyes were also shaking.
Emperor Wu Su did not expose her lame reasons to her face, because he had no intention of punishing Mo Lingling.
Ji Qingwu took a step forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the princess will have to wait a while before she can pack up and come out to meet the driver. Why don't you go sit in the front hall first."
As he spoke, he tried to open his eyes wide. , looking at him expectantly.
It wasn’t until her eyes were sore and there was a faint glint of water that he said: “Is there anything good to sit in the front hall? I don’t think there are as many things as the backyard.”
Ji Qing Wu blinked slowly, and Emperor Wu Su also blinked slowly. He said leisurely: "There are people jumping into the lake in the water, and there are people chopping bark on the shore. It's not much more interesting than sitting around."
Ji Qingwu bit his lip and continued swimming and said: "Your Majesty looks down on people, I It’s not just about cutting bark.”
Li Chengxun happened to walk out of the room and saw two figures in the corridor.
The night is dim, the shadows obscure the light, and the palace lanterns are on.
The two people stood very close to each other and were talking about something, which was beyond the distance of normal communication.
One person raised his head and the other person bowed his head, showing intimacy and charm.
Li Chengxun took a few steps forward and recognized the woman with her back to him as Ji Qingwu.
He paused at one end of the corridor.
Just in time to catch the man's gaze, he quickly lowered his head to avoid it, feeling uncontrollably shocked.
The smile on Emperor Wu Su's lips has not faded, but when he looked at him, his eyebrows instantly lowered, mixed with displeasure at being disturbed, and an emotion that a man can understand. .
Winning or losing is in this moment.
Today was the happy day for Princess Li Chengxunshang to get her wish, but a chill that was almost freezing rose up from his back.
Why did the Queen Mother fall in love with him at the very moment when he and the Ji family were about to discuss marriage?
At that time, he thought that it was his talent and learning that made him the only one to win the favor of the royal family.
Now that I think about it, it was Emperor Wu Su’s handwriting behind it.
The outcome of a game is not true.
Li Chengxun smiled bitterly and shook his head. He thought he was the chess player, but in fact he was also the chess piece.
At this moment, Ji Qingwu also noticed someone behind him. As soon as he saw it was Li Chengxun, he immediately turned back, fearing that if he glanced a few more times, the face of the person in front of him would darken again.
Who knows if Li Chengxun has sobered up from drinking. If he talks nonsense again, it’s better for her to run away first.
Ji Qingwu felt blessed and deliberately said loudly: "Your Majesty, you just asked where the new house is. It is right behind here. Since the consort has come out, I will not disturb you. I will The girl resigned." When leaving, he did not forget to take Mo Lingling, who was covered in mud, out of the lake.
Finding a side room at random on the road, Ji Qingwu asked the maid in the mansion to find a set of clean clothes.
After entering the door, Mo Lingling held the dagger tightly in both hands and knelt down again.
Ji Qingwu wanted to reach out to stop her movement, but when he saw the mud all over her body, he withdrew his hand.
"Miss Mo, just wake up and don't kneel down every now and then. Your life is not that light."
Mo Lingling's face turned pale, but her eyes were stubborn and she said: "Ji Miss, I'm not here to stab you today I don’t intend to fight him to the death, I just don’t want to give in and want to ask him why he didn’t keep his word.”
Ji Qingwu looked at her in his arms. Protect the dagger like a treasure.
"What happened back then?"
Ji Qingwu saved her several times. Mo Lingling had long regarded him as as important as a family member. There was nothing she couldn't say.
“At that time, my father was poisoned and assassinated in prison. He left a confession before his death. I knew there was something fishy, but I couldn’t do anything. All the men of the Mo family were sent to the sidelines to suffer. In the north of Saibei, the female family members were admitted into slavery."
Ji Qingwu sat at the table and asked: "Now. Although all the female relatives are slaves, why did you become a prostitute?"
Mo Lingling said: "The newly appointed county magistrate at that time was my father's master. He forced me to be a concubine, and I fought to death. If I don’t comply, he gets angry and sends me to Liangxiang Pavilion on a boat to buy new prostitutes.”
"A group of us encountered a group of bandits on the waterway to Lin'an. The bandits were cunning and blindfolded us to prevent us from seeing the road clearly and remembering how to escape."
< br>“The girls on this boat are all good-looking and have good figures. , how could this group of bandits be let go, but I am relatively lucky."
Ji Qingwu frowned and said, "Someone is here to save you."
Mo Lingling nodded. He grasped the knife in his hand tightly, as if he gained courage from the cold iron blade.
“With this dagger, I cut the throat of the bandit who was pressing me down with one blow.”
Mo Lingling said: "The man wants to take me away, but I can't just leave. I have to rehabilitate the Mo family. When I get to the Imperial City, I will have more opportunities to get to know high-ranking officials."
< br>"But he said that he would help me and avenge my father, and asked me to wait for him. I just need to protect myself before that. "
Ji Qingwu thought: "He told you personally that he was Li Chengxun?"
After a long time, Mo Lingling said embarrassedly: "I was too scared at the time. I forgot to ask his name."
Ji Qingwu gave her an "I knew it" look.
Mo Lingling said: "Besides, I was naked and I was too embarrassed to take off my blindfold. He left this dagger to me. Afterwards, when I saw the dagger, I understood everything."
Mo Lingling's little face was dirty, but she washed the dagger clean with lake water.
She pointed to the handle and said: "Miss Ji, look at the pattern on this dagger."
The pattern engraved on it is thicker at one end and thinner at the other end, like an upside down pears.
“This is a pear, isn’t it Li?”
At that time, the Mo family was detained by the government. Li Chengxun's father was a well-known civil servant. He even organized people to sign a petition, but he was also imprisoned by the colluding government officials.
Although he was released after the case was concluded, Li's father suffered severe torture in prison and died of illness not long after returning home.
At that time, Mo Lingling did not think of anyone who shared her hatred.
Ji Qingwu looked at this rune carefully. To be honest, it was really abstract, with only two circles.
A certain envoy: The ancestors of the Duan family, don’t blame them
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The second update is here~ You guys have been waiting for a long time~
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