Chapter 221: The Eternal Empress, 1V4 Shura Field 59
On the day when Liang State raised the white flag to surrender, Quan Jiu saw a crazy woman. The woman had disheveled hair but was wearing exquisite light blue brocade clothes, and seemed to be of high status.
She was unconscious, holding an empty swaddling cloth, her eyes were gentle, and she was muttering from time to time.
"Be good, Zhu'er. Mother will take you to see your father right away..."
Quan Jiu turned his head to look at Xu Zhu, the woman's identity was self-evident.
Xu Zhu stood three meters away from the woman, his eyes calm. There was no emotion of a loved one in his eyes, but instead a hint of compassion.
Not long after, the woman suddenly let out a miserable scream, drawing Quan Jiu's attention back.
She watched the crazy woman throw the swaddling clothes in her hands into the air and stumble towards a minister of Liang State.
"Your Majesty, please don't abandon me... I'll be obedient... Please don't drive me away... I don't want to go to the cold palace..."
The woman hugged the man's thigh and cried in public, with no dignity at all.
Quan Jiu's eyes were fixed on the discarded swaddling clothes.
There was clearly no one inside, but when she saw the swaddling clothes fall heavily to the ground, her heart couldn't help but tremble.
"It's ridiculous, isn't it?"
Xu Zhu watched the woman recognize the wrong person and kneel on the ground crying, but he did not offer a hand to help her.
Quan Jiu: "What's wrong with her?"
She felt it was strange from the beginning that Xu Zhu was the third prince of Liang State, but very few people had seen him.
Xu Zhu spoke lightly and concisely:
"I couldn't stand the stimulation of being abandoned by Liang Rushi, and I went crazy."
Quan Jiu did not ask any more questions. After entering Liang State, he just asked someone and easily found out the whole truth of the matter.
Xu Zhu's mother was originally a traditional Jiangnan beauty with picturesque eyebrows and was well-educated and well-mannered.
She was favored by the King of Liang who was traveling south, and she became pregnant with Xu Zhu after a night of favors.
Quan Jiu: Another Xia Yuhe by the Daming Lake.
The difference is that Xu Zhu's mother did not die. Instead, she was taken back to the palace by King Liang. A powerless commoner woman who was pregnant with the dragon heir was naturally targeted by other concubines.
Liang Rushi is also an old scumbag. After Xu Zhu's mother grew old and lost her beauty, he allowed others to bully her. Under the intrigue in the harem and the neglect of her husband, she finally couldn't stand the stimulation and went crazy.
The young Xu Zhu instantly became the target of public criticism.
"That's how the prince got the lotus birthmark between his eyebrows..."
In order to avoid being sentenced to death by the new emperor, the palace maid revealed all the old secrets.
After hearing the truth, Quan Jiu had a general understanding of Xu Zhu's miserable life.
She stepped out of the palace and just as she crossed the threshold, she saw Xu Zhu standing at the door.
Quan Jiu: “…”
It’s fucked.
Why does she always get caught doing bad things?
Xu Zhu's face showed no emotion, and it was unclear whether he was angry or not:
"If you want to know about me, you can ask me in person."
Quan Jiu: "I just don't want to open your wounds..."
Xu Zhu stared at her for a few seconds.
“Others can’t, but you can.”
Quan Jiu: "..."
Damn, I was teased.
………
Ten minutes later, Quan Jiu was taken to the roof of the cold palace by Xu Zhu.
The two of them each had a jar of wine and sat casually in the cold wind.
Quan Jiu stared at the red lotus birthmark between his eyebrows:
"How old were you then?"
Xu Zhu opened the wine cork:
"I don't remember clearly, maybe seven or eight years old."
Quan Jiu remained silent.
The palace maid told her the origin of the birthmark.
The king of Liang believed in gods and Buddhas. When he was thirty years old, he fell seriously ill. By chance, a "high monk" passed by and saw the young Xu Zhu.
"I have a method that can cure your majesty's serious illness."
"We need to find a child who is related to your majesty by blood and has a connection with the Buddha. Plant this red lotus mark on him, and then have him fast and chant before the Buddha for 49 days. Once his sincerity touches the Buddha's connection, your majesty's serious illness will naturally heal without treatment."
The bad thing is this method of Honglian.
People with the red lotus birthmark must go through the pain of digging out the red lotus birthmark with a knife between their eyebrows, and then use a special method to seal it with cinnabar.
What is holy is often the most sinful.
Quan Jiu stared at the holy and shimmering red lotus birthmark, silently raised the wine jar and clinked it with his.
After three rounds of drinking, the huge wine jar was empty. Quan Jiu felt dizzy and looked at Xu Zhu with blurry eyes.
"Are you feeling happier now?"
Xu Zhu's eyebrows softened slightly:
"Um."
The two of them reeked of alcohol, looking nothing like the empress and the imperial teacher. The mottled shadows of the trees danced on her eyelashes. Under the influence of drunkenness, a seed hidden deep in Xu Zhu's heart began to sprout wildly.
During this year, he and she got along very well in the Qianqiu Kingdom Palace. They were more like good friends who had known each other for many years. When it came to matters like governing the country, they had almost no disagreements.
Xu Zhu treats Xiao Youzi very attentively.
Although it has been confirmed that Xiaoyouzi is "not" his son, he has fulfilled his responsibilities as a father.
Quan Jiu squinted his eyes and basked in the sun.
"Xuzhu."
Xu Zhu: "Hmm?"
"It's okay, I just wanted to call you."
Quan Jiu smiled like a flower, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Xu Zhu looked at her and the corners of his mouth rose.
The two of them brought a few more jars of wine. When the jars were empty again, Quan Jiu could no longer resist the sleepiness and dozed off with red cheeks.
Xu Zhu stared at the woman's thin figure, and finally dared to reach out and hug her in his arms.
The man let her head rest on his chest, in a position that would not be uncomfortable for her to sleep in. He placed his right hand on her back and patted it gently, his movements gentle and patient.
This year, the person who worked the hardest was not them, but Quan Jiu.
She never rested for a single day. She took the lead in charging into battle in every major battle. She even changed her previous lazy and tyrannical rule, amended civil laws, distributed land, and formulated currency, greatly benefiting the people.
It was also in this year that the voices supporting the empress to unify the world grew louder and louder, but Quan Jiu had not touched the remaining Dayong Kingdom.
They all knew the reasons.
Xu Zhu's jade-white fingertips gently stroked the loose hair on her forehead.
"I still can't beat him..."
The three men fought each other, but none of them could defeat Mo Xi, whose life or death was unknown.
…
After the unification of the Three Kingdoms, Quan Jiu went to Dayong.
The peach blossoms have not yet withered, it is a good time to enjoy the flowers.
Upon hearing that the empress was coming, everyone in Dayong felt uneasy, but after discovering that Quan Jiu had no hostility, the atmosphere between the two sides eased a lot.
Quan Jiu stared at the current monarch of Dayong State and asked:
"Who planted these peach blossoms?"
The King of Yong showed her special respect:
"The late emperor ordered the gardener to plant it when he was still alive."
Quan Jiu was a little disappointed. She thought she could find some clues about Mo Xi.
"This time I came to Yong State, I also want to find someone."
She got straight to the point.
The King of Yong was puzzled: "I wonder who it is?"
Quan Jiu: "Drunken Old Man."
"I've heard that name."
The King of Yong nodded.
During the war between Qianqiu Kingdom and Zhou Kingdom, this drunkard provided a lot of information to Qianqiu soldiers.
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