Mu Huagui

Chapter 143 Distress
The noisy time always flies very fast. When Chen Jiao'er sent them out, she took a special look at Xia Zisu. If she and Huo'er really meant it, it would be a match made in heaven.No, hurry up and ask Huo'er what he means.

After seeing off people, he greeted the princess and went to Lu's mansion.Lu Huo'er wasn't there, he had a idle job and didn't need to go to the yamen at all, he would stay at home with his parents every day, or eat and drink with Chang Zaixian or Zhou Mingyuan.

Lu's father and Lu's mother told Chen Jiao'er that she was called into the palace by Lu Qingzhu early in the morning.Chen Jiao'er thought to herself, probably the empress is about to give birth, so she just asked Huo'er to help, he is a big man.If you want to help, you must call Mother Lu, or yourself.Thinking of one thing, Chen Jiao'er wanted to ask them alone while her aunt was away.

"The head of the sect is asking about this matter, but I know something about it." Mother Lu nodded. After all, they get along day and night, and it is impossible to completely hide many things from others.

"Oh, can you tell me what's going on?" Chen Jiao'er asked eagerly.

"Well, you know that we have nothing else to do in the mountains except hunt and grow food. Everyone has their own hobbies. Qingzhu especially likes to develop poisons. She likes to create her own recipes and come up with new poisons." Mother Lu recalled, and said slowly.

"Yes, I also remember that she used all the live animals caught from hunting at that time for experiments. Huo'er accidentally ate one and almost poisoned him." Father Lu also thought of it, and laughed.

The two recalled some interesting stories in the mountains, Mother Lu remembered that Chen Jiaoer was still waiting for her, she smiled apologetically, and said, "Later, she started other researches, this time using Mabosan and knives, many of the animals we raise Grandma Lu didn't allow her to disembowel her, so she stopped."

"However, I know that she is a very stubborn person, and she must do what she wants to do. Later, she secretly carried something and caught prey outside for experiments. I knew a little bit and persuaded her. But she said we I don’t understand her, it’s just some animals anyway, so I didn’t ask any more questions.”

"Then, isn't that the book my aunt lost was searched by Mrs. Lu? Could it be..." Chen Jiaoer asked, it seems that Mother Lu knew something, but not comprehensively.

"I don't know about this. I asked her later, but she didn't know why, so she refused to say anything. She just said that it had nothing to do with the poison, and let them leave it alone." Mother Lu also sighed, how stubborn she was She has been with her for decades, she is too clear.

Chen Jiao'er still thanked Lu Huo'er solemnly, and let Lu Huo'er come back, so she went to the palace to find her.Chen Jiao'er was about to leave, Mother Lu gave Father Lu a wink, and Father Lu asked Chen Jiao'er to stay a little longer, and he went to the inner courtyard to rest.

Mother Lu took her hand, "If you can trust me, let me check your pulse."

Chen Jiao'er knew that the news about her body must have spread.Passing her hand obediently, at this time, no matter what opinion she has, she will listen to it.

After Lu's pulse diagnosis, Mother Lu pondered for a long time before saying, "The coldness of the palace can be big or small, and it should be fine if you take care of it properly." She gave some more orders, which were exactly the same as what the imperial doctor said, and the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor I also showed it to her, and said there was no problem.

Before Chen Jiao'er left, she heard Zhusheng's voice, and sure enough, a servant came forward with Zhusheng, saying that Shi Ziye had something important for her.When Mother Lu saw her, she hurriedly urged her to leave quickly.

When Zhusheng saw Chen Jiao'er, he also saluted and said, "My lord was called to the palace by the emperor. Before leaving, I asked the younger one to pick you up."

"Okay, let's go right away." Chen Jiao'er bid farewell to Lu's mother in a hurry, and walked out following the sound of bamboo.

When they arrived at the palace, there were already palace people waiting at the gate of the palace. When they saw her, they stepped forward and said, "The empress is giving birth. By order of the emperor, I will take the concubine into the palace."

With the licorice, Chen Jiao'er didn't think too much, and let the palace servants lead the way, and hurried along the way.Licorice caught up a few steps, and gave Chen Jiaoer a wink. Chen Jiaoer slowed down, and saw Licorice approached her and said, "This is neither the way to Wenhua Palace nor Qifeng Palace. Miss, do you want to ask?" .”

The palace man in front suddenly turned around and smiled evilly, "You don't need to ask, this is where you will die."

As he spoke, he took out a knife from his bosom and stabbed at Chen Jiao'er.Licorice yelled, "Miss, run quickly." Then she blocked Chen Jiao'er, and Chen Jiao'er's heart was beating wildly, and a white misty powder popped out of her sleeve.

The palace man with the knife had been prepared, rolled on the spot to avoid the smoke, and swallowed a pill.Unexpectedly, the smoke still rushed straight to the nose, coughing and running nose, Chen Jiao'er ran away holding the licorice.

Although Licorice was stunned for a while, she reacted immediately and pushed Chen Jiao'er towards the Wenhua Palace instead.While shouting for help, the palace man with the knife tore off a corner of his clothes, covered his mouth and nose, and quickly caught up.

Both of them were women, no matter how fast they ran, there was a limit to it, and soon they heard the panting of the palace people behind them.The harsh feeling of the blade rubbing against her ear made her feel cold all over.But the will to survive made her unable to give up. As long as she ran to a place not far from the Wenhua Palace, there would definitely be guards waiting to patrol, or palace people coming in and out.

The palace man carrying the knife may also realize that if he continues like this, he will be discovered soon.Gritting his teeth, he threw the knife towards Chen Jiao'er forcefully. He believed that with his strength, she would definitely not be able to dodge this knife.With a knife through the back, she died, and her mission was completed.

