Concubine all over the world

Chapter 31
"Empress, it's already evening and the wind is starting to pick up. It's better to go back to the palace to avoid catching a cold!"

Standing next to Murong Jiao is clearly Hongxiu.That shrewd woman with high nose and deep eyes is the queen mother's personal maid, Hua Man'er is even more convinced that the graceful and luxurious beauty in front of her is none other than Murong Jiao.The queen mother did not die.

Hua Man'er was overjoyed, and was about to rush out to meet her, but she heard Murong Jiao suddenly excited: "No! I want to see him. Ruolan, I heard that Li Muhan returned triumphantly, the emperor is summoning him, right? Where is it? Changxi Hall ? I'm going now..."

She moved lightly with lotus steps, and was about to leave the gazebo and head for the Changxi Hall.

Hua Man'er was stunned, wondering why the queen mother was so nervous and Li Muhan?He missed Li Muhan, not himself.She stopped, hid her body in the shadow of the flowers, and listened attentively.

"No, empress!" Hongxiu stopped her, "The emperor will not be happy if you do this!"

"Why should I let him be happy with what I want to do? If it wasn't for Li Xuqing's sins, how could I have been separated for [-] years?" Murong Jiao was suddenly sullen, her delicate voice trembled slightly, and Hua Man'er's heart trembled.

"Hey, all of this is a bad fate, the emperor's doing this is because of love. He really loves you, that's why he did this, doesn't the empress also miss the emperor?" Hong Xiu let out a long sigh, persuading Murong Jiao with a helpless face.

The night wind blew in, and the skirt soaked by the river water clung to her skin. Hua Man'er felt cold for a while, but her heart was even colder.

The "emperor" in Hongxiu's mouth clearly refers to "Li Xuqing", he actually loves his mother, whose queen is Murong Jiao?
Murong Jiao sighed softly: "Even if it's for love, you can't be so cruel! I'm going to tell this child the truth, don't let him be used by Li Xuqing again!"

Murong Jiao walked forward resolutely, Hong Xiu suddenly panicked, she hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of Murong Jiao: "Empress Empress, please don't embarrass your slaves! Otherwise, let your servants report to the emperor, persuade the emperor, look at the emperor. Can you allow Prince Jing to come to see you, okay?"

"This..." Murong Jiao hesitated.

"Empress," Hong Xiu saw that Murong Jiao was shaken, and hurriedly persuaded him further, "I'm afraid it's not good for you to rush into the Changxi Hall like this. After all, Prince Jing has never met the empress, whether he can accept the empress is still a question Besides, King Jing returned triumphantly this time, and the feast will also be rewarded, there should be other generals present, and it is not appropriate to say this in public, the empress should consider Prince Jing's feelings!"

When Murong Jiao heard this, she nodded her head: "Yes! That's right! I'm confused! Hongxiu, then you go, make sure to invite Prince Jing to see me!"

"Okay, I will try my best, servant!" Hongxiu obeyed, "It's windy here, let this servant help you back to Ningxiao Palace and wait."

"No, don't waste any more time, Hongxiu, hurry up, I can just go back by myself!" Murong Jiao couldn't hide her anxious mood.

Hongxiu gave another salute, then retreated respectfully, and hurried towards the Changxi Hall.

Hua Man'er couldn't resist the cold, folded her arms and shivered.Seeing the red sleeves retreating, she rushed out suddenly, blocking Murong Jiao who was about to return to Ningxiao Hall.

"Mother--" Because she was too excited, she rushed out, tears rolling down her cheeks uncontrollably.

"Man -" Murong Jiao exclaimed.

"Mother's Empress—" Hua Man'er was so excited that she threw herself on Murong Jiao and hugged Murong Jiao tightly, regardless of her body getting wet.

"Man'er—" Murong Jiao didn't care too much, and also hugged Hua Man'er tightly, crying, "Why are you here? Why are you here?"

"Queen, Man'er also wants to ask you, why are you here? Do you know how hard Man'er was looking for you? Do you know how much Zehao and I miss you? We are all worried that you are dead. I'm so worried, Queen Mother, it's great that you're still alive! But, why are you here?"

Hua Man'er hugged Murong Jiao tightly, half acting coquettishly, half resenting.What is hidden in the resentment is actually more attachment.

Murong Jiao's body froze, and she paused for a moment, unable to answer.

A gust of wind blew past, making Murong Jiao calm down, tightly grasping Hua Man'er's hand, and leading her away: "Quick! Go back to the palace with the queen mother and change clothes, you will catch a cold like this!"

