A traitor

Back to the mansion, but Erniang did not come to pick her up.

Su Qinglang was full of doubts. After all, with the temperament of his second mother, if he knew that he was coming back, he would definitely guard the door early.

What's more, during the time he was in prison, his second mother didn't even visit him once, which is really strange.

Qin Huan sent Su Qinglang to the door, and saw people from the prime minister's mansion looking for him, knowing that his father didn't like him mixing with Su Qinglang, Qin Huan had no choice but to leave.

Su Qinglang was left behind, full of doubts, and walked into the mansion under the guidance of his servants.

After entering the gate of the mansion, and then entering the courtyard, I saw his second mother sitting in the living room, with good arms and legs, and she looked normal.

He walked in, and before he could stand still, he heard Liang's pleasantly surprised: "Qinglang, you're back?"

Although her expression was agitated, she still sat in the same place without moving. Su Qinglang looked at her cautiously and hummed silently.

Seeing Su Qinglang's thin body and pale face, Liang Shi was both happy and hurt, tears welled up in his eyes, he quickly wiped it with a silk handkerchief, turned his head and said to the maid beside him: "Quick, put the stew in the kitchen The ginseng chicken soup is here, remember to filter out the ginger slices, the young master doesn't like ginger."

When she said this, Su Qinglang kept looking at her calmly, and after a while, said: "How is Er Niang recently?"

Mrs. Liang gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "You suffered in that place, if Erniang said yes, would you believe it?"

After a pause, I thought of something, and coughed lightly again: "However, because of some things in my hometown, I went back to my hometown some time ago, so I didn't visit you."

Su Qinglang smiled: "That's right, the trivial things on my side are no more important than those in my hometown."

The son went to prison, and he was charged with a huge crime. Not to mention the crime, he almost died. But at this time, he said that something happened in his hometown and he had to go back. This statement is really far-fetched.

Hearing the irony in his words, Liang could only sigh in his heart, but still insisted: "Yes, you are smart since you were young, and you have nothing to worry about."

Fortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a maidservant walking in with ginseng soup, Su Qinglang sat up straight, lifted the hem of his clothes, and didn't say anything.

"It's cold in spring now, and it's cold at night. You've been in prison for a few days, so you need to drink some ginseng soup to drive away the cold."

Su Qinglang didn't answer Liang's earnest instructions. When he saw the maidservant brought ginseng soup, he stretched out his hand to pick it up. When it was about to touch the bottom of the bowl, he intentionally shifted it slightly, and poured all the freshly cooked ginseng soup on him. on the back of the hand.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liang was startled, and was about to stand up when she suddenly thought of something and backed away.

Quickly reprimanded the maidservant next to him: "Hurry up and get a basin of cold water, how can such hot soup be boiled?"

Seeing the maidservants in a hurry, carrying water and gauze, Su Qinglang turned his head away and looked outside the door.

After a while, ignoring the maid who was kneeling in front of him and trying to bandage him, she stood up and said, "Er Niang, I'm very dirty, go ahead and change into clothes."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Mrs. Liang hurriedly said: "Hey, the ginseng soup is already served, drink some first, it should be cold later."

Su Qinglang stopped for a while, and turned his back to her: "It's okay, the child will be back soon."

As he said, he squeezed his fingers, turned around, and gave her a relaxed smile: "Er Niang, you don't know that I always like to be clean. After staying in that smelly place for so long, I don't want to change into clean clothes again. It's going to be moldy."

Saying that, without giving her a chance to react, she turned and left the living room, walked to the courtyard, but did not rush back to the bedroom, but stood in a corner of the living room.

Seeing that he didn't come back for a long time, Mrs. Liang really couldn't sit still, and after a few instructions to the servants in his mansion, she hurried back to Su's mansion.

Su Qinglang watched helplessly as they brought in a bamboo chair from a remote place, asked Mrs. Liang to sit on it, and carried it out of the house. Standing in the corner, she squeezed her fingers tightly, and then squeezed them back a little bit. There was a burning pain in the back of the hand.

However, he didn't seem to feel it. He turned around and leaned against the wall behind him, silent for a while.

After a long time, after the housekeeper sent Mrs. Liang away, he thought that Su Qinglang should also finish changing, so he hurried to the bedroom to look for him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around the living room, he saw him standing there blankly, still wearing the same clothes as before.

The butler was taken aback: "My lord, why do you..."

As he said that, he looked at the direction where Mrs. Liang had just left with a guilty conscience.

Su Qinglang looked at him, and said lightly, "Come with me."

The two of them came to the study one after the other. Su Qinglang was sitting by the desk. Ever since Su Qinglang was imprisoned, his house had been searched hundreds of times. Fortunately, when he found out that he was back, the housekeeper ordered someone to clean it overnight. It looked pretty neat at the time.

He was silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Who is it?"

Su Qinglang has always been extremely clever, and has a more delicate heart than others. It is easy for him to hide things from others, but it is difficult for anyone to hide anything from him.

