I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 191 The real murderer

It was late at night, the candlelight flickering. The tea in the pot had been simmering down for a while, and finally there was a noise at the door.

Lu Mingyuan looked at his brother who walked in and took off the black veil on his face. The hideous scars on his face stung his eyes deeply.

"Does it hurt?" she asked.

"It doesn't hurt." Lu Mingze shook his head slightly.

But how could it not hurt? Lu Mingyuan really felt that his question was unnecessary, and hurriedly pulled him to sit on the couch, "Are you hungry? Eat something first. I know you like to eat cold food, so the food has not been heated up. But the soup is still hot, and Yang'er has been keeping it warm in the hot water pot."

"Eldest sister, I'm not hungry!" Lu Mingze stopped the hand holding the spoon and said hoarsely, "When I went to see my father and second brother, I saw my second sister-in-law's name. Outside Yanmen Pass, if it weren't for saving me, my second brother wouldn't have died. If my second brother hadn't died, my second sister-in-law wouldn't have died."

"Is that why you won't go home?"

Lu Mingyuan looked at his brother's emaciated face, feeling distressed. He sighed, "Given the current relationship between our family and the Song family, if A Yuan were still alive, how would they face it? Your survival is God's best arrangement. Don't let your imagination run wild anymore, understand?"

"Elder sister," Lu Mingze opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the rest of the words and lowered his head to eat.

Lu Mingyuan couldn't remember how long ago this scene happened. She only knew that a missing spot somewhere in her heart was gradually filled.

"Aze, tomorrow we will go to the palace together to meet His Majesty, and I will confer upon you the title of Marquis of Chengyang."

"I don't want it." Lu Mingze refused.

"Why not?" Lu Mingyuan said anxiously, "Father's title originally belonged to you."

"It originally belonged to my second brother. I can't have it, and I don't want it." Lu Mingze looked at his eldest sister, his eyes twinkling: "If I inherit the title, what will my eldest sister's status mean?"

As long as Chen Yin inherited the title of Earl of Zhongxin, even if she lived in the Chengyang Marquis Mansion for the rest of her life, she would only be a guest, and in the eyes of the world she would be a member of the Chen family.

"I don't want my sister to be known as the Chen family's wife. I want my sister to live in her own home with dignity and justification."

It turned out that his younger brother also knew about it. Lu Mingyuan didn't know how to persuade him, with mixed feelings in his heart: "Aze, I know that he defected to Concubine Song and harmed my Chengyang Marquis Mansion. You feel uncomfortable and don't want me to have anything to do with him anymore. But I killed him with my own hands, and this matter is over. You can't just..."

"Sister," Lu Mingze interrupted his elder sister in surprise and confirmed again: "Did you kill him?"

Lu Mingyang noticed his expression was different and asked, "Third brother, who do you think killed him?"

"I didn't think of anyone." Lu Mingze concealed the panic in his eyes and said fearfully, "Sister, you shouldn't do such a dangerous thing."

"He's the murderer who killed my father and A Yuan. How could I possibly see him day and night?" At this point, Lu Mingyuan's eyes were filled with self-blame and guilt. "As for Concubine Song, I will find a chance to avenge my father and A Yuan in the future. Your most urgent task is to quickly inherit the title, understand?"

As long as her brother becomes the Marquis of Chengyang, he will slowly return to his original state, which is something she, as a woman, can never achieve.

Lu Mingze said anxiously, "Sister, I know what I'm doing regarding revenge, so please don't act rashly."

Lu Mingyuan suddenly realized: "Aze, tell me the truth, you are not going home, are you planning to assassinate Concubine Song? How can you get into the harem? Don't do anything stupid."

"No!" Lu Mingze shook his head.

But the more Lu Mingyuan thought about it, the more certain he became. He asked anxiously, "Then why don't you go home? Don't you miss your sister? What do you want to do?"

"Sister, although Concubine Song's men have been making things difficult for father and the army, they wouldn't allow 30,000 soldiers to die outside Yanmen Pass."

Having said that, Lu Mingze didn't want his sister to overthink it. Feeling guilty about wronging Chen Hong, he told the truth: "Chen Hong is not Concubine Song's man. There is someone else behind him."

"Who?" Lu Mingyuan was confused.

At the beginning, Concubine Song had been trying to win over her father, but her father was unwilling. She thought Concubine Song was out for revenge and wanted Chen Hong to replace her father as her slave and use him as her father's son-in-law to pave his way in the army. So, in order to destroy Concubine Song's plot, she killed Chen Hong directly.

Lu Mingze looked at Lu Mingyang who was hiding behind his elder sister.

Lu Mingyang stood up and forced a smile, "Eldest sister, I have something else to do. I'll be leaving first."

Lu Mingyuan stood up and pushed Lu Mingyang back onto the couch. "Yang'er is our sister. Whatever I can listen to, Yang'er can listen to too. We are one family, inseparable."

Lu Mingze said in a deep voice: "Chu Yilong".

Lu Mingyuan took a long time to react, his legs giving way and he could no longer stand. Lu Mingyang hurriedly supported his elder sister and asked curiously, "Who is Chu Yilong?"

Lu Mingze sneered: "The current emperor."

Lu Mingyuan anxiously grabbed his brother's arms: "Aze, what do you want to do? What do you want to do?"

Lu Mingze's eyes were determined: "Since the emperor has lost his virtue, let's change him."

With a loud slap, a slap landed on Lu Mingze's face. Lu Mingyuan frantically touched his brother's face, sobbing uncontrollably. "Aze, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense. Do you want the whole world to say that my Chengyang Marquis Mansion is a traitor?"

"Sister!" Lu Mingze asked back, "Whose traitor is he? Whose loyal minister is he? Is he worthy?"

Lu Mingyuan thought for a moment and said, "Don't do anything rash. If you want the emperor to die, I'll find a way."

"Sister!" Lu Mingze stood up and supported Lu Mingyuan, saying in a deep voice, "I don't just want him dead. I want the world to know the truth about what happened outside Yanmen Pass. I want justice for the 30,000 soldiers who died outside Yanmen Pass. I want my father and second brother to rest in peace."

Lu Mingyuan said anxiously: "Do you know how dangerous this is? You will die."

"Then what am I living for? Living a miserable life and being loyal to that hypocritical emperor." Lu Mingze laughed. "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be alive today."

"Sister, do you know how it feels to see my comrades, who I ate and slept with, fall down in front of me?"

"Do you know how I felt when I saw Lieutenant General Sun stab the dagger into my father's heart?"

"Do you know how I felt when I saw the Hun's spear piercing my second brother's chest?"

No one knew that the eighteen-year-old boy had endured countless hardships, tempered by countless frosts and scorching heats, and honed his skills solely to serve his emperor and country. But after setting out on the expedition with high hopes, he wasn't defeated, but was instead stabbed in the back by the very people he had been loyal to, leaving him despairing at the loss of everything.

"Stop talking, stop talking." Lu Mingyuan hugged his brother tightly.

Now, the most important thing to her is her brother's life, but to him, this life is also the least important.

"Eldest sister, third brother, today our family is reunited. Let's not talk about other things and just eat, eat." Lu Mingyang sat on the inside of the bamboo couch and served the soup.