Chapter 40: 1,000 casualties
Chapter 40
Lu Songli had just arrived home and before she had time to ask her mother about her father, her father came home right after.
"Dad, didn't you meet the Queen Mother?"
"No, why do you ask?"
Lu Songli then told her father what happened behind Changle Palace.
After hearing this, Lu Desheng's eyes lit up with relief. He wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead and said, "Fortunately, your father ran fast."
Lu Songli looked at her father suspiciously. Saying something like that could easily lead to misunderstandings. First, the Queen Mother was in the palace, looking like she was going to catch the adulterer with all her might, and then her father was acting like the adulterer who had sneaked away...
Before they could continue, Jiang shouted at them, "You two, father and daughter, haven't you had dinner yet? Aren't you hungry?"
"Hungry!" the father and daughter said in unison. They had been battling wits and courage with the big boss in the palace, which had consumed a lot of energy and they were already starving.
"Mom, you must be worried about us at home. Come, let's eat together." Lu Songli personally served her mother half a bowl of minced meat porridge. This amount was just right for the elderly of their age. If they had more, they would have indigestion at night.
"Okay, then I'll have some food with you." Jiang felt relieved when the father and daughter returned safely.
After Lv Desheng had eaten half his fill, he thought of the news Wei Zili had brought back from Changle Palace in Yugan Palace. He lost his appetite and couldn't help but ask his little girl, "Ali, how did you know the true condition of your body?"
He and his wife clearly hadn't told her, could it be that the Xie family had told her? Thinking of this guess, he couldn't help but his eyes turned cold.
Jiang was surprised by Lu Desheng's words. Was that what she thought he meant? She looked at her husband first, and after seeing his serious expression, she looked at her daughter.
Seeing her parents' seriousness, Lu Songli touched her belly and put down the bowl helplessly, "You are talking about the time when I soaked in cold water for too long to save Xie Zhan, which caused my body to become cold and my uterus to become infertile, right?"
When Jiang heard this, she quickly asked Lu Songli, "When did you know this? How did you know this?"
"I found out by accident."
Lu Desheng and Jiang just thought that she overheard them talking about this.
Lu Desheng sighed, his entire body filled with worry. "Kid, if you know, then you know. Why did you use it as a weapon? Do you want us, your parents, to die of heartache?"
Jiang had a bad feeling when she heard this. She quickly asked, "Dad, what do you mean by this?"
"Why don't you tell the truth?"
Realizing that her adoptive father was in a bad mood, Lu Songli had no choice but to tell him everything that happened in Changle Palace.
At last, Lu Songli asked curiously, "Dad, how do you know so much about what happened in the Empress Dowager's palace?" And it was so timely, she hadn't mentioned it since she came back.
Lu Desheng rolled his eyes at her and said, "You are such a heartless girl. Your father was worried about you when he was in Yugan Palace, so the emperor sent people to Changle Palace to get information."
"I see."
At this moment, Jiang came to his senses and raised his knife, slapping Lu Songli on the shoulder, saying angrily, "You unlucky child, how could you blurt out something so important to you?"
Lu Songli begged for mercy with a stern look on her face, "Mother, please be gentle. Your daughter is too delicate to withstand your iron sand palm."
"Didn't we agree on this before we left? At worst, we'll lose the Xie family marriage. We don't really want it anyway." Jiang was truly worried. If her daughter's body was damaged and she couldn't have children, who else would she marry if she broke off the engagement with the Xie family? Otherwise, it would be better for her to stick with the Xie family. Thinking of this, Jiang looked at her daughter.
Lu Songli seemed oblivious and muttered, "If I hadn't said it then, the Queen Mother would have granted Xie Zhan and Zhao Yutan a grand marriage."
Jiang choked.
"Then I'm really frustrated. This is also the reason why the Xie family has remained silent and allowed the Zhao family to do what they want. Didn't they know that our Lu family dared not show their hand? How could I let them have their way?"
"You're hurting the enemy by a thousand and yourself by eight hundred."
"Then I think it's worth it. Father and Mother, the Xie family also knows my secrets." This was her inference. Otherwise, in the original novel, the original owner had no children and was not criticized by her husband's family for this. It seems that the Xie family is not in the right here either.
Lu Songli's words left Lu Desheng and Jiang speechless. Yes, Xie Zhan and his father knew about this, but it was unknown whether Madam Xie knew about it.
Lu Songli felt that since this matter could not be kept secret in the end, he had to use it to maximize his benefits.
Her impaired health and infertility were already an established fact. If she continued to conceal this, she and the Lu family would have to bear the brunt of the loss, which was unprofitable. Revealing it would become a powerful tool to hinder the Xie and Zhao families. It would directly undermine the sympathy Zhao Yutan had garnered by her two suicide attempts. As long as Zhao Yutan ultimately married Xie Zhan, she would have to bear the stigma. Unless she truly died, would Zhao Yutan be willing to let her die?
And Lu Songli dared to be so snarky because she was the one who stood up for herself. She also possessed the family's inherited medical skills. While her skills weren't as good as those of her family members who practiced medicine in later generations, she was confident she could cure this body's extreme coldness and uterine coldness. When the time was right, she would prepare the appropriate medicine to regulate her body.
With Lu Songli's comfort, Jiang also came to her senses, but when she thought about her future marriage being destined to be bumpy, she felt worried.
Lu Songli could understand her mother's worries, but she didn't want to tell her directly that the disease was nothing serious, simply because her medical skills were not yet fully developed.
Seeing his daughter's nonchalant attitude and the non-seriousness of the matter, Lu Desheng felt relieved. Forget it, things have come to this point, and things will work out in the end.
"The Empress Dowager is getting old and confused," Jiang grumbled. Why was she interfering in this matter, knowing that the Xie and Lu families had been engaged for nearly ten years?
Lu Desheng hurriedly said, "Mother, please be careful with your words."
Jiang rolled her eyes at him. She had already cleared out the servants, and only the three of them were left in the room. Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to say such things.
"You said that the Empress Dowager left in a hurry and no one knew why?" Mentioning this result, Jiang felt mixed emotions, but it was mostly torment. It was painful to know whether the knife would fall or not.
Lu Desheng touched his nose and said, "Maybe it has something to do with me."
Jiang and Lu Songli looked at him at the same time.
Lu Desheng hesitated and said nothing.
Lu Qingli was a person who was good at observing people's expressions. At this moment, she stood up and said considerately, "Dad and Mom, I'm full. I'm going back to Xiaofeng Courtyard first. You guys eat slowly."
"Okay, you're tired today, go back and wash up and get some rest."
Today, Lu Songli had exhausted a lot of physical and mental energy. She returned to her yard, took a shower and lay down quickly.
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