In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Li Zongguan chanted a few words of "Amitabha" and continued, "God bless you, the emperor bless you, Madam Zhao bless you... My Lord, you are finally back alive!"

"You don't know how worried we are about you!" Li Zongguan sobbed, as if his own mother had come back to life, "His Majesty said that if you are gone, all of us will be buried with you... Wuwuwu..."

Bai Lu twitched her lips and reluctantly stepped forward to comfort Li Zongguan: "Please don't cry, let's sit down and talk."

Li Zongguan sighed twice and cried with joy, "As long as you are alive, Lady Bai... our family is relieved."

"But..." He changed the subject and began to look at Pei Huizhou next to him, and said with a bit of doubt: "I am very confused, why is Master Pei still alive?"

Bai Lu took a sip of tea into her mouth and immediately spat it out.

What Manager Li asked was really interesting.

Pei Huizhou's face darkened. He had just woken up like Bai Lu and came over.

The others have not yet told Manager Li about their own affairs. Perhaps they don’t want to mention themselves, so he is still a criminal at this time.

So Manager Li felt that it was very strange for him to be alive.

Pei Huizhou: "......"

Pei Huizhou's face immediately turned dark. He turned his head to look at Manager Li and sneered coldly.

This made Manager Li shudder. He had a bad feeling in his heart, but he didn't take it to heart.

Humph, Pei Huizhou is putting on airs at this time.

He was not afraid, because Pei Huizhou could not turn over anyway.

He pinched his orchid fingers, raised his body, and spit out saliva at Pei Huizhou, sneering and saying, "Master Pei, stop talking here!"

"You know, you are a criminal!"

"If you were still alive, His Majesty would be furious. It would be better for you to follow me back to Kyoto and chop off this head."

"Who do you want to kill?" Pei Huizhou looked at Manager Li coldly with a very cold look in his eyes.

He smiled and said, "If you kill me, the emperor will definitely punish you!"

Li Zongguan was furious. He pointed at Pei Huizhou's nose and cursed, "Now you are so arrogant. What qualifications do you have to be arrogant? You traitor!"

Seeing Manager Li cursing, Pei Huizhou frowned.

Everyone twitched their lips and thought to themselves that this was not good.

Although they disliked Pei Huizhou and felt that all this was his scheme, they couldn't really let Manager Li scold Pei Huizhou now.

What would he do if Pei Huizhou held a grudge against him?

Everyone hurriedly said, "Master Li, Lord Pei is no longer a traitor, but a hero who endured hardships and worked tirelessly."

"???"

Manager Li was stunned, and everyone hurriedly told Manager Li about the matter.

After hearing this, Manager Li broke out in a cold sweat.

He touched the water stains on his face and found that his back was soaked in broad daylight.

He turned his head to look at Pei Huizhou, then at Bai Lu. Seeing that Bai Lu was safe and sound, he blinked his eyes, fell to the ground, and fainted with a "bang".

"We want to see His Majesty~~"

Everyone rushed forward to support Li Zongguan: "Li Zongguan, are you okay?"

"Come! Hurry and find a doctor to carry Li Zongguan to the side room in the back."

Pei Huizhou snorted coldly, turned his head and glanced at the fallen Li Zongguan, his eyes full of disdain, this eunuch!

Seeing the two of them confronting each other, everyone shook their heads and sighed, fearing that Manager Li would be targeted by Pei Huizhou in the future.

"..."

Bai Lu watched Manager Li's attitude silently from the side, but felt doubtful.

Logically speaking, Steward Li is someone close to the emperor. Even if he doesn't like Pei Huizhou very much, Steward Li would not make this matter public.

Because he was serving the emperor, he had to follow the emperor's preferences.

The emperor did not like Pei Huizhou, but he would not allow others to humiliate him.

There seems to be something fishy about this!

Bai Lu sat there quietly with her arms folded, and Pei Huizhou next to her asked a question out of the blue.

"Lady Bai, what are you still doing sitting there? You should tell me what good deeds you have done in Zhaozhou City and what merits you have achieved. Now is the time to report your military achievements."

