Chapter 78 I Can’t Save Her

Liu always knew that Gong Lu was not a good person, so she just dealt with her. However, she never expected that Gong Lu would say such brainless words.

Liu looked at Chu Yian worriedly.

However, Chu Yian could no longer bear it and rushed out like a cannonball. She rushed to Gong Lu and kicked her hard.

Gong Lu was already immersed in the shock of Sheng Hongyu hitting her and hadn't recovered yet. Chu Yian's angry kick knocked her to the ground.

While the servants were still there, Chu Yian rode on Gong Lu and attacked her face left and right, with great cruelty.

She was so angry that she hit him and cursed him: "Who do you think you are? How dare you say that to him? Qin Sheng has devoted countless efforts to defending his country, and all he did was protect a beast like you who only knows how to slander him?"

"If that's the case, why would he fight? He could just drag a shameless bitch like you out and hand you over to the enemy."

"You dare to scold him? Do you fucking believe that I will kill you today?"

"If I don't kill you, you'll be killed by someone else. Do you really think Sheng Hongyu can save you?"

"You dare to scold Qin Sheng? Ask Sheng Hongyu if he dares to risk offending so many people to save you, a bitch?"

"Not only you, but none of your family members will survive either."

"They are to blame for raising a beast like you. If you are ever to meet in the underworld, it will all be your fault."

"If you can't control your mouth, then you should never speak again in your life."

Chu Yian's attacks became more and more brutal. After just a few slaps, Gong Lu's face was beaten into a pig's head.

Since the young lady had already taken the lead, Xiao Fu naturally didn't want to be left behind. She kicked Gong Lu hard several times but still felt unsatisfied.

Only by listening to the lady's beautiful scolding did I feel that the blockage in my heart was slightly relieved.

However, this was the first time Xiao Fu saw Chu Yian lose his temper, and she was very scared. She was afraid that Sheng Hongyu would do something cruel, so she hesitated whether to quickly leave the Sheng family and return to the Duke's Mansion to inform the public.

But she was worried about Chu Yian being here alone, so she could only ask Sheng Nianyao for help.

Sheng Nianyao was completely dumbfounded at this point, and still didn't understand how this situation had turned out.

On the contrary, Liu reacted faster and hurriedly ordered the servants: "Quick, pull them apart, don't hurt Yi An."

When he looked at Sheng Hongyu again, Sheng Hongyu's expression was completely unbearable to look at.

Although Chu Yian's words were harsh, Sheng Hongyu obviously thought of the key point.

Given Chu Yian's identity, it is impossible for him to kill her to silence her or do anything to her. What he said today will definitely reach the ears of the Qin family.

Even if Qin Sheng doesn't care, what about those men who have relationships with Qin Sheng?

Can they just not care?

This group of people protected Qin Sheng like the apple of their eye. Knowing that someone cursed him like that, they would not be able to vent their anger unless they chopped Gong Lu into pieces and fed him to the dogs.

He didn't even dare to offend the Fourth Prince Sheng Hongyu, let alone so many other people.

After figuring out the pros and cons, Sheng Hongyu felt as if his heart had fallen into an ice cellar. He closed his eyes, knowing full well that this time he would not be able to save Gong Lu no matter what.

If Gong Lu is not handed over, those people will not be able to vent their anger and will only vent their anger on him. Then the entire Sheng family will be in danger.

But when he heard Gong Lu's miserable cry, Sheng Hongyu felt as if his heart was being pricked by needles.

How did things get to this point?

Sheng Hongyu really regretted it this time. Why did he allow Gong Lu to cause trouble for the Liu family?

If I hadn't come today, I wouldn't have met Chu Yian, and things wouldn't have developed to this point.

He didn't have to struggle so much to figure out how to keep Gong Lu.

While Sheng Hongyu was still in a daze, the servants finally pulled Chu Yian and Xiaofu apart.

Chu Yian was fine, just his hair was a little messy.

Xiao Fu was so busy kicking people that her face was covered with tears. If you didn't know her, you would think she was the one being kicked.

Xiao Fu tightly grasped Chu Yian's sleeve, feeling sympathetic, crying and saying, "Miss, let's go back to the Duke's Mansion, and we will never come to the Sheng family again."

"The master favors his concubine over his wife, and a concubine dares to scold the son-in-law like this. We will not come to this Sheng family anymore."

Qin Sheng treats people kindly. Although Xiaofu is just a servant, she knows that it is not easy to meet such a master, so she should cherish him if she meets him.

She couldn't bear to hear anyone scolding Chu Yian and Qin Sheng. It made her feel worse than scolding her.

Chu Yian glanced at Sheng Hongyu coldly and lost interest in staying any longer. He bowed to Liu and said, "Aunt, I'm sorry. I'll come to apologize another day. I'll go back today."

After saying that, he snorted coldly at Sheng Hongyu and walked away.

But when passing by Gong Lu, he couldn't help but raised his foot and kicked her hard. Xiao Fu didn't want to be left behind and kicked her too.

The master and servant walked away with their heads held high and chests puffed out like two roosters that had won a fight, and no one dared to stop them.

Gong Lu didn't dare to say another word except crying and screaming.

She heard everything Chu Yian said to her when he beat her just now, which made Gong Lu feel unprecedented panic.

Sheng Hongyu...can't protect her...

Just because she said a few words to Qin Sheng, those men would want to kill her? It was just a few words, wasn't it? At most, she could let them curse back, why did it have to be like this?

Gong Lu looked at Sheng Hongyu fearfully. Sheng Hongyu turned his back to her and said nothing. His hands were clenched into fists, and he didn't even look at her.

This made Gong Lu's already frightened heart even more flustered. She hesitantly called out in a low voice, "Hongyu, Brother Hongyu..."

