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Chapter 272 The smell of blood
Chu Lu looked at Jiang Miaoyan sitting behind the imperial desk. His pupils shrank slightly and alarm bells instantly rang in his heart.

——Why is she here?

"Why did the eldest princess break into the imperial study?" Chu Lu asked in a serious voice. He walked slowly closer without stopping, but all the muscles in his body were tense, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

Jiang Miaoyan did not stand up, but just raised her eyelids. The eyes that were once full of violence and madness were now as calm as a pool of stagnant water. She spoke softly, her tone calm and calm: "Father, I want to ask you, how is the investigation going into the case in which you sent someone to tarnish my innocence a few days ago?"

Chu Lu snorted in his heart, but his expression remained calm: "This matter is still under investigation, and it involves a lot of people, so we can't rush it. You just stay in the other courtyard and I will give you an explanation."

"Explanation?" Jiang Miaoyan's lips curled up in a mocking arc, "Heh... Father, I don't think you plan to explain at all, right?"

She leaned forward slightly, her eyes sharp, "Let's get this straight. You just want to stall for time, to leave me alone in this way, so that when the day comes, you can put me in a sedan chair and rush me to the northwest, right?"

"That's nonsense." Chu Lu would not admit it, and replied indifferently, "I am the Son of Heaven, how could I do such a slow thing? It's just that the case is complicated and needs to be carefully verified."

Jiang Miaoyan looked at Chu Lu's insincere expression, her eyes still dead. She no longer tried to argue, but just shook her head gently.

"Forget it." She said softly, "I don't want to endure it anymore."

She looked straight at Chu Lu, her eyes were so calm that they seemed a little crazy: "Father, let's get straight to the point. This is my final notice."

"It is impossible for me to leave the capital. Therefore, you must immediately withdraw the decree granting the marriage, and return the stolen first place in the clan school to me."

"Otherwise..." She paused, and the strange smile on her face deepened a little, "I have no choice but to use some methods...that I didn't intend to use in the first place."

Chu Lu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? What method?"

"Kill." Jiang Miaoyan uttered the two words lightly, her tone as calm as if she was discussing the weather. "Kill, kill, kill. Liu Jiajia, the Queen, the Crown Prince...all those who stand on your side, I will kill them one by one, until you are terrified, until you can't sleep or eat, until you surrender!"

Jiang Miaoyan's body was filled with murderous intent, as if it was about to turn into a substance like black mud.

However, Chu Lu was not scared.

He was a little surprised, but that was all. After all, this was not the first time he was threatened.

"Really?" Chu Lu said calmly, "Then I'll wait and see."

Jiang Miaoyan looked at Chu Lu deeply, her eyes were extremely cold. She didn't say another word, but stood up slowly, and finally left a cold word: "You will regret it."

After saying this, she turned around and walked out of the imperial study step by step.

After Jiang Miaoyan left, the indifferent expression on Chu Lu's face immediately disappeared, replaced by a solemn look.

He acted calmly in front of Jiang Miaoyan because he couldn't afford to lose, but it didn't mean that Chu Lu didn't take her seriously.

In fact, Jiang Miaoyan's attitude, which had changed into a different person, made him feel a little uneasy.

"Qin Su," he asked in his heart, "was she serious about what she just said? If she really intends to kill someone..."

"It's unlikely." Qin Su analyzed calmly, "Based on the character background and story line I got before, combined with my understanding of female-oriented novels, especially those with female protagonists, they usually don't like to use simple and direct killing to solve the enemy."

She further explained, "For them, the more common means are endless torture, humiliation, and suppression, making the enemy lose their reputation and live a life worse than death. It can even be said that Jiang Miaoyan's revenge plan has not really started yet. It is unlikely that she would choose such a simple and crude method to kill important villains such as the prince and the queen at this stage. This does not conform to the behavioral logic of a character like her. What she said just now should be just a threat after being forced into a corner, the purpose of which is to make you afraid and force you to give in."

After hearing Qin Su's analysis, Chu Lu recalled the heroines he had met and found that they were indeed in line with Qin Su's statement, and his worries were slightly relieved.

"Then continue to delay." Chu Lu felt relieved, "Anyway, once she gets into the bridal sedan, everything will be over."

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However, the reality is that empirical rules always go wrong.

The next day, early morning.

