novelaction Chapter 203 Girl, you want Zhang Ai!
Chapter 203 Girl, you want Zhang Ai!
The eunuchs and palace maids who were eavesdropping on the side: !!!
This girl from the Li family really grew up in the mountains and is so unromantic.
Look at the third young master of Zhuang, his face is pale and his body is stiff as if he was frozen in time.
You must be very sad at this moment, right?
Li Qingluo snorted, "Whether the Third Young Master Zhuang becomes a top scholar, a farmer or a warrior, a high-ranking official or a marquis, or just an ordinary citizen, what does it have to do with me, Li Qingluo?"
"Our two families have long been cleared of all charges. Please respect yourself, Mr. Zhuang San!"
Oh, cheap man!
Even if all the men in the world died, she would never go back to him!
Li Qingluo took Que'er and Nanny Zhang and entered Zhaohua Palace without hesitation.
Zhuang Wei, however, stood there stupidly like a piece of wood.
She actually scolded him again!
Every time he was with her, he seemed to get no good result.
Zhuang Wei showed a wry smile on his face.
But when he thought about how he had been innocently implicated and resented Zhu'er before, and now that he saw Zhu'er's true face, he felt ashamed.
Ever since he was badly injured by Zhu'er, he locked himself in his room all day long and refused to go out. He even hated all the women in the world and thought that all women were deceitful monsters!
During those days, whenever he closed his eyes, all he could think of were the scenes of Liu Qingzhu and Prince Yun having an affair.
And he finally understood that she had staged the self-immolation and faked her death just to get rid of the engagement with him.
Ridiculous, really ridiculous.
Zhuang Wei thought that he and Liu Qingzhu had been childhood sweethearts, and that they were in love with each other and would be truly loyal to each other for the rest of their lives.
But in the end, he was just a joke despised by Madam Zhu!
She would rather be a prince's concubine than be the legitimate wife of the third son of the Marquis of Zhongyi!
How could Zhuang Wei not feel bitter?
But he was not as heartbroken as Zhu'er was when she first faked her death.
Until one day when he woke up, he suddenly had an epiphany and became completely motivated. He picked up a book and read it without sleep or food, and picked up a pen and wrote furiously.
It wasn't until today that he took this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief.
He thought that maybe he could see her when he went to the palace today.
The real daughter of the general's mansion, the real wife he had been betrothed to since childhood.
When Zhuang San was young, he heard his grandmother mention that it was he himself who pointed at the bulging belly of the general's wife, Qu, and said that if the belly was pregnant with a girl, he would want her to be his wife in the future.
The adults burst into laughter.
The two families really arranged a marriage for them.
He always thought it was Zhu'er.
So since she was a child, I have been holding her, loving her and pampering her with great joy.
Even when the truth was revealed, although he was a little dazed and surprised, he felt that Zhu'er was innocent and remained firm in his feelings.
Until that day in Minglou...
Afterwards, Zhuang San felt like he had just had a big dream!
He even kept thinking, if the general's daughter had not been replaced, how many would there be?
The little baby in Qu's belly would have grown up with me, and I would not have been so infatuated with Zhu'er and got hurt again.
If the person who grew up with me was Li Qingluo...
It's a pity that I have made too many mistakes. In her mind, I must be a brainless fool.
Zhuang Wei clenched his fists and whispered, "I will definitely prove myself. There will always be a day when I will make you look at me with new eyes!"
Li Qingluo felt nauseous as if he had swallowed a fly.
After she came back and sat down, she drank a glass of fruit wine before she had time to comfort Mrs. Pei.
The three people from the Qu family who were standing nearby saw her return. Qu wanted to say a few words of concern, but Li Kechuan got there first: "Grandmother sent someone to look for you. What happened to you while you were running around?"
Li Qingluo ignored him and drank another glass.
Seeing her like this, Li Chaojing frowned and said coldly, "If you want to die, can't you wait until you leave the palace? This is the palace. If you have any common sense, you shouldn't implicate your entire family!"
Li Qingluo: "Shut up!"
With a fierce look in her eyes, she slammed the wine glass down on the table, attracting the attention of everyone around her.
Even Mrs. Pei was stunned.
"Luo'er?"
There were discussions all around.
"This eldest daughter of the Li family is really rude..."
"Their daughters are not well educated..."
"Who would dare to marry a bride like this? They should stay away from her as soon as possible."
Someone was sneering, and before Madam Pei could get angry, another voice came from the other side: "You are good people for talking about other people's right and wrong like this?"
The person who defended Li Qingluo was Qu Daoxun, the fourth son of the Qu family. He had been secretly watching the Li family from a distance all night long.
Just now, Li Qingluo had not returned for a long time, and he really wanted to go out and look for him too.
If his grandmother hadn't held him back, he would have already spoken a few words to Miss Li.
Li Chaojing cast a kind look at Xun'er, and Qu was secretly excited.
When Li Kechuan frowned slightly, Xun Ge'er had already come secretly from behind, kneeling on the ground with a wine cup in hand: "Cousin, I haven't been able to visit you in the mansion. I am here..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Qingluo had already fallen headfirst into Madam Pei's arms and fell into a sound sleep.
Madam Pei: ...
