The cooking color is delicious, general, don't bite me

Chapter 178

"There is still some time before the Queen Mother's birthday. Is it too early to dedicate it to the Queen Mother now? What will I give as a birthday gift then?" Qi Youming hesitated.

"Father, if the queen mother celebrates her birthday, if she receives a birthday gift that suits her heart, she will definitely reward the person who gave the gift, but there will definitely be many people who will send rare treasures on that day." Qi Lin's meaning is very clear. The more people there are, the less rewards there will be.

This is also the reason why Qi Lin planned to dedicate the ancient scriptures to the queen mother in private at first.

Qi Youming also thought it made sense when Qi Lin said this, but he was afraid that if he rashly dedicated the ancient scriptures to the Queen Mother, he would be made a big fuss by those with intentions. After all, everyone is scolding him right now, so he must be cautious in his words and deeds.

After much deliberation, he felt that it would be more appropriate for Qi Lin to present the ancient scriptures. Qi Lin is young, so even if it spreads, it won't make people think too much.

"That's up to you to enter the palace to offer the scriptures. However, it is difficult for foreign ministers to enter the harem, so you have to take care of it." When Qi Youming mentioned management, he felt pain again.

But when Qi Lin heard that he was going to offer the ancient scriptures, his eyes lit up, and he thought that he could snatch some of the rewards at that time, if there was not enough to pay off the debt, and let his father raise the rest.

If the father and son knew that the Fang family was secretly engaged in counterfeiting money, they would definitely not think of relying on the Queen Mother's reward to pay off the debt.

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Qi Youming tried his best to clear up the relationship, and wanted to give Qi Lin a chance to meet the Queen Mother, but because Qi Lin has no official position, and is only the child of his stepmother, he has no right to meet the Queen Mother at all.

Helpless, Qi Youming still decided to present ancient scriptures with Qi Lin.

At this time, Qi Youming and his son were in the side hall of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, nervously waiting for the Empress Dowager to summon them.

After a long time, someone brought them to the Empress Dowager, and they took out the ancient scriptures after saluting with the Empress Dowager.

"Empress Dowager, I know that you have always loved Buddhism, so I have spent all my energy to find this ancient scripture..."

Then, Qi Youming praised the ancient scriptures and said a lot of flattering words to the Queen Mother.

Qi Lin at the side was furious, so it was!It was obvious that he spent a lot of effort to buy the ancient scriptures, but Qi Youming took all the credit, and he became a foil.

"Bring it up!" The Empress Dowager said calmly after listening to Qi Youming finish talking a lot of nonsense.

As soon as she finished speaking, someone from the palace immediately brought the ancient scriptures placed in front of her on a gold tray and covered with red silk.

The maid beside the queen mother lifted the red silk cloth, and a scripture book with a yellowed cover and some tattered edges appeared in front of the queen mother.

Her face changed slightly, and she picked up the ancient scriptures without saying a word, flipped through them for a while, and after a while, she suddenly raised her head, her face full of anger.

Qi Youming and Qi Lin were still eagerly waiting for the Queen Mother's praise and reward.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager was furious in vain and shouted: "Come on! Take down Prince Ding'an and his son!"

"Ah?" Qi Youming was stunned, he couldn't figure out why the queen mother suddenly became angry and wanted to take down their father and son.

"Empress Dowager, I don't know what I did wrong, which offended you, please tell me clearly!" Qi Youming said anxiously.

"King Ding'an, you are so courageous! How dare you steal the scriptures from Ai's family and present them to Ai's family." The Empress Dowager was as frosty, obviously extremely angry.

What?The ancient scriptures originally belonged to the queen mother?Or did they steal it?Qi Youming and his son were overwhelmed by the Queen Mother's words.

"Hmph! Don't think that if you pretend you don't know anything, Aijia will believe you are innocent." The queen mother laughed angrily, and slapped the table heavily.

Seeing that Qi Youming and his son were still confused, the queen mother said: "Some time ago, someone sneaked into the bedroom of the Ai family and stole the ancient scriptures that the Ai family had obtained so hard. The Ai family ordered people to search for it for a long time but failed. You stole it, you stole it, and you dare to dedicate it to the Ai family, are you really stupid, or do you think the Ai family is easy to fool?"

The Empress Dowager's bedroom was infiltrated by thieves, and things were stolen, and she escaped smoothly, which is definitely not a glorious thing.

Therefore, this matter has been suppressed and has not been made public, and the traces of the thieves are still being searched. Many people do not know about this matter.

The Empress Dowager originally did not want to meet Qi Youming and his son, but she agreed to meet them only when she heard that they had acquired an invaluable ancient scripture and wanted to dedicate it to her.