Chu Lu had breakfast as usual and was about to go to the imperial study to continue playing his role as the diligent emperor.

But before he left the palace, a eunuch rushed in in panic, his face as pale as paper and his voice trembling:

“Your Majesty! It’s bad! The eldest princess…she’s gone crazy!!”

Chu Lu's heart sank suddenly. Thinking of yesterday's warning, a strong sense of foreboding instantly enveloped him.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"Tai, Taihe Hall..." The eunuch stammered and couldn't say the rest of the words.

Chu Lu became anxious and simply pushed him away, hurrying over.

As soon as he arrived and took a look into the hall, he was struck by lightning and froze in place.

In the center of the spacious hall, the atmosphere was suffocatingly oppressive.

Jiang Miaoyan stood there quietly. She was wearing a bright red palace dress, with a numb calmness on her face. The halo of the heroine behind her was emitting the most dazzling light ever, and it was obviously running to the extreme.

Beside her, the commander of the Imperial Guards Lin Xiao, the Grand Tutor, the President of the Hanlin Academy Li Wenyuan, and Liu Jiajia were all tied up and kneeling on the ground.

Guarding them were several guards Chu Lu had never seen before. Those guards had numb expressions and dull eyes, like puppets. They were obviously under the influence of the heroine's halo.

Jiang Miaoyan saw Chu Lu come in, turned around slowly, with no expression on her face, just looking at him calmly.

"Father," she said in a steady voice, with an inhuman coldness, "How have you considered my request?"

She repeated her request from yesterday: "Immediately revoke the marriage decree. Return the top spot in the clan education examination to me."

There was no room for negotiation in her tone. Her eyes lightly swept over the hostages kneeling behind her, and the meaning was clear - their lives depended on Chu Lu's thoughts.

The four people kneeling on the ground at this moment had different reactions.

Lin Xiao, who was kneeling in the front, was struggling hard at this moment, his body twisting, the rope cutting into his flesh. He glared at Jiang Miaoyan angrily, as if he felt ashamed and angry for being caught.

Next to Lin Xiao were the two old ministers. The Grand Tutor was so angry that his hair and beard stood up, his whole body was shaking slightly, and his face was flushed. He obviously wanted to curse this lawless evildoer, but the cloth in his mouth blocked his mouth tightly.

Li Wenyuan, the upright leader of the Qingliu sect, was unusually calm at the moment. He lowered his head slightly, without struggling, as if he had given up hope for his life. In his eyes, there was a calmness and integrity that was unique to scholars in times of danger. He seemed to have noticed Chu Lu's gaze and shook his head almost imperceptibly. A little behind the others, was the curled-up Liu Jiajia. How could she bear this? She was overwhelmed by fear at the moment, shaking like a leaf in the wind, tears wet her cheeks and blurred her vision. She looked at Chu Lu in fear, her eyes full of silent pleading.

Chu Lu looked at the absurd scene in front of him and his mind went blank for a moment.

"Jiang Miaoyan, calm down." After realizing what was going on, he immediately tried to dissuade her, "Let them go first, and then we can talk slowly."

Thanks to Qin Su's analysis yesterday, Chu Lu's attitude was not very nervous.

Although the scene in front of him was bigger than he had imagined, he still thought it was just a bluff, just a threat, and Jiang Miaoyan would not really do it. As long as he continued to be stubborn and unyielding, the other party would naturally scream hysterically a few times and then give up.

However, when Jiang Miaoyan saw Chu Lu's performance, her eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Wrong answer." She said softly, her tone full of disappointment, "This is not what I want to hear."

She turned her head slightly and ordered a guard behind her in an emotionless tone: "Kill one first. Choose Lin Xiao."

"Huh?" Chu Lu was stunned.

The next moment, the guard drew his sword expressionlessly and walked behind Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao seemed to have sensed something and struggled even more violently, his eyes filled with resentment and anger.

puff!

There was a dull sound as a sharp blade entered the flesh.

Blood gushed out instantly, staining the cold floor tiles red. Lin Xiao's body suddenly stiffened, his struggle suddenly stopped, the light in his eyes quickly dimmed, and he fell forward heavily, without a sound.

The sudden bloodiness plunged the hall into a dead silence.

The Grand Tutor and Li Wenyuan stared with anger, while Liu Jiajia let out a short scream and nearly fainted.