Madam Pei quickly took the cloak and covered Li Qingluo in her arms, so that no one could see her sleeping face.
Seeing this, Que'er couldn't help but burst out laughing and whispered, "Old Madam, the young lady is always like this. She can't hold her liquor well. Once she falls down, she won't wake up even if there's thunder."
"But that's only the case when I'm drunk."
Madam Pei sighed: "This child. Wait until she wakes up tomorrow, then we can deal with her!"
Xun Ge'er couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
He hasn't even spoken a word to his cousin...
After the dinner, it was not easy for the general to be the first group to leave the palace with a drunk girl and a man with a broken leg who could not walk.
The Qu family wanted to lend a hand, but Madam Pei pushed Qu Daoxun's outstretched hand away and said, "Young Master Qu, please step aside! We don't need your help in the general's mansion yet."
After saying that, Nanny Zhang came over, bent down, and carried Li Qingluo on her back.
Que'er and others quickly covered it tightly with their cloaks.
There are quite a few drunk people today, but not many drunk girls.
Fortunately, the biggest excitement tonight was the resurrection of Miss Pan and the punishment of Princess Qinyu, so not many people paid attention to this place.
Mrs. Qu He saw this scene not far away, and she fiercely dropped the curtain in her hand.
"Go, call Qu Sanniang over to me!"
Li Qingluo was put on the carriage by Nanny Zhang. Qu was anxiously trying to catch up to take a look and take care of her, but was quickly stopped by the maidservant beside He.
"Auntie, the old lady is looking for you. She said she has something to say to you."
Fortunately, everyone was finally able to squeeze out of the palace in an orderly manner.
On the way back, snowflakes started falling from the sky again.
Old Madam Pei had the curtains of the carriage closed to prevent the wind from coming in and catching Li Qingluo cold.
"Does your girl know that she would become like this after drinking?"
She slept like a dead person, and no noise could wake her up.
Que'er shook her head: "Only once with Miss Pei Twelve. The girl thought she was drinking tea and fell asleep. When she woke up, she was in Pei's Si Garden."
Madam Pei snorted, "This silly girl, if someone sets a trap for her in the future, wouldn't it be easy to catch her in this fatal spot? Now that she's awake, I'm going to give her a good beating!"
Que'er couldn't help but defend Li Qingluo: "The young lady was pestered by the Third Young Master Zhuang, and the Third Young Master Pei said some inexplicable things. Perhaps he made the young lady angry and confused?"
Madam Pei's eyes twitched fiercely. "The marriage between the two families has been called off. Why is this person still pestering Luo'er in such a confused way? Is he regretting it?"
As soon as we arrived at the gate of the general's mansion, the snow falling from the sky had turned into heavy snow.
When the doorman saw his master returning in several carriages, he hurried forward to open the door and led a group of servants to greet them.
Aunt Deng hurried to Madam Pei's carriage and said in a trembling voice, "Madam, young lady, something terrible has happened!"
Li Qingluo was woken up by Que'er.
"Girl, girl? Girl—"
Li Qingluo, who was immersed in the darkness and unable to extricate himself, seemed to hear the sound of a sparrow in a trance.
She took a deep breath and struggled to open her eyes.
Li Qingluo sat up, panting heavily and holding his chest. He realized the problem: "Que'er, what's wrong with me?"
Que'er rushed forward with red eyes, "Miss, please don't drink anymore. You're like last time in the restaurant with the princess... and the others, and you can't wake them up again."
Can’t wake him up again?
Li Qingluo raised her hand and looked at her tiger's den. It turned out that it was Nanny Deng who gave her an injection personally, otherwise she would not have woken up.
I lost consciousness after drinking alcohol. How could this happen?
In her previous life, she had drunk alcohol secretly, but this had never happened before. But in this life, there has been such an obvious change.
The last time he was in the restaurant with Nan Jia and the others, Li Qingluo thought he slept so soundly because he was too tired, but the same thing happened again.
Could it be because...she was reborn?
Li Qingluo had an inexplicable bad feeling in her heart, but she saw that both Nanny Deng and Que'er had red eyes.
They looked at him with sorrowful expressions, and Li Qingluo's heart skipped a beat.
"But what happened?"
Otherwise, the two of them wouldn't have been so eager to wake me up!
Nanny Deng spoke mournfully in a low voice, "Young lady, please accept my condolences! It's...it's the twelfth young lady of the Pei family...she's gone!"
Li Qingluo: "What's gone? Isn't Nan Jia still well in Pei Mansion?"
"At the banquet tonight, Princess Nanping told me that Nanjia's poison could be cured. She had asked the renowned physician in His Royal Highness Prince Su's residence to examine Nanjia personally. How could His Royal Highness Prince Su's men be wrong?"
Que'er shed tears silently and turned her head away.
Li Qingluo saw her crying and for the first time scolded her: "Don't cry!"
She looked at Madam Deng again, her breathing quickening. "Besides, even if the poison suddenly becomes incurable, doesn't she still have three months to wait for the poison doctor to be caught? Once he's caught, she can always find a way to force that woman to detoxify her..."
Madam Deng: "Young lady, tonight at 3:30 pm... the twelfth young lady was found by a servant of the Pei family... her head and body were found separated, dead in a dilapidated, deserted courtyard!"