vrcanaries Chapter 151 The Empress Cuts Off My Path to Becoming a Favored Concubine
Chapter 151 The Empress Cuts Off My Path to Becoming a Favored Concubine
“If you don’t want people to know, then don’t do it in the first place. Xiao Guang never lies. If you want to apologize, he has already apologized. Your unreasonable and persistent harassment will lead to a blood feud between me and the Duke of Xingguo’s mansion if anything happens to my son in the future.”
Lu Huaifeng said this, then picked up his son and carried him on his shoulder.
Lu Lingguang's eyes were filled with admiration.
"Daddy, you looked so majestic when you stood up just now!"
After walking away, Lu Huaifeng threw his son on the ground.
Lu Lingguang landed nimbly and did a backflip.
Lu Huaifeng was furious.
He said with a stern face, "You brat, don't try that with me. You exposed Huo Yuanzhi's secret in public, making him ashamed to face others in the future. This matter has gone too far. Just wait for your grandfather to deal with you."
Lu Lingguang immediately wilted.
Oh no, even though it felt good to slap Huo Yuanzhi in the face just now.
But if I get a beating from my grandfather later, that would be terrible.
……
After Lu Huaifeng left with his son.
Huo Yuanzhi was surrounded by several classmates from the academy.
They all looked at Huo Yuanzhi with curiosity.
"You've really become a eunuch?"
"Is it because of the horse-riding accident last time?"
Huo Yuanzhi's face turned bright red.
He could only vehemently deny it: "I'm not a eunuch!!!"
But everyone was skeptical, and no one believed him.
Huo Pinglan, her face ashen, led her son away.
After this whole commotion, the fact that Huo Yuanzhi's "balls were broken" was originally a secret, but now the whole capital knows about it.
The second young master of the Xingguo Duke's Mansion was impotent and became a eunuch.
The other ministers also pondered the implications.
Why has the Xingguo Duke's Mansion been looking for young girls to arrange marriages for Huo Yuanzhi lately? It turns out the child is useless and they want to trick him into marriage!
Everyone silently crossed the Xingguo Duke's Mansion off the marriage alliance list.
Who knows if their other children might also have problems?
Huo Yuanzhi was initially unaware of the severity of his condition until Lu Lingguang revealed that he was already a eunuch. He returned to the mansion to ask his mother and grandmother for the truth and only then did he realize what was happening.
He burst into tears.
He threatened suicide in the mansion, turning the entire Xingguo Duke's mansion upside down.
When Consort Huo in the palace learned of this, she was so angry that she fainted.
They're all idiots.
Of course, those were her relatives, her family, and she couldn't harbor resentment towards them.
But she grew to dislike Yu Ningyao.
Originally, she could still barely maintain some affection for Yu Ningyao because of her daughter, but now she is extremely angry.
If Yu Ningyao had obediently accepted the marriage, how could the rumors of their impending separation have spread so far?
What an ungrateful person!
She immediately ordered someone to send a message to Princess Ning Le, asking her to sever her adoptive mother and adoptive daughter relationship with Yu Ning Yao.
Princess Ning Le refused.
"They were the ones who plotted against Yaoyao first. Now that things have turned out like this, Yaoyao's reputation has been dragged down for no reason. I don't even want to acknowledge them as my cousins anymore."
Upon receiving this answer, Consort Huo was once again overcome with anger and fainted.
For a time, even the imperial harem was not at peace.
Empress Chu Yuanji also learned of this matter.
She frowned, as if she was thinking about something.
After a moment, she instructed her trusted nanny: "Do not allow the Crown Prince to have any contact with the Yu family, especially that little girl named Yu Ningyao."
"Yes," Wu Mama replied.
After a moment, he asked with some doubt, "Now that Consort Huo dislikes that girl, why don't you take this opportunity to win her over, so that she will distance herself from Consort Huo and side with you?"
The power behind General Lu should not be underestimated.
The Empress shook her head: "She's just a little girl; there's no point in trying to win her over. But she doesn't look like a good person at all."
"At such a young age, she can already make Lu Lingguang fight for her. She will definitely be a womanizer in the future. If the Crown Prince comes into contact with her and is bewitched, then it will be a great loss."
Only then did Granny Wu understand the Empress's intention.
She couldn't help but exclaim, "The Empress Dowager truly is the person who loves the Crown Prince the most in the world."
……
Yu Ningyao was unaware that the Empress had already nipped her in the bud in the bud.
Lu Lingguang exposed Huo Yuanzhi's shortcomings in public and was punished by Lu Qingyun using family rules.
He is now lying in bed, half-dead.
Yu Ningyao felt very guilty and took the initiative to take care of him.
For her sake, Lu Qingyun was finally less angry.
"I'm so sorry, I've dragged you into this." Yu Ningyao felt extremely guilty.
"Little Miss, are you still yourself? Are you possessed by a ghost?" Lu Lingguang looked at her with a terrified expression.
Yu Ningyao: ...
"Are you looking for death?! What kind of ghost possessed me? I am who I am, okay?!" She glared angrily at Lu Lingguang.
Lu Lingguang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The familiar tone, the familiar expression.
Yes, this is still the Yu Ningyao he knows.
"Little Miss, you're still the same as always. Your sudden apology to me was quite startling," Lu Lingguang chuckled.
Yu Ningyao was speechless again.
Is this guy crazy?
He gets upset when I try to talk to him nicely.
"Alright, focus on recovering from your injuries and don't upset Master. Otherwise, it'll be too late for me to kneel," Yu Ningyao instructed.
"Don't worry, I definitely won't make Grandfather angry again." Lu Lingguang nodded obediently.
"So what's the current situation regarding Huo Yuanzhi?" he asked Yu Ningyao curiously.
Yu Ningyao shook her head: "I don't know. Huo Yuanzhi has stopped going to school. I heard that the old Duke of Xingguo plans to send him back to his hometown. No one should bring this up again."
"I thought Huo Yuanzhi's father would be relentless," Lu Lingguang muttered.
“Master has already spoken to the old Duke of Xingguo, so this matter shouldn’t cause any more trouble. However, we should all keep a low profile and keep a low profile from now on.” Yu Ningyao also felt that they had been too high-profile lately.
She will continue to practice martial arts diligently, striving to complete her mission as soon as possible!
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lu Lingguang nodded obediently and ate the meat porridge that Yu Ningyao fed him, bite by bite.
……
For the sake of his grandson, the old Duke of Xingguo finally sought help from Judge Zheng.
But Judge Zheng flatly refused.
The Huo family schemed against his young apprentice, and he will never forgive them.
Left with no other choice, the old Duke of Xingguo had to make the decision to send his grandson away back to his hometown, at least to avoid the gossip in the capital.
When He Yunqing learned that her son was going to be sent away, she cried so hard that she almost went blind.
But what could a daughter-in-law do to object to her father-in-law's decision? She could only send her son off in tears.
Warninged by her in-laws, she didn't dare to immediately cause trouble for Yu Ningyao's family.
She simply lay low, waiting for her opportunity to arrive.
One day, she will make the Yu family experience the suffering her son endured.
……
Winter goes and spring comes again.
Before we knew it, it was the end of July of the following year.
The provincial examination is about to begin.
A person arrived at the Marquis of Jing'an's residence.