Cang Lan Dao - Chapter 7.2

Chapter 7.2
She Wanted To Climb To The Top and Pointed The Sword At The Prince

“What about King Guangjiang?!” Luo Wanqing snapped. “He embezzled the fields. Didn’t your Inspection Department take care of the case?!”

“That was him getting in the way of the Inspection Department.” The youth spoke calmly, “The field embezzlement is just the pretext on the surface. The power struggle is the real reason for the toppling of these princes and high officials.”

These words made Luo Wanqing’s eyes widen.

The youth was unapologetic: “The present Inspection Department cannot give you justice.”

“Then,” Luo Wanqing clenched her fists, “Will there be such justice in Daxia?”

“Perhaps.” The youth seemed regretful and sighed softly, “Please wait until that day, Miss.”

Luo Wanqing didn’t say anything. She stared at the screen, tears filling her eyes, her body trembling slightly. The youth saw that she was silent, and after waiting for a while, he got up and respectfully said, “If there is nothing else, I will take my leave. Hope I will see you again in the future in Dongdu.”

“Alright,” Luo Wanqing smiled at the youth. She gritted her teeth and spoke, “In other years and months, I will see you again in Dongdu.”

The youth didn’t say much and seemed to make a salute. Then, the person opened the door and stepped to leave. Not a moment later, the jailer returned. After saying, ‘I’m sorry,’ he took the whip from the side and lashed it toward Luo Wanqing.

The pain of the skin splitting open caused Luo Wanqing to scream out in shock instantly. However, amidst the pain, she felt like she had never been this awake before. It was she who was wrong.

She had already been wrong from the beginning. In the dream, Luo Wanqing had been waiting for Jiang Shaoyan, expecting Jiang Shaoyan to come to her rescue. Later on, she was hoping that someone would kill Jiang Shaoyan for her. In that dream, obviously, she had waited for her whole life.

Now, she put her expectations on someone else. She expected Xie Heng to clear her name and the Inspection Department to give her justice. But how is this different from hoping Jiang Shaoyan to save her and others to kill Jiang Shaoyan?

This person is right. Right and wrong can never determine the life of the princes and high officials, only power. It’s better to rely on yourself than on others. If she doesn’t kill Jiang Shaoyan, and if she doesn’t save herself, who will help her?

This Inspection Department officer only pacified her. The Luo family’s case was similar to the Qingzhou Fields case. If one day, the Inspection Department wants to bring Jiang Shaoyan down, the Luo family will become their chess piece. But if they didn’t want to, she would stay in Lingnan for the rest of her life like in the dream. But Xie Heng and Jiang Shaoyan were supposed to be allies in the future, counting on them?
Luo Wanqing mockingly laughed.

By this time, she had already received several lashes on her body, splattered with blood. The jailer fished her off the torture rack and secretly placed a bottle of medicine on her hands, whispering, “This is the medicine the lord gave you. Use it as a life preserver.”

Luo Wanqing raised her head and smiled towards the other party, gasping, “Thank you, my lord.”

The jailer froze, realizing the person before him was so beautiful that she was nearly a demon. He was afraid to look at her and averted his eyes in panic. He asked someone to come in and carry Luo Wanqing to the dungeon.

Luo Wanqing lay on the stretcher, feeling the blood falling from her fingertips. She tilted her head and looked at the dark sky and the lone moon in the sky, constantly calculating.

She won’t beg. She’s going to get everything she wants on her own.
She wants to protect her family. She wants to climb to the top, to become the person who points the sword at the prince.

Now that she was in prison, the most feasible path she could think of was to get through the Inspection Department’s examination. Obtain the amnesty and enter the Inspection Department.

In her last life, Qin Jue obtained the position of Master of the Inspection Department in this way. If she could be like Qin Jue, she would kill Jiang Shaoyan. But Jiang Shaoyan would not give her any chance to climb the ladder. She must get out of Jiang Shaoyan’s control.

The only way — Liu Xiniang’s face appears abruptly in Luo Wanqing’s mind.

In her mind, she recalled her last life. Those prisoners talked about the end of Liu Xiniang.

“She? The court wanted her. The Feng Yu Pavilion also wanted her. She ran from Yangzhou Prison and never returned to the Feng Yu Pavilion. Who can go out alive unless they die in that place?”

“The Feng Yu Pavilion sent a lot of people to kill her that even the king of heaven couldn’t withstand it.”

“She finally died in the northwest, I heard, under a poplar tree.”
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When Luo Wanqing returned to the dungeon, Zhu Que, one of the four officers of the Inspection Department, followed behind the white-clothed young man in front of him and carefully said, “Master, you don’t care about it?”

“I do,” the young man in white replied carelessly, “But now is not the time. The emperor will not punish Li Guiyu to death just for such a case. But if Li Guiyu doesn’t die, we can’t protect the Luo family for the rest of our lives.”

“Then what is your plan?”

“Put the Luo family’s case on hold for now. Don’t scare the enemy. Send Bai Li to Li Guiyu’s side.” The white-clothed youth leisurely said, “Strike the enemy’s weakness. Let Bai Li explore the weakness first.”

“Send Bai Li there?” Zhu Que was stunned. Bai Li was the best scout of the Inspection Department. Employ her on an imperial son who had just returned? He couldn’t figure it out and hesitated, “For such a small case, it’s unnecessary, right?”

“I’m happy to.” The youth didn’t want to say more.

Zhu Que didn’t dare to ask again. He thought and asked, “Then, what if the Luo family members die on the road?”

“No, they won’t.” The youth replied with certainty.

“Master is so sure?”

“Did you see her eyes?” The youth glanced sideways at the teenager next to him.

Zhu Que was puzzled, “Huh?”

“A person with such eyes will not allow herself to die so easily. Even if she crawls, she will crawl to Li Guiyu’s grave and spit on it.” The youth spoke while sighing with emotion: “A woman’s love will become a sinful debt after being transformed into hate.”

“That’s not necessarily true,” Zhu Que glanced at his master and reminded, “I heard that she likes you.”

The youth sniffed and turned back incredulously, “Me?”

“Yes, she said it a while ago when she met Li Guiyu. She roared so loudly that many people in the prison heard it.”

The youth looked at Zhu Que in shock. Zhu Que blinked, “A woman’s love can change at will.”

“So that’s how it is,” The youth reacted, quickly accepted this statement, and lamented, “Excellent people always have so many troubles. This young master is also helpless — “

The youth sighed and turned towards his room, “Then let Bai Li go quickly. Hurry to get enough evidence to impress the emperor. It is best to arrest Li Guiyu tomorrow! This hatred is too big. I’m afraid Li Guiyu will not let me go. For the sake of your master’s life, you must do your best. Don’t be lazy, oh.”

Zhu Que froze and watched the youth disappear before reacting.
This kind of topic can turn to urging labor. Is there any humanity left?

Author’s notes: [Mini Theater]
Xie Heng: “Women’s love is so scary. Look at Jiang Shaoyan as an example.”
Zhu Que: “But she likes you, ugh!”
Xie Heng: “Wow, love is wonderful!”