Chapter 675 They Are Not Cattle and Horses
The little wooden horse has become old due to wind and sun.
There are signs of depression everywhere, but there is also warmth everywhere.
The swing was hanging under the grape trellis, swinging back and forth.
Lu Chaochao walked around the courtyard. Although this place was remote, she was not favored by the old emperor. But behind closed doors, perhaps Xuanyin and Xuan Jichuan must be very happy with their mother by their side.
There are traces of Concubine Lin everywhere here.
With a creak, the door was pushed open.
A gray smell that came from not seeing sunlight for years filled the air.
The room still retains the appearance it had when Concubine Lin died. The quilt is folded on the couch, and the tables, chairs and benches are old but clean.
There is a small desk next to the closed window.
There were a lot of homework on the desk, and Lu Chaochao picked up one and took a look.
She pouted and said, "His handwriting is a little better than mine..." As she spoke, she remembered the last time her homework was torn up and she hadn't yet made up for it, and her face drooped.
The handwriting on the table was still a little immature, but one could vaguely tell that it was written by Xuan Jichuan.
Lu Chaochao walked around the yard. It wasn't a big place, but it was obvious that he was very happy back then.
Perhaps, he himself would not have thought that he would grow up to be so decisive and murderous? When he was young, he was struggling to survive in the cracks and he probably never thought that he would become the ruler of this palace.
When Lu Chaochao left, his eyes suddenly fell on the wall.
There was a bulge in a certain place on the wall, and it looked like there was something underneath.
She stepped forward as if possessed by a ghost and took out the brick.
There was only a yellowed piece of paper hidden inside.
There are traces of fire on the edges of the paper. She paused and opened the paper...
The other person might have been grabbed from the brazier, and only half of his body was left.
But Lu Chaochao would recognize that face even if it turned into ashes.
That was what I looked like when I was the Chaoyang Sword Master.
Lu Chaochao sighed deeply, she even felt a little powerless. He is the reincarnation of his inner demon, and I'm afraid her image will always be in his mind for generations to come.
However, with countless reincarnations, it will become increasingly diluted.
Now, he probably only remembers that face.
Lu Chaochao stuffed the portrait back into the stone brick, walked around the palace as if nothing had happened, and then returned to the main hall.
Do you like Zhaoyang Sword Master in your previous life?
What does this have to do with me, Lu Chaochao!
She even felt that love affairs were boring and it was more interesting to gnaw on a big pork elbow.
"I heard from the palace servants that you went out for a stroll? If you like, you can stay in the palace for a few more days." Xuan Jichuan was already handling government affairs. He had a warm smile on his face, and did not look murderous at all.
"The palace walls are too high, and living here is not free. I still prefer living outside the palace..."
"And Ah Wu isn't doing well lately, I have to go back and take care of him..."
Xuan Jichuan didn't stay long. He just asked the imperial study to prepare some snacks and food for her to take back.
When Lu Chaochao left the palace, he just happened to hear a voice begging for mercy from outside: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this old minister has no merits but has worked hard, please spare my life, Your Majesty."
"Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, help me…" After a while, her mouth was covered and she was dragged away.
I could vaguely hear her scolding, "The Queen Mother? She is suddenly seriously ill and will not see outsiders. Sir Chen, just go on your journey with peace of mind."
"As the Queen Mother's biological brother, you relied on your status to embezzle and accept bribes, and oppress innocent people. You really let down His Majesty!"
Lu Chaochao was startled: "What is this?"
The palace servant behind him smiled and said, "This is Lord Chen. He relies on being the Empress Dowager's brother to commit crimes and harm the people. His Majesty has sentenced him to behead him..."
"More than 10 million silver coins and countless treasures were seized from the Chen family. Your Majesty has used them to provide disaster relief..."
"The Chen family members rebelled and were exiled, but they escaped." Lu Chaochao nodded. She had also dealt with many corrupt officials in Beizhao.
When she sat in the carriage, she suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Among the prisoners wearing prison uniforms and shackles, I saw Chen Lingyu.
Seeing her look over there, the nanny who was seeing her off smiled.
"That is Lord Chen's legitimate daughter, Chen Lingyu. The Empress Dowager treats her as her own daughter and often stays in the palace. It is said that when her house was searched, the jewelry on her body was worth thousands of gold. Even a piece of clothing cost thousands of taels." The nanny never mentioned the fact that she had climbed into the emperor's bed.
The princess is still young. How many heads will be chopped off for defiling her ears?
Lu Chaochao tilted her head. Was it because she schemed against the emperor that his property was confiscated, or was it because Lord Chen was corrupt that his property was confiscated?
Maybe, it's both.
When she came back, the Beiming tribe was praying for rain in the Temple of Heaven.
In the afternoon, the sky was already dark and one could even feel the sultry heat that was about to bring about a heavy rain. People knelt on the long street, holding wooden buckets and basins in their hands to try to catch the rain.
"Strange, why isn't it raining when the sky is so cloudy?"
Ah Man leaned against the door and looked up at the sky.
Awu stroked his stomach with difficulty, his body becoming increasingly thinner.
Zhuifeng took a look, frowned, and could not hide his worry on his face: "Does she have to give birth to this child? I think this pregnancy may not be good."
"You are a divine beast, and she is a mortal. For a mortal to give birth to a child of a divine race, one would be in great danger of death."
"Her life is short, shouldn't we protect her well?" Zhuifeng thought to himself that if his wife was a mortal, he would not want her even if she was pregnant with an emperor.
Zhu Mo was frightened by these words: "Don't curse my wife! A Wu will be safe!" His face turned pale, and he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or to Zhui Feng.
Zhuifeng curled his lips: "Alright, alright, let me ask you something serious."
"How do you dragons usually receive the message when they are spreading rain?" Zhuifeng asked, looking up at the sky.
Zhu Mo looked at A Wu with great concern: "There is a stone next to the spring, which can convey the will of heaven. When the gods issue a rain order, it will show the time and amount of rain in a certain place."
"If the gods don't issue a rain order, the dragons can't make it rain?"
Zhu Mo nodded.
"The situation today is that the God Realm has not issued a rain order. The Dragon Clan has received the Beiming Clan's prayer for rain, but is unable to respond."
Everyone was silent. Lu Chaochao pointed to the ground and said, "The earth is dry, the fields are cracked, and all the plants are dead from the sun. Is this what the God Realm wants?"
“If that’s the case, then what’s the point of this God Realm existing?” She murmured softly, and disappeared in the sound of the breeze.
The prayer for rain lasted until night, and the people still knelt on the ground and refused to leave.
The original soft sobs had turned into desperate howling.
"God, please save us..."
"Please, please, it will rain, please..."
“What on earth have we done wrong, what on earth have we done wrong…” Countless people knelt on the ground and wailed, kowtowed their heads on the ground.
After a while, his forehead was covered with blood.
Lu Chaochao didn't eat dinner and sat in front of the window in silence.
The anger in my heart reached its peak.
It’s unfair to mortals, it’s unfair to mortals!
PS: The whole family listened to my voice, and the physical book was renamed "Fubao Chao Chao" and will be launched on August 10th at 8 pm on Dangdang, JD.com, Douyin, Taobao, Pinduoduo, and Kuaishou... Friends who like Chao Chao can make an appointment in advance. It will go on sale at 8 pm on the 10th.
Muah, there are Chaochao and Yunniang, and the drawings of Lu Yanshu and Lu Yuanze, so cute... (Cross out Lu Yuanze, a scumbag is not cute!)
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