The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Touching her belly with one hand and holding Hua Jingqian's calf with the other, Luluo said:

"Master, Master, I'm pregnant! The doctor said it's a boy! Just now... just now I didn't hear anything! I just passed by the side door!"

"Please, sir, spare my life for the sake of the baby in my belly."

Luoluo begged for mercy and looked up at Hua Jingqian, then met Hua Jingqian's fierce eyes.

The murderous intent and impatience in his eyes made Luluo panic. In her terror, she cared nothing but kowtow and beg for mercy.

"Master, the son in my belly has not yet come into this world and met his father. I beg you to show some mercy!"

This sentence did not impress Hua Jingqian, but it did impress Wanniang who was standing beside him.

She pleaded for Green Radish:

"Master, she is pregnant with your child, please spare her."

It was enough for her to have a son born to her by her stepmother. The children of other women were not important at all. He did not care even if they were sons. But considering that her stepmother had pleaded for her...

"For the sake of the child in your belly, I'll spare your life. You should know what to say and what not to say, right?"

Green Radish nodded quickly.

"I know, I know, and I won't say anything!"

In such a moment of desperation, she even forgot that she was no longer a maid and only wanted to beg for mercy and save her life.

With Hua Jingqian's approval, Luluo quickly left this dangerous place.

She was still trembling with fear until she returned to her own yard.

There were pinch marks on her neck and a little skin breakage on her forehead, which scared her maid Erdong.

As soon as Luoluo turned the tables and became the master, she began to unscrupulously suppress her, a little maid. She would insult her whenever she was unhappy. Now that Luoluo had gotten into such a mess for no apparent reason, she would definitely vent her anger on her.

Erdong was scared to death and walked forward cautiously to help her into the room.

Unexpectedly, Luluo didn't have the time to pay attention to her. She waved her hand and asked her to go away, then went into the house.

Once inside she slumped down on the couch, thinking about what had just happened.

She saw it clearly just now. Hua Jingqian didn't spare her at all just for the sake of the baby in her belly.

If that vixen hadn't begged for mercy, she would have been doomed to die. The child in her belly meant nothing in Hua Jingqian's eyes.

She thought that with the help of the child she could be honest with Hua Jingqian and get a chance to move up by stepping on Sun Ruhui. However, she didn't expect that Hua Jingqian would take her life just to prevent her from revealing the affair.

If Hua Jingqian knew that I had run into Hua Fuyue, he would definitely not let me go!

He could even kill his own legitimate daughter, so what use would the child in her belly be to him? He might just marry her if he was not happy with her one day.

It would be better to work together with Sun Ruhui and Hua Wuke to overthrow Hua Jingqian, maybe there would still be a way to survive.

"No, I can't just sit there and wait for death! Hua Jingqian! If you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"

Luoluo made up her mind and decided to listen to Sun Ruhui and secretly observe Hua Jingqian's movements.

When he was at Beimo Pass, Hua Zhukong also had to coach Duan Rui in handling the affairs of Beimo Pass.

Since he came back, there were no complicated affairs to deal with in the general's mansion. He was relieved of the burden and no longer had to go to court. He stayed in the mansion all day long with nothing to do.

He couldn't stay idle, so he sent someone to the palace to call Ye Buhuo over.

When the servant arrived at the palace, he didn't say what he was doing, but just said that the head of the Hua family wanted to see him.

Ye Yi did not dare to neglect the general's affairs, and quickly reported the matter to Ye Buhuo who was in the study.

I have just about finished the things at hand, and I can have lunch with Sui Sui at the General's Mansion at this time.

Ye Buhuo handed over the remaining matters that he did not need to handle personally to Ye Yi, and then set off for the general's mansion.

After entering Hua Zhukong's yard, Ye Buhuo raised his eyebrows.

"You asked me to come here just to play chess?"

Hua Zhukong snorted.

"Why, Your Majesty, you don't bother to play chess with an old man like me?"

Sui Sui's occasional willfulness might be learned from her grandfather, Ye Buhuo curled the corners of his mouth.

"How dare I? It's my honor to play chess with Master."

The chessboard is like a battlefield. Hua Zhukong’s strategy of using troops requires knowing both yourself and the enemy, and winning in a steady manner, whereas Ye Buhuo’s strategy of using troops is to use speed and surprise attacks.

The two are evenly matched.

Seeing that the moment of victory had come, Hua Zhukong stroked his beard and frowned as he looked at the blurry chess game, muttering in his heart:

When did this brat's chess skills improve so much? I remember that he was defeated without a single piece of armor left in his hand, but now he is not inferior to me at all.

Don't you think it's embarrassing for an old man like me to lose to him after being his master for so many years? He really has no sense at all!

You still want to marry my Sui Sui? Dream on!

Just when Hua Zhukong was cursing Ye Buhuo in his heart, Ye Buhuo suddenly made a wrong move and gave Hua Zhukong the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Black pieces fall, and white pieces lose.

Hua Zhukong was satisfied, his brows relaxed, and he leaned back in his chair looking at Ye Buhuo proudly.

"Alas, it seems that the prince still needs to practice his chess skills more."

Thinking of the threat in Hua Zhukong's eyes just now, as if to say, "If you dare to beat me today, you will never have the chance to call me grandfather in your life!", Ye Buhuo nodded obediently.

"That's what the master taught me."

Hua Zhukong felt very happy when he heard him calling him "Master". He nodded with a smile on his face.

"Well, well, we had a great time playing chess today. Since Your Majesty is here, please don't leave. Stay for lunch."

Ye Buhuo also nodded with a smile on his face, feeling lucky that he missed a move at the last moment, otherwise he might not even have lunch!

Although the Hua family army returned to the capital, they could not slack off in training, so Hua Rongyu and his son went to the Hua family army’s base after the morning court session and would not return until dinner time.

In the past, after Hua Zhukong returned to Beijing, the second branch would come over to have meals together, but since Hua Zhukong proposed to separate the family the day before yesterday, the second branch no longer came.

The old lady even sent someone to say that she was packing up and preparing to move out because she really didn't have time. There was inevitably some sarcastic tone in her words, but Hua Zhukong was too lazy to pay attention and pretended not to hear anything.

So at noon, Hua Wu Ke and Hua Zhu Kong had lunch together in the mansion, and today Ye Bu Huo was one more person.

Hua Wu Ke was a little surprised to see Ye Buhuo sitting at the dining table when he entered the room.

"When did the prince come?"

"It was almost noon, and I played chess with my master."

After saying "oh", Hua Wu Ke sat down.

There are not so many rules in Huazhukong, and there is no rule that one has to get permission from the elders before starting to eat.

After Hua Wu Ke got up and practiced martial arts today, he kept listening to Qing Lan report on the changes in the account books of the main house in the past few months. He was very hungry after working hard for a whole morning.

Just as I picked up the chopsticks and was about to start eating, I heard Hua Zhukong cough as if inadvertently.