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Chapter 201 Fulfilling Lies
"Yes, but I was lucky this time. Queen Wang was in good spirits that day. She hadn't seen me for a long time and was worried about me, so she wanted to call me over. The emperor sent people to Concubine Zhao's palace to look for me, and they learned that I was almost dead.

His Majesty asked the most skilled doctor in the Shang Pharmacy to examine me, but he couldn't find any clues. He told His Majesty that unless the hermit Qiyun of Shanqing Temple was willing to help, my life would be in danger.

So the emperor immediately sent people to carry me all the way to Shanqing Temple. The master pulled me back from the hands of the King of Hell, helped me recuperate, and taught me exercises and reading.

Over the years, Yan Daoxin and I have been out gaining a lot of experience and have lived a much happier life than in the palace.

It was not until I was sixteen that I was summoned back to the palace. I was given the title of King Xiaoyao, and I set up my own palace. I also had runes and talismans on me.

Since then, nothing has happened.”

"So how did Concubine Zhao die later?" Zhu Yu asked curiously.

She knew that Concubine Zhao was also a beauty with a tragic fate. She died at a young age and did not get to see Lu Zhang grow up.

Originally, she was still muttering in her heart that Emperor Jin was really unlucky. A queen and an imperial concubine both died early. If anyone said that he had a lot of bad luck, it would probably be him.

However, because of this preconceived impression, she thought that Zhao Bi's eldest daughter, the once very popular Concubine Zhao, might also be a sickly beauty who had the skills to please Emperor Jin but did not have a good body.

As a result, after listening to Lu Qing's talk about the past, Concubine Zhao was obviously very different from her previous guess. She was not a weak and frail character, but rather sounded quite cruel.

"I don't know." Lu Qing shook his head frankly, "I was in Shanqing Temple at that time and didn't know what was going on in the palace.

It was later when Lu Chao was sent to the temple for recuperation that he told me that Concubine Zhao had died suddenly. Everyone in the palace said it was an emergency, but they couldn't tell what the emergency was.

It was said that the emperor had not yet recovered from the incident with Queen Wang when Concubine Zhao passed away again. He was extremely sad and did not like people around him to mention this matter.

Duke Yan was also deeply distressed by the early death of his beloved daughter. He stayed at home for a long time to recuperate before he was able to attend court again.

It is said that after this incident, Duke Yan's hair almost turned white overnight, and he has been taking extra care of Lu Zhang ever since, which has led to the current situation."

Zhu Yu was confused and felt that there seemed to be some explanation for Concubine Zhao's death.

At the same time, she couldn't figure out how much hatred the Zhao Bi family had for Lu Qing. This was really puzzling.

If we say that Zhao Bi is suppressing and excluding Lu Qing in the court, and forming cliques to trip him up in private, all this is because Lu Qing is a stumbling block on Lu Zhang's road to a high position. Although it is a bit far-fetched, it is barely plausible.

But more than ten years ago, Lu Qing was just a helpless child, raised in the palace, and the only one who showed kindness and care for him was Queen Wang. Unfortunately, this kind-hearted and benevolent queen herself was as weak as a candle in the wind, and she could not take care of herself. She wanted to take care of Lu Qing but was unable to do so.

After leaving Queen Wang's side, the young Lu Qing no longer had anyone to rely on in the huge imperial palace. He was shuttled back and forth between the concubines in each palace. Who would care about him, a person who was known to the whole world as not being the blood of Emperor Jin?
Why would Concubine Zhao be so cruel and want to kill such a helpless child without any foundation or backing? But if you think about it, it's fortunate that Concubine Zhao, who prides herself on her noble birth, wanted to maintain some dignity to justify her actions, so she didn't beat the young Lu Qing to death directly.

Or perhaps, fortunately, Lu Qingfu was lucky enough to survive the serious injury and recover on his own, forcing Concubine Zhao to tear off her last fig leaf and give him a bowl of poisonous chicken soup.

Even so, he was still blessed by God and favored by the people of Qiyun Mountain, and he managed to save his life!

There is a slight mistake here, and now there is no King Xiaoyao anymore in the world...

Zhu Yu felt indescribably sad. When he was about to let out a sigh, he suddenly felt Lu Qing gently rubbing his eyebrows. Then he came to his senses and realized that he had been frowning.

"What are you thinking about, Madam?" Seeing that her frown had relaxed, Lu Qing withdrew his hand, stood up, took a clean undershirt from the side and put it on, asking while tying the belt.

Zhu Yu felt that this was obviously not the right time to ask why Concubine Zhao did not take action against Lu Chao, the child born to Queen Wang, who was a greater threat to her own son, but was so cruel to Lu Qing.

Lu Qing's previous experience was really hard to bear. Zhu Yu wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to start. So he said to him, "I was thinking, if your children and grandchildren see the scars on your back and ask about them, you can't tell them the truth. It would be a bit unmanly to tell them the truth.

If someone asks you about it one day, you can tell them that it was injured when you were training outside, fighting bandits or wild beasts. That way you will sound much more brave!"

Lu Qing paused while washing the clothes and nodded. Judging from the sound, he seemed to be smiling: "My Madam, whatever you think can make me look more powerful, I will do as you say.

I really want to thank you, Madam, for your thoughtful consideration for me. I will have to ask you to help me cover up this lie later."

Zhu Yu had just said it casually, but he didn't expect him to respond with such a sentence. He suddenly felt embarrassed and nodded calmly, "Okay, okay."

"It's getting late. We need to get up early tomorrow. It will take some time to stick the fake skin on our face. We should go to bed early tonight." Lu Qing looked around and found that in the main house, apart from a bed, there was only a round table and a few round stools. There was no couch like in their house. He turned around and looked at Zhu Yu.

"Then let's just think of it as Situ Jing's personal guard barracks." Zhu Yu tried to look calm and composed, and placed a soft pillow on the left and a soft pillow on the right. Fortunately, the bed was wide enough, and there was still a foot of space between the two big soft pillows.

She pointed to one of the soft pillows and said, "I'll sleep here."

After saying that, he quickly lay down, covered himself with the quilt, and turned over.

Lu Qing looked at her, turned his head and smiled silently, then turned off the oil lamp.

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