Chapter 127: The Bloodbath Sparked by Lu Chao Chao
This novel is translated and hosted on bcatranslation.
“Wuwuwu…”
“Wuwuwu…”
The white-haired Imperial Uncle Xiao held Lu Chao Chao tightly in his arms, weeping as though his soul were being torn apart.
“My son is not mine!”
“My grandson is not mine!” The Imperial Uncle gritted his teeth in hatred, clutching Lu Chao Chao as sobs wracked his body. He could barely breathe between cries.
Just yesterday, he had been plotting to teach Lu Chao Chao a lesson.
Today, she had dealt him a fatal blow.
“I only owe a little money! I didn’t want my family to be ruined!” The Imperial Uncle felt a bitter taste rise in his throat, followed by a fresh mouthful of blood spilling out.
He forced himself to stand, trembling with rage. “You wretched harlot! How dare you put a green hat on me!”
“Guards! Arrest that adulterer!” His vision swam with dizziness.
Seated on a small stool, Lu Chao Chao twisted slightly as though she wanted to speak.
The Imperial Uncle now trembled whenever he saw her.
“What… what else do you have to say?” he asked through clenched teeth, summoning his last shred of courage.
Lu Chao Chao grinned at him. “He lives in the house next door.”
Madam Zheng’s head whipped toward her, her eyes wide with terror as though she had seen a ghost.
“Where is he? Where did you say he was?” The Imperial Uncle’s eyes bulged.
Lu Chao Chao waddled out of the room on her short legs.
Though it was her first time at the Xiao estate, she seemed oddly familiar with the layout.
Whenever she reached a crossroads, she would crouch down to poke at the flowers and grass. “To the right? Thank you, flowers,” she chirped. Behind her trailed a procession of people.
Already weak from spitting blood, the Imperial Uncle staggered as he struggled to keep up, nearly collapsing from exhaustion.
“This…”
“This is the main residence!” he gasped. It was his and Madam Zheng’s own sleeping quarters.
Lu Chao Chao pushed open the door and pointed at the wardrobe.
“You two live together here.”
Madam Zheng, now forcibly brought to the scene, began to shake uncontrollably, her breaths coming in frantic gasps.
“Husband, please spare me! Lan’er will never do this again! Husband, I know I was wrong…” With a thud, she dropped to her knees, crying and begging for mercy.
Seeing her in such a state, the Imperial Uncle’s suspicions were confirmed, and his fury spiraled into madness.
[She hid her lover in my bedroom?… She even dug a secret room for him?]
He thought of all those nights he had slept soundly…
[Don’t think about it, or I’ll die from rage.]
Lu Chao Chao giggled as she pushed a small stool to the wall. Wobbling slightly, she climbed on top and knocked three short taps followed by a long one against the wall.
After a moment, a faint response came from the other side.
The Imperial Uncle held back his anger and carefully inspected the area, discovering that the door could only be opened from the inside.
No wonder he had never noticed anything.
With a dark expression, the Imperial Uncle led his household of maids and servants, as well as the pale-faced Madam Zheng, Xiao Ming Yao, and Xiao Yu Hang, to stand solemnly outside the hidden room.
The door slowly creaked open.
“Lan’er, thinking of me already, even in broad daylight?”
“That old fool can’t satisfy you, right?” Before the door fully opened, a man’s teasing voice drifted out.
Lu Chao Chao silently covered her ears, crouching in the corner.
[See no evil, hear no evil. See no evil, hear no evil.]
[I’m still just a baby!]
“Lan’er, I’ve got something exciting for you. I just took some medicine, so later…” Suddenly, the voice cut off.
It was as if fate had seized the man by the throat.
There he stood, disheveled, his shirt open, trousers pooled around his ankles, wearing a roguish grin that froze as he took in the crowd outside the door.
The Imperial Uncle’s blood pressure soared as he took in the shocking scene.
The maids and servants stared dumbfounded, their wide eyes fixed on the man.
It was… stimulating.
Utterly and completely stimulating.
Madam Zheng nearly fainted.
“What a player,” someone muttered. The Imperial Uncle snapped out of his shock.
