Green veins popped up on Lou Jingleiâs forehead. He could not hold back his anger. âFine! Lou Potian! You have guts! Iâll grant your wish! Everyone, listen to my words. From today onwards, my Lou family of Fengyang Prefecture expels Lou Potian and all the people from Qingyun City related to him! Now, their lives and deaths have nothing to do with us!â
Lou Potian stood still in his tracks and sorrowfully laughed. âHahaha, Iâll leave. I donât believe that this vast world has no place for me and my grandchildren!â
Lou Jinglei sneered and waved his arm. âEveryone, retreat. Itâs not necessary to waste energy on such an ungrateful old thing. He wants to go to the Imperial city? Like this? Humph! Heâll just be seeking death. If he wants to die, I wonât stop him!â
The rest of the Lou family members shook their heads one after another. âIs Lou Potian silly? He gave up a comfortable life in the Lou family to save his hopeless granddaughter, whoâs not even his biological granddaughter!â
âExactly. Heâs going to the Imperial city. Besides death, thereâs no other outcome for him. Heâll definitely regret it!â
âYeah. His granddaughter has offended Third Prince. Without our Lou familyâs protection, he canât survive!â
Lou Potian ignored everyone. Amidst their mockery and ridicule, he flew up and headed toward the Imperial city...
***
Time slowly passed.
In the blink of an eye, Lou Xiaoxiaoâs wedding day arrived.
In the Imperial Academy.
One by one, the juniors of the Lou family gathered in Lou Xiaoxiaoâs house with troubled expressions.
âSister Xiaoxiao, what shall we do? Tomorrow is the day of the wedding, but we have no plans at all.â
âThe people from the Yinguo Mansion are heavily guarding the boundaries of the academy. On top of that, Young Master An, who said that he would get help from the An family, has yet to return. What shall we do?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lou Xiaoxiao was in a daze, but she tried her best to be calm. âI trust Shaoning. Since he hasnât come, he must have been delayed by other matters. On another note... After I get on the bridal sedan tomorrow, remember to quickly leave the Imperial Academy and the Imperial city. Donât let them find you all again.â
âSister Xiaoxiao, then what about you?â
âMe?â A tinge of despair flashed past Lou Xiaoxiaoâs eyes. âDonât worry. Someone will come and save me.â
âSister Xiaoxiao, donât lie to us. We know that youâre unwilling to suffer this. If Young Master An doesnât come to save you, you will definitely choose to die...â
Lou Qing choked while speaking, âYou have always been the one looking after us! We also want to protect you this time! Sister Xiaoxiao, we are not leaving. We want to stay and fight together with you!â
âRight. We want to stay,â the rest of the juniors also hurriedly said.
âSilly! Please donât say this kind of rubbish. If all of us die, what will happen to Grandpa? What will happen to the grudge of our Lou family of Qingyun City? Donât think that the revenge for our City Lordâs Mansion in Qingyun City was fulfilled when Qianxue destroyed the Prefectural Governorâs Mansion in Liuyun Prefecture. The actual culprits who wanted to destroy our clan back then were Lou Xingchen and the Zhu family!
âYou have the martial skills Qianxue gave to you, and youâve also eaten the Marrow-Washing Pills. Your future is very promising. Even if you go to the Alchemy Kingâs Mansion and look for Zhuixun, itâs better than dying here!â
âSister Xiaoxiaoââ
âBe obedient. Listen to me. After I get on the bridal sedan tomorrow, the people from the Yinguo mansion should leave. At that time, you all must remember to leave the academy.â
A few of the juniors from the Lou family nodded with red eyes. However, when they exchanged their gazes with each other, their eyes were full of determination.
The next day.
The Yinguo Mansionâs people came to receive Lou Xiaoxiao very early in the morning.
âMany strange things happen every year, but this year, the number is too many! These people are actually receiving the bride at the entrance of the Imperial Academy?â
âYou donât know this. Seven days ago, at the entrance of the Imperial Academy, the Yinguo Mansion ...â
The insiders spoke about what had happened back then.
âAh... So this means that not only is a pair of ill-fated lovebirds being separated, but also Lou Xiaoxiao has to marry Master Yinguo, that lecherous old man? Pitiful, really pitiful!â
âSh-h, donât say it out loud! Theyâre here! Lou Xiaoxiao and the juniors of the Lou family are here!â