She wanted to make sure that the ancient scripture in their hands was the one she had stolen.When I saw it now, it was exactly the same as the scriptures she had stolen.

"No, no, Empress Dowager, you must be mistaken. This ancient scripture was bought by Gouzi from an eminent monk. It is really not the one that was stolen by you." Qi Youming was so anxious that he never thought of it. I became a thief out of nowhere.

"What eminent monk? If that's the case, tell me, what is the name of that eminent monk, and how did he get this ancient scripture?" The Queen Mother asked with a sneer.

Qi Youming hurriedly looked at Qi Lin, and urged, "Lin'er, tell the empress dowager quickly!"

Qi Lin was in trouble, and thought for a while before saying, "Father, Master Kong Yuan sold it to me."

Master Kongyuan is the uncle of Jingguo Temple who presides over Yuanjing. He is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao.There are countless people who want to see his face, but very few people can see his face.

As soon as Qi Lin's words came out, the Queen Mother was even more furious, especially the word "sell" in Qi Lin's mouth, in her opinion, was an insult to Master Kong Yuan.

"It's nonsense! Ignorant people, dare to slander Master Kong Yuan? Don't say that Master Kong Yuan's whereabouts are uncertain. Besides, he is an eminent monk. How could he steal Ai's ancient scriptures and resell them to you?"

Anyone who loves Buddhism respects Master Kong Yuan, even the Queen Mother is no exception, so it is natural that no one can disrespect him.

"Empress Dowager, I'm telling the truth! That master really called himself Master Kongyuan." Qi Lin was really frightened, and actually called himself me in front of the Queen Mother.

He also guessed that he might meet the fake Master Kongyuan and be deceived.

The queen mother saw that Qi Lin was still dead and refused to admit it, so she said coldly: "This ancient scripture from the Ai family is a gift from Master Yuanjing!"

The implication is that Master Yuanjing gave her ancient scriptures as a gift, how could Master Kong Yuan, who is an uncle, steal them back?
In short, it is impossible for anyone to believe Qi Lin's clumsy 'lie'.

"Impossible, impossible, could it be that I was deceived?" Qi Linlian shook his head, refusing to believe the fact that he had been deceived.

How could Qi Youming fail to see that Qi Lin was deceived?Although he loves Qi Lin, but at this juncture, he must protect himself first.

He weighed it in his heart and decided to push Qi Lin out to ward off the crime. As soon as he thought about it, he pretended to hate iron and steel, pointed at Qi Lin and scolded: "You idiot, you met a liar. It’s gone! How come you can’t even see through the scammer’s tricks?”

After finishing speaking, Qi Youming hurriedly pleaded guilty to the Queen Mother, "Please forgive me, the Queen Mother. It is the humble minister who did not control the dog well, which caused him to be ignorant and deceived by thieves."

Qi Lin's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his father's few words, so he wanted to put the blame on him.

"Father, how could you--" Qi Lin was so angry that he was about to speak when he was interrupted by Qi Youming.

"Idiot! Hurry up and apologize to the empress dowager, maybe the empress dowager will forgive you this time because of your ignorance." As he said, Qi Youming secretly winked at Qi Lin.

Qi Lin was dumb, unable to speak for a long time, he never thought that his father would use his shameless side on him.

The Empress Dowager looked at their father and son coldly. How could Qi Youming's carelessness escape her eyes?

"King Ding'an, if you don't know the origin of the ancient scriptures, why would you dedicate them to the Ai family along with Qi Lin?" The queen mother is an extremely shrewd person, so she can see that Qi Lin has indeed been deceived.

It's just that she had heard about Qi Youming's actions during this period, and knew that even though she had already decreed a marriage for Qi Xuan and Meng Fuling, he still chose another marriage for Qi Xuan behind her back.

The Empress Dowager thought that Qi Youming's behavior was a slap in the face to her, and she was thinking of teaching him a lesson, so he presented the opportunity to her, and she naturally wanted to make good use of the present opportunity.

"Empress Dowager, I have been wronged! I don't know that Lin'er was deceived by someone, so I bought this ancient scripture, and I don't know that you lost the ancient scripture." Qi Youming yelled, wanting to pluck himself out of the words. come out.

Qi Lin was not much better, he kept shouting for grievances, and the queen mother was tired of hearing it, "Enough! Whether you are wronged or not, we will find out after investigation. Before that, you should go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice first."

Qi Youming's heart sank when he heard that the Ministry of Criminal Justice was in prison. The crime of stealing the Queen Mother's things can be big or small, and it all depends on how the Queen Mother handles it.