“Filthy scum! Wretched creatures!” the Imperial Uncle shouted, steadying himself against the table as his fury threatened to overwhelm him.
In the corner, Lu Chao Chao crouched with her back to the chaos, covering her ears.
“I’m a good baby, I’m a good baby…”
The bloodbath she had sparked was none of her concern.
The adulterer, Chu An Min, didn’t even have time to pull up his pants before he was caught red-handed.
“Lan’er! Lan’er, save me!” he called out to Madam Zheng, who was trembling in panic.
“Cousin…” Madam Zheng had never expected the exposure to happen so suddenly. She was completely unprepared.
The Imperial Uncle kicked Chu An Min to the ground. As he bent down, his eyes landed on three distinctive moles on the man’s exposed backside.
Everything was now clear.
The Imperial Uncle’s tears dried up, leaving only a heart that felt as dead as ashes.
“A surprise? What a wonderful surprise…” he muttered, breathing heavily as though each exhale might be his last.
“Beat him! Beat him to death! If he survives, throw him into the beast yard!” he ordered coldly.
In recent years, the wealthy had taken to keeping wild beasts. During their mating season, the creatures were especially ferocious.
The Imperial Uncle’s voice was icy, his rage simmering just below the surface.
Chu An Min was dragged away to be flogged. Xiao Yu Hang, panic-stricken, saw his freshly bandaged ear start bleeding again.
“Old fool, let go of my grandfather! Old fool, let him go, or my father will kill you!” Xiao Yu Hang yelled furiously.
“What did you call him?” The Imperial Uncle’s voice was eerily calm.
His fingers trembled. [What did my grandson just call him? Could it be…]
He dared not think further.
The grandson he had doted on so dearly already knew the truth?
Just then, a servant returned from searching the secret room. His expression was one of pity as he reported back.
“The hidden room connects to a passage leading to the house next door. That house…” The servant hesitated, clearly afraid of delivering a fatal blow.
“Speak!” The Imperial Uncle took a deep breath.
Glancing at Lu Chao Chao crouched innocently in the corner, the servant continued, “The house next door was purchased by Madam Zheng. It’s filled with clothes belonging to the young masters. It seems they lived there for some time.”
The Imperial Uncle’s lips quivered as he stared at his son and grandson, both trembling uncontrollably.
“Once you’re dead, everything will be mine! Why aren’t you dead yet?” Xiao Yu Hang snarled like a wild beast.
With a surge of strength, the Imperial Uncle kicked Xiao Yu Hang square in the chest.
“Ah!” Xiao Yu Hang flew across the room, collapsing motionless to the ground.
“Yu Hang!” Madam Zheng cried out, struggling against the servants holding her down.
Xiao Ming Yao knelt and kowtowed repeatedly. “Father, it’s all Mother’s fault. She forced me! I had no choice but to hide the truth. It was all her doing!”
“Father, please forgive me! I’ll never do it again. Chu An Min isn’t fit to be my father! He’s just a scoundrel. How could he compare to you?”
Hunched over, the Imperial Uncle seemed to age decades in mere moments.
“You deceived me… You all knew…” His voice cracked with bitterness.
He hated Madam Zheng for her infidelity. He hated her for shaming him.
But he hated Xiao Ming Yao and Xiao Yu Hang even more.
He had showered them with love, even exiling his eldest son for their sake.
[My eldest son…]
“Take these wretched creatures away! Drug the beasts and throw them in. Let them live worse than death!” he commanded through gritted teeth.
His gaze was icy as it fell on Xiao Ming Yao and Xiao Yu Hang.
Xiao Ming Yao shivered uncontrollably, wetting himself as he begged for mercy.
“You’re not my son! Bastard child! Drag them away!” The Imperial Uncle’s hatred was as fierce as his former love had been deep.
The room was soon emptied, leaving the Imperial Uncle utterly alone.
He turned to look at Lu Chao Chao, who returned his gaze innocently.
“Why are you looking at me?” she asked.
“I’m just here to collect a debt!” she declared, her tone brimming with pure, unadulterated innocence.
Girl, you just need to collect debt, not destroying a family.
They asked for it LMAO
Well she came to collect debt, alright both the national treasury unpaid loan and the new ones they owe her