Jiang Miaoyan seemed to be oblivious to the blood in front of her. She slowly turned her head and looked at Chu Lu again, her face still showing that cold and twisted calmness.

"Father," Jiang Miaoyan asked again as if nothing had just happened, "Now, do you agree?"

She paused and added, "I'm running out of patience. The next time you don't agree, I'll kill them all."

Chu Lu stared blankly at Lin Xiao's body, then looked at the expressionless Jiang Miaoyan, and felt a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Only at this moment did he realize that Qin Su had misjudged.

Jiang Miaoyan was not just taking advantage of the power of others, she really intended to kill someone.

——How could this happen? What went wrong? Why did she suddenly kill so decisively?
But the next moment, a rusty smell of blood rushed into his nose, which woke him up instantly and made him realize that now was not the time to think about these things. He looked at the remaining people and thought that he must find a way to save them first!
Taifu, Li Wenyuan, and Liu Jiajia, they are not only the few people who stand on Chu Lu's side, but also innocent people who have not done anything bad. If they die here, at the hands of Jiang Miaoyan, how innocent would they be?
Chu Lu thought: First of all, I must not agree to her request. If I agree, all my previous efforts will be in vain. So I can only persuade her to change her mind. But how to persuade her? I have no idea at all. No, this is not something that can be thought of in a short time. The situation is urgent and I must delay time first. It doesn't matter. She is just a heroine with low intelligence. It is easy to delay her time. After stabilizing her, I will slowly look for her flaws. Yes, that's it.

Chu Lu took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and tried to delay with words: "Jiang Miaoyan, listen to me, you can't solve the problem by killing people randomly like this. Killing also has to be done in a proper way..."

"wrong answer."

Jiang Miaoyan interrupted him again coldly without even waiting for Chu Lu to finish his words.

"What?" Chu Lu was stunned.

She waved her hand gently at the remaining guards and ordered, "Go."

Chu Lu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he finally realized what she wanted to do. He subconsciously shouted, "Stop!"

The guard naturally ignored Chu Lu's order. He walked behind the tutor and took the cloth out of his mouth. This old minister who had devoted his life to learning was shaking violently at this moment, not because of fear, but because of extreme anger. He raised his head suddenly and stared at Jiang Miaoyan, as if he was still in the clan school and shouted: "Ignorant evildoer! Wild and rebellious! You have defiled the saints! You are unworthy of being a daughter! Today, I will... warn you with my blood..."

puff!

The blade fell, cutting off the rebuke. The master's body rushed forward and fell heavily, with lingering anger in his eyes.

Then the guard walked towards Li Wenyuan. This shrewd old man who had risked his life to protect the emperor was unusually calm at this moment. He looked at Chu Lu and said slowly: "It is natural for a minister to die for the king. Your Majesty, don't mind it. Please..."

The guard lifted the old man's hair and swept the blade across his neck, the action like killing a chicken.

Li Wenyuan's body swayed slightly, and then fell forward silently.

Jiang Miaoyan looked at Liu Jiajia again.

The guard understood immediately and walked over with a knife in hand. Liu Jiajia raised her head suddenly, tears blurring her vision. She looked at the death approaching step by step. All her fears at this moment condensed into the most instinctive desire to survive. She screamed miserably: "Father! Save me! Save me, Father! I don't want to die——"

The long knife pierced his chest.

The screams stopped abruptly.

In a flash, there were three more corpses that were still warm in the hall, and a glaring red color all over the floor.

Chu Lu stood there, looking at the corpse on the ground with empty eyes, as if his soul had been sucked out.

The guards acted extremely quickly. In just a moment, all three were killed, and Chu Lu didn't even have time to react.

Jiang Miaoyan slowly walked up to Chu Lu, looked at his distraught appearance, and finally a satisfied and cruel smile appeared on her face.

She leaned close to Chu Lu's ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "This is just the beginning."

"If you don't agree today, more people will die tomorrow."

"I said, your harem, your courtiers...I will kill them all one by one until you surrender."

"Or..." She paused, her smile becoming colder, "If you really don't want to, then I'll just find another emperor who is willing."

After saying that, she didn't even look at Chu Lu anymore and left the palace with the ghostly guards.

Only Chu Lu was left in the dead silent hall, completely surrounded by the strong smell of blood.

(End of this chapter)