They were obviously deceived, but the Empress Dowager ignored Qi Youming's identity and directly ordered their father and son to be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Empress Dowager did it on purpose.

Generally, one enters the Ministry of Punishment, and after being judged by the Ministry of Punishment, one will be sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for review, and then sent to Dali Temple.

sky!Qi Youming couldn't imagine the imprison he was about to face, he was a prince!
If it was reported that he and Qi Lin were thrown into prison for stealing the Queen Mother's belongings, not to mention whether the throne would be guaranteed or not, it would be that his old face would be completely humiliated and it would be difficult for him to hold his head up.

"Empress Dowager, my humble minister—" Qi Youming wanted to speak up to defend himself, but he was detained by the imperial guards who obeyed the order to come in.

After the father and son were both detained, Madam Deng couldn't help asking: "Madam, King Ding'an is a prince after all. Is it wrong to do this?"

She is an old man who has served the Empress Dowager for decades, and she has won the trust of the Empress Dowager, so she dared to ask the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager had already shed the chill on her face, and said with a smile: "King Ding'an has no achievements, is ignorant and useless, and treats Qi Xuan like that. The emperor has long wanted to deal with him and sell Qi Xuan a favor. However, Qi Xuan has never made a clear decision. Said that the emperor has not acted for a long time."

She thought that she was helping the emperor win Qi Xuan's heart, but she didn't know that the emperor had already obtained the evidence of Fang's fraudulent silver handed over by Qi Xuan, and it would be a matter of time to deal with Qi Youming.

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Prison
Every ten feet on the bluestone wall, a torch was inserted, and the light of the fire jumped up and down, making the surroundings even more gloomy.

A few jailers gathered around a wooden table and were throwing dice for money, shouting loudly from time to time, making the winners laugh out loud and the losers scolding their mothers.

Walking along the passage, there are cells separated by thick iron bars. In each cell, there are a few prisoners with dirty faces and ragged clothes.

Some were in a daze, some looked desperate, in short, they had different expressions.

As for Qi Youming and his son, they were locked in the penultimate cell. Because of their special status, they were lucky enough to be assigned a single cell.

In the eyes of other prisoners, they were given preferential treatment, but the two kept arguing.

Qi Lin's hair was in a disheveled bun and his clothes were dirty. He lay on the edge of the iron fence and shouted loudly, "I'm wronged. I didn't steal the ancient scriptures. I paid 20 taels of silver to buy them back! I'm really sorry!" How wronged!"

Qi Youming dedicated the ancient scriptures to the queen mother, and it was fine if he didn't get a reward, and he became a prisoner, and he was even more unwilling.

He also screamed: "This king is the prince, and the famous General Qi is the son of this king. Which one of you will send a message for this king, and let General Qi come to save this king?"

The father and son seemed to be competing for the louder voice, and finally annoyed a jailer who always lost money.

"Shut up! Howling for what? Howling again, I don't care who you are, I'll kill you anyway!" the jailer angrily yelled.

Another jailer spat on the ground and said, "This bullshit King Ding'an is so shameless that he has the nerve to mention General Qi."

Qi Youming forced Qi Xuan to collect 30 taels of silver, no one knew about it, and these jail guards also knew that if there were no clear instructions from above, they would all want to beat him up.

"I heard that he seems to have committed some serious and serious crime. Even if he is ordered to leave, he will not be a prince. Why not—" one of the jailers said, thinking that Qi Youming's downfall is nothing to be afraid of.

Although he didn't finish his sentence, the other jailers understood what he meant.

"Tch, teach this old bastard a lesson, why do we need to do it?" The jailer who lost the money rolled his eyes and had an idea.

After finishing speaking, he unlocked the front cell and led out the tallest man inside. I don't know what he said to the man, so he put the man in the cell where Qi Youming and his son were.

Qi Youming and his son didn't know, so Qi Lin pointed at the jailer and cursed angrily: "You bastards of power, you don't go out to scan and listen. Who is this young master? General Qi is my eldest brother."

Qi Lin knew that Qi Youming was unreliable, so at this moment, he brought out Qi Xuan, hoping that Qi Xuan could rescue him.

The jailer just smiled strangely and ignored Qi Lin. After letting the big man in, he locked the door again.

Qi Youming felt something was wrong, so he pulled Qi Lin, "Idiot! Shut up!"

The jailer spat heavily on Qi Lin, "I want to wait for General Qi to come to rescue you and make your mother's dream come true!"

"You are so brave, how dare--" Qi Lin was half dead with anger, and if he wanted to say anything, the big man swung his fist at him.

