Xia Houqing got closer and closer until he stood beside Lou Qingwu.
Her hanging ten fingers almost fell into the palm of her hand, and the blood was blurred, and the pain slowly stabilized her emotions.
Only then did she slowly turn her head back with a stiff neck, looking at the ground in front of her, lowered her eyelids, and the blue hair hanging from her ears covered the expression on her face.
But the part of the exposed neck was white and cold.
In her ears, she seemed to hear the baby crying indistinctly when she dreamed back at midnight again. It entered her ears and gnawed at her heart.
She hated, wished she could tear Xia Houqing's body to pieces right now.
But she can't let him die so simply, her child, the child she never survived in her previous life.
With such a miserable death, how could she let the enemy who killed him live well
impossible!
The corner of her mouth slowly curved into a devilish smile, she clenched her hands tightly, took a deep breath, and let her body relax, as if the person standing beside her was just an ordinary person, just... an insignificant person.
When Xia Houqing stood beside Lou Qingwu, he felt an inexplicable chill all over his body.
Turning his head strangely, his eyes fell on Lou Qingwu inadvertently.
The dark eyes shrank indiscernibly, wondering if he had read it wrong just now, the moment she turned her head just now, he felt inexplicably chilled by being stared at by a poisonous snake.
But looking at it again, the other party stood there softly, with lowered eyebrows, showing a small face the size of half a palm, fair and beautiful.
Thinking of the recent rumors, he curled his lips, and then looked at the empress who was extremely surprised by his appearance on the throne: "Mother, is this son late?"
He repeated it again.
Only then did the queen react, but her brows frowned where no one could see.
Didn't he go to the army? Why did you come back privately
The third prince, Xia Houqing, was born to a concubine who had passed away in the early years. He was only a few years old at that time, and the emperor looked at him pitifully and raised him by her side.
She originally thought it was a little lamb, but after Xia Houqing became an adult, she realized that she had raised a wolf.
Still an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf.
Back then, in order to gain the emperor's trust, he voluntarily applied to go to the army for training, and now he holds the military power in his hands, and is a strong enemy of her emperor's son. Thinking of the sudden transformation from a non-existent "Prince" to the shining Xia Houqing in the hunting grounds of the imperial palace, the Queen's eyes turned cold, but she would not let him see it.
Even if his third prince is capable, so what, he is just a little prince, how can he compete with her prince
So there was a dignified and gentle smile on his face: "It's the emperor, why didn't you tell the queen mother when you came back early? So that your second brother can greet you? Are you still used to it in the military camp these few years?"
Xia Houqing: "Thank you, mother, for your concern. My son and minister are all well. I came back this time for my father's birthday, but something happened a moment before I came back, so I didn't catch up. I have already told my father in advance, because I want to give The queen mother and all the royal brothers and brothers had a surprise, so I didn't notify in advance. I hope that the queen mother will not blame the child."
"How could it be?" The queen smiled, "Since you are back, you should stay here. It just so happens that today is the Hibiscus Festival, and your brothers and sisters are all here, and we haven't been together for a long time."
Xia Houqing still behaved generously and respectfully.
Where there is still half of the fear and cowardice of the past, the whole person seems to be a different person.
The queen sneered in her heart, I'm afraid it didn't look like a different person, but he was like this in the first place.
It was just hidden from them back then.
In a place she didn't know, she slowly gathered her strength and used a disguise to cover it up.
Only then could he win the emperor's great approval in one fell swoop, suppressing the limelight of all the princes.
Xia Houqing didn't seem to realize that there was already a gap between the two, after all, they were not real mother and child, "Yes, mother queen."
Because of Xia Houqing's sudden appearance, the situation has subtly changed.
The queen originally thought that she could let Concubine Ying let go of Qing Wu, but before she opened her mouth, Concubine Ying sensed her purpose and said in advance: "It seems that my sister's place is more lively today, and the Lou family's... Lou Qingwu, right? Shouldn’t you start too? Could it be that you want to disobey my orders? Or don’t you have the guts to drink?”
Lou Qingwu kept her eyes down, unable to see her face clearly, and when Concubine Ying was about to get impatient, she slowly raised her head, "My daughter dare not."
"Oh? Then let's start quickly, so that I can see the so-called genius doctor who can even recognize the 'Zezicao'?" Concubine Ying bit the word "Zezicao" very hard.
As if wishing to use those three words to swallow it like a Lou Qingwu.
"..." Lou Qingwu's eyes flashed coldly.
Suddenly, he understood why Concubine Ying had no grievances with her, but she wanted to find fault with her at this opportunity.
I'm afraid that in these days, where they can't see, someone is embellishing what happened that day in front of Concubine Ying, telling right and wrong in black and white.
Even now, Concubine Ying simply feels that she and the queen co-designed and framed her child.
After thinking this through, Lou Qingwu became calmer.
Slowly raised his head, took a step forward, quietly looked at the three glasses of wine in front of him, picked them up carefully, and sniffed them carefully.
The three glasses of wine were all colorless and tasteless, and it was impossible to tell which two glasses were poisonous just by looking at them this way.
She thought for a while, then raised her head to look at Concubine Ying: "I don't know if a courtier can use silver needles?"
Concubine Ying sneered, and opened her mouth to ask back: "Oh? Miss Lou, you are so capable, but you are a genius doctor, and you still use silver needles? You are much better than these imperial doctors in the palace. If you are asked to use silver needles , but I can’t appreciate your medical skills.”
Lou Qingwu: "..."
Without silver needles, you can't see the effect of poisoning, even if the senior brother comes, you can't do it, right
What's more, she is just a mortal who has studied poison for three years, she is not a fairy, and she can tell what kind of poison is here and what its ingredients are with just the naked eye.
But even though she knew that Concubine Ying was deliberately making things difficult for her, she, a little courtier's daughter, still couldn't resist.
But... that doesn't mean she has nothing to do.
The queen frowned dissatisfiedly when she heard Concubine Ying's words: "Concubine Ying, she is just a little girl, is it not appropriate for you to do this?"
Concubine Ying poked her forehead with a handkerchief, "Sister, the concubine is helping her, there are so many princes here, if she behaves like this, which prince will fall in love with her, she will have a good home. "
The queen sneered in her heart, was she helping her or killing her
But it's one thing to know, but it's another thing to be openly against Concubine Ying.
Because of Concubine Ying's dystocia, the emperor had pity and doted on her even more.
Instead, he gradually alienated her, at this time...
But she can't let Qing Wu go, how can she let Concubine Ying let Qing Wu go, the empress clenched her handkerchief tightly in anxiety.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Miss Lou has figured out which cup is non-toxic, and this prince will drink it for her."