Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 29 Ultimatum
"I know my mistake. Please spare me for the sake of the child in my belly!" Huo Qinglan knelt on the ground and begged.

The queen has been silent all the time and said: "Physician Xu, check the pulse of the concubine."

Doctor Xu had been waiting nearby. After listening to the Queen's instructions, he hurriedly walked over to diagnose Huo Qinglan's pulse. After a while, Doctor Xu reported back: "Your Majesty and the empress, the pulse of the imperial concubine is as smooth as a running bead. It is indeed a happy pulse. It has been More than a month.”

In terms of the law, what Huo Qinglan committed was not a capital crime, and she was still the eldest concubine of the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion on the surface. The Daqi Law stipulated that pregnant wives of officials should not be imprisoned unless it was a capital crime.Logically, the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion could not allow Huo Qinglan, who was pregnant with Liujia, to become his second cousin wife, otherwise he would be stabbed in the back by the people.

Huo Qinglan's hole card directly reversed the situation that was originally unfavorable to her.

At the prince's table, Shen Yuning took a sip of tea, looked at everything that happened in front of him slowly, and commented lightly: "Idiot."

Shen Yuning sat next to him first, thinking that Shen Yuning was saying that Yuan Shao was stupid. Yuan Shao was his cousin after all. Shen Yuning's words were quite meant to criticize Sang and Huai. His face immediately became a little ugly, but he could only glance at Shen Yuning sideways. , but couldn't say anything against it.

The second prince, Shen Yuxing, took a look at Shen Yuxian, his fox eyes narrowed slightly, as if watching the show.

At the guest table, the faces of the people in Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion were as dark as the bottom of a pot, especially Yuan Shao, who didn't see the slightest joy on his face, and the warm and moist temperament around him disappeared, and his whole body exuded a faint hostility.

Ever since Huo Qinglan married into the Hou's Mansion, he had touched Huo Qinglan very few times, and if he did, he would ask his mother-in-law to pour her child-avoiding medicine afterwards.Judging from the time when the imperial physician came out, it might be the seeds left at the Qiuju Banquet that night.He had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't count, but just once, Huo Qinglan was pregnant with his child.

Emperor Xiaowen looked at Yuan Xianzhi: "In this case, after the concubine gives birth to a child, I will hand it over to the Tingwei Mansion. As for the matter of divorce, the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion can discuss it on its own, but in my opinion, if you just gave birth to a child Divorcing his wife, I'm afraid it will appear that the Marquis of Zhenyuan is too cold-blooded, causing people to criticize, what does Ai Qing think?"

"Your Majesty is wise, since he is a child of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, everyone in the whole family will take good care of it, and will not treat the child's biological mother badly." Although Yuan Xianzhi was unhappy in his heart, his surface skills were perfect.

"It's just that Miss Huo's family may have to be wronged in this matter." The queen looked at Huo Qi quite lovingly.

Emperor Xiaowen seemed to have just thought of this, and stared at Huo Qi with shrewd eyes: "Does Miss Huo have any complaints?"

Huo Qi looked at Huo Qinglan who was not far away. Although his expression was somewhat panicked, there was a faint smile on his lips, probably because he was happy that he escaped from death.She sighed slightly in her heart, looked away, and said leisurely: "My daughter does not complain, and I will follow Your Majesty's will."

Although Huo Qinglan wanted to harm her, he did not take her life.It was impossible for Emperor Xiaowen to abandon Daqi's laws and human relations for the sake of a small grievance of a minister. She had no other choice but to be generous on the outside. Not being merciful would only show that she was unreasonable and unsophisticated. People criticize.

"In that case, let's do it this way." Emperor Xiaowen said a word that was not painful.

After Emperor Xiaowen's words fell, some people sighed, some were secretly happy, some were relieved, and some were unwilling.

The ministers had heard about the affair between the two sisters of the Huo family and Yuan Shao, but they never expected that Princess Zhenyuan Hou Shizi was so cruel that she wanted to murder Miss Huo's family, and now she was able to save her life by virtue of her pregnancy .Seeing Huo Qi's generosity, everyone felt nothing but sympathy, but apart from sighing, there was no extra emotion.

