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Chapter 622_End - 622: 628: The Grand Finale
Chapter 622: Chapter 628: The Grand Finale
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The Marquis of Zhen Guo’s injury had always been diagnosed by the imperial doctors in the palace, and they were all aware of Han Yu’s leg condition. Unexpectedly, the situation turned out to be so serious, and his old injuries had not healed properly either. During such a time, one small mistake could lead to all his conditions flaring up at once, and if not fatal, it could still leave him bedridden for an extended period.
Han Yu’s injuries were something that the imperial doctors were unable to fully treat from the start, let alone now, when the situation had become even more severe. After discussing amongst themselves for half a day, the doctors could only come up with a relatively safe method. Such an illness couldn’t be cured in just a few days anyway; all he could do was rest quietly. The doctors then left with a prescription and went back to the palace to report.
“Not foolish,” Ling Ruonan shook her head, “this should be the smartest decision.”
“That’s good, I was afraid you would blame me for not taking the opportunity to make requests to Great Grandfather.” Luo Ziling said, then laughed again, “Yesterday, after beating up the descendants of the Ling Family, today Great Grandfather still treats me as an honored guest. Those who were beaten by me, if they knew about this, would probably be so angered they’d vomit blood.”
“Indeed,” Ling Ruonan nodded her head, and then immediately added with a somber reminder, “This is also the key to the problem. Therefore, I believe there are deeper things we haven’t considered—things we haven’t considered are the crux of the matter. I always feel that things are not simple, and your rash actions yesterday wouldn’t easily be forgiven by those two old people. Maybe one day their thoughts will change, and that may be a deadly threat to us. It’s possible they are just using us as cannon fodder. Alas, even I can’t make sense of it anymore, it gives me a headache.”
“Mom, it seems that we are just pawns in their hands, and pawns that can be sacrificed at any time,” Luo Ziling said with a wry smile on his face, “The adage ‘No affection in royalty’ couldn’t be more true.”
“Ling’er, don’t lose heart. Although all of this could be a trap, it could also be an opportunity, a chance for our family to be united, a chance for us to gain more benefits. You want the Luo Family to become a mighty household, right? Then let’s make good use of this opportunity. They use us, we use them; we all get what we need. As long as we are the ‘cockroaches’ that can’t be killed, in the end, we will surely be the ones to profit.”
Upon hearing Ling Ruonan put it that way, Luo Ziling suddenly had an epiphany, “Mom, I understand what you mean. Let’s work hard together; I believe we will have the last laugh.”
“Hmm,” Ling Ruonan nodded earnestly, then said, “From now on, we mustn’t give up any opportunities, striving to have enough strength to resist before we fall out with them.”
Luo Ziling nodded earnestly too.
Then, he gave Ling Ruonan a good massage, and only after she had peacefully fallen asleep did he leave her villa.
Still not asking Wuyue for a ride, Luo Ziling stealthily left the neighborhood. Only after circling the nearby area twice to make sure he wasn’t being followed did he head in the direction of the school.
An issue that had seemed monumental was thus “resolved” in a theatrical manner; Luo Ziling, although finding it a bit absurd, felt his mood much lighter.
Feeling relaxed, his steps became more light-hearted as he headed back to school.
He planned to discuss the matter with Yang Qingyin, so after leaving the neighborhood, he sent her a message, saying he wanted to treat her to a late-night snack.@@novelbin@@
Yang Qingyin replied back quickly, agreeing to his request and asking if he had good news. Luo Ziling simply answered that they’d talk when they met.
The two agreed to meet at a teahouse near the school.
With three kilometers to the school and only half an hour left, Luo Ziling quickened his pace.
But as he reached a secluded place, suddenly, a sense of danger appeared without any warning.
This alarmed Luo Ziling, who immediately heightened his vigilance.
The instinctive sense of danger had been honed from harsh training with his grandfather since he was young.
Fearing accidents when he grew up, his grandfather had been very strict with his training from a young age.
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During training, they often attacked him while disguised as the enemy, the aim being to hone his reaction ability to danger.
By the end, whenever there were strong opponents around or a murderous aura appeared, he could sense the danger, his body’s instinctive response to danger had been trained just like that.
On the day he was ambushed by gunmen, and the previous few times he’d encountered trouble, he’d had a premonition.
Even that time when he was walking down the street, intimately nestled with Yang Qingyin under an umbrella enjoying the romance, once the attackers appeared, he reacted immediately; otherwise, his injuries would have been more than just a few scrapes.
