Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 414 Please Set Me Free

Luo Yu hesitated whether to accept the gift, but Zhu Jinyou had already stopped the box for her.

Concubine Wan was stunned for a moment, then handed the brocade box to Prince Ning. When she looked at him, her eyes were full of affection and reluctance to part.

Zhu Jinyou didn't even look into her eyes. He just opened the brocade box and took a look at what was inside. It was a particularly exquisite bronze mirror. The back of the bronze mirror was inlaid with silver and gilt decorative animal patterns. The patterns were exquisite and it was obvious that the craftsmanship was very complicated.

Luo Yu took a sneak peek. Wow, this thing must be worth a lot of money. The Queen Mother was really willing to play the long game to get rid of this thorn in her side. Then she thought, something was wrong. Was the euphemism of giving her the mirror a way to tell her to look in the mirror and see how much she weighed?

Zhu Jinyou looked around and found nothing special, so he put the mirror away and handed the brocade box to Luo Yu. Seeing Luo Yu's puzzled look, he smiled and said, "This is a kind gift from the Queen Mother. Please keep it, Miss Luo Yu."

Luo Yu accepted the gift, stood up and bowed.

The Queen Mother snorted softly and asked someone to present a high-quality hundred-year-old wild ginseng. This was a good thing. Luo Yu had never seen a real wild ginseng before. Today was really a rare opportunity and he saw everything.

"I heard that Miss Luo Yu is not in good health. This wild ginseng is at least 150 years old and is very nourishing. The others are all wild ginsengs that are several decades old, as well as deer antlers, shark fins, etc. Miss, you must take good care of yourself and don't worry King Ning."

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern."

Eating these things would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver! Although the food in the palace is all good, who can enjoy the treatment of the Queen Mother?

It is enough to show that the Queen Mother truly dotes on her youngest son.

"Okay, the things have been delivered. We won't disturb you anymore. I'm old and need to go back to my bedroom to rest early."

After saying this, the man stood up.

Concubine Wan standing by looked unhappy. She had come to watch the show, so why was she leaving without seeing anything?

The Empress Dowager then noticed Concubine Wan, who was standing stiffly and motionless, and suddenly realized what was going on.

"I just said I forgot something, Concubine Wan, if you want to watch the show, then stay and watch it. I won't accompany you."

When Concubine Wan heard this, her tone suddenly became much higher, and she couldn't hide her joy. She walked to Luo Yu's side, took her arm and said, "Then I will not go back with the Queen Mother. I will let Miss Luo Yu accompany me to the theater."

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, after the show, I'll have Prince Ning personally take you back to the palace."

After saying that, he looked at Luo Yu again and said, "I'd like to trouble Miss Luo Yu to entertain Concubine Wan well. I'm old, so I won't disturb the fun of you young people."

"Yes." Luo Yu bowed and accompanied Zhu Jinyou to escort the empress dowager out of the mansion.

After the Queen Mother's troops slowly left, Luo Yu frowned slightly. The Queen Mother really put a lot of thought into taking her life!

Concubine Wan once again took Luo Hong's arm intimately, wanting Luo Hong to take her to see a play.

But she didn't expect Zhu Jinyou to stand behind her and said coldly: "The last scene is about to end. Concubine Wan, please have some tea at home first. I will send someone to take you back later."

Luo Yu wanted to give Zhu Jinyou a thumbs up. To deal with a vixen-like woman like this, one must be cold and ruthless and never beat around the bush.

"It's okay for me to just go and see the actors!" Concubine Wan didn't care what he said. She pulled Luo Yu and walked towards the back garden.

Zhu Jinyou wanted to pull her away, but Luo Yu stopped him and smiled at him: "It's just a look, you don't need to worry too much."

When we reached the back garden, there were fewer people watching the show, but there were still a few maids and servants searching people at the entrances and exits.

Concubine Wan was also subject to a body search. She did not resist, but asked curiously, "Is it this strict even for a play?"

Zhu Jinyou replied coldly: "Because the plot is too sad, it will affect the audience's emotions and hurt the actors, so we will check to see if the audience has any hidden weapons."

Concubine Wan Guifei said with a forced smile: "Your Highness really has good intentions!"

Luo Yu was not searched. She understood that this was just an excuse Zhu Jinyou made up to search everyone in the mansion.

When the maid who was frisking her asked Concubine Wan to take off her headdress, she hesitated for a moment, looked at Luo Yu and said with a smile: "This is the first time I've heard that even the headdress has to be taken off to watch a play."

After saying this, she refused the maid's help and calmly took off the headdress herself.

Her movements were slow and graceful. Beside her were Zhu Jinyou and a few guards, there was Luo Lu standing next to Concubine Wan.

Luo Yu knew that there was something fishy behind every little move of Concubine Wan, but he did not stay away from her. Instead, he wanted to see clearly how she was going to hurt him and how she could get away with it.

"oops!"

A headdress on her head suddenly fell to the ground. Concubine Wan quickly squatted to pick it up, and Luo Yu instinctively took a step back.

But Concubine Wan picked up the pink plum blossom tassel hairpin made of colored glass, took a look at it, and muttered, "How could there be a petal missing? This is the hairpin given to me by the Emperor, and it is my favorite headdress."

Luo Yu looked over and found that the plum blossom was indeed missing a petal. He thought it would be a good idea to follow her wishes and squatted down to find the petal for her.

Zhu Jinyou was about to pull Luo E up and ignore this person, but he didn't expect Concubine Wan to touch Luo E's wrist with the hand holding the hairpin, trying to pull her up.

"Miss Luo Yu, please don't waste your time on me. This thing is too small. I'll ask the servants to find it later."

Intentionally or unintentionally, the hairpin in her hand gently scratched the skin on Luo Yu's wrist, and Luo Yu took the opportunity to stuff the dagger into her sleeve.

"Oh, it's all my fault! I'm sorry, Miss Luo Yu, I didn't mean it..."

When Zhu Jinyou saw that Luo Yu's hand was injured, he pushed Concubine Wan away with force. Before Concubine Wan could dodge, the dagger in her sleeve fell out of its sheath.

Song Si quickly put the sword on Concubine Wan's neck.

When Concubine Wan saw the dagger falling under her body, she was stunned. This dagger was clearly put into her sleeve by Qin Luoqie. What did she mean by doing this?

She raised her head and looked at Miss Luo Hong who was held in Zhu Jinyou's arms. She clearly saw a cold smile on the corner of Luo Hong's mouth, as if he was laughing at her wishful thinking.

Luo Yu felt the poison wasn't as strong this time as before, perhaps because the wound wasn't large, or perhaps because the poison was about to wear off. As for whether Concubine Wan volunteered or was persuaded by the Empress Dowager, she likely didn't consider turning back when she did this. She would have confessed and taken all the blame.

Zhu Jinyou, despite all her precautions, could never fathom how a humble hairpin could become a murder weapon. It seemed these unpredictable assassination methods had been long in the making by those who wanted to kill her. With so many layers of defense surrounding Luo Yu, getting close enough to assassinate her was incredibly difficult, but inflicting only a minor wound would be much easier.

Zhu Jinyou carried Luo Yu towards the dormitory. He watched her face gradually turn pale and her eyes grow weak, but the corners of Luo Yu's mouth unconsciously turned up.

"Zhu Jinyou, you have to be well and walk the path you want to walk. I don't want to be a stumbling block for you, so please, let me go free."