AWB Chapter 340: Kidnapped
Chapter 340: Kidnapped
However, if it was only the daily morning court session, Xu Yingying would not be so tired, but she would have to look after Li Shen from time to time.
Although there was always a wet nurse by Li Shen's side, Xu Yingying came from the modern era and still felt that the child needed the company of both parents.
What's more, she didn't want to wait until Li Shen grew up and found that he was not even close to her as his mother.
If Li Siqi's health did not allow it, Xu Yingying would have wanted Li Siqi to personally take care of Li Shen for a few days to cultivate their relationship. Since Li Shen was born, Li Siqi has never taken care of Li Shen.
What's more, since the assassination of Su Mei, Li Siqi has rarely seen Xu Yingying, not to mention the child Li Shen. No wonder Li Shen keeps crying when he sees Li Siqi. From Li Shen's point of view, Li Siqi is no different from a stranger.
Now, Xu Yingying's daily routine is to get up early in the morning and go to the morning court, facing a group of old men. After the court, she has a quick breakfast and then reviews memorials accompanied by Li Siqi.
Originally, Li Siqi could handle this matter by himself, but Li Siqi took advantage of the fact that he was a patient and sat there openly letting Xu Yingying handle it, under the pretext that he wanted to recuperate.
Xu Yingying had a wooden face as she flipped through one memorial after another. Then, she looked with resentment at Li Siqi, who was sitting not far away and eating and drinking leisurely. Xu Yingying took several deep breaths before she managed to calm down the urge in her heart to strangle Li Siqi.
After finally finishing reviewing the memorials, Xu Yingying was exhausted. However, after returning to Fengyi Palace, Xu Yingying couldn't rest immediately, after all, Li Shen was waiting for her.
It was already very late before Xu Yingying could rest. Li Siqi felt distressed seeing Xu Yingying becoming increasingly tired. At first he wanted to tease Xu Yingying, but now he began to share the burden with her, trying to let her rest better.
This situation lasted for a long time, but Xu Yingying's fatigue had not diminished much.
Finally, maybe it was God’s mercy or not, but Xu Yingying didn’t have so many things to do that day.
The ministers in the court did not cause any trouble, and not many memorials were submitted. In Fengyi Palace, Li Shen also went to bed early. Seeing this, Xu Yingying saved the time to accompany Li Shen. After giving Li Siqi acupuncture and medicinal bath as usual, Xu Yingying breathed a sigh of relief and threw herself on the soft bed.
"Huh, I can finally have a good rest." Xu Yingying breathed a sigh of relief, "God knows how long I have been looking forward to this day."
"Thank you for your hard work." Li Siqi's eyes were full of heartache. He lay down beside Xu Yingying and rubbed her head.
"It's all because of you. If you hadn't kept it from me for so long, things wouldn't have been so difficult." It would have been fine if Li Siqi didn't mention it. He got angry as soon as he mentioned Xu Yingying.
A trace of guilt flashed across Li Siqi's face. He had stepped on a landmine again.
Li Siqi was about to say something when Xu Yingying's face changed instantly. "Shh, don't make any noise." Xu Yingying said vigilantly, then stood up and looked around.
"What's wrong?" Li Siqi also became inexplicably nervous. He followed Xu Yingying and observed the surroundings, but there was nothing.
"Do you smell anything?" Xu Yingying sniffed her nose and felt a strange fragrance lingering at the tip of her nose. But the next second, she felt as if her limbs had lost strength. Xu Yingying thought to herself that something was wrong.
"It's a sleeping pill, hold your breath!" Xu Yingying hurriedly reminded Li Siqi, and she was also holding her breath.
But Xu Yingying seemed to have reminded him a little late. Li Siqi's health was not as good as before. Xu Yingying had been treating him, but it was not known whether Li Siqi had inhaled too many drugs, as he actually fell headfirst onto the bed.
Xu Yingying wanted to wake him up, but her limbs had no strength left and she could only barely maintain a slight state of consciousness.
"Xu Yingying, you never thought that you would have this day." A familiar voice came from outside the hall. The door was kicked open. Xu Yingying looked carefully and her pupils suddenly shrank.
"Su Mei! It's you!" Xu Yingying was furious, but her anger caused the drug to flow faster in her body.
"Empress, don't be angry, otherwise you will faint. How can you watch the show later? Someone, take him away for me!" Su Mei said to the people behind her with a grim smile.
Xu Yingying wanted to struggle, but her consciousness gradually became blurred, and she fainted. Before losing consciousness, Xu Yingying subconsciously looked at Li Siqi, but Su Mei didn't seem to have any intention of attacking Li Siqi, which made Xu Yingying feel relieved.
When Xu Yingying opened her eyes again, she found herself tied up and placed in an extremely bumpy carriage. When she raised her eyes, she met Su Mei's resentful eyes.
"Su Mei, what are you going to do?" Xu Yingying regained some strength and sat up with difficulty leaning against the wall of the carriage.
Su Mei noticed Xu Yingying's movements and came to her side in one step. "Xu Yingying, you finally fell into my hands. I am in this situation now, all thanks to you. If I am not doing well, you will not be doing well either!"
After saying that, Su Mei slapped Xu Yingying hard. Seeing that Xu Yingying had no chance of doing anything naughty, Su Mei snorted coldly and walked out of the carriage.
Only then did Xu Yingying have the opportunity to carefully consider what to do next.
Fortunately, Su Mei and her group were not always on the road. While they were resting, Xu Yingying found an excuse to walk to a nearby place and, with the help of the surrounding objects, secretly left a few numbers for Li Siqi.
Seeing that the group was getting farther and farther away, Xu Yingying became more anxious. Suddenly, she thought of the weeds that had been following her. The weeds had been hiding in Xu Yingying's body and were called out by Xu Yingying at this moment. She looked around with some confusion.
"Master, where have you been?" Ye Cao was a little confused.
"Don't worry about these for now. Go find a few ghosts to do me a favor and create an accident for this convoy. I've been kidnapped." Xu Yingying spoke quickly and explained to Ye Cao in a concise manner.
Ye Cao also understood the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly did as Xu Yingying said.
The movements of the weeds were also very fast. Within a stick of incense's time, Xu Yingying felt the carriage she was riding in suddenly brake. She almost lost her balance and almost fell to the ground.
Su Mei and his group's plans were disrupted as their carriage broke down, so they could only stay in a dilapidated temple nearby.
Xu Yingying was also dragged out of the carriage by Su Mei. Su Mei had no intention of letting Xu Yingying have an easy time. She threw her into a corner of the dilapidated temple without giving her any food. She just wanted to torture Xu Yingying.
Xu Yingying had received Lu Ming's blessing before, and the ghosts around her were closer to her. Now there were so many people in the dilapidated temple that no one could notice Xu Yingying's actions.