Chapter 13 Ling Chi
Chapter 13 Ling Chi
Knowing that the prime minister and his wife hadn't seen Lu Xuechao for a long time, Xie Chongjin must have a lot to say, and his presence always made the two elders worry, so he retreated considerately, leaving the venue for the reunited family of three.
As soon as Xie Chongjin left, the prime minister's wife really relaxed a lot, pulled Lu Xue up and down, and looked carefully: "You really haven't been wronged?"
Lu Xuechao didn't want to worry his parents, so he just smiled and said: "Father, look at this room, I seem to be wronged?"
That really doesn't look like it.
The prime minister's wife still felt distressed: "Although your majesty was fooled by Yelang's conspiracy, now even if you try to make up for it, some of it is useless. In the past three years... your majesty has taken in many concubines, and in the future, you will have to make amends." Please, it's inevitable that you have grudges. If you don't want to pay attention to them, then you don't have to pay attention to them. With me and your father as your backing, don't be afraid of offending others, and don't wrong yourself to be a good queen."
Prime Minister Lu said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to stay in the palace, you should go to court immediately for your father. If you don't want this official position, you will also ask His Majesty to allow you to leave the palace and get married separately."
The prime minister's wife is gentle in temperament, but she has strong feelings in terms of emotions.Back then, he was the most beautiful man in Jinghua, and the suitors broke through the threshold, but after making a little request, most of the suitors immediately dispersed.
——He asked the other party to swear that they would not take concubines, have concubines, keep concubines, or have sex with prostitutes in their lifetime. If they violated this oath, their family business would wither and their descendants would be cut off.
It is necessary to know that in this world, ordinary people even have to raise two concubines, and high-ranking nobles even have groups of wives and concubines.There is a saying that "a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief". It is too difficult to be loyal for a lifetime. No one can guarantee that they can do it, and they dare not make such a poisonous oath.These remarks about choosing a son-in-law are simply shocking and foolish.
There was one person who dared to agree, and that was Prime Minister Lu when he was young.
Later, Prime Minister Lu also spent half his life proving to the world that being a couple for a lifetime is not a foolish dream, and that someone really can do it.
Influenced by his parents, Lu Xuechao, like his father, could not rub the sand in his eyes and could not tolerate emotional betrayal.At first, when Xie Chongjin was accepted into the harem, and he didn't know that Xie Chongjin was being manipulated by others, he really thought of dying with Xie Chongjin.If it weren't for the overall situation prevailing, and he didn't want to kill the king to disturb the turmoil of his family and country, he would do it.
He did make a move—in a world where Xie Chongjin's political value is lower than 60, if he doesn't make a move, his home country will be in turmoil, so let's do it.
After learning that this was not Xie Chongjin's original intention, Lu Xuechao reluctantly accepted the fact.The act of killing the king has also changed from the mentality of revenge on the heartbroken to giving relief to the lover.
What if you don't accept it?Does he still have to resent Xie Chongjin?It's not Xie Chongjin's fault, Xie Chongjin is even more painful than him.
He can't help but distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong.
But no matter how much he convinced himself, before learning that Xie Chongjin had never touched any concubines, Lu Xuechao was still extremely wronged.
... How could you not mind.
Obviously he is his elder brother.
It was obviously his, and it could only be his, so why did it become someone else's?
The players dubbed Lu Xuechao the title of "Sick and Delicate", which is actually not wrong to a certain extent.From childhood to adulthood, Xie Chongjin's meticulous care and care for Lu Xuechao also made Lu Xuechao have an extremely strong desire to monopolize Xie Chongjin.
She wanted to monopolize Xie Chongjin because she didn't even want to give birth to him, and she didn't want another person to share Xie Chongjin's love. It was almost a pathological possessive desire.
It's not just about the pain.
Lu Xuechao was born with extraordinary intelligence and could figure out whatever he wanted.But with the pampering of the elders and the protection of the crown prince, he didn't even need to use his own brains, and he was offered with both hands, and he never couldn't get what he asked for.The things he likes can only belong to him alone.Others have touched him, so he doesn't want it.
Xie Chongjin is the person he loves the most besides his parents.They have been inseparable since they were young, and they have been married since they grew up. They have never been involved by others, and they have never thought that others will be involved.
But after so many worlds, Lu Xuechao has experienced all the special plots of Xie Chongjin and the plot concubines written in the heavenly book.For him, it was not just a plot on paper, it was something that actually happened.
