Chapter 957 Reminiscing

Li Chi's surprise was too obvious, and the suspicion in his eyes made Lu Zhinian couldn't help but laugh out loud.

His face was still pale, clearly still the face of "Zhu Xiyan", with an ordinary appearance, a gentle face without any edges, but there was a bit of sharpness between his eyebrows that was not typical of an ordinary student.

"Now that they are here, you should leave."

Li Chi was stunned: "You let me go?"

Lu Zhinian smiled and said, "I've said it before, I have no intention of hurting you. If you hadn't rashly followed me yesterday, I wouldn't have kept you here."

He glanced at the direction of the chessboard and said with some regret:

"Although this game of chess is endless, it's been fun getting to know you these days, Li Chi. If it were back when we were still in the Lu family, you and I might have become close friends."

Li Chi paused when he heard this, then looked up at Lu Zhinian and shook his head: "You won't."

Lu Zhinian was stunned for a moment, then he heard Li Chi say

"I come from a humble background and have a stubborn personality. You are the pride of an aristocratic family and don't understand the hardships of the lower classes. If the Lu family were still powerful, and you were still in the Lu family, you would only be the high-ranking Lu family member, suppressing the children of humble families for the benefit of the aristocratic family, making it difficult for people like me who don't want to rely on you to get ahead."

"You won't lower your head to get to know ordinary people who are starving, and you won't sympathize with people of unequal status."

People from aristocratic families are arrogant, and even those who rely on them find it difficult to touch their core, let alone someone like him who comes from a poor background but has a difficult temperament. It is impossible for him to abandon his dignity and rely on aristocratic families to become accomplices of the evil, and the aristocratic families will not give him a chance to stand out.

Lu Zhinian is a thorough-going descendant of an aristocratic family, possessing the usual indifference and coldness of aristocratic people.

He was able to abandon his family members for his own selfish reasons, and after entering Beiling, he abandoned the Princess of Beiling who had helped him gain a foothold and taken care of him in every way. He used the lives of hundreds of thousands of Beiling soldiers to pave the way. His blood was born cold.

Although Li Chi also hated Beiling and the barbarians who invaded repeatedly, he could not do what Lu Zhinian did, using everything he encountered to achieve his goals and taking it for granted without any guilt.

They are different and will never be the same.

Lu Zhinian didn't expect Li Chi to be so blunt. He thought about it and nodded: "You have some truth in what you said."

If it were his old self, he would not bow his head to look at someone of Li Chi's status. Even if Li Chi had literary talent, as long as his status was not high enough, he would never be able to meet the eldest son of the Lu family, the former Third Young Master Lu.

Lu Zhinian did not insist on what Li Chi said. He just sneered and ignored Li Chi. Instead, he said to the people below:

"Since Lord Feng and Madam Xue are here, why not come up and have a chat? I think you probably have a lot to ask me."

Feng Qiuli nodded: "Okay..."

"Master Feng, you can't do that. Be careful, there's a trap!"

Wu Kui hurriedly stopped Feng Qiuli who was about to respond, and looked at the person standing in the attic with vigilance. He had seen Lu Zhinian before and knew what he had done. The entire Lu family could be said to have been destroyed in his hands, and most of the country of Beiling was also destroyed by him and Xiahou Ling.

But in so many crises, when everyone else died, he survived and continued to prosper. Now he has quietly returned to the capital and poisoned the empress.

Yu Yanfeng followed beside him, and was really a little afraid of Lu Zhinian, fearing that Feng Qiuli and Xue Ru would fall into his trap, so he stopped them and said:

"Lord Feng, Commander Wu is right. Lu Zhinian is cunning and treacherous, and his methods are vicious and cruel. Moreover, this is the old Lu family residence. Who knows if he has done anything in the attic? Now that we have found him, we can just arrest him. Lord Feng and Miss Xue, why should you take such a risk..."

"He won't be caught by you like this." Xue Ru said calmly.

Yu Yanfeng frowned: "But there are so many of us..."

“So what if there are more people?”

Feng Qiuli followed closely behind Xue Ru and said in a moderate voice, "Since he dared to stay here, he must have something to rely on. Given his character, there's no way he wouldn't leave himself any escape route."

"Besides, you know the situation in the palace. Even if you bring more people, you can surround the Lu family and cut off his escape. But if he perishes with them, can you bear the consequences?"

Yu Yanfeng was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembering the poison in the queen's body and Doctor Jiang's previous assertion.

Doctor Jiang said that the poison in the Queen's body could only be suppressed for two days. If Lady Qin or the person who poisoned her could not be found and given the antidote, the Queen would surely die after the poison took effect.

Now a day and a night have passed, and the Queen Mother can't wait any longer. Besides, Lu Zhinian is a madman. He killed hundreds of people from the Lu family's side branches to set up the trap. Now he knows that the surviving tribes of Wei Dynasty and Beiling are looking for him all over the world, but he still dares to take the risk and sneak into the capital alone.

He has been a madman for a long time.

A madman acts irrationally and doesn't necessarily value his life. What if he really does what Feng Qiuli said, preferring to perish together with his enemies rather than surrender, and simply wants to drag the Empress down with him? Who among them can bear the consequences?!

Yu Yanfeng's expression changed, and the hand that was holding Feng Qiuli dropped.

"Then I'll go up with you."

“No need.”

Before Feng Qiuli could say anything, Xue Ru, who was standing next to her, suddenly stepped forward and looked up at the person above her. "We do have something we want to discuss with Mr. Lu Sanlang, but this attic is remote, cold, and covered in blood. Would you be willing to move somewhere else?"

Feng Qiuli turned her head to look at her.

Xue Ru said, "I don't trust Lu Zhinian, and I won't put myself in danger and give others the opportunity to threaten my sister."

She can die for her sister, but she will never become her sister's weakness.

I will never let myself become something that others can use to threaten my sister into compromise!

Feng Qiuli was stunned when she heard this, and a smile appeared in her eyes when she looked at the little girl next to her.

He somewhat understood why, although they were just sisters from different families and had no contact in the past, the Empress was particularly fond of this little girl after leaving the Song family and took great pains to bring her out of the quagmire of the Song family. Even a cold-hearted person like His Majesty would show love and gentleness to Xue Ru when he mentioned her.

Perhaps it was because, no matter when or where, the Queen was above everything else in Xue Ru's heart.

Feng Qiuli raised her eyes and said, "Madam Xue is right. This attic is crowded with people. Why not go somewhere else? When I came here just now, I saw a waterside pavilion nearby. It's surrounded by water on three sides and is quiet. It's a great place to chat. Would Mr. Lu Sanlang be willing to go?"

"Of course, if Mr. Lu Sanlang doesn't have the courage to come down, then it's not impossible for me to go up."

Lu Zhinian lowered his eyes and looked at the two of them, then smiled, "Master Feng, there's no need to provoke me. I said we should reminisce about the past, so naturally, any place is fine."