Chapter 140 "Cidentally"
Even though Su Qingli wanted to go to the Empress Dowager's side, everything was useless without the Empress Dowager's permission.
Su Qingli found that after her mother left at the age of 12, she missed her mother, just like now, just because she looked like her mother. Even if she didn't like herself, she still hoped to do something for her. She felt that the empress dowager must have something to do with her mother, and her appearance could not be just a coincidence.
Su Qingli, who was lying in **, was thinking nonsense. Suddenly, she heard fine footsteps outside the window. Su Qingli suddenly stood up and waited for the person who was about to come in.
It turned out to be Xiao Gan, "Miss, Cui'er, the maidservant beside the Empress Dowager, came and said that the Empress Dowager had something to say..."
"Please invite her in..." As soon as she heard that the empress dowager's side came to send a message, Su Qingli immediately invited her in.
Cui'er, who came in, was about to bend down to bow to Su Qingli, but was supported by Su Qingli. Su Qingli greeted the other party with a plain smile and said, "I don't use it here, and I don't have to..."
Cui'er was shocked and stood up tremblingly under the help of Su Qingli. It was probably the first time she encountered such a thing. She couldn't help but have a different impression of Su Qingli and thought about working with her next. Only then did Cui'er remember that she was here to send a message.
"Miss Su, the Empress Dowager said that from today on, you can go to the Empress Dowager to serve her..."
Su Qingli was relieved to hear the Empress Dowager agree. It's so good that she can see her mother every day.
"I'm sorry to bother Miss Cui'er to send a message. In the future, please ask the girl to mention more..." Su Qingli said while stuffing the silver in her sleeve into Cui'er's hand.
"Miss Su is welcome... Cui'er is leaving now. The girl can clean up first and then go to the empress palace..." Cui'er put the silver into her sleeve and slowly lowered her head and retreated.
Su Qingli looked at Cui'er's departure back, turned around to clean up, and walked slowly to the empress dowager's palace.
The Empress Dowager's Palace is not far from the breeze small building where Su Qingli lived. Before taking a few steps, Su Qingli arrived at the door of the Empress Dowager's Palace.
Just as she was about to walk in, Su Qingli suddenly had a bad feeling. Is there something waiting for her? Su Qingli paused for a moment.
From childhood to age, her premonition has been particularly accurate. She always feels something and what to come. This time, she won't be so accurate, right?
But as soon as she walked to the hall and saw the people inside, Su Qingli knew that it was true again this time.
In it, the back of the empress dowager is so familiar that she doesn't have to think about who it is.
It is the little count Zhou Ziheng.
Su Qingli planned to ask Cui'er to pass it later, but Cui'er, who was standing next to the empress dowager in the hall, had seen her and immediately lowered her ear to the empress dowager's ear to tell the empress dowager.
Su Qingli said secretly that it was bad, but she heard Zhou Ziheng inside say, "Empress dowager, I'm going to retreat first."
Su Qingli secretly sighed, hid behind the pillar, watched Zhou Ziheng disappear outside the palace gate, and then sorted out her clothes and walked into the hall.
"Su Qingli, a daughter of the people, please give her peace to the Empress Dowager..." Su Qingli knelt at the feet of the Empress Dowager and asked her peace.
"Get up, the mourning family has considered your proposal and intends to leave you in the mourning palace. Since you are already the emperor's person and there is no other person who can suppress you, a little goblin, you have to teach you the rules in person. Are you ready? The Empress Dowager said coldly to the person kneeling on the ground, but she still couldn't figure out why she came to suffer herself.
Well, so that the family can teach her a good lesson, the Empress Dowager thought.
Su Qingli replied respectfully, "I would like to listen to the teachings of the Empress Dowager..." Although she knew that the Empress Dowager had bad intentions, she was still happy to stay with her mother.
In this way, she can implement her big plan. Su Qingli secretly thought that she could do something for her parents here.
"Then stand next to the mourning family..."
