My enemies became my companions

Chapter 293: Husband and wife in name only
"Here, drink this soup."

Steam rose from the warm brown medicinal soup, and the strong aroma of medicinal materials hit him directly in the face. Zhu E brought the soup to his niece.

It is somewhat similar in color to contraceptive soup.

The tall woman did not refuse. She leaned on the bed, took the medicine with one hand, lowered her head and drank the bitter medicine silently.

Zhu E said angrily, "Slow down, slow down, you won't be in such a hurry."

After drinking the medicinal soup that regulated her internal energy, Qin Qingluo wiped the corners of her mouth. The strong smell of medicinal herbs reminded her of contraceptive soup.

"Are you feeling better?" Even though he could vaguely sense it, Zhu E still wanted to hear her say it in person.

"Much better." Qin Qingluo said after pondering for a moment.

Her usually heroic brows drooped weakly, her snake-like pupils half-opened and half-closed, and she looked indescribably dejected and absent-minded. She sat leaning against the bed, motionless.

She felt extremely tired, but could not fall asleep.

It is neither easy nor difficult to resolve the disorder of true Qi. Generally speaking, the best way is to get more rest.

Zhu'e looked at her, took the empty bowl and put it aside.

At this moment, she suddenly said:
"Aunt Zhu, that man said he could completely break my martial spirit."

Zhu E was a little confused and said:
"What do you mean?"

Qin Qingluo turned around, stared straight at Zhu E and said:
“Aunt Zhu, my martial arts intention…has always been you.

In other words, he wants to kill you..."

After hearing this, Zhu E was stunned at first, and then immediately realized something.

Qin Qingluo, who was unaware that she was pregnant, could only think of the possibility that Chen Yi wanted to kill Zhu E.

Zhu E, who was good at disguising himself, stopped laughing, sighed softly, shook his head and said:

"Your Excellency is not that kind of person."

"Why not?" Qin Qingluo's voice was a little more annoyed, "He first rejected my entrustment, and then tried to sow discord between you and me."

"But he saved you and me after all."

"He has other plans, just wanting to trap you and me in his palm..."

When he said this, Qin Qingluo paused and saw the doubt in Zhu E's eyes.

Her heart ached, she smiled sadly, waved her hand and said:

"Forget it, no need to say more."

She did not let out a long sigh to let out her frustration, but just leaned on the bed with her eyes fixed on nothing.

When she came to her senses, she saw her hand was placed in Zhu'e's arms.

Zhu E stroked the broad palm with distinct knuckles and said tentatively:
"Qingluo, do you think... Auntie is so jealous that she doesn't believe you?"

Qin Qingluo was stunned. He had never expected that Zhu E would say such direct words.

At this time, the woman in red reached out her hand, gently stroked her wide body with disheveled clothes, and applied force on several acupuncture points.

Qin Qingluo did not try to stop him, nor was she able to do so. She was acupunctured and her whole body was fixed on the bed.

She looked at Zhu E in confusion, and the latter said slowly:

"I'm pressing your acupoints for what's going on later. Auntie won't harm you."

Qin Qingluo didn't say anything, as if he agreed.

Zhu I then said:

"My sister originally entrusted you to me and asked me to take care of you. She also told me not to be too indifferent or too concerned about you. Unfortunately, I couldn't do the latter.

As soon as I saw you, I liked you so much, as if you were my daughter. I wanted to give you whatever you wanted. Knowing that you couldn't find a master to practice sword skills, I stole the gun manual from home. Knowing that you were scared to be alone at night, I sneaked in every night and left after you fell asleep. Later, you grew taller and taller, taller than most men. I even sewed a bellyband for you by myself. At the beginning, my skills were not good and you bumped into it while wearing it. I felt guilty for a long time.

Over the years, I have a clear conscience."

Qin Qingluo listened and tears welled up in her pupils. Over the years, when she was alone, the first person she thought of was Zhu E. Even though she was old and could not remember anyone, she would never forget the woman in red.

Through so many ups and downs, even when his closest relatives betrayed him one after another for the throne, only Zhu E remained by his side.

"Do you remember that the day after our wedding, you and I went to the Xingxiao Laojun Temple to pray and worship the gods?" Zhu E asked.

At the time of the wedding, there were red bridal robes, red silk, and red eggs, with bright red everywhere. Laojun Temple was one of the few beautiful landscapes that was not tainted by the worldly world, so Qin Qingluo naturally remembered it.

Seeing that she nodded, Zhu E asked again:
"Do you remember the fortune-telling by the old Taoist priest?"

Qin Qingluo was stunned for a moment, his lips moved, and after a while he said:

"It's just... a wandering sorcerer."

Zhu E said noncommittally: "Po Jun star enters the palace of husband and wife, and the marriage is in name only."

The Annan Prince's Palace held a grand wedding with a golden and red "囍" character hung up and countless guests were entertained. However, the Taoist priest in the Laojun Temple was a real spoiler for the party and gave such a prophecy. Even if it happened to hit the mark of the truth, the Prince's Palace would not be able to get along with it.