"His Royal Highness has already asked a clerk to be nearby with paper and pen."

Bai Lu glared at Pei Huizhou fiercely, saying, "You talk too much!"

I saw that everyone was there, and they all smiled at Bai Lu.

Bai Lu told everyone everything that happened in Zhaozhou City, from the beginning when they were tricked into the city by the Zhaozhou prefect... to the end, every word and action was perfect.

Everyone nodded. These were the same questions they had asked the people in Zhaozhou City before.

There is only one difference.

However, the difference is that Bai Lu reported fewer merits, while the merits reported to her by the people... were actually more.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed. They really didn't expect this.

In this battle, it was actually a young lady named Bai Lu who made the greatest contribution.

She had more merits than any other general or male claimed, and she was actually the first to do so.

However, Pei Huizhou's careful planning was not as good as expected, and he only achieved second-rate results.

As for the rest... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is undoubtedly the third most meritorious person, and no one dares to compete with the Crown Prince for these trivial things.

The generals all gave way to the prince. After all, their contributions were almost the same. If the ministers gave way to the king, the king would naturally give them other benefits, and this would also save face for His Royal Highness the Prince.

Otherwise, if the credit is stolen by a woman and his enemy, how will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince explain to His Majesty when he returns to the capital?

How can I explain this to the Empress who is about to die?

It’s hard to say about this kind of thing!

At this time, someone outside called Pei Huizhou out.

Pei Huizhou looked at Bai Lu and the prince thoughtfully, then left.

The prince turned his head to look at Bai Lu, a little shy.

He blushed and opened his mouth, about to say something, but was immediately blocked by General Murong next to him.

General Murong gave General Li a look and asked General Li to speak.

General Li opened his mouth, too embarrassed to speak.

He lowered his head, hesitating, and couldn't help mumbling: "If I were to tell you, I would be so embarrassed... Why don't you tell me?!"

General Murong glared at him fiercely, furious.

"What on earth are you dawdling about?"

Bai Lu turned her head to look at them, feeling very strange.

Chief Minister Wang stroked his beard, drank tea silently, and just sat there with his head down, saying nothing.

Duke Liang coughed twice, looked up at the sky, then down at the ground. It seemed as if he was hiding something from everyone...

Seeing that no one spoke, the air became quiet for a moment.

The prince really couldn't help it, so he pushed General Murong away and was about to say something while suppressing his embarrassment.

Then I heard a gentle voice next to me: "Bai Lu, I have something I want to tell you."

Gu Liang's voice was gentle. He turned his head to look at the prince and gave him a wink.

The prince was immediately relieved and thought to himself: It seems that I owe Gu Liang a favor and I have to repay him.

Gu Liang also knew that it would be very embarrassing if he finished speaking, but someone had to speak up.

It would be better for me to speak up and let the prince owe me a favor, so that I can do things more easily in the future.

Gu Liang said slowly, "Lady Bai, His Majesty sent Chief Steward Li and several other imperial envoys here, not just to see you... The Empress is critically ill and will soon pass away."

"His Majesty sent everyone to Qinzhou to look for you, and told you to go to Kyoto immediately after receiving the news."

"If we can save the Empress, that would be great; if not, then let this matter rest... Let's go back and wear mourning clothes."

Hearing this, Bai Lu was shocked: "What? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Now it's embarrassing.

The prince pursed his lips and said a little embarrassedly: "If my mother hadn't done those things, I would have told you directly."

"But after doing all that, how can I talk to you?"

"If I tell you, I really don't have the nerve to do it. If I don't tell you, it's really... I'm in a dilemma."

The prince clenched his fists tightly, and there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"If the doctors in Kyoto can cure my mother, this matter will be over."

"You've nursed your mother back to health before, even though she was seriously ill. Perhaps this is due to your mortality."

The prince lowered his head, feeling deeply powerless, and he also wanted to save his mother.

But no one knew what disease the Queen Mother had. No matter how skilled the doctor was, her health was not good.