Today's sacrificial ceremony was originally a blessing ceremony, but in the end it turned into a housework of the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion, it was a mess.Maybe it was because of the trouble in the front, the following series of ceremonies were done extremely perfunctory, and things were done in a hurry after a while.

At the end of the sacrificial ceremony, everyone dispersed in a hurry.

Ning Hui accompanied Huo Qi back to the tent. Seeing that Huo Qi had been silent, she wanted to relieve her emotions, but Huo Qi said that she wanted to calm down. She couldn't stay longer, so she had to go back to her tent first. account.

The sun was setting outside, and some soldiers were preparing to light a bonfire and barbecue.The two maids had been watching Huo Qi sitting on the bed in a daze for several hours. They looked at each other for a moment, not knowing what to do except worry.

It was still Lingfeng who spoke first: "The girl is just thinking about things, so she shouldn't be hurting her body. The maidservant went to the back kitchen to get some food, the girl should eat some food first."

"Use it first, don't wait for me. I'm going out to get some air, and no one is allowed to follow me." Huo Qi finally spoke, but his tone was a little cold.

Before she finished speaking, Huo Qi had already left the tents, and walked along the path between the tents towards Dongyang Valley not far away. It was a quiet place where she could think clearly about what to do next.

Too many things happened today, which caught her off guard for a while.

The first is Emperor Xiaowen's attitude today.

Logically speaking, taking into account the face of Ningguo Gongfu, and considering the attitude of Zhenyuanhoufu to Huo Qinglan's abandonment, according to Huo Qinglan's behavior of poisoning today, Emperor Xiaowen can punish him, instead of letting it go lightly .After all, Huo Qinglan is not pregnant with the child of the royal family, so why should Emperor Xiaowen care?
She vaguely felt that Emperor Xiaowen seemed to want to protect the marriage between the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion and the Huo family's second bedroom, although she still couldn't understand the whole story.

Followed by Choi Shin's trail.

The whole day today, Cui Xin never showed up.For most ministers, tomorrow is the last day of autumn hunting, and they must return to the capital with Emperor Xiaowen Luanjia the day after tomorrow.

Cui Xin is stationed as the hunting chief, but he is a little special.He had already come more than ten days earlier, and he would not go back to the capital with him after the end, but stayed in Dongyanling to deal with the aftermath.I'm afraid there will be half a month of delay this time.If Cui Xin can't be found tomorrow, her trip to Dongyan Ridge will be regarded as a failure, and she can only find another way to rescue Huo Xian.

Huo Qi's thoughts were ups and downs, and he had already reached Dongyang Valley before he knew it.

Just as she was about to walk up the path at the mouth of the valley, a slow voice stopped her steps: "You seem very lost."

It was Yuan Shao who came.

Huo Qi's back stiffened, and after a few seconds of silence, he turned around and said with a concealed smile: "Huo Qi is naturally not proud of the son, and he has not yet congratulated the son of the son."

Yuan Shao stood with his hands behind his back, a sneer appeared on his handsome face: "Huo Qi, there's only you and me here, why pretend?"

"It seems that the Crown Prince has something to say today." Huo Qi suppressed his fake smile and his face instantly turned cold.

Yuan Shao stared at Huo Qi's eyes, remained silent for a while, and said with a sneer, "You did what happened at the Qiuju Banquet, right?"

"Yes, so what?" Huo Qi glanced at Yuan Shao contemptuously, and then looked away, as if he didn't want to take another look at the person in front of him.

She actually admitted it?

Yuan Shao clenched his fist.I thought Huo Qi would cover it up somewhat, but I didn't want her to admit it directly, and even admitted it with confidence.This can be regarded as a kind of unscrupulous provocation and ridicule. Do you feel that you can't do anything to her?

However, he had known for a long time that it was Huo Qi who did it, and he was not too angry at the moment. He just smiled to himself: "Why do you do this?"

This time, Huo Qi didn't answer his question, but kept silent.

The dialogue between the two of them separated a lifetime of blood feud.Of course Yuan Shao didn't know that the Huo Qi in front of him was no longer the young lady of the Huo family with a childlike heart, but the concubine Zhenyuanhou Shizi who was forced to drink poisonous wine and died violently while pregnant.

