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Chapter 573 Empress Duan's flamboyance

Walking in, Mu Jiaojiao found that the tunnel had just been dug.The soil under his feet was still soft, and there was still a slight amount of water vapor oozing out from both sides.It's really creepy to walk in such a gloomy tunnel on a cold day.

The little lady was so frightened that she tightly grasped Mu Jiaojiao's hand.Mu Jiaojiao also firmly grasped her daughter's little hand in her palm. "Don't be afraid, Lian, Auntie is here!"

The little lady hummed a few times, but her body was still tight.

There was a man in black leading the way in front, and a man in black in the back. They walked in the tunnel for an unknown amount of time, and when Mu Jiaojiao felt that her legs were about to go limp, she finally saw a piece of light appearing in front of her.

"arrive!"

Hearing a loud shout suddenly, the man in black at the front walked up the steps that had been built earlier, followed by Mu Jiaojiao's mother and daughter, and then those people behind.

When there was solid and cold ground under his feet, Mu Jiaojiao looked around and realized that they were already outside Liangzhou city.

These people really have great perseverance, and I don't know how long it took, but they actually dug a tunnel directly from the outside of Liangzhou City to their mansion.It can be seen from this that they clearly premeditated this matter!Perhaps they had already dug before Cui Pu left!

When the mother and daughter entered the burrow, it was just past four o'clock, but when they came out again, the sky was already slightly bright.

And after everyone came out, the leader whistled, and immediately saw a group of people walking slowly from a distance.Among them, a carriage stopped in front of Mu Jiaojiao.

"Mrs. Cui, Miss Cui, please get in the car."

To this day, Mu Jiaojiao knew that they had no room for maneuver, so he didn't make unnecessary struggles, and directly took his daughter into the carriage.

The group of men in black also hurriedly changed their attire, got on their horses, surrounded Mu Jiaojiao's mother and daughter and headed north.

They dressed up as men and horses to escort the merchants' families back home, and with An Lushan's souvenirs, they gave the green light all the way, and arrived in Luoyang in just two months.

In these two months, it has gone from Tianbao's 14th year to Tianbao's 15th year.On this road, Mu Jiaojiao spent the first year of the Anshi Rebellion on the road, and also saw the displaced people along the way. She also heard that An Lushan led people to cross the Yellow River, burning, killing and looting all the way north, and now they have occupied the Luoyang, and proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang on the first day of the first lunar month.It's just that I couldn't bear the pain on my back during the salute, so I gave up halfway through the ceremony.Now Tang Jun is still occupying the natural danger of Tongguan, which makes them unable to go any further for the time being, so they continue to stay in Luoyang.

I don't know if it's because of the cold weather or because of traveling all the way, but Mu Jiaojiao's health is not getting better again.I can't eat every day, and I only drink a little hot water at most.When I was in the car, I was groggy, and once I got to the resting place, I fell down and couldn't get up.Seeing this, the little lady was terribly worried, and even clinging to Mu Jiaojiao's side all day long, holding her hand tightly with her small hands.

Until they entered Luoyang and entered the palace of Anlu Mountain, the hands of the mother and daughter were still tightly held together.

They went to see Mrs. Duan first.

After the An Lushan rebellion, the sage killed the Kang family and An Qingzong who were hostages in Chang'an.An Qingxu was able to escape, and now he has defected to Anlu Mountain.Kang's death is definitely a good thing for An Lushan's concubine, Duan.An Lushan really doted on her, and after he proclaimed himself emperor, he made her a queen.The Duan family also wanted to make An Qing'en, who was born by him, the crown prince, but was suppressed by An Lushan.

When Mu Jiaojiao entered the queen's bedroom, she saw Duan sitting on top dressed luxuriously, surrounded by countless court ladies and wives, with such a grand posture!
Mu Jiaojiao walked in slowly, and these people's eyes fell on her, all of them were mocking, and some people couldn't restrain their lips and smiled lowly.Although Duan didn't speak, his aloof attitude already explained everything.

However, Mu Jiaojiao walked in slowly as if he didn't see anything.Shi Shiran stopped when he reached the center of the hall.

"Bold! Where did the village women come from, and they don't know how to kneel and salute when they see the empress?" A female official immediately shouted.

Mu Jiaojiao raised his head: "Empress? My New Tang Dynasty has not established an empress for decades, where is the empress now?"

A group of women were so angry that their noses were crooked. "Bold village woman! Now you are standing on the land of my Great Yan Kingdom, and the queen of my Great Yan Kingdom is in front of you!"

"Dayan Kingdom? I've never heard of it." Mu Jiaojiao said indifferently.

The women around were about to go into a fit again, but Duan raised her hand shyly. "Okay, shut up."

A group of women hurriedly bowed obediently and stepped aside.

Mrs. Duan looked at Mu Jiaojiao again: "Mrs. Cui, I know that you still have some resentment in your heart, maybe you still hate me! But now that I have a lot of adults, I don't intend to argue with you anymore. Now, as long as you Ken knelt at my feet and kowtowed to me three times, and I will abandon the past and ignore the things you did in the past."

Mu Jiaojiao looked at her quietly, as if she didn't understand her words.