At the family dinner on New Year's Eve, he watched Xie Chongjin and others affectionately, hugging left and right, talking softly.He lowered his eyes alone, listening to the dialect and laughing at Yanyan, gradually lost his appetite.
Hunting in the paddock, he watched Xie Chongjin teach the little prince from Qifeng Kingdom how to shoot arrows, thinking of Xie Chongjin correcting his posture when he was a child, saying "Gu Ke only taught you personally", he was inexplicably upset, turned around and walked away. Into the tent.
The midsummer is extremely hot, Xie Chongjin took a group of concubines to the palace to escape the heat, but he was not on the list.Lu Xuechao was not surprised when he got the news, and accepted it calmly, but at night, he was woken up by the hot summer heat, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, remembering that Huai Yun would always fan him to lull him to sleep in the past, but now there is no one around him, so he I was so sad that I cried under the quilt.
On a moonlit night in the Mid-Autumn Festival, he prepared a table of thin wine in the courtyard. He recalled that when he was young, the two of them drank together against the moon every year at this time. , boating on the lake.He was in a daze for a while, poured himself a drink, got drunk, raised his glass to invite the bright moon, and formed three people facing each other.
For Lu Xuechao, all the special plots that make the players howl and call out "I'm dying" are like a knife that cuts his heart. Poisoned wine, a dagger three feet long, and a white damask give death a painful Ling Chi punishment.
No matter how you know that these are all fake, this is not Xie Chongjin's voluntary, and the cycle has gone through too many times, Lu Xuechao will not be able to tell the truth from the fake.
Lu Xuechao is a very rational person, but if reason can outweigh emotion, it must be that emotion is not strong enough.His feelings for Xie Chongjin are greater than his reason, and it is impossible for him to remain rational forever.
Lu Xuechao had already gone crazy.
Xie Chongjin couldn't control himself for thousands of years, seeing his sweetheart being hurt by him again and again, he was crazy.How can it be possible to say that the trauma accumulated from generation to generation is obliterated.
It's just two lunatics riddled with holes, trying their best to pretend to be normal in front of their lovers.In this way, it can be treated as if nothing happened. They want to keep their best appearance in front of each other, so that no one can see how bloody and painful it is underneath.
Although both of them knew well that they were no longer teenagers, and they would never return to the carefree days when they were teenagers.
The prime minister's wife didn't know what hardships Lu Xuechao had gone through, but he knew his child, so how could he not see the change in Lu Xuechao's temperament.
His child was arrogant and frivolous, but now his forbearance and prudence must have changed his mood drastically.
Even if the Holy Majesty had no choice but to accept the concubine, he would accept it after all, how could Qingshu not be sad and concerned.
He initially disapproved of the marriage between Lu Xuechao and the prince.The crown prince is the crown prince, and will be the Ninth Five-Year Supreme in the future. He is the most unlikely person in the world to be single-minded.
Compared with the honor of the queen, he hopes that his children can "have one heart and one heart, and never leave each other".
But they can see how good the relationship between the two children is.Xie Chongjin loves Lu Xuechao very much, besides studying together, he often invites Lu Xuechao to the East Palace to do homework together in the evening and stay overnight by the way.
Lu Xuechao was sick and weak, sometimes she couldn't enter the palace to study with her, and stayed at home to recuperate.The young prince visited the Prime Minister's mansion as soon as school was over, visited Lu Xuechao, fed soup and medicine himself, and lived in the Prime Minister's mansion for a while.
It was also during that time that the Prime Minister's wife believed that His Highness the Crown Prince could really devote himself to Qing Shu.
I still remember that on the day His Royal Highness came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Lu and his wife went to the front door to greet him.Xie Chongjin avoided the courtesy of the two, with an eager look on his face, he only said that he came to see Qingshu.
The prime minister and the prime minister's wife took the crown prince to Lu Xue's room.At that time, Lu Xuechao was 14 years old. She was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her. She leaned sickly on the head of the bed with a pale face, which made everyone feel distressed when she saw her.
When Lu Xuechao saw Xie Chongjin enter the room, she was slightly surprised: "Huai... why is Your Highness here?" She was about to get out of bed and salute.
They never salute in private, but now that his father and father are still there, he still has to put on a show.The Lu family can stand in power for a hundred years, and has its own way of survival. The most important thing is that the monarch and his subjects have other rules, and they should not overstep or be rude, so as to avoid the emperor's suspicion.
Xie Chongjin held him down and didn't let him move: "I knew you were sick again when I saw you going to school today, so I brought the imperial physician over immediately."