Looking at the speed of that big man's punching, one can tell that it is a Lianjiazi who is not bad at martial arts. As soon as he made a move, he beat Qi Youming and his son to death, and there were endless screams.

Qi Lin knew some fists and kicks, but when he met this big man, he had no chance to use them.

Qi Youming was even more miserable. Anyway, the father and son were in pain everywhere, and being stripped of their luxurious clothes, life was worse than death.

On the second day, the yamen servants who did odd jobs brought a few large buckets of food that were so dark that they could not see what they were, and that gave off an unpleasant smell.

The big man who was locked up with Qi Youming and his son took up all the food in this cell, and gave nothing to them.

While eating proudly, he waved his fists at Qi Youming and his son, who were bruised and swollen from time to time, frightening them so close together that they didn't dare to say a word of complaint.

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Qi Xuan knew the situation of Qi Youming and his son in prison very clearly, and he couldn't feel any disturbance in his heart.

After all, he planned all this, so he knew what would happen to them.

"Gourd, what are you thinking?" Meng Fuling came in with a plate of freshly made snacks, seeing Qi Xuan's expression was a little dazed, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

"It's nothing, what delicious food did you get?" Qi Xuan walked towards Meng Fuling and took her into his arms.

"Osmanthus fragrans rolls, try it." Meng Fuling said as she pinched a piece and brought it to his lips.

Qi Xuan smiled brightly, opened his mouth, the pastry was not big, he not only ate the whole piece in his mouth, but also took her light white fingers in his mouth.

"It's broad daylight, don't make trouble!" Meng Fuling blamed, unable to draw her finger.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if people see it." Qi Xuan opened his mouth, but he didn't care.

Meng Fuling hadn't spoken yet, but a very unpleasant voice sounded outside the window: "I said, it's very lively outside, and you still have the intention to make out."

Qi Xuanjun's face sank, he turned his head and looked towards the window, at this moment a head poked out from the window, followed by a handsome face.

"What are you doing breaking into this general's mansion again?" Qi Xuan became angry when he saw Luo Yunhao.

When this guy heard that he and Meng Fuling were about to get married, he broke into the mansion from time to time and dangled in front of Meng Fuling.

Although Qi Xuan stepped up his guard, Luo Yunhao didn't know what method he used to sneak in without anyone noticing.

If he hadn't known that Luo Yunhao had no malicious intentions, Qi Xuan would have ordered people to surround and beat him long ago, how could he have shot him himself?However, every time they fight, no one can please, because their martial arts are comparable.

"What did you just say? What excitement?" Meng Fuling asked, she only noticed Luo Yunhao's words.

"Fu Ling, don't worry! Someone will come to report, I'd better talk about other things first." Luo Yunhao said with a smile, deliberately changing the subject in order to whet Meng Fuling's appetite.

"What can you do?" Meng Fuling smiled. When Luo Yunhao came, didn't he mean that he had something important to do?In the end, it was deliberately fooling people.

"Fu Ling, I'm serious this time. Wasn't it my mother's birthday yesterday?" Luo Yunhao jumped in from the window, the smile faded from his face, and his expression became serious.

Both Meng Fuling and Qi Xuan rarely saw Luo Yunhao like this, and they also became serious.

"And then?" Meng Fuling knew that the mother Luo Yunhao was referring to was his own mother.

Yesterday he deliberately tore off the human skin mask to restore his identity, pretending that he had just rushed back from another place to attend his mother's birthday banquet.

Did he find something wrong?Meng Fuling looked at him suspiciously.

"My niece came to me in private and told me how you hurt her, and asked me to kill you to avenge her." Luo Yunhao frowned.

"Then you don't really want to kill me to avenge your niece, do you?" Meng Fuling smiled bluntly, but she didn't expect Luo Yao to let Luo Yunhao kill her.

She thought that Luo Yao didn't know that Luo Yunhao knew her, so she let Luo Yunhao kill her, Qi Xuan and Luo Yunhao also thought so.

Little did they know that the current Luo Yao was a counterfeit, knowing that Luo Yunhao and Meng Fuling knew each other, so she deliberately instigated him to kill Meng Fuling.

"What are you talking about? Even if I kill someone, I can't kill you." Luo Yunhao blurted out.

He deliberately ignored Qi Xuan's cold eyes, and continued: "However, I think there is something wrong with her."

It turned out that Luo Yunhao didn't feel much at first, he was chatting with Luo Yao, and he casually mentioned an embarrassing incident when she was a child, but she didn't seem to remember anything.

Because Luo Yunhao was not a few years older than Luo Yao's brothers and sisters, when they were young, their uncles and nephews often played together, and there were some things that only they knew.

