Ren Yong'an snorted coldly, gritting his teeth: "Change it, that medicine wasn't strong enough. Otherwise, Zhu Yu and Lu Xiaoyun wouldn't have been delayed in getting together at the palace banquet, and the imperial physician would have had to take the medicine to stop them later."

What a waste of the medicine she spent a fortune on.

Her eyes were bloodshot: "This time, I'm going to make Lu Xiaoyun drink that drug that has no cure except for having sex with men!"

Her face contorted with rage: "I want to see if Lu Xiaoyun values ​​her life or her chastity this time! I want to see how she escapes my grasp!"

Qinglian's face also turned ruthless: "Miss, if you're going to make a scene, you have to make it big. At that time, even if Miss Lu enters the Crown Prince's residence, she won't be able to hold her head up in front of you, and there will be absolutely no chance for her to become a concubine."

"That's right, I'm going to ruin the reputation of the entire Zhenguo Duke's Mansion! Isn't the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion renowned? Isn't it supposed to protect the country and its people and be supported by them? I'm going to show everyone how a little bitch can completely tarnish the reputation of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion!"

Ren Yong'an clenched the handkerchief in his hand, his face contorted in an extreme expression, unaware that his nails were digging into his flesh.

...

Lu Xiaoyun tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. Finally, she got up, put on her coat, and led Jiang Chuan, Wu Chuan, and Xi Yi back over the wall from the backyard.

Since receiving the imperial decree for divorce, Zhu Yu has been completely disoriented, sitting motionless on the soft couch by the window all day.

Lu Yucheng came to see her several times, and he was so angry that he wanted to crack open his sister's head to see how she could love Prince An to such an extent.

That bastard has already written a divorce agreement, how can my sister still be so obsessed with him!

He's so angry!

As night deepened, Zhu Yu stared intently at the top of the tent.

His mind was in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so much so that he didn't hear the cuckoo calling outside until it had called three times.

When Lu Xiaoyun came in, she was startled to see Zhu Yu's sunken eye sockets.

"Zhu Yu, what's wrong with you..."

Zhu Yu wrapped his arms around Lu Xiaoyun's slender waist and said, "I regret it. I don't want to be separated from you, Lu Xiaoyun."

His nose twitched: "But Father Emperor has issued an edict, what should I do? I need to go to the palace and beg Father Emperor to rescind the edict."

He looked up at Lu Xiaoyun with his innocent-looking eyes and asked, "Will you take me to the palace?"

Lu Xiaoyun coughed lightly: "Zhu, Zhu Yu, I, have I ever told you that I, I actually, don't like..."

Zhu Yu swallowed the rest of his words.

He stood on tiptoe, wrapped his arms around Lu Xiaoyun's neck, and pressed her down to kiss her.

As long as she didn't say it out loud, he could pretend he didn't know, and he could assume that she liked him.

Lu Xiaoyun: "..."

The sensation of their lips meeting brought a jolt of fear that overwhelmed her mind.

Lu Xiaoyun momentarily forgot to resist, and even forgot why she had come to see him in the middle of the night. She only lingered between his gently squinting eyes and his soft lips.

Her hand had somehow already gripped his soft waist, lifting him up slightly.

Zhu Yu jumped, and his legs wrapped tightly around her waist in quick succession.

After a long while, long enough that the air seemed to have become scorching hot, Zhu Yu finally released her, breathing heavily.

His eyes crinkled with a smile as he wrapped his arms around her neck, his entire body coiling around her waist like a snake: "What were you about to say?"

"I... I mean, I actually don't like..."

Zhu Yu then silenced Lu Xiaoyun's next words with his mouth.

After a long pause, he asked again, "Now, what do you want to say?"

"I actually don't like..."

Her mouth was sealed shut again by the woman in the body of a man.

After a long silence, he released her: "And now?"

Lu Xiaoyun: "..."

Looking at his bright red and moist lips, Lu Xiaoyun knew that Zhu Yu was determined not to let her say those words today.

Never mind, we'll talk about it later.

She said in a serious tone, "I've come here today to talk to you about something."

Zhu Yu nestled in her arms, tilting his head: "Okay, I'm listening, go ahead and say it."

Lu Xiaoyun: "..."

"Why don't you get down first?"

"Are you tired? Can't carry me?"

Not really. Zhu Yu's body is strong, while the original owner was thin and weak. Just hanging on his body like that would make the atmosphere of the conversation awkward.

Lu Xiaoyun grabbed his waist, pulled him off her, and put him on the bed.

As a result, this person started bothering him again.

"My mother..."

Zhu Yu narrowed his eyes. She didn't say "your mother" like before, but just "mother". Sure enough, the forceful kiss worked.

The man nestled in her arms, a smile playing on his lips: "What's wrong? Mother misses her daughter-in-law?"

Lu Xiaoyun scratched her head: "Mother, I'm afraid she won't be able to stand up again, and Ayan can't do anything about it either."

Consort Duan couldn't tell Zhu Yu about giving up treatment and self-harm, but she couldn't keep quiet about her crippled legs.

Zhu Yu's face turned pale: "What happened? Everything was fine the whole time!"

"After the imperial decree for divorce was issued, my mother took all the blame upon herself, but she couldn't go to the palace to ask the emperor to rescind the decree. So, in Yunmei Garden, the place where she punished you to kneel, you knelt for a full five hours. By the time I found out, it was too late."

Lu Xiaoyun pursed her lips: "Ayan is powerless to help either."

Zhu Yu remained silent for a long time.

Lu Xiaoyun tugged at his sleeve: "Zhu Yu... if you're feeling down, just cry it out. It's just the two of us here. Don't worry, I won't laugh at you."

Zhu Yu raised his sore eyes and shook his head. He could understand his mother's actions.

He said, "Lu Xiaoyun, thank you."

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