But thinking of Liang's previous entrustment, the housekeeper was still in a dilemma: "My lord, my villain is really..."

Facing Su Qinglang's cold gaze, he was embarrassed for a moment, and then he answered honestly: "That Du Mei in the palace."

It turned out that when Su Qinglang was taken into prison that day, his second mother was about to go crazy. She tried all her strengths, but she was still unable to help him.

Thinking that I had met that Du Meiren once, especially when I wanted to match Du Shiqi and Su Qinglang's marriage, he had taken care of and helped her a lot.

Now that Du Shiqi is being favored in the palace, her words will definitely reach the emperor's heart, so his second mother went into the palace to ask Du Shiqi to see her.

In the end, people met and talked, Du Shiqi not only didn't help her, but also severely humiliated Mrs. Liang in front of everyone in the palace.

Deliberately made Liang Shi kneel on the ground to beg her. In the palace paved with bluestone slabs, Liang Shi knelt for several hours, but Du Shiqi didn't let go. Fortunately, Li Saisai left and fell to the ground in the heavy rain Liang, who wept bitterly, took her home.

It's just that Mrs. Liang originally suffered from rheumatism, and she usually suffers from severe pain in cloudy and rainy days, after such a commotion in the palace, the pain intensified, and she couldn't even stand up these days.

Knowing that Su Qinglang came back today, he didn't intend to see him at first, but he was really worried about it, so he came up with such a way to sit in the mansion early and wait for him.

Originally, she thought that by sneaking away while he was not around, she would be able to hide the truth.Unexpectedly, Su Qinglang still noticed it.

The housekeeper said: "Ma'am just relapsed for a while, and she will be fine after a while."

Su Qinglang hummed, his expression was calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking: "You go down first."

The butler was startled, but still hesitantly saluted him and exited. Just as he stepped over the threshold with one foot, Su Qinglang stopped him as expected.

Su Qinglang slowly said behind him: "That matter can be done now."

Since he came out of the prison, there have been many people who have visited and expressed condolences at the door, but they have all been blocked from the door one by one.

The butler knew that Su Qinglang was in a bad mood and didn't want to see anyone, so he thanked him and apologized, saying that his lord was unwell and it was not appropriate to see guests at this time.

This kind of rhetoric is fine for ordinary guests, for people like Mei Liusheng, if the gate is not working, they start from other places, only climbed over a wall, and then fell into the Shangshu's residence.

At that time, Su Qinglang was sitting in the study in a daze, when he saw Mei Liusheng was taken aback, Mei Liusheng was relieved to see that he was fine, "I thought what happened to you..."

Su Qinglang smiled: "Brother Mei came in time."

Mei Liusheng raised his foot and walked in: "Not in time, I was almost blocked out of the gate just now. I was worried about you, so I climbed over the wall and came in. I wanted to visit the sick, but I ran into someone pretending to be sick."

Su Qinglang was startled, then smiled again, jokingly said: "I said why the walls of our house are becoming more and more slippery. Brother Mei's kung fu for climbing over the walls is very easy to practice."

As he spoke, he stood up and approached Mei Liusheng: "The servants in the mansion are ignorant, they have neglected Brother Mei."

Just as Mei Liusheng was about to say something, he saw that his hand was red and swollen, so he took his hand carefully: "What's going on?"

Su Qinglang replied nonchalantly: "I accidentally knocked over the ginseng soup, it doesn't get in the way, just apply some wound medicine later and it will be fine."

As he was talking, he saw Mei Liusheng holding his hand, walked to the table and asked him to sit down, and according to his instructions, brought some ointment to heal the burn, and sat opposite him, with his eyes downcast, gently Painted it on him lightly, and asked casually, "Did Madam come here just now?"

Su Qinglang hummed, paused, and asked again: "You also know about that?"

Mei Liusheng nodded silently, and said again: "Qinglang, we didn't deliberately hide it from you, but we were just afraid that you would worry..."

Su Qinglang smiled: "How could I not know your kindness? I didn't blame you, or is it that in your eyes, I am such a vexatious person?"

Su Qinglang, the angrier he was, the calmer he looked. Mei Liusheng had already figured out his temperament.

To him, Mrs. Liang was comparable to that mother who died young. Because of his suffering and humiliation this time, Su Qinglang wanted to get it back no matter what.

After applying the wound medicine, Mei Liusheng took gauze and bandaged him bit by bit, and said calmly: "If you need help, just let me know."

Su Qinglang hummed, and then said angrily: "I'm not that useless, I can't even deal with a woman."

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng looked up at him: "I'm not afraid that you won't be able to handle even a woman, but I'm afraid that you will not hesitate to hurt yourself in order to achieve your goal."

"cool and bright……"

He paused, and gently put Su Qinglang's hand in his palm: "Forget it this time, promise me that no matter what you do in the future, you must put your own safety first. Look, there are so many people We care about your safety, and that you are safe is what we want to see most."

Su Qinglang looked at him in silence for a moment, and after a long time, he smiled faintly and nodded.