Bai Lu had taken care of her mother before, but her mother's health was still like this. She really had no other choice. She didn't know how to start at this moment...

Bai Lu pondered these words for a while, feeling somewhat puzzled: "Didn't I nurse the Empress back to health before I left?"

"The Queen also has my medicine, how could this happen?"

"I heard that those medicines didn't help."

"That's impossible!" Bai Lu shook her head and said firmly, "It's definitely not that my medicine is ineffective, but someone deliberately gave the Queen some medicine. This is extremely strange!"

The prince listened to Bai Lu's words and asked anxiously, "Then, are you willing to save our mother?"

Prime Minister Wang coughed twice, looked at the prince, and there was a glimmer in his eyes. He was a little disappointed.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very kind, but lacks some strategy.

He stepped forward and spoke directly to Bai Lu: "Now that everyone in this room is ours, I, an old minister, will speak frankly and not in accord."

"I am also on His Royal Highness's side. Three generations of my family have supported His Royal Highness... My son and grandson both work under His Royal Highness, so my words are of some use."

"Please speak." The prince and Bai Lu both looked at Prime Minister Wang.

Then, Prime Minister Wang said, "The Empress must be saved, but how to save her depends on the sincerity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"It's all because of the Queen that she has let down our Lady Bai. How about asking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to propose a few conditions, and Lady Bai can also propose a few conditions. Let's see what method we can use to apologize to Lady Bai so that she can save our Queen."

"For example..." Prime Minister Wang paused, then said to the crowd, "Now that Pei Huizhou is alive, how should their marriage be arranged?"

"Why don't we just cancel Pei Huizhou and Bai Niangzi's marriage? What do you think?"

Hearing this, Bai Lu nodded and said, "If that's the case, that's fine."

Prime Minister Wang then explained to everyone, and they finally understood: "Oh, so this decree was issued by the Empress... So Your Majesty is now taking the blame for the Empress, we understand."

"Then let the Empress recover from her illness and come forward herself to put the blame back on her, and the matter will be over."

Bai Lu nodded: "That's fine."

If the queen died, this matter would be difficult to resolve, and she felt that the prince would also have some concerns about this.

She frowned, feeling speechless.

The queen is her aunt, but she framed her again and again. She was really impressed.

To be honest, she is not a saint, and she is not willing to save someone like the queen.

But we can't offend the prince.

Because of his brothers, they will hold positions in the court in the future.

The eldest brother is a civil servant in the court, the second brother is a military general in the court, and although the third brother is a businessman, he also has some idle positions in the court.

Moreover, their brother's descendants will also serve in the court.

My sisters-in-law have connections in the court, so I can't offend the future emperor...

The prince didn't seem to blame himself at this time, and seemed to be thinking about himself, but people change.

I really don’t know what the prince will become after many years.

Perhaps one day twenty years later, he would suddenly remember that at that time, Bai Lu had watched his mother die without rescuing her, and he would vent his anger on everyone else.

That would be bad.

She really didn't dare to gamble.

When the emperor is angry, millions of people will die and blood will flow for thousands of miles. This is no joke.

Bai Lu raised her head and said to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, let's set off immediately to return to the capital. We can bring the military report with us and report the good news to His Majesty!"

The prince was so overjoyed that he almost knelt down before Bai Lu, tears streaming down his face. "Thank you so much, Bai Lu, thank you so much!"

"I... I really don't know how to thank you. I will give you a lot of gold, silver and jewelry..." He said, and suddenly stopped.

How could I do that? Giving her gold, silver, and jewelry would be like humiliating her.

"Let's think about how to compensate you on the way!"

They didn't even take a carriage, but rode their horses directly towards Kyoto.

On the way, the prince said to Bai Lu very embarrassedly: "Don't worry too much about your children. I have sent someone to take care of them..."

"They are all doing well. The children's letters arrived two days ago."

However, they were in a hurry on the road and had no time to read the children's letters.

Thinking of this, the prince felt extremely guilty.

The people in their family treated Bailu so badly, but Bailu always repaid evil with kindness.