Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 157
Chu Ci hadn't used this set of tools for a long time, and he was a bit unfamiliar with it. It would be an hour after repairing Emperor Jingming's body.On the other side, Meng Jing also finished explaining the confession to Li Zhong, and returned to the inner hall again.

"My lord, come and have a look..." Chu Ci straightened up and waved at Meng Jing.

Hearing Chuci's greeting, Meng Jing followed her guidance and looked at Emperor Jingming's exposed chest. Sure enough, there were no traces of sword wounds, only a few festering sores lying there.

"Not bad!" Meng Jing nodded at Chu Ci, "You did a good job."

Seeing that Meng Jing was satisfied, Chu Ci also breathed a sigh of relief. She began to pack up the tools at hand, and when she was done, she handed them to Zhe Xia and said, "Send the things back!"

Zhexia answered yes, picked up the toolbox and walked out, leaving the Qianyuan Hall without a sound.

After everything was tidied up, Meng Jing raised his voice and called out again, after a while, Li Zhong walked in from the outside.

Meng Jing glanced at him, with a sullen face, and said coldly, "The emperor hasn't waited until the fever subsides, and the funeral is coming!"

Li Zhong looked up at Meng Jing, and the next moment, he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Emperor Jing Ming who was on the bed.Even though he had been mentally prepared long ago, at this moment, when he called out the words "The emperor's funeral", his voice still trembled uncontrollably...

In less than half an hour, news of Emperor Jingming's death spread throughout the palace.

Fanghua Hall, when the imperial concubine heard the news from Aju, she was still a little unbelievable for a while, she widened her eyes, looked at the maid in shock, and asked, "You, what are you talking about, the emperor... How is the emperor?" ?”

"Niang Niang, the emperor's funeral, the emperor's funeral!" Ah Ju repeated twice excitedly, with a gleam of joy in his eyes.

"The emperor's funeral..." The imperial concubine finally heard the words of the people around her clearly, the corners of her icy lips slowly and uncontrollably raised, and she murmured, "He's dead, he's finally dead! "

"Yes, empress, he is finally dead!" Ah Ju said in a low voice.After a while, she approached the imperial concubine as if she was thinking of something, and said, "By the way, my lady, I also heard something about it. I hope you are saved!"

"Really?" For the imperial concubine, this news had a greater impact than the death of Emperor Jing Ming. When she got excited, she sat up directly from the phoenix seat, stared at Ah Ju for a moment and said, "Ah Orange, what you said is true?"

"Of course it's true, the slaves dare not lie to the empress!"

Ah Ju said.

When the imperial concubine heard the news, she couldn't wait any longer. She glanced at Ah Ju, and hurriedly ordered, "Please wait for me to change clothes, I'm going to Qianyuan Hall!"

"Yes, empress!" Aju drooped her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and with some secret thoughts, she helped the imperial concubine to walk towards the inner room.

When the imperial concubine changed her clothes and rushed to the Qianyuan Hall, the Prince of the East Palace, Meng Yu, also arrived, kneeling upright in front of Emperor Jingming's dragon bed.Beside him are Meng Jing and Chu Ci.

"The empress is here..." Li Zhong was the first to see the imperial concubine, he called out hastily, after a moment of contemplation, he said "sorry".

The imperial concubine nodded and knelt down beside Meng Yu.

Seeing the imperial concubine kneeling down, Chu Ci couldn't help but raised his head and glanced at her, only to see that her exposed skin was as smooth as jade, without any sign of rash, and he didn't know if it was not infected at all, or she was blessed by nature , late onset.

But thanks to Emperor Jingming's "protection", the penicillin injection she purified was originally for Emperor Jingming alone, but now it can only be cheaper for her!

Thinking of this, Chu Ci's mouth twitched slightly.

She knelt for another half an hour before the ministers of the court came into the palace one after another.

Since Emperor Jingming had been on the throne for more than ten years, his mausoleum and all funeral expenses were prepared in advance.