The women on both sides started booing one after another, saying something like, "The empress has a big heart, she doesn't care too much about you as a village woman, why don't you kneel down and thank the empress for her kindness?" "This village woman is really lucky, If it were someone else, she would definitely be beaten so hard that she would cry. How can we, Queen Duan, spare her? This is also the kindness of our Great Yan Dynasty." Yunyun, anyway, is doing his best He flattered Duan's and put pressure on Mu Jiaojiao by the way, forcing her to kneel down and admit defeat.

However, Mu Jiaojiao remained motionless, but looked coldly at Duan who was still putting on airs above him: "Didn't you invite me to treat your illness?"

Duan was stunned, and then said: "Don't worry, when you treat the saint well, the rewards that should be given to you will definitely be indispensable."

A benevolent countenance.

Mu Jiaojiao laughed. "Then what if I don't treat him?"

"How dare you!" Duan's complexion immediately darkened, and he set his eyes on the little lady who had been standing next to Mu Jiaojiao, with a vicious smile on his face, "If you don't treat the saint well, Sickness, I'll have someone scratch your little lady's face! If you can't cure the saint in one day, I'll leave a scar on her face in one day, and two scars in two days until you're cured so far"

"Aniang!" The little lady quickly got into Mu Jiaojiao's arms.

Duan smiled triumphantly.

Hearing this, Mu Jiaojiao just curled his lips slightly: "Then I won't treat him anymore."

The pride in Duan's eyes disappeared instantly, she slapped the table and stood up: "Say it again!"

"The sores on Anlu Mountain will definitely not be cured within a day or two. And just one knife can ruin the face of my little lady, so what's the difference if you add a few more knifes? It's a disfigurement anyway, more damage is less damage There is no difference at all." Mu Jiaojiao said indifferently.

Duan couldn't help gnashing his teeth. "Mr. Mu! Do you know who you are talking to now?"

Mu Jiaojiao rolled his eyelids. "Do you really want me to?"

"I..." Duan couldn't nod suddenly.She knew what Mu Jiaojiao would say, she would call herself Duan Shi, the concubine of the traitor An Lushan!It's not Queen Duan who is now being claimed by everyone.

Yes, based on her understanding of Mu Jiaojiao, this woman can call her that!
"Come on, pull this mother and daughter down for me, scratch their faces!" Suddenly, Duan was so angry that she yelled recklessly.

Obviously she has already become a queen, and this Mu Jiaojiao is just their prisoner, but why is she not afraid at all, but dare to take the initiative to choke with her?She saw that this woman was simply impatient!Don't show her how powerful she is, she still continues to be the young wife of the Cui family of Boling, the miraculous doctor's lady who is famous in the new Tang Dynasty!
She yelled, but the people below didn't move a bit.Even the women on the left and right were frightened.

Duan was very upset: "What are you all doing in a daze? Didn't you hear what I said?"

"Empress, Mrs. Cui was invited by the saint to treat him. Now the saint is still waiting for her to see the doctor. If you destroy them, what will happen to the saint's illness?" A weak voice came from next to it.As soon as Mu Jiaojiao heard it, she turned her head away and saw Jun Jun shrinking his head in a corner.

Accidentally meeting her eyes, Junjun trembled in fright, turned his head away hastily, and continued to lower his sense of existence.

When Duan heard this, she sneered: "My empress almost forgot, Mrs. Ruan, you and Mrs. Cui are old friends. Thinking about how many things Cui Jiedu envoy did for you, Mrs. Cui didn't know how much jealousy. Now that You miss the old love so much, stand up and speak for her yourself, and that empress will fulfill your desire to help her. Come here, drag Ruan Shi out, and give her twenty slaps!"

The maids moved this time and immediately took Jun Jun out.Soon, there was crackling applause outside the hall.

Execution inside the palace is no different than outside.When you slap someone, it is not with your hands, but with a special tool.Such a slap is even more painful than the usual three slaps.Now that twenty slaps are over, Junjun was dragged in by someone.At this time, she had long since lost her glamorous appearance just now. The originally exquisite clothes were covered with spots of blood, the corners of her mouth were torn on both sides, and her chin was even more covered with blood.

When being dragged forward, she coughed a few times, and then spit out a few teeth that had been knocked out.

Such a miserable scene fell into the eyes of everyone, and many ladies turned their heads away in fright.

Duan Shi above laughed. "Mrs. Cui, because of you, the Ruan family has come to this state, don't you feel sorry for her, and don't you want to help her quickly?"

But Mu Jiaojiao didn't even look at Junjun who was below him, and just said coldly: "Your trick of killing chickens and monkeys is useless to me."

Duan's smiling face froze again, and he was about to attack the little lady again.

But at this time, An Qingxu strode in: "Empress, have you had enough of showing off your might? Dad is still waiting for the miraculous doctor to treat him!"

Duan has never had a good impression of this Kang's son.Seeing him interrupting his good work, he lowered his face and said, "What's the hurry? Everyone has already arrived, and they will naturally be sent to the saint in a while."

"But Dad can't wait any longer, and ordered me to bring him over here." An Qingxu said coldly, and then said to Mu Jiaojiao, "Madam Cui, please follow me."

(End of this chapter)