"Huh" The unique metallic sharpness of the blade flew towards Chen Jiao'er, the hairs stood on end immediately, and instinctively felt the danger.Chen Jiao'er didn't dare to turn her head back, nor did she dare to slow down. If she paused for a while, she would be overtaken by him.

"Ding" I don't know what bumped against the edge of the blade, the force was deflected, the blade was hit, and it obliquely inserted into the flowerbed not far away.

When Chen Jiao'er saw Zhou Mingyuan not far away, she felt a sense of narrow escape, and her body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.It was Zhou Mingyuan who threw his own jade pendant from a distance that knocked the blade sideways.Wait for him to rush over.Taking a quick look at Chen Jiao'er, knowing that she was safe, she forced her towards the palace guards.

Dressed as an eunuch, the knife in his hand had already been thrown and flew away, and he was fighting with Zhou Mingyuan empty-handed.Chen Jiao'er was ordering Licorice to call for someone, and there was already a team of guards rushing over.In order to avoid accidental injury, Zhou Mingyuan surrounded the two of them first. Zhou Mingyuan's fists and kicks became faster and faster, and he did not forget to order, "Let me take him down."

Chen Jiao'er's heart was high, but she didn't dare to disturb her at this time.With a loud bang, Zhou Mingyuan punched this person in the face, possibly hurting his nose, and the blood was so high that one of them lost his footing and stepped back.Waiting for the head of the guard to wait for a long time, he saw that the two had escaped from the battle circle, and immediately went forward to tie up the villain.

Chen Jiao'er stood up, her knees gave way and she almost fell to her knees, but thanks to the licorice supporting her, she was able to stabilize her figure.Zhou Mingyuan rushed over and grabbed her waist, "It doesn't matter, is there any injury?"

"No, I'm fine. What about you, this blood." Looking at the blood on Zhou Mingyuan's lapel, he knew it wasn't his, but he still felt nervous.

"I punched the bridge of his nose and splashed it." Zhou Mingyuan chuckled.Waiting for Wei to pull out the short knife inserted into the flower garden, and picked up a jade pendant from the side, and presented it to Zhou Mingyuan.

Chen Jiao'er was startled when she saw this jade pendant, she snatched it over and said, "This is not given to you by the princess, quickly see if it is broken."

Zhou Mingyuan squeezed tightly, "How could it break?" and then put it in his arms.

Seeing that Chen Jiao'er wanted to say more, Zhou Mingyuan said with a serious face, "The empress has dystocia, and Aunt Lu is watching over her. Huo'er is at Lu Jiaojiao's place. Go and see if there is anyone who needs help."

"Ah." Chen Jiao'er didn't care about anything else, and was led by Zhou Mingyuan to the harem.

"You and Huo'er don't get separated, and don't walk around casually. I will come to pick you up when everything is over." Zhou Mingyuan handed her over to Lu Huo'er, and left in a hurry.

Seeing that the palace was full of waiting guards, Lu Huo'er's expression couldn't tell why, so he followed him into the palace and saw that the palace was full of maids and eunuchs who were all tied up like rice dumplings and hung in a string.

"What's going on, Lu Jiaojiao?" In fact, there is no need to ask, Chen Jiao'er can already guess the general idea.Probably because the empress gave birth to a child, Lu Jiaojiao, who had never been favored by the emperor, went crazy, and she simply wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible, and by the way, she also got rid of her thorn in the side, but she was caught by Aunt Lu who was invited to sit in the town.

The facts are indeed like this, "However, Lu Jiaojiao faked her death, and the guards didn't pay attention to a corpse, so she escaped. She should still be in the palace now. The emperor wants to guard the queen, so he invited the prince into the palace to search for Lu Jiao. Jiao."

The emperor's first child was born to the empress. If it was a boy, everyone knew what it would mean to the palace.Lu Jiaojiao's focus is also on the empress and her unborn child, so the emperor attaches great importance to it and must stay by her side.

The emperor was also afraid that if someone took advantage of it, the search for the palace would turn into a forced palace, which would lead to a catastrophe.It was then that Zhou Mingyuan entered the palace and entrusted him with the task of searching for Lu Jiaojiao in the palace.

"She definitely doesn't dare to come back, don't worry." After Lu Huo'er finished speaking, she thought that Chen Jiao'er was not worried about this, and added, "The prince will be fine with so many guards. And he also ate Lu Huo'er." Auntie’s Baijie Pill is not afraid of poison.”

"Yeah." Chen Jiao'er forced a smile.

Lu Jiaojiao is full of tricks and Mrs. Lu is insidious and cunning. If it is true that their mother and daughter join forces, they really don't know what troubles will be stirred up in the palace.

"Your Majesty wants me to search here to see what I can find. Just now, when Wei was searching inside, one of them was poisoned and died." Lu Huo'er seemed to explain.

Chen Jiao'er nodded reasoningly, if it wasn't for Zhou Mingyuan's arrangement, Huo'er would have followed him to search for Lu Jiaojiao in the palace.However, maybe Zhou Mingyuan did it on purpose. After all, the emperor asked Lu Huoer to search through the palace like this, and the emperor might not be relieved.

Followed Lu Huo'er in and searched, but found nothing of value, but found a lot of poisoned items, all of which were wrapped in cloth, gathered together, and burned.

Zhou Mingyuan didn't come back until night. Lu Jiaojiao was already caught hiding in the cold palace.At present, she refuses to say anything, and has already been detained to extract a confession.

"Where is the queen, did you give birth?"

(End of this chapter)