Hua Man'er did not resist, and followed Murong Jiao obediently.While following closely, he also turned his face sideways to look at the little face of his mother, Qingcheng, overjoyed.

Everyone said that Hua Man'er was the number one barbarian beauty.But in Hua Man'er's heart, the beauty of the queen mother is no less than her.In her heart, joy and doubt were mixed.

Back in Ningxiao Hall, Hua Man'er changed into a beautiful and clean dress.It's a pity that the hidden poison had already melted in the water, only the short blade was still there, and she carefully stored it away again.

When she came out from behind the screen, she saw Murong Jiao sitting by the window, her willow brows furrowed, fiddled with a lamp wick restlessly, but accidentally got burned.

Hua Man'er hurried forward, held Murong Jiao's fingers anxiously, and blew in distress: "Does it matter, Queen Mother, please apply some medicine?"

"It's okay," Murong Jiao pulled back her finger and forced a smile on her face, "It's not hurt, no need. Man, why are you here? Tell the queen quickly, where have you been all this year? Ze How about Hao? How is he? Is he safe?"

The more Murong Jiao asked, the more anxious she became, and the worry between her brows grew stronger.

"Hey, don't worry, Queen Mother, Man'er will tell you everything about this year!"

Therefore, Hua Man'er told Murong Jiao everything that happened after Li's army broke through the barbarian capital and why they entered the palace today.

Murong Jiao was distracted by hearing this, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears: "Sin! It's all my Murong Jiao's fault! Everything is caused by me, Murong Jiao, I deserve to die! I deserve to die—"

Covering her face with a brocade handkerchief, she suddenly clenched her fist and beat her forehead, weeping bitterly, Hua Man'er was so frightened that she hurried to grab her hand.

"Queen, what's the matter with you? Don't do this, don't do this, queen! How could this be your fault? It's all the fault of that devil, Li Muhan, and it has nothing to do with you. Don't treat yourself like this Don’t hide it from my mother, this time I enter the palace, I will wait for the opportunity to assassinate that dog Emperor Dazhao to avenge my father!”

Hua Man'er's eyes suddenly burst into flames of hatred.

"No!" Murong Jiao suddenly slapped the small table, stood up suddenly, and stared at Hua Man'er excitedly, "You can't! You can't do this!"

"Why not? If it wasn't for Li Xuqing, that dog emperor, would the barbarians have ruined their country? Would Li Muhan have killed his father? Would they have arrested you and brought you to the Jokhang Palace? Why don't I avenge the murder of my father? ?" Hua Man'er's emotions also rose like moxibustion flames.

"This is very dangerous! The empress does not want you to be in danger!" Murong Jiao was burning with anxiety.

Hua Man'er sneered: "Why are you worried that I'm in danger? It might be better to say that the queen mother has betrayed. After the mother queen was robbed here, did she submit to Li Xuqing, greedy for the glory and wealth here, and unwilling to avenge her father?"

"You are talking nonsense!" Murong Jiao scolded angrily, but her delicate little face was involuntarily flushed with shame, red to the base of her ears.

"Mother, please don't deny it. You and Hongxiu just heard the conversation. Hongxiu clearly said that Li Xuqing loves you. Think about it, if you don't like you, how can you and Hongxiu's lives be saved? Let you live well here Empress, if you want to remarry, you shouldn't remarry to your enemy!" Hua Man'er was furious and frankly accused.

When Murong Jiao heard this, she closed her beautiful eyes, caressed her heart and turned her head away, leaning weakly on the window lattice, her expression was very sad, the anger just now had dissipated without a trace, instead she showed a look of sadness and pain.

"Mother, I'm sorry, Maner shouldn't accuse you like this. It's just that, seeing the country ruined and our family destroyed, and our siblings have experienced humiliation, it's really incomprehensible to suddenly see my mother like this! Does the mother really want to avenge this hatred? If the mother doesn't want to Don't stop your daughter from taking revenge!"

Seeing Murong Jiao being so sad, Hua Man'er suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward, gently wrapped Murong Jiao's shaved shoulders from behind, and comforted her softly.

Murong Jiao looked back, gazed at her with tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Forget it, Maner, I will tell you the truth, so as not to cause a greater tragedy. In fact, marrying Hua Tieyang, the barbarian king, is a remarriage. More than 20 years ago, I was originally Li Xuqing's princess."

