Strange Tale of Qingluan

Lou Linrou was enjoying the freshly brewed spring flower beauty tea in the bedroom, blowing the hot air gently, and taking a sip.Su Zhongming stepped into the bedroom, disturbing the quiet atmosphere in the bedroom, but did not disturb Lou Linrou's tea.

After taking the first sip of tea, Lou Linrou opened her lips calmly and said, "It's really leisurely to come early in the morning. Today is the big festival day, and there will be a ceremony in the palace later, don't forget."

Su Zhongming said with a smile: "I came here for this matter! Is this sacrificial ceremony held at night?"

Lou Linrou replied slowly: "After the sun sets, before the moon comes out."

Su Zhongming couldn't help whispering to himself: "That's dusk and evening." Then he asked, "Is King Taoxia also busy during the day?"

Lou Linrou replied, "It's natural."

Su Zhongming asked again: "Then, are the dignitaries who live in the harem, such as me and you, also busy?"

Lou Linrou replied: "It's time to be busy. I'm already busy at this hour." She suddenly became curious, "You ask this, is there something else?"

Su Zhongming replied with a smile: "Since I don't have anything to do during the day, I would like to ask you to do me a favor. Let me go out of the palace for two hours. I want to go to Chenghuang to join in the excitement on the street."

Lou Linrou smiled softly: "Two hours? Oh, these two hours are enough for you to escape to a neighboring country."

Su Zhongming said again: "Then, how about an hour? If you are worried, you can send someone to follow me!"

Lou Linrou saw that he spoke so generously, and felt that he had no intention of taking the opportunity to escape, but Lou Linrou, who was used to being cautious, had to be on guard. People take the opportunity to take people away.

For this reason, Lou Linrou made a decision: "The Ai family will send eight masters to accompany you around the market, how about it?"

Hearing this, Su Zhongming couldn't help being taken aback—the eight masters, could they be the ones who dealt with Li Xuan last time?

But he thought about it carefully, as long as Baoqin cooperates with Baoqin in a play, and Baoqin delays the time, the plan can be completed within an hour, so he agreed: "Okay. At least, when I meet Mufeng Club's People don't need to worry too much."

Lou Linrou then told Gong'e: "Bring the pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

Gong'e did so immediately, lifted the bead curtain, came out of the inner room, went to the inner room next door, took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and went back.Lou Linrou put down the tea bowl, took a pen and wrote an order to leave the palace, handed it to Gong'e, and then Gong'e passed it on to Su Zhongming.

Su Zhongming put it away and thanked him.

Lou Linrou added: "The deadline for this imperial order is only today."

Su Zhongming replied: "I see." Then he turned and left.

After receiving the imperial order, Su Zhongming immediately rushed back to Yimengzhai and told Baoqin that the two then went to the Chengguan of the Palace. As soon as they arrived at the Chengguan, they found that the number of guards at the Chengguan had increased by eight. As soon as they stepped forward, they were stopped.

Su Zhongming hurriedly took out a piece of imperial order paper, unfolded it, and let everyone guarding the city gate take a closer look.

Among them, a man in brocade clothes led the other seven men to stand up, cupped his hands and opened his lips and said, "My lord! I am of a humble rank. I follow the order of the Queen Mother to protect my lord!"

Su Zhongming only smiled slightly, without saying a word, put away the piece of paper, took the Baoqin, strode across the city gate, went out of the palace, and went straight to the market.

At that time, the City God was bustling with people everywhere in the market. Su Zhongming strolled, pretending to be leisurely, while waiting for an opportunity to escape while taking advantage of the chaos.

"My lord, can we go over there and have a look?" Bao Qin said.

Su Zhongming nodded his head, answered "Yes" and went to the place pointed by Baoqin together with Baoqin.

The eight masters followed closely behind, not daring to take half a step.

Bao Qin secretly squinted at the entourage behind her, and then glanced at Su Zhongming, also searching for a way to get Su Zhongming out.

Su Zhongming pretended to be wandering around in the market, casually looking at some stalls during the festival.