After the minister entered the palace, Meng Jing took Meng Yu to the outer hall to receive him, and the inner hall was handed over to the imperial concubine.

Although the imperial concubine hated Emperor Jingming terribly in her heart, she didn't show it at all on the surface. According to the emperor's funeral regulations, she led the palace servants to wash and dress Emperor Jingming in an orderly manner, and put on pajamas...

After doing all this, she noticed Chu Ci next to her.

Because she still has something to ask for, she treated Chu Ci very politely, "The concubine Shizi can't help here, and it's useless to endure it. Why don't I send someone to send the concubine back. You stay in the palace. One day, I should go back to freshen up."

"That's good!" Chu Ci had no objection to this point, she gently blessed the imperial concubine's lower body and said, "Then I will have to thank you!"

"A Cheng, send the Crown Princess out of the palace for me!" The imperial concubine bent her lips reluctantly, and said to another big palace lady beside her.

Ah Cheng hurriedly bowed in response, and walked out with Chu Ci instead.

Outside, Zhexia had already left and returned, waiting under the terrace.

Seeing Zhexia's figure, Chu Ci thought for a while, stopped, and said to Ah Cheng with a smile, "It's fine for the girl to send me here, and the imperial concubine has a lot of errands to do, you'd better go back and help her." !"

Ah Cheng had sharp eyes, followed Chu Ci's gaze, and saw Zhe Xia waiting under the terrace, immediately saluted respectfully, then stopped, watched Chu Ci walk down the terrace, and left with Zhe Xia.

On the way out of the palace, Chuci ran into Dingnanhou who hurried into the palace again.

Marquis Dingnan stopped in front of her, cupped his hands, frowned suspiciously and asked, "Is the concubine Shizi going out of the palace?"

Chu Ci glanced at him uncomfortably, nodded and said, "I'm going out of the palace... I won't delay Lord Marquis's time!" Then, she kissed Dingnan Marquis Fu, bypassed him and continued to Walk outside the palace.

Dingnan Hou watched Chu Ci leave in a hurry, with a look of disappointment on his face, but soon, he put aside this emotion and continued to walk in the direction of Qianyuan Hall.

After Chu Ci left the palace, he went back directly to the Chu residence by car.

What she didn't expect was to see Yuan Han in the Chu residence.

"Master, why are you back?" She walked forward three steps at a time and asked with a smile.

There was a bit of confusion between Yuan Han's eyebrows. He didn't answer Chu Ci's words, but looked at her and asked, "Listen to the prince, do you feel that old thief is bald in your hands?"

Chu Ci subconsciously nodded, "It's in my hands. Is there something Master can do to find him?"

Yuan Han heaved a sigh of relief, "Since it's in your hands, I'm relieved." After a pause, he continued, "Actually, I've thought a lot during this time. Before, I always regarded Master's legacy as my standard, and I always wanted to take revenge with my own hands. That's why I wasted all these years...but these days, I always feel that my life is not long, and I don't want to wait any longer for some things. I want to kill Jueming myself. There is...revenge!"

"Master, what do you mean, are you determined to ignore your master's legacy?" Chu Ci asked in surprise.

Yuan Han nodded, stroked his beard again, and said, "People are alive, and they should be happy with their grievances. If you have revenge, if you have grievances, if you are too rigid, you might as well die clean and happy!"

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci nodded lightly, "Master, it's good to be able to figure this out, but the situation has changed now..." As she spoke, she told the current emperor's funeral things said again.

After finishing speaking, he said again, "I once saved the Prince of the Eastern Palace, Meng Yu, and he owes me a favor. If Master is willing to wait for a while, I will definitely have a way to get the imperial court to expel Jueming from Chengtian Temple. In this way, Master You don’t have to go against your master’s will!”

"No need!" Yuan Han glanced at Chu Ci, and refused without hesitation, "I told you, I've already figured it out, Master's legacy is nothing to me anymore!"

"Really... isn't it nothing?" Chu Ci was a little skeptical. It was a legacy he had kept for more than [-] years. Could it be so easy to ignore it.