After being shot at while with Ling Ruonan last time, his sensitivity to danger had increased even further.
Today, when he was on his way to the old house, he wore the bulletproof vest given to him by Lin Lan, but a bulletproof vest can only protect parts of the body, not provide full coverage. Fearing another sniper or gunman attack, as soon as he sensed danger, he immediately darted into the darkness, using the buildings and trees as cover, preparing to escape.
As he darted away to take cover, he cursed incessantly in his heart at those who took cold shots at him from behind; these people were despicable, robbing him of any peace in his life.
If he found out who they were, he would definitely teach them a fierce lesson, making them wish they could neither live nor die.
Just as Luo Ziling darted away and slipped into a nearby small park, planning to use the darkness as cover to escape, two tall figures in black silently followed him into the park.
Although there are streetlights in the small park by the roadside, they are not very bright; the abundance of trees and bushes adds to the gloomy atmosphere. In the summer, many people stroll here at night, but now it’s deep autumn and the evenings are quite chilly, leaving the small park almost devoid of people. The dim lights barely reveal the faint outlines of the two figures in black, compounding the chill in the eerily quiet park.
Luo Ziling did not expect to encounter enemies on his way home, and these two adversaries didn’t hesitate to follow him directly into the park. What made him even more frustrated was that these two seemed to be highly skilled, and he couldn’t shake them off.
After hiding in the park, Luo Ziling agilely climbed a tree, using the lush leaves to conceal himself while observing his surroundings, looking for an opportunity to escape.
What he didn’t expect was that his conceivably well-hidden spot was discovered by the two of them.
Seeing two shadows approaching the tree he was hiding in, one from the left and one from the right, Luo Ziling knew there was no escaping, and he had to fight.
So, as the two shadows slowly closed in, he did not hide any longer. Instead, he used the elasticity of the branches to leap forcefully down from the tree, pouncing directly toward the shadow on the right.
When Luo Ziling launched his attack, the shadow was still five or six meters away from the tree he had been hiding in, but using the height of the tree and the springiness of the branches, Luo Ziling “airdropped” right above the person’s head.
A chop with almost all his strength kicked downward at the shadow.
Luo Ziling was confident that this strike would surely be successful, for it was too unexpected.
But to his surprise, the shadow dodged, and taking advantage of his moment in the air, it launched a spinning kick, immediately going on the offensive.
When he heard the fierce whooshing sound of the opponent’s kick, Luo Ziling was caught off guard; he knew that today, he had encountered a very strong enemy.
Han Yu, having spent such a joyful time glued to his wife, knew she had been stifled these days. And now, having both the money and leisure, saw no reason to refuse. He agreed readily, “Alright, as you wish. I’ll take care of affairs at the Mansion in these next two days, and the day after, we’ll set off.”
“Husband, you’re the best!” Receiving Han Yu’s definite reply, Su Wenyue was so thrilled she almost jumped with joy. She quickly had someone send word to Brother Xing and his two sisters to prepare the travel gifts, anticipating any emergencies that might occur on the road, as it’s always good to be prepared for everything.
Unfortunately, despite all the calculations, Su Wenyue had not anticipated that shortly after leaving the city gate, she would begin to feel unwell. She’d never been car-sick before, not even when following Han Yu into tough conditions during his military campaigns, adapting quite well. But this time, in the comfortably prepared large horse carriage, she felt very uncomfortable, a constant sense of chest tightness and nausea.
At first, Su Wenyue kept her discomfort to herself, fearing Han Yu would change his mind. She had been eagerly awaiting this trip and simply bore the discomfort, hoping to adapt eventually. However, the situation worsened, and soon after passing the city gate, she couldn’t help but vomit in the carriage.
This greatly alarmed Han Yu and Brother Xing, along with his three siblings, who then cared little for the trip anymore.
Han Yu sent for the imperial doctors, but, growing impatient with their delay, he found a nearby Medical Clinic with decent skills to examine Su Wenyue.
The old doctor took Su Wenyue’s pulse and stroked his beard before leisurely saying, “Congratulations, Madam, your pulse is smooth and strong as rolling pearls, which signifies a joyful pulse! You are already two months along.”
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Han Yu was initially driven crazy by the old doctor’s slow and leisurely tone, but when he heard the doctor’s words, he was both shocked and delighted.
Su Wenyue was also stunned for a moment. Back when she had jumped off the cliff, although she had luckily survived, the cold had penetrated her body when she fell into the icy pool, and the doctor had diagnosed her as being unable to conceive again. She had given up hope after so many years, but unexpectedly, she was once again pregnant, and at such a time; should she feel happy or depressed?