Now it is meaningless to explain why after a lifetime.

Seeing that Huo Qi didn't speak, Yuan Shao's eyes returned to the way he looked at Huo Qi when he was a child: "Huo Qi, we grew up together and have known each other for almost eight years. It's your eighth birthday. I know you like bamboo. The capital, I brought a phoenix-tailed bamboo to make you happy. When you were ten years old, you asked me to go out to play. In order to accompany you, I sneaked out of the house, and then I was beaten to death by my father. You were injured while riding a horse a few days ago. I once every three days Personally send the tonic to Ningguo Duke's Mansion. Since I was a child, I have been by you everywhere, even if it is the moon in the sky, I want to pick it off and give it to you."

The previous words were almost gentle words of love, and it seemed that he suddenly fell into the sweet past, with a warm smile.

As soon as the subject changed, his tone turned cold: "But what did you do? You set me up and forced me to marry Huo Qinglan, making me the laughing stock of the entire capital. You are really a good trick. But you Isn't it because of my thoughts on you that I can rely on that note to plot against me?"

Huo Qi sneered in his heart after hearing this accusation.

In her previous life, Yuan Shao relied on these cheap affections to trick her into marrying into the Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion. In the end, dozens of people in the Ningguo Mansion all died in vain. She only repaid her a little, so couldn't she bear it now?
Even though there are thousands of hatreds, in the end it just turned into a harmless sentence on the lips: "Your Majesty, just treat it as a debt you owed me in your previous life. I am tired, and I really have no interest in listening to my Majesty's sour words. If there is nothing wrong, Huo Qi bid farewell."

Seeing Huo Qi's indifferent attitude, Yuan Shao gritted his teeth, and called Huo Qi who was about to leave: "I'll give you one last chance."

"Oh? What chance?" Huo Qi asked casually.

"If it weren't for the calculation at the Qiuju Banquet, His Majesty would have already married you and me. As long as you change your mind and agree to marry me into the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion, the past will be wiped out, and I will only treat you as the old Huo Huo." Pray. The Zhenyuanhou Mansion needs a hostess who understands the general situation."

If he just sneered in his heart before, Huo Qi couldn't help but laugh out loud at this moment.

"What are you laughing at?" Yuan Shao's face changed slightly.

Huo Qi not only didn't hold back, but laughed so much that his body trembled a little: "Is the prince joking with me? Isn't the prince concubine my ugly and beautiful sister?"

"I have my own arrangements for her, you just need to answer the question I just asked." Yuan Shao said to himself.

In an instant, Huo Qi retracted the smile on his face, and there was clear ridicule in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. Every touch of his lips came out with cold knives: "I laughed at you for being so heartless and unrighteous, and I laughed at you for pretending, and I laughed at you even more. Shameless. You come here to say some disgusting things to me now, just because I don't care about you, and you think of those ridiculous sacrifices in the past, and you feel unwilling to do so.

From the beginning to the end, you are self-righteous, thinking that everything in the world revolves around you, but you don't know that you are just a poor creature under the protection of Zhenyuanhou.

Even if I, Huo Qi, die, I won't be able to marry you. You should give up your heart. "

Having reached this point, Yuan Shao finally understood her intentions, and he didn't need to be shy to say anything more.I thought that I had some youthful friendship with Huo Qi, but as long as Huo Qi lets go, he can let the past go.But I didn't expect Huo Qi to let it go without acknowledgment, and to speak rudely.

How had he ever been subjected to such a great humiliation?
"In that case, don't blame me for being cruel." His tone suddenly turned cold, his expression was like that of Satan in hell, and he walked away after speaking.

Yuan Shao's sudden appearance disturbed Huo Qi.She knew that Yuan Shao was gentle on the surface but cold in heart, but she didn't expect him to be so shameless.There was a churn in her stomach, and she didn't have the mind to relax at the moment. When Yuan Shao was far away, she was also ready to return to the tent.

Before walking a few steps, a sneer came from the valley, the laughter was mixed with ice slag, and there was a bit of obvious mockery.

(End of this chapter)