Adoption brings disaster

I haven't been sleeping well these days, but that's normal. After all, if a man can sleep well after giving birth to a child, I'd be really amazing.

But strangely enough, I slept very comfortably in Qianqiu Pavilion. I don’t know if it was because I was carrying the foreign Yangyu Stone on me, or because it was warm in Qianqiu Pavilion, but I slept until mid-afternoon.

When I woke up in a daze, Qingyu was waiting quietly by my side, and a burly man was standing in the distance. I have lost my true energy now, and my eyesight is not as good as before, and I am even a little nearsighted. The man standing in the distance looked familiar to me, but I couldn't see clearly who he was.

When the man saw that I woke up, he was about to come over and salute me respectfully, but Wuxin and Wude suddenly appeared and stopped him.

After searching the man thoroughly and finding nothing amiss, Wu Xin came over and said, "Your Highness, General Lu requests an audience."

Wu Xin finished speaking, then turned his head and glanced at General Lu, saying with disgust, "Your Highness has been feeling unwell for a long time. He finally managed to get some extra sleep today, but he dared to disturb your peace. How despicable! Otherwise, let him sleep a little longer and come to pay his respects another day."

I was still a little confused. I just listened to Wuxin cursing, but I couldn't react to who he was cursing. I yawned and said, "Who's here?"

Seeing that I was still a little confused, Qingyu also complained to Wuxin, saying, "Your Highness finally had a good sleep, and you brought these irrelevant people here for what? You can't even handle such a small matter. You are useless."

Qingyu's face was filled with indignation. He glared at General Lu again and cursed, "Your Highness has been in a delicate state these days, and everyone knows it. General Lu is so arrogant that he came to pay his respects at this time. I will just turn him down. Your Highness, go back to sleep and don't worry about these irrelevant and shameless people."

Qingyu is also a very active person. After saying this, he put on a stern face and was about to chase people away.

I'm not feeling well right now and don't want to see General Lu, but some things have to be dealt with, so I had to stop Qingyu and let Wuxin bring General Lu over.

She had no intention of obeying and wanted to persuade me again, but I gave her a look and she knew what I meant. Although she was worried, she had no choice but to go and bring General Lu.

General Lu received permission and quickly came to me in small steps. He knelt on the ground and bowed deeply, saying respectfully: "Your servant greets His Highness Qianqiu. May Your Highness Qianqiu be blessed with good health."

After saying this, he pretended to be enlightened and said angrily, "This slave really deserves death. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

After saying that, he slapped himself twice, looking both loyal and funny.

I asked General Lu to stand up and wanted to go sit outside. When Qingyu and the others heard this, they complained to General Lu even more. However, they knew that I had a strange temper now, so they didn't dare to say anything to make me unhappy. They could only help me go outside carefully.

I was pregnant with two children and my body was heavy and difficult to move. It took me a lot of effort to sit up with the help of Qingyu and Wuxin. I then moved outside and sat for a long time before I had the energy to talk to General Lu who was standing respectfully beside me.

"We are old acquaintances, General Lu, there is no need to be so polite. Please sit down." I said after taking a sip of the pregnancy-preserving medicine that Qingyu had prepared long ago.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The etiquette between the monarch and his subjects cannot be abolished. I will just stand there." General Lu bowed again and said.

"Since you know that the person before you is the future Queen Mother, I believe you also know that His Highness's health is precious. Now that you have paid your respects, please leave quickly. If you offend His Highness, I'm afraid your Lu family doesn't have so many lives to pay for it."

This is the personality of the Death Detective. He is always like this when he is with Qingyu. Whenever he meets someone he doesn't like, he will choke them with words.

The people in the capital are all shrewd people, and they definitely wouldn't start a quarrel over a few words. General Lu didn't look annoyed at all, but just smiled and said, "Lord Qingyu is very perceptive. With you by the Empress's side, I can rest assured. The remnants of Chongde won't have the slightest chance of harming the Empress."

Don't hit a smiling person. Seeing General Lu praising him so much, Qingyu couldn't say anything sarcastic anymore. He just snorted coldly and stood aside with a stern face without saying a word.

