021 Getting Rid of One Dog Skin Only to Come Another Plaster?

Sixth lord Zhu You Chen suddenly reached out a hand to clasp Linghu Shui Yue’s wrist. He was a suspicious man. Seeing Linghu Huo Ri appearing here, he already had doubts on his face, suspecting if Linghu Huo Ri’s body has recovered.

However, this light maneuvering, seemingly unintentional, he tried to take the pulse of Linghu young master’s wrist to see if he truly can’t practice martial arts.

Today he just asked Imperial Father to grant him the annulment of the engagement that he considered as his greatest shame and disgrace. In fact, the reason why he tolerated this marriage this far is because Linghu General’s reputation was very high. He is feared and respected in the imperial courts as well as amongst ordinary people.

And why he hasn’t asked his Imperial Father to dissolve this marriage before, instead choosing to raise this matter at this moemnt? That is because Linghu General was serious injured.

No matter how prestigious Linghu General is over the world, after his serious injury, Linghu family will probably fall! Because Linghu General only had Linghu Huo Ri that one son.

Speaking of which, this was quite strange. Ever since Linghu General’s original wife passed away, he married three more madames. But each one only gave birth to daughters. There was no madame who gave birth to a son.

Otherwise, even if Linghu Shui Yue was a madman, as long as Linghu General hasn’t fallen, Zhu You Chen may still be able to tolerate this marriage. Maybe one day he really would have married in this mad wangfei to honor.

When he went out tonight, a face reader in the manor suddenly said to him that he just divined something. The divination showed Shu shi’s rule needed Ri’s brilliance and Yue’s illumination to become clear.

(T/N: a face reader is someone who can determine character or one’s future from facial characteristics)

This Ri and Yue, is vaguely referring to Linghu Huo Ri and Linghu Shui Yue.

Hearing this, he laughed heartily and swept his sleeve: “Ridiculous! One powerless; one crazily mad. Our Zhu shi’s rule needs those two’s support? This is the most ridiculous divination benwang has ever heard!”

Finished laughing, he made his way to Yu Qiong Lou. That marriage that has troubled him for many years has finally been dissolved. He must go to Yu Qiong Lou to listen to songs and drink, at the same time seeing if there is some miraculous pills that he can buy to coax his Imperial Father and Imperial Mother.

Imperial Father and Imperial Mother have recently become obsessed with divine pills that can make them live forever and never grow old. The Empress Dowager also has people making pills every day, hoping to reverse old age and become young again. However, in the end, she only greyed her hairs.

Zhu You Chen didn’t expect to encounter Linghu Huo Ri outside Yu Qiong Lou’s doors. This Linghu Huo Ri walked as if not as weak as he was three years ago.

Discreetly taking his pulse, he found Linghu Huo Ri’s pulse didn’t have any internal force.

If one practiced martial arts, it must go from the inside out. They must practice internal force before they can practice qinggong and external skills. If one had no internal force, then he was just an ordinary person. Ordinary people in Zhu You Chen’s eyes were wastes.

Sixth lord is Qi wang. He has a virtuous name outside. This “virtuous” image made him grand, in the imperial court and amongst ordinary people, he was famous, making a lot of the ministers in court his followers, recognizing him as the best candidate as the future ruler.

So seeing Linghu Huo Ri, he naturally greeted him amiably: “Linghu young master, invitation can’t beat meeting by chance. Tonight benwang invites Miss Shui Xian to accompany you to drink and sing songs, how about it?”

Linghu Shui Yue hearing this couldn’t help feeling her scalp becoming numb. She just got rid of one dog skin yet now there’s another bottle of herbal plaster? These two brothers both want to invite her to pick up girls together, but she doesn’t have the extra tool! She came to commit murder. Being tailed by this person, how can she get away?

(IMPORTANT: Xiao wang is the same as You wang. It’s a mistake made in the original text. The author only ever uses You wang in the story. Xiao wang is only ever mentioned in the title and summary)