Strange Tale of Qingluan

Su Zhongming didn't move, just crossed the double walls, meditating, Yi Yeqing turned his head, saw his appearance, couldn't help being curious, and asked him aloud, "My lord, why are you still thinking about not going to bed so late?"

"I was thinking, Yang Bin has only been with us for a few days, but he insists on leaving with us, there must be something wrong." Su Zhongming opened his lips calmly.Yi Yeqing told him, "These days, he is often with those women, maybe it doesn't matter who he has a crush on." Su Zhongming couldn't help being stunned when he heard it, "No way!?"

Yi Yeqing said again, "To be honest, the girls with us are not bad, they are cute enough, and their looks are not bad." Su Zhongming couldn't help it, patted his forehead lightly, and thought: But, those girls Either staunch, mischievous, or young, this kid... Which one do you like?

"Ah, ah, let's not talk about this, I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep first." Su Zhongming yawned tiredly, lifted the bamboo curtain, and walked into a back room.Yi Yeqing glanced at the saber in his hand, and then walked into his own room.

The next day, all the partners who had missions left Miyagi, only Su Zhongming was left alone, playing chess, drinking tea, wandering around and talking with Guang Wang Liu Yinghe, Chu Yinyin was also by his side, to support them. Play good tunes.

When Chang Sunqing heard that Chu Yinyin had been rescued, she was shocked, and immediately went alone to find out.She hid behind the big column, watching Guang Wang Liu Yinghe and Su Zhongming wandering slowly in the corridor, and the concubine next to Guang Wang was Chu Yinyin.Seeing Chu Yinyin's smile like a flower, Zhang Sunqing became very angry, pinched the pillar with her nails, and gritted her teeth.

This bitch unexpectedly ran out by herself, and she was so happy, as if she had never been imprisoned by me before, it was really hateful!How...how did she escape?Could it be... His Majesty didn't believe me, and doubted me even more?But even so, how did he know that bitch was kept there?

Chang Sunqing thought about it, but couldn't find the crux of the problem at all. She saw three people approaching slowly, talking and laughing not far away. She rolled her eyes and suddenly came up with a trick. step away.

The three of them were unaware, and still walked forward slowly, talking and laughing, until they reached a bridge, and were about to walk over it. Unfortunately, an eunuch chased up from behind and said: "Your Majesty The Queen Mother please go to Tongxiu Palace immediately!"

Liu Yinghe took a step back and turned around in doubt, "The Empress Dowager called Gu over? What's the reason?" The eunuch replied respectfully, "I don't know, but the Queen went to see the Empress Dowager and she was crying there. The Empress Dowager Then I ordered the servant to come over." After listening, Liu Yinghe and Su Zhongming were startled at the same time, and their thoughts were very tacit: they actually acted first...

Su Zhongming smiled at Liu Yinghe, and opened his lips, "We can only do as agreed last night, King Guang." Liu Yinghe nodded helplessly, and continued to walk forward with Chu Yinyin, just Go a little faster earlier.

The eunuch was very puzzled when he saw it, and called Liu Yinghe several times, "Your Majesty".Su Zhongming smiled and said to the eunuch, "Please take me to see your queen mother." The eunuch didn't understand, but said: "The queen mother means to call your majesty over. You are a distinguished guest, and you have to wait for the queen mother to summon you." Only then."

Su Zhongming said: "Your Majesty's intention is to let me go to see the Queen Mother on her behalf, and I will arrive later. Are you going to disobey His Majesty's order?"

Since the eunuch did not dare to disobey King Guang's order, he bowed slightly to him when he heard the words, and led him to Tongxiu Palace.As soon as the two entered the hall, they heard crying and comforting words, and an elder said, "Okay, don't cry, you are the queen, don't cry, listen to Ai's words, your majesty will come down soon , the Ai family will uphold justice for you."

Su Zhongming stepped forward, bowed to the elder, and greeted him, "The queen mother is auspicious and healthy!" The elder raised his head and glanced at him, startled, and blurted out: "Who are you? How did you get here?" Did Aijia come from this bedroom?!"

Seeing this, the eunuch was worried that he would be blamed, so he hurriedly explained, "The Queen Mother, please forgive me. This is a distinguished guest brought back by His Majesty. Your Majesty asked him to come here first to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, and he will arrive later."

