flstandardbreds Chapter 124 Cutting off the remaining obsession of the original body
Chapter 124 Cutting off the remaining obsession of the original body
The Lu family was in grief. When Lu Shuyang rushed back in a hurry, he happened to see this heartbreaking scene.
Lu Zhengping stood there motionless, staring blankly ahead, as if his soul had been taken away.
The eunuch who had just announced the decree had already left, stripping off his official uniform. The court robes that symbolized honor and status now became the most glaring irony, leaving only the sorrowful cries echoing in the air throughout the courtyard.
Chen Mei'e collapsed to the ground, shouting at the top of her lungs that she was innocent, but her shrill cries were nothing but a powerless struggle in the face of the cold imperial edict.
The emperor's power is great, and his decree is set. Who dares to disobey?
Lu Shuyang was burning with anxiety and rushed forward. "Father, Mother, what on earth is going on?"
His voice trembled slightly, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Chen Mei'e clutched Lu Shuyang's hand tightly, like a drowning person grabbing a lifeline. Her nails almost dug into his flesh. "Shuyang! Your father... he's been dismissed from his post. From now on, our Lu family will no longer have a place in the officialdom."
"Why is this so?"
Lu Shuyang frowned, his eyes full of confusion and unwillingness.
Chen Mei'e just buried her head even lower, her shoulders shrugged, and she kept sobbing, unable to utter a word.
Lu Shuyang was not willing to give up. Just as he was about to continue asking questions, he was suddenly slapped hard in the face.
His body swayed and he staggered backward, his back slamming into the door frame and a sharp pain instantly hit him.
"Father!?"
Lu Shuyang widened his eyes and looked at Lu Zhengping in shock and disbelief.
Lu Zhengping's rage seemed to have consumed his rationality. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his roar echoed throughout the courtyard: "It's all your fault for writing that 'Book Condemning the Evil Woman'! When the Emperor found out, he reprimanded me for my poor management of the household and my lack of strict discipline. He practically stripped me of my official rank. It's all your fault, you unfilial son!"
Lu Shuyang covered his burning cheeks and hurriedly defended himself, "Dad, how can you say that? You reviewed that article word for word, and it was only with your approval that I dared to publish it!"
When Lu Wanru complained to him about Yan Wanwan's misdeeds, he wrote that article in anger and then gave it to Lu Zhengping for review. Didn't Lu Zhengping applaud him? How could it be that he was solely responsible now?
These words struck Lu Zhengping like a bolt from the blue. His body stiffened, as if stabbed by something sharp. He instinctively covered his chest with his hands, his face instantly turning pale as paper. His lips trembled as he opened and closed them, but no sound came out. Only the shock, anger, and despair surged in his eyes.
Seeing her husband like this, Chen Mei'e panicked and rushed over to support him. She turned her head and glared at Lu Shuyang, "Shuyang, what nonsense are you talking about! Are you trying to piss your father off to death?"
As she finished speaking, Lu Zhengping's face instantly turned as pale as paper, and then with a "pu" sound, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth. He collapsed to the ground powerlessly like a kite with a broken string, and lost consciousness instantly.
Seeing this, Chen Mei'e's eyes widened, filled with fear and despair. She collapsed and shouted, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
There was a crying tone in his voice, and it was trembling.
She shouted hurriedly and asked someone to call a doctor. Her steps were so flustered that she could hardly stand.
After a while, the doctor came in hurriedly. After a brief examination, he shook his head helplessly and slowly said, "The person is already dead. Please accept my condolences."
After saying this, he didn't even take the silver and ran away as if escaping, as if he was afraid of being contaminated by this sudden misfortune.
Suddenly, the people around were in an uproar and gathered around, sighing.
An old man said with regret: "I never thought that the former Shangshu Lord would be gone just like this. Life is so unpredictable."
Another person chimed in, "What a sin! I raised a son who pissed me off to death. Such a rebellious son would only make me pissed off to death."
Everyone echoed, and their accusing glances fell completely into Lu Shuyang's ears like sharp arrows.
Lu Shuyang's body trembled slightly, and he hurriedly shouted: "No, it has nothing to do with me."
However, his voice seemed so weak in the noisy crowd that no one paid any attention to him. Instead, the scolding became more and more, sweeping towards him like a surging wave.
Soon, someone recognized him as the one who wrote the article that day to denounce the county lady and slander her as a villain, and they mocked him loudly, "It's ridiculous that such a person wants to pass the imperial examination."
Under the watchful eyes of the public, Lu Shuyang seemed to have lost his soul. He became the sinner who killed his father. This crime was like a heavy mountain that would weigh on him for the rest of his life and become an indelible stain on him.
His heart was filled with despair and helplessness. He could no longer endure the storm of accusations. He covered his ears and rushed out of the crowd like a madman, shouting: "It wasn't me. I didn't piss my father off to death."
The voice echoed in the air, but it seemed so powerless and desperate.
A month later, Yan Wanwan heard news about the Lu family again.
Rumor has it that a madman has appeared in Jingzhao, and he keeps repeating every day: "I am not a bad person, and I have never angered my father to death."
Upon hearing this, Yan Wanwan curled up her lips in a sarcastic sneer, and thought to herself: This person is Lu Shuyang!
He had written that article with such gusto and published it widely. If Yan Wanwan had been an ordinary woman, subjected to such slander and framing, she would have likely spent the rest of her life in a state of madness. Now that such a fate had befallen him, he couldn't bear it. It was truly ridiculous.
The decline of the Lu Mansion was within Yan Wanwan's expectations, but the fact that it disappeared so quickly showed that Yan Wanwan had contributed a lot behind the scenes.
It really proves the saying "You reap what you sow".
After Lu Zhengping's death, the servants of the Lu family scattered like birds and beasts. Chen Mei'e lost her support and the confidence to become a noble lady and show off her power. In order to survive, she finally fell into the situation of being a secret prostitute. She only earned a few dozen copper coins from each customer, which was barely enough to make a living.
In her spare time, she would curse Yan Wanwan for being unfilial and calling him a disaster star all over the streets, as if she wanted to vent all her resentment.
Yan Wanwan didn't care about it at all, thinking that she wouldn't lose any money if she cursed at him.
What's more, being so angry and frustrated will only deplete your energy and cause you to die earlier, saving you the trouble of doing it yourself.
As expected, within half a year, Chen Mei'e starved to death at home. If it weren't for the rotting body that aroused the suspicion of the neighbors, no one would have known about it until now.
To this day, everyone in the Lu family is either dead, crazy, or disabled, and has ended up with a miserable end.
That night, Yan Wanwan was about to go to bed when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart. In an instant, the feeling of confinement completely disappeared from her.
She immediately understood that this was the last remaining obsession of her original body, and now, it had finally disappeared.
From then on, she was just herself, Yan Wanwan who came from the end of the world.