Yuan Han sighed, "Really, it's really nothing! I think, if the master knew my situation today, he would definitely be willing to watch me kill my enemy, but if he didn't want to, it could only mean that he He is not worthy to be my master, so I will sever my friendship with him!"

Chu Ci looked at Yuan Han's calm expression, but couldn't help asking, "How did Master figure this out?"

Yuan Han heard her question, looked up at her, and after a long silence, sighed, "Okay, I'll tell you the truth, I didn't comprehend these things myself, but I learned from... A suggestion from that boy Jing."

"So that's how it is!" Chu Ci's heart finally brightened, and then he looked at Yuan Han with a smile and said, "Jueming is locked in a dark prison outside the city, so I'll send someone to follow Master?"

Yuan Han took a deep look at her, "Well, as soon as possible!"

Chu Ci nodded without any hesitation, and directly ordered several Azure Dragon Guards to escort Yuan Han to the dark prison outside the city.

But what she didn't expect was that at night, Qinglongwei came back, but Yuan Han didn't come back.

Asked about Qinglongwei, Qinglongwei only said that after Yuan Han arrived in the dark prison, he severed Jueming's limbs and gave him a life-threatening drug. Jueming, who was put into the jar, left.

After listening to Chu Ci, she felt very embarrassed. After more than 80 years, Yuan Han still can't forget that woman back then.

The hometown he is talking about now should be the place where the woman's bones are buried!
It doesn't matter, let him go, it can be regarded as the master-student relationship during this period of time.

A good night's sleep.

On the second day, she got up at dawn. She originally wanted to ask about the rules she had to abide by when Emperor Zhejin passed away, but before she had time to ask, Meng Jing's hidden guards came over, saying that Meng Jing was ready. In addition to her sick leave, there is no need to enter the palace during the national mourning period.

After listening to Chu Ci, he was relieved as well as relieved.

For a person like Emperor Jing Ming, she really didn't want to wear white, kneel down, and keep his filial piety for him.

However, because of this sick leave, it's not convenient for her to go out.For a long time to come, he could only stay in the Chu Residence...accompanying the two babies, taking care of Huang Liangmeng, and continuing to study and purify penicillin.

When Huang Liangmeng recovered from his illness and was sent away, it was almost time for Emperor Jingming to seal his coffin and bury him.

In the pharmacy, Huang Liangmeng knelt in front of Chu Ci, grateful but reluctant to say, "Ah Yan has nothing to repay the great kindness that the concubine has given to A Yan. She can only wait for the next life to be a cow and a horse for the concubine!"

Chu Ci stepped forward, helped her up, patted her hand, and said, "Silly girl, what do I want you to do like a cow and a horse, if you live a good life in the future and take good care of yourself, you will be worthy of me!"

"Shizifei..." Two lines of grateful tears flowed down the corners of Huang Liangmeng's eyes. She finally couldn't help it, knelt down, and kowtowed three times to Chuci, the kind that no matter what Chuci could do to stop it, she couldn't stop it. .

After kowtowing, she left Chu Ci the address of the relative she was planning to defect to, and then walked away...

Chu Ci sent her to the gate of Chu Residence, and watched her get into the carriage.After the carriage drove out of the alley, he turned and went back to the house.

"Girl, girl!"

Xie Ci was in the middle, and just as Chu Ci sat down and picked up Xin'er, Aunt Wu's excited voice came in from outside.

Chu Ci couldn't help raising his eyebrows and looking out, raised his voice and asked in doubt, "Aunt Wu, what's wrong?"

Outside, before Aunt Wu could speak, there was a familiar sound of footsteps in the room. Then, the curtain of the dormitory was lifted, and a face that made Chu Ci miss him flashed in, striding towards Chu Ci.

Looking at the familiar face and smelling the familiar incense on his body, Chu Ci was stunned, and even suspected that he was dazzled.