Su Qingli answered "Yes" and Yingying got up and slowly walked behind the Empress Dowager to stand down.
As soon as I stood, there were palace people outside to report, "Empress Dowager, Jiangnan Su's family is asking for a meeting..."
"Oh? Which Su family? What are you doing here to see your family?" The Empress Dowager listened impatiently to the palace people's report.
"Yes, it's the Su family in Jiangnan Fujia and the Su family in Linzhou..." The palace people replied in a regular manner.
Hearing the words of the palace man, Su Qingli almost fell to the ground unsteadily.
What kind of situation is this? Thinking of Sun Xuanwen, the king of Ruilin, who I saw a few days ago, to the previous Zhou Ziheng, and then to the current Su family, well, her old "acquaintances" in Linzhou came to report to the capital. Did they organize a group to come to the capital for a day trip? Su Qingli thought with a headache.
And the Su family? Why did the Su family suddenly come to see the Empress Dowager? I thought I had drawn a clear line with the Su family in my life, but why are there still so many messy fetters? If they recognize themselves and poke out their fake death, it will be troublesome...
Thinking of this, Su Qingli's forehead fell down with cold sweat.
Now, only hope that the Empress Dowager is in a bad mood and does not want to see them, but when she heard the Empress Dowager's words, Su Qingli was completely confused.
"Oh? Let them in?" The palace man took the order and left.
What should I do? What should I do? If the Empress Dowager finds out this, it will be bad. If she pursues the crime of bullying the king, she will not only do all the previous things in vain, but may also leave this life here.
Su Qingli's face was as usual, but her heart was full of anxiety.
After a while, a familiar figure outside the palace door came slowly and saw the person clearly. Su Qingli's chin almost fell off.
It is Aunt Ran, whom Su Fu hasn't seen for a long time.
But this is worse. Seeing Aunt Ran, Su Qingli thought of Su Qinran. At that time, she gave up everything and left, causing Su Qinran to go to the palace and enter the palace, so she committed this great crime of bullying. When she heard that Su Qinran was later imprisoned in the cold palace, she really couldn't imagine what kind of life she was living. Because of her daughter, will Aunt Ran also want to expose her revenge for her daughter? Su Qingli's heart was thinking nonsense, and her heart was already confused.
Sure enough, even though Su Qingli leaned slightly, Aunt Ran still noticed Su Qingli beside the Empress Dowager at first sight.
Age Ran's eyes flashed with surprise, but she didn't say anything. She just continued to stand still with her head down humbly.
The maid next to her also looked up and bumped into Su Qingli's attention to the situation. She was immediately stunned and almost shouted out the third lady in disbelief.
After all, she came to see the empress dowager. Aunt Ran did not dare to make aback. She settled down, paused for a while, held the maid's hand tightly to signal her not to say anything, and then knelt in front of the empress dowager step by step with the help of the maid.
"People's women see the Empress Dowager..."
"Is it flat? What's the matter with your family?" The Empress Dowager sat upright and looked at the people kneeling under her feet.
Aunt Ran kowtowed her head, but still bowed her head and dared not look at the empress dowager's face. She begged humbly, "The woman hopes that the empress dowager can let her daughter go for the sake of being a mother..."
It turned out that she came to plead for Su Qinran. Looking at the poor Aunt Ran on the ground, Su Qingli realized that she was here to save Su Qinran.
It's nothing. Now, she is the only mother who still misses her.
"Daughter? Who is your daughter? When did the mourning family deduct your daughter? The Empress Dowager asked puzzledly.
"It was Su Qinran, who committed the crime of bullying the king and was imprisoned in the cold palace by the emperor and the empress dowager. The civilian woman is his mother..." Aunt Ran almost lay on the ground and humbly fought for freedom for her daughter.
"Well, it's the woman who wants to be the imperial concubine, impersonate, and bully the king. She bullies you and deserves to die. How can you forgive her with one plea?" After clarifying the daughter of the kneeling population, the Empress Dowager shook her sleeve angrily, turned around and stopped looking at Aunt Ran.
