Chapter 116 Xiuzhu

Shen Yuheng met Wei Yan's cold gaze, his face calm as he uttered a few words calmly: "That's good."

When passing by A Yao, Shen Yuheng turned his head to look at him. A Yao understood and turned around to walk out of the yard, but was stopped by a guard holding a long sword at the door.

"Changjue, since you have decided to stay, just have a good talk and don't let others disturb you." Wei Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, showing his coldness.

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Lu Qingyue looked at the girl whose robe was stained with blood, and a ferocious smile appeared on her face. "My dear sister, I never thought that after you had been so aggressive for such a long time, you would eventually fall into my hands."

"This caning must be unpleasant." Lu Qingyue gently stroked her belly, a malicious smile on her lips. "I never thought that your sister could fight her way out with her own abilities and reach an agreement with Concubine Li to deal with you and your scheming husband together."

Logically speaking, caning in the palace is one of the most physically painful punishments, but for Lu Qiaoxiao, she had experienced things that were thousands of times more torturous than this in her previous life, so what she faced was nothing.

"Lu Qingyue, I have something to advise you. Although Concubine Li is with you, if Prince Ding'an really ascends the throne, will the child in your belly still have a chance to survive?" Lu Qiaoxiao tried his best to find ways to calm the almost crazy woman in front of him.

She had been practicing martial arts for many years and had some judgment on the extent of her injuries. Most of them were flesh wounds, and her internal energy could slightly heal them, so they were not fatal.

On the contrary, if Wei Yan went to find Shen Yuheng at this moment and threatened her life to ask him to write an edict to welcome Prince Ding'an to the throne, then all the plans he had made for Wei Mingzhu would be ruined... Lu Qiaoxiao didn't dare to think about it.

Lu Qingyue's eyes flashed with thought, "You are right, but what if the child in my belly is Wei Yan's?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qiaoxiao felt his head buzzing. This Wei Yan was really a complete pervert. How could he even lay his hands on his own father's woman?

"Your Majesty is good in every way except his health. In this huge harem, if I don't have a child, how can I endure the loneliness of this palace?" There was some sadness in Lu Qingyue's words. She covered her lips with a handkerchief to block out the strong smell of blood, and kicked the person on the ground with some disgust.

"Sister, you are the same. You could tease anyone else, but you had to team up with Shen Yuheng to tease His Highness. Now you have ended up like this, and it is your own fault."

"Let me guess. Everyone says that Prime Minister Chen and his wife are deeply in love, but tell me, if the time really comes for bloodshed to spill on the Golden Terrace, will the man be concerned about his own power, or will he be concerned about an insignificant woman?"

Lu Qingyue swung her legs, her voice filled with regret: "Even if Prime Minister Chen dotes on you again, he is still a powerful official who holds power and is high above everyone else."

"I can't have any woman I want, why do I have to choose someone like you?"

Lu Qiaoxiao faced the ground, feeling a pang of pain in his heart at these words.

Yes, Shen Yuheng, you can have anyone you want. At this moment, you must not lose your mind and do something wrong.

Once Wei Yan ascends the throne, not only will the entire Chen Mansion and the Yong'an Marquis Mansion suffer, but the people will also be plunged into a dynasty where poverty and corruption are rampant.

She owed him in her previous life, and in this life, his kindness to her made her owe him a lot. She really didn't know how to repay him.

Lu Qiaoxiao dug his fingers into the ground, leaving shocking blood marks.

Behind them, Concubine Li's lazy and playful voice suddenly sounded: "Alright, you sisters have been reminiscing for a long time." "Qingyue, you are pregnant with Yan'er's child, so you can't bleed too much. I will take care of the rest."

A trace of reluctance flashed across Lu Qingyue's eyes, but she still said respectfully and gently, "Yes, then I will withdraw first."

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by the eunuch's sharp and thin voice: "Your Majesty, Miss Xiuzhu comes to see you."

Concubine Li frowned, "What is she doing here at this time? Please come in." Although she had always disliked Lu Xiuzhu, she was concerned about the child in her belly.

Lu Xiuzhu entered the hall and glanced at the bloody figure on the ground. "Mother, I also have a few words to say to my sister. Please give me a little more time."

Concubine Li felt her eyebrows throbbing. The relationship between the daughters of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion was comparable to the fights among the women in the harem. And this Lu Qiaoxiao was also quite hateful.

A pregnant woman is like an ancestor, not to mention that they are all her grandchildren. Concubine Li waved her hand with some weariness, "Never mind, never mind, go ahead."

There were only two people left in the center of the hall. Lu Qiaoxiao forced himself to look at her: "Lu Xiuzhu, if you have any tricks, use them with me as soon as possible. It would be best if you kill me now and send my body away."

Lu Xiuzhu smiled sharply when she heard this: "Lu Qiaoxiao, now that things have come to this, you are quite calculating. If you die, Wei Yan will no longer be able to use you to threaten Shen Yuheng."

"By then, I'm afraid I'll have to go down and be buried with you."

Lu Qiaoxiao pulled a weak smile from the corner of his mouth: "You are quite smart."

"But don't think you're the only smart one." Lu Xiuzhu suddenly squatted down, supporting herself with her hands. "To be honest, I hated you."

"I hate you for setting up this ridiculous relationship between Wei Yan and me."

Lu Xiuzhu's eyes were gloomy. She didn't know when, but her round, puppy-like eyes had been angular due to the passage of time, and were filled with a hint of despair and coldness.

"But later, I realized that the current situation was not caused by you alone."

"My aunt has instilled in me since I was a child that you are a thorn in my and Lu Qingyue's side. She wants us to surpass you, suppress you, and step on you."

"This is what I once firmly believed. But when I was with Wei Yan, I thought my fate had changed. The hardships of being a wife and a daughter-in-law made me realize that nothing compared to your suffering, Lu Qiaoxiao."

"The pain of competing for a man is much greater than the little thoughts of women." Lu Xiuzhu lowered her brows and twisted her fingers intermittently.

Lu Qiaoxiao guessed that Lu Xiuzhu must have known that the child in Lu Qingyue's belly was also Wei Yan's, which was why she came to such a realization.

She suddenly felt as if her body was in a desperate situation, but her heart was not there. It seemed that even if she had come to this point in this life, it was not a loss. At least she had helped the self who had lost her way in the previous life to choose a new path.

Feel the love and freedom.

Lu Xiuzhu pulled out a folded handkerchief from her bosom and examined it carefully. "Three months ago, when you led people to catch thieves on the street, I saw how swiftly you caught them. You were much cuter than that old lapdog look you used to have when you just followed Pei Er around."