Chapter 251: The Irritable Queen Mother vs. the Cold Imperial Master (34)
Lu Cha whipped General Jiang seven times, which was exactly the number of strokes in the word "filial piety".
General Jiang, who was curled up on the ground, was completely unrecognizable, with not an inch of his exposed skin intact.
The fine salt melted in the bleeding wound, making it feel like thousands of insects and ants were gnawing at it, causing General Jiang to faint from the pain.
Jiang Lianxue, who was tied outside the cell, was so scared that she couldn't stop trembling.
Jiang Lucha had already beaten her father, so he probably wouldn't beat her again...
Lu Cha casually threw the whip to Jin Yu and looked at Jiang Lianxue leisurely:
"In the past nineteen years, you have bullied me so many times that I have lost count."
"Then let the jailer smoke for the whole night."
Jiang Lianxue immediately opened her eyes wide with fear and wanted to beg for mercy, but her mouth was stuffed with a rag, so she couldn't speak and could only make muffled sounds.
Lu Cha picked up Ming Yan from the chair and instructed Jin Yu, "Tell the jailer to throw water on General Jiang to wake him up."
"Let him watch carefully as Jiang Lianxue gets beaten."
Jin Yu nodded in agreement, showing no sympathy for Jiang Lianxue and General Jiang. She even told the jailer that every time Jiang Lianxue was whipped, he had to spray her with chili water.
Finally, the empress dowager can return some of the grievances and humiliations she suffered over the years to Jiang Lianxue.
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On the carriage back to the palace.
Ming Yan stayed quietly in Lu Cha's arms, but his green eyes were covered with a layer of terrifying frost.
Commandant Jiang's righteous words echoed in his ears again and again, like a ghost demanding his life in the middle of the night.
The scene of Ming Yan's mother falling off the cliff emerged in his mind.
In my memory, my mother, who had always been gentle, stared at the sky with ferocious and unwilling eyes that day, her body torn to pieces by wild dogs.
When he arrived, although the wild dog had been executed by the Ming family, only bones were left of his mother's legs and arms.
Later, he went back to the yard where his mother lived.
The table in the room was filled with his favorite meals.
It was because he had someone send a letter to his mother in advance, and he had gained a day from his father so that he could come and accompany her.
But he never expected that the last thing he would see would be his mother's tragically dead body.
He suffered for five years and lost his mother, the only person who was kind to him.
And the murderer, General Jiang, didn't feel a single ounce of guilt?!
When has this world ever been fair to him?!
A tremendous hatred suddenly arose in Ming Yan's heart, like a raging flame rising into the sky, determined to burn everything to ashes.
Suddenly, a touch of warmth gently touched his head.
When he heard that sweet voice, the resentment that was surging in Ming Yan's heart inexplicably calmed down a little.
"Although my mother came from a wealthy family, she was timid and cowardly. Even when she was bullied by Jiang Lianxue's biological mother, she remained silent."
"In the end, she was driven crazy by Madam Jiang."
"It's because Madam Jiang has only conceived a daughter in many years. She's afraid that my mother will give birth to a son. So, Madam Jiang is determined to get rid of her by any means necessary."
Lu Cha gently rubbed Ming Yan's head, and when he spoke again, he abandoned the self-proclaimed "Ai Jia":
"My mother was crazy for a long time. After giving birth to me, she regained consciousness for the first time."
"She said that even if there are many unsatisfactory things in this world, we should still have aspirations."
“Only the beloved makes one happy.”
"We will eventually meet someone who makes this world full of hope."
Ming Yan was stunned and raised his head unconsciously.
Lucha gently pinched the wolf cub's soft cheek: "Just like me."
"I met the Imperial Master, and also met a cute little fellow like you."
Dawn breaks and the moon and stars fade away.
The first ray of morning light passed through the gap between the carriage curtains and reflected on the girl's smiling face.