Bao Qin stood beside him and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is no way to go on like this. There must be commotion in this place, and the direction cannot be discerned to escape."

Su Zhongming replied in a low voice: "But now, everyone is very calm, how can there be commotion?"

Bao Qin answered, "If the sacrificial team sent by the temple arrives, there will be commotion. There are people everywhere now, and the sacrificial team probably hasn't arrived yet."

Su Zhongming had no choice but to be calm: "However, Lou Linrou only allows me to leave the palace for an hour, after which I have to go back."

Baoqin couldn't help being embarrassed: "This... I can only think of another way within half an hour. Today is the best time!"

The two couldn't help feeling anxious.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise of gongs and drums, and it gradually approached from afar.

The originally calm crowd, no matter men, women, young or old, all ran towards the same place at once, and the market suddenly became chaotic.Su Zhongming was overjoyed, and after giving Bao Qin a look, he also ran with the crowd, and ran as fast as a rabbit, trying to squeeze into the densely populated area.

Baoqin pretended to follow behind, ran slowly on purpose, and fell down on purpose, and pretended not to stand up because of a little pain in her knee.Seeing this, the eight masters rushed to catch up, one of them helped her up and asked about her injuries: "How is Miss?"

Bao Qin pretended to be anxious, and blurted out: "Why do you only remember to care about me at a time like this? Hurry up and find the young master!"

The eight masters immediately dispersed and hurriedly searched among the crowded crowd.

Bao Qin only rubbed her skinned knee, pretending to look for Su Zhongming in the crowd.

At this time, Su Zhongming ran across the long alley in a hurry, and inquired about the location of Lu's mansion by the way. After four cups of tea, he rushed to the front of Lu's mansion, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked quickly towards the mansion's gate.

Just before reaching the threshold, he was stopped by the gate guard.The guard sternly shouted: "Taiwei's mansion, idlers in the market are not allowed to enter!"

Su Zhongming replied with a smile: "Does my clothes look like they came from a market?"

The guard took a careful look, but couldn't answer.

Su Zhongming said again: "The idlers in the market are not allowed to enter, but the idlers from the palace should be able to enter, right?"

As soon as the guard heard that he came from the palace, he hurriedly asked, "May I ask what your lord's surname is?"

Su Zhongming said frankly, "The surname is Su."

The guard said respectfully: "Lord Su, please come inside." He acted as a guide and led Su Zhongming into the mansion.

Lu Shang happened to be at home, but because his wife, Mrs. Zhen, wanted to go to a parade of sacrificial processions alone, Lu Shang stopped her.After the husband and wife bickered for a while, Mrs. Zhen went to the backyard angrily, and Lu Shang could only sigh and wonder in the living room.

He wondered for half an hour, until the guard led Su Zhongming to the living room and told him: "Master, people from the palace are here to visit Master."

Hearing this, Lu Shang temporarily let go of his emotions, stood up, glanced at Su Zhongming, and immediately turned pale with shock: "You...you are just..."

Su Zhongming replied with a smile: "Lord Lu, don't come here without any problems."

Lu Shang raised his hand slightly, signaling the guards to back down, and then said to Su Zhongming: "The queen suddenly came to the minister's mansion today, I don't know why?"

Su Zhongming said calmly: "I was deeply impressed by your words and deeds in the hall last time, so I paid a special visit today."

Lu Shangqi said: "The minister just expressed his feelings, but the queen has no resentment. Could it be...there is something hidden about the queen's position?"

Su Zhongming confessed: "Lord Lu is really smart! To tell you the truth, Master Lu, I was forced to be the male queen."

Lu Shang suddenly realized, and couldn't help blurting out: "As expected, as expected! In the world, there is no man who is willing to live the life of a woman. Queen... Forget it, I should call you a lord. The lord is here today, there must be a need Shall we talk about it?"

Knowing that he already understood, Su Zhong readily confessed: "I know Lord Lu has military power in his body, and I want to invite Lord Lu to cooperate and assist in a great cause. After the matter is completed, Lord Lu's contribution will be indispensable."

