Chapter 79: What law are you talking about to me?
He Qiong stepped forward courageously: "Master Fang, please think twice! Qilin is a beast after all. If it flies up and spews fire, all the people in the capital will be devastated..."
"Master He, I have something urgent to do today so I need to borrow the Qilin beast. Please help me delay until sunset," Fang Qianxue said as she unlocked the chains on the Qilin beast's feet. "Wait until I rescue my child. If the Queen Mother and His Majesty pursue the matter, I, Fang Qianxue, am willing to bear all the blame."
Qilin began to get ready, making "huff" and "huff" sounds, and the waves of heat distorted its vision.
"Ah, this..." He Qiong hesitated and dared not move. The other palace servants who were guarding Qilin did not dare to step forward.
"Lock the door quickly!" a eunuch shouted.
The palace servants left the stable one after another. He Qiong also left and locked the iron door of the stable with a chain before he breathed a sigh of relief.
Now everyone is outside the iron cage, only Fang Qianxue and Qilin are in the iron cage.
The Qilin bent its front legs and allowed Fang Qianxue to slowly climb up and sit on its back.
No one knew what she was going to do. Although the chains on Qilin's limbs and neck had been untied, the entire stable was still like a huge iron cage that trapped it inside.
Everyone just felt that it was safe. This double-layer iron cage would definitely be able to trap the Qilin beast and Fang Qianxue.
"Awoo!" Suddenly, the Qilin let out a deafening roar, and then, with strength coming from nowhere, it spit out a huge fireball from its mouth.
With a loud "boom", the big iron cage was blown into several pieces by the fireball.
Then I saw a giant beast kicking off the ground and flying high into the sky with a "whoosh".
Everyone was stunned, and it took them a while to come back to their senses.
"Master He!" The young eunuch in charge of guarding the stable pointed at the monster in the sky and said in panic, "This, this, this...Master Fang was also taken to the sky by the Qilin!"
Another young eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and stammered, "She...where are they going?"
"Don't make a fuss." He Qiong was also frightened, but she was still trying to comfort everyone. "I heard from Lord Fang that she had something urgent to deal with and needed to borrow Qilin. She will return it after she is done."
The eunuch slapped his thigh, heartbroken: "It's already this hour, and you still believe her? Qilin ran away, how could he come back? Lord Fang must have run away with Qilin. It's almost the Queen Mother's birthday, and something like this happened. Losing Qilin is a serious crime, and we are all going to die!"
A whimpering sound was heard in the stable.
He Qiong looked up at the auspicious cloud that the Qilin had stepped on, and couldn't help but sigh: "There is actually someone who can ride a Qilin to the sky. This is an eye-opener for me in this life. It's worth it even if I die."
Before, the Qilin could only run a few steps in the horse farm and jump as high as the roof at most. Everyone doubted whether it could really fly in the clouds as the legend said.
Now, there is no need to doubt it at all.
He Qiong suddenly remembered something and turned to the palace servants and said, "Stop crying! No one is allowed to tell anyone that the Qilin is missing. Just say that Lord Fang took it out for a walk and will be back in the evening."
Fang Qianxue suddenly took Qilin away obviously because she had something urgent to do, and it seemed that she wanted to "save her child" or something like that. Based on He Qiong's observation during this period, Fang Qianxue was a man of her word and might have some future in her, so she decided to take a gamble.
Officials from the previous dynasty would form cliques, and the female officials in the palace would also form alliances. After this incident, if Fang Qianxue returns safely, He Qiong will have another way out in this palace.
A young eunuch asked with a bitter face: "What if he hasn't returned by evening?"
"Wait until sunset," He Qiong frowned and said, "If Lord Fang still hasn't sent the Qilin back, I will go to the Queen Mother and confess my guilt."
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Hanlin Lu Mansion.
Suiqiong led two maids into Lu Changqing's study.
"Second Master, where did you hide the young master and young lady? If you don't hand them over, the Jingzhao Yin will come to arrest them!"
It was a day off today, and Lu Changqing sat leisurely behind the desk, with his chin on one hand and dozing off with his eyes closed.
When he didn't speak, he was still that handsome young man.
After working all night long and feeling terrified, we finally succeeded. Xu Miaoyan and the two children were safely sent to Wanxian Palace.
The man raised his eyelashes when he heard the voice: "Are you guys rebelling? When will it be the turn of a maid to be in charge of the Lu Mansion? Yao'er and Yuan'er are my children. It's my freedom to take them wherever I want."
Suiqiong was furious.
She had just gone to Songshengju and searched for a long time, only to find that Xu Miaoyan was missing, and even the old lady was nowhere to be found.
The entire Song Sheng Ju was empty, and there was no sign of the two children.
"You ignored the relationship between husband and wife and hurt your own children for a wild woman who came from nowhere. How can a person like you be qualified to be a father?" Sui Qiong pinched her waist with one hand and pointed at Lu Changqing with the other hand, scolding, "If you don't hand over the young lady and the young master, you will be thrown into the prison of Jingzhao Yin's government office!"
When the lady left, she handed over the affairs of the mansion to her, saying that Lu Changqing must not be allowed to escape and must be sent to the Jingzhao Yin's government office.
"What a sharp tongue you have." Lu Changqing snorted coldly, glancing at the maids who rushed in. "It's a pity that it's not me who should die, but your arrogant master! You falsely accuse your own husband, and you will be thrown into the pig cage! Where is Fang Qianxue now? She must be out there gossiping and making up rumors about me!"
What can a few maids accomplish?
What's more, he had already made arrangements. After Qianjizi took the leg bones of the two children, he would send someone to pick up the two children down the mountain, send them directly to Shangjing, and send them to Linyao's hometown, where they would be treated as disabled and raised for the rest of their lives.
As for Shangjing, it was only said that Fang was fast asleep at night and unaware of the danger, and the two children were abducted by a kidnapper, and no one could find any fault with him.
After a few years, when Xu's health recovered and she gave birth to a few more children for him, no one would remember Lu Qingyuan and Lu Qingyao anymore.
Lu Changqing even thought that since Fang Qianxue had lost two children, and he felt somewhat guilty about it, he would return the power of Lu family's housekeeper to her as a way of making up for it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the rapid sound of military boots hitting the ground coming from far away.
"Get it!"
Several soldiers rushed into the study, held Lu Changqing's arms on the left and right, and forced him to kneel down.
"How dare you! This is the emperor of Shangjing. Do you think there is any law against you for trespassing into a private residence?" Lu Changqing asked loudly.
But then he saw a handsome man in a black brocade robe walk in, stand in front of him with an imposing manner, lift his foot, and step on his shoulder, making his head fall to the ground.
"Master Lu, have you forgotten that this world belongs to our Xiao family? What kind of law are you talking about?"
This attitude made Lu Changqing feel extremely humiliated, but he could do nothing about it.
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