Mrs. Lu failed to defeat Qiu Yilan in the end, and was forced to kneel in front of her and slap herself ten times before she could get away. This made Mrs. Lu hardly regret her careless decision to agree to talk to Qiu Yilan alone.
She returned to her apartment with a gloomy face, and her confidant mother-in-law quickly whispered to her maid Cuixin to bring hot water and apply it on the old lady's face.
But just when the handkerchief in Cuixin's hand touched Mrs. Lu, she heard Mrs. Lu hiss softly. Before she could kneel down to plead guilty, she was slapped in the face so hard that stars appeared in her eyes: "You hit me so hard, what do you mean? Kill me?"
Cui Xin was usually very favored, but she also knew that Mrs. Lu would never recognize anyone when she was angry. She held back her tears and knelt down at Mrs. Lu's feet, kowtowing desperately: "My maid, you are guilty! Your servant is guilty!"
"Kill me so that you can surrender your name to that little bitch, and you will become famous, right?!" Old Madam Lu was still angry, and then kicked Cui Xin hard in the chest, "You guys are eating the inside out. !”
When Cui Xin heard this, she knew that it was not easy to be kind today. This was because she was being beaten and scolded as the fifth princess. She lay on the ground and cried pitifully: "Even if I beat my servant to death, I wouldn't dare to be so rebellious." idea!"
Mrs. Lu looked at her pitifully: "It's nice to talk sweetly to your face! Now that my son has ascended to the throne, he is still a serious princess..."
Hearing the murderous intent in her tone, Cui Xin only thought that she was dead today, and she was despairing of all thoughts. Suddenly, Cui Mei, who was close to her from outside, cautiously reported: "Old madam, the prince is here."
"Get out! I'll deal with you later!" When Mrs. Lu heard that her son was coming, Mrs. Lu still felt very sorry for her own flesh and blood who had been dragged down by her. She didn't want to keep Qiu Mengmin waiting, so she waved her hand and called for help. Cui Xin dragged him away, twisted the handkerchief and put it on his face. Feeling that he was no longer so embarrassed, he ordered, "Please come in, Your Majesty."
Qiu Mengmin entered the door with a pale face and a look of confusion on her face.
This made Mrs. Lu very distressed: "Min'er, it's all because of my mother that I'm dragging you down!"
"What did the mother say? This is a useless son." Qiu Mengmin forced a smile, curtly saluted, and sat down at the bottom before the old lady shouted, her steps seeming to stagger a little.
Seeing her usually steady son being beaten like this, Mrs. Lu naturally would not blame him for his misconduct. She sighed angrily: "If I had known that I would raise such a white-eyed wolf, I should have..." A flash in her eyes He said harshly, "I won't let Jin'er fall into her hands!"
Qiu Mengmin was startled: "Did she harm Jin'er?" She laughed at herself again, "It's useless to know. Now she is not the princess before who no one paid attention to or even knew about. There is no evidence. , I can only keep it in my heart.”
"Fortunately, the new king is still your son!" Mrs. Lu felt very aggrieved. After pondering for a while, she said, "By the way, who do you plan to pass the throne to? The Yang family stood up at the court meeting this time. Ordinarily we It’s time to take another look at Yin Zhi, but Yin Zhi is so young and naughty... and there is such a bitch in the house, I’m afraid it’s not appropriate to pass the throne to him!”
She thought to herself that Mrs. Yang's bitch woman relied on her family background and was a serious princess, so she had never been filial. If her son becomes the new king, how will he be able to suppress his daughter-in-law in the future? What's more, Qiu Hongzhi was personally taken care of by Mrs. Lu for several years, so he was more considerate no matter what.
Qiu Mengmin said bitterly: "Actually, even if Hongzhi stays here, my son won't worry. Hongzhi has been focusing on studying these years... "
"Hong Zhi has a kind heart, how can he be as vicious as that bitch?" Mrs. Lu was very happy that her son didn't want to have a legitimate grandson. She sighed and then changed the subject, "Fortunately, his in-law's family is very noble, and he The daughter-in-law is also very smart. After a few months, the couple got married and supported each other. As long as they are more vigilant, they will not give that bitch another chance to murder her! "
"My son is afraid that Lian's family will stay." Qiu Mengmin sighed.
Mrs. Lu frowned: "What? How could it be?"
