Chapter 131 The Second Prince Would Be More Suitable

"How long has Huai He been gone?" asked the old emperor.

"It's been five days."

Su He counted the days every day, and sometimes wondered, it's only been five days?

"Five days..."

The old emperor muttered, his eyes staring at something in a trance, and no one knew what he was thinking.

A few seconds later, he stood up with support, holding Zhaoyang's hand and walked towards the inner hall. The palace maid who was serving lotus root crisps wanted to follow, but was stopped by Su He.

She smiled faintly and asked, "It's too monotonous to eat only lotus root crisps. Aunt, why don't you add some bean and rice porridge?"

The palace maid was a little terrified: "I am just a low-ranking palace maid, and I can't be called an aunt. Young Madam

, you are too kind." The palace maids who can be called aunts in the palace can all be in charge of things.

"It's okay. You are still young and will become a housekeeper."

"Thank you, Madam."

The maid was happy to hear that and lowered her head to prepare bean and rice porridge.

Su He glanced at the inner hall. Through the distant pearl curtain, she could see Zhaoyang's heavy expression and the old emperor's worried face.

Although she didn't know what they were discussing, her intuition told Su He that she shouldn't stay here at the moment.

She thought for a while and left the hall.

There was a cold breeze blowing outside the corridor.

Su He stamped her steps, rubbed the hot air on her hands, and waited quietly.

"Mrs. Lu?"

Baili Jun's voice came from behind. Su He bowed his head in a hurry. He glanced at the person opposite him. Just by the familiar long boots, he could guess who it was.

Lu Yanxiu.

"Are you here with the eldest princess?" Baili Jun asked.

Su He replied, "Yes."

Looking at the direction Baili Jun and Lu Yanxiu were walking from, it should be Kunning Palace.

Maybe he was just behind them.

Su He was a little surprised to see Lu Yanxiu here.

Unlike in the past, his body was much rounder, but he looked a little weak and haggard.

I guess it was because of the bloodletting.

Human blood ginseng soup?

Su He didn't know whether Lu Yanxiu's blood would be useful to the old emperor, but looking at his current condition, he actually felt satisfied from the bottom of his heart.

Baili Jun asked to enter the palace by herself. In the corridor, besides the eunuch on duty, there were only her and Lu Yanxiu.

Su He didn't want to talk to him, but he brought up the topic first.

"Ah He, I..."

"Just say whatever Mr. Lu wants to say. There's no need to hesitate."

After all, the two of them have been strangers for a long time.

Lu Yanxiu's eyes were dim, and there was still a glimmer of light only when he looked at Su He.

He hesitated, not knowing whether he should say it.

After thinking about it, he still said: "The prince promised not to pursue the curse."

Su He frowned, quite surprised, she had never heard of it before.

"My blood can help His Majesty, so I made a deal with the Crown Prince."

Because his grandmother had strongly pointed out that Liu Qiuqiu was the murderer in the curse case in court, Lu Yanxiu had to exchange himself to save her from imprisonment.

Su He understood.

He wrapped his fingers around the silk handkerchief and gently pinched it, asking softly: "You saved her, have you ever thought that she would betray you?"

"What do you mean?"

"The princess asked Doctor Zhang Yu to check my pulse, and I'm pregnant."

Lu Yanxiu was stunned, and his feet seemed to be pulled by vines and he couldn't move.

His eyes fell on Su He's flat belly, and he thought she was joking, or it was possible that Doctor Yu had taken the wrong pulse.

Three years after getting married, there was no movement in her belly.

It's only been a year and a half since her divorce, and she's been married to Lu Huaihe for only a year, and she's... pregnant?

"You didn't lie to me?"

Lu Yanxiu was in disbelief. He grabbed Su He's hand, wanting an explanation, but she shook it off.

"Since I met you, I have never lied to you. Instead, you have lied to me everywhere."

"I..."

"You were locked up in prison for so long, and then you were taken to the Eastern Palace by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I guess you haven't heard the news from the outside world. Your dear sister Lu Yunqing was killed by your concubine Liu. One is lying in a coffin, and the other is sleeping in a dungeon."

Su He said every word very seriously.

She even emphasized some words on purpose.

In order to see Lu Yanxiu's reaction.

He was really shocked and couldn't accept it.

"Qiqi is impossible. She normally wouldn't even dare to step on an ant to death. How could she..."

"What are you talking about?"

Bailijun's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Lu Yanxiu stopped talking quickly, looking sad and hurt.

Su He smiled and replied, "Your Highness, Master Lu was telling me that being able to dedicate my flesh and blood to His Majesty is a blessing I have earned after several lifetimes of cultivation."

"Really?" Seeing the expressions of the two people, one happy and the other worried, Bailijun obviously didn't believe it, and he was also very tactful not to expose it.

"Your Highness, I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it or not?" Su He suddenly said.

Bailijun nodded, motioning her to continue.

Su He did not avoid Lu Yanxiu and said immediately: "Your Highness the Crown Prince has always been popular and loved by the people. If the news of releasing human blood to feed the emperor gets out, it may damage your reputation. I am afraid that the people will be swayed."

"The medicine in the palace can no longer cure it. If I don't ask for medicine from the immortal, should I watch my father fly away?"

"Of course not!" Su He explained in a gentle tone, "Even if it is for the sake of His Majesty, how ridiculous is the matter of human blood ginseng soup? Even if the prince insists on his own way today, when the truth comes out one day, the people will only blame the prince for ignoring the lives of others for the sake of his own family! You should know that it is always much easier to bear a bad name than to keep a good reputation."

Baili Jun narrowed his eyes and signaled everyone around him to retreat .

Only Su He stood there.

He sighed, "What do you have in mind?"

Su He lowered his eyes, "The second prince may be more suitable for this than the prince."

Baili Jun raised his eyes and looked her over with scrutiny.

How bold is it to put forward this idea?

"Don't you think so, Prince?"

Baili Jun sneered: "Does Lu Yuan know that he married a good wife?"

Of course, he secretly thought about it behind his back.

But he had already let Baili Feng down in the past, how dare he let him bear the curse?

But Baili Jun didn't understand why Su He made such a suggestion? Did he want to see the two brothers fight?

"Thank you for the compliment, Prince."

Baili Jun laughed in anger, and after a deep look, he walked away.

Lu Yanxiu wanted to ask Su He about the affairs of the Lu Mansion, but Baili Jun left, so he couldn't stay any longer, so he had to leave with Baili Jun.

Su He tightened his hands in his sleeves.

A smile appeared in his eyes.

Baili Jun will definitely accept her opinion and implement it very quickly.

Su He is not really trying to find a way to maintain his reputation, but he is just a soft-hearted person, like a little rabbit. It is really easy for Lu Yanxiu to be by his side.

If it were Baili Feng, even if his blood could be used as a medicine for His Majesty, he would never come out alive.