Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 78

With Xiao Huaixu's precocity and suspicion, he vaguely guessed that his health was getting worse and worse. Someone must have tampered with behind the scenes, and this person, except Liu Qingtang, didn't think about anything else.

Although he didn't know what Liu Qingtang did, but now that it's at this point, it's no longer important to find out the reason. Xiao Huaixu only knows that he won't live long, and his weak body will keep him under Liu Qingtang's dominion in the days to come. , how would he want to see this happen.

Since there is no way to win this round, Xiao Huaixu is not willing to lose, so he can only fight for a draw and lose both.As he said, when he dies, he needs to be buried with him. Liu Qingtang, who he loves and hates, and Qin Shu, are all going to die.

Xiao Huaixu's personality was influenced by his father. Although he pretended to be innocent and innocent, he was actually conceited and paranoid. He had planted some crazy thoughts in his heart since he was a child. Now he was caught by the affairs of Liu Qingtang and Qin Shu, as well as Xuan Ge and others. The stimulation of adultery, coupled with the effect of drugs, is already a bit crazy.

When he heard that his remaining life was short, Xiao Huaixu no longer ignored Wang Shoufu's obstruction, and used the remaining strength in his hands to block the news that he was bedridden again, and then insisted on ordering a series of things to be decided.

Liu Qingtang, who was far away in Yufo Temple, never thought that Xiao Huaixu's condition would become more serious because of the stupid behavior of a certain concubine in the harem. He even went over to the imperial hospital to find an ordinary doctor outside, and found out that he was seriously ill.

In her original expectation, although Xiao Huaixu would be physically weak in the future, his life would not be in danger within five years, and he would not find out that his body was weird.It's just that the world is impermanent, and no one can predict what will happen in the next moment.

In the camellia garden of Yufo Temple, Liu Qingtang concentrated on drawing the right double-petaled camellia in front of her.After painting the last stroke, she admired it for a while with a smile on her face, put the painting aside to dry, and then said to Qin Shu who was sitting aside and reading seriously: "Draw two more, and I can make it for you again." This album is ready, I will paint in another place in the afternoon, and I will have it bound into a book tomorrow for you to browse through at your leisure. Speaking of which, the last one was called 'Shu Ming', how about this one called 'Qin Xiang'? "

Qin Shu buried his head in the book, and was not at all unhappy when his thoughts were interrupted by her interruption. Instead, he put down the book and rubbed her right wrist and said, "You don't need to draw these for me all day long, one book is enough."

"You haven't said that this book is called 'Qin Xiang', okay?" Liu Qingtang deliberately wanted to make two books, each named after one of Qin Shu's names, and seeing that Qin Shu didn't respond at the moment, she couldn't help but secretly annoyed this man. She is still as uninteresting as ever, shouldn't she be praised for her heart at this time.

"I think Tsinghua University is better." Qin Shu could see that Liu Qingtang was asking for praise, but he still said it according to his own heart.

Liu Qingtang listened, and realized that a word from her name was used. Thinking about it, this is not bad, and it was given to Qin Shu. The most important thing is that he likes it, so he nodded happily and said, "Okay, according to your preference." mean."

However, this 'Tsinghua' camellia album was not finished after all.

In the afternoon of this day, Liu Qingtang welcomed a group of Liu family's personal guards at Yufo Temple, and the leader brought Liu Qingrong's autographed letter.Seeing the serious expressions on their faces and the faint blood stains on their bodies, Liu Qingtang's expression immediately changed, and he took the letter handed over by the leader kneeling and opened it. There was only one line inside: Yujing Chaos, don't return.

"What's going on?" Liu Qingtang clenched the letter in her hand with a solemn expression.