Yun Niang, who was accompanying her, was also a little dazed, but she reacted quickly, called "Young Master", subconsciously took Xin'er from Chu Ci's arms, and winked at Qing Miao next to her, Qing Miao understood, and quickly picked up Xiao Er, and the two walked out one after the other...

After being interrupted by the two of them, Chu Ci finally came back to her senses, she stood up from Luohan's bed, and rushed towards King Lu Xiaojun who was not far away.

King Lu Xiaojun frowned, opened his arms, wrapped his beloved in his arms, and whispered hoarsely in her ear, "Lady, I'm back!"

Chu Ci tightly hugged his waist, unable to speak for a long time, his eyes were very red.

The couple who had reunited after a long time hugged each other like this, and it was not until a long time later that Chu Ci let go of him, and asked with a weak cry, "Why didn't you write a letter and came back all of a sudden?"

Listening to Chu Ci's questioning and complaining, King Lu Xiaojun showed a doting smile on his weather-beaten face, "Didn't my husband want to give you a surprise!"

"I'm not happy, but I'm surprised!" Chu Ci shot him a look, and still blamed him for not giving him a chance to pick him up.

Hearing what she said, King Lu Xiaojun smiled even deeper in his eyes. He lowered his head slightly, pecked at the corner of her lips, and coaxed in a low voice, "Is there really only surprise, not joy?"

Chu Ci's eyes were red again, and he hugged him again, his cheek pressed against his chest, and said softly, "Okay, I admit it, there is surprise and joy...I, I am very happy..."

"My lady is so good!" King Lu Xiaojun said, rubbing her back vigorously twice.

Chu Ci lay in his arms for a while, and then asked as if thinking of something, "By the way, Mr. Xiang, are you the only one coming back this time? Father, Zhaohua, and Ah Fang?"

Hearing her question, King Lu Xiaojun frowned slightly, and after a long silence, he gently stroked her black and smooth hair, and said, "I'm the only one who came back, father and Zhaohua are both in the Jinling mansion... ...Also, Qin Fang and Zhaohua made up with each other."

"Heli?" Chu Ci was surprised, paused, and cautiously probed, "Is it because of me?"

King Lu Xiaojun looked down at her, shook his head and smiled, "What does it have to do with you, so the evil things that hurt people are all done by herself, and no one put a knife on her neck to force her... A Ci , don’t think too much about it, I know these things are none of your business, and I won’t take my anger on you.”

Chu Ci's eyes were red again by what he said, she hugged his waist tightly, pressed against his arm, looked up into his eyes, and asked, "But have you ever thought that if you If you don't marry me, maybe your sister and your mother will be fine...it won't be where it is today."

"No way!" King Lu Xiaojun interrupted Chu Ci's words, he lowered his head slightly, and looked at Chu Ci with a serious face, "No way. Ah Ci, I always believe that you are my luck, It's also the luck of the Lu family, let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the grandmother... You have paid enough for the Lu family, but some people don't know how to cherish..."

Having said that, he raised his head, paused for a while, and continued, "You know the things about our family. The second and third uncles are not good, and the brothers and sisters below are also ruthless. If there is no you , they might cause even bigger things, but later, because of you, those things were all avoided!"

"A Ci, believe me, you are really good, you are very good to the Lu family, including the third aunt and Ah Ying, you are very good to everyone, you don't have to feel guilty because of anyone, because even if If there is a debt, they owe you! You don't owe them!"

"Master!"

Hearing Lu Xiaojun's words, Chu Ci felt her eyes sore. She blinked her eyelids lightly, and hot tears flowed from her eyes, which wet the cool spring shirt on his body, "Sir, what are you doing?" So good, why so good!"

"Because...my wife is the best girl in the world. If I'm not good, how can I be worthy of my wife!" Lu Xiaojun wiped away Chu Ci's tears while lowering his forehead against her. Said.

The husband and wife looked at each other, their eyes were full of affection, they could no longer control the love and emotion that surged in their hearts, and they hugged and kissed together...

