ebookland Chapter 127: I’ll give it back to you, old thing!
Chapter 127: I’ll give it back to you, old thing!
Even though she was born a noble woman, she looked much more approachable at this moment.
"My son Huaihe has been honest all his life, and has never committed any bad deeds. Now he has settled down and started a family, and has many children, which is a double happiness. May the Bodhisattva protect my son and make his journey safe and sound, and return home as he wishes."
After prostrating himself three times, Zhaoyang stood up again, offered a stick of incense with his bare hands, and stood silently in front of the Buddha statue for a long time.
When his eyes fell on a heart-shaped knot in an agarwood box on the incense table beside him, his eyes became much gentler, and he murmured, "Even if it's you, you're going to be a grandfather, you should be happy for Huai He, right?"
The flame on the incense candle swayed slightly, as if in response.
On the other hand, Liu took Lu Zhili to the Tianlao to inquire, and indeed learned that Lu Yanxiu was taken away by the prince. As for the reason, the jailer didn't know the reason.
Liu thought of what the eldest princess said and couldn't help but worry about his safety.
Lu Zhili felt that his grandmother was hiding something from him, and after repeated inquiries, he found out the reason why Lu Yanxiu was taken away.
"Will your brother be in danger?" Liu was very worried.
Yun Qing was a girl. Marrying into the Li family did not help her in any way, and she would have to pay them a sum of money as compensation. So if she died, she died. It was not worth lamenting.
But Yanxiu and Zhili were her grandchildren who grew up under her own eyes and were well-educated since childhood. Although Yanxiu was content with the status quo and did not seek to make progress, fortunately he was filial, obedient and honest. If they were really gone, Liu didn't know whether her old bones could support them.
"The prince is kind-hearted and would never make a blood sacrifice. Grandmother, did you hear me wrong?"
"I may be old, but my ears are not. How could I have heard it wrong? Moreover, it was the eldest princess who said it herself! If the prince did not want to plot against your brother, why would he have imprisoned them in the East Palace?"
Lu Zhili said, "That's just your imagination of the prince. We still don't know what he is like. Grandmother, you just said you wanted to verify it. What did you want to verify?"
When he reminded her, Liu Shi remembered that she had almost forgotten the most important thing. She gave the jailer some loose change and wanted to go into the prison to see Liu Qiuqiu.
When the jailer saw the few pitiful pieces of silver lying in the palm of her hand, he was hesitant to speak. If it weren't for her age, he would have really wanted to swear.
"Okay, come in, come in..."
There was an unpleasant smell of dampness in the dark cell.
The moment Liu saw Liu Qiuqiu, her eyes sparkled and she asked directly, "Are Lu Yi and Lu Jiao Yan Xiu's children?"
Who is Liu Qiuqiudao?
She curled up against the wall, while the children slept in each other's arms on the sparse straw mat. She was not surprised to see Liu and Lu Zhili appear. She just raised her head slightly, looked at me with some contempt, and said provocatively: "If you want to know so much, I will tell you in person after you rescue me, okay?"
"Tell me quickly! Are they Yan Xiu's children?"
The roar startled Lu Jiao and woke her up from her dream. After seeing Liu, she quickly pushed Lu Yi awake, ran to Liu with a smile, and asked anxiously and happily through the cell door: "Grandma, are you here to save us?"
Before figuring out whether she was of the Lu family's bloodline, Liu would never show a good face, and Lu Jiao had obviously never seen such a ferocious grandmother, so she shrank back a step.
Seeing this, Lu Yi quickly pulled Lu Jiao back, and the two of them huddled together beside Liu Qiuqiu, looking at the person who came vigilantly.
"Liu Qiuqiu, since you became pregnant, I have been sending you supplements like water without charging you any money. During every festival, Yan Xiu would directly send you silver and gold to please you. Isn't it because of the bloodline of the Lu family that he wants? For you, he even divorced Su He. Now that he is gone and the family is broken up, you won't even tell me the truth?"
Liu Qiuqiu looked at her coldly: "Old thing, you must remember clearly that it was Lu Yanxiu who got involved with me, not me who gave him money! He gave me silver and gold, that was his business, what does it have to do with me?"
"You! Who are you calling an old fool?"
"You! Do you think you are still young? You old fool!"
Lu Zhili scolded, "Liu Qiuqiu, don't go too far! Grandmother and brother have done nothing wrong to you."
"They really didn't, but how could they want to give up after being together for several years? Marry someone else? Although I, Liu Qiuqiu, am of low status, I am proud and arrogant, and I don't have to cling to Lu Yanxiu. Who made me propose a clean break and ask him for his farmland and money, but he didn't agree? Did I sleep with him for nothing for so many years?"
Liu Qiuqiu hugged the child with both hands, spoke sarcastically, and glared at Liu with an even more mocking look.
"So I kept thinking, if I was pregnant, he wouldn't be so cruel, right? But what's funny is that your beloved grandson, my nominal husband, is actually, actually incapable of having a child!"
Liu grabbed the prison door with both hands, baring her teeth, and yelled angrily: "You are a whore, what nonsense! Yan Xiu can't be infertile! You are lying, you are ruining his reputation!"
"Oh, you don't know, he still thinks there's nothing wrong with him. Otherwise, he wouldn't raise Yi'er and Jiao'er as his own children." At this point, Liu Qiuqiu covered her mouth and chuckled. The laughter was sharp and piercing, making Liu furious. She took off one of her shoes and threw it at her, hitting her on the forehead.
Lu Yi was quick to pick up the shoes and return them to Liu, cursing like his mother: "Old thing, I'm giving it back to you!"
The shoe hit Liu's mouth with a click, leaving a shoe print.
Liu grimaced in pain, and a war of words broke out between the two sides.
The noise attracted the jailer, who forcibly drove Liu out. When she left the prison, she was still cursing.
Liu Qiuqiu only said that the child was not Yanxiu's, but did not say who the biological father was. Liu couldn't find anyone to vent her anger on, so she bit whoever she caught.
Lu Zhili held his forehead and said helplessly: "Grandma, it has already happened. Just think of it as feeding a few dogs for so many years. It's not a pity. The most important thing right now is to find a way to see my brother and take care of Yunqing's funeral."
After Liu's outburst, she felt wronged and burst into tears: "Feeding a dog? Even if it's a dog, it should still wag its tail and recognize its master, right? But look at them, mother and son, they're almost eating me alive! Yun Qing is dead, and the funeral is their Li Mansion's business, what does it have to do with us?"
Lu Zhili and Lu Yunqing were not much different in age, and they grew up together, so it goes without saying that they had a deep relationship. He went out today to find out the cause of Lu Yunqing's death. Hearing what Liu said, he couldn't help but get angry, and said casually: "You go back by yourself, I have something to leave first."