Chapter 1759: Chapter 1752 Eliminating Lu Mian’s Inner Demons

The warm medicinal liquid splashed on Lu Mian’s face, leaving large red marks and making his face look even more haggard.

Lu Mian said indifferently, “At that time, I was indeed very happy.”

As long as it was someone from the Leng family, anyone connected by blood to Zhuo Junli, seeing their pain brought him joy just as if he had stabbed Zhuo Junli, as if the pain of losing his beloved earlier to Zhuo Junli had been eased a bit.

But these moments of thrill and joy were all too brief.

Whenever he thought of Yun Sijin still by Zhuo Junli’s side, moving with delight and deep love, his heart would burn with discomfort, as if being seared in a fiery oil.

He opposed Zhuo Junli, countering any political measures he proposed.

Whenever Zhuo Junli tried to advocate for more status for women, he would oppose, using the rigid rules and moral teachings to constrain the women of the time.

When Zhuo Junli wanted to implement new policies, he would join forces with the old ministers and together criticize him, accusing him of using power for personal gain.

When the emperor was still in court, he would consider opposing Zhuo Junli, prioritizing the stability of the royal court.

But now that the emperor had left the royal court, leaving only the young Crown Prince behind, he possessed the power of a regent minister with no more concerns, not wishing to be concerned, clashing with Zhuo Junli.

He wanted to see the Wenqu Star fall, to see everything Zhuo Junli had worked hard to build be ruined completely!

He wanted to destroy him, destroy the Leng family!

Yet little did he realize this path would lead him to hurt others and himself, almost ruining himself!

The words of his mother still echo in his ears, “Zi Zhou, do you still remember the original intention of pursuing your fame? You wanted to dedicate your life to the welfare of the people, to create eternal peace and prosperity for the Great Cheng Dynasty by serving as an official.

But look at yourself now, what have you become?”

On his hands, there were innocent lives lost, and on him, there was a deep and difficult-to-cleanse oppressive aura.

He had long lost himself.

He was trapped in a whirlpool, one of revenge against Zhuo Junli, a desire to win back Yun Sijin.

Yet, when he was in the imperial prison, Yun Sijin came to see him. She donned a dark cloak, her beauty as he remembered it.

Her brows gently swept, her lips like rosy blossoms.

“Cousin, this is the last time I will call you cousin, the last time I will come to see you. I deeply thank cousin for your years of longing, but also hope you take care of yourself.” Yun Sijin’s voice was gentle, no longer youthful and sweet, but carrying the poise and dignity of a married woman.

Lu Mian, battered, struggled to climb up from the cell.

Separated by a heavy iron fence, he looked incredulously at the person before him.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if he would devour someone in his painful rage, with countless regrets in his eyes, “Why…why come see me? Did you not say you hate me, and marrying Zhuo Junli meant you would never see me again?”

Their fifteen years of childhood friendship could not withstand the year she met Zhuo Junli!

Remembering this, Yun Sijin’s eyes showed a trace of helplessness, her lips carried a hint of a smile, “Words spoken carelessly in youth, sorry for having held them with resentment for so long, from the moment I married Zhuo Junli, everything was already gone like smoke in the wind.”

Those fifteen years of childhood passed, her family’s downfall and exile also were over, and she had married a new husband, beginning a new life.

“Cousin, the river of time flows endlessly; we can only move forward, not look back, nor can we actually turn back. Initially, I begged you to save my family, you chose to protect yourself;

later I begged you to take me away from that place of revelry, you said to wait a bit longer;

when I was humiliated, it was Zhuo Junli who appeared, he freed me from servitude, married me, welcomed me as madam, giving me everything I have today, this is my destiny.”

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