Outside the Chu residence, in the carriage of the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Meng Jing hadn't seen Chu Ci and the two children for more than a month. He originally wanted to take a look at them when he was free today.

But who knows, as soon as his rider arrived at the alley of Chu's house, he saw King Lu Xiaojun get off his horse and enter the gate of Chu's house.

Lu Yifeng, he's back!
Meng Jing looked at the door that had been closed again, a look of sadness and jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly coughed forcefully.

Seeing this, Han Cang, who was accompanying him, suddenly became worried. He hurriedly took out the pill that Chuci prepared for Meng Jing, and handed it to Meng Jing. Meng Jing took the pill and wanted to put it in his mouth, but for a while , but his wrist trembled so much that he couldn't reach his lips at all.

There were as many pills as there were, and there were a few, and he couldn't even stand his shaking and rolled towards the ground.

"My lord!" Han Cang couldn't help screaming, he knelt on one knee and stepped forward to help Meng Jing bring the medicine to his lips.

After Meng Jing took the medicine, her face turned pale again for a while before she recovered.

And the veil that he was still on the side, on top of the snow white, was impressively bright red.

"My lord, we are now..." After a while, Han Cang couldn't help asking.

Meng Jing gave him a cold look and said, "Go home!"

"Yes, my lord!" Han Cang breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave instructions to the outside.

The next moment, the carriage went back.

In the Chu residence, Chu Ci and Prince Lu Xiaojun were newly married for a long time, and they had been in love for several days before thinking of Meng Jing.

In particular, Yuan Han had already left Jueming with him, and Si'er had returned to the Chu residence, so there was really no one to look after him.

In the past few days, King Lu Xiaojun also heard from Chu Ci that Meng Jing stabbed Emperor Jingming to death with a sword for him, so when Chu Ci proposed to go to the Regent's Palace, he did not refuse, but just held her hand with a smile , pettingly said, "I will go with my wife!"

Chu Ci looked at him and gave a soft "hmm".

An hour later, Chu's carriage stopped at the gate of the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Under the guard of King Lu Xiaojun, Chu Ci stepped on the car ladder and got out of the car smoothly. She thought that with her friendship with Meng Jing, she could easily enter the Prince Regent's Mansion, but who knew, when she arrived at the door, she was shocked. He was stopped by two guards with stern faces, "Wait a minute, Princess Concubine!"

"What do you two mean?" Chu Ci raised his head and looked at the two with doubts.

The tall guard glanced at her, cupped his sword and said, "If you come back to the princess, it's not that your humble position intends to obstruct you, but that the prince is not in the mansion at all."

"The prince is not in the mansion, so where has he gone?" Chu Ci frowned and asked subconsciously.

The guard clasped his hands again, and said, "Returning to the concubine, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the prince has gone out to visit the counties!"

Visit the counties.

Chu Ci listened to this excuse and didn't react for a long time.

Until King Lu Xiaojun stepped forward, gently held her hand, and whispered in her ear, "Lady, since the prince is not here, let's go back first!"

So far, it can only be like this!Chu Ci withdrew his gaze, nodded at the two guards, and walked towards Chu's carriage.

After getting into the car, the coachman drove back home.

Chu Ci frowned and thought about Meng Jing's departure from the capital. Why did he leave the capital suddenly?Is something really wrong, or his body suddenly deteriorated...

Thinking of the second possibility, she only felt that her heart was being pulled hard.

Although King Lu Xiaojun on the side didn't know what Chu Ci was thinking, he could guess from her expression.

"If the lady really cares about the Prince Regent, why not ask the Qinglongwei next to the lady after you go back, maybe some of them will know the whereabouts of the prince."

"Yeah." Chu Ci nodded to King Lu Xiaojun with a wry smile.

On the other side, on the official road heading north, Meng Jing and Han Cang sat opposite each other in an ordinary carriage.

Han Cang looked at his master who was getting worse and worse, and asked suspiciously, "My lord, you let the carriage go all the way north, where do you want to go?"

"Bingzhou!" Meng Jing said.

(End of this chapter)