Beauty is an eternal pursuit; no one likes ugliness, even if only temporarily. But there is something more precious than beauty: life.
Lu Qingyan absolutely could not tolerate anyone leaving ugly scars on her body, but she cared more about whether she could survive.
Yes, she knew a little bit of martial arts, but against a hundred or so people, her stamina was clearly insufficient. Death was perhaps only a matter of time.
Lu Qingyan felt a chill in her heart, but she never gave up. She knew the resentment and struggle within her; she couldn't just give up on life like this—it was something more precious than your beautiful appearance.
"Heh!" The man couldn't help but sneer when he saw that Lu Qingyan was still persisting, but his actions became more and more ruthless.
Just as another blade was about to slash straight at Lu Qingyan, her heart leaped into her throat, and then she heard the whistling of an arrow.
The person who attacked Lu Qingyan immediately fell to the ground, and then Lu Qingyan felt herself fall into a warm reward.
"Third brother, are you alright?" The voice that reached her ears was extremely familiar. Lu Qingyan opened her eyes and saw that it was actually Feng Changgui!
Brother, you've been running away from your wedding for so long, are you really not planning to go back? What are you doing here now?
"Big brother." Lu Qingyan quickly jumped off him, but accidentally aggravated her wound.
"Look at you, you're so old, yet you're still so reckless. Be careful, I'll change your dressing." Feng Changgui smiled, affectionately tapping Lu Qingyan's nose, then said coldly to the person behind him, "The rest have been taken care of."
After saying that, he ignored the probing looks from others and joked with Lu Qingyan, "What, you miss your older brother already after only a few days apart?"
Lu Qingyan blinked: "Yes, my older brother is my provider now. If he weren't here, I wouldn't even have enough to eat."
Feng Changgui reached out and slapped Lu Qingyan, both amused and exasperated: "How can you talk like that? If Father hears this, he'll scold me."
Lu Qingyan thought to herself, "The Emperor wouldn't hold a grudge over such a trivial matter, after all, he has never taken Feng Qingqing seriously."
"Brother, where have you been all this time, leaving sister-in-law alone in her empty room?"
Feng Changgui's face darkened: "That person wasn't someone I wanted to marry."
"Then why did you accept the imperial decree in the first place?"
Feng Changgui could have easily called off the wedding before it even happened. That way, even if Princess Chen's reputation was ruined, she wouldn't be suffering like she is now.
Oh, maybe they don't feel pain, they just crave this glory. Anyway, Lu Qingyan would never understand this kind of mentality.
Feng Changgui said rather embarrassedly, "Back then, I even put it in my study after I received it, and I didn't have time to look at it. By the time I found out about this, everything was already prepared. If I went to Father Emperor at that time, the annulment of the engagement would definitely not be possible. Besides, I'm of age now, and even if it wasn't this one, Father Emperor would find me another one."
Lu Qingyan: !
You didn't even look at something this important? You're so careless.
And you're being far too pessimistic about marriage. It's like you don't care who you spend your life with. Is that really a good thing?
Feng Changgui said regretfully, "When I was a teenager, I also thought about marrying a wife who was compatible with me, but more than ten years have passed and I have not met one. I don't know if I will ever meet one again."
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