The real daughter died tragically and was reborn, and the whole family cried and begged for forgiven

Chapter 670: Guard the border for the rest of your life and never leave!

Fangfang suddenly burst into tears.

Li Qingluo hurried over and picked up Fangfang, holding him in his arms.

"Don't cry, Fangfang. Mother is here."

Fang Fang leaned against his mother's arms, feeling her warm skin, and then he slowly sobbed and closed his eyes.

Fortunately, she was very young, so she had no idea what her father and mother had just done.

The expression on Duan Rongshi's face almost broke.

Li Qingluo looked up and couldn't help laughing softly.

Duan Rongshi: ...

It seems that his queen was very happy to see him being humiliated like this?

In the end, the wet nurse and Nanny Zheng carried the little princess away, and his complexion gradually returned to normal.

When Li Qingluo came back from bathing, he found that all the curtains in the room had been drawn.

Li Qingluo couldn't figure out what he was going to do, so he opened it and dug around in it: "Ashi?"

A large hand reached out from behind the tent, grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the tent.

"The night is short."

"Luo'er, have you ever thought about me during this time?"

A pair of silhouettes hugged each other tightly behind the tent.

Li Qingluo raised his head, held that stunningly beautiful face in his hands, stood on tiptoe and kissed her actively as his answer.

It was not until the next day that Li Qingluo found out that Pei Qinghong and the Zheng siblings were among the accompanying army.

The three of them have been working for Duan Rongshi in Daliang in recent years.

When Duan Rongshi is not in Daliang, they are Duan Rongshi's hand and eyes.

After Duan Rongshi and General Wan Lao formed a private alliance, General Wan Lao returned to the border and waited for Duan Rongshi's call.

The Zheng siblings were also sent to other armies by Duan Rongshi. Both of them were scheming and resourceful people, so it was not difficult for them to quickly take up some important positions in the army.

As for Pei Qinghong, he became the leader of the shadow guards left behind in Jinling by Duan Rongshi, which made the waters of Jinling increasingly muddy, and also added fuel to the fire to make the Crown Prince Duan Rongjue and Princess Xiyue increasingly irreconcilable. This was also due to his contribution.

After the westward expedition, several groups of people gathered together and now have made different military achievements.

However, Li Qingluo heard that the Zheng siblings and Pei Qinghong were all asking for permission to leave.

"It seems that the Zheng siblings are in the old lady's courtyard right now. Would you like to go and take a look?"

Of course Li Qingluo has to go!

The grudges from the past haven't been settled yet, and they both want to leave like this?

She stood up with a cold look on her face, asked someone to carry Fangfang away, and then she rushed to her grandmother's yard.

"Old Madam, my sister and I owe you a debt of gratitude that we will never be able to repay in this lifetime."

"If there is an afterlife, we will definitely repay you with a gift of grass and a ring!"

When Li Qingluo came in, the Zheng siblings were kowtowing to Old Madam Pei.

Madam Zheng gave a command: "The Queen is here——"

Everyone in the courtyard immediately knelt down to greet him.

"Welcome, Her Majesty the Queen."

Except for Mrs. Pei.

Because Li Qingluo had announced to the world that his grandmother Pei would never have to kneel down to him.

"Everyone, get up."

"Luo'er meets grandmother."

Li Qingluo paid his respects to Madam Pei first as he did in the past.

Madam Pei patted her hands and said, "Your status is different now. Don't pay your respects to Grandmother in front of others."

Li Qingluo: "Who dares to tell anyone? Luo'er's visit to Grandmother is always above board and right and proper."

Even after Li Qingluo became a mother, she still had to pay her respects to her grandmother as before.

Madam Pei looked at her with a doting and gentle expression, "No one's going to care about you now. If you act so capriciously again when you return to the Imperial City, will those pedantic old men and civil servants impeach Grandmother?"

Li Qing felt wronged.

She said, the more you control the world, the more you lose.

Mrs. Pei didn't care about her grievance, but just kept winking at her, asking her to look at the other two people standing beside her.

Li Qingluo knew that they were the Zheng siblings.

So when she gave them a look, Zheng Lingzhou and Zheng Wanxiu immediately knelt down again.

"Empress, it was my brother and I who wronged you in the past. We have done many things to hurt you, and we know that no matter what we do, we can never make up for what we owe you."

"If your Majesty wishes to punish us, we two sinners will have no complaints!"

Mrs. Pei didn't know the truth that the Zheng siblings wanted to use Li Qingluo's life to exchange for Li Jingchuan's life.

Therefore, she didn't know how much grievance Li Qingluo had endured.

However, after Li Qingluo returned to her previous life and saw that Li Jingchuan would rather commit suicide than follow her mother and uncle's wishes and harm her biological sister, Li Qingluo accepted Li Jingchuan in her heart.

As for the Zheng siblings, she had originally planned to never see them again in this life.

But now that they were here, she felt that some things and grudges could be truly resolved if they were explained clearly.

"Zheng Lingzhou, what qualifications do you have to resign?"

"Do you think that your military achievements can offset your sins?"

"If you hadn't suddenly rushed out and blocked our way home, Sui'er wouldn't have been killed!"

Zheng Lingzhou's face was filled with shame: "I, the guilty minister, can pay with my life!"

As he said this, Zheng Lingzhou drew out the dagger from his body and prepared to commit suicide.

Zheng Wanxiu cried out softly and hugged him: "Ling Zhou, don't be confused!"

"If you're gone, our Zheng family will be completely cut off!"