So at that time, the King of Annan, who usually did not believe in gods and Buddhas, ordered his people to destroy the statue of Laojun.

During the long period of time that followed, Qin Qingluo did not receive any retribution and gradually forgot about that unpleasant place. If Zhu E had not mentioned it today, she would have forgotten it completely.

After Qin Qingluo reacted, Zhu E continued:
"I wouldn't have taken it seriously. If I hadn't run into a Taoist nun a few days ago and asked her to tell your fortune, and then I saw this new prophecy, then I suddenly realized..."

Qin Qingluo didn't know when Zhu'e met the Taoist nun, but she could hear the indescribable sadness in her tone, and tears rolled down her eyes.

The words that Aunt Zhu said sounded like she was saying goodbye.

Tears fell on her broad shoulders and down between her collarbones. As if as she expected, Zhu E stroked her hand, lifted it up, and then used Qin Qingluo's fingertips to probe into her hair.

The woman in red used her hands to take off the hairpin she wore at her wedding.

The queen's snake pupils gradually widened, her lips trembled, but she could only utter empty words.

She had given it to her with her own hands.

The hairpin was carved with jade-white osmanthus flowers, and the stamens were inlaid with pigeon blood red, so dazzling that it looked like a drop of blood from the heart.

Zhu'e stared at the hairpin for a long time, as if he was reluctant to let it go.

She said gently:

"I have always been willing to marry into the palace, and I am also happy. Princess Annan, how glorious it is. When my sister returned home, the house was decorated with lanterns for a long time. I envied her at that time, and I didn't expect that I could marry into the palace.

Besides, I am happier than my sister. The old prince favors his concubines, but I have you. After you became the prince, I have always known how good you are to me. And you are so brave and capable. You have cleaned up all those villains in a short time. I have been thinking for a long time that I will not be able to look down on other men in the future. "

She spoke gently, but Qin Qingluo heard sadness. She was overwhelmed with grief and could not speak for a long time.

Zhu E placed the hairpin in Qin Qingluo's palm, with a look of reluctance in his eyes:

"Qingluo, we are no longer husband and wife."

Qin Qingluo didn't move for a long time before he realized that he was crying.

She asked in a hoarse voice:

"Are you...leaving?"

She didn't know how she asked this question until the voice came out of her mouth.

Even though she had said in person that she would entrust Zhu E to Chen Yi, only now when she was actually facing him did she know what that feeling was like.

Her heart didn't hurt at all, but it felt like it was twisted tightly, with a dull thump. Even without acupressure, she would have collapsed on the bed with exhaustion.

Facing Qin Qingluo's question, Zhu E laughed instead and said in a tender voice:
"Who said Auntie is leaving?"

Qin Qingluo was stunned.

Zhu E pointed at the hairpin and said slowly:
"This was originally meant for the queen...just give it to your future queen."

Qin Qingluo didn't understand why, but the fact that Zhu'e didn't leave was enough to make her turn sadness into joy. She just silently accepted the hairpin and put it in her arms without saying anything more, for fear of irritating Zhu'e and making him change his mind.

Zhu'e looked at his niece gently, and after a while, he took a deep breath, as if making some decision.

She reached out her hand, gently plucked the golden hairpin from Qin Qingluo's hair, and carefully put it in her arms.

Qin Qingluo looked at this scene, still puzzled.

Then, she grabbed Qin Qingluo's hand again and dragged it to her hair.

With a slight rustling sound, a silver hairpin was taken off. Zhu E pressed it tightly in Qin Qingluo's palm, and then put it in his niece's hair.

After putting it on, Zhu E turned his head away, resolutely not even looking at it.

I still remember that man said that his favorite woman wore a silver hairpin.

But the golden hairpin is not.

Then let him like Qing Luo more...

Zhu E thought about it and didn't go to look. He just held Qin Qingluo's hand tighter, exerting force without loosening his five fingers.

She looked at Qin Qingluo's hairpin for a long time because she was reluctant to part with it.

As she couldn't bear to part with the hairpin, she couldn't even look at it.

"Qingluo, I am a bad woman. I deceived you, deceived him, and even deceived myself..."

Zhu E raised his voice and murmured softly:

"My lord thought that I was jealous of you and hated you, but inexplicably, besides being jealous, I was also very happy at that time..."

Qin Qingluo widened his eyes, as if he felt that what he heard was not true.

A tear fell from the corner of the red-dressed woman's eye:
"So happy, so happy,

Maybe... Auntie really cares about you."

Qin Qingluo didn't know what to say. The words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them out. He could only listen.

Zhu E let go of Qin Qingluo's hand, slowly stood up, blew out the candle, and the room suddenly became dim.

"That hexagram is here."

She took out a note from her arms and placed it in front of Qin Qingluo.

Finally, she turned around and said to the Queen with her back to her:

"It's the last night, Qingluo, I really want to...

But you also said that if there is anything good, I will always give it to you first.

This time, it will be the same.”

Qin Qingluo saw that the note was written in clear and neat handwriting:

If the Sun is in the House of Spouse and becomes a bad star, the marriage will be in reality but not in name.

(End of this chapter)