binnovel Chapter 865: The Past is Like Smoke (1)
Chapter 865: The Past is Like Smoke (1)
"The next day, your mother was granted the title of virtuous concubine. Nothing could be changed. I had already accepted my fate and gave up. I became decadent and depraved after drinking for several days. Unexpectedly, I saw my mother accepting the money from your grandfather. It turned out that everything was caused by them. My mother deliberately sent me away, leaving your mother with no one to turn to. At that time, your mother had secretly run away. She came to my house and prepared to elope with me. It was my mother who tricked her into the woodshed and locked her up. She notified your grandfather to come, and then captured your mother and sent her to the palace." Steward Lu covered his face in pain.
His own mother was actually involved.
He pushed the door open in shock. His mother's face changed drastically and she knelt down to beg him for forgiveness. She was doing it for his own good. Hearing his mother's words, he lost all hope.
The next day he packed himself up, took his bag and resolutely entered the palace despite his mother's objections.
"Life in the palace was not easy. I tried to climb up step by step, thinking that one day I would see your mother. As long as she lived well, I didn't care." Steward Lu sighed. "When I finally became a steward and saw your mother, she had already fallen out of favor and was killed, leaving you alone... in that cannibalistic palace."
"I wanted to protect you, so I offended the steward on purpose. As expected, the steward sent me to you, and I was finally able to stay by your side. You were just a child, but they didn't want to let you go. One of the two concubines threatened me, and the other bribed me with money, wanting me to find a chance to kill you. When I was about to refuse, the prime minister found me and asked me to stay by your side and spoil you, and he would persuade the two concubines." Steward Lu looked at Li Hong. At that time, little Li Hong's life was very difficult. He was like a weed in the palace, bullied by others.
"I agreed, so I became their pawn. This also allowed me to stay by your side and not be transferred away. What happened next... you know." After Butler Lu finished speaking, he lowered his head.
"You could have stayed out of it!" Li Hong looked at Butler Lu with red eyes.
"You are her only flesh and blood, the one she loves the most." Steward Lu said calmly, "And I feel sorry for her. This is what I owe her. It has nothing to do with you."
"What do you mean it has nothing to do with me?" Li Hong's eyes widened. "According to you, I owe you so many lives! Should I return my life to you?"
"Master, please don't talk nonsense." Steward Lu frowned. He didn't like to hear Li Hong say such things.
"Uncle Lu, will you betray me?" Li Hong looked at Butler Lu and asked.
"I have betrayed you..." Steward Lu looked at Li Hong with complicated eyes.
Li Hong walked up to Steward Lu angrily and asked, "Don't you know whether that was betrayal or not?"
Butler Lu: “…” This should also be considered betrayal, right?
"You have protected me for so many years. If I don't ask you, do you not intend to tell me these things and are ready to die directly?" Li Hong glared at Butler Lu angrily, and Butler Lu turned his face away.
That was exactly what he intended. "It's not something worth talking about."
"It's just that I couldn't get the love I wanted, lost the woman I loved most, and was betrayed by my relatives, so I decided to enter the palace. This is my own decision and has nothing to do with anyone else." Butler Lu said seriously. In the final analysis, it was his own decision. He wanted to enter the palace, he wanted to climb up, he wanted to practice martial arts, everything was voluntary.