Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

Chapter 644: Fallen Flowers

Several of Lu Mingye's confidants were seriously injured. Qingzhu and Mushan pressed them hard, forcing them to retreat step by step with nowhere to hide. The situation was hopeless now, and they were undoubtedly struggling to survive.

Liang Qian put away her bow and arrow, bent down to pick up the sword on the ground, walked around the fighting people, and walked towards Lu Mingye.

Lu Mingye collapsed on the ground, his bloodshot eyes almost popping out, his whole body twitching uncontrollably, a low, strange cry coming from the depths of his throat, and blood foam constantly oozing out of his mouth.

You can see that he is in pain, resentful, unwilling, and even seems to have a desire to live.

Liang Qian watched with a blank expression.

He just raised the long sword in his hand high and stabbed it hard into Lu Mingye's heart.

The cold blade penetrated into the body and the strange screams stopped abruptly.

……

When Liang Qian returned to the road, there was no fighting anywhere. The soldiers were only busy counting weapons and horses, tying up wounded prisoners, and dealing with the corpses scattered all over the place.

Liang Qian threw away the long sword in her hand that was still dripping with blood, and looked around anxiously, searching for Lu Wanying's shadow in the mess as she walked.

"Ah Ying..."

"lady."

Suddenly, someone called her from not far away.

Liang Qian turned around and saw several soldiers surrounding a man.

She avoided the corpse and walked up quickly.

The surrounding soldiers saluted and automatically moved aside.

A military officer dismissed the soldiers in front of him and whispered, "Madam, this... I'm afraid it won't work..."

Liang Qian silently looked at the person who seemed to have been fished out of a pool of blood and was still alive. A faint light shone through his half-closed eyes, and his dry white lips moved slightly, but his voice was almost inaudible.

But she still heard it.

"...Liang Qian."

Liang Qian narrowed her eyes and responded, trying to sound as normal as possible: "Aying, don't be afraid, I will stop the bleeding for you."

As she spoke, she pulled out the small jade pendant from her waist, poured out a few pills with trembling hands and fed them to her. She then took out a few silver needles from her embroidered bag and thought about how to use acupuncture to stop the bleeding.

Qingzhu saw it from afar, and hurriedly trotted forward. Without saying a word, he squatted down and carefully helped Lu Wanying up, and helped Liang Qian.

In addition to the original arrow wound on the chest, there were several bloody holes in the abdomen, and two arrows hit the back.

Qingzhu only took a glance and understood in his heart that all the madam could do was to help her keep her alive.

The arrow in the back cannot be pulled out, otherwise the person will die immediately.

Liang Qian pursed her lips tightly and concentrated on the acupuncture. After sealing several important acupoints and stopping the flowing blood, she relaxed a little and raised her eyebrows to look at Qingzhu.

She never thought that Lu Mingye would be so cruel to his own sister.

Their eyes met and Qingzhu nodded slightly.

Liang Huan understood.

He saw Lu Wanying looking at him with sleepy eyelids, as if he had something to say.

Liang Qian dismissed Qingzhu and others, helped Lu Wanying to lean against her, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and comforted her with soft words.

"I have sent someone to tell him that he will come. Please wait a little longer." She paused and explained, "Lu Mingye and the governor of Yuzhou set up an ambush at Baishiling, but we discovered it in advance. Today, I will use my own trick to lure Lu Mingye here, just to--"

Lu Wanying shook her head to interrupt, and smiled faintly: "Aunt, I'm sorry, I have done a lot of wrong things."

Liang Qian pursed her lips and said nothing.

In Nancheng Palace, what is right and what is wrong?

Although Lu Wanying had killed innocent people, she herself was also a victim, so how could she not be innocent?

In the city of Ye in Jin, power struggles raged and blood flowed like a river.

Everyone is trapped in the same vortex and cannot extricate themselves.

To trace its source, where do we start?

Who can tell right from wrong?

Liang Qian shook her head and sighed: "A Ying..."

In late autumn and early winter, the sunlight falling from overhead is not warm at all. After sitting on the ground for a long time, the cold air slowly seeps into the body.

Lu Wanying just felt cold and shivered.

Liang Qian held her hand, trying to warm her up.

Lu Wanying took a breath and said, "Aunt, I'm dying. What else are you hiding from me? Can you tell me? I've been deceived and used by my family my whole life. My life is really like a joke."

Liang Qian nodded and confessed: "Xi'er is the child of Lu Xiu and I. Xi'er is not dead, and Gao Xin and Gao Yang are not dead either... Gao Qian knows everything about Lu Xiu and me, and he also knows what I am going to do."

Lu Wan was surprised, but then smiled slowly: "No wonder they all like you so much.

She looked at her and asked again: "Then why did you follow your cousin back to Jinye and become the queen mother instead of staying in Zhou? Do you want to help your uncle take revenge and seize the world?"

Previously, they lied to her that Lu Xiu was Gong Xijin, so she thought Liang Qian despised Gong Xijin's low status. But now it seems that is not the case. At that time, her uncle was already the king of Zhou. Unless Liang Qian was right -

Lu Wanying opened her eyes and said, "Why? Don't, don't lie to me again."

Liang Qian sighed, "Evil ministers are in power, corrupt officials are rampant, I just want to kill those who should be killed and put an end to it all as soon as possible. As long as the one sitting on the throne is a wise ruler, I will do this, no matter if it is Lu Xiu or not..."

