Chapter 58: People in the City Know How to Have Fun
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the study, Lu Yuan looked at Xu Wan’er’s uneasy, nervous, and shy eyes.
He was at a loss for a moment.
Good lord, she was such a young girl, and what was her head filled with?
It can’t be that her brain was filled with nothing else but porn?
Although Lu Yuan thought of himself as a lustful man, even he couldn’t have sex in such a situation, especially when the other party was someone he had only known for less than a day.
Looking at Xu Wan’er, Lu Yuan shook his head speechlessly and removed his mask.
“Miss Xu, I didn’t bring you back for what you think. Just tell me more about your family. After all, Practitioner Shang was not joking with you. Your father’s death… There’s a good fat chance that there’s something strange at work.”
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Xu Wan’er was stunned when she heard Lu Yuan’s words.
The repeated emphasis on the same words made her understand that Lu Yuan did not seem to be joking.
Her father’s death was indeed related to evil spirits.
Thinking of this, Xu Wan’er’s nervous mood gradually calmed down.
She looked at Lu Yuan’s handsome face and began to talk about her past experiences in a gentle tone.
As a peerless beauty who was born with a luck talent, Devastatingly Beautiful, Xu Wan’er’s life was both fortunate and unfortunate.
When Xu Wan’er was young, she was just an ordinary merchant’s daughter.
Her father, Xu Jiaping, had become a city tycoon when she was six years old because of his good business skills.
If Xu Wan’er’s father stopped here, it wouldn’t have been a problem for the family to live the life of a wealthy merchant without having to worry about food and clothing.
However, humans were insatiable.
After obtaining a certain social status, Xu Wan’er’s father, Xu Jiaping, suddenly felt that there was no future in being a businessman.
Slowly, the idea of becoming an official came to him.
With his outstanding financial resources, Xu Jiaping managed to get the position of county magistrate.
With his experience as a businessman, Xu Jiaping’s governance was quite good.
If that were just the case, Xu Jiaping’s life would’ve been simply wonderful. Be it as a businessman or an official, he had reached decent heights.
However, everything changed when Xu Wan’er was ten years old.
The reason why she said that was because she felt that her father, Xu Jiaping, seemed to have changed that year.
Xu Wan’er didn’t know what exactly happened that year, but she clearly remembered that her father suddenly returned with a Buddha statue in his arms.
She still remembered what her father had said to her while he was holding the Buddha statue.
“Wan’er, whether our Xu family can rise to the top in the future will all depend on you.”
From that day on, Xu Jiaping’s official career became smooth sailing.
In just three years, he was promoted to become a rank 4 official and the family moved into the Imperial capital.
This official rank had already reached the standard to enter the palace.
That year, Xu Wan’er had just turned 13.
She only found out about her father’s plan when they arrived at the Imperial capital.
To think he wanted her to get close to the current Emperor and become the Empress of the Great Xia Kingdom.
This was something that Xu Wan’er, who had always been at home, had never thought of.
After all, she didn’t think that she was cut out to be an Empress.
In the second year after Xu Jiaping entered the Imperial capital, rumors began to spread in the Imperial capital that “the Xu family has a daughter who has just matured and is kept in the depths of her boudoir”.
In an instant, Xu Wan’er’s reputation spread throughout the entire capital.
The year Xu Wan’er turned 14, a banquet was held in the palace.
This time, the Great Xia Kingdom’s Emperor, Chen De, had specifically asked Xu Jiaping to bring Xu Wan’er over.
It was obvious that Emperor Chen De was also very curious about the extraordinary daughter of the Xu family.
Unsurprisingly, Xu Wan’er was indeed stunningly beautiful that night.
Not only did she receive the emperor’s praise as an “unparalleled beauty”, but many high-ranking officials and nobles even took the initiative to propose marriage to Xu Jiaping after the banquet.
However, Xu Jiaping knew what he wanted.
Only when his daughter, Xu Wan’er, became the emperor’s concubine could he obtain the greatest benefits.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xu Jiaping decisively rejected everyone who came to ask for marriage.
All he wanted was for Xu Wan’er to participate in the selection of consorts five years later.
