"Okay." Chang Sun Wu's mouth curled up, and he couldn't suppress his smile.
When Qu Li withdrew his gaze, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Changsun Li's lonely eyes. His heart trembled, and then he sighed from the bottom of his heart: It's so difficult to be a master of keeping things balanced!
"Second cousin, you should be able to receive the imperial edict and enter the court soon. You must be careful."
Listening to her instructions, Chang Sun Li felt warm in his heart and responded with a smile: "Don't worry, cousin!"
Qu Li secretly let out a breath, and suddenly met Changsun Lingyue's smiling eyes again.
Noticing her gaze, Changsun Lingyue quickly stopped smiling and smiled apologetically at Qu Li.
She suddenly understood why Changsun Lingyue had such an expression just now. It was because what she was experiencing now was also what Changsun Lingyue had experienced every day before.
The Changsun family values girls over boys. Every boy, whether he is an older brother or a younger brother, will give up everything to protect Changsun Lingyue.
This is also the reason why Changsun Lingsi had beaten Lan Yufeng so badly before.
Qu Li also curled the corners of his mouth towards Changsun Lingyue.
After discussing everything, Qu Li waited patiently for dark.
Tianqing followed the high priest back, and Changsun Wu sent someone to the high priest's mansion.
On the other side, Lan Yufeng's body was sent to the Lan Mansion.
Even though she had anticipated from the beginning that Lan Yufeng would look extremely miserable, Zhuona still couldn't control her emotions the moment she saw it with her own eyes.
Tears rolled down like beads that had broken off the string, wetting Lan Yufeng's clothes.
The body had become cold and hard. He would never make her angry like before, but she would never see her son again.
Lan Yuqiao stood aside and watched Zhuona crying sadly, feeling very upset.
"Mom, don't be too sad."
"He is my son! He is the flesh and blood of my body!" Zhuona's voice was hoarse and her eyes were bloodshot.
"It was Qu Li who killed him. I will help him get revenge!"
"Lan Yuqiao." Zhuona stood up slowly, staring at her with cold and sharp eyes. "Are you satisfied now? Next time, for the position of the head of the Lan family, will you kill me too?"
Lan Yuqiao was so shocked by her gaze that he took a step back, his lips trembling violently.
"Even if I pass the position of Patriarch to you, do you believe it or not, the High Priest still won't even look at you?"
Her little thoughts were once again exposed without any concealment. The embarrassment, panic and awkwardness all came out at once, making her want to rush up and cover Zhuona's mouth.
"What? You feel embarrassed after I revealed my true feelings?" Zhuona's lips curled up in a mocking arc, "You think you have hidden your ambitions very well, but in fact, others just see through it and don't say it out loud! After all, you are my daughter, you are smart, Yufeng has been spoiled by me, you can protect the entire Lan family!"
Lan Yuqiao bit her lips, and the blood color on her face gradually faded away.
"Go away, I want to be alone!" Zhuona's voice was hoarse. She squatted down again and touched Lan Yufeng's face with trembling hands.
Lan Yuqiao seemed like a superfluous person. She clenched her hands and turned away angrily.
After taking a few steps outside, she slowly said, "I will work hard to prove that I am the only woman who can stand beside the high priest and is worthy of him!"
Her tone was firm, as if she was speaking to Zhuona, but also to herself.
Zhuona suddenly stopped stroking Lan Yufeng's cheek, raised her head and saw only Lan Yuqiao's receding back.
It's getting farther and farther away, becoming more and more blurred, and more and more unfamiliar.
When it was completely dark, Qu Li changed into eunuch's clothes, disguised himself simply, and went directly to the palace.
The atmosphere in the palace was very solemn, especially in the little emperor's bedroom.
The imperial physician was waiting outside, but he was helpless.
Qu Li frowned, vaguely realizing something, hid in the space, and slipped in.
"Zhao Yidao, am I going to die?" The little emperor pressed his chest, his face as pale as gold paper, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
"Your Majesty, you must hold on, it won't happen!" Zhao Yidao's face was full of heartache.
"I know, this must be the High Priest's doing!" The little emperor's voice was hoarse, and every word he said seemed to have exhausted all his strength. "He wants me to beg him, but I won't give in to his wishes!"
Zhao Yidao's eyes were red and tears welled up in his eyes.
Qu Li came out of the space, and Zhao Yidao stared at her warily, "Who are you? How did you get in?"
"It's me!"
A familiar voice reached his ears, and Zhao Yidao relaxed his whole body.
"Ms. Qu, how did you get in?"
He was also a martial arts master, but he didn't even notice how Qu Li got in.
Qu Li did not answer his question, but stepped forward and gave the little emperor a few injections.
"How does it feel?" she asked.
Even though her appearance had changed, the soothing light emanating from her eyes still warmed the little emperor's heart.
"Sister Qu, I'm much better."
Qu Li stood up again and mixed the spiritual spring water into the tea while pouring it.
"Guard Zhao, please feed the emperor."
Zhao Yidao took it, helped the little emperor up, and fed him.
"Today's tea..." The little emperor frowned.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with the tea?" Zhao Yidao suddenly felt a little nervous.
He trusted Qu Li so much that he didn't even test whether the tea was poisonous.
“This tea is so sweet.”
Zhao Yidao breathed a sigh of relief, "The Emperor must have been in too much pain just now, that's why he finds the tea sweet this time."
But the little emperor didn't think so.
When a person is extremely thirsty, even dirty water may taste sweet.
But this tea is different.
"How does the Emperor feel?"
Although Qu Li caught the suspicion that just flashed across Zhao Yidao's eyes, he did not intend to pursue it.
“Much better!”
Qu Li nodded, "I suspect the Emperor has the Mother-Child Gu in his body."
"What is that?"
Qu Li briefly explained to him what the mother-child Gu was.
The little emperor's face turned pale, and Zhao Yidao gripped the teacup even tighter.
“Crack—”
He crushed the teacup with such force.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry." Zhao Yidao immediately knelt on one knee.
"It's okay, it's just a teacup!" The little emperor no longer felt heartache, and he drank some more spiritual spring water to regain some strength.
"Sister Qu, why are you entering the palace so late at night?" the little emperor asked in a low voice.
"Two things! The first is that many people lost everything in today's competition!"
As for her, she won a huge fortune.
But all this money was built on the suffering of others, and she felt uncomfortable taking it.
"I have already thought of a way to deal with this!"
"Hmm?" Qu Li looked at the little emperor with a deep gaze.
"Before the competition, I also asked Zhao Yidao to place a bet." The little emperor lowered his head in embarrassment, and his already pale face was flushed with shyness.
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