Chapter 105: Speculative Arguments, Family Twelve
Seeing Twelve shaking his head in a daze, Lu Xu was about to speak when he heard the maid behind Twelve Monk Yuwan look outside and say, "Madam, she's here."
Lu Xu turned his head and looked down, and sure enough, his gaze met that of a pair of deep, dark pupils.
You looked at me and I looked at you. They looked at each other for a long time. Lu Xu's eyes were sore, but the man still didn't move.
Whose eyes are bigger than hers?
"Knock knock." Someone knocked on the door. "Ma'am, it's me."
Lu Xu blinked and said, "Come in."
The maid pushed the door open, closed it behind her, and walked forward.
"Madam, I've told you. But judging by their appearance, it seems they won't come to visit."
Lu Xu was silent for a moment, without asking the reason. She asked the maid to keep an eye on Shang Yuwan. She stood up, took Twelve's hand, and walked to the windowsill of another window.
"Twelve, do you still remember those two people?"
Twelve looked down and saw the two masked men, and his eyes changed slightly.
One of the masked men saw her, his eyes fixed on her, and then he turned and left without hesitation.
"...Is it because of the chaos in Langjiang?" Lu Xu watched the masked man behind him leave, a dark glint in his eyes. "Perhaps, this is the best option?"
"Xiao Du, go tell the general to investigate the identities and whereabouts of those two people."
"Yes." The maid responded and retreated.
Twelve frowned, and suddenly curled up into a ball, covering his head.
Lu Xu noticed something was wrong with her in time, and quickly hugged her and coaxed her softly, "It's okay, it's okay, we'll wait for an hour, they're going to buy something for Twelve, and they'll be back soon."
"It's okay, it's okay. Would you like some sweet water?"
"Twelve good boy, it's okay. Would you like some more osmanthus cake?"
Lu Xu coaxed Twelve a lot, and finally he calmed her down a bit. Twelve didn't continue to think about what happened in the past, but ate the osmanthus cake in silence, with a few tears in the corners of his eyes.
After she finished eating three pieces, she suddenly said, "Let's go home in an hour."
This was the first time Twelve finished a complete sentence, and even Lu Xu was stunned for a while.
Shang Yuwan licked the sweet water stains on the corner of his mouth, "Huijia (go home)!"
Lu Xu seemed to understand something in a trance.
——
Zhao Qinglian snorted coldly, "That's just specious talk."
"If your mother hadn't wanted to find you a companion, why would she have deliberately provoked Yiyi?"
Shang Yuwan was about to speak when Zhao Qinglian glanced at her sideways. "You've already broken two of your back ribs, and you're thinking of breaking a third?"
"......" Shang Yuwan shut up.
The stone table hit her so hard that she spit out a mouthful of blood. She couldn't bear to be hit again.
"You said those things during the duel with me on purpose, didn't you?"
Shang Yuwan was stunned at first, then smiled.
"Yes, since you consider Twelve your sister, then I am the evil person who separated you for so many years. In front of her, you not only want to use the duel to prove that you are stronger than me and can protect her better than me, but also want her to see my sinister intention of separating you two sisters."
"But you've been separated from her for many years, and the Langjiang Kingdom has been plagued by turmoil, both large and small. You've been busy with Langjiang affairs, so you're probably not familiar with her personality."
"If she knew I was coming, she would definitely make some noise to let me know where she is."
Shang Yuwan lowered her eyes. However, she didn't expect that Twelve, who had nearly bitten off his tongue this time, was actually determined to die.
Was it that Zhao Qinglian had too much influence on Twelve, or was it that Zhao Qinglian had said something to her before?
"I admit that Madam Lu Xu is an excellent person, and I am grateful to her for protecting Yiyi from General Shang."
After all, according to Shang Junhu's personality, he would never allow Twelve to enter the Shang family, and he might even have the intention to kill him.
Zhao Qinglian looked at Shang Yuwan coldly, "But if your Shang family hadn't deliberately taught her this, how could she have become like this?"
If someone doesn't care about his own life for the sake of others, what else can he be but a death warrior?
Shang Yuwan fell silent.
One has to admit that her father had indeed trained Twelve to be a death warrior.
Because apart from this method, Lu Xu couldn't find any other reason to keep Twelve, and he couldn't even give him a surname.