Lu Xue raised his forehead: "It's just some wind and cold, folk doctors can also see it. Every time you work as an imperial physician, Taixing has mobilized many teachers."
The imperial hospital is obviously prepared for the nobles in the palace, and the crown prince has almost made them Lu Xuechao's personal doctor over the years.
"Why did you catch a cold again?" Xie Chongjin frowned, "Did you kick the quilt again at night?"
"No..." Lu Xuechao's words flickered, "I lived in the East Palace a few days ago, didn't I catch a cold? It shows that I don't kick the quilt when I sleep."
Probably due to the guidance of the family tradition, Lu Xuechao was very polite and well-behaved when he was awake, and his words and deeds could be regarded as a model of aristocratic etiquette, but he was not a person who liked to stick to the rules in his heart, which made him a little presumptuous in his dreams.
Commonly known as poor sleep.
Therefore, when he was invited by Xie Chongjin to stay overnight in the East Palace, Lu Xuechao refused several times, fearing that Xie Chongjin would know his sleeping appearance, it would be too embarrassing, and Xie Chongjin would laugh at him.
Fortunately, after he woke up in the East Palace, his hands and feet were neatly placed, and the quilt was covered end to end, so he didn't go too far and saved his face.
"You don't kick the quilt. Gu pays attention every night, always pays attention, and covers you. I have to tuck you in the quilt four or five times a night." Xie Chongjin ruthlessly exposed him, "And kicked Gu out of bed, Gu As soon as I climbed up, I was kicked down by you again."
Lu Xuechao was stunned: "...Huh?"
The prime minister and his wife: "..."
Did His Royal Highness kill their son?
Not only did he not chop, but he also silently adjusted the posture of Lu Xuechao occupying the entire bed, without even waking him up.
"You, there should be a night watchman, who will cover you with a quilt every night." Xie Chongjin sighed, "You catch a cold if the orphan hasn't watched for a day, it's really hard to rest assured. In the future, let's just live in the East Palace. Let Gu be the night watchman for you, and the custodian is more competent than your servant."
Prime Minister Lu finally couldn't listen anymore: "Your Highness is not yet married, Xue Chao has lived in the East Palace for a long time, and His Highness's reputation will be damaged."
It can be said that they are friends if they live once in a while, but it is not appropriate to live here permanently.No name, no status, no good to anyone.
What's more, His Royal Highness the crown prince, serving as a night watchman for their son... What does this sound like?
"That's right, I didn't think carefully." Xie Chongjin said casually, "Then... the Crown Princess is justified?"
These words were so sudden that Prime Minister Lu and his wife did not dare to answer for a while.
But Lu Xuechao dared to answer: "The Crown Princess can't be with His Highness the Crown Prince day and night, and His Highness the Crown Prince will have many side concubines and concubines, so the number of days must be allocated to them."
Prime Minister Lu and his wife wanted to cover their son's mouth.Is a person who is so knowledgeable about books and etiquette on weekdays crazy, dare to say such things in front of the prince?
What is even more jaw-dropping is that Xie Chongjin said without hesitation: "If Qing Shu is a crown princess, Gu will never have side concubines and concubines."
The two of them were too young at that time, so this matter should be treated as a joke.However, the prime minister's wife could see the seriousness in the prince's eyes when he said this.
He has been truly loved by others, and he knows that the Prince's love cannot be faked.
So two years later, the crown prince officially came to propose marriage, and the prime minister's wife also agreed, believing that they will indeed have a good marriage for a hundred years.
Sleeping appearance is even less of a problem, being held in Xie Chongjin's arms, how could Lu Xuechao move around.
Unexpectedly, in just three years, His Majesty has 3000 beauties in the harem.
With Qingshu's temperament, it is absolutely impossible for him to be called brothers and sisters with a group of people who share his husband.
The prime minister's wife really can't see her son being wronged.
Lu Xuechao heard the caring meaning in his parents' words, and his heart warmed.
The loyal ministers of the Lu family have never disobeyed the emperor's order.But it is related to his happiness, his father and father put him first.
"Your Majesty, he... didn't touch anyone else." Lu Xuechao said, "Father, Father, don't need to worry about me."
The prime minister and his wife: "...?!"
"Didn't Your Majesty hear that he was bewitched and was addicted to beauty? In the past three years, he has indeed summoned the harem every night..." The prime minister's wife was surprised, "How can I not touch others?"
For a moment, Lu Xuechao didn't know how to explain it, but after a while, he managed to find an excuse: "Maybe he is a man."
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