The imperial concubine bows down to me

After leaving the Taiji Palace, Shen Zhi was a little worried about Xue Ruoyu's situation, and wanted to go to Du's mansion with Du Qinning, but Du Qinning didn't agree to come down because he was afraid that it would affect her rest.Then he thought that maybe the two of them wanted to say something heartfelt when they went back, but Shen Zhi didn't force it, and bid farewell to the two at the fork near the East Palace.

Before parting, Du Qinning called Shen Zhi to stop, a little hesitant, but still said slowly: "Your Highness, I will take care of this matter, Your Highness, don't worry."

After returning to Du Mansion, sending Xue Ruoyu back to her room, fetching some water to wash her briefly, Du Qinning looked at her, sat down beside her bed, and said softly: Yu, don't think about these things, okay? It's already late, go to bed early, and get up early tomorrow." Although he said this, he didn't have the slightest intention of leaving.

From the time when she was in the Penglai Palace, Xue Ruoyu has been a little absent-minded, and she is still the same now.Seemingly about to cry, she sneered a few times like self-deprecating, and finally opened her mouth, asking inexplicably, "Don't you want to ask me what I heard?"

Before leaving just now, Xue Ruoyu should have heard everything Liu Shuyan said to her.Except for the matter of Shen's identity, other things that can make Xue Ruoyu have such a big reaction, probably...

"If you don't want to say it, I won't ask." Since Xue Ruoyu was sad, if she didn't want to say it herself, Du Qinning wouldn't have asked, "Don't think too much, take a break... ..."

Before Du Qinning finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xue Ruoyu's sudden words.She said: "She said that she would secretly follow you to Xiliang, she would definitely... definitely protect the prince well. After that day, I thought she lied to me when she said she didn't like men, but now I know , but that person is not me... She is so affectionate, she can do anything for that little prince, even if it ruins the happiness of many people, she doesn't care."

"Xiao Yu, in fact, sir, she is not what you think, she is just..."

"Du Qinning, she has her reasons for doing this, but my brother's death and what I have become today are all related to her. She planned to use me from the beginning. You said she can choose If I do this, then I also have the right to choose to hate her, don't I?" Seeing that Du Qinning had been trying to excuse Liu Shuyan, Xue Ruoyu was even more angry, she stood up from the bed, and looked down upon Du Qin Ning, the tears in the corners of his eyes began to slowly fall again, "I went over today, I wanted to let go of the past and say goodbye to her sincerely, but what about her? She told the emperor that there was a carrier pigeon in her palace. Put it in the consort's mansion, if the emperor has something to do in the future, you can use this carrier pigeon to send a message to her..."

The matter of Xue Jiang was indeed planned by Liu Shuyan secretly. Now that Xue Ruoyu said so, Du Qinning had no way to refute it.But things have passed for so long, and even a dead person cannot be brought back to life. Looking up at Xue Ruoyu, she still hopes that she can come out and stop thinking about those things in the past all the time.

"Ruoyu, forget about it, okay? In the future, don't come back to the capital again, just start over and live a good life." As she spoke, she didn't know if it was because it was too late, and Du Qinning was a little dazed, but she suddenly He said, "With His Highness and I here, no one would dare to embarrass you after leaving this deep palace. I also believe in you, Ruoyu, you won't tell what you heard tonight, right?"

"How do you know that I can't? Anyway, I have nothing to look forward to now. If I find a suitable opportunity to say it, at least one person can be dismounted, so why not do it?" Xue Ruoyu said angry words, but Du Qinning heard it in his ears, but he couldn't help feeling extremely sad that she had become like this.

If there is a chance for her to forget all the unpleasantness in the past and start again... Should she make her own decision and help her make this choice?

She was speechless for a while, and after a while, Du Qinning finally pursed her lips slightly, and said softly: "Sleep, I will accompany you, tomorrow, everything will pass."

Because there were still some minor final preparations to be made before leaving, Du Qinning left the mansion early the next morning to explain some matters.Because she was with Xue Ruoyu last night, she didn't have time to wash up, so after returning home from work, she went to take a bath and changed her clothes before bringing food to wake Xue Ruoyu up.