Lu Wanying looked dejectedly at the person who was supporting her.

Last year in Hanguang Palace, Liang Qian said a lot of things to her. It was also the first time that she had a falling out with Liang Qian and quarreled with her without any scruples.

Liang Qian not only said that she was out of touch and confessed that she had been to the front line, but also repeatedly asked her to leave the palace and Jinye City. Unfortunately, she simply could not listen at that time. There were only grievances and sorrows in her heart and eyes.

Lu Wanying closed his eyes, calmed down, and then opened his eyes again. He seemed more energetic than before.

She spoke softly, as if mumbling to herself.

“…From outsiders’ perspective, I seem to have been spoiled since I was a child, but others don’t know that, in fact, they are also very strict with me.

I know the ambitions of my father and brother, and I also know that as a member of the Lu family, I have to shoulder the responsibility of enjoying this honor... Not to mention, I am my father's only legitimate daughter. Even if he doesn't say it, I know that whether for the sake of the Lu family or for power, he wants to train me to be his second aunt...

My uncle is four years older than me. Although he is my uncle, he is like my brother... He has always treated me very well. Before you were born... I should say that you were the closest woman to him in the entire Jinye City, no, I should say in the entire world..."

She spoke intermittently and weakly. Suddenly, she remembered something, closed her eyes, and smiled softly, her voice light and floating.

"Once, I accidentally broke into Aung's study and... touched something I shouldn't have touched. He happened to see me. I didn't know what kind of punishment I would receive and was terrified. Not only did he not tell anyone, he even helped me take the blame...

Auntie, I know you will laugh at me. It's such a trivial matter. What's there to worry about?"

She pulled the corners of her mouth and said with difficulty: "It's different in Lu's. Others won't understand. Only people in Lu's will understand that some punishments will cost lives, even if, even if my last name is Lu..."

Liang Qian lowered her eyes, feeling only bitterness.

"...Aying."

Lu Wanying smiled: "In fact, you were right not to tell me that he was still alive. The people in the Lu family are all crazy. It was my obsession that almost...almost killed him.

Little aunt, at first, I didn’t like you, but I could see that he was very happy with you, a happiness he had never experienced before, he really liked you… So, I slowly tried to like you, and later, I really liked being with you. The two years you lived in Nanyuan were so great, I really want to go back to that time…”

Liang Qian lowered her head and closed her eyes. During the holidays, Lu Wanying would also return to the Grand Tutor's Mansion.

Whenever he came back, he would always be the first to run to her, calling her "little aunt" all the time. If he saw anything fun or interesting, he would always ask for it before he left.

She was a quirky and somewhat perverse girl.

Lu Wanying continued unconsciously: "Aunt, if you had told me earlier that you have always...loved him, then, it would have been fine..."

"Aying, stop talking." Liang Qian's eyes were sore and uncomfortable.

Lu Wanying smiled bitterly: "If he knew that I attacked his beloved, he would definitely hate me and would never forgive me..."

At this point, she held Liang Qian's hand tightly, and looked at her with a pleading look: "Aunt, promise me one thing, one thing, okay?"

Liang Qian took a breath and looked at her seriously: "Go ahead."

Lu Wanying's eyes turned red: "Don't tell him that I like him, I don't want him to think that I--"

She choked with tears, "Aunt, this is a secret between us, okay? Don't let him know... In fact, I always knew in my heart that even without you, I would never marry him, because, because..."

She sighed and closed her eyes: "Whether you believe it or not, I, I can't really kill you, because you are the one he loves even at the cost of his life, but I, I can't just do nothing..."

The more you care about someone, the more you want to be perfect in his eyes.

Liang Qian understood this feeling.

She lowered her head and responded softly. Her throat seemed to be blocked by something and she couldn't speak. She just shrugged her shoulders, tears kept falling, but a bitter laugh sounded in her ears.

"Aunt, I am a bad person. I have done many bad things. I deserve to die. It is not worth it. It is not worth it for you to cry for me..."

The sound of horse hooves came from far away.

"Uncle."

Liang Qian held Lu Wanying steadily and looked over in the direction of the voice through tearful eyes.

Someone was riding a dusty horse and rushing towards them. When he was close, he dismounted, his clothes covered in dust, and walked towards them step by step. In just a moment, he stood in front of them.

The crowd that was about to kneel down and kowtow was stopped by him raising his hand.

Yuchi Yuan took the initiative to make arrangements.

Yuwen Jue then turned his head to look at the two people covered in blood, frowned involuntarily, and was about to ask.

Liang Qian wiped away her tears and looked at him: "It's been a while since you last met."

Lu Wanying leaned in Liang Qian's arms and could only see a vague outline. She tried to open her eyes wide to see more clearly, but it became even more blurry.

Even so, the outline still perfectly matches the person in my memory.

Her beauty is like jade and her grace is like pine.

He is like the handsome man in an ancient painting, unforgettable upon seeing him.

He squatted down and came close to him.

"Aying."

A deep sound hit my heart.

Lu Wanying smiled: "Uncle, yes, I'm sorry, Ying has done a lot of wrong things, please forgive...forgive...me..."

The closer I get to the end, the more uncomfortable I feel o(╥﹏╥)o In my opinion, although they are supporting characters in the book, they are also the protagonists of their own world.

Share today's code word song: Chen Linxiao's "Nichang"

I plan to stay up all night tonight, and hope to post more tomorrow.