QWTBWASIFOC Chapter 36
by VolareChapter 36: Upright Military General x Eccentric Prince 07
The bamboo forest in the backyard of the Lu residence.
The burly and robust Lu Yunqi stood silently beside Changli, his gaze fixed on the bright and clear young man.
“Changli, would you like to hear my story?”
Hearing this, Changli lowered his fingers, turned to look at the stern man beside him with a sorrowful expression, nodded slightly, and stared intently at Lu Yunqi.
Although he already knew most of it, he still wanted to hear Lu Yunqi tell it himself.
Lu Yunqi plucked a piece of green bamboo leaf and began to recount his life story.
“My father was the garrison general of Chizhou in the Northern Frontier, and my mother was the daughter of the local commandant. They were kindred spirits, and after marrying, they gave birth to me.”
“I grew up in Chizhou and learned martial arts from my parents.”
“Every autumn, the nomadic tribes outside the Northern Frontier would come south to loot the people to survive the winter. The garrison soldiers risked their lives to defend the frontier and protect the local people, allowing them to live in peace.”
“I saw many uncles die for this cause, including my maternal grandfather and uncle, but they never gave up protecting their homes and country. I also vowed to become a brave soldier like them, protecting my home and country.”
“But my parents felt that it was not enough for me to only practice martial arts. I also needed to study and understand reason. So, when I was twelve years old, they sent me to my uncle’s house in the capital.”
“At that time, my uncle was still a high-ranking official in the capital.”
Changli blinked his beautiful peach blossom eyes, his gaze burning as he watched the man telling the story.
Lu Yunqi fiddled with the bamboo leaf, his thoughts seemingly returning to those times when he was young.
“I studied at my uncle’s academy for five years, gaining a lot of knowledge, and I never neglected my martial arts practice.”
“I became the most outstanding member of the Lu family in this generation and the pride of my parents, but before I could reunite with them, I received the news of their deaths, as well as the slander against them by court officials!”
Speaking of this, he clenched the bamboo leaf tightly.
“My parents died defending the Northern Frontier, but the Liang Emperor did not think to reward the meritorious officials and comfort the people. Instead, he allowed officials to smear the bones of the fallen soldiers, turning them into sinners in the mouths of scholars.”
“My uncle spoke out for my father and the other Chizhou garrison generals, but was demoted by the Liang Emperor to Wuzhou, and the Lu family members also moved from the capital to the remote Wuzhou.”
“It was then that I finally understood that I was wrong. The monarch my parents were loyal to was unworthy, and the Liang Emperor was never someone worth being loyal to.”
He held the bamboo leaf in his palm, saying each word with emphasis: “I love my country, but I hate the person sitting on the throne.”
“So, I refused to become an official.”
“After mourning for my parents, I traveled around, seeing with my own eyes whether the people living on this land of the Liang Dynasty were living well or not.”
“Five years of traveling gave me the final answer.”
“Changli, the common people are not living well. They need a wise monarch to lead them out of their plight and truly live a life free from worry about food and clothing.”
“The country needs change, and society needs reform.”
Changli’s eyes slightly narrowed, and a natural allure spread across his originally indifferent face.
“Do you want to be that wise monarch?”
If Lu Yunqi had this idea, he wouldn’t mind helping him overthrow the Liang Dynasty and establish a new dynasty.
Anyway, it was just a side matter.
Lu Yunqi’s pupils shook violently, “!!!!!!”
Changli looks noble and aloof, but why does he make such earth-shattering remarks as soon as he opens his mouth?
He quickly shook his head, “I don’t want to, I’m not cut out to be an emperor at all.”
He can be a military general, but he can’t be an emperor.
Changli pondered silently, lowering his eyelashes, and a look of indifference reappeared in his eyes.
Lu Yunqi raised his hand and pinched Changli’s small face, staring at him pretending to be serious, “Lu Changli, don’t think wildly, and don’t do dangerous things.”
Changli looked at Lu Yunqi earnestly for a few moments, confirming that he really didn’t want to be an emperor, before obediently nodding in response.
Lu Yunqi stared at the beautiful young man with worry.
The child he picked up was good in every way, but he didn’t like to interact with anyone.
But thinking about Changli’s experiences, it was understandable.
Lu Yunqi threw away the bamboo leaf in his hand and grabbed the young man’s fair and slender fingers, “Changli, you need to interact with people outside more.”