Sheng Hongyu still didn't look at her.

Gong Lu's heart sank to the bottom and tears streamed down her face.

She crawled to Sheng Hongyu's side and hugged his legs: "Brother Hongyu, I, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, I apologize, I will apologize to the Third Young Master's wife, and apologize to the Third Young Master Qin, please help me, don't, don't let me die, please..."

She cried so hard that she couldn't speak.

Normally, she would be lovable like this, but now with her swollen pig face from being beaten, it is really hard to feel sympathy for her.

Sheng Hongyu finally looked at her, but his eyes were colder than she had ever seen before.

"Since you know her identity and know that Qin Sheng cannot afford to offend, why did you say those words to anger her?"

Although Sheng Hongyu was also angry at Chu Yian's behavior of interfering in other people's family affairs, he just chased him away and wanted Chu Yian to leave quickly.

But Gong Lu offended people as soon as he opened his mouth.

How can he turn things around?

Although he was reluctant to let Gong Lu die like this, Sheng Hongyu was not so senile that he didn't know how to choose between the Sheng family and Gong Lu.

He has his own considerations on what is more important.

The most important issue now is no longer how to save Gong Lu, but how to prevent those people from taking their anger out on him.

It can only be said that Sheng Hongyu is worthy of being a person with long experience in officialdom. Once it comes to the struggle for power, his mind will instantly become extremely clear.

He looked at Liu. Chu Yian had some good feelings towards his first wife and niece.

But Liu didn't even look at him, and walked straight out with Sheng Nian Yao, obviously not wanting to get involved in these messy things.

The trouble was caused by Sheng Hongyu, so he should find a way to solve it himself.

As soon as she saw Sheng Hongyu's expression, Gong Lu knew what he was thinking. Her body softened immediately. She, she was abandoned...

Despair flooded over her, and Gong Lu's tears fell. There was a bit more hatred in her eyes when she looked at Sheng Hongyu.

How could he, how could he do this?

"Sheng Hongyu, it's you, it's you who spoiled me like this, and you said you liked me the way I am, but after you spoiled me like this, you didn't care about me anymore. Are you still human?"

PS: Answering a question that has been asked frequently in the comments recently.

1: The book "The Great Qin Empire" will make the emperor think of the Qin family. Will it bring disaster to the Qin family?

A: I think of the Qin family, but aside from the surname, the book's content bears no resemblance to the Qin family. Using this as an excuse is far-fetched. If the emperor were to use this as an excuse to attack the Qin family, it would only mean that the emperor no longer wants to tolerate the Qin family's continued existence. This is a problem with the people, not the book.

Secondly, The Great Qin Empire is not a book about rebellion while sleeping on straw and eating bitter food, but it truly writes from the perspective of a country how a country went from backwardness to strength. Most of the time, it describes the emperor and the people around the emperor, the disputes among the seven countries, the struggle for hegemony among the princes, and the fight for life and death between countries. It was a fierce collision between countries. One after another, talented people emerged like mushrooms after a rain just to show their ambitions, rather than how to rebel. Don't lower the scale of this book so much. If possible, I recommend that you read the original book. I have omitted a lot of content in my writing, and it is not one-tenth as wonderful as the original.

Finally, the name of the country and the emperor's surname are not the same thing and cannot be viewed together. Moreover, the time it took to unify the six kingdoms was too long, and who could live that long?

2. Will you write about the history of other dynasties in the future?

Answer: It hasn’t been decided yet. It depends on the situation. If I were to write it, I would first solicit everyone’s opinions and see what dynasty’s history everyone wants to see. It’s not certain yet.

3. Why are the settings of male characters (especially Qin Sheng) so good? Does the author prefer male characters and ignore the female characters in his works? Does the author love men?

Answer: Not true. If Qin Sheng's setting were applied to the heroine, she would be scolded to death. I can already imagine that a lot of people would scold him for being a loser and for causing the heroine so much suffering... I wrote it in a more tactful way, and they would only scold him more harshly.

Friends who have read my books should be able to tell that I don’t like black-and-white characters. People are diverse, and I like to create complex people (although I don’t quite understand how to do it, but I’ll take my time).

This is how Qin Sheng’s setting came about. Since my previous writings about men were greasy, I tried to be more refreshing this time. I didn’t expect it to be too refreshing and make you so addicted.

Finally, some friends could not accept the name of the heroine. They said that they didn’t want to watch the show after seeing the name and that the name sounded like a man’s.

Well... well, after writing books for a long time, I don't have the energy to choose some fancy names. On the other hand, the name Yi An is very good and has a good meaning.

When I thought of this name, my first reaction was whether it was a copy of Li Qingzhao. I didn’t expect so many people’s first reaction was that she was a man…

Naming is difficult. I'm terrible at it; it takes a lot of thought. I rely on my writer's assistant to come up with names for me. I pick whatever looks good to me. This is how I got the names of almost everyone in this book. (If I were to choose a name myself, whether it sounds good or not wouldn't be a consideration. I'd only consider the meaning, something simple and elegant, like Dapeng. I don't know if this name sounds bad? I know, but I just can't come up with those fancy names. So sad. I spent a lot of time thinking about this name...)

Besides the heroine, isn't this already a kind of preference?

Finally, I would like to say that the historical figures that appear in the article all really existed in history. Respecting history is respecting our own culture.

I really don't want anyone to see Qin Mugong Bailixi and say that Mugong is the heroine of a book disguised as a man...

If there are any mistakes, I will correct them; if there are none, I will learn from them. I have basically read everyone's opinions and will use them if I find something suitable. Thank you, my dears, for your liking of this book. I love you.