For example, Luo Yao should be deeply impressed by the incident Luo Yunhao mentioned, and it is impossible to forget it.Therefore, he became suspicious because of this, and secretly tested it again.

After Meng Fuling heard this, she couldn't help but frowned, "You mean, this Luo Yao is very likely to be a fake?"

Luo Yunhao nodded solemnly, "I came today to remind you to be careful in everything."

"Well, then she didn't realize that you've been pretending to be Shang Qiyan?" Meng Fuling nodded and asked again.

"Of course not." Luo Yunhao answered confidently and with certainty.

Then he said that he would go to find out the whereabouts of the real Luo Yao, and he might not have time to come to the general's mansion recently.

Qi Xuan wished that Luo Yunhao would not come, but Meng Fuling hesitated to speak.

She actually wanted to say that if the current Luo Yao was fake, then the real Luo Yao must have been killed, but thinking of the relationship between Luo Yunhao and Luo Yao, she didn't say it out loud.

Luo Yunhao seemed to have guessed what Meng Fuling was thinking, smiled and didn't ask any further questions, only said a few words of concern, then jumped out of the window and left.

As soon as he left, Lu Zhao rushed over, "General, Miss Qi San is here."

Miss Qi San, isn't it Qi Yu? If Lu Zhao didn't mention it, Meng Fuling almost forgot about this character.

She thought of the excitement Luo Yunhao said, combined with the anxious look on Lu Zhao's face, her heart tightened, "What is she here for?"

"Ma'am, she took the concubine's children from Prince Ding'an's mansion, knelt outside the gate, and begged the general to let King Ding'an and her second brother go together."

With Qi Yu and others acting like this, those who don't know may think that the imprisonment of Qi Youming and his son was caused by Qi Xuan, and this is why Lu Zhao is anxious.

"You stay here, I'll meet them when I go out." Meng Fuling knew that this matter was no small matter, so she couldn't just drive Qi Yu and the others out.

They are all things that can't be put on the stage, and most of them are women. Meng Fuling doesn't want Qi Xuan to lose her status. It is most appropriate for her to deal with these people.

She was about to go out, but Qi Xuan took her hand, "I am your husband, how can you protect me from the wind and rain?"

Meng Fuling smiled, and pulled out her hand, "I can't just hide behind you, besides, these people have nothing to fear."

After she finished speaking, she took Wuxin and walked out. When she walked out of the house and saw the scene outside, her anger burned.

Qi Yu and nearly ten young men and women kowtowed and begged Qi Xuan to hold his hand high while letting Qi Youming and Qi Lin go, looking like they were in mourning.

Outside, there were many spectators around, all pointing and talking about them.

"Brother, please let daddy and second brother go, they know they are wrong, they are your relatives anyway, you can't be too heartless..." Qi Yu raised his head and saw Meng Fuling coming out, howling harder and louder up.

The sneer on Meng Fuling's lips was even worse, I haven't seen it for a long time, this Qi Yu's IQ has grown, he actually knew how to trap Qi Xuan in injustice, and wanted to use this to force Qi Xuan to come forward to save Qi Youming and the others.

She didn't speak immediately, but just looked at these people coldly.

Qi Yu was sympathetic to the blogger, so he kowtowed very hard, and now his head is broken, and his throat is almost hoarse, and Meng Fuling doesn't seem to have any intention to speak, so he suddenly became anxious.

She knew that Meng Fuling must have done it on purpose, and she vomited to death, so she gritted her teeth, knelt down and crawled towards Meng Fuling.

"Sister-in-law, please be merciful and ask elder brother to come out to see us? Please..." Qi Yu hugged Meng Fuling's feet and begged bitterly.

Meng Fuling smiled coldly, without saying a word, stepped forward unintentionally, and kicked Qi Yu away.

Inadvertently considering that he was still at the door, he didn't use much effort.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yu covered his heart, with a painful expression on his face, and said intermittently: "Sister-in-law, I know that I was ignorant before, so I offended you. If hitting me can make you vent your anger, you can hit me. I just ask you to let the eldest brother save father and second brother."

Qi Yu's tone sounded too bleak, and the onlookers thought they were deliberately trying to damage Qi Xuan's reputation, but seeing Qi Yu like this, they were a little shaken.

Among them was a foreigner who had just entered Beijing and happened to be passing by. He didn't understand why, and said loudly: "This girl kowtowed to make up for it, how can you beat someone?"

Meng Fuling looked up at the man, ignored him, but squatted down, looked at Qi Yu, and said with a sarcasm: "The acting skills have improved a lot, but—"

She said, paused for a moment, and Fang continued: "I will let you know how ridiculous your actions are today!"

(End of this chapter)