Now that Su Wenyue was pregnant, naturally, she couldn’t go out and about. Without any hesitation, Han Yu immediately took his wife and children and headed back to the mansion, taking great care to hold his daughter-in-law carefully in his arms. When they got back home, the imperial doctor also arrived, and after repeatedly checking Su Wenyue’s pulse, it was confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. Only then did Han Yu truly realize the situation, but he wasn’t as elated as one might expect.
He already had two sons and a daughter, and his line of succession was secure. He remembered the dangers of his daughter-in-law’s previous pregnancies and preferred that she be well. As for children, although men of that era liked the idea of having many sons for blessings, it wasn’t necessary that his daughter-in-law be the one to bear them—Brother Xing and Brother Chen were grown up, and in a couple of years, they could marry and have their own children. By that time, he thought, let the wives of Brother Xing and Brother Chen have plenty of children.
Han Yu had his plans well thought out, but his daughter-in-law being pregnant was a fact that couldn’t be changed. She would never agree to terminate the pregnancy, and Han Yu had already inquired with the imperial doctor; aborting the child in her womb would also harm his daughter-in-law’s health. They could only ensure she was well cared for and that she safely gave birth to the child.
At this point, Su Wenyue was lying in bed feeling extremely frustrated. She couldn’t believe that she was pregnant at this time—Brother Xing and his siblings were nearly at the age for marriage, which felt somewhat awkward. However, having a child was ultimately a blessing, and initially, she was somewhat happy, even though her plans for traveling were thwarted. It was Han Yu’s method of cooping her up in the mansion like raising pigs that really drove her crazy.
Not only did he confine her to the mansion and prohibit her from leaving, but he also had the imperial doctor visit twice a day without mentioning the throng of servant girls and maids surrounding her at all times—especially given that most of the time, it was Han Yu himself keeping a close eye on her. During the half year when Han Yu had idle time at the mansion, he would read and practice martial arts to pass the time with other diversions. Now, he didn’t go anywhere, sticking to her side. If she acted against his wishes, he would grumble beside her, annoying Su Wenyue to no end!
The emperor always paid attention to the news about Marquis of Zhen Guo’s Mansion. Even after Han Yu had resigned, he hadn’t reduced his attention. Learning that Han Yu’s family had gone out for pleasure trips made him quite disgruntled. While he, as the emperor, was working himself to the bone in the palace and exerting every effort to stabilize his throne, Han Yu was enjoying a carefree life surrounded by his loving wife and children, which felt unfair. That’s how people are; although he had breathed a sigh of relief when Han Yu relinquished his power, seeing Han Yu so carefree irritated him, especially since Han Yu had taken Su Wenyue with him.
As for Su Wenyue’s thoughts, even though he could only think about them in his heart and he could never turn them into reality, when the family of the Marquis of Zhen Guo was in the Capital City, he could always keep tabs on them and know her news; he didn’t want to be too far away.
When he learned of Su Wenyue being pregnant again, Liu Xiu was not displeased. Sometimes some things don’t have to be obtained; he just wanted to quietly keep an eye on her news, giving himself something to reminisce about.
“Emperor, you would never guess, the Marquis of Zhen Guo is now doing nothing all day but staying by the side of Madam Zhen Guo. He is being bossed around by Madam Zhen Guo and yet he seems quite happy with it, although he is also being frowned upon by her,” the eunuch said with a laugh, covering his mouth with his hand.
Imagining Han Yu’s current situation, Liu Xiu also showed a hint of a smile, “Madam Zhen Guo’s pregnancy is hard on her, so it’s only right for the Marquis to take care of her.”
“Exactly as Your Majesty says!” the eunuch agreed with his mouth but inwardly felt it was not quite right. There had been many pregnancies among the concubines in the palace, and no matter how hard it was, the emperor only saw it as their rightful duty, without much sympathy. Having been with the emperor for a long time, he knew some secrets that others didn’t. Madam Zhen Guo held a special place in the emperor’s heart. Of course, he would never dare to reveal such things.
Unaware of Liu Xiu’s attention, Su Wenyue was currently engaged in a battle of wits with Han Yu, plotting how to get out for some fresh air. She invariably failed due to being outsmarted by Han Yu every time, but she was stubbornly persistent, using these small defeats as entertainment during the boredom of pregnancy. This was making Han Yu increasingly exasperated to the point where he wished he could lock her up after a good scolding, yet the pregnant woman always seemed to get her way…
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