"Otherwise, Lian Chen is old, and it would be enough for his son and grandson to accompany him when he goes to Beijing. Why bring his nephew with him?" Qiu Mengmin buried her head. Mrs. Lu couldn't see his face clearly, but she felt that her son's tone was very... It was depression, "I'm afraid he wanted to take advantage of this court competition to become an official. Mr. Lian left suddenly and did not have time to plan for his descendants. Ding Youfuling, the Lian family, returned to Lanxi and failed to recover. In recent years, their family has not been able to leave. A Jinshi who is not willing to stay in the countryside and become a country squire, how can he miss this opportunity? "
Mrs. Lu was stunned for a while, then said: "Even if Lian Chen is a head above you in seniority, the Queen Mother is not blind. How can she let him use his seniority to suppress others?"
"If you want to impose a crime, why bother?" Qiu Mengmin said sadly, "How can the queen be a reasonable person? The Lian family has her support, and with Lian Chen's seniority, we can still confront him openly. ?”
Mrs. Lu couldn't help but think of the situation when Princess Xihe was around, and said with hatred: "Why don't their Lian family just die? The younger ones are just surviving, but after so many years, the old ones are still here! The old ones are immortal. What a thing, at such an old age, he still travels to Beijing to cause trouble for others. If he has done such evil, he should die immediately! "
Qiu Mengmin was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, even if there is no Lian family, my son is still very worried. Now that the throne is passed to Yinzhi, I am afraid it will harm him! If it is passed to Hongzhi, mother, do you think the Yang family will agree? It's a must. I hate Hiroshi!”
Mrs. Lu's face stiffened when she heard this, and said: "This... Although the Yang family helped this time, if something happens to you, it won't be their daughter, grandson, or granddaughter who will be wronged? Our royal family is so dignified that it's hard for the crown prince to do so." Do you want to look at your in-laws’ expressions?”
"But my son is not blessed. I only have two sons." Qiu Mengmin said softly.
- The Yang family doesn't have to show off, as long as they try to get rid of Qiu Hongzhi while Qiu Mengmin and his wife leave the house to support Mrs. Lu, the title of King of Xihe will naturally fall on Qiu Yinzhi.
Mrs. Lu changed her expression and said, "Hongzhi doesn't have a wife, but he has a family of wives! Will the Ding family watch their legitimate daughter become a widow?"
"We will leave in three days, and Hongzhi will not be able to welcome the daughter of the Ding family in until May at the earliest." Qiu Mengmin said tiredly, "Our atmosphere in Da Rui is open, and women can't help but remarry. If Hongzhi goes out in the past few months, Once the matter is over, Miss Ding can just choose a good son-in-law, and she won’t be delayed for the rest of her life.”
Since their daughter can marry another person, the Ding family certainly doesn’t have to risk their lives to protect Qiu Hongzhi. What’s more, during the court dispute, the Ding family, as the in-laws of the Xihe Palace, never said a word. I’m afraid they would be happy to see the Yang family kill Qiu Hongzhi, which would make him famous. They don't have to be dragged down
"Alas! Anyway, I'm hurting you all because of my mother!" Mrs. Lu frowned and sighed.
Qiu Mengmin forced a smile: "Mother, don't say this again. What do you want your son to do when you say this?"
The mother and son sighed for a while, and then Qiu Mengmin noticed something was wrong with Mrs. Lu's face, and asked in surprise: "Mom, your face..."
Although she hated Qiu Yilan very much, being forced to slap her face by a half-year-old girl made Mrs. Lu feel even more shameless, so she said vaguely: "I just thought about your father and cried for a while, so I probably lost my temper. good."
When the old King Xihe was mentioned, Qiu Mengmin's face twitched, and she was silent for a moment before abruptly changing the subject: "In short, after my son leaves the house this time with his mother, I am afraid that a big disaster will happen to the Prince Xihe's house!"
"What are you going to do?" Mrs. Lu asked casually, but suddenly felt that something was not right about what she said, and raised her head in confusion, "You?"
"My son doesn't care about the throne." Qiu Mengmin did not meet her gaze, still lowering her head, and whispered, "But neither Hongzhi nor Yinzhi can afford the ability to take charge of the family business. Mingzhu and Jinzhu are both young. , I don’t even know where my husband’s family is... If my son leaves, my children... Sigh... "
Mrs. Lu felt a chill in her heart and obeyed her words. Although Qiu Mengmin kept telling her not to say "it was me who harmed you", the underlying meaning of these words was that the He family was now being dragged down by Mrs. Lu.