"Guest? What are you doing here instead of staying in the palace where you are being entertained?" The Queen Mother of Guangling squinted her eyes, looking very displeased.Su Zhongming glanced at Zhang Sunqing, and replied with a smile: "Actually, there is something I want to clarify with you. You don't have to worry about it. His Majesty King Guang who you want to see will come over soon."

The Empress Dowager stared at Su Zhongming half-believingly, her eyes were filled with endless doubts, "What do you want to clarify?" Su Zhongming replied: "About Concubine Chu..."

Chang Sunqing was startled, and immediately stopped crying, staring at Su Zhongming with vigilant eyes, while the Queen Mother sighed, and said to Su Zhongming, "My dear guest, do you know that she was born in Qinglou? The most taboo among royal families It is this kind of high-spirited woman, once married into the palace, how much face will be lost to the royal family!"

Su Zhongming shook his head and explained calmly, "Actually, she is not arrogant at all. Although she is the courtesan of Qinglou, she has always been just Mai Xiao and Mai Yi, with a clean body. Besides, before she entered Qinglou, She is also a talented lady from the Wushuang Kingdom."

Chang Sunqing took a sneak look at the Queen Mother, worried that the Queen Mother would suddenly change her mind, so she hurriedly interjected: "If you are a lady, can you still live in that kind of place? I don't believe it if you kill him. Besides, who can guarantee that Mai Artists won't do that kind of business for the sake of money and for the position of oiran..."

Su Zhongming looked at her, thought of a way to deal with it, and said calmly: "Because of the decline of her family business, the family had to take her along with the family property in order to repay the debt. The life experience is miserable and rough! If the Queen Mother insists on If you think she became an oiran because of Ang Zhang's business, then it's better to send someone to Xiangdong Pavilion to find out the truth."

"This..." The Empress Dowager suddenly showed hesitation, wondering: "For this matter, the imperial court specially sent people to Qinglou, which is disrespectful to the royal family..." Su Zhongming opened his mouth to speak, when suddenly someone came in to report, "I report to the Empress Dowager, someone is asking to see you outside the palace." The Empress Dowager was taken aback, "Who is this?"

The eunuch replied respectfully: "It's a fairy-like woman with snowy skin, green eyes, and strange clothes." The Queen Mother replied: "Let her in first." The eunuch took orders and immediately retreated. After a while, a woman was brought in.

When Su Zhongming saw it, he widened his eyes and stared in shock at the newcomer who was dressed like a doll in a foreign dress, and whispered three words from his mouth, "Mi... Duo... Ya..." And the woman Also waved and greeted him enthusiastically, and stood by his side.

"The queen mother is sorry, she is a friend of mine." In order not to surprise the elder, Su Zhongming hurriedly explained to her, finally calming down the tense atmosphere in the hall.He glanced back at Midoya's outfit, couldn't help but support his forehead, and whispered to her in English, "Can't you wear normal clothes... This outfit is too dazzling..."

Midoya was very puzzled, and felt that her dress was the most normal. She replied in English: "Why? I spent several days making this with my own hands. Don't you think it looks better than that dress?" how……"

Well, compared to that nightgown-style dress, this one really looks a lot better. ——Su Zhongming had no choice but to stop arguing with her about clothes.At this time, Midoya somehow conjured up a round mirror covered with a red cloth scarf, and tugged Su Zhongming's sleeve to let him take a look.

Su Zhongming turned around, surprised and puzzled, Midoya whispered a few words in his ear, he couldn't help but had an idea, and hurriedly said to the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother, what I said just now is true, if If you don’t believe me, you might as well take a look at the round mirror in my friend’s hand!”

"This is not an ordinary mirror, but one of the treasures of Qingluan City. It is called the Magic World Mirror. It can expose all lies and tell the truth! Just look at it and it will know."

As soon as Su Zhongming finished speaking, there was a voice sneering, and the owner of that voice was Zhang Sunqing.The woman said: "Don't be joking, how can there be such a magical thing in the world! Rather than saying that you are telling the truth, it is better to say that you are here to play with the Queen Mother Nong."

"Then let's take a look!" Su Zhongming smiled calmly, and tore off the red scarf covering the mirror face to face.Chang Sunqing gritted her teeth, seeing that the elders beside her were not only calm and even staring at the mirror curiously, she was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her hatred.

Facing the sunlight, the mirror flashed dazzling light in an instant. Except for Su Zhongming and Midoya, the two instigators, everyone else in the hall began to wait involuntarily. After a while, someone suddenly knelt down on the spot. In front of the Empress Dowager, kowtow to beg for mercy, "The Empress Dowager, spare your life! The Empress Dowager, spare your life!"

