Chapter 407 Lu Jiangnian’s concubine!
a bolt from the blue!
Liang Yuhua couldn't believe what she heard. She was just thinking about what to do when she heard the emperor say coldly, "Why don't you accept the decree and thank the emperor?"
Her knees, kneeling on the gold bricks, had long lost the feeling. Every word the emperor said was like a poisoned knife, cutting into her heart.
"I am not worthy of you..."
She heard her own weak voice trembling.
"Think carefully before answering."
The emperor's voice was as light as a feather, but it almost broke her back. "If I can pardon you, I can also - send you on your way."
Liang Yuhua felt dizzy and wanted to faint to the ground immediately. How could things develop to this point?
She was just an ordinary girl, and now she was frightened out of her wits.
The emperor's cold and ruthless voice kept drilling into her ears: "Go to the Lu family and help me keep an eye on Yuan Shi. I want to know if she knows medicine."
"Liang Yuhua, your family's life is in your hands. It all depends on your choice."
Liang Yuhua's whole body trembled violently, and her nails dug deeply into her palms.
"I obey your order."
At this point, does she still have a choice?
She couldn't bear to watch everyone in her family die.
She has always liked that man in her heart. He is like the bright moon in the sky, far away and out of reach, but he has already been accompanied by Mingzhu. She has decided long ago to bury those feelings in her heart.
She never thought of destroying Prince Lu and his wife.
She felt it was blasphemy to even have the thought of a man as clear-minded and elegant as Master Lu.
Why force her to be the villain?
A sweet taste welled up in her throat, and the moment she kowtowed heavily, a tear fell on the gold brick.
She finally understood that the most painful punishment was not death, but being forced to become a knife that hurt people.
How could she have the face to meet Lady Lu?
"Liang Yuhua, if you dare to leak even a word of what I have told you..."
"You can't afford the consequences."
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When Liang Yuhua stumbled across the vermilion threshold, her embroidered shoes tripped on the relief of a dragon, and she fell forward. Liang Nian rushed forward to support his sister, but he felt her body was cold, and her fingers were shaking like dead leaves in the wind. "Yuhua?"
He lowered his voice and pinched her wrist with his fingertips, "What did the emperor say to you?"
The girl's pale lips moved, but in the end she just shook her head.
The shadow cast by the palace wall enveloped her, cutting her beautiful face into pieces.
As soon as they stepped into the palace gate, the sharp voice of the eunuch announcing the decree pierced the twilight: "——In consideration of the Duke of Wei's past contributions, Liang Shangde is granted the title of Baron and continues to live in the Duke's mansion."
The eunuch narrowed his eyes and looked at the kneeling Liang family members, and finally fixed his gaze on Liang Yuhua. "I heard that the daughter of the Liang family is quiet and virtuous. I admire the character of Lu Weiwei. I specially grant her as your concubine. You will enter the mansion of the loyal and brave marquis tomorrow."
Liang Shangde collapsed to the ground on the spot, and veins bulged on Liang Nian's forehead.
"Your servant... obeys your order."
In the end, Liang Yuhua's voice was as light as a snowflake, but when she bent over and kowtowed, she stabbed the golden hairpin in her sleeve into her palm fiercely.
pain!
When the eunuch left with a satisfied look on his face, Liang Nian snatched the imperial edict from his sister's hand and growled, "In the end..."
Liang Shangde covered his mouth tightly, his cloudy eyes full of fear.
At the corner of the Liang Mansion, the cold light of the imperial guards' armor had not yet faded away, so I couldn't shout.
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At the same time, the eunuch who announced the decree in the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion almost died under Lu Jiangnian's sword.
"Zheng——"
Lu Jiangnian's soft sword was placed on the neck of the eunuch who announced the decree, and the blade had cut a line of blood.
There was a terrifying anger in his eyes: "I already have a wife!"
The eunuch's legs trembled, but he forced a grim smile: "Of course the emperor knows that you already have a wife. The emperor thinks highly of you, so he specially granted you a concubine. Lord Lu, if you disobey his order, you will lose your head."
Wang Min looked anxious, not understanding why she had suddenly received such an imperial decree. What did the emperor mean?
Yuan Wanru was filled with anger. It turned out that the damn emperor was waiting for her here!
She said that Concubine Liang’s words would not be easily forgotten.
The imperial edict has already arrived at their home. How many heads do they have to disobey it?
Seeing that Lu Jiangnian was about to kill someone in a rage, she had to stand up and said coldly: "Husband, Yuhua is a good girl, please don't do anything reckless and embarrass her too much."
She walked forward slowly and gently pressed Lu Jiangnian's sword with her fingertips.
"Husband." Her voice was clear and sharp, like ice under the eaves. "Accept the order. Don't let the emperor down."
At an angle that no one could see, her nails dug deeply into Lu Jiangnian's wrist.
Lu Jiangnian's pupils suddenly shrank.
He saw the cold fire in his wife's eyes - even hotter than when she wanted to kill Liang Yusong.
"…I accept your order."
He bit down on the three words until they bled.
Lu Bai, Zhou Fang and others were silent, fearing that Lu Jiangnian would really disobey the order and cause everyone to go to jail.
Fortunately, Yuan Wanru knew what she was doing clearly.
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"Bang——" The sound of the door being slammed shut caused the window frames to tremble.
Lu Jiangnian threw the dazzling bright yellow imperial edict to the ground, and the gilded axle head hit the blue bricks with a crisp cracking sound.
With red eyes, he pushed Yuan Wanru against the carved door, his knuckles turning white from the force: "Why do we need to accept the order?!"
His voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper. "You said that I was not allowed to have anyone else around me in this life. You said this yourself. Have you forgotten?"
Yuan Wanru's back was pressed against the door, but she suddenly chuckled.
A cluster of flames danced in her eyes, reflecting an astonishingly bright color.
She raised her hand and touched her husband's tense cheek, her fingertips felt a touch of wetness and coolness: "Fool..."
The voice was as light as a sigh, "If you disobey the order, your entire clan will be executed."
Lu Jiangnian began to tremble violently, his forehead resting heavily on her shoulder, his voice breaking: "I can resign, we can leave the capital."
"Then what?"
Yuan Wanru suddenly held up his face, with a frightening light in her eyes, "That ignorant thing,"
She gently stroked her husband's Adam's apple with her fingertips, "How dare you disgust me like this?"
Lu Jiangnian's pupils suddenly shrank, and he saw a ruthlessness in her eyes that he had never seen before.
"I, Yuan Wanru, have always been vindictive."
She leaned close to his ear and breathed like a venomous snake, "Anyone who dares to touch my bottom line,
Her red lips curled up in a thrilling arc, "I will make him regret it."
"you……"
Lu Jiangnian's Adam's apple rolled, and he suddenly realized the deeper meaning of her words.
Regicide!
This thought struck him like thunder, making his whole body numb.
He looked intently into his wife's eyes, which were burning with a rage that could burn everything and a determination that made his heart palpitate.
Silence spread in the room.
Yuan Wanru was the first to break the silence. She looked straight at him with stars in her eyes: "Lu Jiangnian, what about you? Do you dare?"
Lu Jiangnian stared at her steadily, then laughed softly and stroked the back of her neck with his fingertips: "My lady."
He leaned over and bit her earlobe, his voice filled with chilling tenderness, "When has your husband ever... disappointed you?"
Suddenly, he became more cruel than ever before: "Whoever dares to separate us, no matter if they are human or ghost, I will... kill them!"
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