The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Having witnessed such a miracle, Mi Nian was no longer surprised by Lu Weiyuan's attitude that seemed to see through everyone's heart. Her heart skipped a beat, and she fell to the ground, completely throwing away all her defenses and deceptions, like a bird drenched by rain: "Your Highness knew it a long time ago... Yes, how could Your Highness not know?"

"Don't talk like I know everything, Sister Xiaochuan." Lu Weiyuan sighed, "Although I have some abnormal abilities compared to ordinary people, don't treat me like a clay sculpture in a temple... After all, even if you want to offer incense to me, not only will I not be able to eat it, but I will be choked to tears just like you..."

"puff!"

Lu Weiyuan turned his head slowly: "Follow your heart."

Hu Ziyi: "Ahem."

Interrupted for a moment by Hu Ziyi's suppressed laughter, Mi Nian's turbulent emotions calmed down a lot. She still sat on the cold ground, clenching her hands tightly: "Father...maybe he is in the northern border."

"Oh?" Lu Weiyuan turned his gaze back.

Mi Nian has completely given up. "Father knows that there are many conflicts within the sect. If he is alive, he can still suppress them. But as soon as he dies, the Red Yang Sect will surely fall apart. He - always remembers the past experiences and hatred of the Mi family. But although the current Hongyang Corner is considered prosperous in Yunzhou and other places, it is still far from the level he wants."

As she spoke, she gave a bitter smile: "Especially the Queen Mother... After she came to power, her policies were implemented smoothly, the weather was good, and the country was prosperous... It was really about to prosper."

This is completely opposite to the future that Master Hongyang expected.

The reason why he developed the cult was to disrupt the government affairs of various places and stir up unrest in people's livelihood, so that he could accumulate his own strength in the muddy water. If all went well, according to his idea, if one place was not at peace, the whole world would be in chaos. He would first muddy the water, and then, through the officials and powerful people in the south who were corrupted by the cult, he would raise a team of soldiers in Yunzhou and other places, take advantage of the chaos, cede the land and rule it, and then slowly erode the rest of the states, and then he could truly take revenge on the Lu royal family.

Unfortunately, Queen Xie appeared on his planned path.

The leader of the Red Sun Cult had been hiding behind for decades, but the chaos was completely broken up by this woman's orders. What's more, since she took office, there have been no more natural disasters in Dasheng, as in previous years. Instead, there has been unspeakable peace and tranquility everywhere. Even the yield of crops grown in the poorest land has doubled...

The leader of the Hongyang Sect has questioned the heavens more than once. Is it possible that destiny will always fall on the Lu family?

What good is there about those crazy people of Lu's? !

In grief and anger.

The leader of the Hongyang Sect fell ill.

As fewer and fewer people joined the religion, he even had to engage in the prostitution business, which he once hated the most, in order to collect intelligence, win over officials from various places, and get hold of their handles. However, not long after, Empress Xie issued another order to force the prostitutes in the brothels to work in the businesses, farms, and weaving factories under her trusted subordinates.

The leader of the Hongyang Sect became more seriously ill, but he still refused to give up this path.

He repeatedly shrunk the Hongyang Sect, instigated the most daring elders to come up with ambitions to go to the capital and interfere in the succession issue, and took advantage of his long-term illness to create the illusion that he had finally died of illness. In fact, he took his truly elite confidants into the dark, leaving only his adopted daughter Mi Nian in the open, and designated her to be the leader of the sect, thereby attracting attention for himself.

"......Although the leader faked his death, he really didn't have much time to continue planning, so he could only fight to the death. I also understand that he didn't ask me to succeed him because of the father-daughter relationship we have had for so many years, but I have always wanted to change the situation in the church. If I don't have power, I can't do it. But I still overestimated myself. I can only save some of the people who are willing to believe in me. Later, I have to go to the capital."

Mi Nian said bitterly, "Also, I didn't know that the leader had faked his death. It wasn't until I went to the capital under the identity of the magistrate's daughter that I knew that the leader was still alive. The magistrate was his loyal follower and a way out for me. If I accepted that identity, went to the capital, and got married, it would be equivalent to completely abandoning my past as 'Mi Nian' and living the life of an ordinary person."

"But I...can't let it go."

How can I bear to give it up?

The moonlight that day, the river reflecting the moon, the woman quietly sinking somewhere, and the bright red silk...are deeply engraved in Mi Nian's memory and have long become a part of her life.

"When I was in the capital, I once investigated the whereabouts of the leader, but I couldn't find out anything. I only know that the elders whose ambitions he had instigated secretly contacted Princess Rong Le and others, and the leader's people were mixed in among them. I also couldn't find out where he was betting his chips. Before leaving the capital, he sent someone to tell me that he would leave the capital and go to the northern border, and let me... choose how to live in the future."

"I'm really not smart enough." Mi Nian held up her hands and looked at her rough palms. "It's been like this since I was very young. Whether it's reading or carving, I'm always much slower than others. I can only memorize and recite over and over again, practicing the same pattern over and over again, hundreds and thousands of times, before I finally get a nod from my father."

"After he got involved in the brothel business, we had constant conflicts and quarrels many times. I knew I couldn't convince him, but I was really... incompetent and couldn't stop him."

"So you came to me." Lu Weiyuan said softly.

Mi Nian nodded: "Yes, so... I went to see His Highness, but I..."

She wanted to stop her adoptive father, but she was also very clear that what the leader of the Hongyang Sect had done would lead to her death, so she struggled and concealed the truth all the way until this moment when she vaguely guessed that the collapse of the cave was probably the work of her adoptive father, and she witnessed with her own eyes the inhuman power of Lu Weiyuan, and finally she let down her last bit of defense.

"It's just human nature." Lu Weiyuan interrupted Mi Nian, "Although he is a bad guy, he is also your lifesaver and the father who raised you. It's normal for you to hide things for him, but I won't let him go just because I like you. If you want to stay with me, you must understand this. Otherwise, what I said before about killing you is not a joke."

"Sister Xiaochuan, think carefully about your own life and death, and which side is more valuable."