Death Princess

In the early morning of the second day, as Liu Xiang said, the queen mother's order to call Liu Lu into the palace came.Chao Lu left Wen Yihai and Wei Zhuoer in the prime minister's mansion, and walked to the palace alone with Xiao Ji hidden in her sleeve.On the side, Nie Qian was chattering about something, but Zhao Lu was staring at Dalu absent-mindedly in a daze.

Xiaoji made a fuss in the sleeve a few times.

Zhao Lu understood, "Aniang, do you want to change now?" She asked in a voice that Nie Qian couldn't hear.

Xiaoji climbed onto her shoulders.

She sighed: "Okay, okay, change it as you like, as long as you don't use my body to do something out of the ordinary."

"What would I do out of the ordinary? When your mother and I were struggling in the capital, you were not born yet." Liu Yanxue said.

"..." Zhao Lu sighed helplessly, and then, she stretched out her hand to grab Xiaoji in the palm of her hand, paused, and with a flash of eyes, Xiaoji slipped back into the sleeve again.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Nie Qian also stopped.

"Nothing." "Liu Lu", or Liu Yanxue who controlled Chao Lu's body replied.At the same time, Chaolu, who was possessed by Xiaoji, poked out half of her head from Liu Yanxue's cuff.

. . .

Half an hour later, "Liu Lu" sat in the imperial garden, holding a black stone in her hand, while Empress Dowager Liu put her hand in the white stone box, staring at the chessboard, wondering what she was thinking.

"Auntie, it's your turn." "Liu Lu" whispered.

When Liu Yanxue called "aunt", Zhao Lu was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her throat.As a result, Xiaoji couldn't bear it anymore, showing half of his head from his cuff, and stared at "Liu Lu" fiercely.

"Auntie?" It's a pity that Empress Dowager Liu has already heard it. "The title 'Auntie' is really nostalgic. The last time someone called the mourning family like this was more than 20 years ago, right?"

Xiaoji was frantic in the sleeve, but "Liu Lu" sat firmly and did not move.

"And that child," Empress Dowager Liu raised her head, she looked at "Liu Lu" with a little pampering in her eyes, and stared dumbfounded at Xiao Ji in her sleeve, "It's your sister." Empress Dowager Liu smiled, Laughing a little lonely, "Yes, among so many children, only you and your elder sister who grew up in Jianghu can call me so affectionately."

"Is this a thumb monkey?" Empress Dowager Liu noticed Xiao Ji, who was tense in her cuffs. "In my memory, your mother and sister were always accompanied by a monkey."

"My aunt remembers correctly, Auntie is next to Xueji. If I insist, Xiaoji can only be regarded as Xueji's distant relative. After all, the monkey species of the two are different." "Liu Lu" replied.

As if recalling the past, the smile on Empress Dowager Liu's face became more and more obvious, "You and her really look alike."

"Liu Lu" just smiled faintly, avoiding the topic, "Auntie, it's your turn." She pointed at the chessboard.

"This chess game." Empress Liu's eyes stopped on the chessboard, "it's similar. You both learn from the same person, right?"

"...I don't know either," "Liu Lu" lowered her eyes, "When I was born, Elder Sister already..."

"Hey," Empress Dowager Liu sighed, "Heaven is jealous of talents. If she and Jin'er were still alive, the children should be as old as you."

"Aunt," "Liu Lu"'s expression changed, "Your words...don't dare to talk nonsense."

"Ah," Empress Dowager Liu suddenly realized, and quickly apologized, "Yes, it's Ai's old fool, I hope Lu'er won't take it to heart."

Putting down Bai Zi, after a long while, he said again, "Yanlan said that he would look for you. I didn't expect anything, but I didn't expect you to come. I know the medical skills of your mother and elder sister very well. Now that you are here, I have let go of more than half of the big rock in my heart."

"Liu Lu" didn't answer.

"That child Tong'er has a hard life. She hasn't had a good life yet... hey, she's just asking you."

