Chapter 218 Out of Control
"Are there people cultivating immortality in these mountains?"
Lu Qingqing muttered to herself and turned her head away.
He turned his back, rubbed his eyes, and then turned back.
Good heavens, the gods are still here!
His hair was black and smooth, and his eyebrows resembled distant mountains.
Her slender, almond-shaped eyes sparkled like stars; her nose was high and straight; her lips were sharply defined and slightly red, like the beautiful yet gentle azaleas in the water.
Her skin was as smooth as porcelain, as if it had been filtered through the thickest lens, making even her pores invisible.
Surrounded by lush greenery, with drifting white clouds.
He stood with his back to the sunlight, a halo of light surrounding him, like a god descending from the heavens, landing in her iron bucket.
"Thump... thump..."
Lu Qingqing's heart raced, pounding like a drum.
Oh no!
yes……
The feeling of sudden death!
Despite being a renowned expert in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and possessing a keen understanding of pathology, Lu Qingqing was unaware of her own near-death experience until she actually died.
But she's already been through it once! So she knows!
That's it, my heart was beating really fast! And then I couldn't breathe!
Then it will hurt like it's going to explode!
Darkness descends!
Lu Qingqing panicked; she didn't want to die suddenly again!
"Medicine...medicine!"
Lu Qingqing hurriedly rummaged through her bag.
Ever since her sudden death and transmigration, she has been on guard against this problem and has long prepared nitroglycerin pills.
"Qingqing, what's wrong?"
Xu Rui was startled. "What medicine? Where do you feel unwell?"
Just as Lu Qingqing felt her heartbeat slow down a bit, his face came closer, and her heart started racing again!
"You, you, you, put on a mask!"
Xu Rui was taken aback, then hurriedly put the mask back on.
I felt panicked.
Could it be... could it be that showing one's face was a mistake?
Lu Qingqing found the medicine, but she noticed that her heartbeat seemed to have slowed down.
It doesn't seem like a warning sign of sudden death.
Lu Qingqing didn't eat it and put it away again.
"Qingqing?"
“Ji Ruyan?” Lu Qingqing looked at the face that had put on the mask again.
My mind was filled with that fleeting, breathtaking sight from just now.
My heart started pounding again.
Damn it, it was that face that caused all the trouble!
"Are you even human? Why do you look like that?"
Ji Ruyan: "..."
Ji Ruyan, Ji Ruyan...
This was a clear message to her: he was that unfortunate former crown prince!
Lu Qingqing paused for a moment, then kicked that face out of her mind.
He stared intently at Ji Ruyan's mask.
"The notice says that the former crown prince was ambitious and fond of grand achievements, deceived the world and stole fame, committed adultery with the wives of officials, humiliated palace concubines, murdered the emperor and imprisoned his mother, and was cruel and tyrannical. Dozens of palace women's corpses were dug up in the palace. Which of these is true?"
"None of it is true!"
Ji Ruyan's lips lost their original color, and she looked at Lu Qingqing with nervousness.
Lu Qingqing let out a breath.
"They say the royal court is a den of wolves and tigers, where the kind are bullied."
"Do you believe me?"
“I believe my mother, and I believe even more in what I saw with my own eyes. How could someone who runs around for the people and even sheds tears be the way they say he is?”
The royal family is foolish; they don't even understand the principle of moderation. Saying just one or two crimes would have been enough. Saying so much only makes it seem like a strange story.
They even exposed their own despicable behavior, causing a significant drop in the royal family's credibility. They were utterly foolish.
Yeah, that's incredibly stupid.
Because that wasn't an imperial decree from the Emperor.
She is the current Empress.
"Your mother isn't your biological mother, is she?" Lu Qingqing asked again.
"Saying things like 'putting righteousness before family' or 'eliminating harm for the country' are all excuses. A mother might admit that her child is evil and kill him to appease the world, but she would never let him be covered in excrement, let him be remembered for a thousand years, and never be able to turn his life around."
This isn't my mother, this is my mortal enemy!
Lu Qingqing's words hit the nail on the head.
Ji Ruyan's lips moved slightly.
Yes, a mother wouldn't do that.
Even when she saw her young son fall, she showed no sign of panic, remaining as dignified and elegant as she was in front of others.
From childhood, she was just as indifferent to him and his seventh sister. He originally thought that his mother was naturally aloof.
When he was inexplicably imprisoned by imperial decree, he even begged her for help.
All he received in return was: "You have insulted the imperial concubines and poisoned your own father. The Shangguan family, the head of this prestigious clan, with its century-long reputation, cannot preserve such a wicked creature as you!"
Then, one after another, the Crown Prince's misdeeds sprang up like mushrooms after rain, flying to the capital and onto the Emperor's desk.
The bandits who were killed were actually innocent civilians.
He deliberately sabotaged sturdy irrigation canals to embezzle disaster relief funds, causing the village to be flooded, yet he was hailed as a savior by the people.
Disguised as thieves, they kidnapped a young lady from a noble family, raped her, and then abandoned her in the mountains. When the young lady died, she was clutching a dragon-patterned pendant that symbolized her status as the crown prince...
The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood and fell seriously ill...
The jailer seemed to enjoy seeing him anxious and angry, and would tell him stories in vivid and dramatic language every day.
Then, they transformed into righteousness, whipping and branding the people on their behalf.
His legs were broken, and the imperial physician was summoned to set them. The physician's exact words were: "Set them a little crookedly. Anyway, once they've healed, they'll be broken again until he submits and confesses to his crimes."
Fortunately, the imperial physician was one of their own, and his leg was not set incorrectly. He also told him that all the guards had assembled and were ready to rescue him.
Unfortunately... the next day, the jailer came again to tell the story: the leader of the first-level secret guards was dead, and the others had abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. Those who did not obey were all killed.
His will was eventually broken; he was given poison and left to languish in that dark and hopeless prison.
Thoughts struggled to emerge from that abyss.
He murmured, "Yes... when Mo Lang returns, he will know everything."
"Qingqing, can I hug you?"
He looked so pitiful.
Like a puppy abandoned by everyone.
The radiant deities who were just moments ago are now fallen to earth, trampled into pieces.
It was as if the prince's ordeal had been reenacted.
Lu Qingqing didn't say anything, but opened her arms and hugged him.
He patted him on the back and said, "Without the pain of being cut open, how can one break free from the cocoon and grow new flesh and blood?"
Let the wicked run rampant for a few more days, forging the hardest blade, and then sharpen it with their heads.
The outcome is still uncertain; let's see who has the last laugh!
As she spoke, the man's hand slowly encircled her waist.
...
“Look, there’s a rainbow in the sky above the river,” Lu Qingqing said.
Ji Ruyan seemed to wake up from a dream, her body trembled, and then her arm fell down, little by little, and little by little.
Lu Qingqing suddenly felt a hard object on his waist.
I was so engrossed in the moment that I didn't notice.
Or perhaps it just appeared?
"Ji Ruyan!" Lu Qingqing released him.
"You son of a bitch..." She was furious!
"You scoundrel, still pretending to be pitiful and lying to people, believe me or not I'll cut it off for you!"
Ji Ruyan's eyes were slightly moist, revealing a sense of bewilderment.
"Qingqing, I'm sorry, I lost control just now..."
"If you can't suppress it, I'll help you suppress it!" Lu Qingqing smiled sinisterly.
He took out a silver needle and pierced the wound.
Ji Ruyan made no attempt to stop or guard against her, watching helplessly as she stabbed him with a long, thick needle...
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