"I'm leaving soon. I'll go there in a while. You pack up. The men's clothing that fits you has been put there. Someone will come to pick you up later." Du Qinning opened the food box , carefully brought out a bowl of steaming green vegetable porridge with some mixed vegetables, put it on the table, put chopsticks on it, and said, "Eat something first to cushion your stomach."

"I'm not hungry." Xue Ruoyu got up to wash up, without even looking at the porridge on the table, she directly refused.

Seeing that she refused, Du Qinning walked closer to her, persuading her: "Once the soldiers and horses set off, they will probably stop to rest in the afternoon today. The road is bumpy, and if you don't eat something, you may be in trouble soon." It's hard."

Xue Ruoyu still refused: "No need, you go to work first."

Du Qinning also persevered: "Xiao Yu... you really worry me, I..."

"I said I'm really not hungry, I don't want to..." Annoyed by being pestered, Xue Ruoyu turned around and yelled at Du Qinning, but the next moment, when she caught a glimpse of the little red medicine bottle on the table beside her, There was a sudden pause.The light in her eyes that was already about to disappear suddenly dimmed even more. After a few breaths, she took a deep breath, and her words began to choke, "Okay, I'll eat, are you satisfied?"

It was a batch of medicine bottles that Xue Jiang specially asked someone to order, there were big and small ones, anyone who used to be careful in the son-in-law's house should have seen them.Xue Jiang likes to study medicine, and almost half of the family's diners in this area account for a small part. However, Xue Ruoyu has only seen a medicine bottle of this size on the table once, and she still bumped into Xue Jiang by accident. I saw it while talking with another mysterious person from the rivers and lakes.

Only then did Xue Ruoyu know that the smallest red medicine bottle contained either a hard-to-find antidote, or... a hard-to-drug poison.

She hadn't been hurt or poisoned, so she didn't need any antidote.Du Qinning insisted on making her drink that bowl of porridge today, the purpose...

"It is my duty in this life to protect Your Highness well. If someone threatens His Highness, no matter who it is, I will get rid of her, including you." When I first met Du Qinning, what she said to her suddenly echoed in my ears At that time, Xue Ruoyu only took it as a joke, but now, she deeply felt that these are true, not jokes.

Even if she thought about the friendship she had gotten along with for such a long time, she only saved her from Shen Tianhe's jaws.Now whether Du Qinning wants her to be blind or dumb, it is still unknown.

After eating the hot porridge, Xue Ruoyu suddenly felt cold all over.Seeing that she drank the porridge, Du Qinning left the room first on the pretext of having something to do.

An hour later, the three armies set off in order, with high morale.

The sun in the sky has begun to become fiery, and the glare of the direct sunlight dazzles people a little bit.Shen Zhi led the army on horseback and walked in front, Wei Feng was on her left side, and there was the sound of a horse driving behind her, Shen Zhi subconsciously turned his head to see that it was indeed Du Qinning who had caught up.

When she slowed down and lined up in the empty space specially left by her right side, Shen Zhi asked, "Are you awake?"

"Not yet." As he spoke, Du Qinning clamped the horse's belly secretly again, speeding up a bit.Shen Zhi understood, and after briefly explaining a few words to Wei Feng, he also followed, keeping a distance from the army behind him.

After making sure that the conversation between the two could not be heard clearly, Shen Zhi glanced at the blackness around Du Qinning's eyes, and couldn't help asking: "Did I sleep too late last night, or..."

"Didn't sleep," Du Qinning nodded and explained, "Mr. came over in the middle of the night last night."

Shen Zhi was surprised: "She came...but what did she say to you?" This was considered knowingly asking, but what Shen Zhi wanted to ask was if she said something related to her, but she was too embarrassed to ask that.

"The master brought a medicine that can make people dumb, and asked me to feed it to Ruoyu, and other than that... I didn't say anything."

"You...really convinced Miss Xue?" Shen Zhi narrowed his eyes, thinking of Xue Ruoyu who was unconscious early in the morning, he suddenly realized, and inevitably felt a little guilty again. meaning.