"In that case, then you don't want to leave." Mrs. Lu felt sad for a moment. Seeing that her son did not say anything to comfort her, she knew that she had guessed it right. She said in a tone of voice, "I still have love for my mother, right? Let her and Li'er take care of her. "Wei Niang, let's move out. You stay and watch over Hongzhi and the others - just go and see Wei Niang once in a while!"
Qiu Mengmin whispered: "What you said, mother, has always been the responsibility of male heirs to support the elders. You only have a son, a male heir. If your son does not come to you personally, what are you talking about?"
Mrs. Lu was stunned, and suddenly she burst into tears, and she lost her voice: "You mean, you must kill me?!" Qiu Mengmin couldn't stop complaining from the moment she entered the door, and just now she had to say that the whole family was He was harmed miserably by Mrs. Lu - didn't the implication mean that he didn't want to lose the throne for Mrs. Lu
But now Mrs. Lu decided to let her daughter support her, but he didn't agree.
Isn't this the best of both worlds to keep Qiu Mengmin's throne, prevent him from disobeying his biological mother, and not being criticized for not serving his biological mother? Isn't it just to let Mrs. Lu die? !
When her own flesh and blood, who had devoted countless efforts in her early years and had been filial and considerate all these years, said this, Mrs. Lu felt that the pain in her heart was nothing more than this. After the pain, her heart was completely filled with despair, and she was confused and only felt that she was dead. That’s fine!
"thump!"
But seeing Qiu Mengmin lifting her robe and kneeling in front of her, Mrs. Lu wiped away her tears and said with a sad smile: "Okay! Okay! I am your mother, how can I not do it for you? Since you want to die for your mother..."
"Mom, please don't say such things!" Unexpectedly, Qiu Mengmin grabbed her hand, lowered her voice, and said, "How dare my son be so unfilial? My son... my son just wants to beg his mother to act in a play!"
Mrs. Lu was feeling disheartened, so she said mockingly: "Oh? What kind of drama?"
"To be honest with my mother, that bitch Qiu Yilan just said something to instigate her son, forcing you to..." Qiu Mengmin said with a ferocious face and gritted her teeth, "Who does she think her son is? For the sake of wealth, he even gave up his own mother? How can we be considered human beings? How could we live in the city now? Even if we don’t have access to the palace’s property, we are still far away from the capital. If we don’t worry about the queen, we won’t be able to live well. My son just wanted to chop her alive!”
When Mrs. Lu heard this, she was filled with rage: "What a bitch! He actually encouraged my son to force me to death! It's so vicious!!!" She took a deep breath and said to Qiu Mengmin, "Although Queen... But we can’t keep such a person no matter what!”
"What mother said is true," Qiu Mengmin said hurriedly, "but, mother, you also know that that bitch is quite cunning. It is impossible to succeed in two or three days. But we will leave in three days."
"Then what drama are you talking about?" Mrs. Lu said after a change of thought.
Qiu Mengmin took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve: "If you take less than two scoops of this poison at a time, it will be fine. Even if you take two scoops, it may not be impossible to save your life. My son... wants to borrow the words of that bitch who forced his mother to death. Boss, let’s delay for a while and let the daughter of the Ding family pass! Once we pass the door, it’s a done deal and we don’t have to worry about the Ding family not being able to help!”
"This is a way." Mrs. Lu felt relieved and took the porcelain bottle - knowing that her son was not forcing her to die, she felt relieved. However, it was the first time she took the poison actively, so she couldn't help but be cautious, "It can't exceed two scoops. Yeah?"
"If mother doesn't believe it, my son will take it for you first!" Upon hearing this, Qiu Mengmin snatched the porcelain bottle back without saying a word, poured a small amount on her fingertips, opened her mouth and drank it!
Mrs. Lu was stunned!
She hurriedly grabbed the porcelain bottle and shouted: "Are you crazy?! When did my mother say that she doesn't believe you?!"
Looking at Qiu Mengmin, although her face turned much pale after taking the medicine, she was still kneeling firmly. This shows that the poison is indeed not strong.
Mrs. Lu felt relieved and complained to him again: "You are so confused! I am willing to die for you, so why should I doubt you? It's just a casual question!" She was very worried about her son, "Go and call a doctor quietly. have a look!"
"Yes." Although nothing serious happened, Qiu Mengmin still felt uncomfortable. She struggled to get up and left, "Mom, the rest is up to you!"
"Don't worry!" Mrs. Lu's eyes flashed coldly and she clenched the porcelain bottle. "I will definitely let the world know how vicious that little bitch is!"