Chapter 68 Want to Kill the Queen Mother
The uninvited guest came directly to Ruan Yiyu's bed, looked at the bulge in the bedding, and swung his sword without hesitation.
The moment the sword touched the quilt, he knew there was no one inside.
In shock, before he could react, he was electrocuted from behind.
Ling Chan kicked the man on the ground, turned him over, squatted down and fumbled out a token from his body.
The token had the word "ban" written on it, indicating it was from the palace guards.
Ruan Yiyu followed Ling Chan and asked, "Why did you save me?"
Ling Chan turned around and looked at Ruan Yiyu with an ambiguous look.
A chill ran down Ruan Yiyu's back. She knew that if she leaked the secret, the consequences would be disastrous.
She had also anticipated that someone would come to kill her.
But she never expected Ling Chan to save her.
"Why?" she asked again.
Ling Chan sat down on the chair behind her, crossed her legs, and looked extremely relaxed. "Ruan Yiyu, do you think that if you play dumb, the Queen Mother will let you go?"
Ruan Yiyu stiffened her neck and said, "I don't understand what you are saying."
"You kept her secret, and she wanted to kill you."
"Don't you think you're stupid?"
Ruan Yiyu laughed, "You want me to tell you what I know, what? After I tell you, you won't want to kill me?"
"We're all going to die anyway, so it's enough for me to be stupid once."
Ling Chan was not anxious and asked her slowly, "Ruan Yiyu, you committed the sin yourself, and it would be fine if you died, but you implicated your own daughter, don't you hate it?"
Ruan Yiyu looked at Ling Chan calmly, "Hate, of course I hate."
"I hate...I shouldn't have listened to the Queen Mother back then. I saved your life, but ended up killing Hui'er and Yao'er."
Ling Xue shook her head and looked at her like she was a fool. "Ruan Yiyu, you guys plotted against me first, and I fought back later. You can't blame me for this."
"And I never thought of killing Ling Xuehui and Ling Xueyao." This statement was false. Of course she wanted to kill them.
"Ling Xuehui was stabbed to death by Ling Xueyao. What about Ling Xueyao? Do you really believe that Ling Xueyao would hang herself?"
Ruan Yiyu was silent for a moment, "What do you mean?"
Yao'er... She taught Yao'er since she was young that she should fight for everything on her own. Even if she was in a situation that seemed hopeless, she should not give up or be discouraged, because everything would turn around.
Moreover, when the Queen Mother's people took Yao'er away, she kept telling Yao'er to live well.
Yao'er didn't commit suicide in prison, so why would she commit suicide in Yulu Temple?
"Zeng Hongbao of the Zeng family is not willing to take Ling Xueyao as a concubine at all. The news that Ling Xueyao is pregnant at such a young age is also circulating among the people."
"The Queen Mother asked Ling Xueyao to go to Yulu Temple because Prince Huai went there to plead for her."
"But it is precisely because Prince Huai pleaded for mercy that Ling Xueyao must die."
"As long as Ling Xueyao is alive, Prince Huai will never be able to escape the influence of this incident."
"You kept her secret for over a decade, and in the end, she murdered your daughter and left her body exposed in the wilderness, insulting her to such an extent."
"Now I'm going to kill you to silence you."
"Ruan Yiyu, think carefully about whether it's worth it."
"Oh." Ruan Yiyu smiled sadly, "Is it worth talking to the royal family?"
"I was courting disaster, and I had anticipated the outcome... I just felt sorry for Yao'er and Hui'er."
"That's right, so the Queen Mother shouldn't have killed Ling Xueyao." Ling Chan coaxed, "Ruan Yiyu, as long as you tell me the truth about what happened more than ten years ago, I will avenge Ling Xueyao."
Ruan Yiyu's eyes widened in disbelief. "Ling Chan, are you dreaming? Are you planning to kill the Queen Mother?"