I'm not one to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak, and besides, the dead are the greatest, so it's not good to say anything bad about the Crown Prince. So I said, "Zhongde is also a good boy, but the fight between the two dragons is fate, there's nothing we can do about it."

Now that Chongguang has succeeded to the throne, Chongde is a traitor to the Beishang Kingdom. Except for me, everyone in the Beishang Kingdom criticizes him.

If I hadn't been pregnant with two children and wasn't emotionally unstable, I wouldn't have dared to say these words. What's more, General Lu and the others naturally didn't even dare to respond.

When General Lu and the others heard what I said, they didn't know how to respond for a moment, so they just lowered their heads and said nothing.

Seeing that they were silent, I felt somewhat bored. I drank the abortion-preserving medicine in the bowl and said, "From what you just said, could it be that the remnants of Chongde are still quite powerful?"

Upon hearing this, General Lu hurriedly said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is invincible and has the support of the people. These remnants are naturally nothing to fear. However, the Thousand Killing Organization still has several top assassins at large. Your Majesty's body is precious, and I'm afraid these people might take risks and assault you. Therefore, Your Majesty has ordered this servant to heavily guard Qianqiu Pavilion to protect you."

After hearing this, I nodded and said with a smile, "General Lu is thoughtful, but there's no need to be so. Not everyone can break into my Qianqiu Pavilion."

After saying that, he looked at Qingyu again and said, "Since there are masters with the Thousand Kills ability on the loose, Qingyu, you go and patrol. Don't let them really sneak in and cause trouble, otherwise I will lose face."

Qingyu didn't want to leave, but my safety was important, and it was always better to be careful, so he went reluctantly.

I found another excuse to let Wuxinwude leave, and only General Lu and I were left in the yard.

As soon as they left, I chatted with General Lu for a while. I always felt uncomfortable sitting there and needed someone to rock the recliner for me to feel more comfortable.

I looked at General Lu, who was standing respectfully beside me, and said, "Qingyu Wuxin and the others have left, and I don't even have a single servant by my side."

When General Lu heard this, he naturally understood what I meant and quickly said, "If the Queen doesn't mind my stupidity, I am willing to serve her."

"My body is not feeling well, and my mind is not very active. I didn't realize for so long that General Lu is a pillar of the country. How can I call myself a slave?"

I beckoned General Lu to stand behind me and said, "I know General Lu well. He is the most loyal. If General Lu could serve me, it would be a perfect example of a harmonious relationship between a ruler and his subjects. I don't have anyone around me, so I can only ask General Lu to rock the recliner for me."

At most, I can only be an empress, and I definitely cannot say the words "the relationship between the monarch and the subject is suitable for each other". However, General Lu did not remind me, and I don't care about this in my current personality. I just treated this treasonous remark as a casual remark and was done with it.

After saying so much, I started to feel a little tired again. General Lu rocked the recliner, which made me sleepier. Soon I fell asleep in a daze.

I slept like this for half an incense stick of time, and then woke up slowly. Seeing General Lu still rocking diligently in the rocking chair, I said casually, "General Lu, why don't you do it? If you don't, Qingyu will be back. I'm afraid you won't be able to get into my body anymore."

After hearing this, General Lu was obviously panicked. The rocking chair stopped for a moment, but immediately started rocking again at the same frequency as before.

Seeing that General Lu didn't react, I said again, "You should know that you only have this one chance today. If you miss it, you may never find such a good opportunity again. Are you sure you don't want to do it?"

I said it twice in a row, and General Lu couldn't pretend he didn't hear me. He also knelt on the ground and said in panic, "It was that villain who slandered the Empress. I have no second thoughts about Your Majesty and Your Majesty. How could I possibly do such a treasonous thing and betray my master?"

General Lu spoke sincerely, and when he saw that I didn't react, he panicked and quickly crawled to my side, kowtowed several times.

Until his forehead was covered in blood, he said miserably: "My loyalty to Your Majesty is evident to all. I don't know which villain is talking nonsense. I am willing to confront him. Your Majesty must not be deceived by such a villain. The lives of my family are insignificant, but Your Majesty's reputation after a hundred years is greater."

General Lu was crying bitterly. If it were someone else, they would definitely feel that they had wronged a good person. But since I dared to say this, I have solid evidence in my hand.