Aunt Ran did not give up, but also hurriedly turned around and continued to kneel at the feet of the Empress Dowager, and pleaded with tears: "Empress Dowager, the woman begged you. You can let her go for the sake of impersonating the child but maintaining the statement for the Su family. Moreover, for so long, she has also been punished as she deserves in the cold palace. Now, please let the poor and little daughter take her out of the palace for the sake of maintaining her reputation for the heavenly family..."
"Well, there is a family law and state-owned national rules. How can you tolerate her in a few words and let her go? Don't think about it!" The Empress Dowager still doesn't look at the people kneeling on the ground and let the people on the ground plead bitterly.
Looking at the poor Aunt Ran on the ground, Su Qingli suddenly remembered what she had done to help her and couldn't stand it anymore.
"Empress dowager, can you listen to the people's daughter?" Su Qingli quickly ran to the Empress Dowager's feet and knelt down, trying to help the people on the ground.
"B bastard, this is the place where you want to say what you want. Why don't you get up and roll aside?" The Empress Dowager looked at Su Qingli angrily and scolded her for getting up quickly without pleading.
"Empress dowager, if the emperor is arrested by Chu Liao's people, and the empress dowager plead bitterly, do you also want them to refuse you like this?" Su Qingli ignored it and risked her life to insist.
"What did you say?" The Empress Dowager turned around, stared her eyes angrily, and looked at the woman who looked up at her without hesitation.
"I said, empress dowager, if the emperor is captured by the enemy of Chu Liao, the empress dowager you begged him to let the emperor go in front of Emperor Chu Liao. Do you also want him to refuse you as cruelly as you rejected this woman today?" Su Qingli's words were not loud, but full of momentum.
In fact, she didn't want to do anything for the Su family, but on the one hand, Aunt Ran was really good to her, and on the other hand, she was really provoked by the inexplicable inequality here. Obviously, they were all the same woman, one was superior, enjoying her life and death, and the other crawled on the ground for her own child. , pleading bitterly, they are all the same people, why? Why?
"Come on, why don't you pull out the curse of the mourning family and the emperor's witch..." The empress dowager shouted to the guards outside the door.
The guards came in and crushed Su Qingli on the ground.
"Why doesn't it be too late for the Empress Dowager to listen to the people's women and kill them again?" Su Qingli was not afraid, but argued rationally.
"Hum, I'd like to see, you fox demon, who toasts and doesn't eat punishment. What else do you have to say before you die?" The Empress Dowager stared at Su Qingli's fearless eyes with dissatisfaction and shouted.
"If the emperor is captured by the enemy country of Chu Liao, the empress dowager you begged him to let the emperor go in front of the emperor of Chu Liao, but the emperor cruelly refused you. From then on, your mother and son will leave life and death, and the white-haired person will send black-haired people, and the empress dowager will only be in endless pain for the rest of her life. This woman, this woman kneeling at your feet, begged bitterly for her child. The Empress Dowager, you are the mother with her, how can you cruelly refuse her heart for her daughter..." Su Qingli turned her face sadly and waited to beheaded by the bodyguards.
Aunt Ran looked at Su Qingli in disbeliebelieably, but she still couldn't believe that she could do this and help her.
After listening to Su Qingli's words, the Empress Dowager couldn't say a word.
The room suddenly quieted down, but it was more frightening than noise.
"Someone..." The empress dowager shouted again.
Su Qingli thought that she and Aunt Ran were going to die here, but she didn't expect to hear--
"Take this woman to see Su Qinran and let her take her away..." The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said to the bodyguard who came in.
After a pause, Su Qingli still couldn't believe that the Empress Dowager listened to her. The guards behind her also let go of her. Su Qingli breathed a long breath.
"Why don't you go back?" The Empress Dowager said coldly to Su Qingli in a daze.
"Yes..." Su Qingli reacted and quickly got up and retreated to the empress dowager's side.