Zheng Wanxiu turned around with red eyes and kowtowed to Li Qingluo.

"Back then, I, the wicked minister, had kidnapped the Empress several times and tried to murder her. If the Empress wants to kill someone, please kill me—"

The doubt in Mrs. Pei's eyes grew deeper and deeper.

"What on earth did you do to Luo'er?"

She knew that her granddaughter was not really a petty person.

The reason she is arguing with them here today must be that someone else has wronged her first, otherwise her Luo'er would never force them.

Li Qingluo didn't want her grandmother to know about those bad things anymore.

So he chuckled, his eyes filled with impatience: "Enough!"

"Don't make me sound like a vicious person!"

"Zheng Lingzhou, your father and your Zheng family died because of my mother. Even now, your family's injustice has not been redressed. If I were to take your life, how would I explain this to His Majesty, and how would I explain this to my late mother?"

"As for you, Zheng Wanxiu. You are my second brother's biological mother. If I force you to death, wouldn't it cause hatred and estrangement between us siblings, and forever alienate us?"

The Zheng siblings replied with pale faces, "We two guilty ministers have absolutely no such intention. We have wronged the Empress, and now we will leave it to Her Majesty to decide!"

Li Qingluo asked first, "Disposal? If you truly want me to deal with you, why are you so eager to leave? Do you intend to use this military achievement to completely offset your past mistakes, thinking I won't hold it against you?"

Li Qingluo waved his hand, and Zheng Lingzhou and Zheng Wanxiu lowered their heads even more.

"I, a guilty minister, have no face to see the Queen."

Zheng Lingzhou replied bitterly, "Now Jingchuan is still alive, married, and has a daughter. We, my sister and I, have no regrets anymore."

"I just want to go to Rongle to see Jingchuan and my little niece again before I apologize to the queen."

Li Qingluo: "That's enough! I don't want to listen to any more of your nonsense. Besides, do you think I will believe a single word you say now?"

"Listen, Zheng Wanxiu can leave."

"From now on, no matter where you are, no one will stop you. From now on, you will be free again."

"As for you, Zheng Lingzhou, I want you to guard the border for the rest of your life and never leave."

How could the Zheng siblings disobey orders?

After expressing their gratitude, they retreated together.

When they were outside and there was no one around, Zheng Lingzhou comforted the red-eyed Zheng Wanxiu: "Okay, sister, this is the best outcome for us."

"Back then, we plotted to take Luo'er's life. If it weren't for His Highness's consideration for our father, we would have died long ago."

"Now... now the Queen has let us go, hasn't she? You can go see Jingchuan. Our Zheng family will soon be vindicated. Ling Zhou no longer has any regrets."

Zheng Wanxiu shook her head and said, "I'm not sad, I'm ashamed."

"This child clearly let us go, but she was just being so harsh on purpose. She hates us, but for Jingchuan, for her grandmother, and for His Highness..."

"So, I had no choice but to let go of my hatred for us."

"Ling Zhou, it's better for you to stay. This is the sin we owe to the Queen."

"If Jingchuan feels better, we can come to Mantuo City to meet you in the summer."

Only then did Zheng Lingzhou fully understand Li Qingluo's thoughts.

Her request that he guard the border forever was definitely not a real punishment.

But to show mercy to him, the best...back off.

He turned his head to look in the direction of Li Qingluo, and the unspoken emotions in his heart were revealed in his eyes at this moment.

He knew that he would keep this secret hidden in his heart forever and would never let anyone else know about it.

Zheng Wanxiu pulled him: "Let's go!"

After the brother and sister left, it was a long time before Li Qingluo waited for Duan Rongshi to come.

"Grandma, I'm here to pick up Luo'er."

Mrs. Pei was very pleased that Duan Rongshi did not put on airs in front of her.

"go Go."

"By the way, ask the nanny to bring Fangfang to me later to play. I'm happy just looking at her, and I can even eat half an extra bowl of rice."

Li Qingluo sighed deliberately: "Now that Fangfang is here, grandma doesn't miss Luo'er anymore."

Mrs. Pei laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

"Look, even as a mother, she's still jealous of her daughter."

"Your Majesty, you must take good care of her."

Duan Rongshi smiled and said, "Yes, grandson-in-law listens to grandmother."

After the two of them left hand in hand, Mrs. Pei still looked at their backs with a smile on her face.

Suddenly she sighed again: "Let's have a couple of days of peace and quiet. If we start arguing, you two will have a headache again."

Nanny Zhang was puzzled: "Old Madam, why did they quarrel? Your Majesty and His Majesty have such a good relationship, they will never quarrel in their lives. Why do you say that?"

Old Madam Pei rolled her eyes at Aunt Zhang.

"When did I say they were arguing? I was talking about Da Chu and Daliang!"

"Now that the war is over, do you think they will quarrel?"

On the way back, Li Qingluo told Duan Rongshi about his arrangements for the Zheng siblings.

Duan Rongshi: "Luo'er, I know you showed mercy for me and your half-brother."

"As for the Zheng family, it is indeed my mother and I who owe them."

"So, thank you, Luo'er."

"After the Zheng family is rehabilitated, I will reward Zheng Lingzhou with the rank of general for his military achievements and for the Zheng family's defense of my mother."

"But as you said, he will never leave Mantuo City again in his lifetime."

Li Qingluo: "I also owe my mother a favor, so I will not ask about this matter anymore."

"Don't talk to me about him anymore."

"By the way, Ah Shi, how did you make the decision?"

"After this incident, should we return to Nan'an... or Jinling?"