After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

The other deputy general was dumbfounded. "I didn't expect that she is so capable."

They were all happy, but Qin Junyu couldn't laugh. He actually hoped that Nian Susu would not succeed, so that he could find another way. Even if it was risky, it would not put her in danger.

Liangcheng.

Liu Luyan, carrying a food box, strode into a yard. He glanced to the side and saw at least three people following him in the dark. He retracted his gaze, walked forward as if nothing had happened, and stopped in front of a locked room.

He put the food box down, took the key from his waist and unlocked it.

Liu Luyan entered the room and closed the door.

Xiao Yunzheng sat absent-mindedly in front of the window, supporting her chin with one hand and playing with a porcelain cup with the other.

The windows were closed, but she seemed to be lost in thought as she gazed at the scenery. When she heard the door open, she just sighed and said calmly, "Get lost."

Liu Luyan put the lunch box on the table, sighed, and opened the lid while saying, "Miss Xiao, please eat something."

A beam of light suddenly shot into Xiao Yunzheng's dull eyes, and she came alive. She smiled and ran to Liu Luyan, saying in an aggrieved tone: "Uncle Liu, you're finally here!"

She sat down, and without waiting for Liu Luyan to bring the food out of the lunch box, she grabbed a piece of rice cake and stuffed it into her mouth, saying incoherently: "You don't know how hard it was for me to pretend to be on a hunger strike these days. I was so hungry that I almost gnawed the bed." She ate while complaining, never letting herself down.

Liu Luyan felt distressed and helpless, "Eat less, you will need to prepare it later."

Xiao Yunzheng's chewing stopped abruptly, with a look of despair on her face. Half a piece of half-chewed rice cake fell from her mouth, hit the ground and shattered completely, just like her heart.

She resigned herself to her fate and wiped her mouth roughly.

"Okay, I won't eat anymore." She stretched her neck to look into the food box, which contained her favorite crispy chicken and fermented rice dumplings. She swallowed her saliva.

"Eat some more." Liu Luyan couldn't bear it.

Xiao Yunzheng's eyes lit up instantly, and she promised to only eat a little and not eat it all.

Liu Luyan sat down and watched her eat quietly.

"Mr. Xiao has been taken out of the dungeon and is now living in Liufang Garden. The guards are very strict and they are all Qin Zehai's confidants. I can't arrange a meeting for you for the time being."

Xiao Yunzheng was stunned for a moment, and slowed down his eating speed, "How is his injury?"

"Qin Zehai still has some use for him, so he will naturally treat him well. I've asked a doctor to see him, and he's taken care of everything. It's just that his leg injury is a bit serious, so he can't walk for the time being."

Xiao Yunzheng nodded, "Then thank you Uncle Liu, please take care of my brother. If it weren't for you, he would still be suffering in the dungeon..." As she spoke, she choked up and tears fell down.

She didn't want to cry, tears couldn't solve any problems, but her tears were uncontrollable and poured out like a flood. "If you need my cooperation, just ask."

Liu Luyan did not dare to take credit for it, and hurriedly said: "This is wrong. If it weren't for Miss Xiao's willingness to sacrifice herself and join the game, I would not be able to save Mr. Xiao by myself."

After Qin Zehai fooled Liu Luyan that day, he immediately came up with a best of both worlds solution. Not only could he get Xiao Jianting out of the dungeon and cure his illness, but he could also lurk beside Qin Zehai, become his military advisor, and gather information.

The only victim of this method is Xiao Yunzheng.

He sneaked into the inn where Xiao Yunzheng was staying at night and told her his plan. Xiao Yunzheng agreed without thinking, which touched Liu Luyan very much.

The image of Xiao Yunzheng in his mind changed from an ignorant, willful and unruly girl to a mature and steady third lady of the Xiao family.

Xiao Yunzheng curled her lips, "When this is over, I must make him repay me well!"

A quarter of an hour later.

Two men in black on the eaves of the opposite house poked their heads out to look at the door, but when they saw no one coming out, they couldn't help but feel puzzled.

In the past, when someone came to deliver food, the person in the room would kick the person and the food box out without saying a word. Has he changed his nature today?

The two exchanged a puzzled look.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

"Crack--" A food box was thrown out and broke into three pieces, with food spilling all over the floor. Then, Liu Luyan staggered out, as if he was pushed.

"Miss Xiao!" he shouted.

"Bang!" The door was slammed shut from the inside.

"All of you get out of here! What a bullshit of treason! I don't believe it! My eldest brother is not that kind of person! You are all in the same group!"

"Even if all Liuli are collaborating with the enemy, my eldest brother will not be one of them!"

"Liu Luyan, you are such a heartless person! My father was so kind to you before, but now you are colluding with Qin Zehai to embarrass us!"

……

Xiao Yunzheng was cursing in the house, and her voice echoed throughout the yard.

Liu Luyan stood at the steps outside the door, with messy food scraps at his feet. He lowered his head and listened quietly to Xiao Yunzheng's scolding. Only after she finished scolding did he squat down and clean up the garbage.

The two men in black were shocked. They didn't expect that Liu Luyan, who was in his forties, would be scolded by a little girl in her early twenties.

After Liu Luyan left, the man in black jumped off the roof and went into Qin Zehai's study.

study.

Two men in black knelt in front of Qin Zehai's desk, and one of them told him what had just happened.

After listening to this, Qin Zehai's gloomy face suddenly brightened up and he felt cheerful.

As long as Xiao Yunzheng and Liu Luyan break up, he won't have to worry about Liu Luyan betraying him, and then Xiao Jianting will be completely under his control.

"Keep an eye on Xiao Yunzheng and don't let her get away. Except for Lieutenant General Liu, don't let anyone get close to her."

"Yes!"

-

It was the sixth day since the emperor fell ill. He had not attended the morning court for six days. The Imperial Hospital and Li Zhongquan both said that the emperor was unwell and needed rest. They could accept one or two days, but the emperor did not show up for six days and did not receive any foreign ministers. The ministers were dissatisfied and jointly wrote a letter asking to see the emperor.

More than a dozen ministers gathered outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, kneeling in four neat rows and threatening to not leave until they saw the emperor.

Li Zhongquan stood in front of the gate of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, looking at the scene below, and his face was covered with wrinkles due to worry.

Although he was the chief eunuch beside the emperor and had the final say in many matters, he did not dare to make decisions on his own at this point, and ordinary rhetoric could no longer fool these old foxes.

Lin Dequan trotted over and asked with a worried look on his face, "What should we do, Master? The Queen claims to be ill and refuses to see anyone, and Concubine Ning doesn't know the truth yet. We can't just let them kneel forever."

The people under them are all important figures in the court. If something happens and the emperor wakes up, how will they explain?

Li Zhongquan looked at the crimson city wall in the distance, and a figure emerged in his mind.

He clenched his fists and made up his mind, "Go find Prime Minister Nian."