Even though her brows showed some fatigue from not resting, her clear almond eyes were still sparkling and warm.
Like, the soft light of hope.
Ming Yan silently hugged Lu Cha's arm.
It was as if two souls that had experienced the same hardships were hugging each other tightly at this moment.
Ming Yan lowered his head and placed his forehead against Lu Cha's fingertips, rubbing them gently.
It seemed as if he was comforting her, and as if he was longing to absorb the warmth from her body.
The unwillingness in my heart gradually dissipated as if by magic.
It turns out that this road in the world is not endless darkness.
[Ding—Villain’s favorability +10, Darkness -10.]
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When Lu Cha returned to the Cining Palace with Ming Yan, he saw a beautiful figure running towards him.
Mulanyue couldn't hide her worry:
"Lan Yue heard from the palace servants that the Queen Mother left the palace overnight and went to the Ministry of Justice's Sky Prison. Did General Jiang and Concubine Jiang threaten you with something?"
She originally wanted to leave the palace to find the empress dowager, but as a concubine in the harem, she could not leave the palace without the emperor's permission.
Lu Cha shook his little head and said, "I couldn't sleep, so I went to stretch my body."
Seeing that Lu Cha looked normal, Mulan Yue finally felt relieved. However, she noticed that he was holding a white wolf cub in his arms, and her heart suddenly became anxious again:
"Wolves are ferocious by nature. It's too dangerous for the Queen Mother to hold them like this."
"If you like it, Lan Yue will ask the palace servants to pull out its teeth and then send them back to you."
Lucha: "..."
Why are they all thinking about pulling out the little villain's teeth?
"It's okay, the little wolf cub is very well behaved."
In order to prevent Ming Yanzhen from being taken away for tooth extraction, Lu Cha immediately rubbed him a few times.
Mulanyue breathed a sigh of relief when she found that the little wolf cub was not angry, but quietly allowed Lucha to ravage him. He was surprisingly well-behaved.
I hope the Queen Mother won’t be hurt.
She glanced around, making sure there were no palace servants nearby, and then she continued:
"The Emperor was injured two days ago. It was the Imperial Master's doing, but the reason is unclear."
"However, Lan Yue felt that there might be some shady deal between the Imperial Preceptor and the Emperor, which is why they had a dispute that day."
"The Imperial Master will come to deliver medicine every day, so the Queen Mother should be careful."
Lu Cha rubbed Ming Yan, who suddenly stiffened in his arms, with a sly glint in his eyes:
"I believe that the Imperial Master will not harm me."
Ming Yan, who already felt guilty, felt even more guilty when he heard Lu Cha's firm tone.
The Queen Mother trusted him so much, yet he poisoned the medicine...
[Ding—Villain Favorability +5.]
Lu Cha raised his eyebrows slightly and added tentatively, "After all, the Imperial Master is one of the few friends I have."
Ming Yan buried his head directly in Lu Cha's palm, not daring to raise his head at all.
It's him, no.
I feel ashamed of the Queen Mother's trust.
[Ding—Favorability +5. The villain's current favorability is 80. Congratulations to the host for completing one of the main quests.]
Lu Cha was stunned.
Oh no!
It turns out that you can increase your favorability this way!
The system looked at Ming Yan, who was about to be overwhelmed by self-blame and guilt, and showed a sympathetic look for the first time in a long time.
Poor child, in every world, he could not escape the host's trap.
Looking at Lu Cha again, who was already smiling and inviting Mulan Yue to have breakfast, the system only wanted to say:
The host is just a loofah - heartless!
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After breakfast.
Lu Cha carried Ming Yan to the bedroom to catch up on some sleep.
As soon as they got into bed, Ming Yan consciously snuggled into her arms and acted as a pillow.
Lu Cha rubbed Ming Yan's soft little wolf ears, and suddenly had an idea:
"I'll give you a name."
"How about calling him Wangcai?"
Ming Yan: "..."
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