Chapter 12 How could she resist such temptation?
Xu Miaoyan shuddered with fear, and the tabby cat in her arms took the opportunity to run away.
"You...when did you come?" Turning back and seeing Lu Changqing, Xu Miaoyan felt like the sky was falling, "No, listen to my explanation!"
It was over. How could she be so careless? She actually let Lu Changqing hear what she said to Mao'er?
"What else is there to explain? I heard everything!" Lu Changqing strode onto the corridor, looking at the woman in front of him with conflicted feelings, "You...how could you lie to me? You almost made me a heartless man who killed my wife!"
"I shouldn't have lied to you, but I had my reasons," the girl stepped forward and held his hand, tears rolling down her cheeks as she cried, "A few years ago, I had a fever and was almost dying when I got guidance from Heaven. It was Heaven that made me do this, not my own will..."
She had caught a fever a few years ago, and when she was in a daze she saw a noble lady wearing a golden Sanskrit hairpin and a handsome man getting married in the hall.
A voice in her ear said to her, "Did you see that? That woman is born to be a phoenix. If you kill her, you will have wealth and glory, a devoted husband, the admiration of the people, and tremendous power."
How could she resist such temptation?
"No matter what, you shouldn't lie to me!" Lu Changqing saw her crying, and his nose felt sore. "I treated you with my heart, but you hid such a big thing from me!"
"It's my fault, but I really envy Madam, Lu Lang, please forgive me," Xu Miaoyan leaned into his arms and cried, "I will never dare to covet Madam's things again, whether it's luck... or men."
The corridor was quiet, with only the wind blowing through the corridor and the woman's sobbing.
"You said you covet her man?" Lu Changqing's anger and sense of justice had mostly dissipated. His heart was beating like a deer. He held Xu Miaoyan's face, eager to confirm her feelings, "But you... haven't you always rejected me?"
"I..." Xu Miaoyan was speechless for a moment, her cheeks flushed, "You and I are uncle and sister-in-law, and we have no matchmaker or engagement and we haven't even gotten married yet. If I agree, I'm afraid you'll look down on me."
"How could I look down on you? You are pure and innocent, and I am not worthy of you." Lu Changqing was overjoyed. He threw all propriety and morality out of his mind and kissed the girl's soft lips deeply.
The deer penis wine had already made him extremely lustful, and on top of that Xu Miaoyan was trying to please him tonight, wrapping herself around him like a snake. The two of them didn't care whether they would be wife or concubine in the future, and kept making noise until dawn.
The screams of the woman in the middle of the pine sound were getting louder and louder.
The strong wind stopped outside the high wall, and the red plum trees withered and lost their color.
Fang Qianxue sat alone by the window, holding the letter from Fang Jue in her hand. After thinking for a long time, she finally made up her mind.
My grandfather had calculated that Dayong would be plagued by internal and external troubles and that within thirty years, Emperor Ming would not have a good end.
Once her fate as a phoenix girl is exposed, all those vying for imperial power will flock to her. Her grandfather sealed her away because he didn't want her to be involved in the dispute, and also told her to stay away from the center of the storm of power struggles and live a peaceful life.
But my grandfather had not expected that Lu Changqing, who had almost broken the Fang family's door by kneeling on it, would be so cold-hearted.
Now she had no choice but to go to the center of the storm to save herself and her two children.
"Madam, why are you awake so early?" Cui Shuang came in with a lantern and saw that the candle on the table had gone out. "I will go get some water and help you wash up."
After she finished washing up, Fang Qianxue casually wrote a letter: "You deliver this letter to Lord Yan in person and tell him it's urgent."
"Yes!" Cui Shuang wiped her hands and took the letter, "I will go right away."
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"Mother! You should take care of my second sister-in-law. She is so stingy that she can't even afford to buy me a few sets of clothes. No wonder my second brother looks down on her." Lu Wanrou was wearing a pink and blue brocade gown, which was the most popular style at the moment. "If she doesn't pay back the debt to Jinxiuzhai, the power of housekeeper will be given to my eldest sister-in-law in the future!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Xu hasn't even married yet, how can she manage the family?" Chen glanced at her daughter's new clothes and the jewelry on her head, frowned and said, "Why are you wearing such fancy clothes?"
"There's a banquet at the Princess's residence this afternoon. Jinzhi invited me to keep her company. The young marquis will also be going, so I have to dress nicer." The "young marquis" that Lu Wanrou mentioned is Jiang Xu, the son of Liaoyuan Marquis Jiang Tianxing, who has been a hostage in the capital since he was a child.
"Oh," the old lady sneered, "You're dressed like this, and the young marquis will look at you more?"
Lu Wanrou was not qualified to attend the banquet at the Princess's Mansion, but she usually followed Du Jinzhi, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel, to serve tea and smile apologetically, and thus she managed to get into the circle of noble ladies.
Chen knew her daughter well. If the young marquis had looked at her more, Lu Wanrou would not have come back so early.
"Mother! The young marquis is a very busy man. Something happened in the southern border again. He has been talking to the prince consort and the others all day today," Lu Wanrou leaned on Chen's arms and said coquettishly, "But he did talk to me last time, and he was very gentle!"
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