Hearing this, Lu Shang walked quickly to the threshold, closed the door of the living room, walked back and invited, "My lord, please take a seat."

Su Zhongming declined: "No, for this trip, the Empress Dowager restricts me to only one hour. The conversation between you and me must be resolved quickly, without delay."

Lu Shang said generously, "Then, please speak frankly, my lord."

Su Zhongming cut to the chase: "The new king today is not a member of the royal family, but a usurper who usurped the throne while the Queen Mother was recovering from illness. In order to avoid the suspicion of the officials, he threatened the Queen Mother to recognize him as his adopted son! This person will bring disaster to the Taoxia Kingdom in the future! "When I said it, I deliberately made the ins and outs of the matter half false and half true.

Lu Shang was so shocked that he couldn't help blurting out: "It's so?!"

Su Zhongming continued: "However, fortunately, there are still orphans in the royal family. I came here to discuss with Lord Lu the plan to abolish the monarch and establish a new one just because I met the royal blood!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound from the grid door, followed by a female voice: "Husband, who is this?"

Lu Shang's face immediately changed when he heard the words, and he blurted out sternly: "What are you doing here! Get out!"

Mrs. Zhen mistakenly thought that her husband was still angry, so she hurriedly replied: "Husband, after thinking about it, I think it's better to let the children go to the street parade today. I will wait for my husband at home, and my husband should not have another concubine." body gas."

Lu Shang was helpless, but he didn't have time to explain, he just advised, "Go back to your room first!"

Zhen Shi was suddenly lost, worry flashed across her eyes.

Su Zhongming was afraid that their sudden visit would worsen the conflict, so he interrupted and said: "Madam Lu, why not go back first, Master Lu and I are discussing important matters, we really cannot allow women to disturb us."

When Mrs. Zhen heard the words, the worry in her eyes disappeared immediately, and she hurriedly took the door and went out, closing the door tightly.

Su Zhongming couldn't help saying: "Mrs. Lu is a very good woman, she knows the general situation very well, she is worthy of being a woman from our country of Wen."

Lu Shang was slightly startled, and blurted out: "My lord is also from Wen country?!"

Su Zhongming said bluntly: "Exactly! It is also a fate to leave the same country with Mr. Lu's wife. In terms of this fate, I hope Mr. Lu can lend me the military power in his hands."

Lu Shang replied: "Although the minister's military power is not as good as that of the royal family, there are 37 divisions with a total of [-] people."

Su Zhongming was overjoyed, and blurted out: "That's good! Another new king needs such military power, and I will ask Mr. Lu to support him when the time comes! After this is done, I guarantee that Mr. Lu will not only be rewarded, but the eldest son of Lu will also serve the new king because of his father's merits." The king's imperial doctor."

Lu Shang smiled modestly: "How dare a dog, how dare you." Then he asked, "After that is done, what are your plans, my lord?"

Su Zhongming simply said: "Go home."

After Lu Shang was slightly stunned, he smiled brightly: "Okay! My lord's plan is very good!"

The conversation ended after a while, Su Zhongming hid the agreement book in his robe, then returned, and sat casually at the street corner.After five or six cups of tea, the man who was looking for him passed by here, turned around by chance, saw him sitting on the steps, rushed over, and blurted out: "Finally, I found you, my lord!"

Su Zhongming stood up and asked, "Where are the others?"

The man replied: "In order to find the adults, they all dispersed in the crowd. Sir, please go back quickly?"

Su Zhongming nodded lightly, responded with a 'hmm', and went back together with the man.

The author has something to say:

At the time of the first draft

Set Zhong Ming as Scorpio on November 11

(Later, it was changed to the 10th because it became Singles’ Day)

Then I intuitively set Ding Xuehou as Pisces

Turns out the horoscope book says this is the best match

And occasionally there will be small quarrels...orz

But I think it's just for reference

Personality differences are not what a book says~(^_^)