Ling Chan glanced at the imperial guards on the ground. "She killed my mother. Why not kill her to avenge her?"
"You..." Ruan Yiyu looked at Ling Chan as if she were a madman, "You, are you crazy?"
At the same time, she was also certain that once she told Ling Chan the truth, she would kill herself.
but...
"Will you really kill her?" Ruan Yiyu asked.
What Ling Chan said touched her heart. She hated the Queen Mother, especially after she knew that it was the Queen Mother who killed Ling Xueyao.
"I will kill her." Ling Chan nodded with certainty.
In fact, the Queen Mother has already drunk her own slow poison several times now.
If she is in good health, she can hold on until next autumn. If she is not in good health, it may be almost summer.
Ruan Yiyu silently walked to the chair next to Ling Chan and sat down. "I killed your mother, so it's understandable that you want to kill me."
"But working for the Queen Mother is my choice. It has nothing to do with Yao'er and Hui'er."
"Yu'er is young and knows nothing about this."
"Ling Chan, I can tell you everything I know, but..."
She looked up at Ling Chan calmly, "But you have to promise me that in addition to avenging Yao'er, you must also ensure that Yu'er is safe for the rest of his life."
Ling Chan thought back to Ling Yu. Compared with Ling Xueyao and Ling Xuehui, he was more likely to kill people by borrowing a knife.
He is afraid of studying and always tries to avoid it.
Ling Chan was his excuse for skipping classes. He would either have his books torn up by Ling Chan, or his writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone lost by Ling Chan, or he would be pushed into the river by Ling Chan.
He knew too well how much his family hated Ling Chan. Even though they were all poor excuses, his family would believe them, punish Ling Chan, and satisfy his desire to skip classes.
Ling Chan was a little hesitant. Ling Yu was not a good person either. He had such deep thoughts at such a young age.
"Ling Chan, Yu'er is only ten years old. He treated you like that before because of me. I didn't discipline him properly."
"When I'm gone, he will definitely change. Give him a chance."
Ling Chan looked at her pleading for Ling Yu, and her heart was inevitably moved by this motherly love.
"Ruan Yiyu, seeing you like this, I'm thinking..."
"If my mother were still alive... hehe." Ling Chan thought to herself, if Gong Lele were still alive, how glorious would the original owner Ling Chan be?
"I can't promise you that he will be safe for the rest of his life. I can only say that he should not come to provoke me, otherwise I will personally send him down to reunite with you."
"Okay." Unexpectedly, Ruan Yiyu agreed immediately.
Ruan Yiyu looked out the window. There was a cold wind blowing, but she didn't feel cold at all.
The sight passed through the darkness, as if passing through more than ten years, and returned to the past.
"Your mother...is too kind after all." She sighed.
"At that time..." Ruan Yiyu slowly recounted what happened that year.
As Ling Chan guessed, Ling Rui met Ruan Yiyu when he first accompanied Liu Hong to Beijing to report on his work.
The two fell in love at first sight at the Lantern Festival and sent each other lanterns to express their love. After the Lantern Festival, Ling Rui followed Liu Hong back to the battlefield.
The next year, Ling Rui returned to Beijing and was recommended by Liu Hong to be awarded the rank of seventh-rank deputy general. He officially had a rank. He and Ruan Yiyu fell in love with each other after a long separation. Ling Rui promised to work hard to get promoted within two years and then propose to Ruan Yiyu.
Unexpectedly, before returning to the Dahe border, a large number of bandits suddenly appeared in Qingzhou, robbing homes and committing all kinds of evil.
The soldiers sent by the Qingzhou government office never returned. They discovered that these bandits were not ordinary bandits, but people from the underworld.
The late emperor was furious, so he ordered Liu Hong to lead his troops to Qingzhou to suppress the bandits, and then go to the border of Dahe after the suppression.
It was during this time that Ling Rui met Gong Lele, the daughter of the Gong family of Fuyun Villa, in Qingzhou.
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