"My nephew will do his best."

As soon as the voice of "Liu Lu" fell, I heard a piercing announcement from a long distance: "Your Majesty, the Empress has arrived—"

Then, not long after, He Kunju and Liu Yanlan came to the front of them with one left and one right. "See Queen Mother." Both of them bowed to Queen Mother Liu together.

At the same time, "Liu Lu" also left her seat, knelt on the ground and said, "Grassman Liu Lu sees Your Majesty and Empress."

"You are Liu Lu?" He Kunju broke away from Liu Yanlan's support, coughed dryly and staggered in front of "Liu Lu".

Her lips were purple, her breath was different in depth, and her legs and feet were inconvenient. Liu Yanxue could tell at a glance that this was a manifestation of a heart disease, and it was the kind that was so serious that it was terminally ill.After 20 years, it was the first time seeing my cousin again. The high-spirited prince had turned into an exhausted emperor.It is said that what you gain from the throne is power, but what you lose is love and life. This is true.Liu Yanxue sighed.

"Get up, cough, cough, cough."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." "Liu Lu" slowly stood up without looking up.

"You are the younger brother of the third sister-in-law, and you have medical skills comparable to hers, so would you like...to help me with my diagnosis?" He Kunju stretched out his arms in front of "Liu Lu".

"Your Majesty..." Both Empress Dowager Liu and Empress Liu wanted to speak out to stop them, but they were both pushed back by He Kunju's resolute attitude.

"Yes." Unlike the other two Lius, "Liu Lu" reached out and touched He Kunju's pulse without any shyness, "I've offended you."

The palace ladies, palace guards and guards not far away all left here at the same time, making the Royal Garden fall into uncle's silence, Empress Dowager Liu and Liu Yanlan seemed to be holding back their breath nervously.

After a while, "Liu Lu" frowned and withdrew her hand.

"How?" He Kunju asked.

"Liu Lu" lowered her head and did not answer.

Seeing this, He Kunju laughed instead, a little out of breath from the laugh, which frightened the two of the Liu family.I don't know how long it took, after he straightened out his breath, he narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "You must be different from the quack doctors in this palace who can only speak beautiful words. Tell me, how long is my time left?"

"..." "Liu Lu" knelt on the ground, but still didn't speak.

"Kneel so kneeling! Cough, cough, cough—" There was another series of dry coughs, "Just say it, I will forgive you for your innocence."

Auntie, you've put me in a big trouble.Xiaoji shook "Liu Lu"'s cuff, but was stuffed back by "Liu Lu" with a violent two-finger gesture.

"...If Your Majesty follows the doctor's advice, drink the medicine on time and according to the amount, avoid spicy food, avoid greasy food, avoid fatigue, avoid..."

"If you do exactly as you said, I won't have to go to court." He Kunju interrupted "Liu Lu", he raised five fingers, "Five years, I want you to protect me from death in these five years." Worry, maybe you can do it?"

"..."

"Three years?" It was replaced by three fingers.

"..."

"Two years?"

"...Caomin must do his best." "Liu Lu" bowed her head deeply.

"Ha, hahaha... happy." Who knows, after getting this ambiguous answer, He Kunju actually laughed again, "After being fooled by those scumbags in the Tai Hospital for so long, now, there is finally someone who tells the truth." Cough cough cough. Get up, do you intend to stay in the capital and get a part-time job in the imperial hospital?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Caomin..." "Liu Lu" couldn't finish.

"Forget it, don't rush to answer me, go and see the princess first." For some reason, He Kunju interrupted him.

. . .

Half an hour later, inside Yong'an Palace.

Zhao Lu finally saw Leng Tong.She had lost a lot of weight, and her arms and legs, which had been extraordinarily compact due to her martial arts practice, had also loosened. Her cheeks were so thin that it seemed that only a layer of skin was left, tightly wrapped around the bones.Looking at such cold pupils, Zhao Lu's heart ached.