These five years were also Xu Jiaping’s most glorious years.
Relying on his daughter’s glory, he rose all the way to the position of a rank 2 official.
Everyone knew what his position meant, and they also understood what the Emperor was thinking.
The daughter of a rank 2 official was fully qualified to be the Emperor’s official consort.
However, Xu Jiaping and the Emperor’s tacit understanding undoubtedly affected the interests of some people.
Almost everyone could see that Xu Jiaping wanted to let Xu Wan’er enter the palace, ultimately replacing the current Empress and becoming the motherly figure of the kingdom.
However, with this, Xu Jiaping undoubtedly offended another terrifying interest group in the Great Xia Kingdom.
That was the royal relatives with Empress Xiao Yuran in the lead.
A person’s stance was often unrelated to their personality and intelligence. It was related to one’s position.
No matter what Empress Xiao’s impression of Xu Wan’er was, the fact that Xu Jiaping had been promoted to a rank 2 official was undoubtedly a very dangerous signal.
Her position as the Empress seemed to have been threatened.
If she didn’t do anything at this time, not only would those who supported her be dissatisfied, but even those who remained neutral would change their stance.
As such, unsurprisingly, when Xu Wan’er turned 20, the year she was about to participate in the selection of consorts, unforeseen events occurred.
At a palace banquet, Xu Jiaping left in the middle of the banquet.
Not long after he left, a shocking piece of news came from the harem.
Xu Jiaping, who was drunk, had actually molested one of the concubines.
Under the humiliation, the other party had chosen to die to prove her innocence.
Although the whole thing was strange, there were witnesses and evidence.
Under the pressure, the Emperor could only lock Xu Jiaping up in prison.
However, perhaps it was for a purpose that everyone knew, the Emperor did not implicate the Xu family. He only confiscated their property but did not demote the Xu family to lowly status.
Xu Wan’er’s mother died from premature birth, and Xu Jiaping had been focusing on his path as an official for the past few years. As a result, he and Xu Wan’er were the only two key figures in the Xu family.
Therefore, such a punishment to the Xu family was definitely an act of mercy.
As the servants left and the property was confiscated, the huge Xu family was gone in an instant. Xu Wan’er was reduced to a commoner.
When it rains, it pours. As Xu Wan’er was running around trying to save her father’s life, she suddenly received the news that her father had died suddenly in prison.
After that, Xu Wan’er wanted to bury her father, but she didn’t have any money.
As such, she tried to seek help from her father’s former colleagues.
However, those people were all smart and kept a respectful distance from her.
After all, if they chose to help Xu Wan’er, not only would they offend the Empress, but they might even offend the Emperor.
Don’t doubt it. This was how suspicious a middle-aged man was.
It was also because of these obstacles that resulted in Xu Wan’er’s act of selling her body to bury her father today.
Xu Wan’er’s incident today seemed like an ordinary case of a young tyrant snatching a woman, but in the dark, was it not also the strategic escape plan of a middle-aged lustful man?
The Emperor asked his son to take the girl away first. This way, even if something happened, he could let his son take the blame.
As long as Xu Wan’er did not officially become a concubine, then there would be no threats to Empress Xiao’s position.
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Therefore, it was a happy ending for both sides to let the sixth Prince bring Xu Wan’er away.
It was the best result after the political games that involved many parties.
If the Devil Slayers Division hadn’t interfered today, Xu Wan’er might have been locked up somewhere in the Imperial capital at this point.
When he thought of this, Lu Yuan sighed.
Good God, these city people knew how to have fun, huh!
Some things that looked simple were actually so complicated after careful thought.
However, while others might be afraid of Empress Xiao, Lu Yuan was not afraid at all.
At the thought of this, Lu Yuan made his decision.
“I have a rough idea of the matter. I’ll get someone to bring you to rest. As for the remaining… 1’11 handle it. You may leave.”
Under Xu Wan’er’s complicated gaze, she was quickly led out of the study by someone.
Lu Yuan was left alone in the room, lost in his thoughts as he looked at the evil Buddha clay statue in his hand..