Everyone looked curiously, wanting the truth, only Zhang Sunqing was in a panic, because she was afraid of being betrayed, she had to preemptively, stood up and pointed at the young eunuch who suddenly knelt down, and blurted out: "What a powerful mirror! Sure enough, just looking at it will make you laugh!" Let the person who is secretly hiding show his body!" Then he begged the elders around him, "The Queen Mother, this person must be dealt with! I beg you!"

When the young eunuch heard this, he became even more flustered, and kept kowtowing to the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother, please forgive me! This slave is also obsessed with greed for a while, and I implore the Queen Mother to spare this servant..."

The queen mother became more and more confused, and asked him: "What crime did you commit?" The young eunuch raised his head, "Didn't the mirror reveal all the crimes of the slave?" To Su Zhongming and Midoya.Su Zhongming laughed, and immediately took advantage of the topic, "That's right, this mirror has already told me about your crimes, if you don't want your head to fall to the ground, you should confess quickly!"

Seeing that the young eunuch was about to reveal his scheme, Zhang Sunqing was very flustered. Regardless of his pitiful and weak appearance, he opened his mouth first: "Since he has already pleaded guilty, why do he need to confess again? This person is my bedroom. Please, Queen Mother, please hand him over to me!"

The young eunuch had no sympathy with her at all. He really thought that she was going to deal with him, so he panicked, and tearing face to face with her, he blurted out: "Queen Changsun, didn't we make an agreement earlier, why did you want to deliver wheat today?" each other?"

Chang Sunqing was secretly startled when he heard the words, and turned to stare at him. He should have wanted to stop him, but unexpectedly, he opened his mouth and let the truth go, "You! Shut up! I used to swear that I will die!" Also keep the promise', why are you so timid today because of a broken mirror?"

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, "A promise...? What promise?" Zhang Sunqing realized that he had said something wrong in a hurry, and his whole body froze. Facing the elder's question, he was unable to speak, and could only keep talking. He pinched his hair with his fingertips.Seeing this, Su Zhongming quickly seized the opportunity and persuaded the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother, this matter is not only about Concubine Chu, but also related to the blood of the royal family. It must be strictly investigated."

The Queen Mother had no choice but to blurt out: "Aijia... Aijia... Alas! Aijia just wants to know what truth is revealed by that mirror! What you are saying now is messed up, and Aijia's head will become two big! "

Looking at the distressed noble elder, Su Zhongming started to make up a story and told the truth through the mirror, "The mirror said, the child in Queen Changsun's stomach is not a dragon, but a dragon." The words made Changsun Qing's face turn pale immediately, She hastily explained: "No! No! The Queen Mother, he is slandering!"

Su Zhongming smiled calmly, "Whether it is slander or not, we will know when His Majesty Guang comes down." As soon as the words fell, there was a shout from outside the hall, "Your Majesty and Concubine Chu are here!" Two beautiful shadows stepped into the hall.

Liu Yinghe was dressed as a woman, but she was still heroic. She walked up to the Queen Mother with a man's footsteps, tossed the back of her robe gently, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed, "Greetings to Grandma Wang."

All the people in the hall, except Su Zhongming and Midoya, were shocked, but only the Queen Mother blurted out: "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly dress up like this? Quickly change it, these are women's clothes! You are a man! "Liu Yinghe lowered her head, gritted her teeth, and answered bravely: "No, my grandson...is...a daughter..."

With a short statement, her heart was pounding wildly because of nervousness, she didn't dare to raise her head to meet the eyes of the elder in front of her, and even... she didn't even know whether her voice was loud or soft when she said this sentence.

"You... what did you just say?" The Queen Mother was instantly stunned as if encountering a thunderbolt from the blue sky.Liu Yinghe secretly clenched her fists, and repeated again, "Grandson... is originally a daughter, Grandma Wang..." Bolded up, raised her head, but she was jealous when she saw the Queen Mother. .

She quickly stood up and supported the crumbling Queen Mother, "Grandma Wang!" The Queen Mother held her breath a little, and said in disbelief, "What's going on here? Why did you dress up like a young master?" ?”

Liu Yinghe couldn't help crying, "Grandson didn't intend to deceive you, listen to a story told by grandson, and you will understand after listening to the story..."