Chapter 11: Pretending?
Lu Changqing paused, his eyebrows twitching: "Let alone a divorce letter, I won't give you one!"
Who would take care of his children if they divorced? Would he let the descendants of the Lu family wander around? Besides, where would he find blood to treat his beloved if they divorced?
"You want me to sacrifice my life to fulfill your love, Lu Changqing, you are going too far." Fang Qianxue bit her lips and clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
Just as she expected, this man was extremely selfish and he would not let her go.
"Qianxue! The Qilin beast is dying of hunger. The Queen Mother has issued an order to let Miaoyan enter the palace, but she is so sick, how can she do that?" Lu Changqing walked back to her side and wanted to hold her in his arms, but Fang Qianxue dodged him. "Just do it reluctantly and give her one day's worth of blood. Let Miaoyan's condition improve before entering the palace, okay?"
"Impossible," Fang Qianxue sat down on the couch again and poured herself a cup of tea. "I've already said that she's not sick at all, but you didn't believe me."
"You! Well, since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for being cruel!" Lu Changqing said proudly, "His Majesty has ordered me to go to the Supervisory Department to replace my elder brother and preside over the trial of Prince Yong's case. I originally wanted to give Fang Jue and the others a way out, but now, we'll see!"
After he said that, he turned away.
The tea in Fang Qianxue's hands overflowed, and she hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe the tea off the table.
Just as Lu Changli's memorial impeaching Prince Yong's rebellion arrived in the capital, Emperor Ming received another letter saying that troops were being mobilized in the south of the Yangtze River. He believed that Prince Yong had received the news and started the rebellion ahead of time, so he sent troops to Jiangning to quell the rebellion without further ado, and imprisoned several ministers who were on good terms with Prince Yong.
The Yongwang Mansion was wiped out overnight. His grandfather, Taifu Fang, was once the Yongwang's teacher and had recommended him as the crown prince many times, so naturally he could not escape.
It is said that this case had never been properly tried until the storm had subsided, when Emperor Ming remembered to try the case.
In the original book, she agreed to draw blood for Xu Miaoyan, and Lu Changqing also promised to let the Fang family go, but she died before the case was resolved. Lu Changqing turned against her and sentenced all the male members of the Fang family to death to show his righteousness.
So what was the promise to her?
Fortunately, now that she has awakened, she will never put her fate in the hands of others again.
"Let's see." Fang Qianxue looked at the night outside the window, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
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Feeling that he had no place to vent his anger, Lu Changqing came out of Meihuaao and did not return to the study. Instead, he turned around and walked into the small courtyard behind Songshengju.
There is a relatively independent courtyard here, and Chen ordered people to clean it up for Xu Miaoyan to live in.
"What do you mean by killing someone in exchange for their life? That jealous woman has been really outrageous lately. She even said that Miao Yan was faking illness. How ridiculous," Lu Changqing muttered to himself as he walked. "How could I not tell if she was faking illness? How could the court doctor not tell? Do you really think that the Fang family is the only smart one in the world?"
Before he stepped onto the veranda, he suddenly saw a beautiful figure leaning against the fence.
Xu Miaoyan was watching the moon while holding a tabby cat in her arms.
"It's Miao Yan." Lu Changqing slowed down his pace and admired the beautiful scenery in front of him with a dazed look.
After all, she was a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. With her long hair half tied up, Xu Miaoyan wore only a loose plain nightgown, exuding an irresistible charm from head to toe.
To Lu Changqing, every inch of that skin as white as snow was new.
He couldn't help swallowing.
"Mao'er, why hasn't Lu Changqing brought me Fang's blood yet? Did he realize that I lied to him?" Xu Miaoyan's gentle voice came, "If Fang doesn't die, I really can't pretend to be sick anymore. The medicine prescribed by the palace doctor is more bitter than coptis root."
"Meow~Meow!" The tabby cat called twice in a rhythmic manner.
"How can it be so easy to change my fate? I have to fake this illness, and I have to endure the pain," Xu Miaoyan sighed, "Fang Qianxue and I are one real and one virtual. If she doesn't die, I will always be just a virtual shadow and nothing I do can be accomplished. Only when she dies can I become a real phoenix."
“Meow!”
"Don't worry, I've already spread the news. Everyone thinks I have a heart disease," Xu Miaoyan said as she stroked the cat's fur. "With the help of the pulse-disrupting elixir, even a genius doctor wouldn't be able to figure out what's wrong. Once Fang dies, I'll announce that my heart disease has been cured, and then I won't have to take medicine anymore!"
"Pretending...pretending?" The man standing in the night suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
Miao Yan is so innocent, how could she pretend to be sick to deceive him?
She is not sick. Did she take Fang Qianxue's blood just to kill someone in exchange for her life?
Could it be that what the jealous woman said was true?
"What did you say? What about pretending to be sick, what about changing fate?!" Countless images flooded into his mind, and his regret suddenly turned into hatred: he almost killed his wife with his own hands for a liar!
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