"Liu Lu" let go of her pulse-diagnosing hand, turned Leng Tong who was lying face up, and checked the knife wound on her back.When she turned over, the feeling in her body told Zhao Lu that Leng Tong was lighter, much lighter.

Out of the principle that "men" and women are different, Empress Liu took the lead in making a small cut in the clothes on Leng Tong's back at the knife wound, so as to prevent "Liu Lu", who is a "man", from taking off his clothes when checking the injury. The embarrassment of not taking off your clothes.The wound on Leng Tong's back has been healed well, leaving only a small scar.But the problem was that the knife wound happened to be on the spine.In addition to the knife wound, there was also a bulging small bag on the back of her head, which was probably knocked when she fell off the cliff.After a lapse of more than a month, Liu Yanxue vaguely found the reason for Leng Tong's unconsciousness.

"Liu Lu" took out the needle bag that she carried with her, while Xiaoji jumped out from her cuff, holding the needles that were the length of her whole monkey familiarly, and handed them to "Liu Lu" one by one.When the needle was about to fall on the back of Leng Tong's neck, He Kunju behind him wanted to make a sound, but Empress Dowager Liu drove him out of the screen with the excuse that "a man and a woman cannot kiss each other".

"Liu Lu"'s needlework is very accurate and stable, while Xiaoji's cooperation is perfect.The two medical practitioners on the other side seemed calm and meticulous, but the mother and grandmother standing behind had their hearts in their throats.

I don't know how long this needle operation has been going on. I only know that the incense in the room outside the screen has been exchanged several times by the maids, and He Kunju at the door has already left because a minister asked to see him.

"Aniang, how are you doing?" After handing out the last needle, Zhao Lu who turned into Xiaoji finally couldn't help but speak. Fortunately, only the mother and daughter could hear the voice.

"It's hard to say, try using your spiritual power to go down the needle and see if you can find her consciousness." Liu Yanxue replied.

Zhao Lu did so.I saw the thumb monkey cleverly jumped to the outermost needle on the back of the neck, and hugged it tightly with both hands, almost screaming in fright the two of Liu who were watching the whole process.

The spiritual power slowly descended along the tip of the needle, like holding a torch, looking for someone who is still there in the dark world.

"A Tong?" She called softly, afraid that if the voice was too loud, people would be scared away, but she was afraid that if the voice was too low, people would not be able to hear it.

"A Tong?" The outgoing call brought only endless echoes.

"A Tong?" Zhao Lu panicked and frightened.

"A Tong! A Tong, where are you? You...wake up, I'm Chaolu, I'm here...I'm here to find you."

"A Tong, please, please answer me? I...I'm so scared. For more than a month, I've been afraid every day, every moment, that they won't be able to save you, that you'll be hurt. It's too heavy. It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I... I regret it, regret why I didn't pay more attention at that time? Regret why I didn't jump down? Even regret... Regret... I Why do you want to interfere with your...he...your father...I can't help but think, without me, you wouldn't be like this."

"A pupil..."

Patta, a tear flowed from the corner of "Liu Lu"'s eye at an angle that the Lius could not see. "Liu Lu" wiped the corners of her eyes in a daze, and looked at the thumb monkey tightly holding the silver needle with complicated eyes.

Liu Yanxue knows that for the past month or so, every day has been a torment for her daughter...

Even though she took the initiative to share the control of the body, the emotions of the owner of the body still overwhelmed Liu Yanxue's manipulation of it, and she couldn't control her daughter's tears.

At this moment, suddenly, in the world that was only black, a ray of light appeared.

"Chao... Lu?" The light flickered, "Is that you, Chao Lu?"

At the same time, the eyes that had never been opened since entering the palace revealed its beautiful pupils.

"Wake up!! Luer is awake!!"

"Go and tell Your Majesty, Luer is awake!!

"Your Highness is awake! Your Highness Princess Yongan is awake!!"

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