"General!" The attendant beside the twelfth bed suddenly shouted, "The second young lady is bleeding from the nose!"
Shang Yuwan was startled and forced herself to endure the pain, crawling over to take a look. Zhao Qinglian slowly grabbed the back of her collar.
"Just wipe it clean. If you keep scaring me, go back to the human traffickers." Zhao Qinglian glared at the follower coldly, then pulled back Shang Yuwan, who was still in shock.
"Don't worry, the medicine you gave her is working."
Shang Yuwan was stunned and asked, "Too much?"
“It’s very nourishing.”
The herbs used in the three life-saving pills were all of the best quality. At that time, I was so anxious that I poured them all into my mouth. A nosebleed was the least of my worries.
Shang Yuwan felt a little relieved when he saw that Zhao Qinglian knew medicine, and lay there with a grin on his face.
Zhao Qinglian suddenly asked her, "Xiaoman is dead. Do you know about this?"
"What else?" Shang Yuwan said without the slightest bit of surprise, "Waiting for you to use her to stab the princess?"
Xiaoman understood this principle, so she did not cause any trouble during the time she was imprisoned by them. Even Mingshu, who was hiding deeply, was suppressed by her and did not make any noise.
She knew that Mingshu was more loyal to the princess than to herself.
The eldest princess has been planning for the throne for many years. She may not be able to kill Xiao Qinggu, but she will never allow Xiao Qinggu to grow to the point where he can threaten her.
Shang Yuwan found a comfortable position to lie down, looked up, and sighed in his heart.
Shang Yuwan had always seen that Xiao Qinggu was too soft-hearted and not hard enough, which was not a good thing for her future path to becoming emperor.
For Xiao Tong, Xiaoman is a handle to restrain Xiao Qinggu. For Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu, she is also an opportunity to harden the soft part of Xiao Qinggu's heart.
There is nothing wrong with the emperor still feeling compassion for all living beings after seeing them.
Xiao Qinggu's mistake was that he was too indecisive, not decisive enough, and even showed signs of self-deception. This behavior gave people an opportunity to exploit his flaws.
Shang Yuwan had learned everything for the Shang family and had dabbled in everything, so he naturally had some understanding of the emperor's mind; there was no need to say much about Xiao Qingxu, if he had not been disfigured by someone, he would have been the next in line to be the crown prince, and of course he was very familiar with the king's strategies.
Perhaps because they are too similar in some ways, the tacit understanding between them is sometimes even better than that between Twelve.
Shang Yuwan didn't need to say much. Just one sentence, "Find an opportunity for the princess to meet Shang Mingqi," was enough for Xiao Qingxu to understand the deep meaning.
It is true that he is weak, but his intelligence is the best among his peers that Shang Yuwan has ever met, on par with her.
Shang Yuwan rushed to Langjiang and his life or death was unknown, but Xiao Qingxu was still able to remain calm. He seized the opportunity and successfully stepped on the board of the empress, making Xiao Qinggu once again deeply understand the loyalty and grievances of Shang Yuwan and the Shang family. Later, he was able to successfully make Xiaoman voluntarily die.
"You really aren't afraid of creating a rift with your future master."
Shang Yuwan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
"So what? I can't just dig my heart out and tell her."
What she and Xiao Qingxu did to Xiao Qinggu this time was originally intended for her own good, but it did hurt her. Shang Yuwan would not be surprised if there was any resentment.
"I'll go pack some things for you and we'll set off tomorrow." Zhao Qinglian had nothing else to say and stood up.
"I hope you remember that she has her own name: Zhao Qingyi. Not just some random name like 'Twelve'."
Shang Yuwan's eyes moved and looked straight at Zhao Qinglian.
"General, the word 'family' has twelve strokes."
"......" Zhao Qinglian's eyes dimmed, and an unclear emotion flashed in her eyes.
She knew what Shang Yuwan was talking about.
Fifteen years ago, in the Zhenxi General's Mansion, not long after Twelve arrived, Lu Xu dipped his wolf-hair brush into ink, writing in beautiful calligraphy, yet the turning points of his brush strokes hinted at a hint of wildness and unruliness.
family.
Lu Xu once personally wrote these two words with Twelve's hand, which covered too many things.
But by the time Twelve understood the deeper meaning, Lu Xu had been dead for many years.
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