Chapter 57 Threat

Soaking in the cold spring, a thin layer of coolness seeps into the skin, and there are occasional bird calls and cicada chirps around.

Wei Ran fell asleep quickly.

He had a dream in which he was running wildly in the forest and wild beasts were chasing him.

At this moment, he was tripped by the stones under his feet and fell to the ground.

Just when it thought the beast was about to fall into the tiger's mouth, a sharp sword beam streaked across the sky, and the beast wailed and fell to the ground.

The dark riding clothes wrapped around her beautiful figure. She held a long sword on her back, looking like a fairy who had come down to earth, pure and elegant.

The face turned towards him, a faint blush on the jade-white face, and a slight coldness in the pearly round eyes.

Lu Qiaoxiao——

Wei Ran suddenly opened his eyes and submerged his face completely in the water, cooling his burning skin down a little.

Why did I dream about her?

But he only saved himself once.

Besides—

She is getting married.

The person she married was still Shen Yuheng.

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A few days later, the Yong'an Marquis Mansion received a new decree:

Lu Qiaoxiao, the daughter of the Yong'an Marquis, is loyal, brave and resourceful. She has made great contributions in protecting the prince in the hunting forest, so she is specially appointed as the commander of the patrol department and is given a fief of 1,000 households.

After Lu Qiaoxiao received the imperial edict, Qiao Lin hugged her daughter in surprise, "Qiaoqiao, you are so proud of yourself! This is the first woman to be granted an official title in this dynasty!"

After saying that, she touched Lu Qiaoxiao's head lovingly again, and her eyes unconsciously became red.

"I know you must have been scared at that time."

Lu Qiaoxiao's nose felt sore. She recalled her mother's sickly appearance in her previous life. Now she was standing in front of her in good health. She asked her if she was okay.

"Mom, it's all over." She sniffed and put on a smile: "I think I've won some honor for the Qiao family."

"What are you talking about?" Lu Yong felt ignored. "She's my daughter too. How can you say she's bringing honor to the Qiao family?"

During this period, Qiao Lin had been lukewarm towards her, which made him very unhappy.

Qiao Lin shielded her daughter behind her and retorted, "Yes, if it's like your Lu family, like you, each generation will only get worse."

Lu Yong felt like he was going crazy. This woman had always obeyed him!

Now, not only did she treat him as air, she even argued with him at every turn—

Yesterday, he tried to sneak into Qiaolin's room while the guards in her yard were not paying attention, but he was caught red-handed with a lantern.

He was told: Mrs. Qiao said that you are not allowed to go near her room, Sir Lu, please go back.

This day—it’s really unbearable!

A fierce daughter and a rebellious wife, who is the head of the family?

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Xiuyue Tower:

Wang Xiuwan was ordered by Lu Yong to be confined here and not allowed to leave the hospital.

Only Lu Xiuzhu was by her side. "Mother, this second sister is really something. She's doing a striptease to please His Majesty. Father claims to be a man of integrity. It would be strange if he's not mad at me."

She felt a little jealous. Who would have thought that Lu Qingyue, seeing that she couldn't get close to His Royal Highness Prince Ding'an, would turn around and think of climbing into the emperor's bed?

Now, isn't she still inferior to her second sister?

Wang Xiuwan glared at her fiercely. "If it weren't for you, Qingyue would have thought of such a way to bring honor to our family. Why would she lower herself to please the king like this?"

Lu Xiuzhu no longer dared to speak. She knew that Lu Qingyue had been summoned to the palace by the emperor in advance these few days and was waiting for an imperial decree to come down.

At this time, the door outside the courtyard was slowly pushed open, and a dark green figure came in lightly.

"Lu Qiaoxiao? What are you doing here?" Lu Xiuzhu glared at her unfriendlyly, but did not dare to make any more excessive movements.

"Of course I congratulate Auntie." Lu Qiaoxiao smiled meaningfully, "Congratulations to Auntie for fulfilling her wish and finding good homes for both of her daughters."

Wang Xiuwan stared at her eyes closely. She no longer dared to trust this little bitch.

Her methods and cruelty are more sophisticated than those of a woman like her who has been living in seclusion for decades.

Lu Qiaoxiao cleared his throat and said loudly, "The palace has issued an order to appoint my second sister as a concubine. She will serve in Baoyue Tower from now on."

Wang Xiuwan frowned. "Is this decree serious? Why are you the one reading it out?"

Lu Qiaoxiao glared at her coldly, "Do you think Daddy would let a woman who instigated his daughter to climb the dragon bed and seduce the prince go on stage and embarrass herself?"

Wang Xiuwan's heart ached at these words, and she stumbled back two steps. Lu Xiuzhu supported Wang Xiuwan and pointed at the person in front of her and cursed: "Lu Qiaoxiao, don't go too far! Do you think you have someone to support you just because you marry the Prime Minister? My second sister will be the concubine in the future!"

Lu Qiaoxiao sneered: "Oh? Really? I'm really looking forward to that day. As someone who can only be a substitute, I'm also very curious about how far Lu Qingyue can go."

"Also..." Lu Qiaoxiao took two steps forward and looked down at Lu Xiuzhu: "By the way, the emperor is very understanding and has also granted you an order."

"From now on, you will serve in Prince Ding'an's mansion."

"What else?" Lu Xiuzhu asked subconsciously, "Is it a concubine?"

Lu Qiaoxiao looked at her as if she were a pitiful creature, and spoke in a teasing yet cruel voice: "She is a concubine."

"What?" Now it was Lu Xiuzhu's turn to stagger back and sit down on the stool.

Lu Qiaoxiao's voice rang in her ears like a ghost: "Third sister, you should think carefully about how to deal with yourself after entering the Ding'an Prince's Mansion as a concubine."

"It turns out that Concubine Li values ​​my second sister, and she will show her sympathy to our Yong'an Marquis Mansion because of my second sister."

"Now, the daughter-in-law that Concubine Li favored has become her peer, trying to snatch her man away. Tell me, as her mother-in-law, how will she view you, a concubine's daughter who had an uninvited affair with Prince Ding'an?"

Every word hit Lu Xiuzhu's heart like a hammer, making her rosy face lose its color.

Wang Xiuwan's hands, hidden under the table, were clenched into fists and shaking violently.

She looked at Lu Qiaoxiao with a venomous gaze: "You have such a cruel heart - you actually planned this to harm your own family. You are also a member of the Lu family, how dare you -"

Before she could finish, Lu Qiaoxiao interrupted her, "Oh? A member of the Lu family, Auntie, I haven't settled the score with you for buying a slow-acting poison on the black market a few months ago in an attempt to poison my mother."

"You are one of our family now. Isn't it ridiculous to say that?"

Lu Qiaoxiao's voice was like a thorn in Wang Xiuwan's heart, every word piercing her heart: "I warned you and your daughter, put away those thoughts. If you dare to plot against my mother and brother again in the future, you know -"

"What would I do?"

This is a blatant threat.

Looking at the distraught Wang Xiuwan and Lu Xiuzhu, Lu Qiaoxiao felt a surge of satisfaction. Before leaving Xiuyue Tower, she glanced over and said coldly, "I forgot to tell you, from now on, Peidi and I will be colleagues."

Lu Xiuzhu stared at Lu Qiaoxiao's departing figure and murmured, "What did she mean just now? What colleague?"

Wang Xiuwan's eyes also revealed a bit of confusion.

Just then, a bloody body was thrown in.