Chapter 26 The Taste of Conspiracy
Chapter 26
Honestly, Zhao Yutan found Lu Songli quite unfamiliar during this meeting. It had only been a few days, so why had her personality changed so drastically? Yes, she had changed since she fell into the water, becoming just as assertive and aggressive. Was it because of Xie Zhan? Had he touched her inner turmoil? The more she thought about it, the more she felt she had guessed the truth. Zhao Yutan took a deep breath. No matter what, she wouldn't let go.
Lu Songli said bluntly, "You have seen the person and I have said what I want to say. Now, get out of the way." The food at this time is low in calories. She is hungry at this time. Her physical condition is not good and she has a little hypoglycemia. When she is hungry, she feels uncomfortable, and when she feels uncomfortable, she is in a bad mood.
Zhao Yutan was in tears at this moment. She walked straight forward and said to Lu Songli with tears in her eyes, "My dear sister, what I want to say is that you really misunderstood me about falling into the water that night. When I saw you just now, my emotions were so strong that I didn't know where to start."
Lu Songli didn't bother to correct her address, but instead asked, "Is it really a misunderstanding? If you didn't feel guilty at the time, why did you pretend to be unconscious?"
Judging from Lu Songli’s behavior that night, both of them knew that she was pretending to be unconscious.
Zhao Yutan was on the verge of tears. "To be honest, I was completely stunned by the situation at that time, and I was filled with shame and anger. I was afraid to face the looks of those people."
Lu Songli listened and found that this reason could indeed explain her pretending to be unconscious.
"I thought you would understand me, but I didn't expect you to be braver than me and misunderstand me because of this." Zhao Yutan showed weakness. While speaking, she wanted to hold her hand, but was avoided by Lu Songli.
Lu Songli thought to herself, is this blaming her for not fainting like her? Also, at this point, she's still explaining that she didn't do it on purpose. Is that interesting? Even if it wasn't intentional, the Lu family would still treat it as if it was.
Zhao Yutan didn't know that Lu Songli had seen through her, and she just thought that she was exposed when she pretended to be unconscious.
"So what do you want to do now?" Lu Songli crossed her arms and didn't say whether she believed her words or not. She was very curious about Zhao Yutan's purpose in stopping her.
"I came to you to explain these things. Firstly, I want to clear up these misunderstandings, and secondly, I beg you to ask your father to show mercy and let our Zhao family go."
Lu Songli fell silent. "No, Zhao Yutan, do you think I'm a fool? She doesn't think she's so easy to fool, does she?"
Besides, her father was the one who took the lead in suppressing their Zhao family, and she also agreed with it and tried her best to promote it.
As for the original novel, although her cousin didn't mention the ending of the Lu family to her, she knew it wouldn't be a good ending.
Take Zhao Yutan, for example. His secret affair with another man had infuriated the original owner, Lu Songli, to death. How could he not feel guilty? With such a guilty conscience, wouldn't it be natural for him to suppress the Lu family? With the Xie family's power and influence, and Zhao Yutan's friendship with the young emperor, there was no way the Lu family could survive.
In addition, the original owner married into the Xie family, leaving Xie Zhan childless at the age of thirty. It is impossible for the Xie family not to have any resentment towards the original owner and the Lu family.
But there's one thing that's very strange. The original owner couldn't have children, so what about a concubine? Given the original owner's docile personality, she shouldn't have resorted to any means to stop Xie Zhan from taking a concubine and having children.
As for why Xie Zhan didn't even have a illegitimate son, she could only guess that Xie Zhan did it on purpose. Otherwise, how could she explain that Zhao Yutan gave birth to twins for him just one year after marrying Xie Zhan as his second wife?
Xie Zhan's actions were a form of coercion, and he deserves death.
In ancient times, people who reached their thirties were already halfway through their lives. By that age, a normal person would have had a son of twelve or thirteen. Xie Zhan had no children to talk to. The original owner must have felt incredibly guilty. Furthermore, anyone would have felt that the original wife had committed a grave sin.
Lu Songli felt that even if the original owner in the original book had not caught her best friend having an affair with her husband, she probably would not have lived long.
Regardless of whether the Lu family discovered the truth about the death of the original owner, Lu Songli, or not, they would not have a good ending. Therefore, Lu Songli did not stop her father from taking ruthless action against the Zhao family. Not only did she not stop him, she also added fuel to the fire.
Zhao Yutan continued to ramble, "You don't know, I was really sad when I heard what happened in the morning court. It was just a misunderstanding between us. Why did you let your father do such a drastic thing?..."
Lu Songli had a blank expression on her face. "It's done, what can I do to you?" Whether she wanted to marry the Xie family was another matter, but Xie Zhan was still her fiancé. If the Zhao family dared to lay hands on them, they should be prepared to have their hands broken, right?
Zhao Yutan kept rambling on and on, and Lu Songli became impatient. "Zhao Yutan, don't act so innocent. My father is a good father. The disaster that befell your Zhao family is all due to your greed!"
Zhao Yutan was frightened by her. Since Lu Songli didn't say anything just now, she thought she had softened her heart.
"Ali, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things. Let's let bygones be bygones. Can we still be good sisters in the future? I really cherish our sisterhood of more than ten years. I really can't bear to see us become strangers because of a misunderstanding."
Zhao Yutan tried to pull Lu Songli's hand again, but Lu Songli certainly would not let her succeed.
"Xie Zhan, you don't want it and you won't fight for it anymore?" Lu Songli asked curiously.
She hit Zhao Yutan with a direct shot, leaving him speechless. No, how could she be so sure from the beginning to the end that her target was Xie Zhan?
"Sister Lu, you still don't believe me!" Zhao Yutan's tears came out again.
Lu Songli snorted coldly. They were all thousand-year-old foxes. What were they doing playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio here?
"What do I believe in you? I believe you won't snatch Xie Zhan away? That's impossible. You've lost Qin Sheng. If you don't hold on to Xie Zhan, with your current reputation, what kind of man can you marry?"
Zhao Yutan felt that every word Lu Songli said was like a knife, cutting into her heart.
"Ali, what you said hurts me so much." She looked at her heartbrokenly with tears in her eyes, then turned around and walked back.
As she walked, she thought, Ali, believe me, you and Xie Zhan are not suitable for each other.
She did all this not only for her own good, but also for Lu Songli's good. Lu Songli was also unhappy after marrying Zhan Lang. It didn't matter that she didn't understand her painstaking efforts now, as Zhao Yutan had a clear conscience.
Lu Songli frowned. She had been wondering what Zhao Yutan's true intention was behind all this. Zhao Yutan had just explained her purpose for coming to see her, but Lu Songli didn't believe it. It could be said that she hadn't believed a single word Zhao Yutan had said, from beginning to end. She didn't believe she would give up on Xie Zhan, nor did she believe that after her father had dealt a heavy blow to the Zhao family, Zhao Yutan could still be her sister without any grudges. Furthermore, Zhao Yutan had been very humble throughout, was she trying to show weakness to her enemy?
Because things had developed to this point, Zhao Yutan had no way to retreat. She and the Zhao family had sunk capital, and to avoid losing it all, they had no choice but to give it a try. And wasn't giving it a try a desperate gamble? Thinking about this, she probably guessed why Zhao Yutan had come to her this time.
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