"Ah?" Hua Man'er exclaimed in surprise.

She never thought about this.

"Back then, the country of Dazhao was weak and the country of barbarians was strong. The monarch Hua Tieyang was successful at a young age, and inherited the throne at a young age, so he was quite flamboyant. In addition, he was naturally romantic, always fond of flirting, and his notoriety spread far and wide. He heard that I was the number one beauty in Dazhao, so he tried every means to take me over."

Murong Jiao frowned, her beautiful eyes were full of tears, she fell into deep memory in the shining tears.

"However, at that time, I was already Li Xuqing's princess. I was very affectionate and affectionate with Xuqing. Li Xuqing even refused to take a concubine for me. Unexpectedly, Hua Tieyang took it away by force. At that time, the country of Dazhao was weak, and the Holy Majesty wanted Li Xuqing to divorce me, handed me over to Hua Yiyang as queen, and swallowed this grievance forcefully."

Hua Man'er was silent, she bit her water chestnut lip and listened, she couldn't believe her ears.

"Li Xuqing worked hard to avenge this revenge, and finally stood out in the battle for the prince and succeeded in inheriting the throne. After he sat on the dragon chair, he worked hard and vowed to avenge this revenge. The Dazhao Kingdom gradually became rich and powerful. So, at 20 Today, after the year, the Jokhang Iron Cavalry was able to successfully capture the barbarians and take me back!"

Murong Jiao lowered her head and wept.

Hua Man'er sighed, and said for a long while: "Even so, Father's fault came first. However, he died tragically at the hands of Li Xuqing and Li Muhan today, this revenge must be avenged!"

"No! No!" Murong Jiao suddenly became excited again.

"Why?" Hua Man'er was puzzled, "If my mother can't forget Li Xuqing's old love and is willing to obediently be his queen, then it's done, and this revenge will be given to Man'er to avenge!"

Hua Man'er felt that this was considered reasonable.

"No! No!" Murong Jiao still shook her head, heartbroken.

"Why? Tell me quickly!" Hua Man'er was a little impatient.According to her temper, she really couldn't stand the tenderness of the weak Murong Jiao.

"Because Li Xuqing is actually your biological father. May I ask, how could you kill your own biological father?" Murong Jiao finally revealed the truth.

boom--

Hua Man'er only felt her head explode suddenly, as if she could no longer hear any sound.

This, how is this possible?

After a while, Hua Man'er focused her gaze on Murong Jiao, trembling|twitching|twitching|tipping her lips, and asked awkwardly: "Is this a lie you made up, isn't it? Mother, you deliberately said that in order to be with Li Xuqing." I am his own daughter, so that I will give up the idea of ​​revenge, isn't it?"

Murong Jiao cried: "No! No! It's just for my own selfishness, how could I make it up? In fact, you are neither Hua Yiyang's daughter nor Bengong's biological daughter."

"What?" Hua Man'er's face suddenly turned pale as paper, she grabbed Murong Jiao's hand excitedly, and asked repeatedly: "What's going on here? Tell me, what's going on here?"

Tears welled up in her eyes.

And Li Muhan in the Changxi Palace was also in extreme shock.

His father, whom he looked up to, suddenly ordered him to be shot.

Even if the tiger's poison does not eat its offspring, why is the father more cruel than the tiger?
In fact, Li Xuqing has a dignified appearance, a square face with Chinese characters, piercing eyes revealing a radiant brilliance, exuding a domineering aura of a king.Once, he was the hero Li Muhan admired.But now, when Li Xuqing's eyes showed a fierce look, Li Muhan realized that he didn't know him at all.

Without allowing him to get to the bottom of it, the rain of arrows has already swished all over the sky.

The betrayal of family affection left Li Muhan in a trance. He was as brave as a god, but at this moment he was as weak as a baby.He actually forgot to resist, forgot to avoid.

Just at the moment when the flash was in the nick of time, Xia Qianqian suddenly shouted wildly: "Don't—"

She rushed out and stood in front of Li Muhan.

Xia Qianqian was hit by several arrows, and immediately his body and mouth were covered with blood, which was dazzlingly red.

"Qianqian, Qianqian—" Li Muhan suddenly came back to his senses, hugged Xia Qianqian and shouted.

Maybe it was because of this accident, maybe it was because Li Xuqing felt that he had a chance to win, he raised his hand slightly, and the rain of arrows suddenly stopped.

"Yes, I'm sorry, my lord." Xia Qianqian was in extreme pain, she tried her best to speak, and looked up at Li Muhan affectionately.

