"Grandfather! Grandmother! My father really wants to kill me, and he plans to do it at night. The poison given by the Queen Mother is colorless and tasteless. There will be no abnormality after taking it, but you will become weaker and weaker.
He also planned to poison my mother. He wanted us both to die. How could there be such a cruel father in the world? What did I do wrong? Why did he want to kill me? "
The old lady hugged her grandson's shoulders, patted him, and asked him to stand up: "This matter is complicated. Your father has taken refuge with Prince Duan and the Queen Mother, and forced your mother to come to us for the gold medal of immunity from death, in order to cut off the Chu family's retreat.
You also know that the Huguogong Mansion is loyal to Dongsheng and the emperor, and the Queen Mother's thoughts are obvious. You are already the son of the Marquis Mansion. Whether you have the means and scheming to turn danger into safety depends on your ability.
Whether you and your mother can be saved depends on your ability. If something happens in your Liu family, no one else can stop it. "
Liu Qingji wiped his tears and stood up: "Grandma is right, but I was sad and confused for a while. I didn't expect my father to be so cruel and want to attack me and my mother.
He only has two sons. If my mother and I are gone, what will happen to my brother?"
The old Duke couldn't help but sneer when he saw that he was still in the dark and was always thinking about his brother.
"Brother? Qingxiang was not born to your mother, but to your father and Feng Yuying. Your mother gave birth to a girl, but unfortunately she was stillborn.
We just received the news as well. Go back and ask your mother to investigate carefully so that you don’t foolishly raise a son for someone else.”
After hearing this, Liu Qingji suddenly fell down on his chair and said, "No wonder, no wonder, Aunt Feng is always very friendly when she sees Qingxiang. But she is very cold and indifferent to me. So that's why. I thought I was not as likable as my brother."
The old lady looked at him lovingly and said, "Qingji! We have expelled your mother from the Chu family. In the future, you should not come to the Huguogong Mansion as often as possible to avoid causing trouble.
I'm giving you this message because I don't want to see you get killed. Be careful when you go back. Whether you can escape this disaster depends on you."
Liu Qingji knelt down again and kowtowed to the old duke and the old lady, then stood up and left.
He knew in his heart that his father and mother had betrayed the Chu family, and he was their son, so it was naturally not appropriate for him to appear here again.
After returning home, he went to Chu Zhilan's courtyard, dismissed his attendants, and told her everything he had heard with his own ears.
"Qingji! What nonsense are you talking about? How could your father do this to us?"
"Mom! I'm not talking nonsense. From today on, you must pay attention to your diet and don't get really sick. Do you know? Qingxiang is not your son at all. He is Aunt Feng's son."
"What?" Chu Zhilan's face changed, and she tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, "How did you know?"
Liu Qingji didn't want to tell her that it was his grandfather who found out, so he lied: "I overheard it. My father said that my mother and I are from the Chu family. The Queen Mother hates the Huguo Mansion and will definitely vent her anger on the Chu family. He is afraid of being implicated, so he wants to kill us first.
From now on, the Anping Marquisate will be inherited by your younger brother. You gave birth to a younger sister, but she died at birth, so your father adopted the son born by Concubine Feng and brought him to live with you."
Chu Zhilan's face darkened to the extreme: "So I made wedding clothes for that couple?"
"almost."
"And even sacrifice my son?"
"right!"
"Mother knows." Chu Zhilan looked at her son. "Mother originally thought that Anping Marquis Mansion was in the hands of mother and son. It seems that mother was too stupid. Scheming? Humph! It's not certain who is scheming against whom."
After Chu Zhilan finished speaking, she asked Liu Qingji to come closer and whispered something in his ear.
Liu Qingji looked at her suspiciously, said nothing, and turned away.
That night, Liu Qingji and Chu Zhilan both received a bowl of soup sent by Liu Jingsi.
The explanation given to Chu Zhilan was an apology.
What is given to Liu Qingji is care.
Chu Zhilan gave it to Feng Yuying and had someone watch her drink it before leaving.
The daughter she gave birth to was stillborn? This is more like a lie. Most likely, her daughter was killed in order to give her a bastard to raise.
Liu Qingji gave the money to Liu Qingxiang, saying that it was given by his father. As the eldest brother, he dared not enjoy it alone, and had to be respectful to his younger brothers and each took half.
In a blink of an eye, it was Chu Xiaoxiao's hundredth day, and the old lady decided to take her to fulfill her wish.
On the day she was born, she was deceived by Nanny Lin and went to the temple to make a wish, saying that she would return the wish within a hundred days after the eldest son's wife gave birth to a child.
One cannot go back on one’s word in front of the Bodhisattva, so the old lady took Yang and Chu Xiaoxiao into the carriage and headed out of the city.
The news about the Marquis of Anping's mansion had gradually spread. The eldest and second sons of the Marquis of Anping both got a strange disease, and even the Marquis's wife and Aunt Feng also got a strange disease.
Others didn't know what was going on, but Liu Jingsi naturally knew. He went to the Queen Mother to ask for an antidote, but the Queen Mother refused his request.
He couldn't do anything to the empress dowager and could only seek medical help everywhere.
He even wrote a letter to Prince Duan for help, and Prince Duan replied, saying that he would give him the antidote as long as he could find a way to bring the Duke of Huguo to his camp.
Liu Jingsi was speechless. He knew in his heart that this was impossible.
He knew better than anyone how scheming the Chu family was. They were completely royalists. The Chu family would be loyal to whoever took that position, and would not take anyone else seriously.
Asking him to win over the Chu family is the same reason as Prince Duan not giving him the antidote.
If Chu Zhilan was a member of the Chu family, there might be a glimmer of hope. But the Chu family expelled Chu Zhilan from the family. What could he use to force them?
The current emperor's position is legitimate, so it would not be easy for Prince Duan to usurp the throne.
Seeing his beloved woman and his most beloved son getting weaker day by day, Liu Jingsi felt unwilling to give up, so he went to Chu Zhilan's room and prepared to kill her.
This woman was so stupid and vicious that she actually gave the soup to his most beloved woman without telling her.
Chu Zhilan saw Liu Jingsi coming to her bedside and pretended to smile weakly: "Come to see if I'm dead or not?"
"Bitch!" Liu Jingsi took out the poison she had prepared in advance and pinched her mouth open. "You dare to plot against Yuying and Qingxiang, you deserve to die."
"Really?" Chu Zhilan took out a dagger from under the pillow and thrust it forward fiercely, piercing Liu Jingsi's stomach. "Let's die together! We can still be a good couple in the underworld."
Liu Jingsi looked at the dagger stuck in her stomach and was so shocked that she even forgot the pain.
"Aren't you extremely weak? How come..."
Before he could finish his words, Chu Zhilan pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into his chest.
She was not afraid at all when the warm blood sprayed on her face.
"No matter how weak I am, I will drag you to accompany me to Hades' palace."
After swallowing the poison in her mouth, not long after, black blood began to flow out from the corners of Chu Zhilan's mouth.
"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. It's not enough that you killed my daughter, you also want to kill me and my son. Why should I keep you around? Why don't you just come with me? Only when you die can my son take control of the Anping Marquis' Mansion."
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