Su Yujiao sat down next to him and calmly asked, "Did you see it?"
Lu Ziqian stared at her in disbelief: "You...you know what I dreamed about?"
"Could it be... those scenes that you showed me?"
"Is that my future?"
"Yes." Su Yujiao nodded solemnly.
"Jiaojiao, are you really a fairy?"
How can you see everyone's future?
Su Yujiao didn't want to explain further: "If I could just say it out loud, I wouldn't have needed to tell you in my dream."
"You've already seen the ending. If you want to change your fate, you'd better find a way yourself."
"Don't ask me anything else, I want to live a few more years."
Lu Ziqian looked nervous: "What do you mean??"
"You can't say it's because heavenly secrets cannot be revealed?"
"Will you be punished by heaven if this is leaked?"
"Were all the unexpected events that happened to you on the day you left home God's punishment for you?"
Su Yujiao didn't say anything, but Lu Ziqian felt increasingly frightened as he thought about it.
That must be it. Jiao Jiao revealed the secret of the dragon robe, and Heaven punished her by trying to kill her by accident.
Lu Ziqian's gaze was deeper than ever before, as if filled with emotion and guilt.
If it weren't for saving him and the Lu family, she wouldn't have faced those dangers at all.
He deeply regretted not treating her better before, and why he had hurt her so much that she became heartbroken.
He was never worthy of such a good woman, and now he is even less worthy.
He was about to get up when he found that his legs were completely numb, as still as two pieces of wood.
He reached out and touched it, but couldn't feel anything at all. Even when he hit or pinched it, he felt no pain.
It was as if those legs didn't belong to him!
Lu Ziqian's face paled, his brows furrowing in astonishment: "My leg?"
Su Yujiao pretended not to know anything: "What happened to your leg?"
"My legs are immobile and I can't feel them at all."
"how so?"
Seeing the man's flustered appearance, Su Yujiao also pretended to be nervous: "Don't worry, let me check for you, is it because you slept on something that made your head go numb?"
Can you feel anything here?
What about here?
"Doesn't it hurt at all?"
"You didn't feel anything at all?"
"Wait a moment, I'll try acupuncture on you."
Does it hurt?
"Try to see if you can move it?"
Lu Ziqian was devastated; even when pricked with needles, he couldn't feel anything in his legs.
"Quickly, go and fetch the imperial physician."
Half of the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy came, but none of them could diagnose the problem.
The final conclusion was that Lu Ziqian's sudden loss of sensation in his legs was likely related to the carrion-eating gu and the Southern Xinjiang secret treasure muscle-regenerating ointment he had used previously.
They never believed that there could be a miraculous medicine in the world that could make people grow new flesh.
It seems the side effects are now appearing.
Physician Zhou and others immediately sent someone to report to the Emperor. The Emperor even came to see for himself. After confirming that Lu Ziqian's leg was crippled, he casually offered a few words of comfort and left.
Since Lu Ziqian was unable to lead troops into battle, the emperor had no choice but to select a new commander-in-chief, ultimately choosing General Chen of Chenzhou.
They then had the Imperial Astronomical Bureau select an auspicious day for departure, setting the date for three days later.
When Lu Ziqian learned that Chen Zhou was leading 30,000 troops to fight against the Northern Rong in his place, he felt guilty and uneasy, as if he had sent someone else to die in his place.
In the dream, Chenzhou was helping him, but in the end, he was coerced by Chu Zhongyuan using his family to switch his support to the Marquis of Jing'an.
He knew that Chu Zhongyuan was deliberately targeting him in order to eliminate the Crown Prince's greatest ally.
I wonder if Chu Zhongyuan would still deliberately target Chenzhou if he were sent to Beirong instead.
Even if no one is deliberately targeting them, a battle between 30,000 and 300,000 is a nine-out-of-ten chance of survival.
Su Yujiao didn't expect that Chen Zhou would be sent instead. Although she didn't know Chen Zhou, she couldn't feel at ease because her scheming had affected other people's fates.
She was wondering if she should also give Chen Zhou some medicine to cause his old illness to flare up.
Lu Ziqian's thought was to stop the war. This was the emperor's rash act, which was clearly not going to succeed, yet he was sacrificing 30,000 lives to save face.
They simply don't value their lives!
Even if Chen Zhou had helped him in his dream, he would have stopped the war even if it had been the Marquis of Jing'an leading the troops.
Marquis Jing'an was greedy and lustful, and his death was not a pity, but his soldiers were innocent. Why should they be sent to their deaths for nothing?
"Jiaojiao, could I borrow that wheeled chair that Peony made?"
"I need to go home and discuss something with my father. It concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people."
"Okay, I'll go push the wheelchair."
Su Yujiao pushed the wheelchair over, and with the help of Mo Shu Mo Hua, lifted Lu Ziqian onto the wheelchair.
"Do you have a way to stop General Chen from leading his troops into battle?"
"Do you need my help? After all, this matter is also related to me. If General Chen dies in battle, my conscience will not be at peace."
Lu Ziqian patted her hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, I can handle it. It's just that my leg is broken, but my brain isn't."
"I'm not trying to stop Chenzhou, I'm trying to stop this war."
"As for Princess Qingyao, I will find a way to rescue her."
That night, a massive flock of crows suddenly appeared over the capital, densely packed and eerie, eventually circling over the Chenzhou camp for a long time before flying away.
This incident caused a great uproar in the capital, and people were filled with anxiety.
Crows are considered an ominous sign, and the appearance of so many crows in the capital city caused much discussion among the people.
The 30,000 soldiers in Chenzhou camp were particularly uneasy.
I've heard that flocks of crows only appear in places where there are many dead people.
The older generation often says that during years of famine or plague, flocks of crows would appear and eat the rotting flesh of the dead.
Now that crows have appeared in the capital and are circling incessantly in the camp in Chenzhou, does this foreshadow that these 30,000 people are about to die?
Once this speculation spread, the soldiers in the camp became even more uneasy, and there were even cases of them collectively taking leave or falling ill.
This matter naturally alarmed the Emperor, who immediately summoned officials from the Imperial Observatory to perform divination.
"Your Majesty, this is an ominous omen, a very bad omen."
"Your humble servant has calculated that our dynasty's war against the Northern Rong Kingdom is doomed to failure."
"None of the 30,000 soldiers survived, and their deaths were tragic. Most of them were unable to be reincarnated and would eventually become evil ghosts, bringing calamity to the world."
"His Majesty will also be tainted by sin because of this matter, which will dilute his blessings and ultimately affect his destiny."
"The appearance of flocks of crows in the capital is a warning from Heaven. I urge Your Majesty to reconsider your actions."
After the officials from the Imperial Observatory finished speaking, they prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling.
In the past, he would never have dared to say such a thing, even if his life depended on it.
But his good-for-nothing son had something on him that Lu Ziqian had, forcing him to tell the truth.
But now that he's said it, he feels like he's not far from losing his head.
The emperor's face was gloomy, and he remained silent for a long time. A hint of confusion appeared in his sharp eyes, as if he was wavering.
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