“The world is beautiful, and you should experience it yourself. Life may not be as good as you think, but it’s also not as bad as you think.”
Changli pursed his lips, turning his head away, not wanting to listen anymore.
Lu Yunqi put his arm around the young man’s shoulder, pulling back the young man who thought he was being long-winded.
“Changli, life is always full of unexpected warmth and endless hope.”
“Those misfortunes will eventually stop like a rainstorm, the sun will rise as usual, shining its light, and there will always be a soft place in the world to embrace you. I hope you can become who you want to be.”
He pinched the young man’s small face, his cold and hard brows softened a little, “Changli, don’t make things difficult for yourself, and don’t let down the years.”
Changli stood in place, looking directly into Lu Yunqi’s eyes, the tenderness in those eyes softer than spring water, as if reflecting the colorful seasons.
Unlike his eyes, which were full of coldness and strangeness.
The young man reached out and tugged at the corner of Lu Yunqi’s clothes, opening his mouth after tugging for a while, “Brother, you told me your story, and I want to tell you my story too. Would you like to listen?”
Lu Yunqi said gently, “Of course I would.”
He looked at the soft and cute young man with gentle eyes, resembling a little squirrel sharing pine cones.
Changli still held onto the corner of Lu Yunqi’s clothes, his scarlet lips slightly parted.
“I am from the capital…”
“My biological mother was forced to divorce and remarry. She became pregnant with me after the remarriage, but she couldn’t forget her ex-husband, which caused her current husband to become jealous and resentful.”
“So, her current husband poisoned that ex-husband and kept the matter a secret, but unexpectedly, the truth came out. When my biological mother was about to give birth, she learned the truth and hated her current husband and the child in her womb.”
“She wanted to die with the child, so she deliberately endured the pain and waited for death.”
“By the time she was discovered, it was too late. Only one could be saved, the adult or the child. So, her husband chose to abandon the child to save the adult.”
“However, things didn’t go as planned. The woman died in childbirth, and the child, who was not expected by his parents, was born.”
“The child’s father resented him for killing the love of his life, abandoning him in a desolate courtyard, letting the swaddled baby fend for himself.”
“The woman’s loyal servant followed the child and struggled to raise him to the age of five, but due to the orders of his family, he chose to poison the child.”
“The child was poisoned and his life was in danger. The wife of his biological father’s backyard extended a helping hand, and the old servant died because of conflicting interests with the wife of the backyard, leaving the child to survive alone.”
“He grew up stumbling, without education or care, until he suddenly didn’t want to live anymore at the age of nineteen.”
“So, he deliberately entered his brother’s trap, and was eventually expelled from the family by his biological father. Then, he chose a mountain as his burial place.”
He narrated it extremely calmly, without any expression.
But Lu Yunqi listened in fear and trepidation, staring intently at the young man in front of him the whole time.
Until the story was finished, Lu Yunqi was furious.
“A bunch of bastards! Since they are parents, they should shoulder the responsibilities of parents. They actually used their own children as tools to vent their hatred!”
“‘The rat has teeth, but man has no limit!'”
“‘If a man has no propriety, why does he not quickly die?'”
Simply put, what are such shameless people waiting for if they don’t die!
At this moment, Lu Yunqi, combining the young man’s years of stubborn illness, various behavioral manifestations, and this story, naturally guessed the general situation.
A powerful and influential man forcibly took another man’s wife and killed his rival in love, causing his wife to hate the child in her womb, ultimately causing her to die in childbirth, and the man transferred his hatred to his son.
This led to the child’s later tragedy.
The root cause was still the man’s fault. If he hadn’t taken another man’s wife, how could the child have suffered so much, leading to his heart being ashen.
If he hadn’t gone up the mountain that day, Changli might have really died on the desolate mountain.
Thinking like this, Lu Yunqi, panicked, suddenly reached out and hugged the ill-fated young man, his face pale, and a strong sense of unease Come to my heart.
“Changli, you must live a life of peace and happiness.”
“The wrong person is not you, you can’t punish yourself with your own death!!”
Changli released Lu Yunqi’s clothes and raised his hand to hug the worried man, “I won’t do that anymore, I will live well.”
Please remember, the one who sought death was the original owner, Liang Jue.
I am Changli, I will only let others die, only let other’s entire family burn in the crematorium!
Red Lotus Karmic Fire is ready to fight at any time!
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