"If you still want to live, then just lie down on your bed! Do you feel the pain now? Then do you know how your mother and I have been going through these past few days?"
"Chuan'er, you are our only legitimate son!! You are our only son!"
"Aren't you also asking for the lives of me and your mother?"
"But the matter is done, it's all a fact. I'm afraid you can't be the Major General of the Dongqi Camp anymore. I have to go before His Majesty and ask him to forgive you for your crime of beheading you, using my military merit as a reward!"
"Chuan'er, stop going crazy because of Zhu'er's death. Stop going crazy because of her!"
After saying this, Li Chaojing turned around and strode away.
Mrs. Qu hugged Li Kechuan and pleaded bitterly, "Mother, please don't move. Your wound is bleeding again... Chuan'er, mother only wants you to stay alive, to survive!"
Li Kechuan finally lay quietly, staring blankly at the ceiling of the tent, with endless desolation and emptiness in his eyes.
The broken leg must have been a fatal blow to Li Kechuan.
He was a young general with unlimited prospects, a bright future and high spirits.
In just one night, he became a cripple who could never recover.
ha……
Ha ha ha ha……
How ridiculous?
Naturally ridiculous.
Li Qingluo came to Lancang Court today, on the one hand to show off, and on the other hand to see what kind of waste Li Kechuan had become.
When she followed Qu into Li Kechuan's house, she saw the surging anger and humiliation in Li Kechuan's eyes.
"Why let her come? What good intentions can she have? She is the one in this family who wants me to become a bitch like this the most! Let her go, let her go——"
Li Kechuan picked up the jade artifact beside the bed and threw it towards the door.
Qu screamed and quickly dodged, and her hand subconsciously blocked Li Qingluo's attack.
Li Qingluo only glanced at her and naturally avoided her with Que'er.
The jade artifact fell to the ground and shattered.
Li Kechuan continued to pick up everything he could get his hands on, then pulled them off and threw them towards the door.
Qu had no choice but to call out to Chuan'er while dodging.
"Luo'er is here to visit you sincerely today. Calm down, Chuan'er—ah!"
Qu was in trouble and could only cover her forehead with her hands while being protected by Qingyi as she hurried out of the room.
Li Qingluo waited for Qu to leave, and then he and Que'er hid for a few more times.
Seeing that Li Kechuan had nothing else to grab and throw, she curled the corners of her mouth and smiled at Li Kechuan.
"You're right, brother."
"Look at you, tsk tsk. What a loser."
"It seems that this is all you really have. You can only lie in bed and bully the people in this room who are taking good care of you."
"What kind of man is that?"
She rolled her eyes, turned around and strode away with Que'er in front of Li Kechuan's shocked and extremely angry gaze.
Li Kechuan was naturally furious.
"From now on, Li Qingluo will not be allowed to set foot in our Lancang Courtyard again!!!"
"Get out! Get out of here!!"
Li Qingluo was in a good mood.
Before she left, she bowed to Qu again and performed all the necessary formalities before leaving.
Mrs. Qu stared at her retreating figure with a gloomy gaze: "Why is my life so miserable? I actually gave birth to two evil creatures like this!!"
Back at Chunzaitang, Qingyi held the box in her hand and asked Qu: "Madam, should I keep the things that the second young lady sent me?"
Qu rubbed her forehead and then remembered this matter.
She waved her hand, wanting to let her throw it anywhere, but Li Qingluo's appearance today suddenly flashed through her mind.
He is well-educated, graceful, and has a very outstanding complexion and appearance.
Qu paused, raised her hand and said, "Then open it and see what's inside."
However, she also knew in her heart that Li Qingluo would definitely not give her any good things, so Qu Shi did not have any expectations.
After opening it, Qingyi exclaimed in surprise, "Madam, it looks like a handwritten scripture!"
Qu was shocked: "What did you say?"
She took it in her own hands, opened it, and looked curiously: "Hasn't she never read a book, let alone write?"
Although the handwriting on it does not look elegant and smooth, every stroke is written with extreme care and attention.
Moreover, the pen tip is still quite sharp.
Qingyi: "But I heard that a female teacher recently came to the Red Maple Pavilion. And I heard that the second young lady seems to have been practicing calligraphy every day since she came back."
"If she can write like this in such a short time, the second young lady is really talented."
Qu stared blankly at the pile of scriptures in her hand. This was the "The Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva". Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva achieved enlightenment through filial piety, so if she had copied it personally and given it to her, it was indeed quite thoughtful of her.
The complex emotions in Qu's heart seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
It was as if there was a fire burning in her chest, burning her and making her breathless.
Just then, Li Chaojing walked in.
After all the servants in the room paid their respects, he waved his hand and sent them out.
After running around all day, Li Chaojing was exhausted.
After he sat down, Qu personally served him and poured him a cup of hot tea, and gently rubbed his head.
"Master, you've worked hard these past few days. Has His Majesty... reprimanded you again?"
On the fifteenth day, Li Chaojing stayed by Li Kechuan's bed all night.
He held Li Kechuan's broken leg, watching the blood oozing from the bare base of his leg. Seeing that the flesh seemed to be rotting, he felt sad and painful, and uncontrollable nausea in his heart.
That's his son... He only has this one hope in his life!
So, that night, half of his black hair turned white.
Although the eldest son is now disabled, he cannot lose his life again, and the entire Li family cannot be implicated.
So Li Chaojing went to the palace every day these days and knelt before the emperor to apologize.
Although the emperor said that nothing happened to Prince Yun, Prince Yun himself said that it was all a misunderstanding, and Li Kechuan also lost a leg, which was his punishment.
The emperor knew that what the Li family lost was not just a leg, but the hope of the entire general's mansion.
Therefore, after all, he still remembered the Li family's past contributions, so he did not really blame them too much.
The matter was dropped at this point and there was no need to mention it to the emperor again. His Li family could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, it was Chuan'er who broke his leg, but Li Chaojing still had to lie down and express his gratitude, swallowing his anger in pain.
Li Chaojing waved his hands exhaustedly, "Let's not talk about this again. By the way, did the Cui family send any letter saying anything?"
Although Cui Shier Niang was in Fujian, the Cui family had many relatives in Beijing, especially Cui Shier Niang's father and uncle, who were now serving as officials in the court.
Li Kechuan broke one of his legs, and his career path was doomed from then on.
Therefore, Li Chaojing was worried that the Cui family would cancel the engagement because of this.
After all, who would be willing to let their daughter, the Cui family's legitimate daughter at that, marry a disabled man with no future?
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