Li Muhan shook his head: "No! It's this king who should say 'I'm sorry'. It's this king who is sorry for you!"

Xia Qianqian smiled bitterly: "No! My lord, you, you don't understand! Han Feng said, you're right! Then, I really asked the holy edict for the marriage grant. You, you ignore me, I know You fight, you win the battle, the Holy Majesty intends to bestow a marriage, so, I felt that this was an opportunity, so I went to the palace to ask the Emperor. The Holy Majesty exchanged conditions with me, let me stay by your side, and tell him every move you make, and he agreed married."

"What?" Li Muhan shot his gaze at Li Xuqing in shock, is this still his father?
Knowing that his skills are high, he is the master of the earthquake, so he concentrates on restraining his edge.But I didn't expect that in the eyes of my father, I still couldn't rub a grain of sand into it.Imperial power is so important to the royal father, is he even afraid of his own son?

"Your Majesty," Xia Qianqian glared at Li Xuqing suddenly, "You, you said that you just want to know what the prince is doing, I, I agree with you, but you didn't say that you want to kill him! Your majesty, you, how could you do this? A tiger does not eat its child, how could you... you can do this..."

Li Xuqing sneered: "Hmph, Xia Qianqian, you don't have to worry about the relationship between me and King Jing. Today you are the one who has to protect King Jing. If you were injured by a stray arrow, you can't blame me! I ordered the arrows to be withdrawn in time, as shown For your respect, you should do it yourself. When the King of Chu Xiang heard about it, he naturally couldn’t blame me!”

"Ho-"

Hearing these words, Xia Qianqian and Li Muhan felt chills in their hearts.

It turned out that Li Xuqing's order to stop archery was actually for this reason, not out of mercy.

Xia Qianqian suddenly kicked up all over her body, shaking vigorously, and said: "Cold! My lord, I, I am cold, can you hug me? My lord, you have been avoiding, avoiding me, I know you don't like me. But, I will hurry up!" , dying, can you hug me?"

Crystal tears fell from the corners of Xia Qianqian's eyes, and she kept begging.

Li Muhan hugged her trembling little body into his arms without hesitation, and hugged her tightly: "Qianqian, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Tears welled up in his icy eyes. He and Xia Qianqian grew up together, and it wasn't completely emotionless.

At this moment, he just felt full of guilt, he owed this woman too much, too much.

"Brother Mu Han—" Xia Qianqian sighed, closed her eyes in relief, and snuggled deeply into Li Muhan's arms, "Mu, Brother Mu Han, don't, don't forget me—"

"No, no, I won't forget!" Whether it was out of good intentions or sincerity, that was all Li Muhan said.

He bowed his head and pressed a kiss on Xia Qianqian's forehead.

Xia Qianqian's blood-stained lips slightly lifted, revealing a gratified smile.

In a blink of an eye, her head drooped, and she was no longer able to show off, powerless to stand up!

"Qianqian, Qianqian—" Li Muhan shook Xia Qianqian and roared to the sky.

This roar was not only because of Xia Qianqian's death, but also because of her disappointment and heartache for Li Xuqing.

"Father, why did you do this? Why?" Li Muhan glared at Li Xuqing, and asked heart-piercingly.

Li Xuqing sneered unfeelingly: "With this question, you can go down to Jiuquan and ask Hua Yiyang!"

He winked at Li Zhenao and made a cold-blooded killing gesture.

Li Zhenao was overjoyed, and raised his lips with a vicious smile: "Prince Jing, we're going to settle here today! Shoot!"

He sternly ordered, and in an instant, thousands of arrows were fired again.

At this time, Li Muhan was already prepared, so he had no choice but to put down Xia Qianqian, perform lightness kung fu, and after dexterously dodging, broke through the window at lightning speed...

Inside Ningxiao Hall.

Murong Jiao fell into painful memories of the past: "That year, after I was taken away by Li Yiyang, I was taken by force. I wanted to die, but I was unwilling to see Li Xuqing again. When I was in a dilemma, Hongxiu came to me around."

"It turns out that Hongxiu was sent by Li Xuqing to look for me. She pretended to be a court lady and successfully came to serve me by my side. She sent me a letter from Li Xuqing, asking me to live a good life. One day, he will repay me." Qiu, take me back."

"So, I endured humiliation and lived on like this. But I didn't expect that in the second year, I would be unexpectedly happy!"

(End of this chapter)