"Go back to the empress dowager." The man in the lead had a hulking back, and his figure was as tall as a mountain when he knelt there. Seeing Liu Qingtang sitting there steadily, with a slightly serious expression and no gaffe, he couldn't help being a little surprised.But soon he lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "In the early morning of this morning, the emperor suddenly launched an attack, and ordered that the Duke of the country secretly colluded with the enemy country, intending to plot rebellion, and sent heavy troops to surround him before we even realized it. The Liu family, the Yang family, and Master Wei Zheng were also taken into prison because of this incident."

"Master Qingrong sent me to deliver the letter, and I was worried that the emperor would be unfavorable to the empress dowager, so I asked me to wait here to protect the empress, and wait for him to turn around in the court and solve the current chaos before welcoming the empress dowager back to the palace. .”

Liu Qingtang was not as calm as the man thought, but she was used to covering herself up, not to mention that there were outsiders at this time, she would definitely not let them see herself, the empress dowager and the daughter of the Liu family panicking.So she looked very calm on the outside, but Qin Shu, who was standing aside, saw her hands unconsciously clutching her sleeves, how could he not understand that she was already very anxious now.

How could Liu Qingtang not be anxious? Xiao Huaixu's sudden action was completely out of her expectations. What made her even more confused was that Xiao Huaixu once again placed the unfounded charge of 'communicating with another country with the intention of treason' on her father's. head!He was like this in his previous life, but in his previous life he had obtained most of the power from her and the Liu family before he dared to do this. In this life, he has been suppressed by him so far, how dare he continue to do this!

If it were something else, Liu Qingtang would certainly not be as uneasy as she is now, but the shadow of her previous life still loomed over her heart. Seeing such a thing like history repeating itself, she couldn't calm down at all, full of anger and worry.

Perhaps Xiao Huaixu's desperate behavior was because they had pushed her too hard these days, so she took advantage of her leaving Beijing to seize the initiative first.Liu Qingtang originally thought that Xiao Huaixu should not be so reckless. She thought that she had understood Xiao Huaixu very well in the two lifetimes, and she expected that he would not take action easily at this time, so she dared to leave Yujing at this time.

Who would have thought that he would actually do something she thought she would not do, so carelessness did not seem like his handwriting.However, Liu Qingtang suddenly remembered that the Xiao Huaixu he had seen before had already fallen into madness. If he was already insane, then under Wang Shoufu's help, he might do so, she frowned and was not sure.

Looking at the letter in his hand again, Liu Qingtang's heart warmed when he saw the line 'Yu Jing is in chaos, don't return'.In this life, she is not alone, there is her brother, Qin Shu, and so many people she cares about.At this time, even if she knew that her brother let her stay here for her safety and didn't want her to go through such a thing again, how could she really stay out of it.

Leaving aside the fact that she no longer has family affection for Xiao Huaixu, even if she really saw him die, she would not feel any ups and downs in her own mind.Furthermore, she has planned for so many years, even if she is disrupted by Xiao Huaixu's sudden actions, she must go back to take charge of the overall situation and stabilize the hearts of the Liu family faction.

Even if it's just for a while, she will never tolerate her father being stigmatized again this time, even if this accusation becomes a reality in this life, it is her responsibility and not her father's.

Her reputation has never been considered good, so it doesn't matter how bad it sounds, in the end, she will still be the empress dowager who is under one person and above ten thousand.

"Go back to Yujing immediately." Liu Qingtang didn't think for long, stood up and said.

Qin Shu was not surprised that she would do this, but he always felt that there was something weird about it.He was not Liu Qingtang, and he could look at this sudden event from the perspective of an outsider, so he felt something was wrong almost immediately.

But he couldn't say exactly how, and seeing Liu Qingtang's unquestionable face, he thought that she must be very worried about his father and brother, and he couldn't stop him, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart and follow Liu Qingtang's words.

The man who spoke before heard Liu Qingtang's words, and suddenly said in disapproval: "The Empress Dowager, Lord Qing Rong has worked hard, and I hope that the empress will not let you down. Besides, this journey is not peaceful, I am afraid we will not be able to enter Yujing now. "The faint blood stains on his body showed that his words were indeed true, and I am afraid that it took a lot of hard work to get here.

