Lu Zhaoling took two more steps forward, almost reaching Lu Ming.
Such a face suddenly so close to him made Lu Ming's heart tighten inexplicably, and he instinctively stepped back.
"You still want to hit me?"
Remembering that Lu Zhaoling had slapped Lu Zhaoyun before, Lu Ming felt that she really might make a move.
At this moment, he felt a bit resentful towards his parents, wondering why they hadn't disciplined this dead girl properly in the countryside.
Lu Zhaoling looked at Lu Ming with some curiosity.
Although she wasn't very good at calculating herself and her relatives, Lu Ming had a faint layer of something covering him, which wasn't quite the fuzzy kind associated with direct blood relatives.
Like Madam Lu, she could directly tell that they were not blood relatives.
But Lu Ming...
Lu Zhaoling always felt there were some mysteries surrounding Lu Ming.
It was also possible that her soul had not yet perfectly fused with her body, and she had died from serious injuries with all her spiritual energy dissipated. Now, reborn through the Prince Jin's golden purple qi, she was still far from recovering her peak abilities.
Once she recovered a bit more, she would carefully examine what was going on with Lu Ming.
"Did Lord Lu get stimulated in the palace?" She glanced at him mockingly.
He was such a big man, was he still afraid she would hit him?
Lu Ming was also a little enraged. Why had he retreated just now?
"Look at you now, what do you look like?"
"What do I look like? I look like someone who was abused for ten years in the countryside. Have you seen clearly? This is the evil deeds of the Lu family."
Lu Zhaoling spread her arms slightly, letting him see her frail appearance.
A few days ago when she bathed, she even found various new and old scars on her body.
Some were from whips, some looked like bumps and blows, and there were also scabbed knife wounds.
This body suffered from long-term malnutrition, weak stomach and intestines, uterine cold, anemia, and various other ailments. It was precisely because of this that she found it difficult to fuse.
For ten years in the countryside, the old man and old woman of the Lu family had really tormented her quite a bit.
"Don't talk nonsense, what evil deeds are you talking about?"
Lu Ming's face sank. "Your grandparents said that you were a premature baby, born weak and sickly, so you can't blame your mother? She was pregnant but kept on causing trouble!
People said that someone like you needs to be raised roughly, so you can be grounded and blessed by the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, which is why you were sent to the countryside."
"If it weren't for that, would you be alive today? Also, back then the Daoist priest said you were a disaster star, but the Imperial City is the Son of Heaven's domain, and a disaster star like you would be easily suppressed here! Sending you to the countryside was for your own good! It's one thing not to be grateful, but you actually say we committed evil deeds?"
As he spoke, he started to believe himself.
Yes, that's right!
Lu Zhaoling looked incredulous, then clapped her hands.
"Lord Lu, the extent of your brazen dishonesty truly opens my eyes, I am ashamed to be inferior."
"You!"
Lu Ming angrily said, "You don't even call me father, and you think you're in the right?"
It was only then that he realized Lu Zhaoling had always called him Lord Lu, and never once "dad" or "father."
"I already said you're not worthy."
Lu Zhaoling didn't care about filial piety or reputation. She simply wouldn't call him father, and the Great Zhou Dynasty's laws couldn't possibly execute her for that, could they?
She wasn't a man who needed to take the imperial examinations to become an official.
She was even given an imperial marriage, so now she didn't even need to be threatened with her marriage. This was very good.
Otherwise, if Lu Ming and his wife used their parental status to arrange a marriage for her, she would have to find a way to refuse, which would also be troublesome.
Her fiancé was Prince Jin, and Lu Ming wouldn't dare to cause trouble for him. How good was that?
For this matter, she had to thank Prince Jin.
"You unfilial daughter!" Lu Ming was exasperated.
"You're going to attend Princess Changning's scripture copying gathering tomorrow. If you lose face there, Prince Jin's reputation will also be tarnished by you. Then you'll see if he'll let you off! Don't think that because you've been granted a marriage, it's set in stone, that this marriage is a sure thing. I tell you, if your reputation is ruined, the Emperor can also annul this marriage!"
Lu Ming recalled the kick Prince Jin had delivered today and felt a chill in his heart.
If Lu Zhaoling went out tomorrow and was ridiculed by many, would Prince Jin take it out on him?
"I'll find someone to teach you all sorts of etiquette lessons. You better learn them properly! Also, in Jingcheng, you can easily encounter someone with a higher noble rank or official position than me. If you continue to be so arrogant and offend people, I won't be able to help you!"
After saying this, he didn't want to see Lu Zhaoling's face anymore, so he turned and walked away, flicking his sleeves.
As he was about to exit the courtyard gate, he tripped, stumbled forward, and hit his chin heavily, making all his teeth ache.
"Ouch, that looks painful." Lu Zhaoling hissed.
Lu Ming picked himself up, both pained and annoyed, and swallowed his cries of pain, enduring it as he walked away.
"Bad luck still has some effect." Lu Zhaoling clicked her tongue. "It's a pity that whatever talisman he was wearing dissipated most of it, otherwise it wouldn't have been just a simple fall."
Qingbao asked curiously, "Miss, are you saying Lord Lu had bad luck?"
"Yes."
"Then what talismans can dispel his bad luck?"
"Well, Misfortune-Dispelling Talisman, Peace Talisman, Protective Talisman, any of them would work."
Qing Yin said, "But we haven't heard of anyone in Jingcheng who can draw talismans."
Speaking of this, Lu Zhaoling was also curious, "Are there no Daoist temples in Jingcheng?"
In her memories from the countryside, there were Daoist temples there, and people who drew talismans.
"There's a Daoist temple, outside the city, called Qingfeng Temple. But we haven't heard of anyone going there to ask for talismans." Qing Yin said.
Qingbao, however, seemed to remember something. "Not just Qingfeng Temple, there's also another Daoist temple called Sansheng Temple, but it's a bit far from here. Our Prince's Manor hasn't gone there to ask for talismans, but others might have."
"That's true." Qing Yin asked, "Miss, should we go inquire about it?"
Lu Zhaoling was a little interested in the two Daoist temples, mainly because she wanted to understand how profound the cultivation methods of the Daoist priests or practitioners of Xuan arts were here.
Seeing the things on Lu Ming, it seemed that someone indeed had some abilities.
Back in her original world, she used to sell a Peace Talisman for two thousand yuan. She wondered if she could sell talismans here again?
"Let's go another day. Tomorrow isn't there that gathering..."
Lu Zhaoling suddenly reacted, "Did Lu Ming just say scripture copying gathering?"
Qing Yin and Qingbao also froze. "Could Princess Changning want the young ladies to copy scriptures?"
They both looked at Lu Zhaoling worriedly.
Miss can draw talismans, but can she copy scriptures?
Didn't she say she didn't read or write in the countryside?
"It seems Lu Zhaoyun is waiting for me to make a fool of myself tomorrow." Lu Zhaoling smiled. "It's fine, we'll see when we get there."
Meanwhile, at the Lin Family.
Physician Fu administered acupuncture for the third time to Lin Yanran.
When he removed the needles, Lin Rong and Madam Wu both looked at their daughter nervously.
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