I looked at General Lu, who was kneeling on the ground with a pitiful expression, and sighed, saying, "It's human nature to seek profit and avoid harm. With Chongguang wanted, watching the fire from the other side of the river is the best option. All the high officials in the capital do the same, and there's nothing wrong with that."

"I was not careful and fell victim to Chongde's schemes. I was unable to protect you. I deserve death, but I am utterly loyal to you two princes. If you want to kill me or punish me, I will accept it. But you cannot accuse me of being disloyal."

The wailing of General Lu attracted everyone's attention. I had been emotionally unstable recently, and most people thought that I was tormenting General Lu again. They all looked at me with pity, but were afraid of getting into trouble, so they lowered their heads and stayed away from the yard.

"The defense of the capital is no different from anything else. When Zhongde issued the arrest warrant for Zhongguang, it was as easy as waving an arm. Without your approval, it would have been impossible. I had some ideas at that time."

I ignored General Lu and just said to myself, "But wealth and glory are alluring. Although switching to a different family is despicable, it's not something that can't be accepted. So Chongguang and I don't really care."

Hearing this, General Lu was about to start howling again, but I didn't give him the chance. I lowered my head and stared at him and said, "By the way, have you ever seen Wubusha?"

This made General Lu feel a little bewildered. He said hesitantly, "Qiansha Wubusha is extremely skilled in disguise. I am incompetent and know nothing about disguise at all."

General Lu didn't know what to say next, so he kowtowed and said, "I am incompetent. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"He's dead," I said nonchalantly. "The Thousand Corpses Transmutation Technique exploded, leaving no trace of his body."

General Lu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but then he said excitedly and bloodthirstily, "Among the Thousand Killers, Wubusha is the strongest. Now that he has submitted to his death, the remaining evildoers of Chongde are nothing but chickens and dog ears. It won't be long before they disappear completely."

"I didn't understand it before. Logically, you shouldn't have helped Chongde. But after I met Wubusha, I understood. Although he doesn't look like you, his features are very similar to Xiaolu's." I pounded my sore waist and said, "So I asked Qingyu to check you out."

When General Lu heard me say I checked him, he didn't look panicked at all. He just asked doubtfully, "Xiao Lu?"

"Young Master Lu died of the plague. Could it be that General Lu has forgotten about him?" I said. "Qingyu found nothing in your secret room except a portrait of a woman, a portrait that is almost identical to Wu Bu Sha's."

At this point, General Lu fell silent. I continued, "We both know that neither a portrait nor a facial feature can serve as evidence. Given your position in the Northern Shang Kingdom, without solid evidence, it would only cause you some trouble. I'm curious why you'd take the risk of killing me."

General Lu stopped crying and stood up, respectfully standing aside. He smiled and said, "I'm curious about one thing. How could Your Highness be so sure that I came here to kill you today?"

"I'm not sure." I glanced at General Lu playfully and said, "I'm just tricking you."

General Lu saw that he had been tricked, but he did not get angry. Instead, he continued, "If Your Highness knew this, why did you send the people around you away? From what I know, you don't have any true energy at all now. You are not even as good as an ordinary person."

I sighed and said, "Logically, I should have taken the initiative and killed you. This is the best policy. Anyway, I can blame everything on Chongde now. But I don't know if it's because I have a child that I've softened my heart, or because I'm thinking of General Lu and Xiaolu, but I always want to leave you a way out."

"Your Highness, this means you're letting me go," General Lu said with a smile, then his expression changed and he added sinisterly, "Unfortunately, I can't let you go."

"I advise you not to do anything weird." I said indifferently, "Master Tianshu is on the roof. You won't be as fast as him."

Seeing that he couldn't kill me, General Lu was also somewhat frustrated. He sat on the ground in despair. Seeing that I really had no intention of killing him, he smiled bitterly and said, "I am sorry to the prince and even more sorry to His Majesty. The debt I owe in this life can only be repaid in the next life."

After saying this, he staggered away without even saying hello.

I saw General Lu's rapidly aging back, and I still couldn't understand what love was that could make General Lu so desperate for a woman who had been dead for many years. However, these were not important things to me, so I didn't think about it anymore and didn't mention it.

Predict what will happen in the future, and listen to the next decomposition.