Liu Qingtang looked at him twice after hearing the words, and found that she had not seen him in the Liu family's personal guards, but then she thought that there were so many Liu family's personal guards, and many people had been recruited in recent years, and she didn't know all of them. .If Yu Jingzhong is really as chaotic as he said, then those personal guards she is familiar with must be under the orders of her elder brother and have no time to clone them.

After hearing his words of resistance, Liu Qingtang's doubts in her heart disappeared by three points. "My surname is Liu, so I naturally know what I'm doing, you just need to obey."

The man was at a loss for words for a moment, his face was a bit struggling, and then he gradually became firm: "Since the empress dowager insists on going, our brothers will risk their lives to send the empress to Yujing safely!"

When Liu Qingtang came here, he had several carts full of luggage and other things, but now that he wanted to go back, he naturally had to keep his car light and simple.Also, it was not easy for those palace servants to take them on the road together at this time, so Liu Qingtang simply let Xiuyi and Taoye stay in Yufo Temple and led the palace servants to wait for her news.After all, in Yufo Temple, they would be much safer. The road was not smooth, and maybe a mistake would kill them.

Liu Qingtang finally decided to take Qin Shu back to Yujing alone. The two sat in a carriage, surrounded by the guards they had brought when they came.As for the personal guards of the Liu family who came this time, they surrounded the guards and the carriage one after the other, as if they were in a tight guard posture.

The journey was in a hurry, without the leisurely time when I came here before, but it added a bit of chill and tension.In the carriage, Qin Shu held Liu Qingtang's hand and said nothing, but Liu Qingtang's expression suddenly relaxed, and he spoke first, "It's okay."

"It will be fine." Qin Shu's voice was not loud, but in Liu Qingtang's ears, he suddenly felt relieved.

Liu Qingtang watched Qin Shu quiet for a while, and was about to speak when the carriage stopped suddenly, and at the same time there were horses neighing, people screaming and shouting, and the sound of weapons clashing.

Liu Qingtang was stunned, while Qin Shu immediately held her in his arms and lifted the curtain to look out.But he saw that the Liu family's personal guards fought with their guards, and the person who claimed to be the Liu family's personal guards had the upper hand.The original state of siege now makes it extremely difficult for a group of guards. Because they were completely unprepared before, when the Liu family's personal guards turned against each other, half of those guards died in an instant. Now there are only a dozen people still struggling around the carriage. around.

The man at the head of the Liu family's personal guards laughed loudly, his face was completely different from the upright look just now, he swung his iron sword and beheaded another guard, and he didn't care the slightest bit about the blood splashing on his body .

How could Liu Qingtang in Qin Shu's arms still not know that she had fallen into Xiao Huaixu's trap.He really wouldn't be so reckless, so what the man just said about the besieged Liu family and his father's conviction should be all false.

Liu Qingtang was concerned about chaos, and coupled with the influence of her previous life, she subconsciously felt that Xiao Huaixu would do this. Now, in the light of calcium carbide, she remembered that her father had been ruled by the palace without her in his life, and he had already prepared himself for it. Xiao Huaixu was right to be convicted so easily.Can't help secretly hating myself for being too deeply influenced by the previous life, after all, I was still impulsive.

This group of people wearing the clothes of the Liu family's personal guards and having the cards of the Liu family's personal guards are fake, maybe even the letter from his brother is fake, Xiao Huaixu deliberately made such a game against her, he wants her to die.

At this time, there was no extra time to reflect on how easily he was deceived. Liu Qingtang quickly followed Qin Shu out of the carriage, and gradually moved forward along the mountain road under the protection of the remaining dozen guards.

The horses pulling the carriage had been hacked to death by random swords, and they would die if they stayed in the carriage, but the current situation is still extremely bad, and the remaining guards will not last long. If there is no one to support them at that time, maybe she and Qin Shu will die here.

(End of this chapter)